Winter break project

[chopin2015]

You would love me asking you for fingering tips every two days? I think it would get annoying after a while.

Haha, nah but once in a while I can help. Ill be in russia by thursday, so i wont have internet every day anyways. I have the alfred masterworks edition and. It has good fingering suggestions.

[vsrinivasa]

Haha, nah but once in a while I can help. Ill be in russia by thursday, so i wont have internet every day anyways. I have the alfred masterworks edition and. It has good fingering suggestions.

I have the Durand edition of all of Ravel's piano works. And I was joking about the fingering questions every two days. I'll be in California from Wednesday on anyway, but I still have a piano.

[chopin2015]

K, yeah just holler whenever. 

[vsrinivasa]

K, yeah just holler whenever. 

Thanks for being tolerant of the annoying person I am.

[chopin2015]

Thanks for being tolerant of the annoying person I am.

Likewise! 

[vsrinivasa]

Likewise! 

I heard one of my friends play Ondine yesterday, and now I'm really motivated to start. Ondine is so beautiful, don't you think? 

[49410enrique]

composers I will be hanging out with at the pianer

-Keiichi Okabe [Lead composer, MONACA]- (composition collaboration with Kakeru Ishihama, 
                      Keigo Hoashi, and Takafumi Nishimura )
-J. Brahms-
-N. Kapustin
-Sergei Taneyev
-Roy Agnew

[chopin2015]

I heard one of my friends play Ondine yesterday, and now I'm really motivated to start. Ondine is so beautiful, don't you think? 

As a person who loves but the love is unrequited, yes. Indeed.

[vsrinivasa]

As a person who loves but the love is unrequited, yes. Indeed.

I started a thread documenting my progress in Gaspard. Here's the URL:

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=49110.0

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Alright guys, so my winter break starts like tomorrow. 

RACH 3!!!  Second movement...

[vsrinivasa]

Alright guys, so my winter break starts like tomorrow. 

RACH 3!!!  Second movement...

I thought you were doing the first sonata? Or maybe I'm just mistaken.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I thought you were doing the first sonata? Or maybe I'm just mistaken.

I was, but Ajs is doing the 3rd piano concerto, so...

[chopin2015]

Hey! I heard the most beautiful Rach today at the Rastrapovich university here in Russia where I am visiting. It was the second part of a Barcarolle. You should check it out!

love, J

[vsrinivasa]

There are about 11 days left until I go to India. I'll still have a piano, but no internet. So I'll give you updates when I return.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

There are about 11 days left until I go to India. I'll still have a piano, but no internet. So I'll give you updates when I return.

भारत में मज़ा है!

[vsrinivasa]

भारत में मज़ा है!

Where'd you get that from? Do you speak Hindi? I can speak Hindi, but my native language is Tamil, and I speak Kannada as well.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Where'd you get that from? Do you speak Hindi? I can speak Hindi, but my native language is Tamil, and I speak Kannada as well.

Quite the multilingual person huh?

[vsrinivasa]

भारत में मज़ा है!

बेशक मैं भारत में मज़ा होगा! अपने रिश्तेदारों के अधिकांश वहाँ रहते हैं, और मैं वहाँ पैदा हुआ था.

[vsrinivasa]

Quite the multilingual person huh?

I guess so. I'm also fluent in French, Chinese, Japanese, and Dutch. I can sort of speak Thai, but I lost fluency after we left Bangkok when I was 14.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

बेशक मैं भारत में मज़ा होगा! अपने रिश्तेदारों के अधिकांश वहाँ रहते हैं, और मैं वहाँ पैदा हुआ था.

ओह, हाँ मैं तुमसे कह रही है कि आप भारत से थे याद है जब आप पहली बार इस मंच में शामिल हो गए.

[vsrinivasa]

ओह, हाँ मैं तुमसे कह रही है कि आप भारत से थे याद है जब आप पहली बार इस मंच में शामिल हो गए.

Typing in Hindi is getting annoying. So yes, I did say I was from India, but I only lived there until I was 10. Then we moved to Malaysia, then Japan, then Thailand, and finally to the US when I was 14. After I graduated from college at 21, I moved to Indonesia, then London, and lived there for 3 years. I got a master's degree in chemical engineering, then moved to France and then back to the US and have stayed here for 2 and a half years.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Typing in Hindi is getting annoying. So yes, I did say I was from India, but I only lived there until I was 10. Then we moved to Malaysia, then Japan, then Thailand, and finally to the US when I was 14. After I graduated from college at 21, I moved to Indonesia, then London, and lived there for 3 years. I got a master's degree in chemical engineering, then moved to France and then back to the US and have stayed here for 2 and a half years.

What the heck?!  I wish I could travel like you.  I've only been out of the country one and that was to visit some family in the Dominican Republic.

[vsrinivasa]

What the heck?!  I wish I could travel like you.  I've only been out of the country one and that was to visit some family in the Dominican Republic.

I really want to go to the Dominican Republic. I'm planning a trip to Costa Rica next year at about this time. And I've traveled to several more places than are listed above. Let's see...

India
Indonesia
Malaysia
South Korea
Japan
China
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
England
Germany
France
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Singapore
Austria
Morocco
South Africa

So that's everywhere I've been. It's a pretty long list, I know, but I am hoping to add to it as life goes on. But plane rides are horrible unless you can get business class at least, if not first. I have extra miles which allow me to upgrade to business on most flights and first on a few, but without them life would be uncomfortable. Not to say it isn't with TSA security checkpoints...

[the89thkey]

Tell me rachmaninoff forever. How do you plan to go about learning the concerto over one break?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Tell me rachmaninoff forever. How do you plan to go about learning the concerto over one break?

I don't expect to learn the entire thing, just as much as I can do.

[vsrinivasa]

I don't expect to learn the entire thing, just as much as I can do.

How much do you expect to finish? And when does your break end?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

How much do you expect to finish? And when does your break end?

The 8th. 

And I don't know, just whatever I can get done?

[vsrinivasa]

The 8th. 

And I don't know, just whatever I can get done?

Wel, you'd better practice then. Have you started it yet?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Wel, you'd better practice then. Have you started it yet?

Kind of.  This waiting for my conformation email is really killing me. So I haven't done much.

[vsrinivasa]

Kind of.  This waiting for my conformation email is really killing me. So I haven't done much.

You mean confirmation. Anyway, practice some more, it will distract you from your nervousness.