I JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW ALBUM & CONCERT! store.tiffanypoon.com/products/us-exclusive-new-album-preview-concert (sorry for the screaming in caps, I'm just excited to start a new chapter with you) ❤ Thank you for all of your very kind and sympathetic comments below. I've been reading and getting teary... 🥹
I was wondering what had happened. Finished watching just now. I enjoyed watching your thought processes, struggles and you rising above them. Such is life for all of us.
You are a master pianist! And also such a beautiful soul spreading joy and positivity to everyone who knows you. Thank you Tiffany ever since I began watching your videos over a year ago you have motivated me as a pianist, and as a person to stay kind and keep striving!! 💛
I started playing 5 years ago and you were and still are my inspiration in music from the beginning until now! From the end of the video it looks like you want to quit TH-cam but remember that you have a fan base on the other side of the world waiting to see you from time to time, so don't forget us and upload videos even once in a while... With love overseas, keep striving:) liel
Been watching you since your first vlog and as a viewer can say you’ve remained the same in your authenticity and passion for music and I truly admire that❤️ ❤️
I couldnt stop watching this; it was so authentic. There`s something magical about the story. You loved and studied a particular composer which you promoted to anyone who would listen. You demonstrated you were a concert pianist by creating a highly regarded album of the music you loved. Now management, etc. Students seeking a professional career in music can learn a lot from stories like these.
You are a quintessential, trained rigorously since childhood, classical pianist. Provided with many opportunities and chances to not only be a classical pianist but make a living from it.
Beautifully told, Tiffany! And congratulations on your album and management signing. I hope your career goes only upwards; everything you achieve will be fully deserved.
Thank you for this great You-Documentary. It's so cool that your parents took tons of videos in your childhood, and that you continued doing so and share it along with all the deep thoughts. I can't even process all of it yet and will rewatch all of this later. You are a great example for anyone who feels like not fitting in. And you're a great example for a pioneer classical pianist, in an industry that will either change to the direction where you already are, or disappear.
Amazing video. Your love for music is raw, unfiltered and honest. I’ve one year until I’m a legal adult, and I had neglected my aspirations for so long… however, I honestly feel like pursuing music for real now. _Thank you so much, Tiffany!_ Keep reaching for new heights, and inspiring me and others to do the same!
Yes, she really is. And she’s brilliant. To be out there on social media is so important to show coming generations the beauty of all these magical compositions that makes the world so much better.
I started following you in 2020 from a random yt recommendation. I quickly felt an interest in what you had to say and what you were trying to achieve as a person. I like most forms of music, but I haven't been a 'classical listener'. This last few weeks have been super stressful (turning into a good thing...), and I have started finding myself using more classical music to help settle me. It isn't hard to find that emotional connection with it if you give it an honest listen. I would attribute me finding that musical connection to you. So yes, at least in one person you have achieved that one goal. i am always grateful for your curiosity and sincere interest in improving the community. Thank you for sharing.
I started playing classical piano 5 years ago, and you were one of the people who helped start my journey. Even to this day I go back to a lot of those old performance videos and vlogs. You are not only an elegant and emotional classical pianist whose sound I can only dream of emulating, but for so many recordings, you are THE pianist for me. So many moments over the years that helped shape who I am. Thank you.
This is a very personal and generous invitation to your audience. Thank you for sharing so much. It must be quite a leap from being guarded to open and vulnerable. Bis bald in Deutschlands Konzertsälen!
What a wonderful summary of your life and the many challenges that you have faced and overcome. From “piano girl” to “TH-camr” to concert pianist. I look forward to following your journey for many years. Thank you!!
This puts a lot more context on why you do what you do, what you stand for and what you strive to be. It's just lovely to hear your story - who you are as a person and as a classical pianist. Thank you so much! ❤
Thank you for opening up your heart. It's the honesty in your music and your words that touches us. Many classical purists don't understand that every concert or cd release is a commercial activity, unless you don't mind playing for an empty concert hall. As a professional musician you need to find a balance between playing the music you like and making a living. I admire the effort you make to create this beautiful music and the respect you show to us (you audience) by presenting it in a way that we can enjoy it.
I watched the whole thing. If anything, it shows you're beyond labels, and you're finally finding a footing to this world. Sometimes, life is really just dull in between, and in those moments, you enter an existentialist phase. What is my purpose? Will my dream still come to fruition? Sometimes, one may even wonder if the proverbial ship has sailed. But you stayed, and that's what matters. It's not just trying to become something, but the very virtue of your existence alone is proof of it. No "TH-camr" minimizing, no reductionism, nothing. You are a pianist, full stop.
It's been quite some time since I last watched one of your videos. Like many other commenters, your humility and honesty have brought me back again and again over the years since just before the pandemic. By the way, I especially enjoyed watching your videos during the pandemic as I found them incredibly grounding for myself. Truly, you're pushing the classical music community, and yourself to keep striving (see what I did there?) to be the best version it can be. Having taken an aesthetics class myself in college, I remember my professor's thesis in that class was that art and philosophy are one in the same in that they aim to describe what it is to be human. Great art pieces meaningfully reflect something about the human experience. Your videos and performances well encapsulates that rich complex experience, and that is why I have bought your signed CD. I will leave on this note: Keep striving, always!
She most definitely is a classical pianist. A great one. I've used your piano performances in some of my lessons as an example of how to play well. Thanks.
I cannot believe there was ppl ‘refused’ to call you a pianist?? I have been following since, earlier than 2019, which was a difficult time for me when an just started on the journey of striving to be a pianist, and I appreciated so much, when I was totally lost and doubting myself, there’s someone filmed out the journey and life of being a pianist, and I was so grateful that a real pianist like you was willing to do that, which was incredibly helpful to me, to a kid who struggled and lost, finally having a stream of lamplight in the dark way.
For me, you have always been a classical pianist in the first place, and a wonderful youtuber, second. And that is what makes you a great classical musician!
What a beautiful story of the journey that brought you to where you are today. This is one of the most uplifting and relatable things I’ve encountered in a long time, maybe ever, and it’s all masterfully told in an hour, which is time truly well spent. I deeply appreciate your decision to open up and be so vulnerable, documenting not only your navigation of the longstanding systemic, institutional, and cultural challenges in your field but also how it relates to your internal struggle to define your identity without confining yourself to restrictive labels. By doing so, despite the immense fortitude it requires, you really succeed at bringing human sensibilities to classical music, fulfilling a mission which you have so passionately dedicated to. I discovered you through your vlogs around July 2020, with one of the first videos I watched being the one featured here, where you're in the woods reflecting on the lessons you learned while taking a break from the piano. I sensed that you weren’t the type of person conforming to the narrow expectations of what it means to be a classical pianist, as you astutely described. Your authenticity as you forged this new path was indeed refreshing to see, a welcome innovation to help keep the art alive. While the fact that each of us is unique may seem mundane, the way you express your uniqueness is genuinely valuable. Amidst the changes and constants over the years, as you pursued your goals in developing both your artistry and yourself as a human being, staying true to who you are is a quality you should always keep. I laud your firmness in standing your ground against following trends for their own sake and in saying no to those who seek to profit from them at your expense. Okay, I may have come across some of your older, viral recital videos from several years ago (my memory is a tad hazy), but I didn’t give much thought to the personality (you) behind the performance back then. I have to admit that even I, an Asian and a lover of classical music since early childhood, may have harbored some of the frustrated, insecure, and prejudiced notions you mentioned here, that young prodigious talents must endure torturous routines under strict authoritarian oversight to reach that skill level. Having tried to play instruments as a child but lacking the grit to carry on, some of those stereotypes were internalized in me as an unhealthy coping mechanism. Your journey though, as you’ve openly shared, has been crucial in helping me dispel those cynical and insecure thoughts. It has not only inspired me to cultivate a more positive, empathetic outlook toward others but has also reignited my desire to play music again. The idea behind your motto, "Be kind. Keep striving," has given me hope and helped me look forward to another day, even when existential thoughts and doubts cloud my sense of self and the direction I’m headed. These are just a few examples of how your work has enriched my life, besides the music itself, of course. You have undoubtedly had a positive impact on many people's lives through the stories you’ve shared, among other things, and it is as real as it gets. You told us this is just the beginning. I am excited to continue following you along your musical odyssey, eager to discover new works and their various aspects from you, as you broaden your horizons in the years and decades to come. PS: Sorry for the long essay. I missed your videos here on TH-cam and was really touched by what you brought to us upon your return. Welcome back!
