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Topic: So Winning a Major Competition Isn't Everything.  (Read 2073 times)

Offline starstruck5

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So Winning a Major Competition Isn't Everything.
on: February 07, 2012, 01:34:00 PM
I found this video on YouTube -very interesting.   It proves that if you have talent -anything is possible.



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Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: So Winning a Major Competition Isn't Everything.
Reply #1 on: February 08, 2012, 02:47:23 AM
I thought it was pretty interesting! 
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Offline fleetfingers

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Re: So Winning a Major Competition Isn't Everything.
Reply #2 on: February 08, 2012, 04:13:09 AM
Truly inspiring! Thanks for sharing the link.
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Offline m1469

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Re: So Winning a Major Competition Isn't Everything.
Reply #3 on: February 08, 2012, 04:40:21 AM
This was extremely refreshing!  I can't even explain how much.  For me it's not as much about whether or not she won a competition, but just to see a very down to earth woman, appreciated for the right reasons it seems, exuding intelligence, maturity, honesty, and solid musicianship, married and has a child, excellent pianist, focused on the right things in her endeavor.  Very refreshing, indeed!  Thanks for sharing :).
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Offline teosoleil

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Re: So Winning a Major Competition Isn't Everything.
Reply #4 on: April 16, 2012, 11:26:48 PM
Beautiful artist. She truly understands herself and art...nice to see this rather than just the technical factory-manufacture competition-killing Hunger Games pianists these days (myself kind of in that category, actually, lol.)
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