Upcoming MFA Masterclass: How to develop a beautiful Rallentando?

We are excited to let you know that this 26th of June we will be hosting our 3rd MFA Masterclass together with our guest professor Carlo Marchione!

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Masterclass #3: How to develop a beautiful Rallentando?

26 June 2022, 20:30–22:00|Zoom

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Topic of this Masterclass:

A well performed Rallentando is one of the most important musical means for a striking phrasing and can be an extremely gratifying experience for the listener. But... why is it so special? A well performed Rallentando creates a strong connection between the player and the listener, the former creating in the latter the temporal expectation that the next note will fall naturally on a very specific point, and so on, until the end of the Rallentando. A well-performed Rallentando succeeds in creating these expectations.

Here's what you will learn:

• Which are the mechanisms which regulate a fulfilling realisation of the Rallentando?

• Can ‘Rallentando’ be practiced? If so, how?

• Subdivisions in ternary and binary meters.

• Least common multiple system

• Using the shortest usable value.

• How to practice a triplet rallentando?

• Exercises to develop an organic rallentando in any musical situation.

Get to know Carlo Marchione, our MFA guest lecturer!

Carlo Marchione, winner of seven major prizes at international competitions, has been part of the leading group of classical guitarists of the last 30 years. Carlo has performed as a solo guitarist, with orchestras and chamber music ensembles. Nowadays he is a professor and regularly leads masterclasses at various European Conservatoires as well as being a regular guest at Festivals throughout Europe. For his outstanding contribution to the development of the guitar, in 2017 he has been awarded with one of the most prestigious international prizes for the didactic, the Golden Guitar. Besides that, he has inspired composers such as A. Carlevaro, C. Domeniconi, S.Iannarelli, K.Vassiliev, A. Ourkouzounov, G.Drozd and John Duarte to write pieces for him. Always looking for new ideas for his repertoire, he discovered almost forgotten compositions which come out like jewels through his genial transcriptions. Highly praised by the press of his editing Violin Fantasies 12 by Georg Philipp Telemann, which is released as a CD and music book.