I think that one of the main things that Chopin would wonder about is why no pianist on stage knows how to improvise (or at least shows anything regarding that ability). Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, etc, were all amazing improvisers. In the "competitions" of his time - which typically took the form of piano duels - improvisation was very often the main deciding factor for who was viewed as the winner. Granted, improvisation was rapidly going out of style in the end of Chopin's life, so that by the 1880s it was no longer a part of the new concert-centred (as opposed to soiree-centered) piano tradition. But, there was for instance a piano duel between Mendelssohn and Liszt in the 1830s, and that duel was basically turned in Liszt's favor because of his ability to on the spot improvise a Liszt-version of a Mendelssohn piece. Knowing how to improvise was - in those times - your way of showing your depth of musical knowledge, as well as the magnitude of your musical inspiration. In other words, not knowing how to improvise would probably have been viewed as a non-starter, in terms of viewing a pianist as a great one. They would all have been viewed as sub-par. (Mozart, for instance, only wrote out improvisational details to amateurs, i.e. students - professional pianists were supposed to know how to improvise themselves; there is a highly interesting lecture by Robert Levin illustrating that). WIth all this said, I must add that I do know that some pianists who rank highly in these competitions also are amazing improvisers (e.g. Gabriela Montero who was placed 3rd in 1995, is absolutely incredible as an improviser). However, improvisation has unfortunately completely gone from the tradition as such, and some pianists who are viewed as being among the best in the world today, don't know anything regarding improvisation (they even say so themselves in interviews). And, to bring it again back to the topic of the video: improvisation is not at all a part of today's piano competitions. I think that loss of a whole discipline within piano playing is very sad, and I do believe that it indeed does mean that our depth of musical understanding as pianists has gone way down. I also do think that that change is the perhaps number one thing that would have suprised Chopin the most. (Nevertheless, with all those things said, I also think that he would have been blown away by the sheer technical ability that today's pianists have - now almost any conservatory student can play the most difficult Liszt pieces - at his time only Liszt, and possibly one or a few more, knew how to play them).
@DelsinM3 жыл бұрын
I read once that Chopin recommended practicing only a couple of hours per day. That leaves a lot of time for composing, which is really the foundation of improvisation, because you actually know what the hell is going on with the music. Today's pianist, as a rule, have to learn some theory but are not composers; rather, the emphasis is almost solely on technical virtuosity. The many, many, many hours spent polishing technique could be spent (at least many of them) developing genuine musicality.
@DanyDoublebass3 жыл бұрын
@@DelsinM The basis of improvisation is knowing your theory and how to apply it to your instrument, and Chopin did know his theory and also how to apply it to his instrument. Composition is related with knowing a ton of theory but both can be done without the other
@gunce573 жыл бұрын
Yes, I completely agree, old pianists had a triumvirate of skills: composition, improvisation, and technical ability. In an old-school piano duel, you typically displayed all of these skills: you played a composition by someone else (e.g. your opponent), you played a composition written by yourself, and you played an improvisation based on a theme given to you by e.g. your opponent. Today's pianists have only one of these three skills. That is, in my mind, a great step backwards. The only thing that has evolved is the purely technical ability. I am afraid that almost all pianists alive today would be unable to successfully compete against the old-school masters in their version of a piano duel. I think that this is sad, not only for the pianistic tradition, but for music as a whole. I think that that non-training of pianists today is one of the main reasons why we nowadays have so few really good composers, who can write music that is on par with the music of Chopin, Mozart, etc. Composition and improvisation have become rare occurances practiced by the select few, instead of a mainstream training that any pianist is expected to develop, just as much as they develop their technical ability.
@antoniobernardo50643 жыл бұрын
I don't know why improvisation became mostly a jazz thing when it used to be so common in classical music
@LivioPignalosa3 жыл бұрын
Fortunately, we have some amazing recordings of Raoul Koczalski...
@philipsmith30843 жыл бұрын
I think Chopin would be astounded by the sound of the modern piano.
@amjan3 жыл бұрын
Interesting point! Was the sound so much differnet back then?
