Marina Mdivani, McGill Piano Professor - Full Interview

This is the full interview with Prof. Marina Goglidze-Mdivani from Day 7 of my "Week in the Life of a McGill Music Student" Series! You can watch the chaotic vlog, along with behind-the-scenes footage, here:    • McGill Piano Professor's Advice, Strugglin...   Interview Timestamps below: 0:00 - Introduction 0:39 - Background of Prof. Marina Mdivani 2:58 - Her teachers, traditions of Georgia 3:50 - Auditioning for the Moscow Conservatory 5:08 - Preparing for Competitions (Marguerite Long Competition, Tchaikovsky Competition) 6:33 - More about music student life during the Soviet Union 8:25 - Meeting famous composers, performers, chess players 9:15 - Performing all 5 Prokofiev Piano Concertos in one concert - how did she do it? 11:58 - Auditioning for a Piano Professor position at McGill 13:07 - Gilels gives her the nickname "Marina Goglidze-Mazeppa" 14:09 - Growing repertoire, being unable to leave the Soviet Union 15:01 - Meeting Shostakovich, Kabalevsky, Sofronitsky, Richter, Kapustin, George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, and being roommates with Sofia Gubaidulina 16:55 - If you could go back in time, would you do anything differently? 18:35 - What is your greatest achievement in piano? 19:38 - Cancelled Carnegie Hall Performance and John F. Kennedy's Assassination 22:49 - Being locked down in the Soviet Union 24:23 - What Prof. Mdivani tries to do when teaching students at McGill 24:40 - How was it to meet Shostakovich? 27:15 - Playing Stravinsky's piano pieces for Stravinsky 29:38 - What are your favorite concertos and solo piano pieces? 31:25 - Rostropovich's Cello 34:50 - What does it mean, "famous"? 35:02 - How are you finding McGill's education in Music? Comparison to Soviet System 39:45 - What was your childhood like? 40:45 - "Piano is a great instrument" 41:59 - How did you manage to get to the US? 43:35 - "Freedom" interview 46:35 - Gilels and Stage Fright 47:23 - Who's your favorite composer? 50:12 - What was the hardest piece you've played? What is a difficult piece? 52:02 - Wrapping up the interview Social Media:   / nicholasmamusic   Website: https://www.nicholasmamusic.com #mcgill #piano