People
The teachers and mentors whose work shaped Piano Somatics.
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Alan Fraser
Alan Fraser was born and raised in Montreal, where his early piano training was unremarkable. In 1972 he enrolled in piano performance at McGill University, but switched into Theory when he couldn’t find a teacher who co...
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Kemal Gekić
Originality, strength of interpretation and perfect mastery of his instrument are some of the qualities ascribed to one of today’s most formidable and exciting pianists, Kemal Gekich, whose playing has been acclaimed wor...
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Phil Cohen
Phil Cohen (1926-2018) was Professor Emeritus of Concordia University, Montreal, and Artistic Director of the Leonardo Project for the study of physical, psychological and spiritual organization in high-level performance...
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Sam Slutsky
Sam spent the first few years of his life in Ste. Hyacinthe, Quebec, where his father was a drummer in the Army Corps Band. Sam was the village brat, a little Jewish kid who knew all the Quebecois paysans.
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Moshe Feldenkrais
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc. (1903-1984), a Russian born physicist, judo expert, mechanical engineer and educator, developed his method in response to his own problems with injuries contracted in his youth playing soccer...