Conversation With Ariel Lanyi


Do you have a favourite concert venue to perform in and why?


I haven’t performed at enough venues to say which one is my favourite. Generally, I like venues with an intimate atmosphere, where there is an easy and sympathetic give and take between performer and audience. This is why, among others, I don’t do competitions, where the mood in the hall is judgemental and potentially negative.


Favourite pieces to perform? Listen to?


I find myself nowadays listening more and more to music that is not for the piano. I very much enjoy opera, chamber music and symphonic works. My favourite pieces to perform change all the time. Right now they probably include the works of Beethoven, among many others…


Who are your favourite musicians?


I cannot say. I don’t rank and I don’t think in ranking terms. Moreover, they are simply too many to list…


What is your most memorable concert experience?


The one that is yet to come.


What do you consider to be the most important ideas and concepts to impart to aspiring musicians?


I don’t have a set of aphorisms at hand. My advice is to be curious and open to new ideas, both musical and cultural, and to question generic advice. (I don’t think the next Richter will come from reading my blog.)


 


What is your most treasured possession?


A wonderful coffee machine. My mother got it as a New Year’s present, but I’m its primary employer.


What do you enjoy doing most?


Writing blogs?.. (Not really, although it is a form of relaxation and it forces me to clarify issues I haven’t given enough thought to.)


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