Inside the Taubman Approach

Send us Fan Mail Today we welcome Dimitris Kostopoulos to Inside the Taubman Approach. I love this interview so much. Here's why: Dimitris came across the Taubman Technique tapes during a questioning period in his professional career. He studied these 10 DVD's for years. He understood the concepts and the language used to the point where he began to apply them to his playing. But - it wa...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining us on today's episode on Inside the Taubman Approach. I'm your host, Dr. Benjamin Harding. Today we welcome Father Sean Duggan to the podcast. Pianist Sean Duggan is a monk of St. Joseph Abbey in Covington, Louisiana. He is also a professor of piano at SUNY Fredonia. Father Sean is a master pianist and a master teacher.  His teaching and playing was...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Inside the Taubman Approach sponsored by the Golandsky Institute.  I am your host Benjamin Harding. Today’s episode is fascinating. Yegor Shevtsov  is one of the most interesting people that I have ever met. He truly is a Renaissance man. He’s an intellectual: he speaks many, many languages; he devours repertoire, literature, poetry, and art. He grew up being a dancer,...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode  is from the Golandsky Institute Online Workshop on August 6, 2020 in the heart of the global pandemic. Our founder, Edna Golandsky, answers questions related to passages in Chopin.   Of note is the first 6 minutes or so of the presentation. Edna brings to our attention the clear idea of which, yes, the Taubman Approach can help with the reversal of injuries a...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode features a conversation with Josu de Solaun as he describes the new heights and depths of artistic expression he experienced in studying the Taubman work with Edna Golandsky. Josu was not injured when he came to the Taubman approach. He wanted to understand what he did well at the piano and to discover his limitations in order to play with more freedom, power, spee...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Benjamin takes a different approach in that he outlines the basic principles of the Taubman Approach listed on our website here:  https://www.golandskyinstitute.org/resources/ Be sure to listen to this episode a few time as it is full of detail and may be a springboard for further learning and exploration of this life-changing approach to playing the piano...

Send us Fan Mail This is a presentation from the June 25, 2020 Golandsky Institute Online Workshop. John Bloomfield speaks about applying the Taubman Approach to Mozart's A minor Sonata, K. 310 and Chopin's Scherzo no.3 in C-sharp minor, op. 39.  Please visit our YouTube Channel to watch this brilliant lecture.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOx5Ukkbge0 PDF Handout: https://bit.ly/6252...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome the brilliant pianist Arthur Simoes to the podcast today. You are going to love this conversation. Arthur has tested the Taubman Approach in many mays; from classical literature to Dalcroze and now in jazz and improvisation. What's kind of fun about this episode is that I surprise Arthur with a rapid fire question time at the end of the episode. Stick around for th...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is so inspiring. We welcome Hugo Bermudez to the podcast where he shares his story of incredible recovery from a massive injury sustained in playing the piano. He tried everything to get better. But, it was only after the expert care of Edna Golandsky that he was able to achieve full and complete healing. This journey of healing prompted Hugo to pursue the Tau...

Send us Fan Mail It's Episode 25! and we are just getting started bringing stories, interviews, tips, tools, strategies from the Taubman Approach. I wanted to point to our website now before we get into today's episode with Mary Moran. At www.golandskyinstitute.org you can find the latest resources on the Taubman Approach. But let me be more specific - you can get connected to a certifie...

Send us Fan Mail Born in Santa Monica, California, Debbie Poryes found herself at the piano when she was five, practicing everything from Chopin to show tunes. Playing led to fascination with musical theory and structure, then jazz standards, composing, and improvising. Hearing Monk and Miles as a teenager, she fell in love with their music and decided to become a jazz pianist. At twenty, her firs...

Send us Fan Mail In a previous episode we mentioned that the Taubman Approach is for everyone. For example, if you are an older adult that played the piano when you were younger and want to begin to get back into playing the Taubman Approach is the best way to accomplish your dreams!   Today's episode with Nathan Kaplan goes through the ups and downs of learning the Taubman Approach as an Adu...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode features an interview with pianist and teacher, Jacob Silver. He teaches full-time out of his Brooklyn studio. Jacob faced an injury in graduate school where he reached out to Taubman expert, John Bloomfield. Jacob was able to retrain under the direction of John Bloomfield. His website references that 6 out of 10 musicians have debilitating pain. We get into t...

