Spreading the Love of Classical Music: From Words to Deeds
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What can we do to bring classical music closer to everyone, especially those underprivileged and disadvantaged, who did not have a chance...
Xenia E. Zilli
- Jun 14, 2023
- 2 min
LISTENING TO (CLASSICAL) MUSIC: Why it is Important
To all interprets out there: listening to good quality music is so important ! Regardless of which instrument you play, listening every...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- Jun 10, 2023
- 2 min
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Robert Schumann & the Myth and the Truth about his Love Life
“Love me well … I ask for much, because I give much.” ~ Robert Schumann There are many myths connected to Schumann (June 8, 1810 - July...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 31, 2023
- 2 min
CONNECTEDNESS: Everyday Sort of Magic
“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 24, 2023
- 2 min
🎹 💙 PIANO RECITAL 💙 🎹: 'Healing Waves'
"I feel that music has the power to heal, like a powerful balm, by taking us to worlds beyond where there is no suffering of any kind." ~...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 16, 2023
- 3 min
INTERVIEWS WITH MASTERS: Igor Lazko Part III: Competitions
Xenia: You are the founder and the president director of the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition, and the founder and...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 15, 2023
- 1 min
INTERPRETING MUSIC
Interpreting music is for me - discovering and finding myself in what composers have written. Contrary to what many believe there is a...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 11, 2023
- 2 min
SEEMINGLY EASY PIANO PIECES
There is a trend in the pianism today – to play the most complicated, fast paced, technically demanding piano pieces. To impress rather...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 9, 2023
- 2 min
WHEN WE DON’T GET A REPLY ...
Have you ever written a heartfelt message to someone you admired and/or really cared about – and then had the painful experience of...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 8, 2023
- 2 min
INTERVIEWS WITH MASTERS: Igor Lazko Part II: Belgrade Years
Xenia: Please tell us about your Belgrade years and memories you have on the time spent there, where you worked as piano educator,...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 7, 2023
- 2 min
INTERVIEWS WITH MASTERS: Igor Lazko Part I: Intro
I conducted an one hour and a half long interview with Mr Igor Lazko, on 1 February 2023 in Paris. Igor Lazko is a classical pianist and...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 5, 2023
- 1 min
ILLUMINATED MUSICIAN
Illuminated soul - Illuminated thoughtfulness - Illuminated playing Beautiful Maria João Pires among stars where she takes us whenever...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- May 5, 2023
- 1 min
AEOLIAN HARP - wind harp musical instrument
An Aeolian harp (also wind harp) is a musical instrument that is played by the wind and therefore acts to symbolize the bridge between...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- Apr 22, 2023
- 1 min
'Karl Kutschera in Wien' Piano
We (pianists) have to get in tune with each piano we play. Some more than 100 years old. It is an incredible experience to play on them....
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Xenia E. Zilli
- Apr 17, 2023
- 1 min
PIANO CITY ATHENS: Piano Recital
The global music movement Piano City, after Berlin, Madrid, Milan, New York and other metropolitan cities, has arrived in Athens ! On 12,...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- Apr 14, 2023
- 1 min
THE RIGHT CONDITIONS ...
Why is Maria João Pires the best mentor for me ? I will tell you the story about an orchid that I got. I never wanted an orchid because I...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- Apr 7, 2023
- 2 min
SYNAESTHESIA: Why Can Some People 'Hear' Colours ?
About 4 percent of the people on Earth experience a mysterious phenomenon called synaesthesia. The word 'synaesthesia' has Greek roots....
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Xenia E. Zilli
- Apr 7, 2023
- 2 min
~ PIANO ~
Just a keyboard musical instrument or a bridge to that special place which transcends any other way of communication and is in return...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- Apr 6, 2023
- 1 min
What I feel during my recitals, or concerts
Someone asked me how I feel during my recitals, or concerts. At first, I really did not know what to say as there are thousands of...
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Xenia E. Zilli
- Apr 1, 2023
- 1 min
THE PIANIST
To be a pianist is NOT a job ! It is who we are. We start playing at a very tender age of 3 - 5 and continue playing for many hours,...
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