Continuing the theme of my recent Music in the Elevator blog post, “Framers” – The Piano Accompanist., here are few video examples of Accompanists in action:
Role in Dance
1. Reverence to live piano accompaniment in Ballet Class
2. The Art of Ballet Accompanist (Ballet Backstage, YouTube; May 2, 2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAmarYGjPNw
3. Modifying Music for Piano Accompaniment (Ballet Piano, YouTube; March 10, 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR1CoqGoAD8
Role in Voice
4. Alyabiev Nightingale –Соловей- Antonina Vesenina, Soprano- Larissa Gergieva, Piano
5. #TCH15 Daily Journal Voice: Larissa Gergieva (Medici.tv, Dailymotion; 2015)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ul61r
6. About – Larissa Gergieva
https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/academia/gergieva/
Role as Piano Accompanist in General
7. Russell Thomas – BARBER Knoxville, Summer of 1915
8. Simon Lepper – Interview about Piano Accompanist (live @Bimhuis Amsterdam)
[vpro vrije geluiden, YouTube; March 18, 2015]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9_Kwzc3deE
9. About Simon Pepper
https://www.simonlepper.com/about
Enjoy…
Illustration: Schomacker Piano-Forte Mfg. Co [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons