32: Yegor Shevtsov on the Taubman Approach Helping in Practical Applications

Send us Fan MailWelcome to Inside the Taubman Approach sponsored by the Golandsky Institute. I am your host Benjamin Harding. Today’s episode is fascinating.Yegor Shevtsov  is one of the most interesting people that I have ever met. He truly is a Renaissance man. He’s an intellectual: he speaks many, many languages; he devours repertoire, literature, poetry, and art. He grew up being a dancer, then studied economics in Amsterdam. He then came to the United States and pursued music at Manhattan school of Music all the way through the doctoral level. We were students together at Manhattan school of music in the studio of Nina Svetlanova. Yegor is one of the most kind and humble people I have ever met as well - a joy to talk to. What surprised me today in this interview is how he came to the Taubman Approach for a very practical solution. You'll see what I mean.  Let me read an excerpt found on our website from Yegor. From Yegor Shevtsov:I am a working pianist, and I owe that honor in no small measure to Edna’s precise, encouraging and constructive teaching. Both she and her wonderful colleagues at the Institute are an incredible resource to pianists of all levels, from beginner students to those wishing to recover from injury to those who simply look to be better pianists, better musicians. I came to Edna to get help with very practical and concrete problems: I needed to perform some pieces that I could not play well. Over the years, I have brought to her Chopin and Scriabin Etudes for gigs, Beethoven and Brahms Sonatas for competitions, Strauss and Stravinsky orchestral excerpts for auditions. From fingerings to articulation, from sound quality to rhythmic vitality – Edna leaves no stone unturned. What separates her from other teachers is of course the fact that she enables you to explore all those categories as rooted in the anatomical evidence of playing the instrument. Through studying with her, I have become not just a better performer, but a better musician and a better teacher myself. Edna is an embodiment of a Master Teacher. Thank you, Master.Yegor ShevtsovPianist, Arctic Philharmonic, Bodø, NorwayPianist, Ballet West, Salt Lake City, UTPianist, Mark Morris Dance Group Ensemble, Brooklyn, NYFaculty, MSM Precollege, New York, NYDMA, Manhattan School of Musichttps://markmorrisdancegroup.org/profile/yegor-shevtsov/The Golandsky Institute's mission is to provide cutting-edge instruction to pianists based on the groundbreaking work of Dorothy Taubman. This knowledge can help them overcome technical and musical challenges, cure and prevent playing-related injuries, and lead them to achieve their highest level of artistic excellence.Please visit our website at: www.golandskyinstitute.org.