Accompaniment

Choosing to do the Master’s programme in Piano Accompaniment/Collaborative Pianist at Conservatorium Maastricht means spending an intensive period developing your skills. The supporting curriculum aids this development and gradually adds challenges: Working in duo and chamber music settings, learning to work with short and mid-term deadlines, and developing a repertoire list for at least 2h30min per semester. The combination of individual attention in an international class and a curriculum with substance will inspire you to achieve your full potential as a performing artist in a competitive and creative musical environment.
 

• Improving technique to increase ease and comfort in playing
• Improving the speed of learning; Learning to deal with short-term and mid-term deadlines
• Building a repertoire list of a minimum of 2h30min per semester/year
• Mastering communication, learning to give and take in musical interaction (the art of dialogue)
• Developing coaching skills
• Working on refinement in sound production and being able to adapt quickly to different circumstances
• Mastering confidence on stage
• Learning to play a piano reduction smoothly
• Working in an inspiring and creative environment with high-level colleagues
• Maastricht is a Steinway & Sons school, and you will have the opportunity to play on the best and newest Steinways during practice hours at school