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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 |
Freddy Kempf