Chopin Competition Winner answers top piano questions (feat. Yulianna Avdeeva)

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@tonebasePiano Ай бұрын

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@vivatmusica Ай бұрын

What a privilege to hear this interview with Yulianna - one of the greatest pianists of our time. I remember well her sublime performances in the 2010 Chopin competition. Fantastic news if she has joined tonebase and hope there will be much more to hear and learn from her in the future!

@arthurenzo3075 Ай бұрын

I completely agree with you.

@tekraynak Ай бұрын

Ecstatic that you've added Yulianna to your roster! She is one of the most fabulous and mature pianists concertizing today.

@kzelmer Ай бұрын

What a privilege to have Yulianna for the interview! One of the best pianists of this decade (and decades to come!)

@noragee5380 Ай бұрын

I absolutely could listen to Yulianna speak forever and I wouldn’t get bored - she is so insightful and interesting and also just has such a good voice to listen to! Great video!

@JohnKlinePiano Ай бұрын

Seriously one of the most brilliant performers of our time

@JSB2500 Ай бұрын

OMG I love her! I love that she's so alive, and vibrant, and excited, and self motivated, and appreciating, and so good at expressing herself and so keen to do it! She said: "One of the greatest achievements of mankind; that someone on the Earth, some human being, was able to create this kind of piece - it makes me feel so happy!". And I totally relate to this.

@jngl-jim Ай бұрын

it's so awesome to see her get more visibility online. some years ago, I remember watching videos she posted to facebook and it was just fantastic to hear how she thinks about pieces at a high level. one suggestion she made that always stuck with me was to cover the entire final section of Chopin's Nocturne in Db major under one pedal as she felt that section was "ungrounded"... not something anyone would typically think of when playing Chopin, as his pieces often demand clean pedaling. although it's probably known fact in the classical piano world by now, how can you NOT introduce her as the 2010 International Chopin Competition winner at the beginning of the video?

@DodderingOldMan Ай бұрын

Yeah, she must be getting better, because even I, an ignoramus, recognise her :P Actually, it was that Chopin Competition winner that introduced me to her, just a couple of months ago. It was incredible.

@Zympans Ай бұрын

At first I thought that by "Nail Polish & Piano" the person intended to command Yulianna to learn Polish besides the piano

@debrucey 28 күн бұрын

“Nail Polish & Piano” would be a good name for an album

@yucatron76 Ай бұрын

Oh my god, she read AND answered my question!!! I was the very first one- though, I deleted my account a while back. Thank you Miss Avdeeva!!!

@rosechen5978 Ай бұрын

So amazing to have Yulianna joining tonebase!!! Can’t wait for her Chopin lessons!

@uc24 Ай бұрын

She is definitely my favorite pianist

@tonymatthewaustin9597 26 күн бұрын

What a fascinating person she is. A really electrifying quality Yuliana has. Hope I see her in concert in London one day.

@legrixho Ай бұрын

Thx for uploading this wonderful interview by Yulianna!🎉 As always, Yulianna is so generous to share her insights & passions about music, such as her weekly live stream Bach project during pandemic, and the ongoing Yulianna's musical dialogues.❤

@daniduque4854 Ай бұрын

I saw her perform live two weeks ago in A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). She played Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Lutosławski's Paganini variations for piano and orchestra. She's an amazing pianist and also seems to be a really funny person!

@someonerandomhere 5 күн бұрын

Another lesser known composer worth remembering and listening to is Godowsky, he wrote absolutely amazing piano music!

@davidcamel4627 Ай бұрын

Underrated pianist

@1o2oc39 Ай бұрын

i am so excited you got my favorite pianist of all time please do more with her!!!

@LawrenceSolon Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed listening to Yulianna chatting about her piano experience, thank you

@tonebasePiano Ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear that, thanks for watching!

@Icelandlover Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful experience. I had never heard of her. She's so talented, lovely, humble and authentic. I will be researching more about her and her music. ❤

@realityproof_0891 Ай бұрын

Bach would be happy, that people are still playing his music after 300 years

@Daniel_Zalman Ай бұрын

This was wonderful! More with Yulianna, please!

