Tianjin Juilliard | A Day in the Life

[@NikocadoAvocado]

Wonderful!

[@primoryeprovince]

hi niko! you are awesome! glad to know you like juilliard too!

[@marcoopena4596]

Yooooooo what

[@pianissimo_yt]

hi nikocado

[@pianissimo_yt]

didn’t expect you to be here lol

[@lillywang6333]

when your KZbin lives collide...

[@anlingitalia]

So cool that you get to work with prof. Angelo. I think he was a Menuhin winner 10 years ago or something.

[@fateindustry]

Ironically, I am learning Mozart 4 at the moment. Thank the professor for demonstrating performance tips on phrasing and body movement.

Good job! 👏 👏

[@vitorpetri1376]

Beautiful!! A dream..

[@alive4536]

Will i ever have a day in my life at this school?

[@wxn.kxsxmsxt]

I wanna study there but I can’t speak or understand Chinese. Will that be a problem staying there?

[@Domvalenzuela]

Not at all! The school curriculum is in English, and living in China was easy and enjoyable :)

[@niapawina]

My dreammm

[@JohannyVeigaviolin]

He is like the only guy lol

[@eowawrzkiewicz]

Why did Juilliard open a campus in China? Why not open a campus in an underprivileged area of the US?

[@OmfgOakt]

They opened campus in China because there is a demand for elite level classical music education in Asia. Those students were already coming to the US to study, from all over. The point of opening the campus is to make music education more global. While I’m sure everyone can agree that access to music education for the underprivileged really needs some attention and overhaul, this is an institution whose primary goal and commitment is to train top-notch musicians who will play on the world-class stages and carry on the legacy of the institution. An institution can only accomplish so much at a time… They are focused training talent of the highest level, not on eradicating poverty through opportunities in classical music.

[@eowawrzkiewicz]

Doesn't China already have elite level institutions of its own? To me it seems like China paid Juilliard so much that they couldn't resist to build there because it would keep them running in the US. And it seems like the Chinese campus would never match the New York one, it seems like it would always be a "second rate Juilliard". I could be wrong but I doubt it. But I also admit that I don't enough about the business side of opening new campuses to be able to see how why institutions do it. I'm sure many people have had these thoughts but they can't say it because it's kind of taboo 😬 It would be beautiful if the China campus really is providing an elite Western style conservatory training to talented Chinese musicians. But I just don't believe that is really happening. I think it's just business and the PRC gaining more soft power over the West. Now Juilliard won't be able to take a stand against the Chinese government and they might even be prevented from promoting works or artists that the PRC chosen to censor. Not even dissident works, just anything they censor for any reason. I just want to know how much money Juilliard will gain from this. I hope they use it to fund more scholarships. I mean no offense to you btw, I'm just the first one raising this issue on here. And I know I can't be the only one thinking about these things. I know Juilliard alumns and how they deal with things, so 🤷 I can't say I trust them

[@pneron2032]

...money

[@eowawrzkiewicz]

@@pneron2032 seems like it

[@skazka3789]

@@eowawrzkiewicz Don't be silly. The New York Julliard's reputation has been tarnished already. Plenty of horror stories from former students. Just watch TwoSet violin's video. If anything the Chinese campus Julliard is better.

[@yishihara55527]

People need to remember that although you can be armed with great musicianship and audition-taking skills, it's possible that you will never win an orchestra job. The numbers, especially for certain instruments, are scary. In addition, some auditions are in fact rigged.