I got rejected from the Van Cliburn Piano Competition
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- I applied to the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the major piano competitions in the world. I got rejected. And I am a better musician because of it. This is my personal journey of pursuing a concert piano career, dealing with failure, and experiencing artistic transformation in the process.
2:55 Drawn by beauty - Haochen Zhang and Yekwon Sunwoo
7:53 The Process - finding a teacher, practice routine, discipline
9:49 Dealing with doubt, negative criticism, and insecurity
16:05 The Process is the Prize - personal wins amidst rejection
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17th Van Cliburn Competition (May 21 - June 7 2025)
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Let me know your thoughts on piano competitions! Do you think they are an essential part of developing a successful piano career?
Proud of you, Ben!
Thank you, brother! I appreciate the support
Dear Ben,
Thank you so much for such an important video! This is much deeper than participation in the prestigious competitions etc, this applies to the life... I adore your wisdom, yes, process is our best prize!! Also, I am so happy that you found a great teacher who believes in your dreams and helping and supporting you !! Please continue with this videos, they are very imoritant and inspiring! Soon as I finished watching this video I immediately jumped to my piano and started practicing, trying to get closer to my own goals :) Keep doing whatever makes you feel happy and confident, listen to your heart and trust people who believes in you ! Hope to hear back from you soon!!!
Hello Luba, I am so glad that we are now acquainted. Thank you for your kind words and encouragement that my words are relevant to the music conversation. Coming from a musician like you makes this encouragement even more meaningful. I will continue to share my thoughts moving forward. If you can think of important topics that would be relevant, feel free to let me know!
@benbatallamusic2166 thank you! I will!
Thank you for creating such an honest video about your experiences and lessons learned! Such a great outlook on piano competitions, given that music was always meant to be about sharing beauty - not about being the best. The other videos of your piano playing are so beautiful as well! I wish you luck on all of your endeavors!
Thanks for taking time to reply and for supporting my musical endeavors! I’m humbled that it resonates with you
Ben,
I wish to wholeheartedly congratulate you on this highly successful process! It has been an important and enriching experience. Onward!
Onward indeed! Thank you, Professor.
Ben! Great video! Very much enjoyed listening to you talk thru the experience - it's so important the message you've presented here! Keep up the good work and hope to catch up soon
Thank you so much for taking the time watch, Michael. I look up to you as an artist a lot. Thanks for posting your compositions regularly as well.
Such great insight on your journey as an artist that many can relate to! Thanks for sharing and I’m excited to see what you will do next
Thank you so much for listening! Your support means a lot to me. Thanks for being there throughout my entire life.