@samueld4vid3 жыл бұрын
@@amjan they had different tunings
@NYCBG3 жыл бұрын
@@samueld4vid and mechanism
@pianoman18573 жыл бұрын
@@amjan the piano he played in Paris were Erard and Pleyel. Some still exist, you can check on youtube how it sounds
@howard59923 жыл бұрын
In my view his music is very well suited for the modern piano. In a sense, he composed for an instrument that hadn't quite come into being yet. I think Chopin would be pleased as much as astounded.
@marshan12263 жыл бұрын
Is there anyone more interesting to listen to than Garrick Ohlsson? Could listen to him for hours what a guy honestly...
@pianoman5510003 жыл бұрын
This could have easily been an hour interview. I wanted to hear more of his thoughts on music performance, then and now.
@marielatarnowska42383 жыл бұрын
I wished it had lasted much longer, ......
@stevebbuk3 жыл бұрын
Yes but Chopin did not live to be "very old." A slip of the tongue probably.
@goatmanedits4 Жыл бұрын
I could listen to Garrick Ohlsson speak all day. What a generous and brilliant artist he is.
@cimbalok29723 жыл бұрын
Chopin had courage when he said "No" to composing operas, oratorios and concertos. He was intelligent enough to recognize what he was good at and kept doing it, peer pressure be damned. I'm an accordionist and I totally respect him. Before I played accordion I played piano, cello and hammer dulcimer, not that I was any good at them, except dulcimer, which I excelled at before I took up accordion. Chopin was my foundation and all my musical successes, lame as they are, are owed to him. Thanks for a thought-provoking video. My favorite Chopin works start around Op. 42 and go to to Op. 65 (although the Tarantella op. 43 is not a great piece, fun as it is). I do acknowledge the innovation and genius of pieces such as Mazurkas op. 6, 7, 17 and 24. In fact, most of his pieces inspired by the folk dances of Poland are the works of a mature artist, regardless of when, during his relatively short life, they were composed.
@AngelofSin6666663 жыл бұрын
Are you aware that Chopin actually composed two (piano) concertos?
@cimbalok29723 жыл бұрын
@@AngelofSin666666 you bet! Op. 11 in E-minor was actually composed *after* the op. 21 in F-minor, but published first.
@thegreenpianist7683 Жыл бұрын
@@cimbalok2972you seem to have a lot of admiration for Chopin. I too share the same passion. This was a pleasant read!
@MusicalBasics2 жыл бұрын
One of the best interviews ever. Great job Ben!
@frédéricchopinFan.94793 ай бұрын
Hello
@ice-iu3vv3 жыл бұрын
two points. he would be honored that so many people wanted to play, interpret, and compete over, his music. second, he was virtually retired from playing for large crowds by the time he was 21. besides the well known physical problems that took him from us at the age of 39, Chopin had immense social anxiety and could only enjoy judging such a competition with strict control over the number of people he would be around.
@Rose-zg9pu3 жыл бұрын
I don't think he had immense social anxiety... He liked mingling among aristocrats in paris. How otherwise would he have become so popular. Its rather difficult to market oneself when one has social anxiety.
@ice-iu3vv3 жыл бұрын
@@Rose-zg9pu research it. his social anxiety is well documented, not some opinion of mine. liszt helped market him. his wife helped market him. he liked earning a living from aristocrats, which doesnt mean he enjoyed the mingling. he retired from public performance as a 21 year old, as soon as he could possibly afford to, because he didnt handle people well .
@JoshuaWillis893 жыл бұрын
Chopin would most likely be honored, but I don’t think he would approve of the competition itself.
@xdaniels66653 жыл бұрын
He would be shocked to see all those young fantastically talented Asian pianists.
@gdmoore3 жыл бұрын
@@xdaniels6665 LMAO
@WesCoastPiano3 жыл бұрын
"Chopin is the greatest of them all, for with the piano alone he discovered everything." - Claude Debussy
@BudgetRakan3 жыл бұрын
My man Debussy aint heard John Field it seems.
@alecedman17023 жыл бұрын
That is not a quote from debussy i assure you
@toooldtodie3 жыл бұрын
@@BudgetRakan E. Wolff after Field's stay in Vienna wrote about him: "no proficiency, no elegance and no difficulties is able to play, in short, a very poor player."
