Lana Kosh | Piano Teaching | Piano Tips & Performance on Instagram: "Musicians’ irony. There’s one phrase that can instantly change a musician’s facial expression: “Play something.” In a documentary about Sviatoslav Richter, there’s a story about how he used to respond. He would walk to the piano completely seriously — as if preparing to play the Appassionata or a Liszt sonata. He would sit down. Play one chord — powerful, focused, fully committed. Then stand up, applaud himself… and laugh. Pure