Amitai Schleier

@schmonz@schmonz.com

Force multiplier.
Outcome improver.
Decision sharer.
Developer, leader, coach.
https://agilein3minut.es podcaster.
Musician.
Bad poet (award-winning).
JoinedApr 05, 2017 (@octodon.social)
SelfHostedMar 30, 2025
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Podcasthttps://agilein3minut.es
Consultancyhttps://latentagility.com
Morehttps://schmonz.com
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[?]Amitai Schleier »
@schmonz@schmonz.com

Before my dad sat 8-year-old me at our new stereo and said “listen to this,” I’d known western art music to be genteel, pleasant, nothing I personally needed.

After — no, during! — I knew it was forever.

Today I paid my respects to the musician who made me a musician.

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s gravesite

Alt...Sergei Rachmaninoff’s gravesite

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[?]Amitai Schleier »
@schmonz@schmonz.com

28-year-old me playing a few minutes of his music: https://youtu.be/NWyn-lCeqao?si=rGPev1384XC8I2mG (recorded at Yamaha Artist Services in Manhattan)

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    [?]Amitai Schleier »
    @schmonz@schmonz.com

    Previously in formative-composer gravesite visits: https://schmonz.com/2014/06/29/one-russian-soul/

      [?]Laurent Bercot »
      @ska@social.treehouse.systems

      @schmonz I went in expecting a video of young Amitai in a top hat and tailcoat, playing the grand piano in a concert hall. I am extremely disappointed.

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