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Sindre Skarelven
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Sindre_Skarelven
Pianist, composer and piano teacher
Oslo, Norway
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Sort of an “all-round pianist”. I specialized in popular music and jazz in my education, but have focused mostly on classical in later years. I do some occasional arranging and composing.
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@mariannejhampton Nicely done! I prefer the right notes over a fast tempo. A faster tempo comes from first being able to play it slow. Thank you for sharing :)
Sindre Skarelven
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Sindre_Skarelven
4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Juan Carlos Olite Looking forward to your video!
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
As promised, here is my video for the second week were I've focused on memorizing the piece. Also, from yesterday I tried out Dominics fingerings for the sixth in section 5 and 7.…
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for Liszt's Soirees De Vienne Community Challenge!
@Gail Starr Bare hyggelig :D Yes, I have worked on the whole piece. This music is so lovely, with a lot of different moods and challenges. Very enjoyable! Best of luck on first Liszt piece!
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Susan Yes!
Sindre Skarelven
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
@Susan I agree, section 4 is very enjoyable! And as you say, memorizing the jumps are particularly important. Best of luck :)
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Rules & FAQ for Liszt's Soirees De Vienne Community Challenge!
@Gail Starr So great that you are joining! It is a wonderful piece to have on the repertoire :)
Sindre Skarelven
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Keep up the Great work!
Hello everyone! Just a little update on the progress this week so far, and plans for the weekend. As I said in the last update, I wanted to work on memorizing the piece this week.…
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4 yrs ago
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Re: Virtual Masterclass: feat. Chopin and Chopin!
Looking forward to this one!
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4 yrs ago
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@mariannejhampton So nice to hear, thank you! I am working on it, hopefully I can present it on Sunday :)
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@Dominic Cheli This made my day, thank you so much :)
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@Dominic Cheli Thank you for your comment, nice to have that reassurance that it doesn't have to be exact ! I think I have that effect down now, and I listen closely to the 8-notes in my left hand…
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@Dave B Thank you! Yes, absolutely, I was thinking that too with the tempo. It is a great piece to have on the repertoire:)
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@Juan Carlos Yes!
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@Juan Carlos Thank you so much! It is a lot of fun listening to each other and learning a piece together like this :)
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4 yrs ago
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@Brett Gilbert Thank you! :)
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Liszt's Soirées de Vienne Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
Here is my performance after Week 1. Some mistakes here and there, but then again there are a couple of more weeks to get it better :) Sections I worked on: All sections.…
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@Ching Lee Goh Sounds great! Lovely playing. I agree with you that the transition from 4 - 5 is a little challenging 😊
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
@Juan Carlos I enjoyed listening to your playing very much! Nice touch and phrasing 🎶
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Re: Week 1: Dancing with Liszt and Schubert!
Hello everyone! A little update from me. First I must say that I very much enjoy this piece, and really all the Soirée de Vienne. This is a really beautiful work I did not know of before.…
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Re: Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!
@Pauline So nice to read your introduction. Me too enjoy the Live sessions so much! I always appreciate your comments and insights! See you there :)
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Re: Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu: Masterpiece or Melodrama?
Hi @Ben ! I had to go pretty early during the live event, but have watched threw it now. I learned a lot so thank you. I must say the comparison between the editions was very interesting,…
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Re: Transcendent Beethoven: Op. 111, The Final Sonata
@Noah I have not played late Beethoven yet. I've played some of the early ones, and Pathetique, Moonlight, and Pastorale. I've looked a little bit at Appassionata,…
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Re: Handel Chaconne: Masterclass!
Hi @Dominic ! I just started going threw the Chaconne. Didn't have time to practice it earlier, but want to do the challenge now. I was wondering if you can address the choices you made for the…
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Re: Transcendent Beethoven: Op. 111, The Final Sonata
Me too couldn't watch this live, but have watched it now and must say I was pretty much blown away by this presentation! Great work @Noah ! I really liked how you talk about practicing the score.…
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