IMPROVISATION WEBINAR FOR CLASSICAL PIANISTS
✅I don't have the time or the inclination to learn the jazz language and there is only this style in which to improvise
✅I don't want to get bogged down in theoretical concepts in order to improvise
✅I don't know where to start
✅My little critical voice tells me that I won't be up to it
✅I teach and I don't know how to implement improvisation in my studio
Alexandra Delgado,
piano teacher and singer-songwriter
Christiane Boucher,director of "Les ateliers musicaux Christiane Boucher
Florence Svoboda, student
From a young age, I naturally composed my piano pieces.
I then pursued my classical training and obtained my Bachelor's degree from the Université de Montréal in 1993. I distinguished myself in various national competitions, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition, where I won the first prize in 1987. I then gave several concerts, among others at the Montreal International Piano Festival, the Lachine International Festival and the Piano Nobile at Place des Arts. In 1988, I had the honor of performing Mozart's concerto for 3 pianos with the MSO alongside Alain Lefèvre and Charles Dutoit.
In parallel to my piano teaching for the past 30 years, I discovered the world of improvisation with a group of improvisers led by world-renowned cellist David Darling and this experience blew me away. It completely transformed my relationship to music and my instrument. Since then, I have released two improvisation recordings and published songs. In addition, three of my piano compositions are featured in the Vincent-d'Indy School of Music piano program. My creativity as a child returned.
I have given improvisation workshops in many institutions in Québec, Canada, sharing my love of creativity with music teachers and students . Seeing the benefits or this work, I want to help pianists transform their relationship to music and their instrument as well .
I am an affiliated teacher at the Vincent-d'Indy School of Music and a member of the APMQ.