Arthur Simoes

My name is Arthur Simoes, I was born in Brazil and moved to Geneva, Switzerland, at age 10. I had an injury in both of my thumbs when I decided

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Kris Rebar

Hi Edna, I have been meaning to touch base with you about my progress on the steno machine. I have always been a rule-follower. So, if a teacher

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Sadie Danforth-Brightman

Bob, Thank you so much for a fabulous workshop. I always learn so much from you, and so appreciate your generosity. So many meaningful moments. I

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Alessandro d’Episcopo

Dear Ms. Golandsky, My name is Alessandro d’Episcopo, a jazz piano player living in Lucerne, Switzerland. For many years I have been following

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Carolyn Strand

“Playing the piano should feel delicious.” Delicious! I reread the word several times in disbelief. I was on the verge of selling my

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Nichola McCloy

About ten years ago, I developed a mild case of focal dystonia which was preventing me from expressing what I wanted to communicate at the piano.

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Dr. Anders Nordenfelt

The first time I met Robert Durso was at a piano summer course given by pianist/scholar Paul Roberts at Castelfranc in France. It soon became

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Janet Angier

It was the end of August 1988, driving home from a summer of performing at the Aspen Festival, that I first noticed complete numbness in my right

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Thomas Bagwell, M.Mus.

Before I studied with Edna Golandsky I had tremendous shoulder pain and my sound was weak. I felt that my technique had gone as far as it could

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Janine Byrne

Hi John:  First of all, I want to say a BIG THANK YOU for taking the time from your Christmas holiday to spend time with my son Brian

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Paula Gorelkin, M.M.

I was about 57 years old when I started to feel shooting pains in my fingers and hands. I had been a piano teacher for 30 years and had

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