Guitar

Tilman Hoppstock: “Our Job as Teachers Is to Bring More Exciting Perspectives to Our Students and Challenge Them to Be Creative With What They Do”

In this interview, guitarist, cellist, and musicologist Tilman Hoppstock (Darmstadt Academy of Music, Germany) explains his experiences researching music, transcribing, and performing in the 21st century.

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Piano

Mari Kodama: “Even Seemingly Unbalanced Art Is Balanced Perfectly to Move Us. And Such Can Be Said for Performers. Pianists Should Aim to Have a Perfectly Balanced Triangle of the Mind, Heart, and Hands”

Mari Kodama is an international pianist and is highly regarded as a Beethoven interpreter. She is a Steinway Artist and serves as a music festival director for several national and international festivals. In this interview, Mari Kodama discusses her beginnings in Europe, her mentors and teaching philosophy, her unique repertoire choices, her passion for Beethoven, and several exciting projects on the horizon.

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