Welcome to the tonebase Piano Community!

Happy New Year EVERYONE!  I so look forward to connecting with you and hearing you and learning from you all

Hi everyone. This is Ziyin from Malaysia. I am an adult beginner currently in my second month of learning the piano in my local studio. 

I am currently finishing the first book of Alfred Adult Piano Course and now working on Pachelbel's Canon (made into C).. 

I am not sure is this a suitable platform for a total beginner like me (I just joined tonebase today) but I wish to expand my horizons and this platform definitely opens up opportunities for me to expose myself with the insights of many world class piano masters.

Oh talking about food. My favourite food is Nasi Lemak (coconut rice) a local classic breakfast in Malaysia. Comprising of rice cooked with coconut milk and spices, topped with crispy anchovies and egg. :)

hello everyone, I'm Samir Tanjar  

• I'm Born in Lebanon from a Lebanese Dad and a Filipino mother, I'm currently living in the Philippines, I am a civil engineer who recently graduated and still studying the piano as it's my life time hobby. I am considered as a Food Critic, specially that I own a restaurant and resort in Calatagan Batangas Philippines having a wide variety of international food, ranging from western, Asian, Japanese, Indian and Lebanese food that I all love and monitor quality personally. Do check up "Lago De Oro" my resort online ;)  
• Currently I am working on most Chopin etudes trying to master all of them someday, doing Bach English suits specially no.2, Beethoven op.2 no.3 Sonata, tackling also the Mozart Concertos 20,21 & 22 and Bach piano Concerto in D minor, and Chopin Scherzo no. 1&2 and Ballade no. 1&4 and Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan...
• I'm Hopping to connect and learn from the experts and the best renowned pianists internationally, and to take my performance to the higher levels of professionalisms and musicality, I have been playing for 10 years, I'm Just 24 years of age and believe that my real Piano journey have just began.    

Thank you for reading my message, nice meeting you, God Bless you and Happy New Year !

Thanks for kicking this off Dominic Cheli.

• I was just introduced to Tonebase by Ghassan Shehadeh and the timing was perfect as I just retired and have great expectations of getting back to the piano.
• I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, went to school (non-music degrees) in Boston, and have lived most of my adult life in Chicago and Ann Arbor, MI. 
• Currently working on some old pieces (back when I was taking lessons and practicing seriously).  Bach Italian Concerto and French Suites, Beethoven (early Sonatas and Waldstein) and miscellaneous Brahms pieces.
• I am looking forward to getting more regular in practice discipline and bringing some pieces to performance level.  So glad to discover this community. 

I'm Harriet, originally from Washington, DC, and now live in a nearby suburb. Food-wise there's a bit of everything here, but when I go out to eat I like to get something I wouldn't make at home, like falafel or sushi or Ethiopian food.

At the moment, I'm working my way through the Well-Tempered Clavier. I started this in April 2021 and intended to spend a week or two on each prelude and fugue, enough to get familiar with them and play through them fluently at least, but have been hovering on the E major set (from Book 1) for the past month. I also have been learning Chopin Ballade No. 3. A couple of pieces on the back burners: Chopin Ballade No. 1, the slow movement (The Alcotts) of the Ives Sonata No. 2, and Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in G minor Op. 33 No. 8, along with a multiyear endeavor, learning the Goldberg Variations, with which I've had many frustrations and setbacks.

What am I hoping to get out of tonebase? I suppose inspiration and connection with other piano people. I've been feeling unhappy about my playing and how I learn music for some time and would like to move away from that mindset. This forum and the possibilities for sharing performances and getting feedback are appealing.

Hello All-

This is Vidhya. I grew up in NC, but have lived in northern Virginia for many years. My favorite food in NC was my mom’s home cooking, but loved the local peaches and salty boiled peanuts too!
 

I am currently working on Mozart’s sonata 331 (theme/variations) and Vladimir Askenazy’s transcription of Rachmaninoff’s Zdes Khorosho. I am also working on polishing up Schumann-Liszt’s Widmung. I got the confidence to try out Widmung thanks to some of the tonebase live events. 
 

I love all the great (constantly growing) content on tonebase- repertoire, technique, interviews. The live events, feedback and community are great. I am thankful to have such a great resource to supplement my interest in piano.

Hi everyone!

Riche here! I'm originally from the Philippines but am in Singapore right now. Favorite food has always been Kare-Kare: stewed oxtail in peanut butter :) 

I've been learning the piano for about 5 months now, my first instrument! Learning as an adult so looking for a community to keep me motivated.. :) Currently working on Mozart's Sonata 16 in C Major, and Gymnopedie No1 :)