Gabriela Montero - Improvisations, Brahms & Ginastera (Full Performance)

EuroArts Music presents an evening with Gabriela Montero from the Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2009 Philharmonie Essen.
A Concert Film by Steffen Herrmann & Maria Stodtmeier.
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[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

Viva Gabfriela, one of the most unique talents in the world today. Her improvisations are second to none.

[@JaimeAlmeida01]

Our dear Gabriela Montero a Venezuelan to the world. A true pride.

[@coviel5117]

Gabriela Montero is a great artist and a unique, outsanding talent. I am very happy, she composed "the Latin" piano concerto. Overwhelming talent, yet she is such a humble and loving person. Real talent is above arrogance.

[@juanm6910]

Incomparable. Lleva a Bach en sus improvisaciones y eso nos hace soñar de lo lindo; enorme talento que ella reparte y ofrece a manos llenas, sin complejos.

[@jonathanlamarre3579]

I rarely use the word, but this is genius.

[@Qladstone]

What an unfortunate omission in classical music education! All students of music should be encouraged to improvise right from the very beginning.

[@themoroccanpianist8953]

What is improvisation?

[@deepdive1338]

@@themoroccanpianist8953 playing on your own.

[@david203]

Some musicians are not interested in improvisation, or cannot do it, but are nevertheless great performers. I am always careful not to make prescriptive statements that apply to all people, as such statements are likely to be horribly unfair to those for whom they don't really fit.

[@eytonshalomsandiego]

Unfortunate is MUCH too generous; its a tragic failing, all the more absurd in that just 100 years ago they all improvised, and even recent masters like Horowitz and Rubenstein did....Worse, i fin its associated with the waay that all too many music "teachers" are intent at killing the joy kids feel for music (alas, all too many teachers in ALL subjects do that)...another connection is that, for pianists at least, a lot of them dont really know their music theory well, watched a master class w/Murry Perhahia and none of the students could describe what was happending musically, only impressionisticaly.

[@johnrakthai]

@@david203 in former times all composer were virtuosos, usually on multiple instruments, and in former times all performers could improvise

[@naiadeforta]

How does she do what she does? Even knowing "how to improvize", this is very high class! Very impressive, indeed!

[@MrVincent537]

Her playing of Brahms proves her unlimited, infinit musical genius. Brahms has in his music much of the latin music and Gabriela Montero is finely closing a huge circle in time between Brahms and her, and geographically between true German music and latin American music. Gabriela Montero is beyond her musical genius also a great pianist, one of the greatest ever been.

[@ChapeusHaMuitos]

Shivers down my spine while listening to these improvisations! Wow!

[@carinemootz8320]

Die Frau ist der reine Wahnsinn! Ich verbeuge mich tief und dankend vor so einer genialen, kraftvollen, unbeschreiblich schönen Musik...

[@oscarbustillo7345]

Gabi's genius continues to shine, and joy and love to our world. Thank you!

[@paulinho9396]

this woman is fantastic.

[@ber075]

Immediate harmonisation, transpositions faculties. Impressive.

[@kelvinyearwood8212]

A wonderful art which 'classical' musician/composer/improvisers practised up until to about 150 years ago as a matter of course. Thank you, Gabriela.

[@judyvla]

Utterly stunning.

[@martinwilliams6312]

I'm a drummer. The way she keep time from 37:00 to 37:30 is mind blowing! (and immediately followed by a tempo fluctuation!)

[@martinwilliams2087]

I discovered this amazing artist through an article about her in the London Evening Standard newspaper and checked her out on KZbin. I AM SO GLAD I DID! The best find for a long time! I was recovering from pneumonia and soon got better - does lovely music have healing power?

[@nenepiano]

martin williams Lovely Music has indeed healing power ❤️ ❤️

[@MeinradKoch]

Was für ein unglaubliches, grossartiges Talent!

[@naiadeforta]

"It is all music in the end"..... Hear, hear! And WHAT kind of music!

[@willgreen2196]

BRAVO! Simply beautiful, inside and out, Gabriela! A special soul you are, and I wish you many, many successes with your musical life. I am so very happy to discover you, and to hear you and Martha Argerich have a special relationship, a pianist and soul with whom I am close with as well. Do be safe and well, please.

[@guidopicca2858]

Guau! Enamora semejante musicalidad y belleza.

[@virginiajimenezperez]

La clara ubicación en cada uno de los tiempos.....con cada uno de los compositores.......es algo.......impresionante.......admirada al máximo.......

[@musicnormaerazo9276]

Mis respetos para esta maravillosa y genial alma musical Gabriela Montero. Tan maravillosa como las grandes maravillas de la naturaleza. Exquisita.

[@laurasosa3694]

Eres tan libre que tocas como si fueras un ángel cuyo soplo lo toca a uno...

