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Here's a #mondayquote to get every pianist motivated for another week! #quoteoftheday #musicquote

“When you investigate things and check them out, they may feel foreign at first. But once you get into it, you figure out how to make things work..” Happy Birthday to the great innovative pianist, KENNY BARRON! #sketchbook #jazzdrawing @kennethbarron7 @kennybarron #legendarypianist #jazzart #pencilsketch #jazzsketch #keithhenrybrown #iamtheleopard @pwlicensing @paintedwordsartrep @painted.words

World-class Pianos, So-so Pianist Read the full article: More Lessons from the Piano in the Key of Life ▸ https://lttr.ai/AJ2EW #lifelessons #BabyGrandPiano

Communication is key in any project, from building a software solution to playing a classical concert. A single misunderstanding can be catastrophic. I recall a case where knowledge and great talent solved a misunderstanding in music. A great pianist, Maria João Pires, was invited to play a concert at the last moment because the original pianist was not able to do it. Without rehearsal, she was scheduled to play a Mozart piano concerto. The confusion arose because she understood the concert was for the Piano Concerto No. 23, K488, but the orchestra had prepared for the Piano Concerto No. 20, K466. It was a shocking moment during the concert, in front of the audience, when she heard the first notes played by the orchestra and realized the misunderstanding. Fortunately, she had also performed the Piano Concerto No. 20, K466 several months earlier and was able to overcome this problematic situation. In this case, I want to highlight: - The bravery and skills of this great pianist in successfully facing this incredible challenge. - A great director with a kind, assertive, and supportive behavior during challenging times. Unless you belong to the elite of the best in your field worldwide and don't mind the upheavals, which could have been catastrophic, you should avoid misunderstandings. You can see a video about these difficult moments and an interview with the pianist too. #communicationskills #projectmanagement #problemsolving #teamwork #leadership #music #classicalmusic https://lnkd.in/dasWfzSC https://lnkd.in/dgUEeaem

When is it time to upgrade my piano?    Whether you’re a seasoned pianist or just starting out, here are ten crucial considerations to keep in mind when deciding it’s time to upgrade your piano: https://lnkd.in/gefb6izm

When is it time to upgrade my piano?    Whether you’re a seasoned pianist or just starting out, here are ten crucial considerations to keep in mind when deciding it’s time to upgrade your piano: https://lnkd.in/gXm9CyPT

Here is one of my favorite eye exercises for jazz pianists. By building your familiarity with chord inversions, or the various ways they can be constructed on the piano, you can unlock faster improvisation. https://lnkd.in/eevGfZP6

Concerto for Orchestra. Sounds contradictory, doesn't it? Isn't everything an orchestra plays a concert? But there's a specific way that composers think about the orchestra in a piece like this. Take Bartók, whose Concerto for Orchestra we currently feature. Traditionally, a Concerto has a solo instrument - piano, violin, etc. - but Bartók treats each _section_ of the orchestra with the same intensity and virtuosity of the solo instrument. It provides a different way of listening to an orchestra.

GOOD EVENING WITH MUSIC OF KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI CONCERTO NO 11 IN D MAJOR ON PIANO Khatia Buniatishvili Joseph Haydn Piano Concerto No 11 in D major, Hob XVIII 11 https://lnkd.in/eWQ2MvQw https://lnkd.in/gfFUbNRp I am so thankful to Western Classical Music for discovering Khatia Buniatishvili. Many thanks for discovering this gem. I've never seen it or heard of it. KB's performance is a refreshing change from the run-of-the-mill performances one usually hears of this piece. Unfortunately, Richter's performance is another example of the norm - heavy and ponderous - right from his initial entrance in the first movement you can feel the imposed force of gravity trying to give weight to a piece which doesn't need it. We rarely get to hear Khatia play Haydn and this is the first time we have had a live recording of her playing Haydn's Piano Concerto No 11 in D major, Hob XVIII-11. Because this is a rare gem I have let Khatia go first, but we still get to compare her performance with Sviatoslav Richter's version. Khatia's recording was with the Chamber Orchestra Kremerata Baltica and Richter's with the Minsk Chamber Orchestra. J. Haydn - Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major, Hob. XVIII/11, 1. Vivace https://lnkd.in/eDygngHN 1 Vivace 2 Un poco adagio 3 Rondo all'ungarese Khatia's performance, by contrast, is fluent and free from unneeded gravitas. The music floats on air, unimpeded by any unnecessary weight. KB's performances reveal, however, a possible negative influence on her playing - her technical ability is so great, that sometimes it's possible to detect a certain glibness in her playing, a feeling of condescension towards the material. I may be off base here, but this is a problem which one can detect in musicians with her extraordinary technical faculty. This was a problem with Gould, for instance, one which he never fully resolved, in my opinion. At times I can detect signs of it in KB, a feeling of superiority in relationship to the music. This attitude can cause a severe limitation in deepening the understanding of the music of a composer like Haydn, whose surface simplicity conceals an underlying complexity. It will be interesting to see how Khatia deals with this in the future. Thanks Khatia !! God Bless you !! Sudhanshu

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