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Love the pic of she and her son on her lap.
How precious a moment was that?
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When I was working where she was practicing, she would repeat passages over and over. It definitely sounded like she was working seriously to get the music correct.
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Actually, almost opposite BDB for when i saw her. She had a concert coming up in in 4 days at that point. So she ran all the way through three Beethoven sonatas start to finish , the Rach concerto, and then moment musicals. This was pretty late in the evening though 730-1030. No idea what she had been doing earlier. My teacher offered her house to practice originally but she needed 12 hours! a day to run through the 5 and a half hours of music she's got to play for the rest of this year.
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She might have tailored her practicing to the audience.
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True. I think I honestly would have liked to see her really work on her material more than performing it for us.
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That's a fantastic story, and I love the pic with her son. Imagine having 5 bosendorfers at home to choose from when learning twinkle twinkle little star.
I have to choose the etude-tableau 39/6 as my favotire classic lisitsa performance though. She plays it better than Rach IMHO.
*struck down by lightning*
Bach French Suites No. 6, Allemande and Gigue, Beethoven's Pathetique, Chopin Nocturne 72/1, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Debussy's First Arabesque, Takacs Toccata Op 54, Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau 33/8.
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She practices 12 hours per day??! Well, that explains a lot.
How does she find time for the kiddo?
Bach French Suites No. 6, Allemande and Gigue, Beethoven's Pathetique, Chopin Nocturne 72/1, Fantaisie-Impromptu, Debussy's First Arabesque, Takacs Toccata Op 54, Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau 33/8.
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Green with envy! Thank you for sharing this memorable experience!
Best regards,
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She practices 12 hours per day??! Well, that explains a lot.
How does she find time for the kiddo? You can see above that she's good at multitasking.  Valentina Lisitsa seems like such a genuine and down to earth person. Congrats on getting to meet her!
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