Do not ever doubt your talent as a truly fine pianist. I am now celebrating 70 years of playing and about to record two new CDs. We didn't have the networking capabilities back in my youth, and that is something I could really have used. You have those much needed skills to see what works in this media age, but again that does not distract us from the fact that you are a great pianist. Keep going, never give up!!!!!
This video is a wonderful beautiful inspiring experience of art. The best hour I’ve spent in a while. You are a really great artist on the piano, as a storyteller and as a cinematographer. And still the only musician who inspires me to play Schumann. I look forward to more videos and seeing you again in San Francisco.
I believe people genuinely love you, Tiffany.❤ not just as a pianist, but also as a fellow human being 😊 Thank you for sharing your music and your life with us.
I still remember stumbling across one of your vlogs, many years ago. It's been a fun and amazing journey. And in those years, I've learned a lot, and not just about music or Schumann, but so much more and for that, I am grateful. And I am happy that you were able to disprove the naysayers. Here's to more music, more kindness, more striving and more concerts in the years to come! 🥂
You are a wonderful pianist. A sensitive, talented and creative young lady, sprinkled with a clear passion, direction and philosophy which has proved endearing over many years as we’ve watched you develop and conquering self-doubt along the way. My advice would be to not question yourself, be proud and stay humble. I had to privilege of attending your London debut back in May and it was a pleasure to meet you afterwards. Keep striving, be kind and Happy Holidays x
I enjoyed this video a lot. It's interesting to take a deep dive into your childhood and follow your musical journey. I understand how piano has bought you great strength and tremendous joy when everything else around seems to mean absolutely nothing. Thanks so much for sharing Tiffany. Thank you.
Tiffany, you are my favorite pianist. I love how you play with such passion, you are a beautiful soul and a talented, accomplished artist. i really enjoy listening to you play Chopin, it sounds so natural and organic as if you are channeling him. you are a great inspiration to many. Be kind keep striving!
This was so engaging and well made! It's so interesting to hear more about your story and the way you reflect back on it. Tiny Tiffany is so cute :) Congratulations and wishing you all the best for the future
Tiffany, I can't stop crying watching your video. I don't know if you're going to read my comment, but I've been watching your vlogs since 2019 and you're the one who made me not give up on my pianist career. At that time I was really depressed, and one day I found one of your vlogs. I felt really inspired because I've always wanted to make videos like yours, so I felt like I was not alone. I ended up being a music major at one of the best universities in my country and I'm really grateful for you 💙 I still have the dream of making vlogs but I don't want it to look like i'm copying you. Thank you for everything, for inspiring people and making me feel better in my career 💙
No worries. You are a classical pianist :-) We saw you at Kissinger Sommer a while ago. You played the piano, it was classical music and you had a full house. We wish you the best for your success. Greetings from Germany.
@@TiffanyPoonpianist , i am still watching your video and it seems to give me an insight to the head of my son, who plays also piano quite passionate...classical music kids make a difference...and we will surely attend one of your concerts again, when you are around in Germany. We still have the picture of you and my kids standing on the shelf, which we made last time
Damn I wish I started sooner, it's been almost seven years for me. You truly are a special and profound person as a classical pianist, I admire you greatly for the forseable time to come!
I had that feeling as well, being isolated from "normal" by loving classical music. After so many years I just decided to think classical music is history. Good music survives, no matter what category it is in. So I call myself a music lover and that helped me a lot. As a music lover, I should thank you for sharing your journey. From the first point I got to know you from Liebestraum, it's been a previlege to follow your thoughts and efforts to humanize, maybe even vitalize classical music world. Schumann's Davidbundlertanze is now my favorite piece of him thanks to you and I'm really enjoying your album. I will keep striving, so please carry on so that one day I could see you in real world, real stage.
Really happy things are going well for you. You are a pleasure to follow and I often share your videos with my music students because they show so much of the personal struggle as well as the musical one. “Be kind and keep striving”… a great motto for anyone. All the best
You are amazing. I was always jealousy of ur talent. But I see about your past and all progress, and you are a really hardwork woman. I was one the people who thought being gifted was enough.. But it's not. It's a long road you take to realize it. Don't stop being the good pianist you are.
I loved everything about this video ! There's so much I relate to. First of all the lack of appreciation for classical music (especially among people our age), and feeling like an outcast for liking classical music and playing piano. But I feel like it gave you the courage to be "awkward" to be different. In a way, to just truly be yourself ! It was definitely the case for me. I feel like nowadays we can often be met with mockery when we are passionnate about things, especially for non-mainstream interests, so your story is really inspiring. I also agree that the sensationalization of classical piano has kind of saturated the Internet classical space and it's permeated in real life (I swear if I hear one more kid asking me to play Rush E...) By the way I would love to attend one of your concerts one day. I just saw Bruce Liu live last week and it was nothing short of life-changing.
What a journey! I first discovered you through your TH-cam videos when I was often home alone during the pandemic. Your refreshingly genuine videos helped me weather that difficult time. I always thought of you as a great and talented classical pianist, not just a video creator. I believed you had what it takes. Although there were some bumps along the way, you kept striving and deserve all your success! Thank you for your Schumann interpretations. I love your album, Diaries! I was fortunate enough to attend one of your concerts this year and hope to do the same in 2025. 😊
I LOVE YOU! WE LOVE YOU! You have given me so much! The way you play is breathtaking. You are one of the very few that understand the emotion of pieces. You don't play the pieces, you ARE the pieces! I have cried so many times silently, purely based on HOW you play these pieces. They immediately come to life, hidden emotions fully exposed. Many others are just piano playing robots to me. But you know how to touch the emotional essence of pieces. You are blessed and I love you.
My daughter shared a similar childhood. As an intelligent, sensitive female, she felt very outside as her interest in science, math and music put her out of the 'mainstream.' Fortunately, as the harpist in the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, she found some other people with similar backgrounds, but, it wasn't until she arrived at Harvard that she met 'other people just like me!" Now, as a fully integrated adult she is a practicing physician and continues to play the harp on a very high level. "Classical" music is....elitist music that requires concentration, intelligence and sensitivity that popular music doesn't often offer. It's protein and vitamins, not sugar! I am so glad, Tiffany, that you are sharing your thoughts. BTW, the Cleveland is not only more and more female, but many of the fine musicians are Asian...not abused by tiger moms either!
What a wonderful documentary about your journey to now. I have been following you since your early days. For your followers and people who attend your concerts based on your vlogs, I would say you brought more people into the classical world - more than would have normally be following classical. BUT. I do see what you are saying - in the professional world of classical, you explain it very well the dichotomy of them wondering how serious you were. You have achieved much and I applaud you. Few of us would ever know what it is like to achieve this and has been so great to folllow you and experience it through you. Selfishly, I would want you to continue with vlogging - or maybe at least the get ready with me ones. If it interferes with your career then... understand.On the other side of the same coin, you might want to watch some of the interviews with Andre Rieu (who I have followed for years and love him) where he is opposite. He was raised in the serious classical world and broke away to just play the music that brings him joy, and through that, he has an immense audience. He has received sharp criticism from the serious classical world for deviating and was disowned by his own family over that choice. Like him - whichever brings you the most joy is what you must pursue.
