Chopin: Polonaise in B-flat Major [Kana Mimaki]

[bellafuera]

Really good how many years have ypu been playing the piano? Awesome!

[KroMosxFubreeze]

im just learning this piece and what im trying to focus on are eight,and sixteenth notes in the begining. by the way, great performance you clearly put passion and emotion to your playing,  adam

[kanamimaki]

@KroMosxFubreeze You asked about the repeating notes: in this case, using the second finger allows you to better control the motion and direction of the repeated figure.

[purpleAiPEy]

chopins better :D plus you arent 7 years old.

[Gregory98]

At age seven Chopin knew little of Mozart

[TheChopinesque]

There's a Mozartian feel to this polonaise.

[TheZequitube]

@TheChopinesque

Maybe because he composed it at 7 and he was very influenced by Mozart music at that time.

[BassicStorm]

PERFECT! fabulous! powerful interpretation! when i saw u played this, i took this polonaise too!!! perfect Kana! just keep going like this!!!!! :) u are perfect!

[1milanmit]

Verry, verry nice!

[blueberr1]

I can't believe Chopin wrote this when he was 7.... That is outstanding.. Amazing performance!

[mmpianist]

i haven't heard this piece by Chopin before, great playing! you have good timing and contrast of dynamics at the right moments. I'm guessing you've played a lot of Mozart or Beethoven before as your playing is clear. 5 stars!

[klingsor93]

Dear Kana, are you planning to play the seventeen Polonaises by Chopin? Or, better still, to record them? You perform so brilliantly that I would rather listen to you in one of the Great Polonaises of the maturity......

[kanamimaki]

Recording all the Polonaises would be fun! Now that I passed my dissertation oral defense, I can finally start doing some more performances and recording projects. My students are playing those three pieces, so that is why I did a quick run through recording. Professionals rarely record these pieces, so students have nothing to listen to; they've become an essential part of the young pianist's repertoire. I would like to do a recording project that includes all of "the pieces from my childhood."

[theotse]

You're great!!