I would say I would follow my vision. I always
had ideas early on about musical ideas, about
visual ideas, about language, about image in
the broad sense of it. I also learned to go for
whatever comes to mind right away. I have an
idea. Transcription in the morning. Sometimes
I already would have a few pages of that down
in the evening because I just like, I have to
do this right now. I am thriving when I'm exploring.
For our upcoming episode of The Pianopod, I sat
down with Acia Grepanova, pianist, composer,
visual artist, and poet. Asiya is known for her
daring piano transcriptions and for taking on
extreme repertoire, including the complete solo
piano works of Rachmaninoff and Liszt's 24 Etudes.
It might seem extreme, but the extremity of it
was never the point. And it's not because I wanted
to, you know, let's do something unusual. I just
wanted to. Do this because it is a due diligence
of a pianist to say thank you. In this conversation,
we talk about long -form artistic commitment,
transcription as a creative act, and what it
means to build a life in music shaped by depth,
curiosity, and peerless vision. Join the premiere
tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10th at 8 p .m. Eastern
Time on our YouTube channel, or catch the audio
episode dropping at the same time. See you tomorrow.