Edna Golandsky
Artist biography

Edna Golandsky

Piano technique guru Edna Golandsky is the foremost exponent of the Taubman Approach, a revolutionary way to play without tension or injury.

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Edna Golandsky

Edna Golandsky is a world-renowned piano pedagogue and the leading exponent of the Taubman Approach. She has earned wide acclaim throughout the United States and abroad for her pedagogical expertise, and for using the Taubman piano technique. She is also known for her extraordinary ability to solve technical problems and for her penetrating musical insight.

Ms. Golandsky started piano study in Israel at the age of eight. A gifted pianist, she played recitals at the age of ten and was performing with orchestras by the age of twelve. Ms. Golandsky came to the United States when she was sixteen years old, and was immediately accepted to the Juilliard School in their Preparatory Division.

She remained at Juilliard for the next eight years, studying with Jane Carlson, Rosina Lhevinne and Adele Marcus, and graduating with bachelor and master’s degrees in piano performance.

Edna and her work have been featured in The New York Times, Classical Music UK, Pianist, The Strad, Cadence: Jazz World Magazine,  Authority Magazine, Piano & Keyboard Magazine, Interlude, TopMusic, Piano Marvel, The Clavier Companion, New Work Weekly, Thrive Global, and The Cross-Eyed Pianist among others.

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