Recommendations for good teachers for piano composition

Hi.

I have been passionately involved in composing and undertaking it independently for the past few months. However, I now find myself seeking validation and feeling a bit stuck. I am in search of skilled teachers who can guide me in this journey. Could you kindly provide any recommendations?

Thanks,

Praveena

Hey @Rondo,

I think the best teacher for piano composition will be the great composers! Beethoven has guided in my early compositional "life". Try to look out for his 32 piano sonatas first and make sure you know the structure, use of motive, style of each of them. Then look out for Bach's Well tempered Clavier. They are called the new and old testaments of Piano literature for a reason for me. My teacher's teacher once told my teacher that these two are the "rice" of piano playing: in Chinese thinking rice can provide vitality. But of course this is personal, as there are numerous composers great on piano music. Just explore them by listening to them and find ones you love and analyze them yourself. You will find that this will help much more than what a teacher can offer.

For the Beethoven Sonata one, I have a great channel to recommend:

Make sure you read through all those descriptions on the details and strcutre of each piece. Read also the comment if you want to compare the pianists' playing!

Henry

That's great to know. Thank you for your wonderful suggestion.

1 hour ago, Rondo said:

That's great to know. Thank you for your wonderful suggestion.

Another great way to know more about piano compositions is of course, look into our fellow members' works particularly in the Piano subforum and do some review and show your support by giving pieces you like a 'like" on their posts. 😁 There are lot of different styles presented here and I'm sure you will learn much from them too!

Henry