musical diaries: unusual day at a palace in the life of a classical pianist

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musical diaries: unusual, chaotic, awkward...day at the Dresden Grand Garden Palace in the life of a classical pianist

[@Joe_Peroni]

Tiffany Poon is not only an accomplished pianist, but she also dissipates a migraine headache. 🎼 🎹

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

😅 I hope your head is okay for the long term!

[@wingnutofcoolness]

And you don't need a prescription.

[@Michelle6998832]

Tiffany my love, you don't need to be so self conscious all the time, I understand you're quite young in your 20s, so take it from an almost 40 years old broad, you're loved and appreciated. Not many people have your determination and unrelenting self-discipline to pursue your dreams, a listener at a time. Though I love your cute shyness, you're letting social anxiety get in the way of a great time. Remember this: You've worked really hard to get where you are, remember the countless hours of studying and practicing the piano, doors that were closed so new ones could open. I wish you the best of luck and success in your pianistic career. Not solely because you "deserve" it (which you do!), but mostly because you've earned it! Keep on keeping on gal 👧🏻 ✨️ You've got this and so much more to come. Best wishes, happiness & heath, from Rhode Island, USA. ❤️

[@luana-oe3rp]

tiffany looks happier recently 😊

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

☺️

[@topturretgunner]

Tiffany. Thank you for bringing us along and sharing the experience. Like you I am a confirmed coffee ‘holic’ . Oh how I depend on that bean for energy.

[@topturretgunner]

Yes. She does and that is heartwarming.

[@MichaelKaykov]

I think I’ve watched every single vlog/diary series. Very enjoyable 🎹 Pretty clear that the talent for story-telling comes through in the playing AND the film-making.

[@Ch29]

Your video intros are very calming (Omg my kitten is literally watching the video on my shoulder haha)

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Awwwwwwww thank you both 😻🤗

[@PauloBarreto15041964]

Great pianist. Wonderful person. The world (generally speaking) loves you Tiffany.

[@JS-ms5uv]

What a beautiful, enjoyable, and insightful episode. Thank you for letting us in… It was wonderful.

[@frenzy7774]

This is a great way to end my night 😊

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Hope you have a great night! 🌙

[@tombufford136]

Tis video comes up in my viewing suggestion box. Your a Romantic dream Tiffany !

[@stefanforster9249]

Yay we're in the video, how exciting! Time to show it to Linus, greetings from Dresden

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Hey Stefan, thanks for playing at the pop-up! I lost Linus' DM on Instagram, but please tell him I said thanks, too :)

[@michaelcostello9157]

your character and soul shines so brightly. Your playing makes my heart ache, such a masterful display of beauty.

[@DuxburyDan]

Thank you for letting us into your world for a little bit.

[@i.f2045]

Thank you for the video! I really enjoy them watching😊

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Thank you for watching! 😊

[@tegarlagajoebhaar8936]

It maybe raining there, but there’s always a ray of sunshine whenever the piano starts playing.

[@ChicoBlack]

Tiffany pond Thank you so much for sharing Feel very blessed and honor Classical music 🎶 Piano My life God bless Producer Chico Black ❤❤❤

[@OnDasherOnDancer]

We love you Tiffany! Your expressiveness when you play is unparalleled! 😊

[@matthodek]

You were not wrong about the chaos, but it seems to have worked out well. This was a very enjoyable entry in the diary. Thank you for sharing them with us.

[@salvadoroliveira6632]

I think it is a rare thing to have such a degree of self awareness being so young. I agree with your observation about your own performance at times, I could feel how sometimes you put more strength on keys than you wanted.

[@achilleasanagno]

When tiffany uploads, I know it ia going tk be a good day.

[@jonnyd143]

Keep it up Tiffany!

[@andresgunther]

What an enjoyable Vlog! That segment about your first pop-up was quite relevant. (I enjoyed your rehearsal video on Patreon too 😉) - Fun fact: The same key incident happened to me and my coworker on one of our pipe organ service trips. Proves that nothing is perfect, LOL. So glad that you enjoy your stay and consider the city of my ancestors as your second home city, although there's a huge difference between NYC and "New Old" Historical Dresden Downtown. Wishing you the best as always!

[@regarrzo]

Wow! The duo playing boogie woogie was amazing at 24:17 😍😍

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Yeah! 😎👏

[@sunkenindeaf]

Watching these diary chapters is quite an emotional experience. Mainly oscillating around joy, with a hint of sadness. Beautiful music, water-colour impressions, great editing, but how fond I/we have become of Miss Poon over the years is primarily based on her sparkling personality, kindness. 23:10 --- As regards toy instruments, wonder if there are fans of Pascal Comelade in these parts.

