Episode 22: Vanessa Latarche

Professor Vanessa Latarche is a renowned teacher and pianist. She has been the Head of Keyboard at the Royal College of Music since 2005 running the day-to-day of a high-calibre department of pianists from all around the world.

Anthony's website: https://anthonycheng.work

Professor Vanessa Latarche's RCM bio: https://www.rcm.ac.uk/keyboard/profes...

Timestamps:

0:09 Going to Russia

2:12 Living under Perestroika

3:24 Tchaikovsky competition repertoire

4:17 Living conditions in Russia

5:24 Preparing repertoire in advance

6:58 Royal College collaborating with Moscow Conservatoire

11:27 Leadership at the RCM

14:00 Did leading the college get easier or harder?

15:16 Ideas to implement

17:22 Making good decisions

19:20 Why do you play piano and teach?

21:32 One life-changing advice