What an nice person and so beautiful. Yay! Kent Vogel A.S.C.A.P

no clue why people are so salty about his true statements regarding age and talent. Sure, right, YOU will be the one in a million exception to the RULE. Uh huh.

Josef Hofmann's early life is one of the most interesting stories that goes along with what Mr. Graffman talks about. A child prodigy, he gave a debut recital in Warsaw at the age of 5. Read the Wikipedia article for details on his early life and who he studied with.

Fantastic interview

He has the best Rach 3rd hands down.

So enjoyable to hear, Emmanuel Les talk and interact what a wonderful young man truly a treasure and a gift

Always a treasure

Nobody chose these fuddy-duddies to be gatekeepers

Oh! I could listen to him for hours! Such a wonderful soul, such an amazing person! Please ask him more questions! We are blessed to have him still and hear his wisdom.

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to hear this musician and your questions

What a fantastic Interview! Nadine, you said so many things which match the way I've tried to live my life. Attitudes & responses which make being in front of an audience, or receiving criticism a good learning experience rather than stressful. Every performance or bit of feedback (some call it criticism) is a learning experience. I'm an opera lover since I was little. I won't say what I do (I don't sing), but I'm 77 and regularly in front of an audience all the way from 100 to 10K. When you talked about sharing something with the audience, that resonated so well with me, because that's what makes being on stage enjoyable. Your analysis of the Social Media "trolls" is exactly the way I face negativity. It says much more about them, than having really, anything to do with me. It's very sad that anyone has to go through life with such a burden! I know this interview was 6 years ago, but with that attitude, I'm sure you are much the same now. True beauty shines from inside us & that is certainly true in your case.

Such a wonderful interview. Thank you for sharing it with all of us! 😀❤P.S.. i really love your instrumentalists and singers, and course your conducting! ❤🙏🎹🎻

I can always listen to him talk about music and performance. Had plans to see him outside of Atlanta at Spivey (one of my favorite venues for solo piano music), but had to miss it. One day I will see this genius play piano. I love the freedom Hyperion has given him with choosing what he records for them to release. His Ornstein and Fauré albums from the past few years are some of my favorites now.

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I was at music camp in New England in the mid-70s, a place called Red Fox, and the camp founder was a renowned piano teacher, Isabelle Sant'Ambrogio. Many famous pianists would stop by on their way to Tanglewood to pay their respects to her and play a concerto with the students. I remember vividly being in our performance hall, a beautiful old barn, in the violin section maybe 8 feet away from Gary Graffman, and he was incredible. I don't even remember what we played but I remember his thunderous fortissimos, how the whole stage vibrated with the power of his attacks. He played with such clarity of purpose and just a gorgeous lush sound. I knew had been part of something special but, as a teenager, I had no idea until later that I had been on stage with one of the great pianists of the century. It was my brush with greatness.

MARVELOUS!!! 😎👽☠️🌴❤

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYOVh2uIoNKcbaMsi=HJmapzvlPUzpTU0y Yuja Wang can play this nice Walzer :)

How beautiful. What a nice guy he is. I never imagined he is like that

I like girls

i went to his concert last night, it was so good. i got his signature and had the honor to shake his hand

Dear Yefim Bronfman. A deep thank you from a devoted fan and admirer.

Such wondrous feeling expressed in this exquisite voice.

1:10 ...with 16 years it's too late... No,it's not true ! Svjatoslav Richter started real piano playing at the age of 18 and became one of the most successful players of all times!

What a pleasure, thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

How many bagels do you eat after playing the masterpiece of Rachmaninov….. I was enchanted by that concert…..