Send us Fan Mail Today presents for us a different episode. Yours truly, Benjamin, gets into the 'why' of Inside the Taubman Approach.  I also get really bold in this episode and make some claims that I would love for you to test and respond to!  I really think that the Taubman Approach as taught by Edna Golandsky and the Golandsky Institute has come to the world of piano teaching, and p...

Send us Fan Mail I am watching the Taubman Technique videos. Actually, I am absolutely consuming this material. Friends, it's what you are searching for in giving freedom and new levels to your playing.  On those tapes, there is an interesting quote of Dorothy Taubman some of which appears in the publicly available documentary, The Choreography of the Hands . (We have it available on the Gola...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode we welcome the brilliant, Swiss pianist, Sebastian Issler.  Sebastian was in London during the beginning of the pandemic. He was in need of lessons online and remembered watching 'The Choreography of the Hands' a few years before. He then sought out Robert Durso. Since then, he has been having lessons with Robert Durso online and has travelled to...

Send us Fan Mail Here is Robert Dvorkin's website! www.robertdvorkin.com Robert Dvorkin loved music and studied it at a high level when he was a young man. To pay the bills, Robert entered into a career in IT and continued to enjoy the piano, practicing and performing. Through a variety of circumstances, Robert moved back to Canada from New York City for his work in IT and came to a place whe...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is a lecture by Robert Durso given in August of 2020. You can find the video of this lecture on our YouTube channel here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFfiyCXy2TI From an August 6, 2020 Golandsky Institute Online Workshop PDF Handout: https://bit.ly/8620GIExamples SUBSCRIBE TO GOLANDSKY STREAMING http://bit.ly/GIstreaming Or visit our Shop to purchase this...

Send us Fan Mail Vincent Wong is a dedicated music educator and pianist, specializing in piano improvisation. With a deep belief in the transformative power of improvisation, Wong is committed to providing students with a holistic approach to learning music. With a rich musical background, Wong has honed his skills through extensive experience and training. He has had the privilege of collaboratin...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Tuesday Taubman Tips we welcome Edna Golandsky. This episode features a lecture given at the Princeton Symposium of the Golandsky Institute a few years back. To watch this lecture visit our YouTube channel following this link: The Profound Effect of the Taubman Approach.  The Golandsky Institute's mission is to provide cutting-edge instruction to pi...

Send us Fan Mail Israeli pianist Eden Agranat Meged is a full ABRSM Scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music, London, in the class of Ian Fountain. He started his piano studies in Jerusalem with Anat Paul at the Hasadna Conservatory and continued with Adela Umansky, at the Kfar-Saba Conservatory.  Eden won the first prizes in the Lillian Davis Piano Competition, London, the Harriet Cohen...

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Rosenfeld is the creator of The White Rose , a podcast and musical based on the true story of a student-led resistance movement in Nazi Germany. In addition to writing the music and lyrics, she performed on the recording as a pianist and singer. Previously, Jennifer composed the music for the 15-minute musical Fears Anonymous , which debuted at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe F...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode comes from a August 6, 2020 Golandsky Institute Online Workshop featuring John Bloomfield. Here's the video of today's episode: https://youtu.be/25qmMcQqNqM The audio for this podcast episode is taken about half-way through the video presentation. PDF Handout: https://bit.ly/8620GIExamples Join us for our workshops and symposiums! Participants intens...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Therese Milanovic has been involved in the Taubman Approach through the Golandsky Institute since 2003. She attended the first institute gathering in Italy. Her dissertation for her Ph. D. was on the Taubman Approach and her experience in studying with the leading expert of Taubman, Edna Golandsky.  Please visit her website for more information about her work in Australia. htt...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode comes from a August 6, 2020 Golandsky Institute Online Workshop featuring John Bloomfield. Here's the video of today's episode: https://youtu.be/25qmMcQqNqM PDF Handout: https://bit.ly/8620GIExamples Join us for our workshops and symposiums! Participants intensively learn the Taubman Approach by attending private lessons, technique clinics, and prese...