ABSTRACT
… in one minute I was a star and in three minutes I hit superstardom … you can’t have a big career unless you play in competitions … I do five hours [practice] a day if possible, but it’s getting more and more difficult with my engagements. For me the best practice is when I have a practical task to accomplish. If I manage to fulfil it, then I’ve had a good day’s work …When I first looked at Ravel’s ‘Scarbo’, from Gaspard, I could hardly read the text and I thought, ‘I have to have a third hand to accomplish this!’ (Pogorelich in Dubal, 1997)