@sandrawilliams98123 жыл бұрын
Me thinks that Fryderyk is Chopin at the bit to say he thought Debussy was a real Claude ;-)
@beatlessteve10103 жыл бұрын
I believe Maestro Debussy
@gabelonguinhos3 жыл бұрын
this channel rules and you kick ass as an interviewer
@robinthenoble63472 жыл бұрын
As a classical musician, I hated competitions ever since I've known myself. It's never 100% fair, there is always a clear favorite and unless that's you, you have to do 200% to even be noticed. I think I'm on Bartok's side on this " competitions are for horses, not for men".
@ADuchessInside3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that! I always love hearing Garrick Ohlsson’s thoughts about all things piano, and about Chopin in particular.
@geoff75173 жыл бұрын
Great interview! He was right on when he talked about these contestants applying themselves to the music. It is worth a shout out!
An insightful and very informative interview. Even his parenthetic asides were inspiring!!
@barlofski3 жыл бұрын
Great interview. So glad he's still playing.
@InstrumentManiac3 жыл бұрын
A great interview and a great sentiment to end on. Thanks to both of you!
@gerardvila46853 жыл бұрын
11:00 Chopin wasn't just "a braniac like... Bach even", he was a Bach fanatic who played the Well-Tempered clavier all the time. But well spotted by Ohlsson!
@Varooooooom3 жыл бұрын
I even saw a video comparing Chopin’s Op.10 No.1 to that one Prelude in C major from the Well-Tempered Clavier (idk how else to refer to it rn). Very uncanny.
@classicaloracle3 жыл бұрын
Great interview style - straight to the point - no wasted words.
@bhh19883 жыл бұрын
Great idea to do this interview in light of the upcoming competition!
@mkjb83313 жыл бұрын
Sublime interview. Greetings from Poland!
@sarahdubois23863 жыл бұрын
I personally think the first 2 rounds of the competition should be behind a screen and given a number so the judges aren't influenced by what they see.
@mattmexor28823 жыл бұрын
that turns out to be racist and sexist according to our great overlords.
@julius75393 жыл бұрын
@@mattmexor2882 Nope, that's bullshit because auditions for most orchestras are blind, at least up until the final rounds.
@mattmexor28823 жыл бұрын
@@julius7539 They are, yes, and there is a push to end it. And if history is any guide - see, for example, higher education - such pushes get their ways in the end. I can't paste links here, it seems. So search for new york times "to make orchestras more diverse, end blind auditions".
@bobomber3 жыл бұрын
Maybe then they would quit making the ridiculous faces!
@mattmexor28823 жыл бұрын
@@bobomber That's how you know they are trying.
@NiPaVou3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting interview with a beautiful ending.
@christopherczajasager90303 жыл бұрын
A great profound and kind artist.Wonderful epiloge!
@betsypar3 жыл бұрын
Apropos of Chopin’s mastery and appreciation of improvisation, please check out the KZbin channel called Cateen, featuring the immensely creative improvisations of Hayato Sumino, one of this year’s outstanding performers in the Chopin Competition.
@JoshuaWillis893 жыл бұрын
Amazing interview! Thank you for bringing one of my heroes into my home.
@maulcs3 жыл бұрын
11:13 I agree with all of this. The more I study his music the more I'm amazed by it
@StephenGrew3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Chopin has great depth!!
@ddgyt503 жыл бұрын
It's a shame you don't have more subscribers. This is an excellent channel.
@mschuer1003 жыл бұрын
A fantastic interview, and very insightful.
@darbymckilkannoncaid32793 жыл бұрын
What a great interview
@cecilefox91363 жыл бұрын
I really find this interview fascinating.
@hurryandleave96802 жыл бұрын
The only competition I really like is the Van Cliburn. It allows pianists to show their full range playing different composers instead of just one. It also appears to foster a sense of community and mutual support among the contestants.
@ShiningBulbasaur3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! It is a pleasure to hear mr Garrick's opinions and about his past!
@michaeleaster1815 Жыл бұрын
I just discovered this channel: it's fabulous! Thank you for the interview
@RicardoCorona3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting interview. What a great pianist and person!
