Classical Pianist reacts to Lady Gaga's Piano Performances

[@nowkentapplegate5315]

Thanks, too many people don't realize the use of wrist, foream/elbow and losing the stiffnes are key to controlled playing. Using this as an educational tool was a really good approach.

[@dachziegel2647]

Would you also do a Skill Analysis of Freddie Mercury?

[@LamelKendrick]

leaps above Lady Gaga

[@heartofthekeys]

The first 500 people to use my link skl.sh/heartofthekeys08241 will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare premium!❤ Don't forget to check out the upcoming concerts in PARIS, WÜRZBURG and LONDON!🥳 tickets here: www.annique-piano.com/concerts

[@renegadechic]

I do wonder how many of the inaccuracies are stylistic choices, to add some controlled drama, or maybe its a result of needing to add so much physical performance that will naturally gravitate towards errors. Yes posture is ideal, but she is also trying to be a pop level of engaging on a large stage. I remember her Glastonbury performance of Poker Face had her standing on the stool, putting her heels up on the high register and all sorts. It seems like someone who knows the rules, and what can be broken to still perform as the wider Lady Gaga persona.

[@white.gloves3166]

@@thainac1732so basically she didn’t receive the training

[@davoudshojaei7834]

😂 No

[@renegadechic]

Lots of low IQ piano ego going on in the replies. Knowing the general youtube piano comments section, it doesn't take much to bring out the idiots. It's summer, maybe step outside the parents basement for 5 minutes.

[@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094]

You actually need to work on your technique throughout your career even if you are a professional musician/singer - it's easy to pick up bad habits along the way

[@ryanmoon4207]

@@renegadechic the technical errors definitely sound like mistakes, especially where the timing is off and notes sound accidental. I think when she does the heel slam on the piano, that’s intentional in terms of playing wrong notes on purpose. Any “wrong notes” should still make contextual sense in terms of the songs and drama for me to personally buy into that idea. I also haven’t really heard her play anything that would make me think she is technical enough in her playing to break the rules… but i applaud her for not letting the mistakes stop her from performing and delivering an entertaining and exciting show.

[@pianodude2]

yay another upload :))) the intro caught me off guard

[@robert111193]

Super idea ! You've got take a look at Tori Amos, I think she's a whole other level. Love your content !!

[@ryanmoon4207]

@@robert111193 I’d also love to see that review and placement!

[@scratchanitch]

Love this....would love to see one for Tori Amos too!

[@renegadechic]

@scratchanitch another exceptional piano talent! Want to see Annique doing some two piano playing too haha!

[@dr.align2thrive119]

It would be cool if you did a video like this on Billy Joel and reviewed his classical compositions - would be really cool!

[@peterclark1041]

Lady Gaga is a multi talented entertainer with piano playing skills amongst others….if she had wanted to just be a concert pianist in the classical mode she probably could have been just as successful. You are a traditional concert pianist ? …. Totally different outlook and talent?

[@MotifMusicStudios]

Always great to ponder technical aspects as a learning experience, like you mention, and not a roast! Great video!

[@MotifMusicStudios]

"she definitely carries a lot of culture with her" ;)

[@fatmathepianist]

Hi Annique😊 umm if you feel okay with posting it, can you record your playing of Mozart D minor piano concerto? I and probably other followers of yours are wondering a lot🙈 I can say even from your short videos of that piece, you play soooo well😻 (great video btw❤)

[@paulkramer7844]

What you say about posture is problematic for me. During the 70s I memorized everything, and then sat back and played with no score in front of me. But I wanted to become a decent sightreader, so I started playing through whole movements and pieces sightreading slowly, and then gradually gaining speed. After a 20 year break from piano, I started again in Dec. 1998. (For 20 years I had no piano until my aunt gave me $5,000 for Christmas in 1998, so I finally bought a piano and a silver flute.) I quickly discovered that I couldn't play anything any more, so I focused on slow sightreading on both piano & flute. Six years later I was able to play some longer Mozart & Bach pieces on the flute, and Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Mozart on the piano. HOWEVER, I could not play anything without the score before my eyes (except for pieces like the Sonate Pathétique I had memorized in 1972). Then, after moving to Ireland and going from 2005 - 2021 without a piano, I finally bought a digital piano, and went through the same process as I did from 1998 - 2005. So, HERE IS THE DIFFICULTY: I have to lean foreward and sit close to the piano in order to read the music while I play. I can't practice at full speed for hours on end like I did before because of an EDS related hand injury. I spend most of my time sightreading pieces I'm learning, so I have to rotate many pieces without sufficiently frequent repetition for memorization -- so I have to sit close and lean foreward to read the music as I play. My pianio is on a stand so I have to play sitting on a chair (like Glenn Gould). Also, my childhood piano teacher was born in the late 1890s, when they had different ideas about wrist and arm movement -- she would put a coin on the back of my hand and I had to play without the coin falling from my hand -- that's really "old school".

