- When Chopin wrote his etudes op. 10, he showed them to his friend Franz Liszt, who sight-read every single one of them perfectly (It is said that Liszt never made a mistake, even when sight-reading). Many sources state that Chopin was shocked and disappointed in himself at first, but then decided to dedicate these etudes to Liszt.
- While there's no direct evidence that he sight-read Chopin's Etudes, according to Grieg, Liszt sight-read Grieg's Piano Concerto (which is pretty hard itself, and not only the piano, but also the violin part) perfectly, WHILE also live commenting and giving feedback with ease. This, at least in my opinion, makes it seem pretty likely that he sight-read Chopin's Etudes as well.
- Liszt even sight-read perfectly Henselt's piano concerto, playing it in front of Henselt himself during rehearsal.. Henselt was so astonished that he went on to say that Liszt's feat will never be replicated for a hundred years, or something like that. And Henselt's piano concerto is as difficult as Rach 3... so difficult that many pianists couldn't play it.
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