[restored] Ivry Gitlis - Massenet Meditation + Mendelssohn Concerto

[@violindylan]

Almost exactly 20 years ago, in December 2001, I had the amazing honor of working on Bartok Nr. 2 in a Master Class that Ivry Gitlis gave in Hamburg, Germany. Within a one hour lesson he opened what felt to me like a whole new universe on how to approach not only this concerto, which I had been working on for a long time already at that point and thought to know pretty much everything about, but even more so to music in general. Although I don’t think anyone but him will ever get away with some of the bowings and phrasings he chose, he was a pure genius in his own rights and an incomparable inspiration. As violinists we are first and foremost critiqued on things like intonation and on how accurate our technique is, and of course for obvious reasons- we all know how much accuracy it takes to make a violin sound pleasant, and how annoying and terrible the sound will be until you invest the work and reach a certain threshold. However, this was nothing that I would have needed a master class for, as I had heard that from every teacher I had since I started playing the violin at the age of 8. The way he encouraged me to feel into the music, and the almost infectious passion and excitement that you could feel coming from him though; that was something I had never experienced before and that I will forever keep as one of the greatest musical gifts I ever received. Apart from that, he was delighted to learn from me that just a few days before that master class I had gotten my 9 weeks old Rottweiler puppy from the shelter that would become my most loyal companion for the following more than 12 years, as him and I shared not only our love for music, but also for dogs 😊

[@leif1075]

How donyou stay motivated withbtje violin..i can't imagine playing one damn piece pf music for so damn long...i mean don't you get boredand tired and fed up and discouraged?? Pieces should be easier to learn and faster and more fun and enjoyable..it gets too fucking frustrating and discouraging after a while..hope you can respond when you can..

[@violindylan]

@@leif1075 Maybe there’s a misunderstanding here, I have not been practicing Bartok Nr. 2 ever since, and I have not mentioned any time span, have I? Also, it was not the only piece that I was working on at the time, as I had to prepare a pretty widespread repertoire for my final exams at music college. And with a piece that is about 40 minutes long and as complex as this particular concerto, there is nothing boring about it for sure, not even after a couple of months.

[@arcobow97]

Ivry Gitlis became the violin when he played. What a true legend he was, can’t believe it’s been a year since his passing.

[@iosi1455]

💫🕊️💫🕊️💫🕊️💫✌️🌹🌹🐑🐑🌿🌿🌾🌾💝💝🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟😱🌺🌺🌺😯💥✨✨👨‍❤️‍👨🕊️🕊️🌹🐑💋💋💋💋🌹

[@iosi1455]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@violinow1673]

People either love or dislike his style but can’t argue that he is an unique artist who has a distinct voice- hard to copy that. Some criticized that his Bach Chaconne was rough.. It touched my heart and made me teary?Interesting what people hear and feel when listening to him. For me, mostly I would rather listen to him than just pure/clean perfect playing.

[@gerardoamparan192]

His chaccone its awful tbh

[@SofiaViviEnDo]

Oh my ... I have heard the Mendelssohn violin concerto only God knows how many times, and by how many players. I just love it. But THIS interpretation, really indeed blow my mind

[@arturtarnowski4023]

He was Unique person, great heart. I had pleasure to play it for him on 2017, he even liked it

[@alastairboles4437]

Such a very, very distinctive sound, from the Late, Great, Ivry Gitlis

[@wannabecat369]

Ivry Gitlis took violin lessons from the violinist and composer (and also pianist and conductor) George Enescu. Enescu studied composition with Massenet, and studied violin under Marsick, who arranged Massenet's Meditation for violin. Even though Enescu isn't very similar to either of his teachers, it's a remarkable connection. I wonder if he had the Meditation in his repertoire, if so it is deeply unfortunate that he never recorded it.

[@geigenatelierbrusch469]

Very inspiring! It is easy to recognize Gitlis among hundreds of violinists, because his highly espressive style is so much personalized. And he does exude a magic spell in the Massenet Méditation, a piece perfectly suited to him. Also the Mendelssohn is great. Thankyou for the wonderful post.

[@finemasterviolins]

So different from current interpretations. Amazing

[@jamesnotsmith1465]

Always a pleasure to watch and hear great violinists from the past perform. It's hard to find such recordings and your postings are of good quality. Thank you for posting.

[@gsm2424]

absolute legend, his playing made the violin sing like no other violinist ive heard (appart from Szeryng!)

