Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - Y
When things get tough one of our strongest reactions is that to cling onto something of the past. Yearning for something that used to...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 24, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - X
Sometimes the signs are all around us. Distractions, convenience of ‘ready-processed’ information, laziness, denial, closed-minds and...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 22, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - W
Has anyone else noticed the wonderful new #lockdown phenomenon where people walk out of the front door timidly, then gathering more and...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 20, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - U
To say that 2020 has thrown an #unexpected spanner in the works is probably one of the biggest #understatements I can make. Oh well, in...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 19, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - T
Today is Russian Orthodox Easter, so it’s a lively and joyful toe-tapping musical offering for the Lockdown PIano Alphabet. It’s a set...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 16, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - Q
I never thought I’d think, let alone say this, but - as the Government has officially extended #Lockdown by 3 more weeks - when will we...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 15, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - P
When that a cetain absurd air of pompous self-importance lingers around, it’s only a matter of seconds before eyes roll. For #Debussy it...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 14, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - O
Contorting fingers in quite a popular #pastime at the #piano. Virtuoso pianists in the twentieth century were especially fond of what...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 13, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - N
#Words usually dictate - that is their downfall. Too often we see or hear words and act according to their instuction, or repeat them,...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 12, 20201 min
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - M
#Meditation has somehow been adopted into #trend. Social media is flooded with meditation tutorials, books give us a run down of the...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 10, 20201 min
Lockdown Piano Alphabet - J
#Smiling is good for us. I’ve been assured it’s a fact that has been backed up with plenty of science. So why are classical concerts...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 8, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - I
Art is an #illusion. I feel very strongly that the #comfort that art brings must in some ways be linked to its ability to give a chance...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 5, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - F
As society the unquestioning trust for the written word, and the weight collectively given to common opinion (or the ‘normal way’ of...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 5, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - E
We’ve heard a lot recently about what people consider ‘essential’ and ‘non-essential’. I can’t help feeling that the opinions,...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 3, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet - D
Turning to letter D I reflected on the idea that in times of difficulty perhaps the most important thing we can dare to do is to #dream. ...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 2, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet: C
The letter C conjures up a whole wealth of associations, both musical and not. After thinking about many contenders for this post I...
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@MariaPianist
Apr 1, 20201 min
Lockdown Pianist Alphabet: B
B is for Bonnie, my half-Siamese cat, insisted on being a #lockdown co-worker to help me make this video. In all seriousness though, B...
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@MariaPianist
Mar 23, 20201 min
Don't let COVID-19 destroy our compassion, empathy and solidarity
How surreal everything feels. How divisive and hostile parts of society have become to age, profession, race, lifestyle in just a matter...
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@MariaPianist
Mar 4, 20203 min
Recharge and Reboot: A Musician's Perspective
Music depends on routine. Applied to one of the highest creative activities of humankind that statement feels like sacrilege - or at...
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@MariaPianist
Mar 4, 20205 min
Narcissus's Fall: Russia's Reimagining the Rose & Nightingale
The image of the rose and nightingale is deeply intertwined with Russia’s cultural identity. Look only to Russian fine art in the...
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