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Daniil: I have learned the most part of the pieces which I played at those competitions already after the Chopin Competition was finished. Already in winter I learned two thirds of the new program. I find it improper to repeat the same program at various competitions, which is done nowadays. I have learned, among others, the Tchaikovsky B-flat concerto, the Mozart concerto and the Chopin Etudes Op. 25.The Competitions in which I participated are very different. The Competition inTel Aviv was like a festival. All the participants were living in the apartmentsat the seaside. We had the opportunity to get to know each other better and tobecome friends to a stronger extent, it was possible to have a rest. And the atmosphere at the Tchaikovsky Competition was different. One can say it was more nervous and stressful.In fact I was born in Nizhny Novgorod, but I lived in Moscow for 9 years. I cansay it's my city. People remembered me here, so the responsibility was greater.I tried not to think about playing during the consecutive stages of the competition, focusing only on the music, the more that after the Arthur Rubinstein Competition I went on a two-week tour of Israel, where I performed twelve concerts and immediately after the last performance in Israel I flew to Moscow to choose the piano which I was to play at the Tchaikovsky Competition.All three competitions in which I took part in the recent months are among the largest. But the Chopin Competition was extremely important to me. One can say that opened the way to further successes. And as for the audience? Hmm ... It wasvery different. In Warsaw, I felt an incredible attitude towards Chopin. The great interest of the audience, knowledgeable about music and loving music. In Isra

el, in Tel Aviv, the audience understands the music, but the atmosphere is a little different. People don't take the hearings that seriously, but one can feel positive and sincere attitude to pianists. In Moscow the audience is extremely demanding. It approaches everything from a critical points of view.Interviewer: How do you currently cope with that kind of public interest?Daniil: Recent weeks have been difficult for me. I had to find myself in a new situation. I have a general manager and several local managers in different countries. In recent weeks we worked on the schedule. We tried to plan not too many concerts, but at the same time to accept the proposals coming from many countriesand from great concert halls. In the coming season, I have planned 75-80 concerts. You are asking me about my studies? Hmm .... Of course, I have to combine the concert tours with the studies at the Cleveland Institute, where I have obtained an individual study program. I am in constant touch with my Professor Sergey

Babayan, who advises, supports the choice of concerts and together we plan the work on the new repertoire, on the pieces which I will play during the next six months. I'm already working on a program which I'm going to present in the Spring. Now I have plan everything meticulously. Chopin Etudes Opus 25 was a cycle that I decided to prepare myself, although the Professor said that it was too early, that it's a difficult challenge, but I insisted on it. And now I'm working onthe Opus 10 Etudes. I just wanted to play this composition. Thus, I prepare concert programs, but I also play what I love. And regarding the next concerts -- awaiting me are the concerts in Poland, Japan, Russia, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Brazil and Italy.Interviewer: What do you understand as the "career"?Daniil: I understand the career in musical terms. It's not playing the highest possible number of concerts. Above all, it's a development in musical terms. I th

ink that I will no longer participate in competitions (he laughs). Now I'm focusing on exploring new works. I have to learn how to use every minute, because I really have very little time now. And when it comes to non-musical interests, I try to read a lot. I'm interested in art. I really like several kilometers long walks. That all is giving the strength, refreshes the mind and it helps to work at the piano.Interviewer: How do you prepare the pieces? What does the process of studying consist of?Daniil: I'm not always learning immediately by heart. First I want to understandthe composition, think about its form, style. Obviously I also listen to the re

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cordings of the old masters: Rachmaninov, Dinu Lipatti, Vladimir Sofronitski, Ignaz Friedman, Hofmann and Cortot. I will return to my education in the Autumn, probably in November, after the concerts in Poland and in the UK. I will go to Cleveland and will devote an entire month to learning.