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Here it is - the video with my top 10 tips on how to memorize a piece more easily and feel comfortable while performing it on stage! I hope you enjoy this and maybe even find it useful. 😉 Check out the full video linked in my bio! ⬇️ • • • • • • #memorizingmusic #brainpower #mentalpower #turorial #tipsandtricks #pianistsofinstagram #instapianista #classicalmusic #memory #piano #howtomemorize #musichacks #pianohacks #musiciansproblems

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New live recording of @kiveli_doerken and me playing Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du Printemps” in the @konzerthausberlin 🎹🎶 • Click on the link in my bio for the full-length video!⬇️ • • • • • • • #duodörken #igorstravinsky #lesacreduprintemps #riteofspring #pianoduo #piano4hands #instaclassical #pianogram #instapiano #classicalmusic #pianorecital #instapianista #pianistsofinstagram #grandpiano #pianosisters #siblings #sisters #pianists #yamahacfx #konzerthausberlin #pianoclassicalandmore #bestofclassical

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Thank you to Peter Caelen and his wonderful series “Excellent Concerts” for having me! I enjoyed it a lot! 🎹🎶 • • • • • • • • #pianorecital #pianogram #instapianist #classicalmusic #instaclassical #onstage #pianistsofinstagram #ursulinenconvent #excellentconcerts #maastricht #eijsden #netherlands #grandpiano #danaedörken #schumann #beethoven #chopin #pianosolo #instapianista

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Trying to keep warm in my dressing room in my concert dress and coat. 👗🧥😉 • • • • • • • #netherlands #maastricht #keepingwarm #dressingroom #toocoldforme #toocoldforfashion #blackdress #blackcoat #highheels #backstage #blackheels #littleblackdress #instafashion #eveningdresses

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Looking forward to playing a recital in the @museum.ursulinenconvent in Maastricht this Sunday - come by for some Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin if you are around! See you there 🙂 • • • • • • • • • #pianorecital #pianogram #instapiano #onstage #instapianista #grandpiano #pianistsofinstagram #instaclassical #maastricht #netherlands #instatravel #blackdress #highheels #littleblackdress #instafashion

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Playing open air concerts = hair flying around in the wind 💨😉 • 📸: @ervis_zika • • • • • • • • • • #openair #pianorecital #grandpiano #yamahacfx #yamahapiano #onstage #openairstage #redlights #flyinghair #flyinghairdontcare #windy #pianogram #instapiano #pianistsofinstagram #instapianista #blackdress #highheels

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“Danae Dörken ist mit ihren gerade 26 Jahren der erste Traum dieses Abends; das wunderbare golden glitzernde Rausche-Engel Kleid beim Auftritt ist ein optisches Versprechen, was ihr pianistische Genie später mehr als erfüllen wird. Wenn Optik und feinste Pianokultur derartig verschmelzen, ist es ein in jeder Form ästhetisches Erlebnis. Gerade am zweiten großen Klavierkonzert Mozarts (KV 503) bewies die Pianistin nicht nur empathisches Poesie-Gespür für jede einzelne Mozart-Note, die dem Piano Forte mit geradezu überschäumender Eloquenz - Noten mit Engelsflügeln - entschweben, sondern sie überzeugte auch durch ihre stupend großartige Technik. Bei aller Perfektion spürt man subkutan, wie hier jemand mit Herz und Seele spielt. Mozart macht Spaß...” • Thank you for this nice review on deropernfreund.de 😊 • 📸: Susanne Diesner • • • • • • • • • #review #pianist #grandpiano #goldendress #eveningdress #pianogram #pianistsofinstagram #instafashion #instapiano #instaclassical #orchestra #grandpiano #onstage

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#throwback to my visit to the @wdr studio in Cologne 3 years ago, during which I talk about what goes through my mind when I make a mistake in a concert. Also, I play one of my favourite pieces - Brahms Intermezzo op. 118, no. 2! 🖤 • What goes through your mind when you make a mistake during a performance? • • • • • • • #wdr3 #wdr3tonart #inthestudio #brahms #brahmsintermezzo #pianogram #instapianist #piano #pianist #instaclassical #classicalmusic #danaedörken #mistakeshappen #mistakesdontmakeyou #pianorecital #100daysofpractice #bestofclassical #cologne #musicianslife #ilovemyjob #pianoclassicalandmore

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The beautiful first piano solo in the first movement of Clara Schumann’s piano concerto 😍 - hard to believe she composed this at the young age of 16! • • • • • • • • #pianogram #instaclassical #classicalmusic #instapianist #instapianista #pianist #pianoconcerto #claraschumann #orchestra #conductor #pianistsofinstagram #danaedörken #instapiano #classicalconcert #onstage #grandpiano #100daysofpractice #classicalmusicians #bestofclassical

