White male pianist?Uhh.. Van Cliburn?
btw- is anyone on here asian??
Does anyone here know of a famous female asian pianist?
Cecile Licad , finishes her chores at 10amand the seats herself at the piano untill sunset (withouta single break)Paik Haesun followed a schedule of practicing from 12 to 7am. sleeping, then practicing from 12 to 5 pm in the yearbefore her Kapell competition (which she one first place)And the violinist Kyung-Wha chung practiced 14 hours a daywhen she was at Julliard.....Things you would never hear from a Russian.
as for famous asian pianists... if you think finding them is hard, try finding a famous singaporean pianist.
This always interests me, because we see so many asian pianists here on the west coast, too. here it's more a matter of that old discipline thing. It's like eating your brocolli - the parents make them do it, and force them to practice. They get good because they practice a lot. Most of them really don't like it, and really they are supposed to go to medical or engineering school, but it's all part of the work ethic thing they have. Their playing is "dutiful", almost like if they make a mistake they will bring shame on their family and they'll be releagted to shucking oyseters on the docks for a living, and that's probably why none of the asian pianists here will ever be famous.
Cecile Licad , finishes her chores at 10amand the seats herself at the piano untill sunset (withouta single break)