In dean’s office, a fresh face
It was the piece that ended Raymond Ou’s piano career. Over a decade later, it was the piece that brought him to Yale.
In 1992, a nervous 17-year-old seeking a spot at Baltimore’s elite Peabody Institute, Ou chose as his audition piece Maurice Ravel’s “Gaspard de la Nuit,” often called the world’s hardest piece to play.
Salovey’s next step
On the Ground: The search begins
