<p>🚨 <strong>Bonus Episode Drops Tonight</strong></p><p>Here’s the trailer.</p><p><strong>Building Artists Through Music &amp; Mentorship</strong> with Pavlina Dokovska</p><p>What does it really take to build an artist?</p><p>In this special collaboration, <em>The Piano Pod</em> sits down with Pavlina Dokovska — internationally active concert pianist, Chair of the Piano Department at Mannes School of Music, and Artistic Director of the Mannes International Piano Festival — for a candid conversation on serious piano study, mentorship, and artistic formation.</p><p>We discuss:</p><p>• Why long-term training still matters • Balancing rigor and humanity in teaching • How community shapes resilient musicians • The vision behind the Mannes International Piano Festival</p><p>You’ll also hear from Jiwon Yang, a Mannes graduate student and First Prize winner of the George and Elizabeth Gregory Concerto Competition, on what it feels like to train in an environment defined by intensity and support.</p><p>🎧 <strong>Premiering tonight at 8:00 PM ET</strong> 📺 YouTube: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/pMt6Jb-zOD4">https://youtu.be/pMt6Jb-zOD4</a> </p><p>🎙 Audio platforms: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://linktr.ee/ThePianoPodAudio">https://linktr.ee/ThePianoPodAudio</a></p><p>A conversation about leadership, responsibility, and how artists are formed.</p>