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15.10.15

DICTATED FROM ABOVE: An Interview with Sergei Babayan

... What is so special about Chopin's music? - Wow! Where do I start? Many things are special, as in all geniuses. First of all, the intensity of the way he felt life and the way he could express this in his ingenious music, in harmony, in his melodies. When I try to find elements that are close to me, it would be the certain nostalgia, and love, and pain, and happiness, and elegance, and effortlessness, and the impeccable taste and perfectionism to the extent that you start to wonder, was it a human being who wrote this music or was it dictated from above? He has a capricious nature; when you do a little too much, it immediately “takes revenge on” you.

To read the full interview, visit the Chopin Society of Atlanta website.