Karst de Jong Interview | Piano, Music Theory and Many Styles

Interview with pianist, improviser and music theory teacher Karst de Jong

00:50 How did you get started with improvisation
02:44 How does improvisation play a role in your musical life?
04:38 How does improvisation play a role in your teaching?
06:58 International Projects in improvisation: how did they come about?
09:30 METRIC - current website and cooperation in improvisation between different European Academies
11:29 Does this new way of teaching change the student's view of improvisation in classical music
13:09 Improvisation helps sound like yourself
14:52 How can you develop your own style?
15:39 What do you practice about improvisation?
16:15 Chopin
18:27 The balance between creative flow and conscious decision-making during improvisation
21:50 How do you practice in free improvisation?
22:58 What is needed to grow improvisation into the future?

This is part of an interview series in which we want to show all the people that use improvisation in classical music, since everyone keeps saying classical musicians can't improvise :). More interviews here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Zph-SkKedzGpAZh4AKha5WIoVxS0-QF

Karst's website:
https://www.karstdejong.com/

Karst's YouTube channel with loads of improvisation videos:
https://www.youtube.com/c/karstdejong/videos

Metric, website with lots of resources and information about European improvisation projects
http://metricimpro.eu/resources/educational-resources/

Longer interview on Nikhil Hogan's channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM44_yYBXx4

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