Advice from pianist Beth Levin
1. brew coffee
2. consider learning new repertoire
3. visualize a recital you would have given before the venues closed – imagine 4, 5, 6 encores! well with a little luck it might have gone that way!
4. imagine the dress you would have worn – consider it with different earrings
5. go to your music stacks, pick anything and start sight-reading (hopefully it won’t be Islamey!)
6. listen to a recording of yourself in recital to remind yourself that yes, you know how to play
7. brew more coffee
8. consider learning new repertoire
9. daydream about a tour of China when this is all over
10. brew more coffee
Brooklyn-based pianist Beth Levin is celebrated as a bold interpreter of challenging works, from the Romantic canon to leading modernist composers. The New York Times praised her “fire and originality,” while The New Yorker called her playing “revelatory.” Fanfare described Levin’s artistry as “fierce in its power,” with “a huge range of colors.”
The Cross-Eyed Pianist 