Yes she is. I'm old and have listened to many of them. You are not Khatia. You are not Yuja. You are Tiffany, and you are very good at that. Keep doing what you do very well. I love your Schumann album and look forward to hearing what you do next.
This is an amazing video - only half way through. I love how you accept who you are and did at an early age. That process took me 40 years. Anyways, thanks for sharing!
Wow i enjoyed the whole video so much. You are really special Tiffany. I so like all of youre video´s. Shumann is awesome,but so are you. i can only imagine how much he would like that you play his work... I think he would really apriciate that you make his music populair again. Tiffany it is you who makes you famous. You have so much fans because you are a nice person people like you, And you are a amazing pianist. Thanks for doing what you do. There are always haters but they are not worth it to pay any atention. I have been to youre concert in Amsterdam and it was beautifull. I have been to a lot of concerts in my life but that concert was the best in my whole life.
Hi Tiffany, as piano student that has a dream to become a concert pianist and a good musician (like you) you are huge inspiration for me, I really admire listening to your interpretations and see how you keep striving trough music no matter what. I just want to say thank you for sharing your musical journey as a real human being and a very good classical pianist😊🙏🏻💗
Tiffany, be aware that you also have become a real movie maker. It's the ending, that makes sense to the whole. It's like "what are you still sitting here, now get up and do something!" And actually, when I get up from the screen, I become aware that I feel like I have watched a good movie. My soul is happy, and I can do something.
I dont play even 1% as good as you, but I relate to your story in a way. I feel like I cannot describe how much the music means to me to my friends and family. Feel like in my head I've convinced myself that these composers are from a different universe because theyre so untouchable. Yet, I'm sure I'm ignorant in some other field and someone thinks the same way as me for their niche, and I am the oblivious one!
I have watched a lot of your videos and loved all of them. I don’t understand a lot of classical music but what I do understand is the dedication and amount of practice it must take to play the piano as amazing as you do. This video must of taken you hours to edit etc and was well worth watching. Many thanks for sharing ❤️👍🇬🇧🥁❤️
Very excited to receive my vinyl copy of your wonderful album! While the first track is easily my favorite (it has such a different feel), the whole album has been a regular companion since release.
So good to see that you have overcome the more difficult times. As in other fields of art you can watch how the artistic standards are not understood by some of those who are in powerful positions. E.g. label managers or publishers and editors. Those people tend to put their potential clients into boxes. When you are an excellent pianist they see only the TH-camr. Tnankfully we can now look forward to your second album. I'll be very keen to see the Grand Rapids program. Some Chopin or Ravel would be my guess. But you'll probably surprise me. And of course I am excited about your still unknown tour stations of 25. I keep my fingers crossed for Berlin or somwhere around.
You are an influencer who also happens to also be a classical pianist. After not playing piano for over 50 years, your videos inspired me to pursue my dream of becoming the first senior citizen protegee. I bought a piano last February and can't even play at your 5-6 year old stage level yet. It's going to be a long haul but it's about the journey, not the destination. Nice to see you back. You haven't posted in a while.
@@rinardman So do I and only an utter fool would think she is not. But her career path is being blocked and that is the excuse they are using. She is a TH-cam populist, a no-no in that world where you must kneel to the powers that be. There must be a major orchestra conductor out their who is daring enough to invite her to perform a concerto. That would help to open things up for her. Tiffany isn't the only one hitting that wall and complaining about it. Just go around the wall.
Actually, there's no wall anymore because I now have Askonas Holt, the elite classical management that I was reacting to at the end of this documentary. I'm on the same artist roster as the most renowned classical musicians I've looked up to since I was young.
Thank you for this condensed view of your life so far. I have been watching for about 5 years now and have thoroughly enjoyed your piano playing. One of my favorite pieces you play so well is Mendelssohn's Rondo Cappricioso. My piano teacher had me practice it when I was a teenager and I still love it!! I especially love your way of playing it and find it very inspiring.
seeing people who've been playing music all their life makes me sad realizing I gave up on guitar when I was 15 and now 10 years later I'm chasing that dragon again. I'm glad to see Tiffany thriving at this, I hope I get to a point where I enjoy what I do as much as she does man all the wasted time but I'm excited, music is such a big part of all our lives and I encourage everyone to give any instrument a shot. I tried piano before but I don't think my sausage fingers will do em justice lol
After Watching: 1:04 As for the piano being your friend and first love, I remember thinking that, later on in life, I was already married -- to the piano (my little electronic PS-400 keyboard at the time). 1:22 Bach often complained that the musicians of his time were not good enough to play his music... he would have like your rendition... 1:40 At that age, I wanted to be a pro football player... but yes, for the piano, it is a pursuit 'even if it isolates you' (heart tug)... 1:51 Good reason... better than 'I want to make a buck and shine in the spotlight'... 2019 The horror year? (noticing the bad bananas?) 3:21 Always a special moment. 5:43 Condensed: New generation vivid interpretation masterpieces journey diary tapestry life invite. 6:13 Kinderszenen should be the opening piece for all your albums (and concerts), since it is your theme song, and it will reveal your changes and current moods... 11:40 I didn't know that they had bowling lanes with gutter guards... 11:57 Another heart-tug moment... I avoided that downside by only recording... 13:07 good idea, the taking turns... it expands minds... though it is unfair when their songs are two minutes and your piece was 71 minutes! 14:01 Noted. 14:58 I am that we with creating a new piece. I attributed it as having become a daily habit, even an addiction... if I created a new work that day (writing, music, art, photography), I felt fulfilled. 16:23 Insightful. Those who are confined by society find outlets... 20:16 Another reason behind the videos... 23:01 OUCH! But yes, lowly stereotypes. We need to generalize, it is how we manage infinite data, but it can get very lazy. 23:31 Classical music is now just one of many approaches to music, and one of many general stories (with many sub-stories). It used to be for the über rich. Now it is for the curious, and for those who find something worthwhile in it (above offering the delusion of being über rich). 23:43 The 'robot emotions' was a challenge, the 'a robot can do it better' contradicts that (if you noticed). So which is correct? It is a question that still needs to be addressed (hence its asking). Random Imagined Scenario #1: We begin a morning video, you come out to play and there is a Nerf bat leaning against the stool. You scratch your head and shrug, and begin to play. Then a Jack-in-the-Box pops out of the piano and startles you. I am sitting there, off camera, laughing in my Lazy Boy chair. You are angry at me and you see the Nerf bat and you realize what it is for... you charge at me with it... then off camera, we tumble, and the rest is left to the viewer's imagination 27:16 I guess that you can title your next diary, "Me, Before I Completely Broke Down and Was Committed"... 28:46 Unfortunately, that is all that most famous people get. The rest of humanity do not even get that. Not even a name that becomes a string of unintelligible syllables to future beings, and without any worthwhile stories attached... 20:55 If you stick with it, people will much prefer to see a seasoned pro (you as an old, wise person and pianist) than a kid, so the answer is 'yes', if later. Until then, it is a work in progress... 32:18 If you post something or make a comment, move on. If others attack you, let others defend you (or explain you). It is better that way. 32:30 This feeling of obligation is when burn-out starts. It is no longer a work of inspiration and love. 33:36 Ouch. But then, old Chinese Proverb: without the darkness, light has no meaning. (OK, that is my wording). In other words, no pain, no joy. 34:30 That is why I prefer being a Master Improvisationalist (Soundcloud) -- in improvisation, there is no strict meter (but it is still a choice), reflections of life take priority... 