[@MariaMaltseva]

That's not old-school, it's simply incorrect. And if you don't sit properly at your keyboard, that in no way makes your position ideal.

[@paulkramer7844]

@@MariaMaltseva It is definitely "old school" -- my teacher didn't invent the procedure -- she received the errant practice from a tradition (now happily long abandoned) which emphasized appearance rather than technique. "Too much" hand and arm motion was considered unsightly in an epoch when young ladies were expected to look elegant while playing the piano.

[@VeguldenZilverling]

Thanks for the Skillshare

[@eitan166]

Precious advices, thanks

[@matthewjamestaylor]

Great video! I love Lady Gaga. I nominate Tom Odell or Tim Minchin next. Cheers.

[@silvermist90]

I would love to see an analysis of Sara Bareilles. Thank you for these videos.

[@user-we5mi6zl2s]

No you are a brilliant classical pianist.

[@2klatte]

Would love yo see one on Alicia Keys

[@matthewclarke5008]

I don't know, I think Lady Gaga's piano playing is fine. It's just a different style, I feel Lady Gaga is much more talented than me because her vocal control is immense, and I have played Alkan and Chopin Etudes and so forth, I've played the piano my whole life and won competitions, and got my LMus when I was 14. That being said what you are suggesting is very good for a typical classical/romantic technique, but I don't think we can judge for example a Jerry Lee Lewis style of playing against a Liszt or Chopin type of technique because what is seen as jerky movements in romantic music might be part of the style of music/artistry/acting as part of another genre. What we see as wrong notes could be considered to be chord clusters or akin to vocal rasp, maybe we don't know as much as her, maybe she is using piano rasp, I've seen other jazz pianists doing what she does, ie playing an octave and putting the palm down a little to let some other random notes go down with it, it does indeed give a raspy sound, which I like in certain contexts.

[@lia1b652]

how would you feel about doing a tutorial series for different pieces with tips for hard passages

[@christianfischer1029]

Hello Annique, your insights in piano technique are great and very helpful. Thank you for this. Have you ever listened to Hania Rani? How do you like her piano playing? She studied piano in the Fryderyk-Chopin-University for music in Warschau.

[@Doutsoldome]

Nice analysis, thanks. You should consider analysing Freddy Mercury, at some point. I think it would be interesting.

[@arturovasquez6628]

I like this type of video. Excelent observation. Please do the same with Elton John, Billy Joel and Freddy Mercury.

[@r.j4449]

Do this with Tori Amos.

[@ecubaterrenzio1154]

I'd like a livestream of you practicing for the concert instead

[@randykern1842]

I’m pretty sure no one ever doubted her skills at the keyboard….

[@Soazic24]

Hi Annique, thanks for this new Video😊 please analyse Condoleeza Rice.

[@HWLee-vu4hv]

Very interesting

[@danobroadcast]

❤❤❤

[@TungHuynh-sf1kd]

Can You Play The Maurice Strakosch’s Concert Variations on Yankee Doodle Finale ?

[@jerste]

Out of the blue I'm wondering if Alexander Brailowsky is your model?

[@Eoin-b9h]

DO CHAPPELL ROAN NEXT!!!

[@jerste]

cool

[@AnassPad]

can you back to the piano challenge with animenz covers ... keep going

[@aprilmay3796]

How about Lola Astanova 😁

[@karimelhousni6793]

10:13 pwopewpwepa-ration

[@Doonoo]

If you would make a reaction on Hiromi's "Sptectrum", I think it will be really amazing for a lot of people. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2m1dK2Vh9SYnK8si=iUAMA13MXa71Xq1i Cheers! :)

[@stefanilic2209]

I just think her personal style lf playing piano would be described as more theatrical and dramatic.. i think its what bothers you. We also need to remember shes a performer and a singer so having it in mind makes it logical that shes missing dome keys cause shes doing others stuff trying to stay in tack with the performance Correct?

