Gavin Koh
April 12, 2018 at 11:22am

Suggestion: Would this work - a Request line from spectators at the recital (or online on this page)?

Those who can play a requested piece the next week get to play first. Those who can play the requested piece by ear can come up to say so and play the piece after the main recital is done.

The first point would encourage people to come back next week. The second point would encourage people to stay, listen, and socialize after the recital is done.

Would this idea see... See More

Suggestion: Would this work - a Request line from spectators at the recital (or online on this page)?

Those who can play a requested piece the next week get to play first. Those who can play the requested piece by ear can come up to say so and play the piece after the main recital is done.

The first point would encourage people to come back next week. The second point would encourage people to stay, listen, and socialize after the recital is done.

Would this idea see some traction or not?

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Gavin Koh
April 12, 2018 at 10:50am

Extremely difficult piano pieces #5 - You are bound to gasp in awe if you take a journey on Charles-Valentin Alkan's Le Chemin de Fer, or "The Railroad". The pace for this piece is relentless and is sure to pose a difficult task for any pianist attempting to learn it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_TvrwcX5tk

Le Chemin de Fer (Charles Valentin Alkan)
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Gavin Koh
April 11, 2018 at 6:31pm

Extremely difficult piano pieces #4 - Villa-Lobos' Rudepoema is sure to give any pianist a rude surprise for its very high level of difficulty. Could you endure playing this twenty minute long tonal portrait? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUA5EJKxY5o

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Rudepoêma (GSARCI BIRTHDAY PRESENT)
Rudepoêma (Rude or Savage Poem), is a composition by Heitor Villa-Lobos. It was written from 1921 to 1926 and is the largest and most challenging...
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Gavin Koh
April 7, 2018 at 10:15pm

Extremely difficult piano pieces #3 - Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit is shockingly difficult and will give any pianist wanting to learn it nightmares for weeks to come. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKgcHjq1xKQ

Pogorelich plays Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine - Le Gibet - Scarbo)
A work for solo piano by French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), based on poetry by the French proto-Symbolist Aloysius Bertrand (1807-1841). The...
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Gavin Koh
April 6, 2018 at 6:17pm

Extremely difficult piano pieces #2 - Liszt's Feux Follets really needs no introduction. It's really tough! (In truth, Liszt has even more difficult pieces than this one.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsggmCF1Cys

Liszt: Transcendental Etude No.5, Feux Follets (Kissin)
There might just be too many good things to say about this recording, which is by a not inconsiderable margin the best performance of this piece...
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Gavin Koh

The killer difficulty really comes after 29 seconds.
April 7, 2018 at 10:03pm
Gavin Koh
April 6, 2018 at 6:14pm

Extremely difficult piano pieces #1 - Balakirev's Islamey is considered one of a handful of very difficult piano pieces. Listen and gawk at the playing expertise required for this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78AslTXMp30

Balakirev - Islamey
Ми́лий Алексе́евич Бала́кирев - Исламей, играет Борис Березовский
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Sng Yong Meng
April 6, 2018 at 1:25pm

Peter breaks down the real way to play a bossa nova groove.

2 Minute Jazz #56: The Real Way to Play Bossa Nova
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Sng Yong Meng
April 6, 2018 at 1:22pm

The Judges were full of praise for this talented family of musicians following their fabulous audition.

The Kanneh-Masons perform a musical medley | Semi-Final 4 | Britain's Got Talent 2015
The Judges were full of praise for this talented family of musicians following their fabulous audition.
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Sng Yong Meng
April 6, 2018 at 12:13pm

Lord Vinheteiro accompanied a gameplay of Sonic The Hedgehog, playing the Sonic songs and making their sound effects!!

Sonic on Piano
Lord Vinheteiro accompanied a gameplay of Sonic The Hedgehog, playing the Sonic songs and making their sound effects.
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Sng Yong Meng
April 6, 2018 at 12:11pm

Nora, the Piano Cat.

CATcerto. ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE. Mindaugas Piecaitis, Nora The Piano Cat
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