Gina Bachauer / Historic Piano Masterclass / Student - Yefim Bronfman / Jerusalem Music Centre

From the Jerusalem Music Centre's Archives: Historic Masterclass with legendary pianist Gina Bachauer at the Jerusalem Music Centre (1973). JMC graduate Yefim Bronfman works on Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 with this great master of the 20th century.
Don’t forget to Subscribe now for more high quality Classical Music content!
Gina Bachauer’s outstanding capabilities as a concert pianist endeared her to famous New York Times music critic Harold Schonberg, who wrote, “She is one of today’s pianistic originals. That means her technique and her interpretations are sui generis. One does not have to see her to recognize her playing. Ten measures would be enough for any trained listener to put his finger on what constitutes a Gina Bachauer performance. Certain traits are immediately apparent. There is the enormous technical solidity, including a bravura, when necessary, that is hair-raising. She makes piano playing sound very easy. There is the curiously penetrating tone…so well manufactured, weighted, and measured that it sounds enormous.”
Support a Young Musician: www.jgive.com/new/en/ils/dona...
Learn more about the Jerusalem Music Center: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVrxz
Visit the Jerusalem Music Centre’s Homepage: www.jmc.org.il/
Join our Facebook Community: / jerusalem.mu. .
Young Israel Philharmonic Facebook Page: / youngisraelp. .
Follow us on Instagram: / jerusalemusicen. .
Contact us via Email [e-mail] or Phone [phone]
From the website of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation:
Regarding her illustrious teachers, Mme. Bachauer said:
“Cortot knew Ravel and Debussy and I think that no other pianist could have given me a better undemanding of their music, of their specific sounds. On the other hand, Rachmaninov was an amazing pianist, with superb hands, and an uncanny technique. He did not attempt to teach me, he was not really a teacher. If I asked him-and this happened very often-‘How do you do that passage?’ the answer was always the same. He sat at the piano, illustrating it, and saying: ‘Like that.’ He could not explain what he wanted me to do. He would always add: ‘Don’t try to copy what I am doing. You must try again and again until you find your own way of doing it. When you will show me what you want to do with that phrase and if you can convince me, then it is right.’ He made me realize that there are several ways to interpreting the same phrase, as long as it is convincing, as long as this comes from one’s own judgement. He was very demanding and quite strict when it came to phrasing and rhythmic vitality and he wanted, above all, a complete involvement in the music.”
"After a recital at Carnegie Hall, Harold Schonberg declared, “Governments rise and fall, and the seasons change, but Miss Bachauer’s playing remains a constant. She represents the romantic tradition in piano playing-she, with her enormous technique, her big and penetrating tone, her love for the piano as a steed upon which to ride… Gina Bachauer continues to be one of the great pianists.”
Theodore W. Libbey, Jr., classical music editor of High Fidelity, wrote “Her pianism had the sort of energy and scale and sweep that a listener, once he had experienced it, could never forget. Today, nearly ten years after her death, the memories are still vivid. The mind’s ear still recalls the sound she produced, the brilliant tone, the intensity of her passage work, the weight and clarity of, for instance, the opening chords of the Rachmaninoff Second Concerto. Few pianists of either sex make such an impression when they perform; fewer still make it in a way that lives on after they are gone.”

[@jeffreymiller4814]

Gina Bachauer spots a winner at the starting gate!! What a treasure of a video! Thanks a million for posting this.

[@chutgowdingo-loon3212]

She is amazing - she doesn't just teach and instruct, she tells a story of expression, of light and shade.

[@frankarcher6685]

Ah, to hear her voice at last! One of her Mercury LP’s was in my collection as a teenager (I’m 71 now) and I have always said I would have crawled over broken glass to have heard her. Now I feel I’m closer to her than ever.

[@user-jx7ro8lp8n]

She was my teachers first piano teacher in greece

[@khuoh]

First time hearing Gina Bachauer. She is amazing! The sound she gets from the piano is magical.

[@vova47]

Gina Bachauer - one of the great pianists of past century and her videos are almost as rare as videos of real unicorn. Thanks for posting this gem!

[@midrash100]

Yefim Bronfman went on to have a sterling career. Brilliant pianist.

[@Highinsight7]

to this day!!!!

[@vova47]

With this master teacher, no woder!

[@ze-relax8715]

masterclass piano from kids kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKiWfWydqNSJqq8

[@flexaeterna]

Yes brilliant indeed!

[@prometheusrex1]

What's the piece?

[@arfriedman4577]

This s a nice video of my cousin. Since we lived in USA, I only heard about how fantastic my cousin was. In 2016 my friend and I went to see him at Carnegie hall. Brilliant performance. We thanked him and he thanked us shockingly. The violin player was excellent too. The year I went to the Grammy awards, he won a Grammy. I think it was 1997. His teacher is so encouraging and a master herself.