Anne-Sophie Mutter was here in Chicago last evening, 22nd of October, 2024, and although unable to attend her Concert performing the John Williams Violin Concerto #2, I was truly hurting to not hear her perform & Offer the Music of a truly acclaimed American Composer, once meeting in The Pan Am Airline Lounge for Passengers in NY's JFK International Airport with an Engine on one of the 707 Jet Airliners falling off and waiting in the Pan Am Passenger Lounge with Coffee, Donuts, etc., and a young John Williams coming up to me carrying my Double Violin Case containing both my Concert Instruments, and asking me What was inside!? After a nice chat comparing musician notes with him from Los Angeles, my town of birth, yet on the way back to my home in London, UK, we did get on well with Mr. Williams asking me if I would perform many Violin Solo's to a Movie he was currently working on and to ring him once in London when we had finally flown back! Studying privately with Nathan Milstein, at that time & having just performed a major Concert in New Jersey, I was afraid to bring the kind Invitation of John Williams to the attention of GOAT Violinist, Only Peer of Heifetz (my first Violin Mentor: Jascha Heifetz Violin Master Class at USC's Institute for Special Music Studies & subsequently filmed in Khachaturian Mvt 1 Violin Concerto in the Jascha Heifetz Violin Master Class-Khachaturian, JH-7, Elisabeth Matesky {Rus vers. Library Master Performers} film 28:44 min, I deferred asking Mr. Milstein if he would allow me to go ahead & ring young US Composer composing a Score for a Film which unknown then but btw, became one of the Greatest Movies made in the Twentieth Century, "Fiddler On The Roof", and learnt later that due no violinist they engaged the Great Isaac Stern who accepted the Invite of John Williams, playing the Violin Solo's beyond magnificently due much to Stern's Culture and Heritage imbued into his wonderful presentation of the aching and oft high spirited Violin Solo's whom Isaac Stern gave brilliant Life to! Ms. Mutter, whom I met through Sir Georg Solti, much earlier on in both her growing Concert Performing/Recording career, w/my EM burgeoning Soloist performing & recording career launched in London's Wigmore Hall, probably doesn't know any of this set down here, but when we met up again on January 22 of 2020, here in Chicago, following her remarkable offerings of Three Beethoven Piano & Violin Sonatas (including the Kreutzer!) and enjoyed a wonderful backstage Orchestra Hall/Chicago Chat about many of the topics discussed here & I must compliment the Interviewer on his very informed important questions posed to eloquent Ms. Mutter! I find Anne-Sophie Mutter amongst the most gracious/beyond intelligent musician artist in the World Today and maturing the past 40 plus years, continuing to expand her musical ideas and in Beethoven works for both Piano & Violin plus the Fabled Beethoven Triple Concerto also a Pearl of his Chamber Music composition along with other Gems in The Crown of Ludwig van Beethoven, which Anne-Sophie Mutter wears Regally with the Violin under her chin and Bow in her adept hand with gloried insight every time she offers one of two or Three of the Beethoven Piano & Violin Sonatas! I would love hearing her in the Last Beethoven Piano/Violin Sonata, No. 10 which is The Holy Bible of his Chamber Music for both Piano and Violin, which Nathan Milstein reviewed and coached me on many times in our 3.5 years of 2 'tutorial's per week for no less than 4 or 5 hours each time for well over 3 and 1/2 years privately & also included invites for me to play his 1714 Stradivarius Violin so he 'could hear my Violin away from my own Ear, dear Elisabeth!" {Direct Quote: Nathan Milstein, Chester Square, London, circa 1969-1972!!} I'm most grateful for the presence of a Grand Artist & Kind Person in Anne-Sophie Mutter and having missed her Concert w/our Chicago Symphony Orchestra, last evening, feel sure she will be a Guest & soon again in Chicago to refurbish all of her Violin Aficionados once returned! As from ~ Apostle, the Great Nathan Milstein and Jascha Heifetz {prior}, US Born Violinist/Carrier NM & JH Violin Legacy ~ Elisabeth Matesky {FB Elisabeth Anne Matesky}facebook.com/elisabeth.anne.775?fref=nf Top Colour Photo: The White House w/POTUS Jimmy Carter/French PM, Raymond Barre, standing/clap hands/EM w/Violin: State Dining Room with White Columns CBS TV Lights; TY Note from Potus Carter, hand signed, "Jimmy" dated September 16, 1977 } Programme: Mozart V/P Sonata in G, K. 301: also Finale: Eugen Ysaye 3rd Solo Violin Sonate in D, "Ballade" for Potus Carter Invited EM Violin Evening! ~ P.S. My film with Jascha Heifetz is listed here on YT Sidebar in Russian Script: Photo Jascha Heifetz/ Khachaturian, film title as in English above, but in Russian saying 28:44 min Must scroll down further! New Project 24/25 get EM Recordings online readied including LvB; Sibelius VC; Shostakovich VC #1 in a minor/Bamberger Symphoniker/Michael (copyright being addressed in USA!)*More tba! 23.10.24

Love her energy and passion and how articulate she is ... she gives great tips too!

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The questions really are very stupid!

I know you don't want to hear this, but my God specializes in the impossible. ❤

I know this might sound a bit cliche but I just want to say that with God all things are possible. ❤

Beautiful interview!

I disagree about changing the vibrato.

Zsolt thanks so much for a fabulous interview. I know nothing about music but your questions helped shine a light for us regular folk. Lol. Best wishes.

wonderful!

It's interesting that a lot of counter tenors are gay.

God bless you Maestro Seymour!

For us is a Pleasure to listen. “ the Great GG .as a Life Lesson . and also YW and LL are Really Lucky .

I love when artists are free to speak as much as they want

Wow.

He's also an outdoor musician

It doesn't hurt to have a family that is well off and have opportunities😮

what a wonderful person!

What a kind, intelligent man! Classy, and a superb pianist!!

Very interesting to hear him say how much time he puts into practicing/studying the piano accompaniments to the cello parts - whenever I watch any of his masterclasses he has a much to say to the accompanist as the cellist about the overall thematic and emotional structure of the piece. He is creating a proper duet rather than merely worrying about the cello part. He's really making better music as much as a better performer.

;7:34 GOLD LOL "rattlesnake what?" hahaha I loved that part 😂 also she's so inspiring to take risks in life to complete big, seemingly impossible goals despite how scared you are of messing up; I dealt with a lot of that and held myself back from so much like sports and instruments or singing so Imma go all out now at 27 yrs of age :D

I share this often; what an incredible person. A lesson in life, all y herself.