A Concert Pianist Reveals What it Takes to Win a Serious Music Competition

Long story short, or how to win and fail serious music competitions. One thing that I had to add to this video, is that despite common prejudices, charisma and artisticly powerful performance often wins over technical perfection on big music competition, thus undermining the claim that competitions are for “horses”. To 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻-𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻: http://deniszhdanov.com/lessons My 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 on efficient piano technique and on pieces of all difficulty levels: https://bit.ly/skillsandmagic 01:18 Mixed feelings: Overpracticing 03:54 My failure: Preparation Process 06:22 Fun Fact about small competitions 07:02 Tool: how to win 20K USD + dozens of concerts 08:27 Tool: Winner’s Mindset 09:54 My most dramatic competition experience 11:09 Tool: Easier but Better 11:23 Tool: Run-Throughs 11:43 Mixed Feelings: Guidance vs Personality 12:37 Tool: Professional Attitude 13:49 Pros: Even loosing brings perks sometimes 14:25 Cons: Winning doesn’t always work the way you expect 16:03 Competitions are not for everyone 16:17 Pros: Why doing competitions? My 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬: https://bit.ly/DenTutorials My 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬: http://bit.ly/DenPlaysPiano Your support matters! If you enjoy this channel or find it helpful, please consider a symbolic donation. It would help me to create even better both educational and artistic content. 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐎𝐍: https://bit.ly/supportingcats 𝐎𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐔𝐘 𝐌𝐄 𝐀 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊! https://paypal.me/denzhdanovpianist