@sk8rjer3 жыл бұрын
Awesome to be able to watch/listen to this video/interview...
@andrewolewine82713 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! What a wonderful mind and heart! I've never encountered the Chopin Competition, though, of course, I knew about it through the music history of Martha Argerich. I'm listening to the various contestants and its making me want to really dig deep into the music of Chopin.
@brumels1570Ай бұрын
Ohlsson is so well-spoken and full of humanity.
@primusnocturn3 жыл бұрын
I liked this interview. Greetings from Warsaw.
@kentst89563 жыл бұрын
Wonderful interview! So full of interesting information and good will!
@EcceHumanitatis3 жыл бұрын
Marvelous interview!
@stevenhaff7973 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful interview with a wonderful musician and obviously generous and sensitive soul.
@StephenGrew3 жыл бұрын
Really interesting, it is imperative to do what is right for you and we all, even if you have to dig a bit deeper! The music is the music and doesn't have to be endorsed by grandeur or anyone or anything. I prefer to play to a smaller audience.
@beatlessteve10103 жыл бұрын
I cannot get enough anecdotes about this genius Chopin..!
@markus78943 жыл бұрын
Great interview! Fantastic! Thank you!
@melindaschwenk-borrell9374 Жыл бұрын
Nice to meet you!!
@mx19idlewilder2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic interview with great, great pianist. Also questions were very good and nicely picked.
@xdaniels66653 жыл бұрын
Thank you,maestro.
@dorfmanjones3 жыл бұрын
So smart, observant. and of course, articulate.
@eclips21129 ай бұрын
Fantastic interview, thank you.
@h.p.7343 жыл бұрын
Ah the ending was so wholesome! Thank you for the interview!
@Istarilight173 жыл бұрын
Every one of the contestants are ridiculously great pianists already. It's not that they can't improv, it's that they wont dare to. One that pleases one of the judge might offend the other. My teacher always told me its safer to error on the safe side. Play it with good tempo and not too much rubato. The process is self is often biased as well, just look at what happened to Seong-Jin Cho
@danielche23493 жыл бұрын
What happened to seong jin cho?
@jyseoh3 жыл бұрын
@@danielche2349 I saw a comment that "Asians make music sports". I felt like replying that "who made piano playing a competition?". Westerners make a system like Olympics and ridicule Asians participating in that system. If they got the prize over and over again, they would never make this kind of video and comments like this.
@sheilanovitz85783 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this! Enjoyed it very much indeed.
@QueensWino3 жыл бұрын
Great interview! I just learned about your channel and immediately subbed. I would love to hear more perspective from Garrick Ohlsson - and others for that matter - about the differences between the playing of today and Chopin's era. I get the feeling that much soulfulness in interpretation has been lost over time in favor of technical wizardry.
@Amphitera2 жыл бұрын
indeed! I'd rather listen to a "subpar" pianist who can play with emotion, than any of those keyboard lions who were trained to play the fastest and the loudest, and sound like machines in the end. I'd also like to see pianists who can improvise and play their own compositions, rather than just interpret the classics for the billionth time, but apparently only songwriters and jazz pianists do that these days :(
@MARTIN2011992 жыл бұрын
Imagine Chopin watching Lang Lang playing his compositions in Liszt’s manner of improvisation.
@adamblock5141 Жыл бұрын
This channel is tremendous! Thank you ❤🎶
@AFGautonompunk2 жыл бұрын
great answers and it's always astonishing to learn from someone with cultural interest and a thoughtful mindfulness. thanks for the interview (i surely would like more of the quality)!
@KnifeLegends1243 жыл бұрын
Always been a big Garrick Ohlsson fan! Heard him several times in Boston Symphony Hall
@TheSeekingIsOver3 жыл бұрын
Hear Hear!! to Mr. Ohlsson’s last statement in this interview!!
@tanjanovicic29263 жыл бұрын
I love compositions by Chopin 🌸💞🕊
@tombennettband14853 жыл бұрын
great interview! Enjoyed it a ton.
@monikarosca15132 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to know Mr.Ohlsson's view on the 2021 Chopin Competition, and why he wasnt in the Jury at that one, he is a wonderful pianist and very interesting person, it is a pleasure to listen to him, many many thanks to "tonebase Piano" to give me a chance to meet a great interpreter revealing his thoughts....
