The Shenzhen Concert Hall has recently introduced a new music program aimed at offering city residents opportunities to catch free live music performances. The event series, titled Beautiful Sunday, is held every Sunday and will feature a wide array of musical performers covering various styles and genres.
Last week’s Beautiful Sunday show hosted Andrii Misik, a renowned Ukraine pianist, as he wowed audiences with his musical prowess. Misik, for those unfamiliar with his work, is a graduate and current teacher at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University.
We caught up with Misik after his first China performance (held on July 3) to get his impressions of the PRC and Chinese audiences:
This is your first time performing in Chinese mainland, so tell us about your impression of Chinese audiences?
I am quite excited sharing my music here and I noticed that Chinese audiences are professional, they are good listeners and respected my performances. I know some of them were here with children, but it was silent when I played. It’s a good thing to see lots of children here, it means they are trying to educate children about music to some extent.
Who is your favorite pianist?
My favorite pianist is Vladimir Horowitz. Everyone wants to be him but no one can be compared with him. He was a singular and unmatched person. His music makes me feel the world is only music and me; he is one of the reasons I insist on performing classical music.
Is there any difference between Chinese and Ukrainan musical education?
Yes. In Ukraine, people pay nearly zero for learning the piano. Everyone can be a pianist because the education is free and almost all teachers are musical masters. But in China, it’s hard. Only wealthy people’s children can afford for learning the piano or other musical instruments.
What are your suggestions to individuals who want to start learning the piano?
From my side, the only suggestion is that you have to be into music. If you do love it, it will be a part of your life and it will never bore you. You have to put in effort and then you will see how gorgeous the musical world is.
0 User Comments