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Thank you @sz for this nice review about my concertwith the @muenchnersymphoniker ! “Obwohl vielfach eingespielt, ist das a-moll-Klavierkonzert der 16-jährigen Clara Wieck, uraufgeführt 1835 mit ihr selbst als Solistin unter Leitung von Felix Mendelssohn, selten im Konzert zu hören. Umso schöner, dass Danae Dörken es jetzt mit den Münchner Symphonikern unter Leitung von Tomáš Brauner im Herkulessaal aufführte und den virtuosen Passagen des ersten und dritten Satz ebenso viel Glanz und Brillanz verlieh, wie sie im feinen Dialog mit dem wunderbar warm intonierenden Olivier Marron in einer "Romanza" die zärtliche Liebeserklärung der jungen Clara an den damals 34 Jahre alten Cellisten August Theodor Müller hörbar machte.” • • • • • • • • • • #süddeutschezeitung #review #claraschumann #pianist #orchestra #conductor #bowing #onstage #aftertheconcert #pianoconcerto #eveningdress #glitter #goldendress #instaclassical #instafashion

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Had such a great time being part of the panel discussion of @rheingau_musik_festival in the @ubs tower in Frankfurt talking about #courage with such interesting artists and personalities! • • • • • • • #paneldiscussion #frankfurt #opernturmfrankfurt #ubstower #amazingview #skyline #instatravel #frankfurtfromabove #sarahchristian #lydiagrün #saleemashkar #timobuckow #becourageous

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...just before the concert 😊 • • • • • • #garmischpartenkirchen #kongresshaus #dressrehearsal #concerthall #orchestra #piano #conductor #instapianist #claraschumann #danaedörken #tomasbrauner #münchnersymphoniker #pianogram

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Do you know which piece this is? ⬇️Leave a comment down below! ⬇️ A little hint: there is a version for solo piano as well as this version for piano and orchestra arranged by Franz Liszt. 🎶🎹 • • • • • • #rehearsal #orchestra #grandpiano #pianist #conductor #instaclassical #pianogram #classicalmusic #instapianista #instamusic #franzliszt #pianoconcerto #100daysofpractice #onstage #garmischpartenkirchen #kongresshausgarmisch #pianoclassicalandmore

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Laughing and having fun while on the tube after yesterday’s concert. 😊🚉 Goodbye London and see you again soon! • • • • • • • • • • • • #tube #london #instatravel #unitedkingdom #england #londontube #underground #snapshot #laughing #postconcert #smile

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“If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.” - Sting • • • • • • • • • #snapshot #postconcert #happiness #fulfilled #music #chambermusic #pianist #cellist #bowing #concertdress #eveningdress #suit #tie #beautifullife #musicianslife #smile #ilovemyjob

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I absolutely love doing yoga for myself, but being filmed while doing it definitely made me step outside of my comfort zone. 😉 I had so much fun filming my #yamahaartist portrait yesterday and today together with @yamahamusiceurope and can’t wait to see the final result! Check out my insta stories to see more of the recording process! • • • • • • • • #yamaha #yamahamusic #yamahamusiceurope #yoga #yogi #yogapractice #dailyyogapractice #stayfit #stayflexible #stepoutsideyourcomfortzone #stretching #lotusposition #lotuspose #danaedörken #instayoga

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Really enjoyed playing in the beautiful sold-out hall of @konzerthausberlin together with @kiveli_doerken! • • • • • • • • #konzerthausberlin #berlin #yamahaartist #yamahapiano #soldout #onstage #pianogram #pianist #instapiano #classicalmusic #instapianist #grandpiano #pianistsofinstagram #sisters #redoveralls #blackoveralls #highheels #eveningoutfit #stageoutfit #instafashion #style

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It is such a joy to be back in beautiful Molyvos during springtime for this year‘s “MO-TO Key” educational programme, during which the @molyvos_festival cooperates with @tonali_hh 🎶 Getting young people involved in classical music and witnessing their excitement as they dive into this new and yet to be discovered world, is a very rewarding experience. I am looking forward to meeting all the school children this coming week and listening to their thoughts and stories! • • • • • • #springtime #springhassprung #molyvos #molyvosfestival #lesvos #iglesvos #instatravel #greece #travelgram #islandbeauty #traveltogreece #visitlesvos #visitmolyvos #sunset #springingreece

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Backstage at this year‘s MO-TO Key final concert after 3 nice school concerts that were wonderfully organized by young school children - taking care of everything, starting with the accommodation of the musicians, their meals, even a radio interview with the local radio station and successfully doing the PR for today’s concert resulting in a completely full hall! These are the cultural managers of tomorrow 😉 • • • • • • • • #motokey #molyvosfestival #tonali #culturalmanagement #backstage #education #musiceducates #musicinspires #musicconnects #musicunites #childrenarethefuture #petra #lesvos #greece

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Sunday evenings in Molyvos... 😍☀️ • • • • • • • #molyvos #lesvos #iglesvos #travel #instatravel #travelgram #greece #sunset #molyvosview #dinnerwithaview #beautifulsunset #balcony #mediterraneansea #northaegean #traveltogreece #exquisite_greece #visitgreece #visitgreecegr #visitlesvos #greekislands

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Had so much fun playing Clara Schumann and Weber/Liszt with the wonderful @muenchnersymphoniker this morning - ready for round 2 on Friday! 😊 • • • • • • • #herkulessaal #residenzmünchen #munich #germany #orchestra #pianist #conductor #pianogram #instapianist #pianistsofinstagram #instaclassical #classicalmusic #instapiano #onstage