Master-classes in Parsons Music, the prestigious piano house in Hong Kong
For young music pedagogues of the music school, affiliated to the huge piano house Parsons Music in Times Square (in the centre of Hong Kong (it has about 27 branches in Hong Kong alone and many more in Mainland China) Marina held 4 master-classes from Wednesday April 25th to Wednesday May 2nd, each one from 10.30 am to 2 pm. Active aprticipants and listeners were piano teachers of the younger generation. Some played more than once. Programme included Bach (French Suite No.4 & Concerto after Marcello BWV 974), sonatas by Mozart (K 457), Haydn (Hob XVI/52 & XVI/50) and Beethoven (Op. 109), Schubert - Impromptu Op. 142/3, Chopin - Polonaise Op. 26/1, Debussy - Puerta del Vino and Ireland - April. All participants expressed the wish for Marina to come back soon and to enrich the "classical" piano teaching with her special approach Dimensions of Performance. The organizer of the event, Ms. Candy Ng and the Educational Department of Parsons Music expressed an official invitation for a master-class in the next year.