TRAINING BACKGROUND
MY PIANO TRAINING HISTORY
I am an amateurish pianist with 12 years of informal piano training, on-and-off with private piano tutors for both classical and popular music in Vietnam and Singapore. My strength is sight-reading. I don't do very well with playing by ear or theories or scales.
In 2018, I performed Bach and Richard Clayderman pieces for a small charity concert at Esplanade Recital Studio in Singapore.
I passed ABRSM Piano Practical Exam Grade 8 in July 2019 in Singapore with Distinction. For that exam, I played 3 pieces:
- French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816, 7th movt, Gigue (Bach)
- Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI:34, 1st movt, Presto (Haydn)
- Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum: No. 1 from Children's Corner (Debussy)
I post videos of my piano covers of popular Chinese, Japanese, Korean, US-UK, and Vietnamese songs on YouTube when I can. They have attracted 30k online views so far.
Piano is an expensive hobby and passion, so I have paused it for now and hope to continue it in the future.