Gautier Capuçon Master Class- Margarita Balanas: Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante Op.125, II movement

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Master Class with Gautier Capuçon
Sergei Prokofiev, Sinfonia Concertante in E Minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 125
Gautier Capuçon, director, cello
Margarita Balanas, cello
Samuel Parent, pianist
Master class recorded at the Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris, France), on March 19, 2017 11:30 AM.
© Fondation Louis Vuitton en partenariat avec medici.tv

[@strad1944]

Cello, cello, cello!! I love this!!

[@howardcohen6817]

Poetry, poetry, poetry!! I love it, too.

[@cadewyles8448]

lynn harrell RIP

[@averyrealindividual91607]

Rest in peace Sir Harrel. The world loves you. I hope you're feeling happy wherever you may be now :)

[@cellomaan]

Was that the real Lynn Harrell writing?

[@dionbaillargeon4899]

OMG. If this was the real Lynn Harrell this comment should be pinned. A true legend of the cello speaking the only beffiting words after such a performance.

[@hufemeve]

watch out for Margarita - she's got the gift!! a brilliant future is ahead of her !!

[@martinriha3729]

Perfect teacher, amazing student, superb accompanist (you don't see that very often). Watched twice, great lesson!

[@Tercerdivisa1]

Wow! With this piece she morphs into a beautiful monster. What a talented person.

[@raoultak]

Great Profofiev, great master, great student. I loved it.

[@ilpreterosso]

My jaw is way at the other side of the Earth that she pulls that much energy out of her cello and smiles like nothing

[@astridvitols4712]

✨✨✨ "Great !!" said Gautier Capuçon ! And soooo Yes you are extremely talented Margarita Balanas, and so lovely !!! Thanksfully to all of you here, magnificent teacher and guide and the pianist too !! What a passionate masterclass !!! 🥰 Astrid (Paris)

[@jeanpralica462]

Three fantastic musicians on stage !!! Bravi 😍👏👏👏

[@FredyVillegasCello]

Beautiful Margarita! Brava

[@jordanvichev1094]

Beautifuly played !

[@waltonyan8045]

The pianist used vibrato in 2:40 Gorgeous

[@evskimojo]

By nature of the mechanics of the instrument, this has actually no affect, but could maybe cause a good illusion?

[@luzyanaina]

Todo mundo vibra, eu quero vibrar também! kkkkk

[@Helpsnekgettosubspls]

Ive been learning piano for a few years and i do this when practicin a song and have to use just 1 finger on the hand. The wiggle helps me isolate the finger in my brain, so that the next time i play the song i have a better understanding of what finger to use. Likee okaaaaaay and index fingeeeeeer.......

[@eliyasara9786]

@@Helpsnekgettosubspls i do it only because i try to subconsciously emphasise and draw out a note, and because i play cello, my brain says "do vibrato". lol other wise there is really no reason to do it.

[@dopecello8670]

Probably was practicing his Roli keyboard before the gig

[@violinow1673]

Fantastic. I am a violinist but the details and the teaching is valuable to me as well. Thank you for this video clip. I have lots to take away. 💗💗💗

[@gucker07]

That piece is just insanely difficult, even most professionals will really struggle with it I think

[@howardcohen6817]

Here's a video of Janos Starker with the Vienna (?) - second mvt. begins at 11:24 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHLGnJWierGbY5o

[@SeaRasp]

Pretty sure she is considered a professional at this point

[@epw6679]

@@alex.lammayot yeah actually, Plano texas. I hear Katy is pretty good too.

[@epw6679]

@@alex.lammayot Cello for north DFW is really competitive. Takes a lot of dedication to get somewhere in this area. A lot of kids here go on to become professional soloists, watch out for a certain Bryan Han the next few years. Kid got symphony all state all four years

[@Jayvyn-sz1sx]

@@alex.lammayot yeah TMEA all state is extremely competitive for cellists, even more than violin

[@jesusorenday7807]

Just wow! Bravo!