35:08 There is nothing wrong with stick figures! I still use them to convey character, deeper than the 'masters', even (which is why they failed -- they did not know that character is the most important aspect of a work of art, they mistakenly thought other things were). The same goes for music. That is why Eric Satie's Gymnopédie #1 is so beloved (at least the opening), and it is a stick figure as far as music goes... 35:50 By 'trend' you mean the current concert repertoire... 36:34 How little things change at the core... 37:02 Your Yoko Ono look... (she probably lives a few blocks away)... 37:12 So that's what happened... 39:07 A hard part of the industry is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (to them). Are they sleaze bags for it? They would be the first to admit it, but also that business is business (though it is not art and it does not help art). Patrons help art. 41:35 Good goal... 43:33 You should have the old guy open for you... THEN your playing and artistry will be seen and appreciated for the level it is at... 46:36 Maybe the waiting period (and struggles) of 20 months added depth to your rendition... 46:52 With recording, you can capture variations on a piece (the notion hit me as you were playing a very slow 'version'... variations may be the future of playing old pieces... 47:50 Makes me think of future piece notes, as in 'played on this serial number piano as tuned by this person'... 48:30 High-level composing from a high-level pianist for high-level pianists... 48:50 Shouldn't that have been, 'go, go go be wild and funny'? Music emanates from the mind, after all... and I think such things are conveyed by internal phrase dynamics, and then how clusters relate... 49:13 Squeezing stress balls help my hands after such workouts... 49:25 You need to think, but about the right things (things elevated above the technicalities, like life). That said, sometimes the best artistry occurs when the mind drifts off elsewhere... then there is the hazard of realizing what you are doing, but from a slightly different perspective, and it messes everything up -- it all seems alien all of the sudden... 50:21 You could have used your extra day to record all of the pieces in a shuffle beat... which could have been your second album! 50:49 A sudden thought here -- where everyone knows who is PLAYING the piece, the pianist having that strong of a personality (style) (quirks) (known idiosyncrasies)... 50:54 Also realize that every listener takes away different things from a work of art, and seldom what you intended, and seldom all of it. I had a recent poem read on a podcast, and the two hosts then discussed what they drew from it, and it was surprising, and neither comprehended much of it, because, I think, most of the words (ideas) did not relate to anything that they experienced in life... 51:12 Self-releasing gets any art nowhere, not just music... 53:07 The pinnacle is being the go-to artist for a composer... though, given reverse psychology, if you strive for it, it won't happen... (with me, if I even imagine it, it is cursed and will never happen!) 59:24 The date makes me think that you've gone through a lot over the past five years, and changed (grown) a lot... 1:00:07 Good goal. Nice it it happens overnight, but... it may be a long endeavor... 1:01:33 "We are such things as dreams are made of..." (Shakespeare) Bonus: As for the comment 'you used to be cute', yes, you are maturing, which means becoming more 'handsome' than 'cute', more 'respectable', 'noble', even, and you will attract a more mature audience (the horror!), at least more mature than those who just want to suck up your cuteness (and the cuteness of kittens, the poor things -- having their cuteness sucked out of them by cuteness vampires) ("Hold still, I vant to suck your cuteness..."), and we all have to move on from cuteness sooner or later (thank goodness -- it is like a diet of only cotton candy). That said, it is also your smile that people like to imbibe, since happiness is rare in this world. It is good to witness...
As a pianist that loves classical music, Im also from the deep south. So I can relate on so many levels! Love ypur videos!❤❤❤ Everyone thinks im weired.
at 50:03 she looks just like Clara Haskil - how she used to sit at the piano (see Michael Garady's sketches). She was my friend/teacher Peter Feuchtwanger's teacher. Her teacher was Descombes. His teacher was Chopin. Tiffany does the best PC1 slow movement on YT, amongst so many other of her great performances of various composers. Undoubtedly the best female pianist today.
I didn't get emotional watching this. No, no, I really didn't. Why would I get emotional after 5+ years of following Tiffany, and supporting her on Patreon, and feeling like she would be the perfect grandaughter if I were to have a grandaughter, and knowing the time would come when she would get the recognition I knew she deserved, and had earned by her hard work and dedication, and pursuing her dream, and inspiring me to write the longest sentence I have ever written in my life without a doubt. And after all that I've been designated a "Super Tiffan" by Tiffany herself! So I got that goin' for me. 😎
🤍🤍🤍 thank you for sharing your journey and your truest heart through your music. music and piano are also my entire life - i’m learning to fulfill myself authentically with what i do. you inspire me every day!! 🫶🏼🎶
The fact that so many bitter and jealous people online were writing Tiffany off as an influencer is just horrible. I've witnessed the same with Annique from Heartofthekeys. These people seem to have some stupid logic that if you make the effort to digitally interact and connect with your audience via social media, show behind the scenes of your practice etc. then that somewhat degrades your ability/seriousness as a classical pianist...
❤❤❤ your skills are great 👍👍. You put it all in. Your vlogs are very interesting and fun. Your vlogs bring us closer to classical music and also to your pianist journeys. ❤❤ I feel very honoured whenever you bring us to one of your piano adventures ❤❤.
All I knew you for up until this exact point in time was you had the only interpretation of Mozart's rondo in D (k485) on youtube whose interpretation I didn't dislike (the amount of overpedaling so many people do...) Amazing documentary though and congrats on the album! Very interesting to hear as someone who grew up with piano but on a more surface level and is going more in a composer/music producer direction! I can really relate to the feeling of alienation due to your music taste. Keep up the good work :)
I have always thought that classical musicians are intellectuals but i realized that it is most often not true. However, it is definitely true for you. I deeply enjoyed the video. Thank you.
A long journey with the correct educational encouragement from the outset. 😎 I grew to love Camille Claudel in much the same way as you do Schumann. She developed 'The Kiss' before Rodin. Have a good or evil festive celebration Tiff P. 🎉👍🌺
I JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW ALBUM & CONCERT! store.tiffanypoon.com/products/us-exclusive-new-album-preview-concert (sorry for the screaming in caps, I'm just excited to start a new chapter with you) ❤ Thank you for all of your very kind and sympathetic comments below. I've been reading and getting teary... 🥹
Sorry for the re-upload. I had to fix an audio glitch which one of you helped point out 🙏 I'm just a pianist 🙃
A beautiful pianist ❤
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I was wondering what had happened. Finished watching just now. I enjoyed watching your thought processes, struggles and you rising above them. Such is life for all of us.
Of course, you are a beautiful pianist. You are a classical pianist. 😊 I can't understand how somebody could doubt it...
You are a master pianist! And also such a beautiful soul spreading joy and positivity to everyone who knows you. Thank you Tiffany ever since I began watching your videos over a year ago you have motivated me as a pianist, and as a person to stay kind and keep striving!! 💛
Connotatively, on a scale from influencer/entertainer to pianist/artist, you're an 9 for me, and the fact that this video exists is a bold statement.
That means a lot. Thank you for respecting who I am and strive to be.
It’s amazing how you went from my favourite pianist to my favourite human full stop. Never stop Tiffany we all love u
One of the finest, most sensitive, freshest voices in classical piano music!
I agree and Trump would too, bigley!
Video was so well put together that I did not skip a second of it.
It really is, great editing.
I started playing 5 years ago and you were and still are my inspiration in music from the beginning until now!
From the end of the video it looks like you want to quit TH-cam but remember that you have a fan base on the other side of the world waiting to see you from time to time, so don't forget us and upload videos even once in a while...
With love overseas, keep striving:) liel
You’re truly special. Much respect, Tiffany.
