Chopin - Etude in C Major, Op. 10/1 (Artem Tereshchenko)

Ukrainian pianist Artem Tereshchenko performs Etude in C Major, Op. 10/1 by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849). This etude is known as the “Waterfall étude“ and was composed in 1829 at the age of 19. The main technical difficulty of this piece is playing the uninterrupted right hand arpeggios, including the swift position changes, in legato powerfully and accurately at the suggested tempo without straining the hand. The momentum of the motion has to be transferred by the outer hand and the fifth finger to the accentuated top notes. Chopin’s pupil, Friederike Müller-Streicher (1816–1895), quotes Chopin: “You shall benefit from this Etude. If you learn it according to my instructions it will expand your hand and enable you to perform arpeggios like strokes of the [violin] bow. Unfortunately, instead of teaching, it frequently un-teaches everything.“ Artem Tereshchenko (born 2001) graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Academy of Music and recently entered the VDU Mu