Tag: Pianist
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Leeds International Piano Competition Entry #4: Mid-week Muse
A blog post I recently read about individualism of musicians really struck a chord within me (pun intended). Written by Hong Kong pianist Stephen Hung–who, coincidentally, shares the same former piano teacher with me–muses on the idea of being “individual” in the world of music. The Chinese word 自我 literally translates into “self-me”, so one…
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Leeds International Piano Competition Entry #3: Round 1 (still)
GROUP 3 Anna Geniushene (Russia) Salih Can Gevrek (Turkey) Yilei Hao (China) Mario Häring (Germany) Anna Geniushene, 27 Your profile picture doesn’t look bad, why do you have to dress like a grandmother? Sorry, that was my first thought when I saw Anna’s concert dress. For her first round, Anna Geniushene presented Clementi’s Sonata…
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Leeds International Piano Competition Entry #2: Round 1
After my first entry on the Leeds Piano Competition, an avid reader of my blog (my dad actually) suggested to me that I should take into account the quality of sound I get from the laptop I use, which is why from now on I vow to refrain from listening to the performances on the…
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