Philip Glass Etude No 12 Maki Namekawa

[@Helix3829]

THE best interpreter of Glass piano music IMHO. No one comes close. She totally gets it.

[@runefoonman4103]

A someone else noted, she plays this significantly faster than others, and in my mind, hers is the right tempo. The speed not only highlights her prowess as a pianist and musician, but also brings out the beauty and power of the music.

[@musicfanBRA]

I can't get enough of this, I listen to it every day. Philip Glass is my daily companion.

[@gabreielahadei1625]

Fr fr mmaki namewara is such a talented musician and this piece is stunning

[@auerod]

This one is my favorite Glass Etude. Morons keep complaining Glass is "empty". This is some extraordinary stuff. Damn!

[@livbusy4629]

It doesn’t matter if people call Philip glass empty, because it’s still stumpy most people, and the people who don’t get it can do nothing about it

[@yvindascanius6061]

@Santino Mateo Again, a complete moron trying to promote something worthless. Stay on target and that goes for Steven Victors moronic comment as well! Edit: YT has removed his idiotic advertising and the following comment to it (probably also made a shadow account created by himself for this purpose).

[@zagyex]

Empty? It's half full. Sorry :D :D

[@yvindascanius6061]

Have heard several others play this etude no 12. Compared to the others I have heard she plays it about 50% faster. She is head and shoulders above all of them! Incredibly energetic version, and I think it should be played this fast! I don't know how many times I've heard this now, and it gives me goose-pimples every time!!

[@L8nitedave]

I laterally can't listen to any of them play anything. It feels like I'm getting slimmed or something. Maki is the only one who even understands what's she's doing. She's brilliant, a pure joy to witness.

[@brenschaefer]

@L8nitedave Check out an album called “Dreaming Awake” with Bruce Levingston and Ethan Hawke. It’s not a complete album of the études, I don’t think this one is on there, but their selection works well and it’s really the only thing that comes close for me

[@Paradise6451]

I am absolutely smitten witn the Philip glass piano worls. It's almost all I play now. I grudgingly do some Chopin and Beethoven because I feel I should but I can't get it out of my head. Dinnerstein, Lisitsa, Olaffson, Maki Namekawa and others all deem it worthy with great peformances.

[@ilovehifi]

For me this is a Hurricane Category five. I was sucked in without being able to do anything about it. Fantastic artwork. And, as others say here: Don't listen to the haters; they are not worth of hearing this world-class music.

[@davidemaugeri8940]

This is rock'n roll, babe! Even Sebastian Bach would dance to this rhythm.

[@stevefreier2156]

Tears of joyful ecstasy taking me to higher levels every time I listen to this masterpiece. She is beautiful to watch as well!

[@andrewh273]

She is fabulous, as is Víkingur Ólafsson, as a Glass interpreter. The future beckons in this kind of music.

[@ekklesiast]

this is definitely the best performance of the etude 12! it's so crisp clear and energetic and powerful

[@greatsewing6061]

I was very lucky to see the premiere of the Etudes at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Twelve different players took the stage, one at a time, each having their own piano bench brought out and returned after their Etude was played. It was a beautiful evening and this wonderful performance just adds to the beauty. Thank you for posting.

[@2dicone]

I'm glad I got to see all 20 Études live performed by Philip Glass, Sally Whitwell, and Maki. It was truly breathtaking.

[@tigerfishgirl]

Hey thanks! That was a fun concert...

[@escapeworks2917]

Jealous!

[@777goodgirl]

I love how into it she gets!

[@DerogatoryMess]

this is the most complex thing I have ever heard in my live! I am floored!

[@musicfanBRA]

This is so beautiful and poigant. And she plays them all by heart.

[@olakolade6656]

wow! i've just discovered philip glass' etudes and they are amazing, mysterious and captivating. He has a lovely style!

[@JohnSmith-if9dn]

Miss namekawa looks as though she is having so much fun playing this one its infectious, so enjoyable to watch as well as hear it played so daringly and with fire. I want my own dvd of all these tunes if there is one cos these are cut on here and I want the whole 20 etudes with maki on dvd please

[@Moggyan]

Amen 2 dat! But maybe just uploaded to youtube vs dvd as I haven't had a dvd player since the mid- 2000's

[@escapeworks2917]

Good news! There actually is a 2-volume CD of Maki Namekawa playing all the Glass etudes. Available to download!

