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The Horror! The Horror! A Classical Pianist Improvises: Gabriela Montero

By Bbenzon @bbenzon

Time stamps:

0:00 A wolf in sheep's clothing
1:58 Improvisation No. 1
6:29 Improvisation No. 2
10:40 Improvisation No. 3
14:54 Martha Argerich's mentorship
16:36 Improvisation No. 4
22:14 Chopin & Piazzola Mashup Improvisation
28:05 Discovering who you are on stage
31:47 Saying vs Showing
34:11 Dare to be what you're not

After the 2nd improvisation she has some interesting remarks about her state of, shall we say, mind: “At that time of my life I felt very much like a caged animal. And this was kind of my coming out of my shell for a minute in that setting.”


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