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Social Media, Authenticity & How Not to Play Beethoven’s Für Elise

July 19th, 2012 in Articles by | 31 comments

Counting the beat correctly in one of the world’s most popular piano pieces, Für Elise by Beethoven, is certainly not a bagatelle… As every piano teacher knows, students often have problems playing the right number of beats in bars 14 and 37. If you are not a piano teacher, just watching around on YouTube easily confirms this fact. More surprisingly […]

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Valentina Lisitsa – Live at the Royal Albert Hall

July 15th, 2012 in Piano News by | 14 comments

The Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa is perhaps the most striking example of how the Internet and, more recently, social media has created completely new opportunities for classical artists. Without initially signing to a record company or tour promoter, her unique path to success has been through independently-released material published in her YouTube channel. With more than 45 million YouTube views, […]

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