The Piano Pod's latest episode will premiere this coming Tuesday, March 14th at 8pm Eastern Time.
For this episode, I interviewed Ji-Yoon Kim, classical pianist, arts activist, YouTuber, and author.
Here are some highlights from the interview.
I think we have to remember there's a reason why you love playing piano.
And I often were so bombarded with the environment of competitiveness of our own.
Other things that you forget that and then focusing on other thing.
But if you really listen to yourself, the very thing is music.
If that very thing is piano, then you can uncover the layering out and then try to be in tune with yourself.
I grew up in a very unrealistic setting which is surrounded by pianist, surrounded by classical musician.
My audience were professors and students who memorize all the Beethoven sonatas by opus number and they know.
But then when I went into the real, real actual audience, they don't even care.
They don't know anything about it.
And then when I play certain pieces and in my head I was thinking, I made that mistake, I made memory mistake there.
I could have done that technically better.
It doesn't make any sense to them.
More important that I realized is they want to connect with me.
Music supposed to be connected through souls to souls and in that space.
And I believe that music completes the circle when we play and share life.
And I think that's why every time whenever I perform, it's difficult.
But that's the function of the music that I give but then I receive.
And the most beautiful concert or the most, I would not say perfect, but the most rewarding concert,
it's not last mistake concert, but then the concerts that I felt the most engaged with the music,
with myself and the music and inevitably audience receive as well.
Well, more on this topic, join the premiere of this episode with Jeon Kim on Tuesday, March 14th at 8pm Eastern on the Piano Pods YouTube channel.
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