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00:00Try to figure out how to put on this.
00:12Well, it's not too comfortable for pedaling, but OK.
00:16Because I cannot feel the pedal.
00:23Clyburn is the most important piano competition in the world.
00:28It is similar to winning the gold at the Olympics.
00:32You win the Clyburn and you're set for a while.
00:35Classical music is an endangered minority.
00:38There's no room for 30 players now in the world
00:41to go out and have a career playing concerts. There just isn't.
00:45Our family didn't have that many financial resources
00:48and we were walking and you see in the dumpster
00:51they threw out two of their old upright pianos
00:54and that became my practice piano.
00:56It's quite a challenge when you have one baby waiting for you at home
01:02and one baby still on the way.
01:04I asked him, you know, what are you thinking when you play Mozart?
01:07Uh, nothing.
01:09You think about nothing? It's working out really well for you.
01:15We are now ready for our first performer.
01:19This particular competition, the Clyburn, is not a sprint, it's a marathon.
01:23You must practice, just think about music every moment.
01:27It's quite a stressful experience.
01:29The reason we put ourselves through this
01:31is probably not because we like competing against each other.
01:34It's more because of the change in your life that would happen if you do well.
01:53The Clyburns