Carnegie Hall Flute Master Class with Emmanuel Pahud: Lowell Liebermann's Sonata, Op. 23

World-renowned flutist Emmanuel Pahud focuses on air support with Laura Kaufman while working on the Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 23 by Lowell Liebermann.
One of today's most celebrated and wide-ranging artists, Emmanuel Pahud led a two-hour master class devoted to sonatas for flute and piano and answered audience members' questions, focusing on important issues that every performing musician faces.
Visit www.carnegiehall.org/workshops for more information about Carnegie Hall's workshops and master classes.

[@flutedaddy_]

He’s not harsh, he’s just honest. If you’re going to a masterclass, you’re trying to get a professional’s critique in order to improve yourself! These videos are so great because Pahud goes over techniques that will help everyone. Bravo!

[@jabarisalvador3168]

instablaster.

[@natalievandenberg3845]

So clear and helpful!!

[@rudolphmcneill515]

I absolutely love her hauntingly beautiful sound at the beginning. My first flute teacher always told me to breathe in tempo.

[@Zester141]

I absolutely love his teaching style. Not just because he is so famous, but because he is very honest. His goal is to share whatever is necessary to make the student even better. Sometimes we must do this ourselves. Listen to a recording of yourself and think, is it honestly the absolute best it could be? Could I make it better? What kind of message is my playing going to give an audience? These are questions professionals spend years asking themselves everyday, and it never ends. It’s just a part of music that we all need to become comfortable with. We are not in any way “trashing” what we do, but merely putting in the mental and physical effort required to meet our highest standards we set for ourselves.

[@fredericbeaudoin6850]

Omg that starting nicely trick with the blowing in the nose before is soo much helpful

[@Jingles466]

This guy is great, really honest in his work with students.

[@Aislinnmomma]

Wasabi technique. Awesome.

[@ccflute]

a lot of people confuse the masterclass and school art fair. these students and audience *paid* with their sound judgment, to hear the detailed and honest opinion of the teacher (master), because they consider that to be useful to improve on their art. positive support and encouragment is important and good, but the aim of masterclass is not encouragment. it is more like a doctor who analyze and make a diagnosis of what is wrong and how to fix it. a great teacher is efficient, succint and gives minute details. does not go around the bush, the student is ready to hear what to fix, so the teacher does the best to give the opinion in limited time. both the teacher and student are taking the masterclass seriously so they do not put creams on the dialect. they are being very efficient.

[@organumorgan1906]

Love his playing.

[@OwlBard]

I don't find him cruel. I have heard from others as well that he is 'too mean' but I don't see any evidence of it. I don't know maybe it's because I have tough mentors and had really hard pushing Russian teachers as a kid. But you know what, if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have gotten nearly as far with the flute as I have. If it was really about his own self dignity or whatever you call it he wouldn't bother trying to make corrections and be honest with his students. It's very clear he actually cares and thinks carefully about they're playing, and is more than willing to share his advice. People who just want to show off don't usually go as far as that. Some people really have that concept twisted and backwards. Do you think he became a great flutists because people sugar coated everything he did? No one who achieves their true potential at anything was ever baby talked or told they were perfect. By the way... this sonata is awesome!! I'm just starting to learn it and I'm glad I picked up on what Pahud was saying in this video. :)

[@dasteufelhund]

His teaching is practical and realistic in his critique. I think those who think he is mean is allowing the self confidence getting the best of them, rather with humility, in our pursuit for wisdom.

[@gcg8187]

@@dasteufelhund agree

[@KasumiKLeonard]

Very cool! Sounding great Laura :-)

[@parvgosai]

Kasumi Leonard Are you the one from the US Army Band?

[@sweetnothings12]

These are great tips to learn I'm 29 and I've been playing flute since 4th grade and I recently took a year hiatus from playing and now decided to play again and I'm re learning better playing skills

[@johnsu3645]

Thanks a lot for share this kind of video is great really, looking forward for more videos and thanks again

[@LeeBerache]

LOVED this!! Especially the wasabi technique!! I really does make a difference!

[@hds3]

That was beautiful.

[@adriantepes183]

amazing!

[@stefandeschepper]

Is it possible to mention the pianist's name too, please? He's also doing a great job!

