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Repertoire History & Piano Analysis

In-depth historical context, operatic origins, and conservatory biomechanics analyses for selected masterworks performed by Professor Natalia Popova.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Sergei Rachmaninoff

Flight of the Bumblebee

Operatic genesis from Alexander Pushkin's fairy tale, Sergei Rachmaninoff's 1929 concert transcription, and the physiological mechanics of 13.3 notes per second.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rondo Alla Turca (Turkish March)

Historical analysis, the Janissary musical style of 18th-century Vienna, and articulation insights on the Petrof grand.

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