what did tchaikovsky write? ok, this is the problem that we... dah—dum, ba—dah—dum, ba—dah—dum...on piano or some other instrument. but we have difficulties with. .. ..light here, to heavy here. so we have to really even it out. mm—hm. 0k. sorry. no, it's very clear. it's good. but you play every note with much effort, and it's not very efficient. because it's very dangerous to get lost in emotions. it's always good to go to the basic. what did tchaikovsky write? ok, this is the problem that we... dah—dum, ba—dah—dum, ba—dah—dum... it's so easy on piano or some other instrument. but we have difficulties with. .. ..light here, to heavy here. so we have to really even it out. mm—hm. 0k. sorry. no, it's very clear. it's good. but you play every note with much effort, and it's not very efficient. 0k. should be more... not... stay near the string with the fingers. mm—hm. then you have the possibility to play it very fast and relaxed. mm—hm. what mr honeck was talking about is to think in bigger phrases. because i know that i have the tendency of playing in a too detailed way, and there

it was like " the nutcracker" by tchaikovsky. ♪ so i grew up in china, in the northeast region, shenyangcity, big factory. every day, i hear music from everywhere. the chinese traditional orchestra, where my father was a principal. i was in beijing at the age of nine, and i got fired by a piano teacher there. she was kind of very skeptical of my piano style, and that was very difficult for me. i thought my piano career is over. ♪ so when i was 17 years old, i have this big dream, you know, to play at the biggest orchestra in america, but in reality, i was playing as a sub, waiting for somebody to get sick. the opportunity comes in very fast, and if you catch it in the right way, you are in the game. so i was at the travel symphony at the festival with the conductor. the wonderful pianist andrew watts got sick. that was the biggest concert that summer. when i was a kid, people sometimes called me a prodigy. but, of course, now i'm 41, it is far from that age. sometimes, the child prodigy remains a child, and the prodigy goes away, so the important thing is to keep the talent but let the c