(Well) Informed Piano

Miguel Henriques, music scholar, enjoys a successful professional career both as a concert pianist and as conductor. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and earned a Master’s degree in piano performance at the University of Kansas. He has been a professor of piano at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa since 1990.

• Preface Operative Thoughts Units and Wholeness Issues on Music Interpretation’s Ethics The Approach to a Musical Piece The Performance Project A Performance Study Syllabus Form, Aesthetic and Style Repertoires Pianistic Technical Learnings Questioning Sound and Concept: A Complicity Study of Components The Mind Piano Practice WorkDaily Routine Diversified Finger Exercises Rapid Passages Rhythm Sound Quality Other Specific Practice Work Piano Actions Heavy and Light The Consciousness of Love The Spheres in The Loser The 24 Preludes by Lopes Graça A View on António Fragoso’s Music Piano Performance Pedagogy An Individual Relationship Bibliography Illustrations Index Musical Examples Index IndexAbout the Author

I gladly recommend the attentive reading of The (Well) Informed Piano to the young (and not-so-young) pianist, and to take advantage from what the wide picture of the book offers.I find this publication to be timely and helpful.