The Composer's Piano
10 concepts by twice Grammy-nominee performer and composer Hector Martignon to make strong composition easier & improve musicality in improvisation using the piano as your supportive tool, no matter which instrument is yours.
Compose with ease & depth and elevate your musical vocabulary without studying for years or spending your budget on private lessons.
The composer's piano course is a 10-module video programme for amateur and professional musicians that you can view at your own rhythm. Each of the videos and downloadables will teach you how to successfully use the piano as a tool of composition and impact your improvisation.
Certificate provided.
Expand your musical vocabulary
Deepen your compositions
Free up your improvisation
Your teacher
Hector Martignon is a Colombian pianist and composer of Italian descent living in New York City. Two of Martignon's albums have been nominated for a Grammy Award: Refugee (2007) and Second Chance (2010). Martignon is known for crossbreeding the improvisational language of Jazz with diverse musical idioms, such as Classical European, Latin American folklore and World Music.
Hector began his career with Mikis Theodorakis on his Canto General. Moving to New York city in 1989, Martignon joined both the Salsa band and the Jazz ensemble of Ray Barretto. He has collaborated with the likes of Mongo Santamaría, Gato Barbieri, Steve Turre, Paquito D’Rivera, Don Byron and was invited to perform with Max Roach[3] Project America featuring Tito Puente.
Hector teaches composition at Hofstra University and at the Munich Music Conservatory and guest lectures all over the world.
On its exhibit Latin Jazz, the Smithsonian Institution lists Martignon among the leading artists “exploring the regional sources of Latin Jazz”.
He was awarded a master's degree at Manhattan School of Music, studying Jazz Piano with Kenny Barron and Classical Piano with Solomon Mikowski.