Welcome, Peter!

[Klaus]

I got to know @Westkopf at @jon-nyc s piano party and he made the mistake to follow my recommendation for joining TNCR. No doubt he'll regret that soon enough.

Peter, I don't have enough apologies for the things you are going to witness here. There is no excuse for any of us.

[89th]

Jump on in, the water's fine!

[Mik]

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.

But welcome, Peter, regardless!

[NobodySock]

We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

[Mik]

He seems to have vanished.

[jon-nyc]

Peter, were you always so much better than your mom at the piano or only since you turned 10?

[Westkopf]

Thanks Klaus, and thanks all for the warm welcome (what have I gotten myself into?!).

[Westkopf]

@Mik I just emerged from the deep woods of Maine, a rare week of disconnection!

[Westkopf]

@jon-nyc I dream to one day be as good as my mom

[Klaus]

There he is!

[jon-nyc]

@Westkopf said in Welcome, Peter!:

@jon-nyc I dream to one day be as good as my mom

She is a really good pianist. Every time I see her she has some huge piece she’s playing. Ondine, The F- ballade, Rach 16/4. The big Schumann piece she played here. (What was it?)

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Welcome, Peter!:

@Westkopf said in Welcome, Peter!:

@jon-nyc I dream to one day be as good as my mom

The F- ballade

Hey my wife knows that one too!

[Westkopf]

@89th I'm usually shooting for the A+ Ballade, but at best getting a D-

[Westkopf]

@jon-nyc She is! We have different strengths. She learns pieces quickly and is an amazing sight reader. I slave over the same pieces for months and years in pursuit of (ever elusive) perfection, and so learn pieces slowly

[Mik]

I can relate to that, although I'm a pretty good, if slow, sight reader. I find the notes pretty easily. Finding the music can be a bit harder.

[Westkopf]

@Mik right! And there is so much to discover in good music, so many ways to play, bring out different voices, etc. With Rachmaninoff, for example, pieces never get old to me

[Westkopf]

@jon-nyc Arabesque C major, Op 18

[jon-nyc]

Right. Great piece.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in Welcome, Peter!:

Right. Great piece.

Right. As if you would ever play a piece in C Major.

[Klaus]

@Westkopf can you tell us a little about yourself? So far I know you do cancer research for a living and have a beautiful wife and kids. Any life goals, apart from playing the 4th Ballade even more perfectly? What piano do you play? What's your purity score?