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< What: Piano Recital
—(where: Kimball Recital
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-C When: Tonight @ 7:30
-( Cost: Free
Pianist to
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at Kimball
■ Alla von Buch once
dreamed of being a ballerina
but instead she found her
destiny at the piano.
BY BRIAN CHR1STOPHERSON
She wanted to be a balleri
na, to twist and turn gracefully
as the people cheered.
She wanted to be a ballerina
the same way young Nebraska
boys dream of running out of
the football tunnel on fall
Saturdays.
Then, Alla von Buch took off
her dancing shoes, examined
her situation and quit her
dream of ballet.
Instead, she
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pianist enjoy teaching
the students,”
von Buch said. “I
try to show
them the techniques like where
to position the hands on the
keys.
Tonight, von Buch will per
form a free concert at Kimball
Recital Hall at 7:30.
“We are thrilled to have her
here. This concert is for every
body, especially those who
aren’t in the music program,”
music professor Paul Barnes
said before letting out a slight
laugh. “They need music in
their life even more.”
Von Buch will feature works
by Scarlatti, Schubert, Chopin,
Beethoven and the American
premiere of a piece by German
composer Helmut Burkhardt.
Although von Buch does not
dispute that there are talented
composers still around, she still
finds the most gratification
when playing the classics of the
great composers.
"Beethoven was revolution
ary, He created a language,” she
said. “It is difficult to find high
quality in modern composi
tions. Like Beethoven, the new
composers have to create their
own language.”
inose in attendance will
have to cherish von Buch’s
words, because she will quickly
be on her way back to resume
her teaching at Gunanajuato
University in Mexico.
Von Buch had taught at the
Richard Strauss Conservatory
in Munich before this and still
lives just outside of Munich.
Despite her successes as a
piano player, winning major
competitions in Germany as
young as the age of 15 and her
many years of teaching, she said
she keeps it simple with her stu
dents.
She said she doesn't believe
that piano teachers are correct
when they make their students
play a certain piece continu
ously, once perfection is there.
"Repetition isn’t one time,
but playing it right two times
without a mistake is sufficient,”
von Buch said.
“But the quality of practic
ing and technique must always
increase.”
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