Friday, March 20, 2009

Minutes away before striking 12 midnight. Yet another day passes by and it'll be nearer to my mini-performance.(: Today is my last day of rehearsing my performance pieces with my piano teacher. So far..so good, even though there's some amendments here and there.
Those who are curious about my performance pieces..i'll be performing two pieces by my idol pianist; Maksim Mrvica.=)) One Rhapsody, one Romantic.(hahs, shall leave it in the suspense until after my performance!!)

There's this wonderful piece, again by Maksim(haha), called Cubana Cubana. This masterpiece by Maksim was nearly one of my performance pieces, if not for the speed of the piece and lots of difficult fingerings.



Fast and inspiring ehh?=D
My version is alittle different though. It's much slowerrrr~~
It's added with 6 octaves of glissando(sliding of notes) at the end


Hmm..as the month of March comes to an end, which means more busy.tsktsk.
1) Finish up my preparations for audition of Lasalle.
2) Get ready for audition of Nafa.
3) Freelance piano teachings: Angeline, etc.
4) Preparations for Grade 8 next year.
5) Plannings of performances in schools.
6) Anticipating any further piano performances/competitions.


11:56 PM

THE SUPERSTAR||

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Shawn Ong Shujian
18 yrs old
Big Day: 25.12 - Capricorn
Lasalle College of the Arts (:
Email: shawn_ongshujian@hotmail.com FACEBOOK TWITTER

WILL-BE'S||

be a well-known performer
be an inspirational pianist


IDOL||

Maksim Mrvica

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Born in Sibenik, a small, but beautiful medieval town on Croatia’s Adriatic Coast, the odds seemed stacked against Maksim achieving his dream.

It wasn’t long before it became obvious to Maksim’s teachers that he had a rare talent and the boy was enrolled in Sibenik state music school.

Thereafter, Maksim won his first ever competition in 1993.

The judge stopped the competition after his performance without even considering the other contestants, and announced him as the winner at the age of 18; merely 9 years after learning piano.


DELICATE SERENADE||