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Dominic Cheli
In this expressive lesson, Dominic Cheli introduces C.P.E. Bach’s revolutionary ideas on ornamentation as outlined in his Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments. Discover how ornaments like trills, appoggiaturas, and mordents were not just decorative, but essential tools for emotion, phrasing, and style. With historical insight and vivid examples, Cheli shows how this treatise bridged Baroque rigor and Classical elegance—forever shaping keyboard performance.
Ornamentation from J.S and C.P.E Bach
In this expressive lesson, Dominic Cheli introduces C.P.E. Bach’s revolutionary ideas on ornamentation as outlined in his Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments. Discover how ornaments like trills, appoggiaturas, and mordents were not just decorative, but essential tools for emotion, phrasing, and style. With historical insight and vivid examples, Cheli shows how this treatise bridged Baroque rigor and Classical elegance—forever shaping keyboard performance.
Dominic Cheli’s career includes debuts at Walt Disney Concert Hall and at Carnegie Hall. He has CDs out on the Naxos and Delos labels and is the Head of Piano at tonebase.
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