The USC school year started a while ago and with all the events related to it, I was swept away like there was no tomorrow. It was as if I had entered a time-space tunnel that by the end of summer, I found myself thrown dramatically into October and I realized that I...
Besides all the technical problems that a musician has to deal with, the main obstacle to overcome during a performance is the fear of failing in front of an audience. In particular, pianists have to deal with memorization, as nowadays they are required to learn the...
Like so many of my friends will know, they have been few years that I travel to Santa Barbara, a couple of hours drive north of Los Angeles. Last summer I was lucky enough to take part in the "Music Academy of the West," one of the most beautiful music summer...
After the frenzied last months in Italy and after closing all that I had pending (including the Diploma at the International Piano Academy of Imola), my dear black Prius sold and so on, I am in the East Hamptons for the PianoFest. A few posts ago I had...
The International Piano Competition San Dona di Piave, near Venice, in which I took part, concluded yesterday. After I passed the first round with the Prelude and Fugue in B major by Bach, etude by Rachmaninoff Op.39 N.6 and the Mephisto Waltz n. 1 by Liszt, I...