The Piano Pod - a global hub for innovation, education, and connection in classical piano music
Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min · 6 segments
🎙️ SEASON 6 FINALE TRAILER How do we bring our full musical selves to the stage? In the Season 6 finale of The Piano Pod 🎙, host Yukimi Song sits down with…
David BerryGuest
Yukimi SongHost
[piano music] I think for me, the through line, if I, if I were to say one thing, is just heart, of how do you put your heart and, and soul into this? That whatever, um, the task is, uh, that you're accomplishing, how do you shine through? How is it something that you feel proud of and something that you feel like you're giving your soul to?
As we close season six of The Piano Pod and our theme of creativity and connection, I sit down with concert pianist, composer, arranger, and educator David Berry.
In this conversation, we explore virtuosity, improvisation, composition, contemporary music, and what it means to bring your full musical self to the stage.
And then im- improvisation o- offers you the n- unique opportunity to be totally present with that experience and that audience, and what the spirit in this room right now, what r- what, what is it I need to do that speaks to the spirit right now? Finding and, um, sort of, uh, living into, uh, are two different, uh, different things maybe.
All of those elements of my musical life had always been in the picture and been there.
All of those things, they can find a way to, to live together in, um, my identity as an, as an artist.
Spirit, Body, and Soul premieres today, Tuesday, June 16th at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on our YouTube channel with audio available on all major podcast platforms.
[piano music] I think for me, the through line, if I, if I were to say one thing, is just heart, of how do you put your heart and, and soul into this? That whatever, um, the task is, uh, that you're accomplishing, how do you shine through? How is it something that you feel proud of and something that you feel like you're giving your soul to?
As we close season six of The Piano Pod and our theme of creativity and connection, I sit down with concert pianist, composer, arranger, and educator David Berry.
In this conversation, we explore virtuosity, improvisation, composition, contemporary music, and what it means to bring your full musical self to the stage.
And then im- improvisation o- offers you the n- unique opportunity to be totally present with that experience and that audience, and what the spirit in this room right now, what r- what, what is it I need to do that speaks to the spirit right now? Finding and, um, sort of, uh, living into, uh, are two different, uh, different things maybe.
All of those elements of my musical life had always been in the picture and been there.
All of those things, they can find a way to, to live together in, um, my identity as an, as an artist.
Spirit, Body, and Soul premieres today, Tuesday, June 16th at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on our YouTube channel with audio available on all major podcast platforms.
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