When our interview was scheduled to start, at 1:30 p.m., a waiter brought the food to the conference table in the Mayfair room at the Langham Hotel. So he picked up the phone in his London hotel suite and called Berlin to ask his PR agency to call the hotel and order him a club sandwich and French fries. Just don't let yourself get down because of others.LONDON - On the morning following his evening with Britain's Royal Family, Lang Lang was hungry. Most importantly, don't reject criticism. Strive to be better, don't dwell on some kid who plays with no emotion. Believe me, ignore the videos of younger children playing repertoire that is years above them, and listen to renowned pianists. Whenever my teacher and I look for new pieces, she always warns me never to try to get an interpretation of a piece from some 6 year old child playing it, because they just don't understand it. I've gotten to this point through determination though, not jealously or anger.
I'm good enough now to not get jealous of any prodigies, as I can play almost any repertoire that I set my mind to. Most of them have no emotion, respect for what they play, or idea of how beautiful the instrument they are playing can be. I've realize now though, most of these kids are just quickly plucking some keys on a piano. I used to hate seeing kids who could do that. I'm 15, I've been playing since I was 8 or 9. Sure up any shortcomings you feel you have in relation to their playing and move on. Can they improvise? Do they have any more rep? Think about what you can do that they might not be able to. This is especially true of kids who are playing classical stuff where all they had to do is beat a piano with a metronome for months on one piece. You can probably do MORE things than they can. You can do what they are doing and probably do it better and with less grueling hours of contextless practice. So really, there's no reason to be put off by someone who is amazing. I have the advantage of age, perspective, and a wealth of music knowledge that I can apply to make my practice more efficient and productive and to help me speed through lots of stuff that would otherwise be difficult. I'm still nowhere near there, but I've improved enough in the past several years to be able to deconstruct what's happening in his improv and to be able to do improv of my own that I wouldn't have believed possible several years ago. As someone who didn't start seriously at piano until 27 and didn't really touch jazz before then, it just seemed that I'd never get there. There was a time when his level seemed entirely out of reach to me. Granted he is better now, but really, he was so good at 11 that to the untrained ear, he may as well have remained static. But what really blew me away was watching a video of him at around 11 being as impressive as any of his videos now. Now for the sake of seeming human, Sam Weiss (Shnabubula) is amazing to me. So rather than getting discouraged, just work to improve yourself. You just might need to put in more work, but ultimately, these people level out rather than being amazing talents their entire lives. Is there any reason you can't play them that fast or that well? Not really.
You can only play certain things so fast or so well. It doesn't matter how good they are, there are limits they can't pass. They don't necessarily have a permanent advantage. amazing for 5, or 10, or 15, but unimpressive for 20, 25, 30, or older. They get a lot of attention because they are wunderkinds, but how many of them pop up later to wide acclaim? Some of them probably burn out, others hit a low plateau. Some reach it earlier, but that doesn't put it out of reach. Generally, there is almost a cap to level someone can reach. Once upon a time, but eventually I realized that almost all prodigies plateau.
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