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I would say I would follow my vision. I always

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had ideas early on about musical ideas, about

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visual ideas, about language, about image in

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the broad sense of it. I also learned to go for

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whatever comes to mind right away. I have an

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idea. Transcription in the morning. Sometimes

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I already would have a few pages of that down

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in the evening because I just like, I have to

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do this right now. I am thriving when I'm exploring.

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For our upcoming episode of The Pianopod, I sat

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down with Acia Grepanova, pianist, composer,

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visual artist, and poet. Asiya is known for her

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daring piano transcriptions and for taking on

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extreme repertoire, including the complete solo

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piano works of Rachmaninoff and Liszt's 24 Etudes.

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It might seem extreme, but the extremity of it

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was never the point. And it's not because I wanted

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to, you know, let's do something unusual. I just

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wanted to. Do this because it is a due diligence

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of a pianist to say thank you. In this conversation,

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we talk about long -form artistic commitment,

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transcription as a creative act, and what it

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means to build a life in music shaped by depth,

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curiosity, and peerless vision. Join the premiere

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tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10th at 8 p .m. Eastern

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Time on our YouTube channel, or catch the audio

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episode dropping at the same time. See you tomorrow.