John Mortensen

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

“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

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