EPISODE · Aug 18, 2025 · 40 MIN
Episode 43: Dovie Lepore-Currin - Piano Genes, Juilliard Dreams
from Artists of New York
Dovie Lepore-Currin is a pianist at Juilliard in New York City.Instagram and all episodes(00:00) Born in New York, family roots at Juilliard(01:42) A lineage of women pianists(03:18) Early childhood music exposure and Baby Einstein(05:10) Games with grandmother: testing musical ear(07:24) First piano lessons and being taught by women(09:32) Seeing Juilliard as an unreachable dream(11:58) Piano as healing force and spirituality(14:37) Performance anxiety versus euphoria on stage(17:56) Helping others through music in hospitals and homes(20:12) Differences between mother’s path and her own(23:06) The intense Juilliard audition process(27:31) Improvisation challenge and acceptance(30:14) Life at Juilliard and international classmates(33:20) Learning from Chinese and Korean musical traditions(35:42) Expanding creativity beyond piano: cooking, art, content(37:54) Future of music, AI, and redefining success
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