chopin's etude op. 25 no.1 played by Lang Lang

I imagined Chopin as a handsome man, a movie idol, who always sought a love he could never find. I saw him crying as he sat at his piano and wrote those heartbreaking melodies. ♥

Yup, at this point in the 21st century where everyone's all hyped up with pop and rock music, i fell in love with classical music. I know many people has stereotyped against classical music, just because it is classical they think that it is boring and so not my type. Hell yeah that was what i thought too..but my passion towards the piano made me fell in love with classical music, and that made me appreciate life more. the reason why i love it so much because of those different structures and styles you have from different composers, just like different genres in movie contexts. Playing Beethoven's music, i saw him as a serious man without any smiles on his face, just like batman. Playing chopin , it is astounishing to realize and relive life's greatest sins in that 7 mins of playing as if the sins were commited by you. Mozart's playful and each new section and bar of music he gives you a surprise, just like the monkey king or transformers which had lots of tricks up their sleeves. Playing bach is playing into the fundamentals of music, when you play bach you will learn new music, legit. I think what separates classical music from pop music is classical music is permanent, but pop lasts for only a century unless your world is made up of 2 billion michael jacksons. i think my love towards classical music is also due to my character , i always wanted to be retro, and reliving classical music brings me back to the past to relive life experienced by composers of 1800s and give me an idea of what love is, happiness is, sadness and grief is in that time. Now i know why pianists can spent 7 hours at once anchored to the piano, because it is like watching a movie, when you let the music flow through from within yourself and the piano, that music is magical because it paints images like film rolls back to the past for you to see. Haha and yeah im not discriminating pop music, i love pop music as well, i love MJ, i love Jay Chou and i love songs like "Poker face" and "Baby". But classical has a touch that pop doesnt gives.

haha its christmas eve. Love the lights and love the ambience.

to be a pianist, you use your fingers. But to be a true pianist, you use your mind.