Official Trailer ✅: Building Artists Through Music & Mentorship feat. Pavlina Dokovska

17 Feb 2026 · 2 min

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This content was created by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This content was uploaded by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This is a YouTube trailer titled "Official Trailer ✅: Building Artists Through Music & Mentorship feat. Pavlina Dokovska" (uploaded 2026-02-17). The excerpt is an English conversational preview of an episode of The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song: host Yukimi Song (The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song) speaks with Pavlina Dokovska, concert pianist and chair of the piano department at Mannes School of Music, about music education, mentorship in conservatories, community, leadership, and how artists are formed. The trailer includes a promotional note announcing the full episode release (Feb 17 at 8 PM ET) and includes a thumbnail URL in the metadata.

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Music is extremely important when we educate the young people. It also trains concentration, discipline, the ability to express yourself, the ability to connect to audience, and it makes you a freer person because it teaches communication. And these skills can serve you very well regardless what your profession later on will What does it take to build an artist?
In this surprise bonus episode of The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song with Yukimi Song, I speak with Pavlina Dokovska, concert pianist and chair of the piano department at Mannes School of Music. We discuss serious piano study today, the role of mentorship inside a conservatory, and how community shapes long-term artistic growth.
I feel very, very passionate about Mannes ever since I went into Mannes and I met colleagues, I met students, I felt the whole atmosphere. It's a very special world. It's a very family-like school. Students, parents, faculty, patrons, we all are feeling like we are a family. This is one word that always comes to mind when I say Mannes.
This is a conversation about leadership, responsibility, and how artists are formed. The episode drops tonight, Tuesday, February 17th, at 8 PM Eastern Time on our YouTube channel and all podcast platforms. Don't miss it.