{"id":1069,"date":"2022-11-13T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2022-11-28T18:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T18:12:15","slug":"partnership-with-vnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"Partnership with VNAM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunday 13 november 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I returned home to Sweden after two great weeks of intense work as part of our longterm collaboration between the Academy of Music and Opera, M\u00e4lardalen University<\/a>, and Vietnam National Academy of Music<\/a> in Hano\u00ef. I had the opportunity to individually meet and coach over 50 piano students with a huge repertoire. With these numbers it is easy to understand that the Piano Department at VNAM<\/a> is one of the largest in the world with between 30-40 teachers and so very many students!As many times before it\u2019s a pleasure to teach in Vietnam: the level of piano playing is very good and the students are easy to communicate with and are quick to respond to teaching and advices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had the pleasure to give a solo recital, my first since the pandemic years started, which was both exciting and a little nervous. But I had a fantastic support by the audience who came in so big numbers that, to our surprise, 60 persons were left outside the hall due to sold out house. I played a program with two large center pieces: The H\u00e4ndel-variations by Brahms and the 8th<\/sup> Sonata by Prokofjev, coupled with the 32 variations in c minor by Beethoven and three transcriptions: two by Bach and one by Dvorak. Even though the program was very long the audience didn\u2019t hesitate to stay for an encore which was Dream Shadows, the last of Three Ghost Rags by Malcolm Bolcom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very busy weeks which also contained many meetings with my dear colleagues, with several years since my last visit it felt very good to reconnect and be able to look forward to a more normalized future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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S\u00f6ndag 13 november 2022<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idag \u00e5terv\u00e4nde jag hem till Sverige igen efter tv\u00e5 fantastiska veckor av intensivt arbete i Hano\u00ef som en del av ett l\u00e5ngvarigt samarbete mellan Musik- och operah\u00f6gskolan, M\u00e4lardalens Universitet, och Vietnam National Academy of Music<\/a>. Jag fick m\u00f6jligheten att individuellt tr\u00e4ffa och coacha \u00f6ver 50 pianoelever med minst lika m\u00e5nga verk fr\u00e5n en enorm repertoar. Med s\u00e5dana siffror \u00e4r det l\u00e4tt att f\u00f6rst\u00e5 att pianoavdelningen p\u00e5 VNAM<\/a> \u00e4r en av de st\u00f6rsta i v\u00e4rlden med mellan 30-40 l\u00e4rare och s\u00e5 v\u00e4ldigt m\u00e5nga elever! Liksom m\u00e5nga g\u00e5nger tidigare \u00e4r det ett rent n\u00f6je att undervisa i Vietnam: niv\u00e5n p\u00e5 pianospelet \u00e4r mycket h\u00f6g och eleverna \u00e4r s\u00e5 trevliga, l\u00e4tta att kommunicera med och mycket snabba p\u00e5 att ta till sig undervisningen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jag hade ocks\u00e5 n\u00f6jet att ge en solorecital, min f\u00f6rsta sedan pandemi\u00e5ren b\u00f6rjade, vilket var b\u00e5de sp\u00e4nnande och lite nerv\u00f6st. Men jag hade ett fantastiskt st\u00f6d av Hano\u00efpubliken som kom i s\u00e5 stort antal att, till v\u00e5r f\u00f6rv\u00e5ning, 60 personer blev kvar utanf\u00f6r hallen p\u00e5 grund av uts\u00e5lt hus! Jag spelade ett program centrerat kring tv\u00e5 stora verk: H\u00e4ndel-variationerna av Brahms och 8:e sonaten av Prokofjev, som framf\u00f6rdes tillsammans med 32 variationer i c-moll av Beethoven och tre transkriptioner; tv\u00e5 av Bach och en av Dvorak. \u00c4ven om programmet var v\u00e4ldigt l\u00e5ngt tvekade publiken inte att stanna f\u00f6r ett extranummer som var Dream Shadows, det sista av Three Ghost Rags av Malcolm Bolcom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

V\u00e4ldigt hektiska veckor som \u00e4ven inneh\u00f6ll m\u00e5nga m\u00f6ten med mina k\u00e4ra kollegor, med tanke p\u00e5 att det var flera \u00e5r sedan mitt senaste bes\u00f6k s\u00e5 k\u00e4ndes det v\u00e4ldigt bra att \u00e5terknyta kontakten och tillsammans kunna se fram emot en mer normaliserad framtid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Om Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Om Musik- och Operah\u00f6gskolan vid M\u00e4lardalens universitet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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