Episode 43: Dovie Lepore-Currin - Piano Genes, Juilliard Dreams
Artists of New York by Dan Riley
Episode notes
Dovie Lepore-Currin is a pianist at Juilliard in New York City.
(00:00) Born in New York, family roots at Juilliard
(01:42) A lineage of women pianists
(03:18) Early childhood music exposure and Baby Einstein
(05:10) Games with grandmother: testing musical ear
(07:24) First piano lessons and being taught by women
(09:32) Seeing Juilliard as an unreachable dream
(11:58) Piano as healing force and spirituality
(14:37) Performance anxiety versus euphoria on stage
(17:56) Helping others through music in hospitals and homes
(20:12) Differences between mother’s path and her own
(23:06) The intense Juilliard audition process
(27:31) Improvisation challenge and acceptance ...