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Extractions: Vassily Primakov, a fourth-year piano student of Jerome Lowenthal, was a semifinalist in the 11th Van Cliburn Competition held last spring in Fort Worth, Tex. (He returns to Texas this month to perform a Mozart Concerto with the Texas Chamber Orchestra in Dallas and Fort Worth.) Before he left for the competition, The Juilliard Journal asked him to keep a diary, where he would record not only day-to-day events, but also his thoughts and feelings about being in the competition. Here are excerpts from that diary. May 20: The day when it all startspracticing eight hours a day, performing, waiting, anticipating. In other words, anything that comes with a package called Competition. LaGuardia Airport, 1 p.m.: I run into one of the contestantsOxana Mikhailoff, a pianist from the Manhattan School of Music not much to say to each other except good luck. Primakov (second from left) and his fellow competitors begin their Van Cliburn experience with a press conference on May 23. (All photos by Rodger Mallison for the Van Cliburn Foundation) On the plane: Thinking about a lot of thingsWhy am I doing this? What is going to happen? Who are the people that Im going to stay with? The requirement of the competition is that all of the 30 contestants stay with host families that have been chosen for us. Is it going to be a pleasant stay or a miserable one? For a moment, when a plane was landing, I felt like I wanted to vanish without a trace, to vaporize. But in a few moments I am finethe life of an artist will begin!
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The Rockefeller University: News & Notes 8, begins at 730 pm with a recital by each pianist. The Eleventh van CliburnInternational Piano Competition New York Screening Recitals will take http://www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/news_notes/012601a.html
Extractions: Van Cliburn program to showcase scientist-musicians The Van Cliburn Foundation and The Rockefeller University are collaborating on an event that kicks off the Eleventh Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Screening Recitals. The program, "Polymaths and the Piano," showcases outstanding amateur pianists from the mathematics, scientific and medical communities. Polymaths and the Piano Jack Fishman Professor Seth Darst will perform at the "Polymaths and the Piano" program on Thurs., Feb. 8. The program, which will be held in Caspary Auditorium on Thurs., Feb. 8, begins at 7:30 p.m. with a recital by each pianist. The concert will include works by Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Copland, Debussy, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scarlatti, Schubert and Scriabin. Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic for T he New York Times, w
