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Kathy Yang
L.Mus.A
B.Mus M. MusStudy
M. Mus
QUALIFICATION:
Master of Music
Master of Music Study – Performance
Bachelor of Music
Licentiate of Music (piano)
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Suitability Card – Registration No. 18389/4 exp. 30 Jun 2010
TEL: 0413 796 886
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TEACHING AREAS:
PIANO
Classical – performances, competitions, exams
Pianists’ injury prevention, cure, retraining program and to help pianist to
have a healthy physical connection with the instrument.
Pianist’s relaxation technique: mentally and physically from fingers to body
co-ordination through mind; to help pianist to abolish tension in their
playing.
Retraining for quality tone through a natural way of playing.
THEORY, AURAL, MUSICIANSHIP
CURRENT
TEACHING:
Somerville
House
– Music Department, Piano & Theory
Southern Brisbane
Areas
REQUIRMENT:
INTERVIEW and AUDITION ONLY.
Occasional lessons as masterclasses before Music Eisteddfods, Piano
Competition, concert, Examination are welcome.
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Kathy has
a busy piano teaching schedule at Somerville House and Private teaching at Southern Brisbane areas as well as performing and
accompanying. She has been
teaching piano for over 18 years with many students winning prizes in
Queensland Piano Competition, Music Eisteddfods, entry into tertiary
institutes around Australia
and overseas.
Kathy has developed a unique pianism retraining method which has helped many
pianists to overcome their technical problems. The prime focus of this
method is to help pianists to play
with ease and to play in nature which is the only way to aim for a better
sonority in piano sound.
Physical and mental relaxations in piano are also the focus of her teaching.
Kathy obtained her Bachelor of Music degree, Master of Music Study in
Performance and Master of music with
Max Olding , Yefin Stesin,
John Nel Roberts, and
Pauline Belviso (
student of the great pianist -
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli) .
In recent years, she has been studied in short courses at the
Universität Mozarteum Salzburg with
Aquiles Delle Vigne (student of
the Great pianist Caludio Arrau
and Gyorgy Cziffra) and
Andrzj Jasinski
(chairman jury, in 2000, 2005 and 2010, of
Chopin international piano
competitions in
Warsaw and many other
prestigious international piano competitions; the sole teacher of
international renown pianist
Krystian Zimmerman).
Kathy was the winner of
North Queensland Concerto Competition
in Piano Section in 1998, awarded for
Queenslander Foundation Prize, Bach
Keyboard Prize and many other prizes.
She was also
the finalist in Royal Music Piano Competition in Western Australia in 1990,
and
was awarded Lewis B J Reid Prize
as the student with the highest marks of the year at
the
Queensland Conservatorium. A distinguish chamber player and achieved
the highest ranking in Chamber Music at Western Australia Conservatorium of
Music. Kathy
has also performed as soloist and chamber music concerts around Australia,
Taiwan, Salzburg - Austria and been broadcasted nationally on ABC-FM and
4MBS-FM Radio.
Kathy has a proven teaching record
with very high student retention. She is enthusiastic and her real
strength is her ability to build strong connection and learning partnerships
with students and their parents. Since Kathy has a busy teaching,
research and performing schedule, for new students, an interview and
audition is required to enter her piano classes.
Lessons may be conducted more than once per week according to the
need of individual pianist.
Students who would like to achieve an outstanding technique through
understanding of relaxation, sound training as well as aiming a better
performance skill are most welcomed. She
is available for consultations, masterclasses before Eisteddfods, Piano
Competitions, performance and examination or occasional re-training in piano
techniques.
Professional Piano Studio:
one up-right and two grand pianos are used in the studio
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