You're an inspiration Tiffany :) and one of the reasons I also love Schumann's Kinderszenen so much
Yes, yes she is, a really great one
Been watching you since your first vlog and as a viewer can say you’ve remained the same in your authenticity and passion for music and I truly admire that❤️ ❤️
I couldnt stop watching this; it was so authentic. There`s something magical about the story. You loved and studied a particular composer which you promoted to anyone who would listen. You demonstrated you were a concert pianist by creating a highly regarded album of the music you loved. Now management, etc. Students seeking a professional career in music can learn a lot from stories like these.
You are a quintessential, trained rigorously since childhood, classical pianist. Provided with many opportunities and chances to not only be a classical pianist but make a living from it.
Beautifully told, Tiffany! And congratulations on your album and management signing. I hope your career goes only upwards; everything you achieve will be fully deserved.
Thank you for this great You-Documentary. It's so cool that your parents took tons of videos in your childhood, and that you continued doing so and share it along with all the deep thoughts. I can't even process all of it yet and will rewatch all of this later.
You are a great example for anyone who feels like not fitting in. And you're a great example for a pioneer classical pianist, in an industry that will either change to the direction where you already are, or disappear.
Amazing video. Your love for music is raw, unfiltered and honest. I’ve one year until I’m a legal adult, and I had neglected my aspirations for so long… however, I honestly feel like pursuing music for real now.
_Thank you so much, Tiffany!_ Keep reaching for new heights, and inspiring me and others to do the same!
Yes, she really is. And she’s brilliant. To be out there on social media is so important to show coming generations the beauty of all these magical compositions that makes the world so much better.
I started following you in 2020 from a random yt recommendation. I quickly felt an interest in what you had to say and what you were trying to achieve as a person. I like most forms of music, but I haven't been a 'classical listener'. This last few weeks have been super stressful (turning into a good thing...), and I have started finding myself using more classical music to help settle me. It isn't hard to find that emotional connection with it if you give it an honest listen. I would attribute me finding that musical connection to you. So yes, at least in one person you have achieved that one goal. i am always grateful for your curiosity and sincere interest in improving the community. Thank you for sharing.
I started playing classical piano 5 years ago, and you were one of the people who helped start my journey. Even to this day I go back to a lot of those old performance videos and vlogs. You are not only an elegant and emotional classical pianist whose sound I can only dream of emulating, but for so many recordings, you are THE pianist for me. So many moments over the years that helped shape who I am. Thank you.
This is a very personal and generous invitation to your audience. Thank you for sharing so much. It must be quite a leap from being guarded to open and vulnerable.
Bis bald in Deutschlands Konzertsälen!
What a wonderful summary of your life and the many challenges that you have faced and overcome. From “piano girl” to “TH-camr” to concert pianist. I look forward to following your journey for many years. Thank you!!
This puts a lot more context on why you do what you do, what you stand for and what you strive to be. It's just lovely to hear your story - who you are as a person and as a classical pianist. Thank you so much! ❤
Thank you for opening up your heart. It's the honesty in your music and your words that touches us.
Many classical purists don't understand that every concert or cd release is a commercial activity, unless you don't mind playing for an empty concert hall. As a professional musician you need to find a balance between playing the music you like and making a living.
I admire the effort you make to create this beautiful music and the respect you show to us (you audience) by presenting it in a way that we can enjoy it.
I watched the whole thing. If anything, it shows you're beyond labels, and you're finally finding a footing to this world. Sometimes, life is really just dull in between, and in those moments, you enter an existentialist phase. What is my purpose? Will my dream still come to fruition? Sometimes, one may even wonder if the proverbial ship has sailed. But you stayed, and that's what matters. It's not just trying to become something, but the very virtue of your existence alone is proof of it. No "TH-camr" minimizing, no reductionism, nothing. You are a pianist, full stop.
Thank. You. Full stop.
This is wonderful! I loved the longer format exploration. And I absolutely love your album! 🎶
It's been quite some time since I last watched one of your videos. Like many other commenters, your humility and honesty have brought me back again and again over the years since just before the pandemic. By the way, I especially enjoyed watching your videos during the pandemic as I found them incredibly grounding for myself. Truly, you're pushing the classical music community, and yourself to keep striving (see what I did there?) to be the best version it can be. Having taken an aesthetics class myself in college, I remember my professor's thesis in that class was that art and philosophy are one in the same in that they aim to describe what it is to be human. Great art pieces meaningfully reflect something about the human experience. Your videos and performances well encapsulates that rich complex experience, and that is why I have bought your signed CD. I will leave on this note: Keep striving, always!
She most definitely is a classical pianist. A great one. I've used your piano performances in some of my lessons as an example of how to play well. Thanks.
I cannot believe there was ppl ‘refused’ to call you a pianist?? I have been following since, earlier than 2019, which was a difficult time for me when an just started on the journey of striving to be a pianist, and I appreciated so much, when I was totally lost and doubting myself, there’s someone filmed out the journey and life of being a pianist, and I was so grateful that a real pianist like you was willing to do that, which was incredibly helpful to me, to a kid who struggled and lost, finally having a stream of lamplight in the dark way.
I always see you as a classical pianist, who also fortunately (fortunate for us) to be a cameraman- that’s probably a better word.
For me, you have always been a classical pianist in the first place, and a wonderful youtuber, second. And that is what makes you a great classical musician!
Loved this retrospective on your career! Thanks for sharing your life and music with us.
What a beautiful story of the journey that brought you to where you are today. This is one of the most uplifting and relatable things I’ve encountered in a long time, maybe ever, and it’s all masterfully told in an hour, which is time truly well spent. I deeply appreciate your decision to open up and be so vulnerable, documenting not only your navigation of the longstanding systemic, institutional, and cultural challenges in your field but also how it relates to your internal struggle to define your identity without confining yourself to restrictive labels. By doing so, despite the immense fortitude it requires, you really succeed at bringing human sensibilities to classical music, fulfilling a mission which you have so passionately dedicated to.
I discovered you through your vlogs around July 2020, with one of the first videos I watched being the one featured here, where you're in the woods reflecting on the lessons you learned while taking a break from the piano. I sensed that you weren’t the type of person conforming to the narrow expectations of what it means to be a classical pianist, as you astutely described. Your authenticity as you forged this new path was indeed refreshing to see, a welcome innovation to help keep the art alive. While the fact that each of us is unique may seem mundane, the way you express your uniqueness is genuinely valuable. Amidst the changes and constants over the years, as you pursued your goals in developing both your artistry and yourself as a human being, staying true to who you are is a quality you should always keep. I laud your firmness in standing your ground against following trends for their own sake and in saying no to those who seek to profit from them at your expense.
Okay, I may have come across some of your older, viral recital videos from several years ago (my memory is a tad hazy), but I didn’t give much thought to the personality (you) behind the performance back then. I have to admit that even I, an Asian and a lover of classical music since early childhood, may have harbored some of the frustrated, insecure, and prejudiced notions you mentioned here, that young prodigious talents must endure torturous routines under strict authoritarian oversight to reach that skill level. Having tried to play instruments as a child but lacking the grit to carry on, some of those stereotypes were internalized in me as an unhealthy coping mechanism. Your journey though, as you’ve openly shared, has been crucial in helping me dispel those cynical and insecure thoughts. It has not only inspired me to cultivate a more positive, empathetic outlook toward others but has also reignited my desire to play music again. The idea behind your motto, "Be kind. Keep striving," has given me hope and helped me look forward to another day, even when existential thoughts and doubts cloud my sense of self and the direction I’m headed. These are just a few examples of how your work has enriched my life, besides the music itself, of course. You have undoubtedly had a positive impact on many people's lives through the stories you’ve shared, among other things, and it is as real as it gets.
You told us this is just the beginning. I am excited to continue following you along your musical odyssey, eager to discover new works and their various aspects from you, as you broaden your horizons in the years and decades to come.
PS: Sorry for the long essay. I missed your videos here on TH-cam and was really touched by what you brought to us upon your return. Welcome back!
