Name: Improvisation_030g by Robbie de Groot
Duration: 5 min 32 s
Description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ePHAhVDoZg&t=3395s

Art picture by tomoko-uji-Oq6Mdb4o6vA-Unsplash

Une Fantaisie Opus 23

music by Heitor Villa-Lobos / 
guitar played by Frank Hiemenz
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Concert in "Michaelskapelle" in Witzenhausen/Germany
'93

"Prélude 1" by H.Villa-Lobos [live]

Edvard Grieg: Sonata for piano & violin No.2 G major Op.13 transcribed for two pianos.
 I.Lento doloroso - Poco Allegro - Allegro vivace - Presto.
Reproduced for two pianos by VV on a sequence of H.Fesefeldt (1942-2019). Tempos selected byVV. A pair of Petrof Mistral 284 modeled Grands in a cathedral surroundings were used, the instrumental, as well as the rec. setups were done by VV.

Edvard Grieg: I.Lento Doloroso - Poco Allegro - All.animato. Op.13. Read for two pianos

Edvard Grieg: I.Lento Doloroso-poco allegro-all.vivace-presto. Mvt I of Op.13 Read for two pianos

Prelude

watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iom9ZPPE5f4&list=RDiom9ZPPE5f4&start_radio=1

The Calling - Wherever You Will Go, lovely Piano

a Francisco Tarrega classical guitar piece performed by Manuel Cabrera II titled "Paquito – Vals".

http://manuelcabreraii.com/

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Manuel Cabrera II obtained his Bachelor of Music in Guitar Performance from the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music in Manila, Philippines under the guidance of Prof. Ruben Reyes. He later studied with acclaimed Japanese guitarist Norioh Sato and received his Master of Music Degree in Guitar under a scholarship at the Elisabeth University of Music in Hiroshima, Japan. He has also performed at the master classes of David Leisner, David Russel, Kazufumi Matsunaga, Josep Enriquez, and Angelito Agcaoili.

As a student, Manuel won major competitions in the Philippines and all over Japan, including 1st prize at the 1999 National Music Competitions for Young Artists (Manila, Philippines); 1st prize at the “GITARA” Competition, University of the Philippines, Diliman; 1st prize at the 31st Nippon Guitar Competition Solo Category, Osaka Japan; 2nd prize at the Classical Guitar Competition, Tokyo, Japan; and 5th prize at the 49th Tokyo International Guitar Competition.

As a performer, he had been featured at the 2004 “Filipino Artists Series” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and at the “New Artists Concert” at Elisabeth University of Music, Hiroshima. He had also been featured as a Soloist with the University of the Philippines Chamber Orchestra and with the University of Santo Tomas Symphony Orchestra at the “Concert at the Park”, Rizal Park, Manila. He had as well performed at solo concerts in Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka, Japan and was featured as a performer at the Guitarra 2010 International Guitar Festival. Earlier this year, he held his successful solo debut concert at The Esplanade, earning him positive reviews from critics.

Manuel is also a dedicated and accomplished pedagogue. He taught at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music from 2000 to 2007. He is now based in Singapore and is actively pursuing a career in performing and teaching. He was recently honored by television network ABS-CBN by featuring him and his achievements as an internationally recognized Filipino classical guitarist at the Global Pinoy (Global Filipino) segment of its cable channel, The Filipino Channel.


Paquito – Vals (Francisco Tarrega) | Manuel Cabrera II

watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sRI0jnyZAQ&list=RD9sRI0jnyZAQ&start_radio=1

E.T. - Katy perry (lovely piano)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ePHAhVDoZg&t=3395s

video

Improvisation_030g

A Trip to Prague

String Quartet No. 12 in F Major Op. 96 "American" IV. Finale

Complete Piano Sonatas

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.28 in A-dur, Op.101 - Alfred Brendel

Composer: Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
Piece: Tango (España, Op. 165)
Performer: Carlos Márquez

Isaac Albéniz: Tango (España Op. 165)

Robbie's first encounter with music was at the age of 6 when one of his aunts gave him a bugle to play on. Few months after Robbie was alowed to rehearse with the local fanfare and kept playing the bugle for 1 year and the baritone 1 year after that. After getting his 'A' diploma, Robbie then returned the lent baritone and said: "Now I have enough" and stopped playing a brass instrument. Yet, a few years later, when he was 11, he found a keyboard on the attic and played it fondly. When his parents could not hold out much longer to hear the same tune over and over (pippy longstockings), his mother then decided Robbie needed 
piano lessons and brought him to a teacher in Groningen: 'Jan Meiborg'.

Quickly became clear that Robbie enjoyed this much and took lessons for 7 years. Here he learned much about improvisation in blues and learned to get more in touch with the piano in general. The last study was on a piece of Franz Liszt: 'Liebestraum no.3'. Jan dared a bet: "If you can play this piece well within 4 weeks, I'll buy you a chocolate cake." So the challenge was accepted. Yet... Robbie was young and became more busy with other things than the piano and Robbie knew he was going to fail.

Thus, with a loss, yet with no side of the bargain, Robbie bought a chocolate cake himself for Jan, and without any words, the both of us knew that this would be the last time of the study. 

Which became more clear the coming year. Robbie did not even touch a piano for over a year and was hanging around with his friends more often. Yet after that specific year, he came home to his parents house... Looked at the piano... Thought to himself: "Could I?... then... Should I?" and began improvising with no one else in the room. Finally he accepted that this had to be his main course. 

** Read the full story on artificialis.nl ** (available in lots of languages but dutch is the main language and the rest is probably pretty poorly translated by machine translation)

Improvisation_030g

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