Youtube offers many channels with high quality classical music accompanied by synchronized scores. Ashish Xiangyi Kumar has an especially good one for piano fans. A large number of his videos feature two or more pianists interpreting the same work. To these, he offers his own thoughts on the pieces and the interpretations. A young Singaporean now studying law at Cambridge, Kumar brings to task a razor sharp mind and keen persuasive skills honed through a championship debate career. His notes read like chess matches analyzed by a grandmaster who can both understand and explain features large and small. He’s also a composer and if he can play what he writes, his chops must be first-rate.
The guilt? The recordings and scores come from somewhere…
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Channel: Ashish Xiangyi Kumar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kjX4YNy39M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVcfdwGlSXU&list=PLmdMr9Or9Em58wxArIIYr9X7u3YPYlF8T