AAF-2024

Practicing facilities

At every competition, contestants will find the practicing facilities very important. The availability, however, can be quite diverse: from excellent to very poor …

The photos below give some impressions from reality. These situations are extreme, but they illustrate that contestants will not always find what they expect. They sometimes have to cope with unusual times and conditions. It is good to be mentally prepared …

When practicing is arranged at private homes, the instrument can be wonderful, but it may also happen that the hosts find it difficult to leave you alone when you are practicing.

Some competitions organise that pianos are specially delivered to host families to be used by the contestants. The Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv even arranges pianos at the hotel rooms for the contestants.

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