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Hi Everyone, Here is the final part of my interview with 1980 Chopin competition winner, Dang Thai Son. In this section, he reveals his thoughts on Mikhail Pletnev, Ivo Pogorelich, Lang Lang, and Art. And thank you all, again, for reading. Hope you all have a safe and wonderful new year ! http://www.examiner.com/piano-in-san-francisco/interview-with-dang-thai-son-part-iii
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I have enjoyed reading all three segments of your interview with Dang Thai Son. He has enjoyed an interesting life. Thank you for the post.
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Thank you very much for reading - glad you enjoyed it 
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EH: What advice would you give to students who are struggling to realize the spirit of Chopin’s music ?
The big challenge today is that Chopin is a Romantic after all, and his music has to do with real emotions; perhaps even more so, a very personal emotion - with soul. Today, with all of our information and modern technology which surrounds life and speeds it up, digital perfection tends to make things more rational. But one cannot play Chopin without experiencing life either. Yes, Chopin's music has to do with "real emotions" as opposed to all that other music which only deals with imaginary emotions. If Chopin deals with "real emotion" then I should give soap operas more credit, because his level of emotion is on par with that. This is typical classical musician nonsense, and I would expect nothing less to come from the mouth of a winner of one of the most anti-musical music competitions in the classical world. I am so tired of this completely spurious notion that rationality and emotion exist on opposite ends of the same continuum. This is just bad philosophy, nothing more. Read your David Hume people! You can't seperate the rational from the emotional! "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions." For all this guy's talk of the importance of life experiance, he would sure do well to gather some himself. -End of Rant
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I'm grateful that you posted a link to the interview. The anecdote about Pletnev and Pogo noticing Dang Thai Son once he beat them made me laugh outright. I had to explain it all to a friend in the room. The most fascinating interview I've encountered recently.
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. -Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
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Thanks for reading and happy new year to you !
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EH: What advice would you give to students who are struggling to realize the spirit of Chopin’s music ?
The big challenge today is that Chopin is a Romantic after all, and his music has to do with real emotions; perhaps even more so, a very personal emotion - with soul. Today, with all of our information and modern technology which surrounds life and speeds it up, digital perfection tends to make things more rational. But one cannot play Chopin without experiencing life either. Yes, Chopin's music has to do with "real emotions" as opposed to all that other music which only deals with imaginary emotions. If Chopin deals with "real emotion" then I should give soap operas more credit, because his level of emotion is on par with that. This is typical classical musician nonsense, and I would expect nothing less to come from the mouth of a winner of one of the most anti-musical music competitions in the classical world. I am so tired of this completely spurious notion that rationality and emotion exist on opposite ends of the same continuum. This is just bad philosophy, nothing more. Read your David Hume people! You can't seperate the rational from the emotional! "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions." For all this guy's talk of the importance of life experiance, he would sure do well to gather some himself. -End of Rant You are very intelligent.
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Since classical music is devoid of "words" unlike popular music..anyone can "assume" anything about an instrumental piece..ie "intent" of the composer..and I'm sure their all having the last laugh as to what it might be..so we are left to surmise and interject our own opinions..as far as popular music,the words tell us..no guessing needed..
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