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And yes, Valentina did have clothes on in this
video interview. Just in case you were wondering.
Or fantasizing.
In conjunction with her Salzburg grande salon,
Valentina Lisitsa gave an interview which I think
is one of her best — and certainly most personal.
It was interesting listening to her talk about
having to juggle her personal and professional
life, saying at one point "It is sleep deprivation
or sleep." Which is something I've often wondered
about and have even mentioned on this blog. Frankly,
it is difficult for me to comprehend how she does
even half of what she does. I wish I could take 12
hours of my own day and give them to Valentina.
Because I don't really do much anyway.
But my favorite part of the interview was when she
talked about the difficulties of playing Godowsky's
arrangement of Strauss' Die Fledermaus. "Your brain
goes berserk!" she said.
Well Valentina, I have a humble suggestion as to
what to do when that particular thing happens:
Go into your music library, pull out a volume of
Chopin, and play through some berserkas.
:p
I know, pretty bad. But I just had to do it.
So there it is.
:lol:The first few seconds of that interview are certainly designed to get you thinking about her state of dress or undress! Thoughtful views she has.
:lol:I kept thinking of Valentina in the Garden of Eden. :pI love her interviews. She is just such a wonderful person, and I love her voice, her accent (if you are not Russian it is an accent) and her smile.
She IS wearing something, right?:lol::heart:
Originally posted by Stardancer:
😆 I'm not positive, because you can't see the bottom of the dress in her Salzburg video, but I think it is this one –Nice, yeah? I call that photo "Ballerina Valentina." :DHmmm. I should do a post on that. Seriously. :p
I love that dress! And that pose is really fun.She looks like such a happy-go-lucky kind of person. Doesn't seem to take herself seriously at all.:up::heart:
"Or fantasizing."Oh, we all know who was fantasizing here :whistle:
Originally posted by gdare:
Whaaa????? Why, whatever do you mean? :right: 😀
Originally posted by Stardancer:
You know I usually think of her in such a serious mode. Like she said in her Dutch interview, "I don't do anything for fun. I practice for fun." But then I see her do one of these interviews and she is just so charming and open and humorous. I'm sure that happy-go-lucky is very true at times. Except when she's sitting in the middle of a hurricane. 🙂
Sent this just a few minutes ago. I don't know if it will help, but I hope it does a little bit. TO: Deutsche Grammophon GmbHDATE: October 28, 2011I have long been an admirer of DG both for the quality of artists it includes and for the excellence of its engineering. Well there has been some suggestion that DG and pianist Valentina Lisitsa have recently been under negotiations. I have been listening to music since 1970, and I can say without exaggeration that Valentina Lisitsa is the greatest pianist known to me. And so to me it seems only fitting that the best should be with the best. I highly encourage you to do everything in your power to sign Lisitsa with all due speed. Ars longa, vita brevis.Sincerely, Edward PiercySpokane USA