Classical piano
Art
A serious-hobby classical pianist since childhood.
Music
Serious-hobby classical pianist
The music constantly playing in our home — from my dad's classical archive and my brother's piano practice — sparked an intense passion in me for classical music from childhood. I started music at the age of 5 and the piano at 13 with Ali Ahmadzadeh, continuing piano performance and technique as a minor in college under Dr. Sergey Martinchuck and Fureya Unal, and music theory with Dr. Brian Klenbach and John Marr. I have been working with Dr. Jeffrey Sykes at Berkeley since 2016.
Repertoire in practice
Current program
Baroque
- Bach — 15 Inventions, BWV 772–786
- Bach — Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor
Classical
- Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
- Mozart — Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310
Romantic
- Schubert — Impromptu No. 1 in F minor
- Chopin — Revolutionary Etude, Op. 10 No. 12
Modern
- Debussy — Arabesque No. 1 in E major