Monday 11.33am Piano Recital

Piano Recital-Exam (Monash University)
Candidate: Cinffy Zhuang Yixin(And accompanist: name not known)
Duration: 1:00hr
Piece: Chopin and Mozart(duet)

Review
Dear all,
I have just experienced a Masters student recital(one of my fellow classmate) in which I feel she deserve utmost respect-for her dedication,dilligence and commitment to excel in her performance. The hour long recital began with a slow piece from Chopin (sorry,I need to obtain from her the name of the piece again for I could not remember the name of the piece)which probably,lasted approximately 15mins.

It is then followed by an amazing first,second and third movement from Mozart's piece (approximately 45mins).The level of concentration,effort;it is just indescribable.I can only imagine the amount of practice time she has to spend in preparation for this exam. I can only say that;the performance in which I have just listened to(and witnessed)-only a perfectionist with the correct attitude can produce such quality.Much credit goes to the accompanist as well,because she played an extremely important role in the beginning of the first movement before Cinffy's entrance to the piece.The accompanist not only provided a strong,solid (great technicalities as well) introduction,she had also created the right atmosphere whereby Cinffy was able to ease in with confidence and then,take over the limelight and then proceed from there.What I saw in the performance was; clear communication between the two of them,technical competence in which the both of them demanded perfection; lots of hard work and practice from both party.

Overall,it is clear to me that they had 'gelled' it together beautifully.
Although,of course, there were minor glitches during the second movement when I heard slight friction and timing,but,however,they pulled it off quickly.This cannot be achieved if both party had not spent enough time working together (with that understand of each other's body language).AND-This is what makes the performance interesting (in my view,that is!)Why?Rectifying mistake shows to me how the performer(s) approach the matter and in this case,it is even more tricky when there are two players involved.Therefore,based on this 'comeback',I raise my hat and take a bow on for such breathtaking recital.BRAVO!!

Of course, there are always room for improvement for,there can never be perfect performance.What attracted me(and probably the audience) about Cinffy was her presentation skills and technicalities (high level of accuracy);especially fast movements.However,I felt that she lack 'mood creation'(if there is such a thing?)and was inhibitant towards the use of pedal which made the piece more 'controlled' and 'thin'.This, made a gap between her and her accompanist(whom,I feel,was more heavily textured?)Perhaps,that is also the reason why I think the both of them played well together as a team for one complements the other,to produce such balance in the Mozart's piece.(Technicalities from Cinffy and sound 'effect' from accompanist)Then,without Chopin's piece,it would really stand out as one performance.(Because,I felt the Chopin's piece is a difficult piece -slow,and thin melody-makes it hard to express)

All in all,CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU CINFFY! (and accompanist-need to get her name and type it down here).What a wonderful experience -

Okay,now, back to my essay writing again.. :) :) :) DEEPLY inspired.