[@road2acoustic99]

Ivry Gitlis is a wonderful gift of the nature, RIP to him 😞

[@darlenerivest148]

He has so much to say in his music making. Such a distinct voice.

[@riccardopini9340]

INTENSITA' ASSOLUTA !

[@Chenyu_Huang]

Interesting interpretation for the meditation

[@maurizioc1964]

really a great violinist...thank you for posting it

[@lolamas3042]

Gracias por compartir esta maravilla!👏👏👏👏👏💜🎶💜🎻🤗

[@amiralikhalili3461]

Love this type of videos that you upload 💖

[@alraxalrax8246]

Thank you for uploading this inspiring video and for your tutorials (sevcik double stops)

[@sm9846]

beautiful performances ! Thank you ! 🙏🙏🙏

[@stephenbrivati3233]

I find his Mendelssohn a stark reminder as to why we should stop treating this concerto as ‘the easy’ major work to tackle first before moving on to the really meaty stuff. to really pull it off you have to be a true artist, not an artist in embryo :)

[@NareshNaresh-lr9nq]

Marvelous!

[@howardcohen6817]

Breathtaking Mendelssohn but the Massenet demonstrates an enlightened Gitlis. Thanks for your efforts, Daniel.

[@DanielKurganov]

@@howardcohen6817 yes the meditation is being comprehension

[@DONALD_TRUMP_UZ]

Иври Гитлис величайший музыкант!💫🤍

[@arturtarnowski4023]

and this video is playback. View is added later to music. I noticed on 12:43 when vibrato wasn't on the video and was in the sound. Anyway love it, just fantastic.

[@robertkeyling3131]

It always looks so easy

[@ritarita-oc3pm]

WITHOUT WORDS!❤

[@gabylr2742]

Juste fermer les yeux et écouter ce génie ❤😢

[@albertomessina8061]

Fantastico

[@andygossard4293]

I can see why every piece they say he makes this his own. Every violinist has probably played this, and you'd agree this sounds great and one of a kind

[@russharding796]

The greatest violinist Israel ever produced !!!

[@filipassos7849]

What a legend!

[@riccardopini2538]

Un colosso tra di noi .

[@MultiLilianrose]

J aime beaucoup ce violoniste.

[@pablouuuu]

Unique form of playin violin, He has his own style

[@stephenbrivati3233]

Love it. Sadly, I can’t forward it to a student I’m encouraging to use ‘more’ vibrato. However, when he need s a model for really gut felt intuitive artistry I can send it without a qualm LOL.

[@citylidamj8898]

A vibrato maestro!!!

[@PYL999]

You taste became close to real violin sound, very good way.

[@gabylr2742]

❤😊

[@isabelulloa4219]

😭😭😭🎻🙏🙏🙏🙏🇨🇱😇

[@broccolee4328]

99% of the violinists today still can't even 'rest' their violins as stable and tension-free as Ivry even after using fancy rocket science technology shoulder rest and NASA grade modification to their chin rests🤷🏿‍♂️.

[@900borges]

Only his violin hás this sound

[@isabelulloa4219]

💜😰🌎🌍🎼🎵🎶🎄✌️✌️

[@arthurh.lilienthal7018]

Ivry Hitliste privar

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

His erratic self styled playing always puts me on edge.

[@gabylr2742]

Une honte la coupure pub !!!!!

[@kevinvanhove5834]

Typical Ivry, so unpredictable in his playing

[@tevfikfikretbozkurt9746]

Evli gitti keşke Bu eseri yorumlama saymış cazvari olmuyor bu eser

[@gabylr2742]

Ivry n'aurait pas apprécié 😢

[@наташазимина-и2у]

Странно играет Массне. Плохо.

[@jackburgess8579]

The Meditation is completely preposterous and god awful.

[@oemj7147]

Maybe to the uninitiated.

[@jackburgess8579]

@@oemj7147 I don't know what Gitlis thinks he is initiating, but it certainly isn't the communion with God that Massenet intended.

[@jackburgess8579]

@@oemj7147 >>" Who cares what Massenet intended? 1. People who are not idiots. 2. Your time would be better spent cleaning out your ears and listening to violinists who are able to perform this work.

[@tonianzlovar7590]

@@jackburgess8579 I listen to music. What do you listen to?

[@jackburgess8579]

@@tonianzlovar7590 The best music.

[@angeltokman2309]

la considero una de las mejores interpretaciones de toda la historia de esta obra con la personalidad de Gitlis.