@the_eternal_paradox Ай бұрын

oh it's Avdeeva!!!! this such a charming video :) :)

@sepiae Ай бұрын

Thank you, that was real good. One little disagreement with Yulianna Avdeeva, I very much doubt that Bach would feel disturbed by hearing his music being played on a piano, not to mention expecting any apologies. He'd more likely be delighted and fascinated. Bach himself was an eager transcriber both of his own music and that of other composers, and such a musician would have likely embraced new instruments. This is also a powerful argument against the view held by some that one 'must' play Bach on the harpsichord rather than the piano, because that's what the respective piece was 'meant' for. Reminder: several of his violin concertos were also a number of his keyboard concertos.

@miguelfernandes9186 Ай бұрын

I think that view regarding Bach comes from the fact that he wasnt very fond of the earlier version of the piano. That Said, ir was very different from what se have today, so I agree with you.

@andrewfortmusic Ай бұрын

I think the real trouble is that our pianos are tuned to 12-TET (meaning all our intervals slightly out of tune but they are all equally out of tune), while Bach preferred to tune his instruments with a well-tempered system (hence the preludes and fugues!) that gave each key a different feeling, but kept pure tuning for a few keys.

@Yupppi Ай бұрын

Thank you for many good tips on classical music to listen to. Always difficult to find what exactly to listen to when there's so much. Also she seems really smart, something about how she expresses in foreign language. Smart musicians are always fascinating to listen to.

@trongvu1018 Ай бұрын

you know weinberg's lore is deep when they use special characters (and numbers) in words

@laurelin5822 22 күн бұрын

She is perfect in every single way ❤

@vinylisland6386 Ай бұрын

Lovely and highly intelligent artist. I heard her live at La Roque D'Antheron which Tonebase and Tonebase fans should attend as there is plethora of fabulous pianists there every year in the most beautiful and unique setting.

@ukdavepianoman Ай бұрын

There's a recording on YT of Yulianna playing Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition - a really excellent performance. This interview was very interesting and it's great that Yulianna has a wide taste in music.

@pljms 24 күн бұрын

I've just watched a performance by her of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.2 which at times took my breath away. What an extraordinary talented musician she is and judging by this interview a very charming and gracious person as well.

@donaldaxel Ай бұрын

I love the section on lesser known composers, Mieczysław Weinberg, but I would like to hear tonebase tell more about the Beethoven Era, Dittersdorf, C.P.E. Bach, Hummel, Dussek, and I know there are many more; though their music is not known, they have so many qualities.

@MeridiusMD Ай бұрын

Very inspiring interview, thanks for this. I absolutely share her amazement regarding the Hammerklavier sonata, and also her take on Liszt’s music as the ultimate romantic music. That you can experience things through the piano that you might not ever experience in real feels particularly inspiring to me.

@RonSonntag Ай бұрын

Great segment! Thank you, Yulianna, for such honest and impassioned answers. Have you ever played Alcan?

@MaríaLauraDelPozzo Ай бұрын

Thank you for this fantastic interview!! Greetings from Argentina

@Pepsi-t9v Ай бұрын

Just beautiful.

@dwdei8815 Ай бұрын

Dare I say I think Bach would be deeply enamoured of the marvellous soundscapes created by playing his works on modern pianos/keyboards. Like most/all composers his heart, mind and spirit would be hungrily OPEN to new possibilities, and would approach it with an anticipation of delight rather than some insult to music that should forever be confined to the limitations of 18th century carpentry. Composing is a deeply humanist, striving craft. The music is a gift to us, not an algorithm whose every whim is our master. I'll go further - I think he'd be tickled pink by the new journeys Jacques Loussier, Mendelssohn (and less Busoni) have taken his music on. I can imagine his ghost floating above the crowd at a Hiromi, Bowie, Tom Waits, Shostakovich concert and having the time of its... er life(?). Probably having lots of "Why didn't I think of that?" moments. Why do we assume he, of all people, would spurn the opening of new musical worlds?

@neilkilleen3911 Ай бұрын

Liszt’s music is so diverse, creative and progressive. The Petrarch sonnets that you mention are right at the top for me!

@maclayyc Ай бұрын

I was very dismissive of his music until I heard Zimerman's recording of the B minor sonata. Since then it's been an amazing journey through his diverse works. Most recently his piece "Faribolo Pasteur" which is so simple and beautiful. I would apologize to Liszt for judging him by those legends.

