I believe I would be, yes. I don't know whether I am right now, since I was still improving a lot before I left Duquesne. I had started my first piano concerto last year, a decently difficult one, and it was going very well. But I
know that I have the potential to be able to improve that much.
Something my piano teacher told me last year really impacted me and motivated me to work harder. She told me that I was better than some of her grad students. That meant a lot since this music school was very intimidating to me, and that teacher was so tough that I thought I was actually doing very badly, since she would never compliment me.
So I know that with enough work, I could do a lot better even than I am doing now. That's why I really don't want to be content with where I am.
But yes, having a seat in an orchestra would be something I'd love, and would be quite ideal.
It's kind of hard to say. I'm very critical of myself. The only recordings I have right now are those on my blog, if someone would want to get more of an objective view.
Here's a practice session where I practice a Mendelssohn prelude and my Saint-Saëns piano concerto. The prelude starts around 00:55 in, and the concerto starts around 25:30 in (since I doubt you'd want to hear all 25 minutes of me practicing the prelude, lol). I don't play all the way through the concerto, but it should give an idea.
I was better at the concerto about two months ago, but I stepped away from it for about a month, and now I'm practicing to get back up to my previous level, and surpass it.
It's just really hard to talk about my own talent objectively, so I thought a recording would work better.