PIANO masterclass by Antti Siirala | Scherzo No. 2 in B minor, Op. 31 by Frédéric Chopin

Experience immersive video masterclasses on https://www.salineacademy.com/?utm-so...
The most esteemed teachers share their knowledge, advice, and techniques to help you improve and develop your skills.

Discover more of our piano masterclasses : https://www.salineacademy.com/instrum...

To learn more about Antti Siirala’s work : https://www.salineacademy.com/personn...
Complete work
Free trial
Score annotated with the master’s advice

About this piano masterclass:

Scherzo No. 2 in B minor, Op. 31 by Frédéric Chopin
Recorded with Antti Siirala and ‪@gabrielebagnati‬ in April 2023.

0:00 Intro and playing part from ‪@gabrielebagnati‬
10:31 Advice part from Antti Siirala

Gabriele Bagnati plays Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 and Professor Antti Siirala talks about one of the difficulties of the piece, which is maintaining interest and attention even when repeating the same material over and over again. He also says that the tension of the piece lies between the keys B-flat minor and D-flat major and in the friendliness of characters that the composer presents. Next, Professor Siirala talks about how the type of playing gesture can help achieve a more interesting result on a character level even though musically it sounds similar. For example, when using a pedal to play something legato, the physical gesture can also help. Or in a final chord, not lifting your fingers off the keys and trusting the sound to the pedal, but accompanying the note all the way to the end to control its entire path. Later, Professor points out a passage in which the pedal does not let you hear clearly a middle voice counterpoint and emphasizes its importance, you should be able to hear it without any problem. In the last part of the lesson they go over the rest of the piece to improve some details.

What we learn in this piano masterclass:

Maintain interest when repeating the same material throughout a piece.
Physical gestures that help musicality.
Separation of voices and emphasis on the counterpoint of the middle voices.
Controlled use of the pedal.

About the Saline royale Academy:

The Saline royale Academy is an international music teaching center providing in-situ and online masterclasses taught by some of the most widely acclaimed teachers in the world at the Saline royale of Arc-et-Senans (France).

The Saline royale Academy focuses on helping to train tomorrow’s best musicians by giving them access to some of the greatest professor's teachings.​

Our educational service is based on an innovative immersive and interactive video player allowing the user to choose the viewing angle of either the professor or the student without any interruption.

A unique offer preserving the rich and diverse heritage of teachings and techniques used by the greatest musicians, such as Miriam Fried, Dénes Várjon, Clive Greensmith, Nathan Braude, Margreet Honig, Philippe Bernold...and more than 50 professors of violin, piano, cello, viola, flute, voice, chamber music, trombone, clarinet and oboe.

We offer young musicians a permanent access to the excellence of online music education thanks to our vast catalog – the biggest in the world – completed by content produced by institutions such as Colburn School (Los Angeles), The Royal College of Music (London), The Royal Irish Academy of Music (Dublin)…

Follow us on social networks:
Facebook:   / salineroyaleacademy  
Instagram:   / salineroyaleacademy