Musical Journey (cont' Day 6). When I was 13 yo and trying to combine intensive theater involvement with my music school commitments, I had quite a schedule. I went to a regular school at 8 am. Then straight after school I would run to my music school either for a private lesson, for a choir rehearsal, theory lesson, musicology lesson or solfegge. I'd be having sandwiches somewhere in between. Then I'd rush to a theater studies one hour subway ride in the center of Moscow. There I would spend almost 5 days a week on a regular week. I would return back home at 11 pm and try to do my homework either on the subway ride back home or when I got home and remember myself falling asleep on top of my books. I never complained. I loved this! Every day was full and incredible. I don't remember taking vacations or breaks, it was just all the only life I knew how to live and I had huge dreams. Playing this Brahms piece was somehow fit into my crazy schedule while I was preparing for my first real piano competition. To my surprise, after learning the first round (about 30 minutes of music) I got into the second round. Nobody thought it would happen so I didn't even bother learning any music for the 2nd round! So my teacher and my parents agreed that I would stop all my activities for 5 days and learn the rep from zero. My teacher stopped teaching everyone else and we spent 12 hours a day learning my 2nd round. Parents brought us food and the school gave us a concert hall to use. I was on fire! I did it! I don't know how but I played actually ok lol. I will never forget those 5 days as the most intensive lesson on how to never give up and just fight no matter what the circumstances are. Here's the Brahms from my first round.
16 дек 2020
