Chasing Liszt
Michael Reibel BoesenOn art, mortality and the pursuit of mastery
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 13 | Founded | 3 months ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Weekly Progress [W15 - April 13-19 2026]
This is the first Weekly Progress update. I expect these to change format a bit as I experiment with the best way of writing about this. For now I will center them around the core repertoire pieces that I’m working on.
Liebestraum 3
Cur...
The Journey
If you just found me, then hi 👋 - and welcome. This is a small update to my original “Start here” post, which is still valid, but this one just have a few more details.
Recently, I’ve been a bit back and forth and confused myself a couple...
The Wrong staircase
You don’t control your thoughts.
Try this: Think of a movie.
Got one?
What movie did you think of?
Why?
You probably have some elaborate explanation for why you picked that movie. Like you read a book about a ship last night so you th...
*Sigh*
Vesuvius and Etna were in fire, and the trumpet of judgement sounded from the mountains of Greece, where the old gods died. Tones I knew not, tones I have no words for, spoke of the Orient, the land of imagination, the poet’s other fatherla...
When something feels off?
On Sunday mornings I improvise. During the week I'll identify one technique, one motif, one idea to play around with — and Sunday is when I let it loose. One of the first times I did this, the prompt was simply: write a Chopin-esque melody....
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Ex-founder. Dad \ud83d\udc66\ud83d\udc66. Playing piano before it's too late. On a journey to find meaning through the chaos via the piano. And to learn one of the hardest pieces ever written: Liszt's Sonata in B minor.
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