What superstar pianists REALLY think about competitions

Top prizewinners reveal the chaos and community behind piano competitions.
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⭐ Featuring ⭐

Sergey Belyavsky: ‪@belyavskysergey‬
Rachel Breen: ‪@plvsbpb‬
Claire Huangci: ‪@ClaireHuangciPianist‬
Byeol Kim: ‪@ByeolKim‬
Nicolas Namoradze: ‪@NicolasNamoradze‬

Written, Edited and Hosted by Robert Fleitz ‪@RobertFleitz‬   / rfleitz  

⏰Chapters

00:00 Competitions are for horses.
3:22 Part I: What is it for?
6:50 Part II: The ideal career
11:16 Part III: Play what you love.
14:12 ⚠️ A cautionary tale ⚠️
15:28 Part IV: The jury won't be around forever.
17:42 Chaos and Community

Media from "Finding the Next Horowitz - 60 Minutes" (1976), The Competition (1980), Shine (1996), Your Lie in April (2014) and Nocturne (2020)

This video is about piano competitions. Top prize winning pianists share their experiences in preparing for competitions, as well as their thoughts about the relevance of competitions in the music industry currently. The video features pianists Sergey Belyavsky, Rachel Breen, Claire Huangci, Byeol Kim and Nicolas Namoradze; as well as the host, Robert Fleitz. It also features clips from Yunchan Lim (임윤찬) and Garrick Ohlsson. These pianists have participated in such competitions as the Gina Bachauer Competition, Van Cliburn Competition, Cleveland Competition, Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Orleans Competition, Honens, and others. The pianists speak about the importance of how to choose repertoire for a competition, how to prepare, how to deal with the emotional challenges of a competition, how to win a piano competition, and how to practice. They also discuss the importance of community and making friends at a competition, and how to use competitions for professional development.

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Specia thanks to Dennis Fleiz for his assistance.

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