Artist description Solo Pianist, Composer and Arranger

Music Style Post Romantic, Classical, New Age, Impressionist

Musical Influences Mozart Bach Chopin Beethoven Rachmaninoff

Similar Artists Rachmaninoff George Winston David Lance

Artist History David Bagno began studying piano lessons in the 5th Grade. In 7th grade, his football coach made him take 60 laps around the goal posts because he came an hour late to practice because of a piano lesson. As with most adolescents, he chose to play football instead. It was not until college after being plagued with sports injuries and other disapoinments, did he turn to music. This crossroad uncovered a hidden talent for composing and a new found love for music. At this time, he began to consider if music could ever bring him the satisfaction that sports did.The untimely death of his father brought him to Stony Brook University where he was accepted into the music program. It was only because of the promise he showed as a composer that he got in. At Stony Brook, Bagno was exposed to some of the finest pianists and pedagogy in classical music. Greatly motivated and inspired, he began to practice 8 to 10 hours a day. Despite this, he soon realized that it would take years for his piano playing to reach the level of the other students. Still determined, he read through the existing piano method books and practiced the standard exercises and etudes. Disappointed with the results, he decided to take control of his musical destiny. "There has to be a better way. I don't have 20 years to learn how to play the piano!" In the spirit of progress, he obtained permission from the University to do an independent research study on the physiology of piano playing and the anatomy of the hand. He believed that with a thorough knowledge of the hand, he could accelerate the development of his piano technique. His research lead to new piano exercises and methods far beyond the scope of conventional teachings. Today the proofs of this work have manifested in several areas. His piano compositions like the City Of God and Genesis, both which were submitted for Pulitzer Prizes, are among the most difficult works written for the instrument. His high-tech cutting edge piano technique, has also opened new frontiers in his compositional style and pianistic invention. The recordings on the CD give testimony to this. These compositions have been played on classical stations coast to coast. From WNYC in New York to KBOQ in California. Finally, as a piano teacher, Bagno was repeatedly able to bring beginner piano students to a level of playing Mozart within a few months. Many of these teaching philosophies and methods are captured in his popular music software course, "The Music Lab Series". His computerized education series, The Music Lab, is used in many Universities and learning institutions in this country and abroad. Bagno currently works as a software engineer in Washington DC.

Group Members David A Bagno

Instruments Piano

Albums David Bagno Original Compositions Volume I, II, III

Press Reviews From David Bagno, the award winning composer and author of the Music Lab Software Series for Macintosh which includes \The Big Note Music Speller\, \Talking Piano Teacher\, \Melodic Ear Trainer, \Talking Rhythm Teacher\, \Music Chord Teacher\, \Musical Space Invaders\, \Talking Note Picker\, \Chromatic Note Speller\ and numerous others comes Proteus And Quadra. He has attempted to showcase the violin and piano in a style and content that are similar to such sonatas from the classic period. He recorded this work on a Proteus 2 synthesizer even though, it is still quite beautiful. It runs for several minutes and is perfect as background music which you can leave playing while you work in other applications. Anyone who enjoys listening to excellent classical music should give this file a listen! ZDNet.com

Additional Info Musical Scores and Music Teaching Software

Location Washington, DC - USA

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