[@charlespuklowski5575]

Amazing to watch her teach... Completely involved but not dominating, strict but not severe....inspiring without the theatrics.

[@j.d.miller4203]

This is priceless footage.

[@willemlaag5135]

She is so positive!!. Wish I could have been her student. Always encouraging.

[@alexandrebidaud2964]

Quelle immense bonheur que cette heure trop courte de musique. Quelle formidable présence ! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Yefim Bronfman a, ici, 15 ans; on lui en donne bien 20.

[@WarinPartita6]

Immense​ thanks​ for​ sharing​ this​ great​ treasure​ trove.​ I​ always​ have​ high​est respects​ for​ Gina BACHAUER.​

[@faithcor3328]

This is so delightful to witness. I just saw Mr. Bronfman (for 3rd time) at an open rehearsal with the Philadelphia Orch. A gift to get to witness him as a gifted teenager having a lesson with such a legendary teacher. A million thanks for posting this.

[@mahdibland7868]

Gina Bachauer is definitely one of the greatest Pianists and Pedagogues of our time

[@robinkrop9404]

Just realizing I heard her perform around this time at UC Santa Barbara - she played the Brahms 2nd concerto and I remember her playing so solidly, like a solid carving at the piano!

[@gerardpaire304]

Des conseils d'une extraordinaire pertinence. Mais surtout, avant tout, quelle bienveillance envers l'élève !! Cette personne est une merveilleuse pédagogue, qui montre un profond respect de son élève, sachant le conduire et l'encourager avec une grande douceur et en même temps beaucoup de précision. Une merveilleuse leçon de musique et d'humanité.

[@pieroalessandrocassano8287]

Of course...She was the only pupil accepted by Rachmaninov himself!

[@BelVerDoni10403difav]

GINA BACHAUER の貴重なレッスンの実況映像 宝物のようなかけがえのない映像記録です。何度も何度も聴き返しています。何度聴いても聴き飽きません。K.４９１のハ短調のピアノ協奏曲はわたしのもっとも好きなモーツァルトのピアノ協奏曲の中でも一番愛するピアノ協奏曲です。わたしはこのジーナ・バッカウアーさんのレッスン映像を飽きず繰り返し聴いてこの曲を練習しています。もちろんオーケストラも頭の中で鳴らしながら。

[@andreasneumann]

Mother of culture.

[@brucebaumer2006]

The great Gina Bachauer. Would that today’s young pianists could benefit from her depth of mastery.

[@ShirleyKirsten]

Amazing treasure!!

[@stepheneure1245]

This is an amazing video. I have never heard Yefim Bronfman playing as anyone other than a fully developed and thoughtful pianist. According to Google, she would have been about 60 years old here and would have died about three years afterward. She is clear and patient and supportive throughout this interaction - and Yefim is clearly headstrong in his approach but swayed by everything she says. I hope there are still some living Gina Bachauers and other inspirations to keep our beloved piano alive.

[@stepheneure1245]

My old chorus teacher saw her play the Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concerto and remarked that during one of her returns for a thunderous standing ovation, the piano actually stood and bowed to her. I have never doubted it.

[@fernandoleitao4469]

Great teaching

[@MaxLima1]

Stunning!

[@Cubanbearnyc]

I like she gives objective observations, I have seen too many "great masters" talking smoke at masterclasses....

[@origivon5394]

Been waiting forever for this

[@culturehorse]

Extraordinary content. Thanks. Moar!

[@m.a.3322]

Incredible masterclass, so insightful! ❤

[@frankfeldman6657]

Thank you, whoever posted this. Miraculous, a real treasure.

[@suzyserling277]

Thank you!. This is a priceless document!!

[@harrylampiris2554]

Reminds me so much of my main piano teacher who studied with her

[@chal9575]

Thank you so much!

[@alexanderprives4509]

какая интенсивность звука у Д. Б.!

[@carmenmarin6977]

Qué grande, Gina!! Transmite precisión y mucha seguridad y conexión con el alumno... En este caso, el gran Yefim Bronfman, del que hay que escuchar la maravillosa interpretación del concierto 3 para piano y orquesta de Rachmaninov.

[@amans228]

Thank you.

[@lospazio]

He was already fantastic at 15...

[@pedrolopes3715]

What? So gooooooodddddd, so God! Im in love

[@pedrolopes3715]

So amazing woman

[@saltburner2]

I heard her in Philadelphia about 1967/8 - I think it was Rach 3, conducted by Ormandy.

