Hello, welcome to my bio

My names Nathan

16 years old

Best friend: hands down orbit (@Orbital)

I've officially been on here for a year

I'm a classical pianist and student, and my ultimate goal is to get into a music school.

Favorite repertoire (this list changes a lot and I usually forget stuff so):

Chopin, Nocturne in F minor. This is one of my favorite pieces for a number of reasons, first being it's very nuanced, yet also simplistic, something you don't see in a lot of the Noctures. And also through the whole piece, theres actually an almost waltz style chord accompaniment (similar to the C minor which is also one of my favorites). My favorite section is either the middle section or the coda, and overall one of the best pieces I've learned.

Beethoven Sonata No.1 in F minor. This is also one of my favorites, and actually the first real Sonata I ever learned. The first movement is very dramatic, but less so than in his later sonatas. I believe at this point he was still heavily influenced by the style of Hayden and Mozart. The second movement is also nice, very slow and embellished. The third movement is one of
my favorite Beethoven pieces in general. Even though it's a Minuet, it's actually strangely mournful (best recording is Alfred Brendel's for sure). And finally the last movement, probably the most famous of the whole sonata. As of the time of writing this, I'm still working through it, but overall it's the most dramatic movement and a very satisfying conclusion to the whole sonata in general.

Franz Liszt, Étude in F minor, No.10.

This ia possibly my favorite piano piece out of all of them, and I've been working on it for a bit now. Overall it's very dramatic, but also more nuanced than a lot of the Liszt Études. My favorite section of this piece is either about halfway in, right around the A Minor section, or the Stretta ending. (Best version is either Daniil Trifonov or Yunchan Lim. Also Tiffany Poon plays it amazing).

Mozart, Sonata in G major.

I do really like the sonata, but not much to say about it as this is a piece my teacher has me playing, not one I chose. The first movement is very classic Mozart and the last is very fun to play.

And finally, the Shostakovich Prelude in E minor, No.4.

I'm actually learning this one for an upcoming 20th century festival. Its a really beautiful piece, and although it's not technically demanding, the voicing and inflection is almost infinitely hard. Im planning on learning the Fugue soon after this.

Also, I'm an amateur composer. I really only compose in the Classical genre, but if anyone has a piece request or anything just message me and I'll get right on it. (Also I'll write for any instrument not just piano)

Favorite movie: All Quiet on the Western Front.

Favorite show: Squid Game (so fun watching it with u orbit)

Amateur programmer, but I REALLY haven't learned that much lately. I'll get back at it someday

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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.