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Noel Nguyen
Noel_Nguyen
Montreal, Canada
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On a neverending journey towards mastery, going in circles and enjoying the process. I do have a Youtube channel (link above). It's hilariously unpopular, I don't care😀.
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Maria Then I suggest the cadenza! Want to update the Liszt?
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Maria said: Is the first page available? That's a question for @Mark Cooper since he volunteered for it first. But can you think of what your second choice would be?
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Maria I'd say the first page. But it's all difficult 😅.
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Maria Hi Maria, it's not too late at all, the final watch party being in October! And sure you can play the first or last page. I am volunteering for the last pages,…
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Tammy The offer still stands, for whomever volunteers to play the entire Chasse-Neige. It could be you!
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
Liszt of participants updated: No. 1 - "Preludio": Noel Nguyen No. 2 - "Molto vivace; Fusées": Noel Nguyen, Sachi No: 3 - "Paysage": Thurmond, Maria No. 4 -"Mazeppa": Judy Kuan No.…
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Mark Cooper You get a yes, my dear fellow crazy hobbit, for the first 2-3 pages. Feels like we are currently in the Council of Elrond chapter😄.
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Sindre Skarelven Yes! We're aiming for a two part challenge: one for the 140th death anniversary (July 31st) and one for the 215th birth anniversary (October 22nd).…
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Alexander Weymann said: perfect. I’ll get on it tonight or tomorrow To make it easy, we could start with stating our respective top choices. If there's overlap then we move on to the next choice.…
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Alexander Weymann So far I think it's only you, me, and maybe @Mark Cooper . The three crazy hobbits.
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Alexander Weymann Sure! Here's an idea, each of us could say which parts (s)he would like to prepare, in decreasing order from most to least favourite.…
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Alexander Weymann Yes! I was actually thinking, if enough of us volunteer for specific shortish sections (2-3 pages each?) of Chasse-Neige, we could definitely pull it off for October.…
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The digital piano thread
@Jonathan O'Neill That is an excellent purchase! I'm very partial to Kawai digitals myself, and to me the CA901 is definitely the most acoustic grand-like piano, short of the Novus NV10S,…
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
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General Discussion
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Sindre Skarelven Excellent!
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Dustin Anderson Liszt updated😄. And speaking of heroics please consider Chasse-Neige 😁.
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Alexander Weymann Epic! One of my top 3 favorite movie scenes of all time is when Sam tells Frodo "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!". I'm afraid we're all Frodo's here,…
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
Re: Chasse-Neige, since it's probably the most stamina-demanding Etude, how about a joint effort?? I MIGHT accept to submit a section, like 4 pages. Maybe. Just not the whole piece.…
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2 mths ago
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Alexander Weymann Don't feel bad, especially if you're sparing me from Wilde Jagd🤣. As regards @Dominic Cheli 's Chasse-Neige, you've been reading my mind.…
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
Liszt of participants updated: No. 1 - "Preludio": Noel Nguyen No. 2 - "Molto vivace; Fusées": Noel Nguyen, Sachi No: 3 - "Paysage": Thurmond, Maria No. 4 -"Mazeppa": Judy Kuan No.…
Noel Nguyen
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Mark Cooper Yes that would be a welcome addition! Every year that ends with a 1 or a 6 is a Liszt celebration year!
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2 mths ago
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Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Progression of courses for beginners
Hi Jeff, Are you asking about the recorded materials here (on Tonebase Piano)? Surely you've seen the course called "Principles of the Taubman Approach"?…
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2 mths ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Andrew Thanks!
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2 mths ago
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Re: Mastering Tricky Passages and answering your questions!
@Andrew Can you please tell us which pieces these passages are from? It seems the first is English Suite no.2? What about the second one? Thanks!
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2 mths ago
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Re: Week 4 — Share Your Playing 🎶
@claudiadm73 Thank you so much for your encouraging words! Now my haters will hate me even more. Joking🤣. Truth be told, to me, my performances always feel like disastrously cursory approximations😅.…
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2 mths ago
🌸 March Challenge: M is for Mozart
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Ursina Boehm Lovely, and I like the camera angle. Can't wait to see how you will solve the Gigue! I could never make sense of its rhythm. Will you play the rhythm as written (e.g.…
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