@loveispatient0808 Жыл бұрын
Yes and also why Martha Argerich wasn’t on the jury as well!!
@JadenSealesАй бұрын
0:23 dude was CLEARY enjoying himself🔥
@stefanufer6083 жыл бұрын
What a nice man
@amusicment48292 жыл бұрын
Love this interview
@beatlessteve10103 жыл бұрын
Garrick's closing statement ( not to sound like it's a court) was very well said
@wny11622 жыл бұрын
This is a great interview....
@arekkrolak63203 жыл бұрын
amazing performance!
@hman18013 жыл бұрын
I love Chopin and Ohlsson always gives wonderful descriptive interviews about him. I would counter one statement in that I believe Schumann also matched Chopin's ability to write beautifully melodic pieces. Schumann certainly had that "sweetness" in his compositions.
@garretkaplan25 күн бұрын
Where’s the tape of the Cavett interview?
@not2tees3 жыл бұрын
Garrick Ohlsson should be interviewed more often!
@demetrios32323 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to note that in the world of contemporary classical piano music, which includes concerts, recordings, recitals and competitions, we are listening to gifted virtuosos who are technicians and interpreters of the great composers of the past. But why do we not have contemporary classical players who can compose their own music rather than just interpret? Chopin,. Lizst , Brahms, Ravel, Stravinsky, on and on ... They were composers. They created music. Does any of the pianists in the International Chopin Competitions past and present write his or her own classical pieces?
@georgechronas3 жыл бұрын
hi demetrios Im not a competitor of course but I kinda felt you wanna hear something new
@Quotenwagnerianer3 жыл бұрын
Daniil Trifonov composes as well.
@LambentOrt3 жыл бұрын
It's harder to get noticed for original compositions than it is to perform works from the canon. Even for the composers you mention, only a small number of their works are regularly performed. Aside from Rite Of Spring, Firebird and Pulcinella, Stravinsky's other works are hardly performed at all. And remember also that JS Bach was almost forgotten for 200 years before he was rediscovered by Mendelssohn and Schumann. Occasionally though there are composers whose works gain popularity in their lifetime. Ludovico Einaudi is very much loved at the moment, but who knows if his works will still be performed a century from now? Only time will tell.
@zlauriault3 жыл бұрын
It's nice to hear from a laureate during the second day of the 1st round happening right now.
@sundancer73813 жыл бұрын
I felt the same way about the Chopin competition.....but....Liu is a very good - perhaps great - pianist - in time. Liu has remarkable control I liked Jakub Kuszlik's playing - thought it was close to Chopin.
@alpha_omega100003 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully well spoken, great interview!
@ralphmiller22653 жыл бұрын
Music is NOT a competition sport. Expression, interpretation. emotion are just not judgeable.
@RaineriHakkarainen15 күн бұрын
Dimitri Bashkirov her teacher Anastasia Virsaladze teach saying to Bashkirov the most important lesson is the love of beautiful colorful piano sound! The most beautiful piano Sound players=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov!
@8beef4u3 жыл бұрын
I think Garrick Ohlsson really thought Kate Liu should have won the 2015 Chopin Competition based on his comments about her playing and his score cards. I thought she was the clear winner too. It's sad that the jury seems to be more interested in technical perfection than emotional depth. One small mistake shouldn't cost you the competition.
@Tweeteketje3 жыл бұрын
Garrick Ohlsson gave both Kate Liu and Seong-Jin Cho a 9. The individually given scores are published. Only 3 out of 17 jury members gave Cho a score lower than a 9 (with Philippe Entremont being a real outlier, with a score of 1). I love Cho's playing, it's absolutely not merely technical, but poetical.
@speeddemon29013 жыл бұрын
Just my opinion ... Seong-Jin Cho was better ... But liu is incredible too.
@chester63432 жыл бұрын
Cho's heroic is probably the best I've heard on KZbin, so good I really liked his playing
@sue29682 жыл бұрын
Have you ever listened two playing in competition? He killed two birds with two hands.
