How to improve your Chopin Ballade No. 4 Op. 52 (A tutorial on practice efficiently) Part 1

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Please send a 30-60 seconds clip of your performance or practice session to me at sw@juilliard.edu if you are interested in my comments.
As the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung Heidelberger described, “Shijun Wang is a fascinating, serious and sensitive musician” As a solo pianist and orchestral soloist, Shijun Wang has performed in California, New York, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Utah, Connecticut, New Jersey, Indiana, Idaho, as well as Germany, Spain, France, Norway, China, Mexico, and Japan. Under one of the most prestigious artists management, 100 arte, he plays concerts in most of the major cities in China each summer, and he also gave masterclasses, lectures, and recitals in more than half of the major Chinese conservatories include Shenyang Conservatory, Xi’an Conservatory, Harbin Conservatory, Sichuan Conservatory and Jilin College of Arts. He was appointed as the youngest ever visiting professor of Xi’an Conservatory where he would give concerts and masterclasses for two months each summer. He serves as piano faculty in the East/West International Piano Festival in South Korea and piano faculty at The Puigcerda Music Festival in Spain each summer.
Dr. Wang currently teaches as an Assistant Professor of Piano at Weber State University. He received the Bachelor of Music and Masters of Music degrees at The Juilliard School studied with Oxana Yablonskaya and Joseph Kalichstein and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at Eastman school of music studied with Nelita True. His mentors have included Thomas Schumacher, Dan-Wen Wei, Alfred Brendel, Emanuel Ax, and Richard Goode.

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@ekeelbabekeeleell9284 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you professor. Thank you

@ShijunWangPianoChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@SZ-wb1qb 3 жыл бұрын

I had a sheet open while watching this video, but I think it would be helpful to most viewers if you would include sections of the score that you are playing on the right side of the screen. Great content!

@rosechen5978 3 жыл бұрын

Finally!! Thank you!! Wonderful video!! I once heard Professor Kaplinsky taught at one of the masterclasses, she said the first three pages of the piece is actually the hardest part not the coda. I couldn’t agree with her more! I can spend hours just to practice first three lines. 😆😆

@krimkara27 2 жыл бұрын

that simultaneous crescendo with one hand while decrescendo with the other is fun

@RolandHuettmann 3 жыл бұрын

My beloved Ballade 4. My practice of it goes along those lines you describe. I found the interpretation of Kate Liu (on KZbin) highly compelling and so very delicate. To me this Ballade represents Chopin's narration of his life with so many different moments. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and instructing us to listen carefully even before putting hands on the keys...))

@ShijunWangPianoChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Kate’s playing is so touching and especially sincere! I love her playing!

@petersive 3 жыл бұрын

This is excellent. Thanks so much.

@hanshi3831 3 жыл бұрын

I've really been enjoying your videos since I've found your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge :) For me, Ballade No 4 is perfection from start to finish, note to note. I feel like I'm being taken on an emotional ride every time I listen. Thank you again! You're a great teacher. If anyone reading this likes to hear different interpretations of this and hasn't heard her already, I highly recommend listening to Idil Biret play this one along with the rest of Chopin's Ballades. So beautiful.