Radosia: As I mentioned above, I am a classical pianist. My story starts back when I was six years old, growing up in my home country - Poland. Although my parents love music, they did not have any intentions of sending me to music school. However, a group of musicians who had come to my kindergarten to check our artistic/hearing abilities, recommended that I go to music school. After giving it some thought, my parents decided to let me take an entrance exam to a music school. I passed and got in. My parents chose piano as my main instrument for the simple fact that we had an upright piano at our apartment and my grandma had a baby grand piano at her house, which would allow me to practice wherever I was. This is how my musical adventure began. I was not a child prodigy.
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Photo credit: courtesy of the artist |
Andrea: I got the love for music from my father who has always been a serious jazz lover. He has never pushed me to perform or become a professional musician, but music was always present in my house. I have loved music since I was little. At the age of nine I started to take piano lessons but unfortunately a bad piano teacher made me dislike piano for a short time. I decided to play drums for about five years. After that period, my love for piano returned. I met a great jazz pianist who became my teacher and I started to study intensively then. At the age of 19, I moved to New York where I continued my music education.
We believe that because we are so different in terms of our personalities and musical approaches our collaboration is very special and interesting. |