@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094 Жыл бұрын
Cho was a clear winner. Kate Liu was good but went a tad too deep into the wrong end if you know what I mean. 😅
@judynelson50383 жыл бұрын
Looking at Garrett’s 2015 scoresheet, he gave the highest scores to Cho, Kate Liu and Hamelin. So I’m guessing he agrees the top 3 winners are: Bruce Liu, Alexander Gadjiev and Sorita…
@jonathanlim70913 жыл бұрын
I know these guys can play fast and play correct... but so what seriously? I still like people like Jorge Bolet and Claudio Arrau more - they don't play so fast but they give me poetry, beautiful phrasing and know how to make the piano sing.
@ethancolmancomposer3 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Technicality isn’t everything. Especially with Chopin.
@GimbalLocksOnly2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Its why I CANNOT get away from playing anything from the romantics onwards.
@RaineriHakkarainen15 күн бұрын
More colorful beautiful piano sound than Bolet or Arrau=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Arrau or Bolet=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Maria Grinberg Murray Perahia Alexei Lubimov Dinu Lipatti Stanislav Igolinsky! Horowitz his technique better than Bolet's or Arrau's technique!
@veraluciarochapedronperes50393 жыл бұрын
A meu ver, Hayato Sumino foi o melhor intérprete de Chopin e com amplas possibilidades para improvisar. Foi vítima de um pai rígido e do preconceito por ter se tornado um youtuber.
@WalyB013 жыл бұрын
Still my favorite op 10 no1
@curaticac53913 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
@carolleenkelmann47512 жыл бұрын
I don't like beards either, on myself or others but when it's gray it is easier to tollerate, especially when one is looking at the pianists's hands and concentrating on the (this) gorgeous piano playing.
@dkinney10002 жыл бұрын
Here here!
@youtubecommenter2 Жыл бұрын
Could anyone give me examples of why Chopin would dislike the modern style of playing? He said it in the beginning of the video but he didn't elaborate on it and I'm very curious...
@bobsteiner92092 жыл бұрын
This is a terrific interview. Kudos to Ben Laude. (Garrick Ohlsson also did okay.) 😊
@papagen003 жыл бұрын
'surface sweetness...underlying power'... that's also how I feel about the operas of Vincenzo Bellini, and Chopin was a Bellin fan. The sweet, melancholy (and powerful) long long melodies of Bellini are quite evident in Chopin's music. Speaking of which, I find music fans either prefer instrumental or vocal, some even have snobbish attitude toward opera, but in reality a lot of great compositions were inspired by opera. I always judge an instrumentalist by how well they 'sing' on their instrument.
@sanfordpress89433 жыл бұрын
The art of bel Canto. Maria callas did it best
@papagen003 жыл бұрын
@@sanfordpress8943 and Edita Gruberova, RIP
@cmcull9873 жыл бұрын
"Have they seen photos of Brahms?" Hahahahaha.
@bromanultra63642 жыл бұрын
The problem with being judged by jury, on a musical grounds, is that the jury represents the “ceiling,” which is usually the bounds of what is currently known. This leaves no space for innovation. Even if a panel allows space in their scoring for “interpretation” or “emotion” this isn’t the same as allowing this to naturally occur. Thus things stagnate. Music isn’t about being the best in the eyes of others, it’s about being the best in the eyes of Mother Music.
@KnifeLegends1243 жыл бұрын
Chopin would first have to become accustomed to modern pianos and modern performance styles.
@NorsePJ Жыл бұрын
I think one of the reasons for Chopin not performing as much on the big stage was probably also due to his ongoing TB issues. It would have been hard and maybe somewhat embarrassing for him if he had a coughing episode while performing. At a private gathering he could more easily have excused himself and then returned. Just food for thought.
@barbaralawrence15453 жыл бұрын
Oooh. Yeess. Crushing
@dextertay4612 жыл бұрын
Such alacrity, wisdom, humility and humour!
@TheHandyDandyHandle2 жыл бұрын
does anyone know what the piece is at 7:35 ???
@TheHandyDandyHandle2 жыл бұрын
@Ghent Purdue I found it, it's scherzo 4
@RModilloАй бұрын
Before Ben Zander was sacked from the Boston Civic Symphony, one of the board members complained that he programmed too much Mahler and ought to focus more on Chopin symphonies.
