Music, video and live experiments
with piano, electronics and extreme bass sound.
Performed at the Purcell Room, South Bank on the 31st May 2003

Piano: GéNIA
Video Installation: Ravi Deepres

Experiment: Sarah Angliss,
Dr Richard Wiseman and
Ciarán O’Keffe
Acoustics:
Dr Richard Lord and
Dan Summons, NPL

Funded by Sciart Consortium with additional support from the National Physical Laboratory

‘I have always been fascinated by the nature of SOUND and the effect it has on people. The programme is an encounter with this phenomenon, it explores different and rare areas of sound, including some which have never been heard in concert before. The result is a kaleidoscope of diverse global music: modern, abstract, yet approachable, embracing different traditions and breaking boundaries’
GéNIA

Please visit the Video section to listen to the music performed at Infrasonic.

Performed at Lewis University, Illinois, Usa
on the 8th November, 2002
and at the ICC Performing Arts Center
Illinois, Usa on 10th November, 2002

partially sponsored by
IlLLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL

Piano GéNIA
Film Installation Ravi Deepres

The Innovations music programme was devised and developed by GéNIA.
Through her own discourses with living composers and knowledge of the repertoire, she wanted this programme to show the connection between composers who really use sound in a unusual way.
All these composers create sound worlds that challenge, astonish
and captivate us with their beauty.
Ambient and seamless in design, the programme is another example of contemporary music that is approachable and vibrant.

Inner Mind
Piano and electronics

Performed at
De Montfort University,
Leicester, UK
ON March 1st, 2004
AT CULTURAL EXCHANGES WEEK

Piano: GéNIA

Featured Composers:
Andrew Hugill, Howard Skempton, Nicolaus A. Hubber, Karen Tanaka, Ton Bryunel.

"During the recording session for Andrew Hugill’s PIANOLITH I had an extraordinary experience. The music seemed to have its own inner mind which gradually took over the performance. With every take I made, my mind became totally free. Andrew Hugill, who was observing me at the time, noticed this state of consciousness. This experience moved me greatly and prompted me to similar qualities in other music. All the pieces in this project are a particular moment I slowed down and seemed to go into an altered related to the deep experience of so-called INNER MIND."
GéNIA.

Piano-Yoga® is a unique method of piano playing, performing and teaching designed for all levels of pianists. It has been created and developed by GéNIA.

This multi-dimensional method combines the fundamentals of Russian piano schools with Eastern philosophies, particularly yoga. The aims are focusing your piano practice, improving concentration, building strength in the fingers and hands, establishing good posture at the piano and conquering performance nerves.

Piano-Yoga® radically improves technique and unblocks tension. The method promotes noticeable progress on the piano by utilizing the principles of movement, gravity and breathing thus creating a more organic approach towards piano playing. It can also be used as a stress management technique.

eBook £19.99 / Paperback £29.50

GéNIA's first book on Piano-Yoga® "Transform your hands: A complete ten week course of piano exercises" was published in February 2009 and is available as an eBook to download from Piano-Yoga® website and a hard copy from this website.

It is also available at Schott Music Ltd shop in London, W1. t: +44 (0) 20 7292 6090

Main benefits of the course:

Considerably improves the quality of piano playing in just 10 weeks

Comprehensive course which effectively builds up the strength in the muscles which work the fingers and hands    

Increase flexibility of the hands and fingers to their ultimate potential

Provides an excellent warm up routine for beginners and professionals

Piano-Yoga® also focuses on a player’s well-being the method is very much tailored

Complements any style of tuition and playing

Provides an effective and economical way of generating a long-term tuition.

Can be practiced on digital piano as well as on acoustic piano

For more information visit www.piano-yoga.com

"I recommend the Piano-Yoga® course most highly."

Douglas Finch, Professor of Piano and Composition, Trinity College of Music, London

"Piano-Yoga® is more than a book of exercises. It is a holistic approach focusing on all aspects of performance and the performer."

Ian Grundy, pianist, piano teacher and composer