Behind the scenes Archives an exclusive Classical Music e-Magazine Mon, 03 Nov 2025 04:25:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Behind the Scenes of Yunchan Lim’s Legendary Cliburn Competition Win https://interlude.hk/behind-the-scenes-of-yunchan-lims-legendary-cliburn-competition-win/ https://interlude.hk/behind-the-scenes-of-yunchan-lims-legendary-cliburn-competition-win/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:13:34 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=140937 When Yunchan Lim swept to victory at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, his performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto immediately became the stuff of legend. Three years later, the original video has seventeen million views on YouTube. Since then,

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]]> https://interlude.hk/behind-the-scenes-of-yunchan-lims-legendary-cliburn-competition-win/feed/ 1 Musicians in Sync – What Yuja Wang’s Heartbeats Tell Us https://interlude.hk/musicians-in-sync-what-yuja-wangs-heartbeats-tell-us/ https://interlude.hk/musicians-in-sync-what-yuja-wangs-heartbeats-tell-us/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:44:12 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=132826 During the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth, pianist Yuja Wang undertook an extraordinary feat. She performed all the Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in one marathon concert at Carnegie Hall on January 28, 2023.

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]]> https://interlude.hk/musicians-in-sync-what-yuja-wangs-heartbeats-tell-us/feed/ 5 The Goldilocks Principle in the Performance of Music https://interlude.hk/the-goldilocks-principle-in-the-performance-of-music/ https://interlude.hk/the-goldilocks-principle-in-the-performance-of-music/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:02:02 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=108064 This is the first of two articles, continuing our series from BodyMinded in Sydney1, addressing the relationship between too much tension, and too little. Muscle activity is a part of everything we do. Coordinating your movement skilfully is essential in

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-goldilocks-principle-in-the-performance-of-music/feed/ 0 BodyMinded Thinking for the Fingers and Thumbs https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-for-the-fingers-and-thumbs/ https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-for-the-fingers-and-thumbs/#respond Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:05:02 +0000 http://interlude.hk/?p=102869 Ever heard the saying “all fingers and thumbs”? Today we are jumping from our previous topics of whole arm movement and postural support, to the ease of movement, control and power of the fingers and thumbs in playing a musical

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]]> https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-for-the-fingers-and-thumbs/feed/ 0 BodyMinded Thinking for Dynamic Postural Support https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-for-dynamic-postural-support/ https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-for-dynamic-postural-support/#respond Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:00:06 +0000 http://interlude.hk/?p=101967 “Lighter”, “easier”, “freer”, “weird”. These are the sort of things musicians (and others) say as they improve the way they sit and stand to play. It is not unusual for a real change in postural support to completely change the

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]]> https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-for-dynamic-postural-support/feed/ 0 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Leschetizky Legacy https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-leschetizky-legacy/ https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-leschetizky-legacy/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:40 +0000 http://interlude.hk/?p=100306 Theodor Leschetizky’s career as a pedagogue spanned the better part of 75 years. In all, in excess of 1,200 students are known to have studied with him. The sheer number of students is of course striking, but more impressive is

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-leschetizky-legacy/feed/ 10 BodyMinded Thinking in the Performance of Music https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-in-the-performance-of-music/ https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-in-the-performance-of-music/#respond Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:27 +0000 http://interlude.hk/?p=98961 Musicians contribute so much to the personal and cultural well-being of the community and play music because they love it. Given that, it is a shame that for some, a career and/or long-term love of playing is associated with levels

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]]> https://interlude.hk/bodyminded-thinking-in-the-performance-of-music/feed/ 0 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Hélène Grimaud, György Sándor and Martha Argerich https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-helene-grimaud-gyorgy-sandor-and-martha-argerich/ https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-helene-grimaud-gyorgy-sandor-and-martha-argerich/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:05:37 +0000 http://interlude.hk/?p=97339 Hélène Grimaud is a woman of multiple talents, intellectually sparkling in various directions. While she is a critically acclaimed performance and recording artist, she is also a committed wildlife conservationist, and a compassionate human rights activist. She campaigns on behalf

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-helene-grimaud-gyorgy-sandor-and-martha-argerich/feed/ 2 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Bruno Seidlhofer and Rudolf Buchbinder https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-bruno-seidlhofer-and-rudolf-buchbinder/ https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-bruno-seidlhofer-and-rudolf-buchbinder/#respond Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:05:47 +0000 http://interlude.hk/?p=96221 The pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is considered one of today’s legendary performers. For over 50 years he has appeared in concerts with renowned orchestras and conductors all over the world. His broad artistic range is documented in more than 100 recordings,

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprentice-bruno-seidlhofer-and-rudolf-buchbinder/feed/ 0 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Leopold Auer and Jascha Heifetz et al. https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprenticeleopold-auer-and-jascha-heifetz-et-al/ https://interlude.hk/the-sorcerers-apprenticeleopold-auer-and-jascha-heifetz-et-al/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:10:06 +0000 http://interlude.hk/?p=92529 Here comes a little musical quiz question. What do Mischa Elman, Efrem Zimbalist, Nathan Milstein and Jascha Heifetz have in common? They are all famous violinists, I hear you say. And while that is certainly a correct answer, I was

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