[@chris9638]

She was my teacher's teacher's teacher. Definitely a case of diminishing returns in regard to myself! I've let the side down🤭

[@novellmusicmedia6895]

Cool

[@lehmannudo7284]

for me the callas of the piano,first came the music with elegance and clarity and no pseudo romanticism par exemple :Mozart KV 537 from 1951 superb !

[@robertflynn6686]

I can only guess some of her lives on in all of her students. Nice.

[@alexanderprives4509]

игру Д Б. всегда отличает Это "Чуть .. чуть " во всех деталях поет рояль под ее пальцами

[@robertjason6885]

So musical she is. The hairpins…”da da da DAH da…

[@papagen00]

what makes her teaching so great?

[@warrencohen8246]

she is really listening to what he does. Her suggestions are amplifications of what Yefim is trying to accomplish. And she is very clear in what she suggests.

[@damoon57]

What 30:26 ?

[@PianistTanooki]

“You don’t need to make a rallentando”

[@TheProms]

Please someone help me. Is this the same Gina whom was born in Greece in 1913? Thanks a lot.

[@diffugerenives]

Yes

[@TheProms]

@@diffugerenives Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply.

[@diffugerenives]

@@TheProms Happy to help! I've heard many of her recordings since I was a kid, but never saw a masterclass. She is terrific! Plus to see Bronfman when he was 15 and how he quickly responds to her direction is an extra treat.

[@TheProms]

@@diffugerenives I have always admired people who people any musical instrument but I have a huge admiration for the people who can play the piano or the organ.

[@jiaxuli1013]

18:49 Oops!😂

[@jinwoobae7555]

Mozart..

[@andreasneumann]

One critical remark: more important seems to enable the students to analyse harmonic structures. Gina mostly concentrates on syncopation and tempi, not at all on the harmonies. These give the students an instrument to improve by themselves.

[@karldelavigne8134]

I think she is mostly looking at phrasing and tonal colour, which in Mozart is essential as the piano is always exposed.

[@lubakeshyan1916]

Fortunately good musicians don’t need instructions in harmony bc some teachers don’t have such talents in pianism! She is thinking like condactor-ability to hear and teach it farther for big stage! We already hear she is talking to colleague!

[@alexanderprives4509]

Д. Б коснулась клавиш и рояль запел

[@kristophermiller6160]

Her shirt makes me hungry for BBQ.

[@r.i.p.volodya]

Is this not rather hammered for Mozart?

[@apollo8201]

Unbelievable! Ударный инструмент, да. Почему почти никто пиано не может сыграть? Пиано не должно быть форте, мeня учительница не правильно учила. Пиано и форте - это не совсем одно и тоже. Почему только форте? Пиано мало кто может сыграть, форте "бацают" вовсю. Что добавить?.. Ничего. То что надо быть человеком, чтобы играть. Серж правда им не был. Не важно. Gina Bachauer!!! Unbelievable! & Yefim Bronfman. Gina Bachauer берёт клавиши лучше... как взять их... прикосновение. Учитель превосходит ученика. Странно, он тяжеловато берёт. Местами хорош. Но, ничего. Кто может услышать. Gina... Гульд..... хм... Почему она не говорит ему как прикасаться к клавишам?.. нет мягкости прикосновения. На порядок разница, эх. У меня учителя правда построже были, но мне грех жаловаться! Композиторы тоже не могли свои сочинения исполнять. Исполнители были. Но можно и нужно иногда! обрушиться на рояль, от вещи зависит, конечно же, эх. Ватсон. Элементарно же. Это как с Достоевским. Фортепиано. Впрочем, как и другие инструменты. Кто поймёт этот урок. Вся разница в диапазоне, ну и в понимание тоже. Это не должно быть гудком. Красиво исполняет, "красиво" - синонима нет, музыка. Словами не передать музыку, конечно. Прикосновение к клавишам, ну, меня порой удивляет профанация - не умеешь так не музыкант. Но сколько я не видел музыкантов, у них у всех лица, как и у писателей. Мдас, а все ваши ремарки, в подмётки не годятся, господа, уж простите, я сам учился в разных местах и слова приятно и красиво были так себе - хотя красиво лучше, а в прочем, это всё сотрясание воздуха, эх, уважаемые не музыканты, не хотел обидеть, а обидел.

[@gabriele6596]

I don't like when someone tell how to play. Who's her? She wrote it? ... probably mozart like much more his version...🤭 masterclasses are waste of time

[@jeffreymiller4814]

“Waste of time”? The only waste of time here is reading your comment.

[@CharlesCouineau]

Such a pathetic comment . You should be ashamed

[@hellbooks3024]

What’s amazing is that this is the edited version of this comment. That means the author RE-read it, decided on how to correct it or improve it, approved of the emendations, and made a conscious decision to push send. Remarkable.

[@user-me8kr6mv5l]

Μagic@ utube smile by john bavas