musical diaries: Bleh 😬 1 week before performing

[@Musicforever60]

Thanks for sharing all your doubts and concerns and thought process overall about your playing! It's so often the case that, when everything's transparent from your mind, we the audience can empathize and make it clear to you: you strive for the finest of the finest in profession and are admired for that but we also see you just for the human being you are in this world, struggling as we all are! These vlogs are great!

[@rinardman]

I love the long practice videos on Patreon. I can't make it to the concerts, so it's the next best thing, and is a big reason I feel the money for a Patreon membership is money well spent. And, I know how much it helps Tiffany.

[@modernsophist]

I think Chopin, Schumann, and all the other Romantic composers have undergone days where they did not know what to play. It's a block, and it happens to all artists. However, an artist's vocation is key to coping, and I do like the fact that the solution to your block were your inevitable actions; although you did not know what to play, you played one of Schumann's best pieces, nonetheless. Novel ideas will come if you keep playing...although I recommend espresso over French press. I really appreciate the few clips showing development of playing Schumann's "Toccata". Thank you for these vlogs!

[@chipichipichapachapa733]

Astonishing playing.. you deserve the world

[@andresgunther]

Great look behind the scenes as usual, with insight about avoiding getting "stale". Your Patreon video is the perfect complement. Looking forward to watch part 2: GRWM!

[@BachScholar]

Your Schumann Toccata sounds fantastic!

[@alfredjohnson5278]

I'm incredibly impress by your performance of the Schumann Toccata. That is quite a technical workout that not all professional pianists can do successfully.

[@stephenb4164]

Great video and did not want to see it end. Your videos have a wonderful personal quality.

[@sorrowking6097]

Consistency is not an easy thing to achieve Keep going Tiffany

[@LiveFromTheHive-h6p]

Please, please, please come to England - I'd love to see you live.

[@PopBallads]

Hi Tiffany, thanks for your video, I watched it in my garden, the birds are singing, and a perfect smell of flowers is all around. Thank you for giving me a perfect afternoon! 👍😉 Love from Hannes, Germany

[@johnrenner7645]

Thanks for sharing these vlogs Tiffany. I love the way you play Chopin.

[@vipassana72]

Been following these vlogs for so long it is weird to realise this women is an actual trained classical pianist who performs at prestigious classical venues. It’s been so intimately done. Thanks for sharing your life’s understandings us. I have to include more rice with my meals. Thanks for reminder. My apologies for not being nationalist. In the slightest. Have a good one 🥳

[@matthodek]

A lovely video to help my brain unwind this evening. Thank you. I really enjoy you finding the waves in the Nocturne.

[@natalkapasicznyk]

I love your playing! So inspiring😍🌸🌻🎶

[@HidekazuOki]

This is such a beautiful video, Tiffany. Thanks for sharing!

[@benedicttisa8301]

I really enjoy your musical diaries. Thank you for sharing.

[@michaelcostello9157]

I'm just so always touched and awed at your playing. It's great you are human after all :D

[@XMickyMouseX]

Two cup bialetti brikka (currently with a new valve) allows brewing the coffee with some pressure on the stove, probably not so much as in a handpress, but still with quite a bit of a crema.

[@tombufford136]

Tiffany supping coffee, sorting out a dinner date in New York, working with a wok in the kitchen and time for left hand Chopin practice on Nocturne Op. 72. Much ,much more included !

[@tombufford136]

So close to the performance time !

[@zah_old_acc]

What a coincidence that i just got done leaening this chopin valse just a couple of hours ago and you upload the video which has the waltz for like the first minute! Lol.

[@kenjikodai]

Sometimes you just need a break, just stare out into nothing and try your best to find a path. It's so surreal sometimes, but I guess that's what makes it life exciting in a way

[@tombufford136]

My fellow student years ago was from china. Being very austere when I suggested we had a break for Tea. It was made with the most slightest of flavour.

[@paulkramer7844]

If you like strong coffee, try using a Vietnsmese Phin filter. For black coffee, it's better than even the stainless steel Bialetti espresso pot (which I use only for cappucino). A strong coffee with the Vietnamese filter requires up to 9 minutes to brew, but it's a better cup of coffee than the espresso, and even better than a French press. I think there's less caffeine in the espresso, because the water is forced through the ground coffee much faster than the brewing time with the Vietnamese filter or the French press. If you let the water cool down to about 10° below the boiling point before pouring it slowly into the Vietnsmese filter, you will get the most delicious and smooth cup of coffee you ever tasted.

[@SidhantRai-l8j]

Whatever u play i love 😊

[@HidekazuOki]

I find it amazing how the Chopin is in synch with your cooking...!

[@denmarq]

Taking a break sometimes frees you from a particular way of seeing things along with the tendencies that get locked in with continuous pursuit towards that vision. I wonder how your understanding of these pieces will evolve over time. Also, is that a guitar on the mirror at 7:44?