[@jenniferrojas7065]

I LOVE her shoes. The music is amazing as well.

[@thierryrenonce2167]

SUPERBE interprétation !!!! deux superbes pianistes !! Maki et Vikingur

[@lucianoiovino304]

Wonderful Maki Namekawa and Philip Glass!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You

[@tigerfishgirl]

I love 2:30! I'm assuming it's an intentional visual reference to that video of Philip Glass Ensemble playing Train/Spaceship, Sadlers Wells 1982. (Wow, that was a nerdy thing to say!)

[@picvidz]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Glad to see it confirmed in the comments

[@tigerfishgirl]

I didn't see her move this way at our recent concerts in Brooklyn, but it is less clear when watching from the wings!!

[@thewretchedexcess3203]

he did that in the video but in general he always did that in concerts to signal changes to the ensemble

[@JoshuaRamisch]

Yep: opening sequence from that 1983 performance (Einstein on the Beach extract, now in 1 video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2KxqoShmr-Cla8

[@nori8675]

Holy shit this is incredible

[@justinjaeger1554]

Playing that right hand at the end cramps up my hand lol. But thanks to Philip my arpeggios are stellar

[@stephenoverstreet9898]

B R I L L I A N T. Can’t say it much better than that. Brilliant composing, brilliant playing, brilliant interpretation, just brilliant.

[@ИгорьДымченко-к9л]

Greatest pianist of our time.

[@ИгорьДымченко-к9л]

Maki Mamekava is one of the Greatest Pianist of the Word.

[@sebastianverney7851]

This makes me pretty ecstatic, and I love the high definition black and while film that has come back into fashion.

[@headphonetribe]

Music creates stories, small films in the mind. In mine I see my life. I am driving down the side of a steep mountain traversing curves when suddenly there is a large yellow street sign that says "Slow-Sharp Curves Ahead" but it's too late and I am holding my breath while taking these turns at breakneck speed. Can't help seeing that when I hear this. The song is like a warning. Caution. Things are about to get seemingly out-of-hand.

[@douglasmccannpiano]

hearing this, i just shiver..... so beautiful.... i am just wired into this musicality... bravo..

[@jeremiahcarrillo9601]

As a muse fan, this was incredibly satisfying to find by chance and immediately recognize before another chord rotation could start. Bellamy is a hell of a song writer, he should be up there with K. Cobain.

[@ornleifs]

Ah yes. Love this, so looking forward to the album.

[@guslima1130]

Still one of the best music pieces ever.

[@user-kz9sg2cx6]

ETALLONIC performance.

[@johnhawkinshawkins1284]

mesmerising.

[@Latebiwsas]

thank you for such a beautiful interpretation

[@douglasmccannpiano]

we need slow tutorials for these works.... as to how to keep different rhythms in both hands.... 6 12 13 16 seem to surpass glass opening piece.. otherwise watching this just creates envy..... to play at this level.... the performance here exceeds, what i have seen glass do in person.... the intensity, and phrasing, are as only a master actor could pull off... bravo... encore.

[@hebrayah]

I heard Glass and her playing together ( some pieces by him and some by her ) and she is technically far more sophisticated.

[@LoLEntensindtoll]

You can buy the sheets from official pages. They aren't this expensive. Also the techniques are masterable. Book 1 is much easiert than book 2.

[@manuelmendes3237]

Magic, what a music, what a perfomance!

[@thebraian2500]

2:51 headbanging

[@900borges]

thank you Maki for such perfect interpretation

She is so wonderful!

[@guillaumeguillaume6787]

No words to explain... Just amazing Crazy good

[@douglasmccannpiano]

omg... just breathtaking... i only thought there were 10.... imagine my hearing this for the first time, what i must feel...

[@clavis55]

Yes the etudes are great!

[@douglasmccannpiano]

+Piano Markus markus 12, 13 and 16 please record..... you have musicality.... as amazing as these recordings...

[@animationpuppetry]

+douglas mccann I also listened to Solo Piano and Piano Etudes (first 10) more than 1,000 times before discovering this just now. Won't forget.

[@animationpuppetry]

+douglas mccann I see in reading the notes of the Namekawa recording that PG says he wrote #s 11-20 from 2004-2014. No wonder I wasn't listening to them over the past ten years. (Discovered PG in 2004 via Koyaanisqatsi)

[@musicfanBRA]

Just beautiful.

