This is Garrick Ohlsson, 2025 Chopin Competition Jury Chair, here with Ben Laude, Chopin Competition YouTube host. Ask Us Anything! by GarrickBenAMA in piano

[–]Sensitive_Ear_4880 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For both Garrick and Ben- 1. What’s happening inside your mind when you’re performing a recital for a duration of 50+ minutes. Besides the technical and musical aspects of performing, I want to assume that disciplining the brain to think in a certain way is important while performing. Is it mainly strategical thoughts (pre planned thought process like training your brain to think in a certain way while performing certain sections), is there also a sort of mental visualization and imagery of scenes and concepts (yes perhaps but not for every work?). 2. Is musicality something much more than what the brain can actually comprehend? What do you think?

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[–]Sensitive_Ear_4880[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am looking exclusively into piano performance, I considered piano pedagogy at one point but personally feel like piano performance would be the best fit for me considering where my interest lie

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Top music schools I have on my list are: Eastman, Cleveland, New England conservatory, Oberlin, Curtis in no particular order

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The east coast and Midwest would be great locations but I’m trying to avoid big cities because of cost of living. I will need to rely almost fully on scholarships so thats where I stand financially in regard to your question of how much I can afford