[@Lucatheclimber]

Thank you:)

[@LAR_NCM]

Completely adorable! 😊😊

[@dr05guitar]

what piece are you playing during 8:40 section?

[@musiklover2974]

I think it is Chopin waltz in a minor

[@dr05guitar]

@@musiklover2974 thank you!

[@soundhill1]

I would sometimes find Schumann pieces hard to play on cello: musically encompassing his big intervals as in the second romance. In Op 7 Toccata you are playing he is so close together with notes until he just bursts out into heaven in bar 20. I appreciate how you play it.

[@_greenleader]

Congrats on the italian espresso!

[@smallerrice7479]

Schumann toccata!! very fun piece to listen but i imagine it would be a pain to perform tho love your vids! keep striving!!

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

🙏🙏

[@KrajnikPizmovy]

❤❤❤

[@loudpengu8991]

mood

[@seancregomusic]

Oh, boy, do I understand not wanting to touch a piece you are going to perform (assuming you already know it well). I am going into the recording studio in August. And after the KZbin video recording went well, I am too scared to touch the music again until juuuuust before going into the studio. I don't want to become complacent, uninspired, etc. It's another layer of stuff to think about!

[@moxigeren50gabe23]

I love your contenido

[@wyattli9112]

Hi from Hong Kong

[@Zebrails]

Go with a very simple piece and alternate the speed... then, play it backwards... Have fun. John

[@Karlinberlin1]

No problems with neighbors now. But, in the past it`s not the next door neighbors it`s those above that were unhappy. I think part is the era. Before headphones and everyone doing their own thing there was apartment noise. A too loud TV and especially stereo systems that we were proud of. Who would listen to Birgett Nielson belting the Lieberstod down low?

[@wbiro]

How to not become jaded with pieces... that is a misery, so let me try to help... hmmm... having a large repertoire helps (to choose what inspires you at the moment) (if only concerts could be like that); making various games out of it (usually psychological, but also technical); realizing that you are part of the piece (in historical, social, cultural, and psychological contexts) (the 'What is the larger picture that audience always consider?' aspect)... trying to feel 'free' with the piece (the 'breath of fresh air' which audiences appreciate)... you can see that there are many options other than 'I don't want to be playing this piece right now', though, if you could explain it to the audience, the 'performance' would include how you deal with it (and if you deal with it well, their learning from you and applying it to life)... Just to note, I become jaded with pieces (and even with forms of art, which I cycle through), but I don't have to work through it because i don't have anything to lose by stepping away from creative endeavors for a while until inspiration returns for them (It always does, being cyclical, so I don't have to push things). So take my suggestions with that note in mind! Maybe being jaded is necessary, since 'blah' is a part of life worth analyzing and overcoming (since it is a part of relationships, too)...

[@fabianwahle5119]

Small note from a coffee lover: try a burr grinder instead of a blade grinder for your espresso beans. Might sound random but it's day and night for the extraction process. if an electrical one is too pricy start with a hand grinder, it's meditative ;-)

[@anetaglinkowska6149]

I'd love to know what you do to the chicken ? Looks delicious.

[@RobinJWheeler]

You should practice Rule of the Octave so you can play some partimento.

[@normalizedaudio2481]

She did run through the full program. There you go. That's what you got to do.

[@sunkenindeaf]

7:44 --- Cute, cute, cute. (Knock on wood.)

[@phumkhmertv2028]

Do you generally wake up this beautiful?

[@jerryatkinson6543]

Was thinking about learning piano, don’t think i’ll bother 😢

[@DrQuizzler]

When you were expressing ambivalence about whether to practice some of your program pieces, you seemed worried about appearing arrogant. I think it makes sense not to want to overwork a piece that you're pretty sure of, and to want to save most of the energy in it for the concert. At several points as you spoke, you appeared to be using your Steinway as a means to "knock on wood", so as to un-jinx something you had just said. Was this simply knocking on wood, or were you thinking "knock on Steinway"?

[@aram9167]

That fortune cookie though

[@jannis11]

NoIce

[@tombufford136]

Is that omlette and rice your eating ? Need the nourishment ! lots of mundane tasks to complete, cooking cleaning, laundry. Great to hear your making progress with your reportoire. Hope you don't drink too much expresso. I should not really be saying that to you !

[@brightlightdun]

The quirky syncopations!? 😂😵‍💫

[@liellavi5722]

Hi Tiffany You said in the video that you don't really know what to practice on, maybe you could play chopin etudes? And maybe you'd like to play this toccatina - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e57GdoStq6qqbMk It can be very cool and interesting Thank you for inspiring me so much admirer!

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

You're really love coffee from what I can tell. What happens if you go by a day without a cup?

[@TiffanyPoonpianist]

Haha, I'm fine if I don't drink it

[@tubiak1]

I swear I saw a chicken move on the frying pan. Hope he didn't give you any trouble while eating ;)

[@Blend33]

Love your articulations & your personality; Please don't become a

[@chester6343]

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