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Offline kunia

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improvisations to enjoy
on: July 28, 2008, 11:00:32 AM
A good friend of mine who is  talented  pianist   recorded some improvisations  of his own ...
here are two of them...
what's your opinion about that???  :)
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Offline thierry13

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Re: virtuoso improvisations to enjoy
Reply #1 on: July 29, 2008, 06:00:59 AM
I only listened to the first one but I fail to see anything coming anywhere close to what would be called "virtuosity". The improv was not bad but the title innapropriate.
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Offline kunia

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Re: improvisations to enjoy
Reply #2 on: July 31, 2008, 02:26:32 PM
if you are interested to check wherther he is virtuoso, or not... you can download some albums of his improvisations from his Web-site:   https://pavelignatyev.com/
but he is really tellented pianist.
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Offline iheartpiano

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Re: improvisations to enjoy
Reply #3 on: August 01, 2008, 03:45:43 PM
I usually don't listen to improvs but I thought these were quite lovely.  Thanks for sharing.
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Offline kunia

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Re: improvisations to enjoy
Reply #4 on: August 07, 2008, 01:51:58 PM
Oh, I'm glad that you like them   :)
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