Edna Golandsky
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Edna Golandsky is a classical music pianist, lecturer and pedagogue of renown. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School
, where she studied under Rosina Lhevinne
and Adele Marcus
. She later studied privately during many years with noted pedagogue Dorothy Taubman
, whom she considers her main influence. She has earned wide acclaim throughout the United States and abroad for her extraordinary ability to solve technical problems at the instrument and for her penetrating musical insight. Many well-known concert pianists frequently play for her in her New York studio, including Chopin Competition laureate Gabriela Montero
and Leeds Competition winner Ilya Itin
. Golandsky co-founded the Taubman Institute, of which she was Associate Artistic Director from 1976-2002.
In June 2003, Golandsky and senior faculty members previously affiliated with the Taubman Institute formed the Golandsky Institute
, which is a leading center for the study, advancement, and dissemination of the Taubman Approach. The Institute conducts an annual symposium and festival every July at Princeton University
.
Golandsky has lectured and conducted master classes at music institutions in the US, including the Eastman School of Music
, Yale University
, Harvard University
, the Curtis Institute, and Oberlin Conservatory, as well as internationally. She has also presented at the Music Teacher’s National Association
, World Piano Pedagogy Conference, and the European Piano Teacher’s Association. Golandsky has presented "The Taubman Technique" which is a 10 dvd box set explaining and demonstrating the Taubman Approach. In conjunction with the Golandsky Institute, she has further developed the Taubman Approach in the 3-DVD set, "The Art of Rhythmic Expression", and the 2-DVD set, "The Forgotten Lines: Lines that Support, Surround, and Intensify the Melody."(Golandsky Institute)
For the past two years Ms. Golandsky and violinist Sophie Till have been working on a detailed application of the Taubman principles for string players.
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, where she studied under Rosina Lhevinne
Rosina Lhévinne
Rosina Bessie Lhévinne was a Russian American pianist and famed pedagogue....
and Adele Marcus
Adele Marcus
Adele Marcus was an American pianist, but better known as a teacher of many other famous pianists.She was born in Kansas City, the last of 13 children of a rabbi of Russian descent...
. She later studied privately during many years with noted pedagogue Dorothy Taubman
Dorothy Taubman
Dorothy Taubman , is an American music teacher, lecturer and founder of the Taubman Institute of New York, who developed the "Taubman Approach" to piano playing. Her approach to piano technique is based on an analysis of the motions needed for virtuosity and musical expression, but at first earned...
, whom she considers her main influence. She has earned wide acclaim throughout the United States and abroad for her extraordinary ability to solve technical problems at the instrument and for her penetrating musical insight. Many well-known concert pianists frequently play for her in her New York studio, including Chopin Competition laureate Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero is a Venezuelan-American pianist.Born in Caracas, Venezuela, of an American-born mother and a Venezuelan father, Gabriela Montero was barely a seven-month-old infant when her parents, at the insistence of her maternal grandmother, placed a toy piano in her playpen. It had been...
and Leeds Competition winner Ilya Itin
Ilya Itin
Ilya Itin is a Russian concert pianist of international acclaim currently residing in New York City.-Music Competition:...
. Golandsky co-founded the Taubman Institute, of which she was Associate Artistic Director from 1976-2002.
In June 2003, Golandsky and senior faculty members previously affiliated with the Taubman Institute formed the Golandsky Institute
Golandsky Institute
The Golandsky Institute is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the Taubman Approach to piano playing. Led by Edna Golandsky, Artistic Director, the Institute holds an annual seminar at Princeton University and hosts symposia and master classes worldwide...
, which is a leading center for the study, advancement, and dissemination of the Taubman Approach. The Institute conducts an annual symposium and festival every July at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
.
Golandsky has lectured and conducted master classes at music institutions in the US, including the Eastman School of Music
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
, Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, the Curtis Institute, and Oberlin Conservatory, as well as internationally. She has also presented at the Music Teacher’s National Association
Music Teachers National Association
-Membership:Its membership consists of approximately 22,000 independent and collegiate music teachers. MTNA headquarters are in downtown Cincinnati on the 31st floor of the Carew Tower.- MTNA structure :...
, World Piano Pedagogy Conference, and the European Piano Teacher’s Association. Golandsky has presented "The Taubman Technique" which is a 10 dvd box set explaining and demonstrating the Taubman Approach. In conjunction with the Golandsky Institute, she has further developed the Taubman Approach in the 3-DVD set, "The Art of Rhythmic Expression", and the 2-DVD set, "The Forgotten Lines: Lines that Support, Surround, and Intensify the Melody."(Golandsky Institute)
For the past two years Ms. Golandsky and violinist Sophie Till have been working on a detailed application of the Taubman principles for string players.