![]() She had so many students coming to our house. It was natural for me to start playing the piano because my mother is a piano teacher. But I believe that, my whole life, things started before I even wished or dreamt them. I was a champion in those sports at a national level. Swimming, running, figure skating, piano, painting - until I was fifteen. So all of these “activities” began when you were three. But I learned about releasing tension when I was twelve years old from my teacher. But you can play piano with bad posture and carrying some tension, and get through it. We learn that we physically have to release the tension. If we have tension, we fall when we jump and spin. If we have tension in swimming, it’s obvious: we can’t swim nothing moves. ![]() I think that is one of the biggest dangers, whatever we do. And they get shoulder problems, back problems, wrist problems. But I can’t pedal I can’t play the piano as I wish. The funny thing is I was never injured -the running, figure skating, skiing, the swimming, and all these championships I was taking part in.ĭid athletics help you at the keyboard? A lot of pianists get injured - through bad posture, bad technique, trying to push the piano forward rather than using proper leverage, etcetera. She now lives in London, where she met up with Steinway & Sons’ Editor in Chief to discuss her path to the keyboard and how athletics shaped her journey. “For the first time in my life,” she tells Steinway, laughing at the irony, “I sprained some ankle ligaments.”Įvery doctor told me different things. At fifteen, she abandoned those sports - but the piano remained. From an early age, Ijiri competed not just in piano, but in sprinting, swimming, and figure skating at a national level. Steinway Artist Aisa Ijiri had a busy, competition-filled childhood in Kyoto, Japan.
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