Being a Music Major
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On the Piano and Loneliness
I once read in an interview that Martha Argerich—one of my idols—preferred playing concertos to solo piano works because she didn’t like being lonely on stage. It seems like a mere quirk, something you’d attribute to the fickle creative type, but I’ve since discovered that to be a pianist is to be alone. Many people… Continue reading
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This photo says so much about me
I often bring food of some sort to keep me going in the practice rooms, and I use music stands as my tables. This was from one particularly intense six-hour stint. (Not seen: a pastry and a fruit-and-nut bar.) Continue reading