[Originally appeared April 1, 2015 on the Rosewood Piano Studio Facebook page.]

Today is April Fool's Day, and I am going to break every rule associated with it.

I am going to let you in on one of those first moments of musical transcendence I ever experienced.

April 1st, as well as being a day that perpetuates all manner of internet hoaxes and a very small percentage of truly clever capers, happens also to be Sergei Rachmaninoff's birthday.