About methods

 Max believe that learning to play an instrument by just memorizing musical pieces is not learning how to play an instrument. All the outstanding composers of the past - Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff - were also brilliant improvisers. They could delight the audience for hours, instantly giving birth to musical ideas on the instrument that came spontaneously. This fact alone is enough to understand the importance of the ability to master improvisation for free expression on the instrument, exquisite technique, light and bright composer's thought, full knowledge of harmony in practice. Max`s methodology is based on a complete practical knowledge of harmony and the laws of improvisation. From the very first lesson, the student begins to easily understand the logic of music harmony and the principles of spontaneous expression of thoughts on the instrument. For teaching classical works, the process of sight-reading is much more important, which gives, over time, fluency in the text of unfamiliar works, than the long and monotonous memorization of these works.

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As the author of this novel concept in the field of harmonization, Max Redko has made unique discoveries in instrumental playing principles. For example, he teaches musicians to create spontaneously, and in diverse ways on the piano, often using innovative harmonic solutions. Furthermore, as a researcher in the field of piano improvisation, Max has developed a virtuoso performance technique that does not require warming up the fingers, or getting used to an unfamiliar keyboard, which allows the musician to always be at peak performing condition. Max's discoveries in the field of music harmony and his unique principles provide musicians with the flexibility to expand their performance capabilities.