THE SCHOOL OF EVGENIA REVZO IN THE LIGHT OF EUROPEAN PIANO CULTURE

Abstract

More than a hundred years have passed since the birth of Evgenia Revzo (1915 — 2011), but the memory of her personality as an excellent teacher and a person is still alive. Why is she so memorable to her students and those who knew her? Working at the Department of Special Piano of the Institute of Arts, E.Revzo managed to unite her students into a single class, the so-called Revzo-School. E. Revzos pedagogy was greatly influenced by her teachers, who were the bearers of the best traditions of the European clavier school. The author presents some historical facts of the formation of clavier schools in France and Italy that are related to the biography of E.Revzo. In memory of the great teacher, in the article are included some letters written by E.Revzo to one of her students, where the teachers humanism and sensitivity to her students are clearly seen. Keywords: piano, harpsichord, culture, teacher, conservatory

Keywords

• teacher of music
• Evgenia Revzo
• clavier school