CHAMBER MUSIC VS PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC

Prof. Jerzy MARCHWIŃSKI

Chamber music vs piano chamber music

Community chamber music (strings, wind, vocal) vs universal chamber music  (piano).

The unique characteristics of piano chamber music.

The Chair of Piano Chamber Music  (KKF).

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1.      I differentiate between two kinds of chamber music: the so-called community chamber music for string and wind instruments and vocal, and the universal chamber music for piano.

2.      The community chamber music for string and wind instruments and vocal focuses mostly on professional problems resulting from the individual characteristics of these instruments (it would be hard to imagine that string instruments would encounter the same problems as wind instruments or vocal when playing/singing  in an ensemble) .

3.      The universal piano chamber music means co-operation with all the kinds of instruments and with singers  while performing on stage and also throughout the whole learning process; both would be unimaginable without the support of the pianist.

4.      The scope of professional obligations of the pianist towards the ensemble is huge and requires considerable sense of responsibility, starting from the job of a coach and tutor at music schools and opera theatres, and ending with a joint performance in the proverbial philharmonic society. 

5.      The requirement and the obligation to prepare pianists professionally and psychologically to perform in any  ensemble models,  basing on the concept of partnership in music, fully justifies the existence of the Chair of Piano Chamber Music  (KKF).