Pianoforte
Driven by its professor, Pierre Goy, a renowned soloist and chamber musician, the pianoforte class accompanies its students in their apprenticeship in the main repertoires of this instrument.
The pianoforte class at the Haute école de musique de Genève (HEM) prepares its students for a multifaceted career in music, ranging from the interpretation of the soloist repertoire to that of polyphonic and orchestral works, but also to the teaching and passing on of knowledge.
The class has a particularly rich inventory of instruments to call on, including exact replicas of instruments made by Andreas Stein (Augsburg, 1783), Anton Walter (Vienna, 1805) and Johann Fritz (Vienna, approx. 1830). These instruments make it possible to work with a repertoire ranging from the second half of the 18th century to 1830. A square pianoforte made by Erard Frères (Paris, 1802) provides the opportunity to explore the French repertoire, about which too little is known even today.
Our students are encouraged to take part in numerous activities arranged by the HEM’s department of music of the past, which regularly invites eminent performers and researchers from all over the world to give Masterclasses and seminars. The goal is to encourage the development of a thoughtful approach, with a view to achieving a deeper contextualization of the practice and repertoire of their instrument.
The pianoforte class regularly collaborates with the HEM’s other departments, and with internationally acclaimed Swiss ensembles, on ‘side-by-side’ artistic projects, which constitute a real gateway to the professional world.
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