[@Searching4DMT]

Love you Tiffany 😘🥰

[@sunnyng1645]

🇺🇸 This Vlog is truely a treat for happy 4th. Thanks Tiffany💕

[@jazzfan7491]

Congratulations! What a moving and beautiful video. Many many years of very hard work and patience paying off. Extraordinary.

[@oraz.]

What a sound!

[@user-zn1be6nf1l]

This channel is so comforting i love it so much

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

🥰 thank you for watching

[@irenemeno3585]

Tiffany keep connecting and just being yourself. You are so endearing. Don't be anything or anyone more or less. You are exactly what we love and need. God Bless You.

[@fabiosteff2108]

I love your vibe!!! My favorite pianist, and I'm not exagerating ❤

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Ohh thank you! 🙏

[@tombufford136]

Great watching this again Tiffany !

[@jssherrard]

I will never cease to be amazed by your wonderful playing. Beautiful music! 💗🎶

[@thecentenarians]

I love these vlogs. The pop-up is a great idea! Gives people a chance to find motivation and inspiration with people who share the same passion. Also, with these pop-up events, these bound to be "awkward" moments, it'd be unusually if there wasn't any, to be honest 😄

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Haha thank you! 😅 Yes, exactly. I wanted these pop ups to be about having fun with classical music together, less about being perfect. Glad you understood 😃

[@kotaibaalsoud2593]

You are amazing!🎉❤

[@thoughtvoke]

classical music is one of the very best instruments at providing empathy and potentially reducing sadness and depression. It is very much a gift to have people like Tiffany providing such content. I know I am sure thankful for being able to hear and try to play some classical music. She definitely has put in a tremendous amount of work. You are such a gift Tiffany!

[@Me-tv8jk]

I really hope to see one of your concerts someday, you inspire me to keep playing :)

[@jssherrard]

…and what an amazing venue! 🤩

[@thearm95]

Love the pop-up, keep this idea going!

[@tombufford136]

With a free for all piano at a cafe , glad it was not too ' raucous'. Your look is very stylish and Tiffany has boldly performed where others are not able to perform.

[@dankr7009]

these vlogs are so interesting to watch, thank you for always making these :D

[@air8961]

I love the voicing of the truamerei!

[@KathyakaNina]

Really love this video Tiffany. It is really fascinating that you're able to do a pop-up, which I can't tell just for your perspective it was not easy. Congrats to you for trying & it turned out well, even though the group was small, it look like it was a very intimate & sincere

[@neovxr]

wow - this time, a super great piano !

[@neovxr]

these old European halls have the right amount of reverb when they are full with people. kind of imperial, to impress visitors with an overwhelming mighty sound. are you checking out the basic modes of the echoes, that a hall delivers, for instance 200ms and 600ms? this suggests what the optimal BPM in theory for a music piece would be. or, what speed of playing to avoid, because would trigger confusing echoes.

[@neovxr]

German and Austrian TV crews are total perfectionists, easy to freak out about them wahaha... But if the "victim" behaves, results are absolutely great and beautiful. At one time I didn't, because they could not get enough of all that preparations and retries.😜😇 DW - many many thanks for doing this!!

[@chipichipichapachapa733]

Shout out to the guy who actually had the courage to play classical at the end of the video with Tiffany Poon standing and watching!!

[@user-dt7wb9wv6o]

Random question, where's your white and black blouse from, it looks super cool! And I really appreciate that you take time to show other people the "behind the scenes " of touring life🙏

[@classicanime1197]

WOW you also use canva? 🤩 its very surprising for me since we students also use that application. true, its hard to concentrate and practice when one is tired (especially, for a person like me who has insomnia💀) but the good thing is that it gives more focus on expressing and awareness towards energy conservation ahahahaha. the people were really supportive and prosporous towards classical music and your piano music. i love the cafe☕ good luck in your next projects though! (-one of your supporters from afar!🎹🌙)

[@williemoon7522]

the end was great ..

[@romeomara548]

Hi tiffany, hope you are doing well, i hope you will do other meet up soon, i wanted to come in dresden but i couldnt! :(

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Thank you! I hope to organize Together with Classical pop ups more in the future 🤞

[@williamgreen1512]

Love your outfit Tiffany , your taste is perfect . Timeless style is so important to enhance the shortcomings of the architecture around , which even the greatest of places will be exposed bye . Many musicians get this but many also just don’t , even though they may perform well . Perhaps it’s the hole KZbin blogger concept that makes it so important ! but thankfully also , you don’t seem overly conscientious of it .