@neilkilleen3911 Ай бұрын

@ how wonderful ! There is so much to explore - like any composer it’s not all good but so much is. I’m working on the late Elegy no 2, just exquisite

@d_r_e_a_m_b_o_a_t Ай бұрын

Great taste! If I could choose anyone to make this video with, miss Avdeeva would be one of the first on my list.

@neilkilleen3911 Ай бұрын

Liszt’s music is so diverse, creative and progressively The Petrarch sonnets that you mention are right at the top for me!

@ornleifs Ай бұрын

One solution with the sheet music is to use the iPad she's reading the questions from - many pianists today just travel with an iPad - Yuja Wang for example.

@pianoplaynight Ай бұрын

I own some scores that were my grandma's from the 70s... But even my own scores from 10-15 years ago, with fingerings and remarks. I'm not stuffing that in an electronic device that easily breaks! Even with backups, there's no way anyone would find a pdf 50 years on. I love paper scores. For "throwaway" pieces or chamber music, though, great solution.

@classicallpvault Ай бұрын

@@pianoplaynight Tablet PCs built to endure heavy punishment are a thing. Just check for a 'rugged' Android tablet. They're made for use by defence forces, mining and drilling personnel etc. but you'll have to put up with relatively low specs (not an issue, reading PDF files hardly uses any CPU horsepower). The problem with tablet PCs for sheet music isn't their reliability but their size. If you open up a G.Henle Urtext you have 2 pages substantially larger than A4 in front of you. The same experience with digital music requires getting a 32'' 4K monitor. Plus a foot pedal operated page shifter and a low spec mini PC. This can actually be made portable but requires travelling with a flightcase on a trolley.

@stravinskyfan Ай бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="108">1:48</a> Brahms actually had very small hands, he was literally 5'2" tall!

@AlysonsPianoStudio Ай бұрын

Fantastic!

@lt_johnmcclane Ай бұрын

She’s really quite fascinating

@DaveRx Ай бұрын

Smart and adorable woman, with a touch of elegant humility

@iantodd-drake1741 Ай бұрын

Hearing Yulianna say 'absolute mess' is nearly as captivating as hearing her play the piano ❤

@FirstGentleman1 Ай бұрын

She is a very fine pianist, you guys.

@zihanwang4078 Ай бұрын

OMG She is here!

@thinkpad20 Ай бұрын

Wonderful video, just a quick correction, the subtitles at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="221">3:41</a> say "Irena Ivanova" but the name she speaks is "Elena Ivanova".

@Fhddgf 19 күн бұрын

Personally I think it is a pity that spanish classical music is so much underrated and hardly ever played in concerts. I can recommend to anyone checking out spanish piano music. Take for example the Concierto Fantastico by Isaac Albeniz. For me that is wonderful music but nobody knows it.

@brentarnold_piano Ай бұрын

I'm with her 100% on Bartok 1! That piece is incredible.

@rogerward8047 Ай бұрын

She's a great addition to a fantastic site.

@pottedrodenttube Ай бұрын

Yulianna is wonderful!

@arthurenzo3075 Ай бұрын

Ein tolles und interessante Interview. Das Yuliana Avdeeva unglaublich sympathisch ist, hat mich nicht überrascht. Überrascht hat mich, daß sie Brahms so schwierig fr sich findet, weil das 1. Klavierkonzert von Brahms mit dem Finnischen Radio Symphony Orchester ist die überragendste Einspielung die ich je gehört habe, wie eigentlich alles von ihr.

@RaineriHakkarainen Ай бұрын

I prefer Radu Lupu with the Finnish Radio Symphony video from 1996 Brahms concerto no 1! Lupu had the most colorful piano sound for Brahms no 1! Maria Grinberg from 1963 had the Best structure for music and most passion and fire!!

@ffelegal 20 күн бұрын

Calling Liszt confortable is such a flex 😂

@victorstrokin3369 Ай бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="300">5:00</a> Kabalevsky Piano Concerto No 2.

@r.i.p.volodya Ай бұрын

I enjoyed her Dante Sonata.

@SzymonKierzek Ай бұрын

Yulianna will be in Warsaw 2025 Chopin Competition Jury. Love her playing. And she is loudly condemned ruzzian agression against Ukraine which tells a lot about her- in a very positive way.

