Rosa Antonelli's book THE SPIRIT OF TECHNIQUE AND INTERPRETATION FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS not only gives practical, step by step exercises for strengthening fingers, postures, tone and dexterity at the piano, as well as performance techniques, but the book also goes into how much a pianist's success is about the spirit of the musician. An artist must be influenced by what goes into the music, the soul of it, so this book helps both teachers and students keep this foremost in mind while doing exercises, and gives tips on how students and teachers can be sure the inner pianist is nurtured. This book is not a traditional how-to book, solely full of exercises, but a book that expresses the author's (herself an accomplished concert pianist and teacher) own passion and love for music which she imparts to the teacher and student as they read, inspiring the student to bring their own inner passion to their music. This book is a treat for all who love music, for it is an encounter with a kindred spirit.
About the Author: Hailed by critics as a leading exponent of Spanish and Latin American music, Argentinean pianist Rosa Antonelli has made extensive tours in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America performing solo, orchestral, and chamber in halls from Milan's Palazzo Visconti to Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium /Perelman Stage in New York City. She earned a Master's Degree of Superior Professor of Music with Honors from the National Conservatory "Carlos Lopez Buchardo" in Buenos Aires. In addition to holding lectures and seminars on piano technique and interpretation around the world, she joined the faculty of Adelphi University in the United States in 1999 and enjoys an active and varied performance career. Ms. Antonelli's concerts have been broadcast on television and radio stations internationally. Her discography includes: Piano; Live in Milano at the Palazzo Visconti; Beethoven - Debussy - Ravel; Romantics Forever; and, on the Albany Records label, ESPERANZA - Sounds of Hope. Ms. Antonelli's musicianship has earned critical praise from Fanfare Magazine: "This is playing from the heart... A richly rewarding recital that conveys new depths with each hearing..." American Record Guide recognized "...the soulful pianism of Rosa Antonelli...a luscious recording...a special seductiveness and sophistication." Harris Goldsmith, in New York Concert Review, wrote about the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall concert: "Ms. Antonelli's inward poetry forced me to rehear, and revalue, Piazzolla's Tangos, which she infused with an eloquence