[@Xashyu]

Glad im not the only one who chooses at times to sleep in until i really have to wake up.. Love your videos!

[@Hans-gb4mv]

Thank you for your insights in what was a lovely concert in an interesting venue. Was the recording of the concert made for the festival, or was this done on behalf of DW as part of the film?

[@ktd9]

❤❤❤❤

[@leumasarc4180]

Hey Tiffany! Love the vlogs. Odd question, but I'm kind of surprised that you are able to play the Schumann Toccata since I always imagined you had smaller hands. Can you reach a tenth over the keyboard? I have small hands myself, and I've always been sad that I can't play that piece since i can't reach an over-the-keyboard tenth.

[@andygossard4293]

Wish I could do some violin / piano dueting w ya. Wherever the heck u r. I liked your Libestraum

[@khaledhafneh787]

I wonder what classical composers like schumann would think of your content

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Oh gosh... a daunting thought. I just hope he isn't rolling in his grave from my videos and more importantly, from my playing of music 😳 I hope I'm doing him justice 🙏

[@neovxr]

@@TiffanyPoonpianist I believe they would appreciate the openness and experimenting, because it involves many young people in active listening to the music and also to the vlog talk and direct discussions, and trying on their own.

[@wingnutofcoolness]

167 years after his death a Hong Kong girl traveled from New York to play his music. I think he'd be blown away.

[@isaacleevlog]

@@TiffanyPoonpianist Very good hahaha

[@PianistStefanBoetel]

@@TiffanyPoonpianistYour humbleness is beautiful.

[@CmdrSoCal]

3:20. Last time I was in a hotel they gave me the key to someone else's room. Luckily there was nothing freaky going on.

[@rinardman]

Oh, so that's it! I've been watching her practice video on Patreon, and I wondered where she got such a tall tripod to hold her camera at the back of the hall, and who the people were wandering around while she played. Now I know the answer to both questions! 🤔🙂

[@IPoopOnYouEveryLastOneOfYou]

fyi great vlog, perfect for KZbin, inside the life of a classical pianist, horowitz needed a gopro on his bald spot

[@isaacleevlog]

Ahh your back!!!

[@isaacleevlog]

was the boston good to play

[@Frenchie1116]

You are just so adorable haha. I hope to see you play live someday

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

I got second-hand awkwardness watching you do that staged entry and introduction for your pop-up event.😬 Looked very fun though

[@_greenleader]

Incredible venue!

[@JM-vh7oc]

omg - loved this so mucch!

[@Nobiru85]

thank you

[@777guy1]

What a beauty

[@dummag4126]

❤❤❤

[@myname-mz3lo]

12:48 you got their atention in the back they stoped talking .

[@maxpowr90]

To quote my friend: "when in doubt, K545 it out."

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

😅 It's a lovely piece 🎶

[@maxpowr90]

@@TiffanyPoonpianist Daniel Barenboim is a tall order to live up to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6enqZ-kf7upjZo

[@julianpreu3960]

Kinderszenen ❤

[@islemdoudou372]

I kind of always wondered, What would you say to Schumann if you could talk to him?

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

I would say thank you and humbly ask his opinion on the current classical music culture and society

[@KrajnikPizmovy]

😘😘❤❤❤❤❤😘😘

[@ABBAdeius]

the romm key thingy happens sometimes someone fuckd up and there is doubble keys 4 the same room, shit happens.

[@oxoelfoxo]

fun vlog. would have watched a 45-minute one, too

[@ViRrOorR]

I kinda wanna know what u think about bach.. like just in general

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

His keyboard music is stimulating for the fingers and for the brain 🤓

[@ViRrOorR]

@@TiffanyPoonpianist totally 😃

[@wingnutofcoolness]

Schumann said good things about Bach.

[@abdelkrimabounouar6588]

Hi😊

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Hi :)

[@ashleylim2954]

good job

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

Rachmaninoff composed some of his 3rd concerto in Dresden.

[@martinbennett2228]

Tiffany, I do not think we have heard you play Schumann's romances op 28 (no.2 was appropriated by Benno Moiseiwitsch). I really want to hear your performance of them.

[@nandovancreij]

25 MINUTE TIFFANY VIDEO!!!!!!!!

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

😬 If you watch all the way through, thank you. I couldn't cut it down anymore from 2 hours... 🙈

[@ilovebach1010]

Tifanny will you ever come Singapore to perform?🎹🎹🎹

[@Shawn_H7]

谢谢！

[@tombufford136]

You look as though you enjoyed sweeping the floor with the big brush ! The rude intruder was perhaps a cleaner. Hotel cleaners often do hold keys to rooms to clean and you need a 'Do not Disturb notice ' on the door. Your brave doing your own Ironing, what would you do if your concert dress went up in flames! Glad you found food, you should not go without food before performing.

