Russia has built its unique tradition in music and established world`s most renowned music education system since Rubinstein founded Moscow Conservatory in 1866. The four great piano professors - Igumnof, Feinberg, Goldenweiser, and Neuhaus - formed t...
Russia has built its unique tradition in music and established world`s most renowned music education system since Rubinstein founded Moscow Conservatory in 1866. The four great piano professors - Igumnof, Feinberg, Goldenweiser, and Neuhaus - formed the pianism in the Moscow Conservatory. Their teaching methods became the foundation for Russia to be the most important place in pianism in the world, and are still being influential these days. This study focuses on the 20th century Russian pianism with an attention on the method of professor Neuhaus who taught numerous pianists including Richter and Gilels. As a method of this study, I compared and analyzed the techniques of Neuhaus and other three pianists - Feinberg, Gilels and Berman. I also applied it onto actual music- Scriabin 4th piano sonata. Considering the width and depth of the subject, I am dividing this research into three different areas; rhythm and sound, techniques, and expression of artistic images. This study is about the first part of these areas.