A seminar under the title "The role of the Urtext in Performance of Chopin Works" will be held on the 1st October, at 3 p.m. in the concert hall of the Old Music Academy building (Vörösmarty utca 35) by Prof. Kaminski from Warsaw.
He is a Pianist, Pedagogue, Co-editor of the National Edition of Chopin's complete works and President of the National Foundation's Board. He is currently assistant professor at the Chair of Piano at the Frederic Chopin Academy in Warsaw, Poland. He graduated with honors from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in 1983 in classes of Professors Jan Ekier and Prof. Alicija Paleta-Buagaj. Prof. Kaminski works with Professor Ekier on the National Edition project and supervises computer typesetting of the Edition`s volumes. He specializes in the field of urtext editions.
The Edition
It is the first edition of the complete works of Chopin, prepared in a critical, all-source available basis, with the employment of state-of-the-art research methodology. The result is a printed version, intended to reproduce the true and original interpretation intentions of the composer, without any added or changed material. Conducted under the direction of Professor Jan Ekier, the edition presents the results of 45 years of work of the world's top Chopin experts.
Seminar's Form:
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: English
Form: Lecture illustrated with examples displayed on the screen (transparencies or electronic pictures from a notebook) played on the piano, and followed by an open class with 2-3 previously selected students.
The seminar was initiated and is sponsored by The Foundation for the National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin, Warsaw.
Attendants will get 1 credit.
