John Mortensen

Oxford University Press Releases “Improvising Fugue”

Oxford University Press released “Improvising Fugue: A Method for Keyboard Artists” in February 2023.  Author John Mortensen drew upon experience as a concert improviser on the international stage to develop this approach to creating spontaneous polyphonic music in Baroque style. Juilliard keyboard studies professor Yiheng Yang stated that “Mortensen has done it again! As in […]

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Call for Proposals for Improvisation Conference

Announcing a new conference! ————- Improvisation in Historical Styles: Performance, Pedagogy, and Research Conference Announcement and Calls for Proposals November 19-20, 2022 Online This conference will explore current developments in the performance, pedagogy, and research of keyboard, vocal, and instrumental improvisation from the Renaissance through the Romantic eras. Such an exploration is timely. The rediscovery

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Oxford University Press to Publish “Improvising Fugue”

Oxford University Press has been selected as the publisher for Dr. John Mortensen’s most recent book “Improvising Fugue.” OUP is ranked as the world’s leading academic press for publications in the arts. Mortensen’s previous publication with Oxford, “The Pianist’s Guide to Historic Improvisation,” is the world’s best-selling book in its academic field. “Improvising Fugue” will

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Historic Improvisation Book Debuts at #1

“The Pianist’s Guide to Historic Improvisation” (Oxford University Press) made its debut as the #1 New Release on Amazon in the category Music Instruction and Study.  Author John Mortensen is internationally known as a pianist, harpsichordist, and Fulbright Global Scholar in Historic Improvisation. Noam Sivan, Professor of Improvisation at the Hochscule of Music and Performing

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Oxford University Press Releases Book on Historic Improvisation

Oxford University Press will release The Pianist’s Guide to Historic Improvisation on April 1. Keyboard artists in the time of J.S. Bach were simultaneously performers, composers, and improvisers. By the twentieth century, however, the art of improvisation was all but lost. Today, vanishingly few classically-trained musicians can improvise with fluent, stylistic integrity. Many now question the

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