Elvira CAFLERS and Natalia GODBILLON
Authors of Jouons du Piano Volume 1 & Jouons du piano volume 2
With this work, our aim is to develop a method that fosters learning, mastery, and a deeper understanding of piano playing.
“Music begins where the power of words ends. ”
Richard Wagner
This book is, above all, a love story, our shared love story with music and the piano.
But it’s also a wonderful story, our story : we are both graduates of the Higher Conservatory of the Russian Classical School, and also both pianists, teachers, authors and composers .
We’ve always been passionate about music, enchanted by the sound of the piano and the emotion and sensitivity that emanate from each of its keys… teaching this musical art has always been an obvious choice for us.
From conservatories to private schools, from the former Soviet Union to Nice, we have always passed on our love of the piano with the same passion and enthusiasm.
Trained by some of the great masters, we have been enriched by an international musical culture exposed to a variety of teaching methods – sometimes even contrastig ones.
Listen… Dream… Imagine… Take joy in playing… Take joy in listening… , But also in sharing and passing on, that’s what drives us.
Our approach to teaching has never stopped evolving, adapting and improving over time.
This book represent the culmination of a passionate and fulfilling journey.
It’s a kind of “update”, a modernised, refresh method , more aligned with today’s needs and the pace of each individual’s progress.
This method is the foundation of our own teaching, it’s our personal ” quality label ” . We are proud to share it, and we draw great satisfaction from this long and wonderful project, reinforced by the feedback and thanks from our students and other teachers..
