Passion and Innovation

He’s one of the best in the world. And you can learn his craft directly from him at Carnegie Mellon.

Concert pianist Frederic Chiu’s high-energy performances and his unorthodox practice techniques — which include medication, visualization and score study — are all part of his classes. He learned the approach out of necessity, while being stuck in Paris as a young pianist without access to a piano while waiting for a residency to begin.

“I didn’t call it practicing away from the piano at the time, because I didn’t think that was possible,” he said, “but it ended up being this whole regimen of mental and emotional practicing that brought me huge insight into what piano playing was all about.”