Piano Competitions!
Mistakes You need to Avoid

Piano Competitions! Proper planning and giving sufficient time for the needed preparation is what you need to do for comfortably appearing for a competition.

Appearing for Piano Competitions? It is great to know that you want to test yourself and are ready to show the commitment needed for appearing for these contests!

To be honest, if you want to face a competition confidently and if you want it to be fun and exciting, there is no other way than preparing for it months in advance. You heard it right, there is no other way to do it!

Doing it too little and too late will only cause you stress, anxiety and embarrassment, all of which can easily be avoided if you start early.

Preparing for Piano Competitions!

All the music related materials and repertoire is usually available to the participants almost a year before the contest. This is because the organizers themselves think that preparing thoroughly would indeed take so much time.

To successfully appear for a competition, you will need to learn the various aspects of the pieces like phrasing, dynamics, pedaling and memorize those pieces.

Even after memorizing, you need to do mock performances/recital before you can appear for the competition. You can do this at home/school/church, wherever you can arrange it; the purpose is to make you comfortable on stage. Preferably, dress yourself the way you are likely to dress yoursel