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Gwendolyn Mok
Ravel's music is rich – expensive, you might say. His piano works are like the exquisite knickknacks found in Ravel's household collections: exquisite but fragile. Gwendolyn Mok, one of the last pupils of Ravel's preferred pianist Vlado Perlemuter, discusses the care required in approaching Ravel's scores. Featuring demonstrations from across Ravel's piano works – including Gaspard de la nuit, Miroirs, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, and the Sonatine – Mok breaks down the most salient facets of Ravel's style and character, in both the man and the music – emotional restraint (pudeur), classical proportion, sound and touch, pedal, color and orchestration – and considers the benefits of playing Ravel on a period Érard piano.
Ravel's Style and Character
Ravel's music is rich – expensive, you might say. His piano works are like the exquisite knickknacks found in Ravel's household collections: exquisite but fragile. Gwendolyn Mok, one of the last pupils of Ravel's preferred pianist Vlado Perlemuter, discusses the care required in approaching Ravel's scores. Featuring demonstrations from across Ravel's piano works – including Gaspard de la nuit, Miroirs, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, and the Sonatine – Mok breaks down the most salient facets of Ravel's style and character, in both the man and the music – emotional restraint (pudeur), classical proportion, sound and touch, pedal, color and orchestration – and considers the benefits of playing Ravel on a period Érard piano.
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Unlock Course →Gwendolyn Mok is a consummate recording artist and concert pianist, and professor at San Jose State University. The last pupil of Vlado Perlemuter, Mok is one the few remaining heirs to the distinctive artistic legacy of Maurice Ravel.
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