Do not ever doubt your talent as a truly fine pianist. I am now celebrating 70 years of playing and about to record two new CDs. We didn't have the networking capabilities back in my youth, and that is something I could really have used. You have those much needed skills to see what works in this media age, but again that does not distract us from the fact that you are a great pianist. Keep going, never give up!!!!!
This video is a wonderful beautiful inspiring experience of art. The best hour I’ve spent in a while. You are a really great artist on the piano, as a storyteller and as a cinematographer. And still the only musician who inspires me to play Schumann. I look forward to more videos and seeing you again in San Francisco.
I believe people genuinely love you, Tiffany.❤ not just as a pianist, but also as a fellow human being 😊
Thank you for sharing your music and your life with us.
I still remember stumbling across one of your vlogs, many years ago. It's been a fun and amazing journey. And in those years, I've learned a lot, and not just about music or Schumann, but so much more and for that, I am grateful. And I am happy that you were able to disprove the naysayers. Here's to more music, more kindness, more striving and more concerts in the years to come! 🥂
You are a wonderful pianist. A sensitive, talented and creative young lady, sprinkled with a clear passion, direction and philosophy which has proved endearing over many years as we’ve watched you develop and conquering self-doubt along the way. My advice would be to not question yourself, be proud and stay humble. I had to privilege of attending your London debut back in May and it was a pleasure to meet you afterwards. Keep striving, be kind and Happy Holidays x
I enjoyed this video a lot. It's interesting to take a deep dive into your childhood and follow your musical journey. I understand how piano has bought you great strength and tremendous joy when everything else around seems to mean absolutely nothing. Thanks so much for sharing Tiffany. Thank you.
Tiffany, you are my favorite pianist. I love how you play with such passion, you are a beautiful soul and a talented, accomplished artist. i really enjoy listening to you play Chopin, it sounds so natural and organic as if you are channeling him. you are a great inspiration to many. Be kind keep striving!
Thank you for your very personal and intimate words. I love your honesty and sincerity 🥰
This was so engaging and well made! It's so interesting to hear more about your story and the way you reflect back on it. Tiny Tiffany is so cute :) Congratulations and wishing you all the best for the future
my prefinals end tomorrow, and i cant wait to finally watch this!
Aw, thank you. Good luck!! 📝🤓
I always enjoy hearing more about your journey with the piano and classical music.
Love to read your post and your dedication to classical music...thank you🙏
Tiffany, I can't stop crying watching your video. I don't know if you're going to read my comment, but I've been watching your vlogs since 2019 and you're the one who made me not give up on my pianist career. At that time I was really depressed, and one day I found one of your vlogs. I felt really inspired because I've always wanted to make videos like yours, so I felt like I was not alone. I ended up being a music major at one of the best universities in my country and I'm really grateful for you 💙 I still have the dream of making vlogs but I don't want it to look like i'm copying you. Thank you for everything, for inspiring people and making me feel better in my career 💙
Don't think of it as copying Tiffany, think of it as being inspired by Tiffany. Then make your own unique vlogs.
I think she would approve of that. 🤗
@rinardman yeah, thank you!
Thank you for sharing/providing more clarity on your journey. It is a beautiful and touching story.
No worries. You are a classical pianist :-) We saw you at Kissinger Sommer a while ago. You played the piano, it was classical music and you had a full house. We wish you the best for your success. Greetings from Germany.
Oh wow, thanks for coming to that. Life and career are both so different from that time... Hope to return to play again in Germany :)
@@TiffanyPoonpianist , i am still watching your video and it seems to give me an insight to the head of my son, who plays also piano quite passionate...classical music kids make a difference...and we will surely attend one of your concerts again, when you are around in Germany. We still have the picture of you and my kids standing on the shelf, which we made last time
Damn I wish I started sooner, it's been almost seven years for me. You truly are a special and profound person as a classical pianist, I admire you greatly for the forseable time to come!
I had that feeling as well, being isolated from "normal" by loving classical music. After so many years I just decided to think classical music is history. Good music survives, no matter what category it is in. So I call myself a music lover and that helped me a lot. As a music lover, I should thank you for sharing your journey. From the first point I got to know you from Liebestraum, it's been a previlege to follow your thoughts and efforts to humanize, maybe even vitalize classical music world. Schumann's Davidbundlertanze is now my favorite piece of him thanks to you and I'm really enjoying your album. I will keep striving, so please carry on so that one day I could see you in real world, real stage.
Really happy things are going well for you. You are a pleasure to follow and I often share your videos with my music students because they show so much of the personal struggle as well as the musical one. “Be kind and keep striving”… a great motto for anyone. All the best
You are amazing. I was always jealousy of ur talent. But I see about your past and all progress, and you are a really hardwork woman. I was one the people who thought being gifted was enough.. But it's not. It's a long road you take to realize it. Don't stop being the good pianist you are.
I loved everything about this video ! There's so much I relate to. First of all the lack of appreciation for classical music (especially among people our age), and feeling like an outcast for liking classical music and playing piano. But I feel like it gave you the courage to be "awkward" to be different. In a way, to just truly be yourself ! It was definitely the case for me. I feel like nowadays we can often be met with mockery when we are passionnate about things, especially for non-mainstream interests, so your story is really inspiring.
I also agree that the sensationalization of classical piano has kind of saturated the Internet classical space and it's permeated in real life (I swear if I hear one more kid asking me to play Rush E...)
By the way I would love to attend one of your concerts one day. I just saw Bruce Liu live last week and it was nothing short of life-changing.
What a journey! I first discovered you through your TH-cam videos when I was often home alone during the pandemic. Your refreshingly genuine videos helped me weather that difficult time. I always thought of you as a great and talented classical pianist, not just a video creator. I believed you had what it takes. Although there were some bumps along the way, you kept striving and deserve all your success! Thank you for your Schumann interpretations. I love your album, Diaries! I was fortunate enough to attend one of your concerts this year and hope to do the same in 2025. 😊
"Imagine the haters as a derpy banana" is like the youtube comment version of "Imagine the audience naked"
I LOVE YOU! WE LOVE YOU! You have given me so much! The way you play is breathtaking. You are one of the very few that understand the emotion of pieces. You don't play the pieces, you ARE the pieces! I have cried so many times silently, purely based on HOW you play these pieces. They immediately come to life, hidden emotions fully exposed. Many others are just piano playing robots to me. But you know how to touch the emotional essence of pieces. You are blessed and I love you.
"Just a pianist" she says, after an hour long video demonstrating all those different fascinating facets of your personality...
I love your personal vision and determination, Tiffany!
Thank you for this lovely Christmas present, Tiffany, sharing such a warm and personal documentary 🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵🎹🎵🎹🤗🤗🤗
Inspiring Tiffany 👏💫
My daughter shared a similar childhood. As an intelligent, sensitive female, she felt very outside as her interest in science, math and music put her out of the 'mainstream.' Fortunately, as the harpist in the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, she found some other people with similar backgrounds, but, it wasn't until she arrived at Harvard that she met 'other people just like me!" Now, as a fully integrated adult she is a practicing physician and continues to play the harp on a very high level. "Classical" music is....elitist music that requires concentration, intelligence and sensitivity that popular music doesn't often offer. It's protein and vitamins, not sugar!
I am so glad, Tiffany, that you are sharing your thoughts. BTW, the Cleveland is not only more and more female, but many of the fine musicians are Asian...not abused by tiger moms either!
Thank you for being the pianist and the Tiffany Poon you just are!
And for me, it was always crystal clear that you are a real musician since I heard your music for the first time.
