PIANO MASTERCLASS with Prof. Ilja Scheps: Rachmaninoff - Piano concerto No 2, 1st mov.

Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano concerto No. 2, 1st movement.
Masterclass with Prof. Ilja Scheps; Student: Gavin Liang May
Daniel Gronsfeld - Sound ＆Video
In his lessons Prof. Ilja Scheps discusses questions of interpretation, musical content, sound and piano playing technique.

[@emarekica]

What a gem: to hear a Bosendorfer and Steinway together!

[@lesterrocks2439]

Analogy here. The Bosendorfer is like a ripped person with a six pack and the Steinway is a chubby beauty

[@Greg-kz8ts]

@@lesterrocks2439 that's pretty good. Personally I see the bosendorfer as a bodybuilder and the steinway as a chad with good beach muscles lol

[@NewYork10280]

Can’t say enough how much I loved this! I loved the swinging of the giant bell in his motions. Also the Professor’s touch is impeccable. I hear immediately the difference in the sound when he plays versus the student.

[@fgrideau]

thank you so much. just a amateur here, been practicing this for years and its still messy but hopefully a bit less after this. the challenge for the next 20 years

[@rogiervk1]

Same here 😂!!

[@aleksPval]

I really dont think you should be playing this if youre an amateur and you try this for a couple years and its still not there. Its probably because lack of technique! Try some easier pieces cause this one is REALLY hard so its understandable. Good luck on your journey :)

[@rogiervk1]

Well this piece is my favourite so i will always come back to it.

[@michaelsmith697]

I’m trying it too. Will take a while, but it’s worth it. It’s the most beautiful concerto ever written.

[@sieteleguas1516]

Fantastic. Will forever appreciate the music and artistry at a deeper level. Do the 2nd movement next!

[@gritrien9173]

Great masterclass!

[@RaptorT1V]

Обожаю, когда русский человек говорит на английском. Ведь в таком случае даже субтитры не нужны. Сразу всё понимаешь)

[@dimamimo5208]

Как с языка сняли. Я сам с английским плохо, но наш говор слышу сразу

[@xdimension8]

thank you for sharing!

[@Mannometer]

Extremely interesting 🙏👌 Thank you

[@lesterrocks2439]

A master piece. We pretty much settled on how it’s played. The composer himself played it and recorded it. Now it’s just a matter how deep you can get into it. And what your performance looks like. And don’t break the chords at the beginning

[@michaelsmith697]

I don’t like the broken chords in the beginning either. I can’t reach all the notes. So a few need to be omitted. An intelligent pianist will know which ones to leave out!

[@yumay6188]

@@michaelsmith697 But tbh, it‘s the start of the concerto and really every note in the beginning is important. So i would break the chords if neccessaryy

[@christopherdariocanopucapu7851]

es muy bello

[@rogiervk1]

This is so interesting!!

[@robertjason6885]

The pianist is the accompanists for much of the opening pages. I felt the “Student” was a bit too aggressive. I type as I’m hearing it. Waiting for commentary. Thanks for posting this.

[@HaiNguyen-hm6lb]

I really enjoyed the lesson

[@Holywood07]

For years now I'd like to master Rachmaninov's Piano condert No. 2. As my 2 kids (two years apart) both like to learn to play the pinao now (one of which I teach myself), are there any sheet notes that I can download so they can do a 4 hands piece of this? - and by the way, as I stopped taking claases at the age of 21 (being 50 meanwhile) are there any recommendations on how to proceed on improving piano skills at my age?

[@larghedoggo9607]

Hey, I think the age doesn't matter! Slow practicing, balancing of the touches, techniques solving from passages. And then your interpretation. Ofcourse, hiring yourself an experienced teacher is probably the fastest than discovering all thr stuff by yourself. Economy independant is another advantage of adults.

[@laurasosa3694]

Lindo...muy expresivo...adelante! Falta Forma Musical, mayor comprension de la forma. Muy bien. México.

[@robertwilson214]

7.16 most exquisite passage of music ever....

[@mangomerkel2005]

2:33, 4:13

[@lesterrocks2439]

Melodize it. That’s the winner

[@PaulJones-oj4kr]

musically, the kid is constitutionally unable to plumb the depths. It's a cultural conditioning issue. Far-Easterners are relatively understated emotionally, reserved.

[@jonathanphay6904]

Possibly the most ridiculous, uninformed comment I’ve ever read. Fair if that’s your objective assessment of this pianist, but to posit a general deficiency in musical interpretation on the basis of cultural upbringing is just ignorant.

[@lesterrocks2439]

Aaah, don’t break the chord. Just leave out the bottom note

[@michaelsmith697]

Yes! I leave out the bottom F

[@lesterrocks2439]

@@michaelsmith697 I can reach the first low f after that it’s a stretch and not worth it.

[@michaelsmith697]

What about leaving out the top C?

[@lesterrocks2439]

@@michaelsmith697 not ideal. Too audible.

[@robertjason6885]

Singing tone, yes. The student learns quickly!

[@lesterrocks2439]

Yea, I wouldn’t call this a master class. Just teaching to be a puppet. Give a path why you wanna sound ascertain way. Very superficial way of teaching in m humble opinion

[@PaulJones-oj4kr]

the thing about far-Easterners is that their nervous systems are not amenable to the spirit of Western music. They don't have the pathos, the depth. They gloss over the depth of the details, the minute emotionalism. Technically, they're fine. But doesn't technique include what I am talking about.

[@PaulJones-oj4kr]

playing espressivo is constricted for this kid. Russian espressivo is even more unreachable.

[@doritoapollo123]

racist

[@germanchris4440]

@@doritoapollo123 "There is man and woman, and there are differences between them." - "Sexist." "There are Frenchmen and Germans and Italians and Russians, and they are of different mentality and cultural character." - "Nationalist." (Meant as a bad thing.)

[@doritoapollo123]

@@germanchris4440 saying that people from the east have less emotional depth is a statement without clear scientific evidence, it almost suggests as if people from the east are mindless robots without sympathy, even though they are no less emotional than europeans, sure there are some ppl like that but its generalizing