​Lecturer:  Jarred Dunn

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Description - This seminar will focus on how to maximize efficiency of practicing through technical principles of piano playing. Among other technical concepts, we will discuss how to optimally position and move the hands and arms for optimal comfort and agility. 

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Pianist Jarred Dunn (Yamaha Artist) won First Prize and Concerto Award at the 7th Lithuanian International Chopin Competition and is a prizewinner of the Jan Hoffman, D. Vitti, Verona Zinetti, and Rome International Competitions. Mr. Dunn has performed in Australia, Europe, and North America as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist. He is described by critics as “a piano sound-colour magician” (Muzikos Barai), “a performer with exquisite pedaling” (Ludwig van Toronto), and “technically perfect” (Belarus First Radio). Mr. Dunn is heard on CBC/Radio-Canada, Classical 96.3FM, WWFM, WQXR, 98.7 WVMO, Belarusian First, and Madison Radio-TV. CBC/Radio Canada featured him on This is My Music and Top Thirty Under Thirty: Hot Canadian Classical Musicians. His discography includes Chopin and Debussy, Brahms in Solitude, Chopin’s Diary: The Mazurkas. Recently, he recorded the complete piano solo and duo works of Górecki, alongside Górecki's daughter, pianist Anna Górecka. His teachers include Andrei Gavrilov, Maria João-Pires, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Anna Górecka, Andrzej Jasiński, Dorothy Taubman, Jacob Lateiner and Yoheved Kaplinsky. He is based in Montreal.​​​​