I committed. Ravel. Jeux d’eau.

Happy world piano day. Walk like your piano.

Rehearsing Debussy’s Beau Soir with soprano Sandrine Piau ahead of tomorrow’s concert at the Athénée Théâtre, Paris

Bärenreiter saw everything

some things just can’t wait

Amy Beach (1867-1944) Piano Quintet in F# minor Op. 67 II. Adagio espressivo

Starting the trill from the upper note like it’s 1750

Poulenc: “Mélancolie”

You know who you are

He thought I was holding his hand

Ravel, Piano Concerto in G with Cannes orchestra and Benjamin Levy

Also me: ‘I’m free anytime.’

Variations on a theme by Count Gallenberg. Louise Farrenc, 19th-century Paris: elegance with a wink with Benjamin Levy and orchestre de Cannes

Famous last words.

Normal day vs concert day.

Schubert ‘Ständchen’ ‘Leise flehen meine Lieder…’ Gen Z translation in 4 lines with Sandrine Piau

it’s always the one drink.

Pov Us: starting in the wrong place anyway.

Tchaikovsky (Earl Wild) — Le Pas de Quatre.

To be clear: not all parents. Just the ones who thought “again” was a love language.

Scores vs photocopies

Ravel, Jeux d’eau 💧

The number changes. The feeling doesn’t.

I was practicing. Sort of

Le 20 février à Cannes Ravel par David Kadouch @davidkadouch.bsky.social www.resmusica.com/2026/01/27/2...

Tchaikovsky: concerto n• 1. 2nd mvt.

Musicians be like

For legal reasons: this is a dramatization.

Ravel Concerto in G, finale coda

Be honest: do you also stop existing when the piano tuner is in the room?

Morning: I could do another one. Night: do not speak to me.

This is your reminder that “soft” can be harder than “loud”. Ravel. Concerto en sol.

First week of January: I’ve reinvented myself. It’s been 8 minutes.

Strauss Burleske: THE CLIMB.

Violinist: worries about her part. Pianist: worries about everyone’s part.

Pov: musicians on holidays

Léo Delibes: Coppélia Waltz. Piano transcription: Ernst von Dohnányi.

Dont close it. I dont mean it.

The 20-minute rule.

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 (1st movement cadenza

Post-concert rituals

Never trust this thought

Sometimes a melody just does it for you (Tchaikovsky PC1, movement 3)

Franz Schubert. Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Forellenquintett.

They’re playing my piece. I repeat: my piece.

One bad performance and the outfit is dead to me.

Francis Poulenc — Presto in B-flat major, FP 70 (1934), dedicated to Vladimir Horowitz

That’s exactly what I’m looking for

The subtlety is my superpower.

Tchaikovsky/ Percy Grainger: Waltz of the Flowers