[@kajsafranke]

Breathtaking talent. Thank you! 💕

[@monicabuxo9139]

Wonderful and very fresh with marvelous technic and expression. A real pleasure to listen her. A present for our lives.

[@saraacosta9483]

Estoy en mi casa aplaudiendo como si estuviese en el concierto. ¡Grande Gabriela!

[@laurencepiallat1228]

Gabriela the genius.

[@arteguey]

Formidable. Impecable. En cuanto a Brahms, es la mejor interpretación que he escuchado del Op. 118.

[@uwedab]

Could listen for hours !🎶🎶🎶

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

Amazing!

[@eluengof]

Maravillosa nuestra Gabriela Montero, estoy tan agradecida por el deleite de escuchar sus improvisaciones

[@cck8829]

Impossible cansar-se d'escoltar. Una meravella.

[@rmorfinq]

Awesome!

[@ChernobieffPiano]

Sensational!!!!!!!!

[@ricardoignacio2]

Excelente ejecución de la improvisación. Gabriela Montero es creativa y la música que toca abre nuevas expresiones.

[@pierreyveslenik281]

NO WORDS !

[@KingoftheJiangl]

that german constitution song got me... when she played it in the style of arguably the best composer ever to live, who is German and from centuries ago, JS Bach

[@normsantos1274]

to me, schumann comes to mind...another german.

[@therightmusic7639]

The rapport between you and the audience is great. The improvisations were fantastic as usual. I mostly enjoyed the first two. You practically made a symphony out of the German National Anthem. Even tough Brahms is not my favorite, your interpretation of his pieces made me like his music more. These are really beautiful and romantic pieces. Your Ginastera was overwhelmingly Latin-American, you play it as if it were one of your own compositions. What a great recital. A musical feast. The fact that you try to break the ice and create a relaxing environment so you and your audience feel more comfortable (at home) and connected by interacting with them with a microphone, is great. I have to say though that I honestly think (constructive comment) that the wine thing doesn't benefit your image and it is certainly not a good message to the youngest ones in the audience (or the youngest youtube viewers) ... I love it when the whole public sings to you; I'm not a religious man but you can definitely feel God's love vibrating in the entire hall ... By the way, your hair looks great here. You make our country proud. Bravo!!

[@ciararespect4296]

Haha gods love. Don't bring invisible sky daddies into it

[@jewgienij131]

What a great talent!

[@normsantos1274]

imagine, to have that kind of mind.

[@janisbeatriz6741]

Todo gran músico utiliza esquemas, pero más allá de eso, conjugar tiempos y armonizar a este nivel, es propio de los que tienen el "don". Maravilloso concierto.

[@PatcoxKennedy]

So delightful

[@laurasosa3694]

Daría yo todo porque tu país fuera tan libre como tú...

[@martinepeters9891]

I like the camer also filming the reactions

[@SteveBurksMusic]

This is just the best thing ever.

[@adelafabra5758]

¡¡¡ FANTASTICO !!!

[@Adina-UartesOnlineA]

no me canso!!!!

[@gustavoc.novillo6695]

Diosa del piano!

[@lucapurchiaroni6487]

Very nice improvisation, no doubt we are in front of a genius.. it's just a pity that, in the first song (Puccini) the first interval would have been a Fifth instead of a fourth. But "chapeaux"

[@cheonghengkow1609]

She could use perfect pitch perfectly

[@naiadeforta]

Anybody making music, should at least try and improvise.....it opens worlds and universes! "I guess I was making up stories in my head".....sweetie, THAT is what making music is about....Thank you for putting it plainly!

[@normsantos1274]

abraham stokman was a proponent of this type improvisation.

[@INVADER357]

No es de este planeta

[@TheHernan73]

🌹

[@LP5]

Wow! Like if you're a crate digger/beatmakers! Comment on this if you understand this classical research/background.

[@bernardpangrani4971]

Human Women with a big H. so sweet,so beautiful,Gabriella you come from the sun,says me?

[@gwojcieszczuk]

Could that be reincarnation of Godowski...?

[@strukhoff]

Bach or Beethoven, perhaps.

[@d3368-l1j]

do you know if these pieces that she improvises are copyrighted or what? I'm really interested in using the Anthem improvisations in a movie im directing and I dont know what the conditions are with improvised music

[@margalinam]

You should write to her and ask her!

[@daffyduck4195]

She looks much better as a brunette.

[@GerdLinden]

17:30 Improvisation isn´t as spontanious as she thinks. She uses schems too, but isn´t obviously aware of it.

[@janisbeatriz6741]

Cierto, a veces usa esquemas. Pero hay algo más, como por ejemplo, el saber cómo integrarlos y embellecer la pieza.

[@themoroccanpianist8953]

Guys ,can someone define what improvisation is?

[@nenepiano]

Improvisation is the art of creating something fresh that hasn’t been planned! Music is a great platform to do this! God bless 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@LouisDefaux]

Amazing !!!