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What is the most accessible piano concerto(s) for a first-timer?
I am an advanced level pianist who plays advanced ARCT-level solo repertoire. There is a local concerto competition in April that I am planning to give it a shot and try it.…
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Re: Preparing for a Master Class I would prepare for a masterclass exactly as if you are preparing for a performance. It is also good to make sure you can play from any section in the piece you are performing because you should…
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Heng-Pin Chen sorry for the mistake. It is the Sonata no.27 Op. 90 in E minor!
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Re: May Melodies Concert! @Alexander Weymann it is indeed! Very smooth flowing with some Beethoven dramatic moments.
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Re: May Melodies Concert! I would like to join and submit a recording of the second movement of the Beethoven Sonata Op.27 in E minor!
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? @Harriet Kaplan Thanks for asking! I thought it went well, better than how I expected or how I feared. It was my first performance like that in such a setting (competition) in more than 15 years so…
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? @Harriet Kaplan actually what I am finding is that the more I have been playing and rehearsing the music, the more I feel I can play it subconsciously without even thinking.…
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? @Tanya thanks! This is very insightful and an interesting approach. Normally you would want to play through the whole program (kind of to give your mind this check mark that "yes I can play the whole…
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? @Judy Kuan thank you. Indeed I've been trying to get any opportunity to perform or rehearse to anyone to do it. Can you send me a link to Dominic's handout about playing/performing from memory?
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Re: What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance? @Gail Starr That is a wonderful mindset and a great idea actually! Our tension usually makes us forget how beautiful the music is and why we are really playing this and enjoying performing in front…
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What is your practice and preparation routine a few days before and the day of the performance?
I have a performance coming up in 4 days in a competition where I am playing Beethoven Sonata Op.27 and Gershwin three preludes. I already know the music very well and inside out and I practice all…
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Re: Sign-Up: Improve your Chopin Etudes with Henry Kramer! Will the course have multiple sessions between Sep 19-30, or is it going to be one session on the 20th or how is it like?
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Maintaining growing repertoire in good shape
The more music you learn, the bigger your repertoire grows and the harder it becomes to maintain everything in good shape. To me it feels like a challenge because we tend to focus our practice time…
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Re: Conquering Stage Fright That is a great post and such an important topic to discuss here. I am not a professional pianist but I performed many times in public with many good performers and some bad experiences so I will…
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Is it ok or not to take lessons with two teachers in the same time?
I recently got back into taking piano lessons for the first time in about 4-5 years. I did extensive research on local piano teachers that are professional enough and that I could take lessons with…
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @Andrew McMillan Thanks Andrew. This is a very interesting article actually! The passage I am talking about is this. I really like what the article is mentioning about the idea of rotation and how…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What are your difficult passages? @Harriet Kaplan Agree about the piu animato section in the Chopin Ballade. I performed this Ballade many times and I worry about this section more than the coda!…
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Re: What are your difficult passages? The only passage that made me stop practicing a piece was in Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 in the latest section before the cadenza. To do these leaps accurately and at the right virtuositic speed…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What is your dream piece to perform? Tchaikovsky Concerto no.1 Chopin Sonata no.3 Those were my inspiration to keep practicing from my teenager years, even though I am in my 30s now.
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Pianist. Classical music enthusiast.
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