Edna Golandsky is a classical music pianist, lecturer and pedagogue of renown. She is a graduate of the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...

, where she studied under

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and

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. She later studied privately during many years with noted pedagogue

Dorothy Taubman Dorothy Taubman (August 16, 1917 – April 3, 2013) was an American music teacher, lecturer, and founder of the Taubman Institute of Piano. She developed the "Taubman Approach" to Piano, piano playing, though her approach provoked controversy. ...

, whom she considers her main influence. She has earned wide acclaim throughout the United States and abroad for her extraordinary ability to solve technical problems at the instrument and for her penetrating musical insight. Many well-known concert pianists frequently play for her in her New York studio, including Enescu Competition winner Josu De Solaun Soto, Chopin Competition laureate

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and Leeds Competition winner

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. Golandsky co-founded the Taubman Institute, of which she was Associate Artistic Director from 1976-2002. In June 2003, Golandsky and senior faculty members previously affiliated with the Taubman Institute formed the

Golandsky Institute The Golandsky Institute is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the Taubman Approach to piano playing. Led by Edna Golandsky, Artistic Director, the Institute holds an annual symposium at Princeton University and hosts workshops and master c ...

, which is a leading center for the study, advancement, and dissemination of the Taubman Approach. The Institute conducts an annual symposium and festival every July at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. Golandsky has lectured and conducted master classes at music institutions in the US, including the

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, the

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, and

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as well as internationally. She has also presented at the Music Teacher’s National Association, World Piano Pedagogy Conference, and the European Piano Teacher’s Association. Golandsky has presented "The Taubman Technique" which is a 10 DVD box set explaining and demonstrating the Taubman Approach. In conjunction with the Golandsky Institute, she has further developed the Taubman Approach in the 3-DVD set, "The Art of Rhythmic Expression", and the 2-DVD set, "The Forgotten Lines: Lines that Support, Surround, and Intensify the Melody."(Golandsky Institute) For the past two years Ms. Golandsky and violinist Sophie Till have been working on a detailed application of the Taubman principles for string players.

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http://www.golandskyinstitute.org

https://web.archive.org/web/20110201144853/http://taubman-institute.com/

http://www.taubman-tapes.com

http://www.healthytyping.com

http://www.princetoninfo.com
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