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currently

in Munich (DE)

practising

Liszt and Prokofiev

reading

Dumas' "Die Gräfin von Charny"

started piano aged 4
IS related to Willhelm Kempff
can stretch from C to G (LH)
last broke a string 2pm, 1/9/11 in Bergen (NO) - whilst recording
also plays the violin and the harmonica
studied with Mr. Goharitz ('82), Ronald Smith ('84), Chris Elton ('92), Hamish Milne ('96), Emmanuil Monaszon ('97)
recently loved Mozart in Moscow
recently didn't love rehearsing 2 different programs in 2 different cities in 1 day(!)
enjoys running, skiing, (mountain-)hiking, cycling, weight-training, languages, cars, cooking
speaks fluent English, German, Russian, French
and some Japanese, Italian and Spanish
and VERY little isiZulu, Mandarin, Norwegian, Turkish, Greek, Swedish, Korean, Arabic, Vietnamese, Cantonese
likes the "W" Hong Kong and 一蘭
drives Audi A6 TDI Quattro