Munich VIII will run for three full days,Thursday May 14 to Saturday May 16, with
This Piano Somatics Institute takes place in the beautiful facilities of the Artetonal Schule für Musik. There are many comfortable practice rooms on site. The school's director, Antonio Estupiñán is a luthier as well as guitar teacher - a true Renaissance man.
Institute participants tend to fall into two main groups: gifted amateurs who want to upgrade their skills, and students on professional track playing at a high level and searching for that "something more." There's a wonderful cross-fertilization between the two groups - everyone learns from the other lessons, discovering just how much we have in common.
Please bring all the repertoire you are working on at the moment. As a minimum we suggest you bring at least one piece in each of these three categories:
Do you feel you are not advanced enough? Not well-enough prepared? Don't worry; Alan welcomes all, no matter what your ability, no matter what the state of your program. The Institute really is open to all interested pianists:
Alan Fraser works extensively with string players, exploring the physical details of their posture while they play to transform their sound and their sense of ease. Though many string players have excellent posture, the quality of movement within the posture can often be improved.
String players are welcome at this institute, as are wind instrumentalists and vocalists. For more information visit our page on Alan's work with instrumentalists and vocalists. Your sonority, your agility, and your sense of ease and freedom from tension will improve dramatically with Alan's Performance Somatics approach. There is no limit to improvement!
The Christian Graf studio event on Sunday is especially structured for the young pianist, addressing how Piano Somatics quickly helps resolve long-standing technical impediments. Christians's magnificent Steinway D quickly shows how healthy hand structure and function opens the voice of the piano in a whole new way. Feel free to join us on Sunday, to take a lesson yourself and/or to bring your child along. Send us an email to book your spot.
The institute is a mixture of
Alan composes the ATPMs each day according to the technical issues raised in that day's individual lessons.
On the first morning we come together over coffee to meet and discuss our goals for the week - coffee and donuts at 8:30, opening session at 9. A closing session and debriefing is held at the conclusion of the institute on the last day.
Partial attendance is completely acceptable. Even if you attend the full four days, you are not obliged to take four lessons. You can tailor-make your participation to your own needs at registration.
The schedule may be modified according to the makeup and needs of the group.
This schedule may be modified depending on the size and the needs of the group.
The Music School is located at Linprunstraße 35 / Rgb D–80335 München Telephone: +41 89 / 12 00 12 02 Take the Subway Line 1 one stop from the Main Train Station to Stigmaierplatz, then walk 5 minutes.
Please note that the school entrance has changed. It is actually no longer on Linpunstraße at all, but around the corner on Erzgießereistraße. If you are on the corner of those two streets, don't head west towards Trattoria San Benno, but south. The new school entrance is at the back of the first courtyard on your right.
There are plenty of hotels in the area, and we also recommend airbnb.
No shortage of excellent restaurants in Munich. We generally eat at the incomparable Trattoria San Benno, only a two-minute walk from the school.
To register for this institute, click on the link immediately below the table. The payment table is no longer responsive; this price list is purely informative.
To receive your discount, register at the full price and then contact Nina Nikolich, letting her know your status. You will receive the appropriate refund on your initial payment.
After registering, please return here to fill out the REGISTRATION QUESTIONNAIRE.
After you have completed your institute, please come back to fill out this FOLLOWUP QUESTIONNAIRE. This helps us evaluate your experience, tailor your ongoing regime to facilitate further progress, and fine-tune the structure of future institutes to better meet participants' needs.
All lessons are video recorded (unless the participant requests otherwise), and are stored at
If you are not already an active member at PianoTechniqe.org, to watch your lessons you must first subscribe. We run our piano somatics video library more or less on the Netflix model: your initial subscription fee gives you automatic access to
Access to all this, and to the recordings of this institute, is included in the initial pt.org subscription fee which is separate from your institute registration fee.
ALAN FRASER
Canadian pianist Alan Fraser gives master classes and recitals worldwide and conducts ongoing research and refinement on the ideas put forth in his books:
MARIO DE LA VEGA
This institute is organized by Mario de la Vega, a longtime student of Alan who has completed a Feldenkrais Practitioner professional training program as well as his Piano Somatics Practitioner Certification. Mario hails from Madrid, but has lived in Germany for many years. He teaches piano at the Artetonal Schule für Musik, and has been attending the Alan Fraser Piano Institute since 2014.
For questions about the Institute, please email Mario
Cancellation Policy
If you must cancel your registration, reimbursement will be as follows: Cancellations more than two months before Institute opening date: 100% reimbursement. Cancellations more than one month before Institute opening date: 75% reimbursement. Cancellations more than two weeks before Institute opening date: 50% reimbursement. Cancellations more than one week before Institute opening date: 25% reimbursement. Cancellations less than one week before Institute opening date: no reimbursement except in cases of doctor-certified illness or acts of God. We reserve the right to cancel the institute due to insufficient enrolment; in this event, all registration fees are fully refundable.
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