[@bya3683]

I was really impressed. I'm studying continuously. I'm learning a lot. Thank you.

[@marcisrunka4504]

wow she's amazing!

[@fuzzball57]

Beautiful! You made your instrument sing with anger and weep gently...awesome!

[@howardcohen6817]

In the lyrical section, I can't help hearing the famous children's song from Humperdink's Hansel und Gretel with all its simplicity and charm. I love that Capucon wants Balanas to "argue" with this.

[@mazkatheapplefan]

It would be nice to have a God as a teacher!

[@paulkamill2119]

Simply amazing!

[@Schtofenbach]

great master class

[@davidarbelaez4395]

She is quite lovely and loves playing.

[@DanielaFSchuster]

🎵💗thanks for shareing Your music!!!

[@kevinmelendez1460]

I like how Capuçon is using an iPad for the sheet music.

[@justtippinmytophat2u647]

Wow amazing playing!

[@CamiloGaetePuga]

THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!! Wonderful masterclass!

[@encantevole]

Margarita, te auguro un brillante futuro eres esplendida!!

[@ugasozacharyhelms]

27:37 the tone shift here is so beautifully sarcastic 🎶🎶🎶

[@maxcaysey2844]

That girl is very skilled... she reminds me of Rostropovich!

[@PlanetZ1]

waw nice playing and nice teaching

[@StygianStyle]

That cello has a deep tenor sound that is great for that Russian music.

[@enzocypriani5055]

impressive

[@vladiinsky]

You are great! I liked more the beggining before he asked to play closer to the bridge. However, I understand that his goal is to make everything articulated in a big hall. Here it sounds pressed. And the octaves gliss, why not? All the best.

[@ottoparts789]

Some cellists consider glissando unless written in the music to be messy/unappealing. In this case with the octave e flats, it’s more of a preference.

[@alexandrenarmaputra806]

Bravo!

[@MassimoMalavasi]

Bravissima!!!

[@pmiahky]

Great! What kind of cello does she have?!

[@cellomaan]

Was that the real Lynn Harrell writing?

[@youtubematthewhky]

hi banana u played well

[@zeeweirdeye]

I like how she's wearing pyjamas to her lesson.

[@bh9257]

wear whatever is comfortable while playing

[@OboeDaCaccia]

If they’re pajamas, which is highly unlikely, they’re gorgeous pajamas worn by a very gorgeous & very🎶talented young woman!

[@Unknownorigins0]

what kind of cello is that?? I'm curious.

[@jonburkart6334]

Valerie Rodriguez If I'm not mistaken, that's a cello by Charles Adolphe Gand. Most all of his instruments have those characteristic French words on the ribs (of what these mean, I can't say). I hope I was of help!

[@Unknownorigins0]

Jon Burkart Thank you!! ❤

[@Violedegambe]

Jon Burkart it is written on the cello "Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris". It is the best conservatoire in France. It is very famous. Capucon studied here and a lot of very famous musicians too. Aurelien Pascal has this kind of cello.

[@AntoineGarnier]

It's so difficult and expensive to travel with a cello, and dangerous for the instrument, I guess the Conservatoire National lent her a cello for the masterclass

[@SeaRasp]

Antoine G. I think that’s the instrument she plays on not just for the masterclass

[@gabrielleblanc4852]

3:20

[@marysilva859]

La técnica de Gautier es impecable, increíble como hace ver los pasajes tan fáciles. Margarita es muy buena pero no la veo del todo concentrada en la instrucción de Gautier, varias veces seguía de largo tocando sin prestar atención a nada más.

[@lilymarie847]

💕💕💕

[@雀ノ宮あんず]

20:00

[@nerboful]

Le violoncelle de Margarita sonne affreusement. Très beau cours.