What a wonderful documentary about your journey to now. I have been following you since your early days. For your followers and people who attend your concerts based on your vlogs, I would say you brought more people into the classical world - more than would have normally be following classical. BUT. I do see what you are saying - in the professional world of classical, you explain it very well the dichotomy of them wondering how serious you were. You have achieved much and I applaud you. Few of us would ever know what it is like to achieve this and has been so great to folllow you and experience it through you. Selfishly, I would want you to continue with vlogging - or maybe at least the get ready with me ones. If it interferes with your career then... understand.On the other side of the same coin, you might want to watch some of the interviews with Andre Rieu (who I have followed for years and love him) where he is opposite. He was raised in the serious classical world and broke away to just play the music that brings him joy, and through that, he has an immense audience. He has received sharp criticism from the serious classical world for deviating and was disowned by his own family over that choice. Like him - whichever brings you the most joy is what you must pursue.
Yes she is. I'm old and have listened to many of them. You are not Khatia. You are not Yuja. You are Tiffany, and you are very good at that. Keep doing what you do very well. I love your Schumann album and look forward to hearing what you do next.
This is an amazing video - only half way through. I love how you accept who you are and did at an early age. That process took me 40 years. Anyways, thanks for sharing!
So well done ! ...What an incredible journey ! Thanks so much for sharing ! Looking forward to your performance in Grand Rapids, Michigan ! Woo HOO !
Thank you! How about Michigan? store.tiffanypoon.com/products/us-exclusive-new-album-preview-concert
Welcome back again!
🙈🙏 Welcome back again!
Congrats 🎉🎉🎉 Tiffany on this session where you shared your unfoldment. Keep up the amazing work kind regards Mr Robinson
Wow i enjoyed the whole video so much. You are really special Tiffany. I so like all of youre video´s. Shumann is awesome,but so are you. i can only imagine how much he would like that you play his work... I think he would really apriciate that you make his music populair again. Tiffany it is you who makes you famous. You have so much fans because you are a nice person people like you, And you are a amazing pianist. Thanks for doing what you do. There are always haters but they are not worth it to pay any atention. I have been to youre concert in Amsterdam and it was beautifull. I have been to a lot of concerts in my life but that concert was the best in my whole life.
Hi Tiffany, as piano student that has a dream to become a concert pianist and a good musician (like you) you are huge inspiration for me, I really admire listening to your interpretations and see how you keep striving trough music no matter what. I just want to say thank you for sharing your musical journey as a real human being and a very good classical pianist😊🙏🏻💗
Tiffany, be aware that you also have become a real movie maker.
It's the ending, that makes sense to the whole. It's like "what are you still sitting here, now get up and do something!"
And actually, when I get up from the screen, I become aware that I feel like I have watched a good movie. My soul is happy, and I can do something.
I dont play even 1% as good as you, but I relate to your story in a way. I feel like I cannot describe how much the music means to me to my friends and family. Feel like in my head I've convinced myself that these composers are from a different universe because theyre so untouchable. Yet, I'm sure I'm ignorant in some other field and someone thinks the same way as me for their niche, and I am the oblivious one!
I have watched a lot of your videos and loved all of them.
I don’t understand a lot of classical music but what I do understand is the dedication and amount of practice it must take to play the piano as amazing as you do.
This video must of taken you hours to edit etc and was well worth watching.
Many thanks for sharing ❤️👍🇬🇧🥁❤️
Fantastic documentation, i enjoyed every second of it. Tiffany rocks!
Very excited to receive my vinyl copy of your wonderful album! While the first track is easily my favorite (it has such a different feel), the whole album has been a regular companion since release.
Thank you! I'm glad to be part of your music world 😊
A very lifely editing - well done!
Love Tiffany Artistry
This made me cry 😢🎉❤
Its always so joyable to watch your videos.
I love listening to your album! And it has one of my favourite booklets! It would be great to hear you live someday.
Greetings from Germany
So good to see that you have overcome the more difficult times. As in other fields of art you can watch how the artistic standards are not understood by some of those who are in powerful positions. E.g. label managers or publishers and editors. Those people tend to put their potential clients into boxes. When you are an excellent pianist they see only the TH-camr.
Tnankfully we can now look forward to your second album. I'll be very keen to see the Grand Rapids program. Some Chopin or Ravel would be my guess. But you'll probably surprise me. And of course I am excited about your still unknown tour stations of 25. I keep my fingers crossed for Berlin or somwhere around.
I like the way you are showing us the ups and downs of your life in this video
Indeed, Tiffany Poon is a classical pianist! ❤
Really love the clips of Tiffany's young self to go along with Kinderszenen
You are an influencer who also happens to also be a classical pianist. After not playing piano for over 50 years, your videos inspired me to pursue my dream of becoming the first senior citizen protegee. I bought a piano last February and can't even play at your 5-6 year old stage level yet. It's going to be a long haul but it's about the journey, not the destination. Nice to see you back. You haven't posted in a while.
I must respectfully disagree. I think of Tiffany as a world-class Classical pianist who happens to be an internet influencer. 🤔
@@rinardman So do I and only an utter fool would think she is not. But her career path is being blocked and that is the excuse they are using. She is a TH-cam populist, a no-no in that world where you must kneel to the powers that be. There must be a major orchestra conductor out their who is daring enough to invite her to perform a concerto. That would help to open things up for her. Tiffany isn't the only one hitting that wall and complaining about it. Just go around the wall.
Actually, there's no wall anymore because I now have Askonas Holt, the elite classical management that I was reacting to at the end of this documentary. I'm on the same artist roster as the most renowned classical musicians I've looked up to since I was young.
Congrats! Can't wait🤩
Thank you for this condensed view of your life so far. I have been watching for about 5 years now and have thoroughly enjoyed your piano playing.
One of my favorite pieces you play so well is Mendelssohn's Rondo Cappricioso.
My piano teacher had me practice it when I was a teenager and I still love it!! I especially love your way of playing it and find it very inspiring.
seeing people who've been playing music all their life makes me sad realizing I gave up on guitar when I was 15 and now 10 years later I'm chasing that dragon again. I'm glad to see Tiffany thriving at this, I hope I get to a point where I enjoy what I do as much as she does
man all the wasted time but I'm excited, music is such a big part of all our lives and I encourage everyone to give any instrument a shot. I tried piano before but I don't think my sausage fingers will do em justice lol
After Watching:
1:04 As for the piano being your friend and first love, I remember thinking that, later on in life, I was already married -- to the piano (my little electronic PS-400 keyboard at the time).
1:22 Bach often complained that the musicians of his time were not good enough to play his music... he would have like your rendition...
1:40 At that age, I wanted to be a pro football player... but yes, for the piano, it is a pursuit 'even if it isolates you' (heart tug)...
1:51 Good reason... better than 'I want to make a buck and shine in the spotlight'...
2019 The horror year? (noticing the bad bananas?)
3:21 Always a special moment.
5:43 Condensed: New generation vivid interpretation masterpieces journey diary tapestry life invite.
6:13 Kinderszenen should be the opening piece for all your albums (and concerts), since it is your theme song, and it will reveal your changes and current moods...
11:40 I didn't know that they had bowling lanes with gutter guards...
11:57 Another heart-tug moment... I avoided that downside by only recording...
13:07 good idea, the taking turns... it expands minds... though it is unfair when their songs are two minutes and your piece was 71 minutes!
14:01 Noted.
14:58 I am that we with creating a new piece. I attributed it as having become a daily habit, even an addiction... if I created a new work that day (writing, music, art, photography), I felt fulfilled.
16:23 Insightful. Those who are confined by society find outlets...
20:16 Another reason behind the videos...
23:01 OUCH! But yes, lowly stereotypes. We need to generalize, it is how we manage infinite data, but it can get very lazy.
23:31 Classical music is now just one of many approaches to music, and one of many general stories (with many sub-stories). It used to be for the über rich. Now it is for the curious, and for those who find something worthwhile in it (above offering the delusion of being über rich).
