Practice Room Breaks

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4 episodes

2 days ago

Zlatomir Fung — one of the leading cellists of his generation — joins IMSLP to trace his path from prodigious beginnings to becoming the youngest-ever International Tchaikovsky Competition winner, unpacking the mindset of competition playing and the balance between intensity, restraint, and interpretation under pressure. He delves into the intersection of analysis and expression — transcribing for the cello, Popper etudes, chess-like pattern recognition, and the balance between composer inten...

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Episodes (4/4)

Practice Room Breaks

Zlatomir Fung on the Process and Purpose of the Modern Cellist

5 days ago

53 minutes

Practice Room Breaks

Simone Porter on Attention as Prayer

Internationally renown violinist Simone Porter joins us to talk about her journey from early debuts with the Seattle Symphony and Royal Philharmonic to playing with the nation’s top orchestras. She answers listener questions on stage confidence and managing performance anxiety, and reflects on moments when live music completely transported her — or taught her something through the unexpected. We also dive into her debut album ad tendo, inspired by Simone Weil’s idea that “absolute attention i...

1 month ago

28 minutes

Practice Room Breaks

Alessio Bax on the Art of Transcription, The Magic of Collaboration and Sincerity on Stage.

On this episode of Practice Room Breaks, Host Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky sits down with pianist extraordinaire, Alessio Bax. Diving into is musical upbringing, deep artistic philosophies, and how winning top prizes at the Hamamatsu and Leeds International Piano Competitions at such a young age shaped the course of his career, Alessio shares his meaningful approach to programming, the mindset behind competition preparation, and the art of transcribing some of his favorite works. From his surpris...

3 months ago

45 minutes

Practice Room Breaks

Steven Spooner on the Piece Liszt Refused to Teach, the Birth of the Recital, and Recording One of the Largest Liszt Albums Ever Made

What did Liszt refuse to teach - and why? In the debut episode of Practice Room Breaks - the podcast, host and classical pianist Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky sits down with internationally acclaimed pianist, pedagogue and scholar Steven Spooner to uncover the surprising origins of the recital and masterclass, share untold stories from Liszt’s life and the era in which he lived, and hear excerpts from Spooner’s monumental 10-volume Liszt album — consisting of over 300 works and 35 hours of music. ...

4 months ago

45 minutes