[@nopenope6530]

if you don't like Lady Gaga's sitting position you should definitely not look at Tori Amos playing piano, lol

[@renegadechic]

@@nopenope6530 or Amanda Palmer!

[@ryanmoon4207]

Tori Amos is in perfect control though. She’s generally only sitting sideways to perform to the audience when she’s not doing anything too technically demanding, or is splitting her piano and keyboard by hands. For the big solos and larger accompaniments she will turn to face her piano or keyboard head on with a more proper stance. No concert pianist, but incredibly fluent and uniquely distinct in her playing/ musical language. One of the best of the pop/alt world for piano for sure.

[@andyjiang2291]

not criticism but the camera shots of you look like they were redrawn by some AI program from the original footage.

[@scratchanitch]

I think you might be confusing that for Annique's natural radiance 🥰

[@rayswick4707]

​@@scratchanitch she is beautiful ❤

[@MsTwiggy28]

I think it's her beauty

[@paulspitz1949]

How can she play trills, or piano at all, with those long nails? Makes me cringe, and I said the same thing when I saw Randy Newman's nails. Ick.

[@pianocaster]

Just started playing the piano yesterday, learning "la campanella by liszt" as my first classical piece and it's soooo dificult😆

[@lesfrisbees]

If you’re brand new to piano, that piece is far, far too difficult. You don’t know the fundamentals yet, and you’ll probably develop bad habits you’ll have to unlearn later and even potentially injure yourself. While it’s great you’re enthusiastic, maybe start with realistic goals and work your way up.

[@pianocaster]

@@lesfrisbees gonna disappear for now, going on a journey. See us at the chopin competition🫡

[@kaleidoscopio5]

Gaga is so over sacrilise 😑😑

[@123SLM123]

Your eyes are so dark in this setup, I love it.

[@LamelKendrick]

I would say from watching her play Imagine live she did not impress as she didn't play the more difficult part ( the chorus) with the notorious A flat chords. I've also see a few other artists cover Imagine live on the piano and unfortunately for lack of knowledge or skill did not play it correctly. In that particular song the piano is as important as the vocal, so it's rather disappointing that artists who cover it don't bother to play the piano parts correctly.

[@tigerwu4220]

she sits close to the piano for singing?

[@PassionPno]

The microphone stand can be extended, darling.

[@ryanmoon4207]

@@tigerwu4220 yeah no, lots of piano playing pop stars just adjust the mic(s) properly

[@starsandnightvision]

You are much more beautiful than Lady Gaga.

[@MR-jd1wq]

SIMP🫵🏽🤡

[@qabirel]

What kind of comment is this lol...

[@starsandnightvision]

@@qabirel I have a crush on her shhh :)

[@renegadechic]

@@qabirel creepy one

[@JohannesPorphyrius]

Come on! When she plays it piano she is as much a piano player as I am a math genius after passing high school!

[@bernadettewellman2277]

Clearly you're not a genius at anything. As is often quoted, sometimes it's best to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid, rather than open your mouth and confirm it for everyone.

[@Justachamp772]

7 comments in over half an hour? She fell off

[@coleptera180]

I feel like, youtube did some changes maybe in the algorithm? Usually her video appears on my main page, but nowadays it’s full of US election and news, although I have not subscribed to those channels, I am not from the US and only watched one news video over the last two weeks… it’s kinda frustrating. These days I open and close KZbin again, as I feel nothing good is there, and most viewers are taken away by shitty short content…

[@Michelangelopiano]

Lady gaga is mady a basic piano player like in 2 months of playing piano I was better than her now I am playing for 2 years and i am playing chopin op10 no1 at 160 tempo

[@brent3522]

Huh, it's almost like Lady Gaga didn't really focus on the piano

[@patrickwu1229]

you can play chopin fast but how well it sounds? What about phrasing and dynamics? It’s not all about how “difficult” your pieces are.

[@MR-jd1wq]

Out of ideas for videos huh 👎🏽

[@coleptera180]

? Why do you think so? She has been comparing/rating other pianists before. And considering that she is practicing for her next big concerts in Paris and London, I think it’s reasonable that she will not do a lot of piano challenges, but focusing on her new program