[@parvgosai]

Stefan De Schepper 0:06 Bryan Wagorn

[@Thedreadedflutist]

I love him

[@MrInterestingthings]

No.. what is sad is people judging a school that never had the class ,judgement,musicality nd technique to get in. Lets learn from those who have thought long and hard. The issues we should be talking about are is this true ...oh how interesting this idea of the bow attack and so on. Not the personal attributes of a beautiful spirit who is a master of the flute. concentrate on that and joy and growth will come to us all. Julliard is still one of the best schools !

[@revshareglobal7334]

Hes absolutely right.

[@tarokeefe7722]

Hahahha

[@KristineHealy]

Could anyone tell me when this masterclass took place? Many thanks!

[@carnegiehall]

KristineHealy This Emmanuel Pahud Master Class: Sonatas for Flute and Piano took place on October 23, 2012: www.carnegiehall.org/DigitalLibrary/Emmanuel_Pahud_Master_Class/.

[@magnuscharette1132]

Does he ever have a phenomenal sound wow, always catches me off guard

[@yasinkarayaz4651]

Ne güzel adam ya

[@user-br4en4oc9t]

What song did he play in 4:50?

[@AlexYaremenkotheonly]

poulenc sonate

[@nolanmaisey]

He literally say the title immediately afterwards

[@dianal.1279]

The pianist was paying so much attention to everything he was saying, I wondered if he also plays the flute.🌻😀 Interesting thing, the point where he says one should send the air. The question is: how to do it?

[@CruceEntertainment]

If you’re going to take some instruction from a guy at Carnegie Hall, you better be ready to eat dirt.

[@fluierasdefag1800]

Nah... girl just need a platinum flute with diamond lip, so she will play better.

[@juangonzalez-xw5tk]

He is ok...and of course , the level of american student are going down for sure....making noises, vibrato turn on and of....and trying to show fast fingers without intonation and articulation...... Juilliard? not anymore..... so sad...

[@flutefun999]

I really am not impressed with this guy. I don't know what fellow flute players see in him. He's arrogant, harsh and although he gives a bit of good basic advice, his "aire of superiority" is vastly overrated.

[@DrewBarnard94]

He's probably the greatest flautist alive. Strange you wouldn't know what to see in him.

[@flutefun999]

I believe I've already answered that question. "Greatest" in world standards doesn't necessarily mean "great." I don't play flute to be "technically perfect" based on some man-made standard of what that is (which is how I experience this guy, it's dry and stuffy). I play to EXPRESS....I don't see that he does that...he's missing 1/2 the equation that WOULD make him "great."

[@DrewBarnard94]

But Pahud is known primarily for his peerless expressive quality. I've heard him live twice with the Berlin Philharmonic, and he is clearly in a league all by himself with a free, lyrical tone that easily rises above the rest of the orchestra. Are you basing your critique of him solely after this video? Are you even familiar with his extensive orchestral and solo work?

[@flutefun999]

At the time that I wrote my original post 8 months ago, I had listened to several youtube videos of him before I posted. Since that time, at the encouragement of others, I have listened to more as well as gotten to know more about him and his background. He is clearly a learned flute player. And for those who want to follow in those kinds of footsteps, I can see that he can be a good teacher (albeit quite harsh most of the time). But if I want to sit back with my eyes closed and listen to a good flute player in concert, his would not be one I would go to. He is SO overly classically trained that I truly feel he has lost the "heart" of what it means to play a flute. To be fair, we need folks like him in the industry as it shows what is possible in the way of being a "technical master." But there are plenty of other flute players I would prefer to go see in concert or listen to on a recording etc because they have the "heart" of how to play the flute as well. This is not something you learn, it is something that comes from inside of you that you are born with. The more one masters the technicalities of the flute, the more free one is to really "sing" ones own heart through it. I do not see Pahud doing this. In fact, I actually see him restrain himself...which is why I think he moves around on the stage so much. I STRONGLY believe you need BOTH technique AND heart to say you have TRULY mastered the flute.

[@DrewBarnard94]

"In fact, I actually see him restrain himself...which is why I think he moves around on the stage so much." That makes no sense whatsoever. He moves around because he's restraining himself?