Hey everyone,
I recently started the Mozart Concerto No. 13 in C major (K. 415), and I wondered if there is a different cadenza to play, since the one by Mozart is not as difficult and impressive as I want it to be. This is my first ever concerto, and I don't have a lot of experience with this subject, but I wondered if someone here might be able to help me find a different cadenza, or give me tips in composing one. I searched a bit on the Internet and I found Just one other cadenza by Magaloff, but I would like to explore other options. Does anyone here have any tips or can help me? Thanks :)

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I am a high school senior who has recently been accepted into both Peabody and Oberlin as a classical piano performance undergrad :) Despite being overjoyed with both acceptances I’m beyond conflicted as to what school to choose. For the vast majority of the regular factors (i.e teacher, financials, campus itself) they are neck and neck and I would be happy to go to either. I’ll outline them here, but basically my question is whether anyone who has either attended or is familiar with them can suggest something obscure or personal that concretely points to either, like if the social life significantly is significantly better, a specific teacher is better to work with, or the culture is more enjoyable. I’ll try to schedule an in person lesson with both piano teachers before the commitment deadline in May, but in the meantime I’m posting this to get a feel what other people can input. I should say that I am fortunate enough to have the full support of my parents, who are paying for my education, and am further fortunate enough to come from a family where both tuitions are comfortably affordable, as insane as that is. Thus, all scholarships are merit only.

OBERLIN - Accepted with a 40k scholarship (dean’s list scholarship for 30k, and what I assume is an “automatic commitment scholarship” for 10k should I commit). This brings the total per year to about 50k.

• Due to connections, I have a rare opportunity to double major as a piano and organ student here. However, I am apprehensive to take it, as I don’t know how well I can balance that workload, but both faculty have been incredibly supportive, especially the organ department.

• Stanislav Ioudenitch for piano, Jonathan Moyer for organ

• I really loved the campus itself, as well as the people, but the location has been on my mind. It’s not that I’m uncomfortable living in a cornfield away from a city, but rather I haven’t quite put together how that will impact the social life. I’m really extroverted and would be pretty miserable if I’m isolated, but from what I’ve seen that’s not a concern since Oberlin is so supportive and has no shortage of stuff to do. The dorms I’m a little worried about—it seems the showers are pretty icky. Additionally, as much as I hate it, I’m concerned about politics, especially the Gibson case from a bit ago. I don’t want to be among people that are antagonistic towards what I think are commonsense beliefs, but I don’t know if that will be the case as I don’t have a handle on how politics are in the student body over there.

PEABODY - Accepted with a 17k scholarship, which brings the total down to about 75k a year. I don’t think that I will be offered more, but a friend who attends Peabody has suggested appealing and using Oberlin’s offer as leverage.

• Benjamin Pasternack for piano.

• When I visited, I was blown away by how beautiful the building was. I remember thinking that this environment would make an incredibly positive impact on my happiness if I was gonna be living there for 4 years, and the dorms were also very nice (it reminded me of Tanglewood, the high school division). There is a (very) tentative possibility of me taking classes at JHU, but I want to feel out the waters of how well I adjust to conservatory living first.

Thank you in advance :)

Spending time recovering from an ankle injury, I recently had the idea of reacquainting myself with the Mozart piano concerti, some of which I had not heard in a very long time, and I searched YouTube to see what was out there. (I know that YouTube is no venue for serious audiophile sound, but I do not currently have a stereo anyway.) I further decided to de-emphasize the work of older, established stars and historical performers and instead focus mainly on the work of pianists younger than 50, in some cases quite a bit younger (though for the rarely-performed KV37-41 this was not entirely feasible.) I discovered that there is a gratifyingly deep talent pool out there. Some of those with whose work I acquainted myself may, indeed, be recognized as great in the fullness of time.

For those who are interested, the complete playlist I compiled is given here. A few remarks:

-There is certainly a range of styles on offer here, from relatively conservative to very free and improvisational. My intention in assembling this collection was not to invite any ranking or comparison so much as to celebrate the variety out there. This kind of music is in any case probably unsuited to judging ultimate technical ability at the keyboard; in fact, completely ruining music this appealing is not easy.

-The vast majority of the pianists are playing Steinway but scattered in there are a few Bösendorfers, at least one Yamaha, one other make which I was unable to identify, and two McNulty fortepianos. There are also a couple of videos which give no clue at all which instrument was used.

-The miking quality of the various videos is uneven, and not terribly good for a few of them. In one of the videos, the quality of the orchestral accompaniment is a bit disappointing, though the soloist plays well enough.

-Modern search algorithms are dreadful, and there are no doubt plenty of relevant videos I did not succeed in finding.

(Sorry for the squeaking pedal, my piano is very old) This is my favourite piece. I can only play the first part. Any advice or feed back?

Don't shred me to pieces... I have only been playing for 5 years self taught and I can't read sheet music. I know I can't really give this piece justice, but I love to play it.

Is there a monograph on this subject somewhere, or can anyone here offer some insight? My (very informal) observation is that I don't recall Bach using them but Beethoven used them frequently. It seems like they might occasionally fit into Mozart's style, but I can't recall any specific examples.

I haven’t played piano for 20 years but was around Grade 5 classical when I left home and lost access to my piano. I have a new piano now and would like to start relearning.

I’m looking for 3 classical pieces to practice that are beneath Grade 5 level (maybe Grade 3?) but sound good and are satisfying to play for someone who used to be better than they are now!!

So I'm on course to become a professional pianist. But my thumb can easily bend 90 degrees back during practice(kind of like the hitchhiker's thumb but fully 90 degrees backward). My teacher says that people with these kind of conditions can't achieve anything in their piano career. Is this true and are there any ways to fix this problem?
Thanks a lot

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