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Three teenagers playing music together informally in a living room — piano, flute, and guitar

Motivating the Modern Student

Elán and Žbirka didn't give me piano technique. They gave me a reason why it was worth using at all.
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Child seen from behind at a white piano, holding a sheet of music, more pages spread across the piano in front of them

The Child Who Wouldn't Read the Score

The most enjoyable part of playing was always the same: finding the music with my fingers, without the score, without the fingering. My teacher was not pleased.
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Milan Vodrážka standing atop stone steps holding a camera, with Copenhagen architecture in the background

Knowing You'll Pause

A camera doesn't teach you to take photographs. It teaches you to stop — and that changes everything you see afterward.
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Woman seen from behind on the phone beside an upright piano

The Phone Call

Some phone calls change everything, and you only realize it much later. This is the story of music that waited thirty-six years for me — without my knowing it existed.
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Half-lit portrait of Milan Vodrážka in shadow, hand resting at chin

Overture

Sometimes it takes years to understand why you actually want to share something. This is the answer I'd been waiting for.
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