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Women and the Chopin Competition: Breaking Barriers in Classical Music

The piano, a sleek monument of polished wood and ivory keys, holds a curious, often paradoxical, position in music history, especially for women. While offering a crucial outlet for female expression in societies where opportunities were often limited, it also became a stage for complex gender dynamics, sometimes subtle, sometimes stark. From drawing-room whispers in the 19th century to the thunderous applause of today’s concert halls, the story of women and the piano is a narrative woven with threads of remarkable progress and stubbornly persistent challenges. Read more

Topic: practicing in the real world [Bob asks]  (Read 1828 times)

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practicing in the real world [Bob asks]
on: November 20, 2004, 04:17:17 AM
Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."