Thanks for all the interest and support on this practice video :) Here's another Rach 3 practice vlog: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtSiZ6mozcyxcnU.html

"Missing note"...lmao like we would even notice 😅😅

When I was a teenager practicing I would dramatically slide my music off the stand and walk away saying "I quit forever" then literally walk back to the piano 2 minutes later! Thanks for showing your practicing this super complicated peice! So frustrating yet so rewarding, especially mastering complex passages!

she is tickling the piano 😂😂

I paused the video so her fingers could rest

Your hands are faster than my teacher dropping my grades on my major piano subject.

I love the idea of practice vlogs! People need to know how much work goes into learning such difficult pieces. Good job :)

This was always my dream piece. Graduated from the Royal College of music in 2014, started learning it....Got about about two thirds through the first movement and fell over at an outdoor theatre and absolutely wrecked my wrists. Classical career over. Still not right after 6 years. Thankfully I can still play bits here and there but nowhere near what I used to. I’d give anything to be able to play like I used to again. Maybe one day eh? Make the most of every second because you never know what the future holds - look after your hands and don’t fall over haha

Does anyone else play a piece and not think about but when you start thinking about it you mess up? Happens to me all the time!

I refuse to acknowledge that hands can move that fast ...

me watchin her practicing: "god, im exhausted!"

When she said “What’s this chromatic stuff again?” *I felt that...*

I can’t even play it *wrong* that fast 😢😂

People talking about being motivated . But watching this , i just wanna give up my piano

It's so motivating to see experienced people still making mistakes. You understand that being a professional is just being a human with hours of practice behind...

I hear no difference when she makes a “mistake” vs. doesn’t

When you dive deep into the piece and really dissect it phrase by phrase, it makes me wonder how Rachmaninoff even created this masterpiece. So many tiny details and notes in each phrase. It’s amazing.

This is actually one of the most encouraging videos on KZfaq about playing the piano. It is encouraging to see that I am not the only one who makes mistakes while learning a piece and I am nowhere in the class of these classically trained pianists. People who do not play piano do not realize how difficult these piano busters are from Chopin or Rachmaninoff because the great pianists make it look so easy...but it is not. Watch Jonah Ho and see one of the most incredible prodigy performances you will see of an eight years old playing some of the most difficult compositions going to perfection and you have to wonder if he started practicing in the womb At least after watching this video of the learning curve, I will no longer consider giving up learning how to play classical music just because I make so many mistakes while I learn

I swear when I watch your videos I feel motivated to practice my piano again :')

Continue being hard on yourself. It’s the only way! You’ve just got a new subscriber. I wish you the best. Just remember that you’ll always be better than yesterday, if you continue working...

legend says those fingers generate more power than the freaking sun

Thank you for showing the realities behind professional performers! Hard work has to come first.

1:31 "Wait, where am I? Aah, right! ... wait I forgot again." Good to know I'm not the only one that does that 😅 Tiffany, I've got my spot reserved to come see you in RI and I can't wait! Set list looks like it belongs in the Louvre!

She plays the piano faster than I type on my PC keyboard.

It's very inspirational actually seeing such a high calibre pianist such as yourself practicing this particular piece, Tiffany Poon. Thank you for sharing and the inspiration that carries me so far in my own piano studies. :)

Your hands literally look like they're moving in fast forward

Really love the light-hearted little notes whenever you make a mistake or miss notes. Cute little detail that makes viewer experience much more fun!

Thumb wants a break 10 minute break Uses thumb to scroll throughout break

I love the way she captions what she's thinking. It's exactly what every piano player thinks! Like when you get it right, you'd think "THERE YOU GO!"... and she also pointed out her pinky trouble! LOL~

The generated subtitles think that some parts of the playing are Laughter 😆 8:39

This effort is priceless! I know to have a perfect performance on stage, all Pianists had to go through this state and I appreciate this more than anything.

Wow! I love this! It’s rare to see the actual messy hours of work we go through. I work my butt off on certain passages, and often think…”oh, Paula Robeson never missed those notes so many times!” But it’s not true. We are only good because we just keep at it.

An absolute honour to get to watch your practising sessions. A big fan of yours. 🙂

Thank you for sharing! This is the first video that I can see a genius practice! It helps understand how you create your fantastic interpretations! You're marvelous! One of greatest pianists, and still so young!

