KATERINA SARRI, PIANIST, Athens, Greece. STUDIED: piano at the Athens Conservatoire, postgraduate pianoforte at the Royal Academy of Music in London , philosophy at the University of Athens, preparing PHD at the Athens University. CURRENT RESEARCH: piano curriculum issues, piano teaching in Greece, the psychological peculiarities of piano instruction and aspects of performers' personality. RÉPERTOIRE: Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, Moussorgsky, Prokofieff et al. RECORDINGS: A few recordings for National Greek TV and Radio 3, and BBC Radio 4. HAS WORKED FOR: National Greek TV (E.R.T.) for 20 years, presenting classical music programmes and competitions for the greek participation to the European Union Youth Orchestra (E.U.Y.O.) and the Eurovision Young Soloist Award. Also worked for Music House Ph. Nakas. Teaches piano and paedagogy classes. Writer of several educational books. |
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Katerina Sarri, Games at the Piano in greek.
Ph. Nakas pub., 1st edition: 1995 ISBN 960-290-237-X The magnificent illustrations are created by Nikos Maroulakis. Accompanied by Parent/Teacher Guide. |
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Katerina Sarri
Games with Scales and Arpeggios Ph. Nakas pub., 1st edition: 1995 ISBN 960-290-238-8 in greek. |
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The Anna Magdalena Bach Album of 1725
Ph. Nakas pub., 1st edition: 1989 ISBN 960-290-004-0 Introduction in english and greek. |
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It started it as a pastime in 2000, with one page about Greece, just to reply to some internet-friends who asked for information for their trip here. In the meantime, my friend Esin encouraged me, taught me, and here i am with more pages than i can manage. I try to update my pages, every summer. |
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MUSICSTORY The story of music (10+ years old). Introduces young students to composers and their era. The most important moments of history and art from prehistoric times till today. The photos and music examples are chosen carefully as they imprint the very first impression that will follow students at their future life. |
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MUSIC_ARCHIVES My music notes compiled, organized, available to my students My music database of the last 20 years was gradually scanned, recorded and saved in my PC. The music examples, the articles, glossary, piece by piece analysis, rehearsing strategies... all my personal notes from my practicing and teaching sessions. |
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PIANOSYLLABUS (for piano teachers) The syllabus for piano teaching presented in four chapters: preliminary, lower, intermediate and advanced level Lists of pieces are presented for every level as required by greek conservatoires (also, reference to the british and other european examination boards). The piano works are graded by difficulty and a few notes explain the character of each piece and its importance as an educational tool. |
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CDROM series: MY FIRST MEETING WITH... (in greek, for young piano students) The very fist contact with composers BACH, MOZART, HAYDN, MENDELSSOHN, BEETHOVEN et al. Images, music, easy pianoforte pieces in pdf, short teacher's notes. |
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