Songnia

When we think of a musician, we're probably imagining them performing onstage, or perhaps in a rehearsal, or teaching. But what do musicians do when they're not honing their instrumental prowess, putting it on display, or passing it on to the next generation of musicians? In this series, I find that out from musicians doing interesting things in the world of classical music.  A few weeks ago, I got to go behind the scenes of a workshop presented by pianist Soon Kun Ming. With all the attendees opting to join online, I got the unique opportunity to observe the workshop from behind the cameras. For over an hour, I got to watch as he switched between speaking to the audience through a front-facing camera, while walking them through his presentation on his laptop, and performing segments of the pieces as part of the demonstration which was being recorded and streamed through his overhead camera. In addition to the three pedals on the Kawai grand piano he was presenting from, a four...