Can you tell I’m a bit behind with things this month? I didn’t get my “This Week in Photos” post up last week, and it’s taken me several days just to post the winner of the last Mystery Challenge. Is everyone else equally busy getting ready for Christmas recitals and such? My studio Christmas recital […]
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Ensemble Repertoire and Composition Challenge Opportunity
A couple of weeks ago I received an e-mail announcing the dates for our local Clavinova Festival. The Clavinova Festival is one of our favorite studio events! In addition to being a fun opportunity to explore the latest in music technology, students receive t-shirts and get their name entered in a drawing to win their […]
Great Pianists – Clue #4
Go to: The Rules | Clue #1 | Clue #2 | Clue #3 This pianist used his talents and fame to start a competition for young pianists that is held every four years in one of the southern states of the United States. The 13th competition will be held in 2009.
Great Pianists – Clue #3
Go to: The Rules | Clue #1 | Clue #2 Six months after the launch of Sputnik, this 24-year old pianist shifted the attention of the nation on music by winning an acclaimed international piano competition in Moscow, Russia. Hailed as an important unifying moment during the height of the Cold War, upon his return […]
Great Pianists – Clue #2
Go to: The Rules | Clue #1 When he was 21 years old, this pianist traveled across Europe, giving over 50 concerts that year. Huge audiences came to hear him and loved his playing. Only three years later, at the age of 24, his performing career brought him to America for the first time.
Great Pianists – Clue #1
Go to: The Rules This pianist began taking piano lessons from his mother at the age of three. His mother was the student of a man who took piano lessons from Franz Liszt.
