Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, op.53 [Kana Mimaki]

Frédéric Chopin. Polonaise in A-flat major, op.53. "Heroic Polonaise." Boesendorfer 290. Dog/Shitzu: Katy Ohimesama von Snook, aka "Katy." FYI, she loves piano and always practices with me, and my students!

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Music

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• Frédéric
• Frederic
• Chopin
• Polonaise
• A-flat
• major
• op.53
• Heroic
• Boesendorfer
• Bosendorfer
• 290
• Dog
• Shitzu
• Japanese
• concert
• pianist
• piano

[kanamimaki]

@onelonelywhitekid: recording acoustic piano is not easy. You need to start with a piano that is in tune and properly voiced, and then have a room/space that is big enough (i.e., this room is too small). From my own experience, I think that it is best NOT to have the microphones too close to the piano. When the microphones are too close, they pick-up mechanical noise which is normally not heard in the audience--it sounds artificial. For this video, I just set-up the camera and pressed record.

[klingsor93]

The way you play this famous Polonaise is exactly the way I would have wanted to play it myself if I wasn't so clumsy......Some people say we have doubles far away in the world.....maybe we are musical twins...!!!

I love your dog.....give Katy a big hug for me......

[kanamimaki]

Katy, my baby, wants to be under the piano, on the music bench, or on top of the piano when ever the piano is being played. Between my students and myself, there is at least 10 hours of playing every day, but she never gets tried. I am always so surprised that it is not so loud for her! But she cries if she is not in the room when music is being played.

This was such a hard piece to develop my own interpretation, since I am so familiar and respect Rubensein's interpretation of this piece.

[oOmozartOo]

amazing



[RanvirPiano]

AHH there's a dog!

Took me a while to see it.

You play this so well, I'm currently learning this.. It's sooo difficult!! :|

[onelonelywhitekid]

How do you record your videos? Not so much the video quality, but the sound quality is quite clear. I need help on recording acoustic pianos

[thunderclanstar]

@kanamimaki You should create a playlist on YouTube of your piano sessions featuring you and Katy.

[thunderclanstar]

Reminds me of the female version of Charlie Brown's Snoopy and Schroeder.

[Laurencew1000]

Good to meet a dog that appreciates good music :) beautifully articulated melody too, nice work. Some people wd bash their way through this, but you bring the subtleties through nicely.

[JessyS2583]

Beautiful, and nice dog too!

[kbkAKSU74]

Very nice =^.^= Greetings from Poland

[987pixi]

I love that dog!!!