@levim.35053 жыл бұрын
Ahhh, I would really love to know which ones of the competitors he has an eye on :)
@nadia49853 жыл бұрын
Impro with Hayato
@semperfidelis54073 жыл бұрын
F .Chopin would be amazing if see how many frick people who posted Frogs on the chat run by Chopin Institute during Chopin international piano competition 2021in Poland.
@BrassicaRappa2 жыл бұрын
I hate the idea of piano competition altogether. How many pianists today are "shaving the beards" off their playing because the goal is pleasing the judges instead of doing what's exciting to themselves personally? We have so much access to so many pianists these days, I want more like Rachmaninoff and Horowitz and Hofmann and Scriabin!
@superdupersanik Жыл бұрын
And Cziffra 😎
@RaineriHakkarainen22 күн бұрын
More colorful beautiful piano sound than Horowitz or Rachmaninov or Cziffra=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Horowitz or Cziffra or Rachmaninov=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Maria Grinberg Murray Perahia Alexei Lubimov Dinu Lipatti Stanislav Igolinsky! More powerful louder than Horowitz or Rachmaninov or Cziffra=Mikhail Pletnev! The Second Loudest ever was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi! Dimitri Bashkirov her teacher Anastasia Virsaladze teach saying to Bashkirov the most important lesson is the love of beautiful colorful piano sound! Beethoven wanted louder instruments piano fortes! Beethoven's time concert Halls were small! Today concert halls are big 1300-2000 seat! You can not play low volume!!
@BarryWaterlow3 жыл бұрын
*Chopin would be horrified by the bashingly loud pianos tempered with no 19th century temperaments.*
@pianosbloxworld44603 жыл бұрын
Chopin: well it’s just not right but nice 0
@donaldaxel3 жыл бұрын
At 16:51 Toneb says "let you get back to your hotel room to visualize the 5-8 ..." so my question is, was the interview done on one day before a concert where Garrick Ohlsson played Chopin's 3rd sonata, op.58, B-minor sonata? Anyway Ohlsson says "no problem, I have visualized it for 35 years ..." To me it sounds so sad to go into a hotel room, be in a room when one could go for a walk. Sometimes making music sounds like a terrible idea if you love a walk in the park. So much more reason to thank this great pianist for playing so fiery. I especially like the way he explains that Chopin was saved from the soft, sentimental minds of "the salon", stressing that under the surface of Chopin's music there is a strong logic, on the same level as Beethoven, even Bach. Maybe we should bear in mind that at one Sunday morning (with guests) Chopin played 17 preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, to the wonder of his guests, and he explained, this kind of music is never forgotten, or this music sticks to your memory.
@donaldaxel3 жыл бұрын
In the last summing up Olhsson says that it is nice to think that there are 150 young people that -- and then I cannot understand, also the subtitles are bewildering, wrong, - "per millionaires are at now 80 or 87 ..." listen at 17:45 ... It totally eludes me what he actually says, but it made me think of the percentage of population playing piano (10000 per million?) and the number of earlier participants in this competition, who still are alive, (at 80 or 87, but the first was in 1927, 94 years ago! Maybe he counts from 1955, the participants from that time, yes, they are 80 or 87 now) and that is a great thing to remember and cherish in a troubled world.
@chroboe3 жыл бұрын
@@donaldaxel I believe he says, "it is nice to think that there are 150 young pianists in the preliminaries, or now what it is, 80 or 87? who will play now." implying that the first round cut had already happened and the preliminaries were over. He definitely stumbled and mumbled through a lot of words.
@donaldaxel3 жыл бұрын
@@chroboe Thank you SO MUCH, yes!
@petermack28253 жыл бұрын
I think he's talking about the third movement of the Barber concerto, the one GO was about to perform, which is in 5/8.
@ffggddss3 жыл бұрын
@@petermack2825 Yes, they had a short dialog about that earlier on, in which there was a question how to visualize that piece (the Coda part, I think?), being that it was in 5/8 time. Ohlsson said that some of the measures "split" into 3+2 beats; others split into 2+3. Fred