How to play the piano in a virtuoso, expressive and at the same time free and relaxed way? Prof. Ilja Scheps uses a selected and tried and tested repertoire to show how every piano player, whether beginner or advanced, can become a sound artist within a very short time. His sound-oriented piano playing goes beyond mere technical mastery of the instrument and emphasizes the creative and expressive power of the music. The focus is on a beautiful articulation of sound for a lively and constantly re...

• Preface
• I. Waking up the fingers – waking up the ears: 1. Little exercises for the body and hands
• 2. Sitting properly at the piano
• 3. Rotating movements as the basis for loose wrists
• 4. Five-finger patterns for both hands
• 5. Dexterity in the fingers
• 6. Scales and arpeggios
• 7. Hanon exercise
• 8. Czerny Studies
• 9. Waking up the ears
• II. Warm-ups using excerpts from the piano repertoire: 1. Training finger dexterity and looseness in the wrists
• 2. Scales
• 3. Arpeggios
• 4. Pl...