Walter Gieseking, Piano Teaching, Performing And Teaching Ideas "

Walter Gieseking is the greatest pianist and piano educator in Germany.As a great pianist, he has played with extraordinary ability and a remarkable memory, and he has performed in many places throughout the world. People are surprised by his breadth of repertoire. He has recorded a lot of CDs, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Rahway, Skliyabin and other composers of piano music。He is famous for his playing the piano works of Debussy and Ravel`s, and he is widely praised as the greatest interpreter piano works of Debussy and Ravel`s all over the world.He has also studied modernist works in 20th century. Careful to touch, clear and transparent sound are his characteristics. Besides, he is also good at playing with pedal.Meanwhile, as a great piano educator, Gieseking and his teacher Carl Lehmer have written the book "of modern piano technique," which has systematically studied the modern piano playing skills and the way of learning, and provided a set of science methods about piano teaching.This paper would research from his playing career, teaching philosophy, and his contributions to teaching. We would give the fullest description of the unique characteristics of style on piano playing ,and the piano teaching experience he has left would be discovered. It has an important practical significance to modern piano teaching.