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First of all, I love playing the piano. I think

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the love for the instrument and music is definitely

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the foundation for all musicians. I grew up in

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that environment where music is part of our lives.

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So I think from very early on, music is so essential

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in my life that I don't feel like it is something

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different from the life itself. It is part of

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life. Join the new episode as Grammy -nominated

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pianist Han Chen shares the story behind Infinite

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Staircase, his journey from Juilliard, and his

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passion for contemporary music. I love hearing

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music that I don't know. And that became something

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really driving me when I started to study music

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professionally, to discover new things that I've

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never heard of before. For me, I like to think

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that I'm giving my audience an emotional right.

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So we are going through all different distances.

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emotions, and then we arrive at the final destination,

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and I want you to have that when you go home.

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The Infinite Staircase, Han Chen on Vision, Curiosity,

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and Building Beyond the Repertoire, premieres

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tonight at 8 p .m. Eastern Time on the Pianopod.

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See you soon.