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New Year Day 2024 Special video:
Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No.2 – Frédéric Chopin – The version that I learned 20 years ago.

It’s weird to start the new year with Chopin’s waltz right? 🙂

But, this piece holds a special place in my heart. I never finished learning this piece when I was around 13-14 years old, in my teenage year, before stopping piano lessons altogether due to the increasing heavy load of school work. I remembered struggling with this piece a lot I had no time to practice. I was in America a month ago, went over to my sister’s house and this piece was sitting at the piano, already open to the right page, and I find myself practising it and it brought back much memory of my childhood.

I was never a good piano student, my playing is average (and still average in my opinion), but I was never someone who starts something and don’t finish it. (even if it means I finish it 20 years later)

Fast forward to 20 years later, I can now tell my 14-years-old self that I did not quit on this piece, as well as the piano, and I can now play this beautiful waltz, not perfect, but I can play it!

On that note, I want to start the new year 2024 with a strong, motivated and positive and goal-smashing vibe by playing this for you, the piece I never finished learning before my piano lesson era got disrupted 🙂

Let this year be a prosperous, happy and lucky with each of us always be strong, positive, ambitious and always dash forwards in life! I believe you can do whatever you want, as long as you’re committed to it and be resilient. I believe you can LEARN whatever you want, talent is a small fraction of the picture, STUDIOUSNESS is the rest.

Happy New Year 2024 to all my family, friends, followers, youtube watchers, musicians and music enthusiasts. I hope you enjoy my music! Here’s to another years of much more new music coming!

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PS. This was filmed at the cosy Tempo Rubato Piano Room in Brunswick. You can literally book by the hour session to play on this beautiful baby grand Beale piano and have some me-time with the piano. Thanks Tempo Rubato for this wonderful idea.