Sensation - Piano

Portrait of the highly praised pianist and composer Daniil Trifonov.
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These individuals had sustained their injury more than a year before the study, a time frame when most rehab patients see very little improvement for the remainder of their lives. Remarkably, the device was primarily used while the participants were going about their daily routines. The glove, which looks like a workout glove with a small box on the back, is used with a piano keyboard and vibrates a person's fingers to indicate which keys to play.

While learning to play the instrument, several people with SCI experienced improved sensation in their fingers. For example, after using the glove, some participants were able to feel the texture of their bed sheets and clothes for the first time since their injury. Markow worked with individuals with SCI who had limited feeling or movement in their hands. Each suffered a spinal injury more than a year prior to the study. The eight-week project required study participants to practice playing the piano for 30 minutes, three times a week. Half used the MMT glove to practice; half did not.

A song, such as Ode to Joy, is programmed into a device, which is wirelessly linked to the glove. As the musical notes are illuminated on the correct keys on the piano keyboard, the gadget sends vibrations to "tap" the corresponding fingers.


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The participants play along, gradually memorizing the keys and learning additional songs. However, these active learning sessions with MMT were not the primary focus of the study.

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The participants also wore the glove at home for two hours a day, five days a week, feeling only the vibration and not playing the piano. Previous studies showed that wearing the MMT system passively in this manner helped participants learn songs faster and retain them better. The researchers hoped that the passive wearing of the device would also have rehabilitative effects. At the end of the study, participants performed a variety of common grasping and sensation tests to measure their improvement. Those who used the MMT system performed significantly better than those who just learned the piano normally.


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He began piano at age 5 and by his teens he was studying at the Moscow Gnesin School of Music with classes in piano, composition, chamber and orchestral music. He also attended as many orchestra concerts as possible, which is how he heard the Philadelphia Orchestra on its tour of Russia in the early s.

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Visiting this country is part of the reason he was inspired to come to study here. He was from the same line of teachers as Emil Gilels.


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It was and Trifonov was At 19, he placed third at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw where he also won a prize for playing the best mazurka. The next year was the career maker. He not only won the gold prize at the Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky competitions, he captured both the grand prize, which is given for being the best pianist overall in the entire competition, and the audience favorite prize. Additionally, he won at the Rubinstein the best chamber and best Chopin prizes, and at the Tchaikovsky the best Mozart Concerto.

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With critics and colleagues now calling his playing scintillating, charismatic, flawless, fierce but tender and a host of other accolades, Trifonov must keep up. It is also his Philadelphia Orchestra debut. The Saturday performance will be my first time performing it. As background, Trifonov listened to a recording of Rachmaninoff playing the concerto.

Although the international scene and the travel is still so new that he said it all still excites him, especially meeting new audiences and seeing new places, he tries whenever he can to grab a few days to either visit family in Moscow or head to Cleveland. The concert is part of the annual Tchaikovsky Spectacular. Fireworks will follow the concert. Skip to main navigation. Subscriber login Enter your email address.