[@kalfch1]

En effet c'est perturbant

[@topsquirrel5323]

Very well played. And Gautier's suggestions are mostly very good. So I wanted to see how Gautier would play the piece himself and fortunately a recording of him playing it with an orchestra is available on the KZbin list. What a disappointment! He didn't play it anywhere near as well as she did without the benefit of his advice. 'FWIW, her technique is awesome but always manifested in service of an understanding of the music. She always leans into it just right. Gautier's technique is also excellent, but it is showy and he does not display the musical values of the piece anywhere near as well as she does. This appears to me to be a case wherein the teacher and student ought to exchange positions.

[@serafin1719]

I disagree with the point that her technique is awesome ... she really needs to work on sound production and most obviously on vibrato - she doesn’t quite have the width and strength. Fast parts are well learned, but especially in all the cantabile parts it is missing a lot. The recording and interpretation of his is of course up to taste!

[@specialperson335]

@@serafin1719 i agree about the tone and vibrato. Also the recording is very poor, very dry.

[@topsquirrel5323]

@@serafin1719 Interesting comments! Thank you! I listened to it again trying to pick up the basis of your comments. I was unable to. Plus Gautier never seemed to call her on the things that you felt she falls short on. I have heard several interpretations of this piece but none of them, including Rostropovich, matched her in musicality. In my opinion. Of course, as you say, a lot of this boils down to matters of taste. Gautier's performance, like that of Brannon Cho, seems to sound like an entry in the Fast Cello Players League competition. They wanted to get it over with and didn't lean into the meaty parts, which is what I think her strong point was. Her performance as solo cello in Bruch's Kol Nidre (in another Master Class, same venue) displayed this very well. I think. Rarely have I heard performances more in synch with the musical values of a composition.

[@beanosthe26th19]

​@topsquirrel5323 im sorry but her performance does not at all begin to compare to Brannon Cho's. She has little to no phrasing in the melodic parts and really just stays the same the whole performance, meanwhile brannon emphasizes the intensity of the "fast/hard" parts and digs into the emotion of the melodic parts. In my opinion, she does play extremely well, but her colors are lacking. Its really all just hard playing with droplets of softer playing to make the ELLUSION of phrasing. Im not so sure about gautier, but brannons performance is levels above this girl by miles. And it feels weird to compare such an experienced soloist to a relatively young one in such a way but what yall have been saying sounds alot like recency bias to me; seeing a younger person play it and immediately disregarding recordings from older soloists. She 100% has the potential to reach brannons level, but at the time of this performance she was not.

[@beanosthe26th19]

​​@@topsquirrel5323no disrespect though, I might be a bit biased as his recording is the first I listened to but since then ive heard many others and started learning it so I believe that I can share my opinion on this topic

[@faruleva]

8:51

[@mmmygc]

19:53 lol

[@心理变态又嫉妒心极强]

sound! ! ! ? ? ?

[@leonyao4432]

8:33 bruh

[@hongyuangu8589]

Too difficult sigh......

[@user-cherry615]

25:57😈

[@lmx2382]

that song was really playful

[@cellocelli4114]

?

[@artxxx7832]

the real thing is , Margarita plays BETTER than the teacher and he doesnt like that

[@marysilva859]

Podrá ser muy buena pero para nada toca mejor de Gautier

[@sashosom]

Her sound is nicer than his! :)

[@dinoquarleri3631]

My dear friend, I agree With you, But remember, he is not working on the architecture, just on the bricks. I would love to listen to his version.

[@ninjaturtle3525]

You can hear it free on Spotify. The first word in the album is "Tchaikovsky" in case you can't find it.

[@joepritchard1393]

Dino Quarleri I share the same view of his overly pressed and in my opinion beauty-less sound, however his early recording of the concertante is actually played very nicely, before this strange pressed sound taste of his took effect, definitely an intriguing listen...

[@SuperAlb99]

I have the feeling that his exagerating a lot when he makes a demonstration to the student, in concert he doesn't sound like that.

[@XxGamerCouncilxX]

His sound on this piece when placed alongside a full symphony actually speaks with great warmth

[@ISAIAHTheBook]

Sure, difficult piece but not a beautiful piece

[@SeaRasp]

I find this to be one of the most beautiful cello pieces