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Are classical musicians ever taught how to improvise a solo?

I see rock and blues musicans do it all the time. When my friend (who’s a classical pianist) improvises, it’s usually because she messed up. She repeats a line several times and calls it improvising, which it is, in a way.

When I mess up and improvise in rock and blues, I pick up the scale and add my own licks into a song.