‘Music has the power to transcend boundaries. We can feel it when that happens in concerts, and that feels like success.’
Julius Drake, pianist
Love the music and spend your life trying to become a better musician!
Alex Karpeyev, pianist
if I really think about a model for a musician’s life and career, it is Sergey Rachmaninov. Not only was he one of the greatest ever concert pianists, a successful conductor and a composer, he also found time to remain approachable and enjoy simple, everyday life
Tamar Halperin, pianist
Who or what inspired you to take up piano, and pursue a career in music? My mother’s old upright piano was placed in my childhood
Andrew James Johnson, composer & pianist
Who or what inspired you to take up composing, and pursue a career in music? Although I started playing the piano from around seven years
Ilya Gringolts, violinist
Who or what inspired you to take up violin and pursue a career in music? It must have been my family where music was omnipresent,
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