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September 12,2023

PYPA 2023

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This summer, I went to Philadelphia for the PYPA (Philadelphia Young Pianist Academy) festival. We have master classes everyday with pianists like Professor Micheal Lewin & Professor Alon Goltein. We also have everyday concerts and meditation classes. The building opened at 9 AM every day. Lights were not even on,  I could already hear the sound of the piano. Two students shared one practice room and we changed our practice room every day to be fair. The festival's location was a vocal academy so the pianos sounded slightly humid. 

In everyday concerts, world-class piano soloists would play in a concert and everyone must go. I had jet lag for the first few days so I did not listen to the whole concert. Furthermore, students also played in multiple concerts. In master classes, I learned a lot of things, especially techniques and fixing the quality of my sound. For everyday meditation classes, we sat silently and trained our focus. Also, we had a Piano Formun class in which every student played a repertoire of around 8 minutes and the Professor gave advice on our performance. Overall, this was a great experience and I will definitely go again when I get older.                            

                                                                                       Written by Andrew Huang ('29)

 

        今年夏天，我去費城參加 PYPA（費城青年鋼琴家學院）音樂節。主辦人是胡瀞云老師，我們每天都有大師班的課程（聘請了鄧泰山等大師）、音樂會和冥想課程。兩個學生共用一個琴房，因為每間琴房鋼琴都不一樣，所以為了公平，我們每天都會換琴房。

        音樂節的舉辦地點是聲樂學院，因此琴聲聽起來有點悶。大樓每天早上九點開門，燈還沒亮，就已經能聽到鋼琴聲了。每天晚上的音樂會都是由世界級的鋼琴獨奏家演奏的，很可惜的是，前幾天我因為時差，所以沒有聽到整場音樂會。

        上大師班時，我學到了很多，尤其是技術和音色的質感。我們也有Piano Formum Class，在這堂課上，每個人會彈8分鐘左右的曲目，並會有大師給我們一些表演上的意見。在日常冥想課程中，我們會安靜地坐著並訓練我們的注意力。

       總的來說，這是一次很棒的經歷，有機會我一定會再去一次!

                                                                                                    黃博暐 Andrew Huang ('29)