Alberto Guerrero
Antonio Alberto García Guerrero (born February 6, 1886 in La Serena , Chile , † November 7, 1959 in Toronto ) was a Chilean - Canadian composer , pianist and piano teacher. He has taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada and is best known as the piano teacher of the world-famous Canadian pianist Glenn Gould .
Tapping
A touch technique that Alberto Guerrero taught is about sensitizing the fingertips by pressing down the playing finger with one finger of the other hand and then releasing it again. The aim is to create the feeling that the keys are being pulled up, with the springing back of the key playing the central role. So it's more about letting go of the button. That also makes sense when it comes to the duration of the individual notes, for example in Gould's work, and which particularly characterizes his playing. Each tone stands for itself. With this type of tapping , the finger of the other hand corresponds when it is pulled upwards, pulling the ensemble upwards, with the weighting of the respective key.
student
As a prominent member of the music circles in Santiago and later the Toronto Conservatory of Music, Guerrero influenced generations of students in Chile, Canada and beyond. What follows is just a selection:
- William Aide
- John Beckwith
- Helmut Blume
- Gwendoly Duchemin
- Ray Dudley
- Dorothy Sandler Flick
- Jeanette Fujarczuk
- Glenn Gould
- Myrtle Rose Guerrero
- Stuart Hamilton
- Paul Helmer
- Horace Lapp
- Edward Laufer
- Gordana Lazarevich
- Pierrette LePage
- Jean Lyons
- Edward Magee
- Ursula Malkin
- Bruce Mather
- John McIntyre
- Gordon McLean
- Gerald Moore
- Oskar Morawetz
- Arthur Ozolins
- George Ross
- Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson
- R. Murray Schafer
- Oleg Telitsyn
- Malcolm Troup
- Neil Van Allen
- Rush Watson Henderson
Web links
- Works by and about Alberto Guerrero in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ * Glenn Gould. Genius and passion. (OT: Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould. ) Documentary film, Canada, Germany, 2009, 84 min., Script and direction: Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont, production: White Pine Pictures.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Guerrero, Alberto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | García Guerrero, Antonio Alberto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean-Canadian composer, pianist and piano teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Serena |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1959 |
| Place of death | Toronto |