So difficult and so amazing. My absolute favorite piano concerto. Well done. From France

As orchestra musician it was jnteresting to listen how it's sounds without us plaing,just piano! Incredible how much work you put to learn this piece, and how flawless its looks at the performance:)

Love your focus and your written commentary. Thanks don’t stop the visual, vocal, and written commentary. You are helping us to understand the arduous practice required of a super talented classical pianist. What would we do if there were no virtuosos like you. Stay healthy and safe! You bring us magical joy!

Yes more Rachmaninoff practice videos please!! 💕

See you practicing, just remember me that I have a lot of pieces to practice. And that's good. Because, If a wanna be a good and professional pianist, I have at least practice as much as you haha. Please, keep posting your vlogs with you practicing!!!

By all means, post as many of the Rach 3 practice sessions as you can! Watching an accomplished pianist work through one of the greatest piano masterpieces is a thrill.

Honestly these are my favorite Tiffany! I may not be as interesting to non-musicians, but this so perfectly shows the struggle that is real practice. Playing the same phrase over and over for what feels like eternity before everything locks in and you just "get it". So many people assume it just happens out of nowhere because of "talent"

Wow.... Just the fact that you are now learning Rachmaninoff's one of the great pieces gives me chill.😁😁🤗🤗 I'm really looking forward to see another video of your practicing this piece! I love 3rd movement! 加油!

Getting to watch a player of your caliber practice is so insightful. Thank you so so much for sharing!

Keep these vids coming. As an amateur, it is inspiring to see how a professional attacks these challenging pieces😊

The way your fingers move is so amazing and watching you practice inspires me so much!

Amazing. It's nice to see that all that talent isn't magic, it's years and years of grind and hard work. 👏👏

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this video. You are an inspiration of commitment and resilience! Bravo!

I love watching the practice routines of people who are the absolute master of something -- piano, sports, whatever. You see their passion, their OCD, their attempts at mastering something to absolute perfection. No matter how gifted someone might be, there is still an enormous amount of work and practice at these highest levels of skill.

Tiffany is obviously a perfectionist and it definitely shows. She is awesome and I’m so thankful I discovered her channel and had sense enough to immediately subscribe. Thanks Tiffany for all your hard work and the pleasure it gives those of us who listen to you and marvel at your talent and expertise!

My favorite piano concerto. Great to see what it takes to learn it. I will look forward to hearing the finished product.

I love these so much because it shows how truly difficult piano is to perfect. It takes hours and hours and hours and the music you hear on a finished piece is the result of such hard work😍

Utterly exceptional video! Amazing watching you practice - never understood how terribly complex and difficult this piece really is. You are so impressive and inspiring, thank you for posting this!

Good luck on April 14th. Incredible the amount of training, practice it takes! Congratulations.

You're such an amazing pianist...sharing your process with us really helps us appreciate the work that goes into interpretation, not just the finished product.

Love it, Tiffany! It is just magical to watch what you do on the keyboard. And you are such a personality! Puckish!

I love the annotations in your practice vlog! It is so relatable!

its a special video,the ingredient of practice itself,seldom found in the youtube. thx for ur share.

It’s absolute magic when you play the piano. Your talent is endless!!! Really enjoy your piano playing. Each finger has a mind of its own which is rare to find. Keep the vlogs coming. Interesting to see the progress...

it's a true pleasure just watching you practicing...I can watch this all year long.

Mad respect for showing the process! Deliberate practice and you’re in there doing it!

Thank you I showed my young daughter who is learning piano... See even people who can play like masters must practice the hard parts over and over to get them right! She is not alone

The fact that she add subtitle is she remember everything, what was happened, and also she can hear a very little friction of mistake. Which, i think that's pretty awesome.

Brilliant Tiffany! And what an amazing piece of music this is!!

This concerto is so beautiful, I've watched this video like a hundred times now

Wow... amazing to hear this being practiced, all that goes into it - the genius of the music and all its intricacies, and your hours of practicing ! Nice work!

Absolutely brilliant! Love the raw practice vid. Such vids are so important and helpful. Well done, you!

Not only is your playing exquisite (such great dynamics) but the tone of that piano is incredible

I'm so glad that her voice is beautiful too... so soothing to listen to her voice, talking about random stuff.

I absolutely love this concerto. At this point, I have listened to the entire thing around 14 times, but I have never heard a pianist practice it, instead of hearing perfection in a recording at a performance. Loved the video!

Liszt: I'm the nightmare of all Pianist muhahah Rachminoff: Hold my Beer

Tiffany, you're so inspiring! I've been playing piano for a few years and seeing you work so hard really motivates me. Thanks for sharing us all this content:))

I found this video really encouraged me to not giving up in practicing. Thank you. 🌹🌹

I was questioning myself whether I was watching this video at 2x speed.