@fredericapianist5999 Ай бұрын

Hello Yulianna, what do you think of Federico Mompou's music? I think it is played not often enough...

@johnvalentine4720 Ай бұрын

What a wonderful description of the piano - a magic box.

@MrInterestingthings Ай бұрын

Y es. Bartok#1 . I have Bernstein2ndSym wZimmermsn but its so long i hsvent given it time it deserves. Ive never heard Avdeva in Bach or Prokofiev. She's fiercely intelligent and has depth. Her playing realky stands out!

@SamuraiSx19 Ай бұрын

not mentioning Alkan when noting coverage of piano keyboard and difficulty of performance while remembering Rach, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms.. is a crime. x)

@TheDusty1920 Ай бұрын

Why can't I find her on Tonebase premium? This video says she was a recent addition to the library. Are they not released yet or what?

@tonebasePiano Ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for asking! The courses will start going up this Friday!

@tekraynak Ай бұрын

I'm interested in trying Tonebase premium if they indeed have more videos of her, but not if they haven't added them yet!

@andromedaperseus954 Ай бұрын

I love Yulianna. She's so generous to share so many of her interpretation choices and fingerings publicly ❤

@BardaOfek Ай бұрын

Can we please get TonebaseComposer?

@kakhigiorgadze8487 Ай бұрын

does Yulianna Avdeeva have origins in Caucasus? she doesn't look slavic at all

@Viflo Ай бұрын

What is the composition she's playing right at the beginning?

@legrixho Ай бұрын

That's the 16th Chopin international piano competition in 2010. You can watch more superb interpretation by Yulianna during the competition via this link: kzbin.info/aero/PLTmn2qD3aSQs5S_ey0HQdBEpByk-h3Nxc&si=g9r24_9MHcTg9zbk Enjoy🎉

@whitechapel93pm Ай бұрын

@tonebasePiano Thank you for the Video :)! I would like to ask a question in general. How come, that it's always the same composers ( which obviously are great ) are played, when there' s so many other composers who wrote fantastic, difficult and beautiful music. I'm thinking of York Bowen Sergey Bortkiewicz and Selim Palmgren? Cheers Phillipp

@KingstonCzajkowski Ай бұрын

Yes, York Bowen! There are so many I could add to this list - Frank Bridge is great. I don't know Palmgren, will have to check him out

@JomegaYarborough 17 күн бұрын

@sonia-ge1xv Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@Chopin-Etudes-Cosplay Ай бұрын

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="798">13:18</a> Facts 🤣

@jtobiasthomasrose Ай бұрын

What happened to Ben?

@KarlHenriksen1936 Ай бұрын

Great video! But what is the point of the stupid writing of the subtitles when she mentions the stuff about nazism?

@Paroles_et_Musique Ай бұрын

To avoid YT strikes, they target such words then the video goes under review, then bad things happen.

@ZK-LV-2811 Ай бұрын

❤👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@MonsieurCashow Ай бұрын

I like Yulianna. I wonder why many accomplished pianists choose to play the Hammerklavier's first movement so slowly. Isn't it much better like Igor Levit plays it?

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 Ай бұрын

Never really factored in how physical piano playing can be, interesting

@militaryandemergencyservic3286 Ай бұрын

I went to Gnessin. Check out my 75 plus compositions on my channel. Why doesn't she mention Schubert?

@MarianoPerez Ай бұрын

The practice question... you'll get there when your health prevents you from practicing and you have to fight back to practice. After that you'll feel privileged any time you get to practice.

@vincentedelmond5404 Ай бұрын

Liszt? please did i hear well? Liszt is nothing but a cuckoo bird he has no nest for himself he lays his eggs or in Paganinis nest or Schuberts nest or Verdis Rossinis nests you name it. his work is as Czerny like Hannon like exercises embellished with other composers themes and motives

@tamerlano Ай бұрын

Now I know where Lady Gaga got her accent for the Gucci movie

@NN-rn1oz Ай бұрын

Didn't expect her to have that voice, not that there's anything wrong with it.

@richardhines8622 Ай бұрын

Never use anymore energy than is absolutely necessary to get the sound you want. Beethoven said that. Never be clever for the sake of being clever. Clenn Gould said that.