Transform Your Hands: The Core Piano-Yoga® Workshop & Masterclass

Following the success of Piano-Yoga® workshops, masterclasses and retreats in London, Liverpool, Oxford, Paris, Nice, Nicosia and Los Angeles, GéNIA returns to London with a brand-new Piano-Yoga® workshop programme. Previously hosted by leading organisations and institutions including the ISM (Incorporated Society of Musicians), EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association), CAPMT (California Association of Professional Music Teachers), De Montfort University, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Schott Music and Steinway & Sons, Piano-Yoga® has attracted professional pianists, piano teachers, conservatoire students and amateur players from around the world.

Based on GéNIA’s acclaimed book Transform Your Hands, the Piano-Yoga® method helps pianists develop their technique rapidly by working with their individual physique. Through exercises that help to develop finger strength, flexibility, hand span, physical freedom and a deeper connection between the mind, body and hands, Piano-Yoga® offers a healthier and more efficient approach to piano playing. It is the only known piano method for safely developing hand span that has been reviewed and approved by leading clinical hand specialist Katherine Butler.

The workshop concludes with a Technique Lab and Masterclass, where participants can bring technical challenges or repertoire and receive practical Piano-Yoga® solutions that can be applied immediately to everyday practice.

Programme

14:30–15:20 — Introduction to Piano-Yoga® and Practising the Fundamental Principles of the Method

An introduction to the philosophy behind Piano-Yoga®, followed by practical demonstrations and guided exercises that introduce the fundamental principles of the method.

15:30–16:20 — Piano-Yoga® Method: Learning Stages One & Two

Learn and practise the first two stages of the Piano-Yoga® method, focusing on developing greater finger strength, flexibility, hand span and physical freedom at the piano.

16:30–17:30 — Technique Lab & Masterclass

Participants are invited to perform a short extract from their chosen repertoire or discuss a specific technical challenge. Whether you are struggling with difficult passages, double thirds, octaves, tension, endurance or hand flexibility, GéNIA will suggest practical Piano-Yoga® solutions that can be applied immediately to your everyday practice.

If you would like to perform an entire piece, that is absolutely fine, provided it does not exceed 5 minutes in duration.