Sounds great! I've love to see a video of how you sight-read through something like this the first time.

👌👌👌 Very valuable. Keep on making and sharing these. Much appreciated!

love the practice video. shows how hard it is to make it look easy ty

You' are so talented, great job!!, Im hoping so in the future i can play piano like you

So ,that is how to pratice difficult pieces. Thanks for showing this to us. I really admire youfor your talent.

I loved watching this. It is coming along beautifully.

wow. your talent and perseverance are immaculate...amazing 👏🏽 rachmaninoff is one of my favorite composers.

Great practice, thank you so much for sharing! Rachmaninoff's 3rd concerto is a marvelous piece of work, put together by one of my favorite composers of all time. You play really well!

Is that how you sound when you practice???! I sound like that after Iv'e learned it for a year... -.-

This is still my very favorite after a month...shes humble honest and really really good....thanks ....im learning piano just started 2 years ago at 42. Gettin better at least i have time to practice...

Thank you so much. To see that even the best struggle with pieces is actually a motivation. We just suck getting pieces ready and always keep missing notes. To see its the same everywhere is a relief.

Totally admire you! I learned Rach 2nd & performed it years ago.... Then i went to med school. My dreams of learning the 3rd went down the tubes. I learned a bit of the 3rd but i have no time now. Congrats. You're fulfilling my dreams. Keep posting!

"Chromatic third not that hard " Me :wtf

Magnificent performance Tiffany. You are a GIANT in front of Piano.

This is so good to show people what practise is actually like - thank you! Many people don’t understand that you have have to practise passages over and over again, and not just go back to the start when you make a mistake! This is how you REALLY learn, people...

Wonderful window into the reality of practice.Rachmaninoff is my favorite composer for piano,especially the 2nd Concerto which i would love to hear you play but i love the 3rd too!

1:25 if you can play it slow, you can play it fast

We are rooting for you Tif!

Well done, dear Tiffany. This is and always has been... since a teen... my absolute favorite piano concerto... not just by Rachmaninov but by any composer. So love your dedication here to getting...it...right. 🥰

I knew this concerto isn't easy, but your practice allows everyone to appreciate just how much work is invested before a performance on stage. Wow! Thank you.

Thanks for letting us in on the process of acquiring mastery of a world class concerto to be performed at the professional level! Discipline, patience, focus, REPETITION, clarity, total absorption of mind and body and THEN, the passion, musicality, emotion, artistry, insight, communication and intimate connection to the audience........... What a gift of hard work, analysis and understanding to share with and captivate your audience! It's a miracle from our end. Thank you. For whatever it may be worth, my mother was an honors graduate in choral conducting and piano at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1930's. One notable experience happened at one of her juries during her Jr. year. The three professors applauded when she finished playing. Unheard of in those days AND still isn't now-days either. My sister won a full-tuition harp scholarship to the Eastman School music, became the harp faculty at the Denver University, first call union harpist, and played with the Denver Symphony. She has been married for forty years to a cellist who received his master's and doctorate degrees also from Northwestern University and recently retired from the Denver Symphony after 34yrs and after 25 years in the Central City Opera Orchestra in the Rockies just west of Denver. I have a son who has gone over to the "dark" side and is now a music education major (clarinet is his main instrument). The "curse" of music........... I had a successful clarinet/sax studio for forty yrs.(my best clarinet student won the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra concerto competion performing from memory, as a high school senior, the Carl Nielson Clarinet Concerto) and sang with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for thirty yrs. Including performing the Mahler's Symphony #8 once with them and twice with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the baton of James Levine for the season opening concert at Ravinia in the Northshore suburbs of Chicago to audiences of 14,000 (4,000 of them under the amphitheater all dressed in tuxedos and furs) and the rest sitting on the attendant sculpture garden lawns. Very much enjoyed experiencing the practice methodology for preparing a work for performance!

Very motivational for me to watch! This is my favorite concerto of all time!!!!!

Amazing! I was so excited to watch your vlogs! Thank you!) Do more vlogs, please☺️ they are so nice and show that every musician should work super hard 🤯✊💪

Your hardworking help and inspire me.thanks...😍😙☺

You're so beautiful Miss Poon! Keep playing and practicing. Greetings from the Philippines!

I especially enjoy the drawn out phrasing in her slow practice. So calming

I never thought I would be so intrigued by someone practicing!!! It’s so cool to watch!