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by Rogier de Pijper When I was sixteen years old, my flute teacher gave me ‘Density 21.5’ by Varèse. In this piece, there is a technique that I had never played before. Above some notes, there is a plus sign indicated. The intention is to play a key click while playing the note. At that time, I found it…
di Mirella Pantano Quanto siamo consapevoli delle nostre capacità e di come funziona la nostra meravigliosa macchina dell’apprendimento? Conosciamo tutte quelle strategie e risorse che sono indispensabili per eseguire un brano in modo efficace? Quando arriva il momento in cui il linguaggio musicale diventa parte della nostra natura, espressione fisica e emotiva oltre che intellettuale? Oggi, in questo…
Peter-Lukas Graf LIVE! – “A musical encounter” Text: Viktoria Eschenfelder – Photos: Stefan Keller A musical encounter This year’s Flautando Day on 4 November 2023 in Boswil was not just a musical encounter, no, it was a personal, entertaining, instructive and motivating encounter with the “doyen of flautists” Peter-Lukas Graf. During our chat during the break, he said: “Everyone…
Új könyv a magyar fuvolázás történetéről Czeloth-Csetényi Gyula Könyvünk 2022 decemberében jelent meg, és az első olyan anyag, amely kísérletet tesz a magyar fuvolaművészet történetének és jelenségeinek összefoglalására az utóbbi kétszáz évben. Korábban ilyen könyv nem született a mi országunkban, ebben a vonatkozásban mindenképp áttörés a magyar fuvolakultúra kutatásának területén. A csaknem ötszáz oldalas kötet két elhivatott fuvolaművész, Mr….
von Andreas Mazur Im Jahr 2003 erschien mein Lehrbuch mit CD „Das Pars-pro-Toto-Spiel: Neue Klänge auf Teilen der Flöte“ beim Musikverlag Zimmermann und ich konnte es auf der Frankfurter Musikmesse im selben Jahr einer internationalen Öffentlichkeit präsentieren. Hinter mir lagen 10 Jahre an Forschungsarbeit und Niederschrift des umfangreichen Manuskriptes. Was ist das Pars-pro-Toto-Spiel? Gehen wir zurück in das Jahr…
di Marco Gaudino Il passaggio corretto dai suoni medio-alti a quelli acuti nel flauto non deve avvenire con tensioni esclusive focalizzate sulle labbra. Esso deve avvenire attraverso il sapiente uso del muscolo vocale detto “cricotiroideo”. Questo allunga le corde vocali, aumentando la velocità del flusso aereo in uscita dai polmoni e transitante per la glottide. Per glottide si definisce…
by Jan Karman How it started One of my most favorite melodies of Bach, that I play on my flute, is his Alto Aria from Cantate BWV 170, “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust”. Transcribed for his Oboe Concerto, it is written in D major, with this passage, going down to B. How would I ever be able to play this…
by Katja Pitelina As flutists, we have a repertoire of compositions spanning over 300 years, from the first publication of Michel de la Barre suites for flute and BC (1710) to the present day. If we take 1847 as the starting point for the existence of Theobald Bohm’s flute, the instrument played today, and call it the modern flute,…
by Stefan Keller Curiosity – Versatility – Authenticity The Swiss professor for flute, traverso, expert in didactics, specialist for dynamic integration (Dynintegra) Eva Amsler lives a fulfilled life as a musician in many facets for and with the flute: old music on modern instruments; new music with electronics; mental training and stage fright; music and art in a broader…
di Onorio Zaralli Ognuno nasce in un determinato territorio, fatto di storia, di natura, di tradizioni… Anche quando i casi della vita ci portano lontano dai luoghi di origine, rimane sempre qualcosa dentro di noi: un segno particolare, un ricordo lontano e profondo, il tratto distintivo della nostra identità, il colore e il calore di una personale emotività. Se…
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