[@parisdavril]

Just wonderful !!!! I love it !!!

[@fugueholic]

2:23 fasten your seatbelt!

[@jmmartz6095]

❤ maki is making love with that music

[@jumpytravel9685]

Maki je vous aime

[@manolin.6597]

Pure beauty on all levels

[@stevefreier2156]

I love the 'jazzy' interpretation she provides! Very refreshing!

[@sternumagnum]

Total technical command; perfect pitch of feeling.

[@manolin.6597]

My soul loves every bit of this

[@lesbsocal9107]

Watching her expressiveness is half the fun.

[@milkyroad9593]

Really nice. And I like the headbanging. Very cool

[@carmenaballi]

Estos estudios de Ph. Glass son una maravilla para los pianistas. Estoy en ellos

[@CossacksChampion]

absolutely awesome!

[@beatrixvantil8623]

merveilleuse ♥

[@pacochavez461]

Mesmerizing, it is speechless

[@guignardcamille]

insane perfection

[@tiestripe]

Reminds me of the the Tempest Sonata third movement revisited.

[@The_Devils_Descendant_lingling]

wow! just wow!

[@tubefreakmuva]

Your candyman piece was perfect

[@juliolemos1296]

Excelente!!!

[@paolomesseca8679]

Wonderful (I enjoyed very much the video)

[@twincrystals]

PERFECT

[@debacofzomb9889]

How the hell is she doing that with only two hands???

[@elfedstarkie1704]

I'm in love with. Maki

[@greagandev]

Fantastic.

[@hussamsabouni1129]

Pure pleasure!

[@davidearnhardt4331]

Beautiful!

[@markaprill6501]

These two are friends and Philip will sit with her and gives her advice easily making these the best versions of his work or most authentic versions of what Glass was actually intending. It seems these works are being played more and more at much faster tempos than intended?

[@marcelodust1259]

Wonderful!

[@frantepper206]

Awesome‼️

[@hpmoon]

Wonderful.

[@jochenwagner5170]

Thank you.

[@РадаАбдуллаева-ы6й]

Замечательное исполнение!

[@ИгорьДымченко-к9л]

Weltklasse!

[@guedesfurtado]

maravilhoso!

[@aira9art1]

incredible!!!

[@1954surya]

Jaaaaaa!!! Fantastisch!

[@chazinko]

Smashing!

[@hansdewit6833]

Bravo❤️❤️❤️🌹

[@pianoscholastique]

Fascinante !!!

[@JohnSmith-if9dn]

fkn awesome man.

[@9bridges]

Wow OMG

[@DerogatoryMess]

this, this is epic!

[@tous7798]

Pratiquement toutes ses œuvres pourraient être mises en ballets. Ces merveuilleuses études pour piano également bien entendu...

[@JohnSmith-if9dn]

yumm

[@douglasmccannpiano]

during the bass ending... i am swirling in a black hole to the event horizon..... or to the edge of a maelstrom.... i dont where, but i am no longer here.... only music can do this...

[@Moggyan]

Dude, please.

[@juliolemos1296]

Bonito!!!

[@dalethomasdewitt]

For those who tire of the circus of instrumental competency rest assured the etude is where new musculature is postulated which then measures into the accepted architecture to social sound. At times being the best circus performer fails to reach the destination sought.

[@catalinscurtu3686]

Frumos, unic, genial

[@douglasjensen8986]

IMHO, Nico Muhly's performance (PBS) is the gold standard. for this piece.

[@124tamir]

is it on youtube?

[@NarendraTirunagari]

I think the woman should be having 4 hands. It can't be done with 2 hands. Amazingly played...:)

[@ethanhill9738]

This is the sound of mobility, however one might envision it.

[@davidsage5372]

GO YoU!

[@АлексейАлексей-э6р8щ]

КрасивоОООООО!!!!

[@joao-geraldodamasceno1581]

Formidable

[@timothyj.bowlby5524]

This is a case where the length the piece can, in my view, be supported by the material it's based on. Minimalism tends, for me, to be too long winded in that regard.

[@Moggyan]

Man, I'd get premature arthritis if I tried playing that fast. I bought the Glass Etudes piano book...but I've been putting off playing it as it looks too hard. I think its intentionally that hard to stop amateurs (such as myself!), recording themselves and sticking it on You Tube.

[@prokofjan]

Go for it!