23:43 The 'robot emotions' was a challenge, the 'a robot can do it better' contradicts that (if you noticed). So which is correct? It is a question that still needs to be addressed (hence its asking).
Random Imagined Scenario #1: We begin a morning video, you come out to play and there is a Nerf bat leaning against the stool. You scratch your head and shrug, and begin to play. Then a Jack-in-the-Box pops out of the piano and startles you. I am sitting there, off camera, laughing in my Lazy Boy chair. You are angry at me and you see the Nerf bat and you realize what it is for... you charge at me with it... then off camera, we tumble, and the rest is left to the viewer's imagination
27:16 I guess that you can title your next diary, "Me, Before I Completely Broke Down and Was Committed"...
28:46 Unfortunately, that is all that most famous people get. The rest of humanity do not even get that. Not even a name that becomes a string of unintelligible syllables to future beings, and without any worthwhile stories attached...
20:55 If you stick with it, people will much prefer to see a seasoned pro (you as an old, wise person and pianist) than a kid, so the answer is 'yes', if later. Until then, it is a work in progress...
32:18 If you post something or make a comment, move on. If others attack you, let others defend you (or explain you). It is better that way.
32:30 This feeling of obligation is when burn-out starts. It is no longer a work of inspiration and love.
33:36 Ouch. But then, old Chinese Proverb: without the darkness, light has no meaning. (OK, that is my wording). In other words, no pain, no joy.
34:30 That is why I prefer being a Master Improvisationalist (Soundcloud) -- in improvisation, there is no strict meter (but it is still a choice), reflections of life take priority...
35:08 There is nothing wrong with stick figures! I still use them to convey character, deeper than the 'masters', even (which is why they failed -- they did not know that character is the most important aspect of a work of art, they mistakenly thought other things were). The same goes for music. That is why Eric Satie's Gymnopédie #1 is so beloved (at least the opening), and it is a stick figure as far as music goes...
35:50 By 'trend' you mean the current concert repertoire...
36:34 How little things change at the core...
37:02 Your Yoko Ono look... (she probably lives a few blocks away)...
37:12 So that's what happened...
39:07 A hard part of the industry is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (to them). Are they sleaze bags for it? They would be the first to admit it, but also that business is business (though it is not art and it does not help art). Patrons help art.
41:35 Good goal...
43:33 You should have the old guy open for you... THEN your playing and artistry will be seen and appreciated for the level it is at...
46:36 Maybe the waiting period (and struggles) of 20 months added depth to your rendition...
46:52 With recording, you can capture variations on a piece (the notion hit me as you were playing a very slow 'version'... variations may be the future of playing old pieces...
47:50 Makes me think of future piece notes, as in 'played on this serial number piano as tuned by this person'...
48:30 High-level composing from a high-level pianist for high-level pianists...
48:50 Shouldn't that have been, 'go, go go be wild and funny'? Music emanates from the mind, after all... and I think such things are conveyed by internal phrase dynamics, and then how clusters relate...
49:13 Squeezing stress balls help my hands after such workouts...
49:25 You need to think, but about the right things (things elevated above the technicalities, like life). That said, sometimes the best artistry occurs when the mind drifts off elsewhere... then there is the hazard of realizing what you are doing, but from a slightly different perspective, and it messes everything up -- it all seems alien all of the sudden...
50:21 You could have used your extra day to record all of the pieces in a shuffle beat... which could have been your second album!
50:49 A sudden thought here -- where everyone knows who is PLAYING the piece, the pianist having that strong of a personality (style) (quirks) (known idiosyncrasies)...
50:54 Also realize that every listener takes away different things from a work of art, and seldom what you intended, and seldom all of it. I had a recent poem read on a podcast, and the two hosts then discussed what they drew from it, and it was surprising, and neither comprehended much of it, because, I think, most of the words (ideas) did not relate to anything that they experienced in life...
51:12 Self-releasing gets any art nowhere, not just music...
53:07 The pinnacle is being the go-to artist for a composer... though, given reverse psychology, if you strive for it, it won't happen... (with me, if I even imagine it, it is cursed and will never happen!)
59:24 The date makes me think that you've gone through a lot over the past five years, and changed (grown) a lot...
1:00:07 Good goal. Nice it it happens overnight, but... it may be a long endeavor...
1:01:33 "We are such things as dreams are made of..." (Shakespeare)
Bonus: As for the comment 'you used to be cute', yes, you are maturing, which means becoming more 'handsome' than 'cute', more 'respectable', 'noble', even, and you will attract a more mature audience (the horror!), at least more mature than those who just want to suck up your cuteness (and the cuteness of kittens, the poor things -- having their cuteness sucked out of them by cuteness vampires) ("Hold still, I vant to suck your cuteness..."), and we all have to move on from cuteness sooner or later (thank goodness -- it is like a diet of only cotton candy). That said, it is also your smile that people like to imbibe, since happiness is rare in this world. It is good to witness...
As a pianist that loves classical music, Im also from the deep south. So I can relate on so many levels! Love ypur videos!❤❤❤
Everyone thinks im weired.
What a lovely video.
i'm a fan.
edit (after watched the video) : i'm still a fan, and always be.
u 're one of my inspirations.
at 50:03 she looks just like Clara Haskil - how she used to sit at the piano (see Michael Garady's sketches). She was my friend/teacher Peter Feuchtwanger's teacher. Her teacher was Descombes. His teacher was Chopin. Tiffany does the best PC1 slow movement on YT, amongst so many other of her great performances of various composers. Undoubtedly the best female pianist today.
I didn't get emotional watching this. No, no, I really didn't. Why would I get emotional after 5+ years of following Tiffany, and supporting her on Patreon, and feeling like she would be the perfect grandaughter if I were to have a grandaughter, and knowing the time would come when she would get the recognition I knew she deserved, and had earned by her hard work and dedication, and pursuing her dream, and inspiring me to write the longest sentence I have ever written in my life without a doubt.
And after all that I've been designated a "Super Tiffan" by Tiffany herself!
So I got that goin' for me. 😎
Adorable!!!❤❤❤
🤍🤍🤍 thank you for sharing your journey and your truest heart through your music. music and piano are also my entire life - i’m learning to fulfill myself authentically with what i do. you inspire me every day!! 🫶🏼🎶
The fact that so many bitter and jealous people online were writing Tiffany off as an influencer is just horrible. I've witnessed the same with Annique from Heartofthekeys. These people seem to have some stupid logic that if you make the effort to digitally interact and connect with your audience via social media, show behind the scenes of your practice etc. then that somewhat degrades your ability/seriousness as a classical pianist...
❤❤❤ your skills are great 👍👍. You put it all in. Your vlogs are very interesting and fun. Your vlogs bring us closer to classical music and also to your pianist journeys. ❤❤
I feel very honoured whenever you bring us to one of your piano adventures ❤❤.
All I knew you for up until this exact point in time was you had the only interpretation of Mozart's rondo in D (k485) on youtube whose interpretation I didn't dislike (the amount of overpedaling so many people do...)
Amazing documentary though and congrats on the album! Very interesting to hear as someone who grew up with piano but on a more surface level and is going more in a composer/music producer direction! I can really relate to the feeling of alienation due to your music taste. Keep up the good work :)
Please upload more practice videos, we love them! 👌
I have always thought that classical musicians are intellectuals but i realized that it is most often not true. However, it is definitely true for you. I deeply enjoyed the video. Thank you.
You are an amazing human being - I wish you all the luck in the world 🙂
A long journey with the correct educational encouragement from the outset. 😎
I grew to love Camille Claudel in much the same way as you do Schumann.
She developed 'The Kiss' before Rodin.
Have a good or evil festive celebration Tiff P. 🎉👍🌺