Getting money thrown at me to take more than just my jacket off. One pretty embarassing moment when i was younger i stopped in the middle of the appassionata sonata and said *** pretty loudly into the microphone.
Memory lapse. I started to think about my fingers then forgot what to do. Ive once finished playing the Ritual Fire Dance from De Falla with a glissando and actually cut my finger on the keys and there was a trail of blood on the white keys lol. people where a little ehehe
One pretty embarassing moment when i was younger i stopped in the middle of the appassionata sonata and said *** pretty loudly into the microphone.
I had memorized the third mvmt of Moonlight sonata for a festival a couple of years ago. Half way through playing it, my mind was diverted by concentrating too hard on what i was doing and I was thrown completely off. What an awful sound that came forth from the piano as I blundered through trying to find a spot to carry on! As I sat there in mild frustration over this, I both frowned and began laughing. It was ridiculous. After a few minutes of putting the judge through agony (i'm sure), i went back to a starting point even though i shouldn't have gone back. I started again and played it through with not too many mistakes, as though nothing happened. I left the recital hall and laughed a little, but felt a slight sting of disappointment when i saw my teacher waiting outside the door. she'd heard my butchering of the piece and wasn't too pleased..... but a few days later i found out i passed with the highest score i could get, as well as a surprisingly good comment/compliment from the judge. I have no idea how i got such a score when the movement was done so horribly. haha... it's amusing.
At an exam: stopped at the wrong part of a Mozart sonata.At the same exam: The examiners said: Play your chopin nocturne please, I thought they said: play your Chopin Etude please, so i played the first measures of the 25/2, and they stopped me: We asked for your Nocturne, not the Etude. Then i said: No, you didn't. You asked for my Etude! My whole face was red when I finally started the Nocturne lol.
What was your grade? That's a harsh situation......
Well that one reminds me....... have any of you ever done the big buildup heading for the critical climactic crash? ----- and naile the wrong chord?I did, once. ouch
This reminds me of 3 years ago in competition. It was an open class, and I played Rachmaninoff's C sharp minor prelude. I absolutely nailed the whole piece, and then when the slow soft final chords came in the end, I totally forgot one of them. I played the sickest sounding thing, and held it for the required time and played it like it was actually right. Everyone knew it was wrong though. Btw I won the class.SAM
I once cut my finger deep, and bled on to my piano and completely covered the keys in blood, it was like wet oil, yet I carrid on playing, dont ask about my psychy at that time, I covered every key completely in blood and I dont have any idea why?
I was once having breakfast in my pyjamas and dressing gown when visitors came. I was excited about a new piece I had written and played it for them. Afterwards I realised that dressing gown and pyjamas had fallen open and block and tackle had been on view to all.