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| currently |
in Manchester (UK) |
| preparing |
Chopin and Rachmaninov |
| reading |
Jonas Jonasson's "Der Hundertjährige, der zurückkam, um die Welt zu retten" |
| started piano | aged 4 |
| IS |
related to Willhelm Kempff
|
| can stretch | from C to G (LH) |
| last broke a string | 2pm, 12/2/19 in Perth (AU) - during practice |
| also plays |
the guitar, violin and harmonica
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| studied with | Helen Goharitz ('82), Ronald Smith ('84), Chris Elton ('92), Clarence Myerscough ('93), Hamish Milne ('96), Howard Davis (96), Emmanuil Monaszon ('97), Matthew Coorey ('11) |
| adores the music of | Bruckner & Gershwin |
| greatly admires | Bernstein, Giulini and Myung-whun Chung |
| recently loved | touring with the awesome St. Petersburg Philharmonic |
| recently didn't love | trying to rehearse in incredibly hot weather(!) |
| enjoys | running, skiing, (mountain-)hiking/climbing, swimming, cycling, weight-training, languages, cars, cooking & coffee |
| speaks fluent | English, German, Russian, French, Japanese |
| and some | Italian, Korean, Spanish, Mandarin, Portuguese and Serbian |
| and VERY little |
Polish, Norwegian, Danish, Slovene, Czech, Finnish, Cantonese, Turkish, Romanian, isiZulu, Urdu, Estonian, Greek, Swedish, Arabic & Vietnamese |
| likes | 一蘭, Atomic (ski), пельмени and South Australian Shiraz |
| drives | Mercedes V BlueTEC 4-Matic |
| skied | 16 days in winter '18/'19 |
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