[@komoru]

You can seriously make samples and sell the rights to Roland for the acoustics in that concert hall !

[@neovxr]

is there a hall nowadays, that did NOT appear in a number of IR libraries? 😄

[@krazdomino4882]

Tiffany you can lower your excitement by getting your energy in abdomen, think low and grounded on feet. You can handle your excitement. Good luck! I love following your journey and you play very very well.

[@krazdomino4882]

Listen to the music more and treat it a mental experience.

[@jamesfohare]

Tiffany I know you as very gifted musican you do not have paraninoyia you are just ingrossed in your work stange sound become exsadurated food is what you need. Rain is good for a clean start. Love ya stop stressing you will get there in the mole hills are not mountains they are mole hills be positive. 🌹🍋xx :) ❤

[@stefangeorgiev7370]

❤

[@NN-rn1oz]

Have you thought of buying a portable foldable piano? It fits in a suitcase, and you could use it in the hotel room if you just feel like rehearsing some random short passage whenever you feel like it.

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Not useful at all. Practicing and playing piano is about feeling intimately the piano keys and reacting to the sounds and touch to make the sounds. I'd rather not practice than practice on a gadget.

[@pianoreigns]

​@@TiffanyPoonpianistThank you !

[@rockohara]

japanese temakisushi,great !

[@billbusen]

After a very long sleep, you won't feel awake because you have just gone without food and also dehydrated for 14 hours.

[@collinm.4652]

Would you ever consider doing an uncut video of you just practicing at the piano?

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

I've been posting hours of that exclusively on Patreon ;) www.patreon.com/tiffanypoonpianist

[@collinm.4652]

@@TiffanyPoonpianist Nice, will look into that (once I get my next paycheck tho lol)

[@bobsteiner9209]

Goodness, couldn't they at least have tuned the piano at the cafe? Anyway, I love your videos. Have you done a video on how not to be boring at the piano? For some of us, the sound of most pianos is not beautiful or gripping in the way a violin, cello, or great human voice can be. And of course, it's hard to vary the tone of a piano, impossible to add vibrato, and every note decays. The obvious solutions include touch, articulation, voicing, and use of dynamics. Glen Gould's Bach shows us how engaging clear articulation can be. But Gould also shows how a quirky, self-indulgent performance can diminish the listener's experience. And too many pianists, in an effort to be expressive, lose the rhythm or forward momentum of a piece. Other pianists play in ways that become predictable. Not you. Your playing is natural and full of feeling, but always seems true to the intentions of the composer. It's neither predictable nor boring. It's honest. Thanks!

[@leeyoung]

Are you performing in California USA anytime this year?

[@erwineinfalt5329]

💖🌺💖🌹🍀👍🤗

[@rasheedlewis1]

And as Tiffany got used to speaking to her own personal camera, a bigger, impersonal one is thrust to her dead center during a pop-up for fans. Such is life for a public figure - where the Truman Show becomes a reality.

[@AmericaisTheBabylon]

How do you adjust to each instrument so quickly?

[@paulkramer7844]

Those electronic hotel key cards are not secure. It can be a scary and threatening experience when your door opens unexpectedly -- it happened to me at 4:35 AM in Porto Alegre in 2004. Be careful. Take precautions.

[@Hans-gb4mv]

There are indeed ways to improve security for a lot of hotel rooms, most do already offer a functionality that would block most other cards, but that would still let some staff inside if needed be. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXKgIKPo8mYa7s

[@paulkramer7844]

@@Hans-gb4mv There's not much you can do if it is someone on the staff who invades your room. That is what happened to me in Porto Alegre. I vacated the luxury accomodation and transferred to a cheap, run down hotel that had secure locks on the doors.

[@dszcraftstudioz1807]

Hii

[@tombufford136]

The Chopin at the end in the Cafe worked really well I thought. You looked very attractive at the Palace. Did you have a meal at the Cafe ?

[@liellavi5722]

plese practice somtimes part of chopin etudes...:)

[@salvadoroliveira6632]

Did you ever play Warsaw Concerto?

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Didn't know about it and just looked it up... beginning sounds very somber and dramatic 😳

[@salvadoroliveira6632]

@@TiffanyPoonpianist That's only the besinning; later on you will notice opposite emotions.