An inspiration to anyone wishing to be the best at whatever it is he/she does. I am a music lover, not a professional by any means, but I appreciate what it takes to make something look easy. People look at an artist such as you and say, I would do anything to play like that but very few would do what it takes to get to where you are. We marvel at excellence without fully considering what it took to get there.
I guess im randomly asking but does someone know a trick to get back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot my account password. I love any assistance you can offer me.
Tiffany, I know you probably won’t see this but I just wanted to say how big of an inspiration you are to me. I started piano vert young, and “fell in love” with the instrument, and the joy it brought me but soon enough, levels and passing exams were all that was on my mind. When nearing my RCM 10 exam this may, I lost motivation. I made excuses to not play piano, even though I knew this was possibly the most critical few months of my piano journey. When I first discovered your channel, I immediately experienced the emotions i felt before, and I was finally drawn to play again. I passed the exam, and I’m now as motivated as ever to play music, and i owe it all to you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, for reigniting my love for music and inspiring so many people with your passion!
I’ve heard many different pianists play, and I won’t say that she’s the best because that would be such a cliche. But it is true that I am astonished by her talent. So subtle and she has strong color too. I love her.
The attention you pay to every dynamic detail is totally amazing! These practice videos really help me / the viewers appreciate all the subtle feelings in the composer's music that you're bringing to life. I feel & understand so much more of the music's emotions during these practice videos when you can stop / replay / retry / revise (and comment on) the dynamic intricacies! Thank you! 8D
It's actually one of the few that has a name, The Hunt, maybe it's overshadowed by The Tempest. Like an album with a super hit, then no one notices the other songs even they're good.
Beethoven, so personable and good natured. The sound equivalent of seeing a beautiful painting of someone so interesting, meeting them is now on your bucket list!!!!
Hey Tiffany, I just wanted to thank you for posting your practicing “deconstructing” the pieces, for me listening to only one hand for example is very instructive, the ideias are clearer and it becomes easy to follow latter on. I know you probably won’t see this, but thank you again! Love the effort you put into bringing out the best on the music.
I admire you slit Tiffany I want to be a pianist just like you I’m 16 you are Olson my inspiration and give me motivation for practicing keep it up 👍 😊
The way you practice before your recitals is always so inspiring for me! I hope to become a semi-professional pianist someday, and it’s very useful to see your videos and vlogs about piano! ❤️🙏
I think these videos are wonderful! There's many a pianist that wouldn't want anyone to watch them practice but Tiffany is SUCH an inspiration in this respect. We get to see the REAL life of a classical pianist and exactly what they have to go through. BRAVA Tiffany 😁😍
Amazing and beautiful! You are the best Tiffany! Love your playing and can't wait for the day I can hear you in person. It makes me very proud to be a fan. Much Love!
This sonata is way underplayed, it’s so humorous and I love it! Good luck this one is hard with the abrupt changes in dynamics to not make it seem serious or too humorous either.
Tiffany, I can't tell you how helpful your thought bubbles have been while you practice. You have improved my practice so much by modeling what a professional does. Thank you!
Hi Tiffany. I'm commenting for the RUclips algorithm. Don't be sad. even might be that you bring for the upcoming concert. ... You are my inspiration. (I'm watching your videos every single day in my life.)
You can't imagine how much and in how many ways you have been helping and inspiring pianists of all levels with your videos. Thank you very much, and congratulations!
Wish more pianists would post practice vids the way you do. We get so used to seeing perfectly polished final performances. It's refreshing and instructive to see firsthand all the thought, effort and hours of dedicated practice beforehand that help shape the actual performance 😃😃😃👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😍😍😍
Thanks for including the music score with your practicing as well as jotting down what you were trying to accomplish. Your have such insight when interpreting this piece by Beethoven. It was a pleasure watching you practice, I hope it went as well as you had planed it.
I’ve appreciated classical music but have never been connected to it until I began listening to you. When practicing, as you try different phrasing, I begin to hear the subtle difference in voice you want to use in the story. I didn’t realize there is poetry in music.
Real professional precion hammering on those piano keys Tiffany. I understand Beethovens compositions artfully demonstrated the strength of the New iron framed pianos being manufactured. Beautiful playing !
Beautiful tone and texture besides the awesome characters you brought in! Beethoven was so alive here. the best rendetion of this lively scherzo i have heard! Bravo!
Ah, the 2nd movement of #18. I'm glad to hear that you wrestle with the same balance problems I do when I play it. The piece also strikes me as very funny, so it's a challenge. I heard Kempf play it in concert when I was young and determined to go home and learn it. Now working on late Haydn sonatas. They have their own difficulties. Have a good time with it. Best
Great to hear this today. I enjoy watching you take apart this humorous movement from 18 and reading your interesting critical comments. You’re great even when you practice.
Another outstanding practice vlog! I know that these vlogs take more effort to edit and annotate than others, but they are unique and I appreciate them a great deal.
Love this piece so much. Prepared it for doctoral auditions a decade ago. There is so much you’re doing with this movement that I absolutely love - so much I would have stolen! Would love to hear the other three movements too!
Oh my goodness!! I love, LOVE LOVVVE watching you play with the sheet music in the upper left!! MORE MORE MORE!!! And with your inner evaluations as you are playing, it's a great education. I always have that going on too, but never at the minutiae level of yours. Mine are 95% about wrong notes and poor voicing and bad fingering habits!
Yes, she is one of the few pianists whose dynamic range really goes from ppp to fff, and her gigantic crescendos playing Liszt and Rachmaninoff are really impressive. That's a great thing, and goes a long way with me when so many pianists seemingly only can play in binary volume: Forte and MORE FORTE.
So good to watch two practice vlogs in less than a week, and that I was able to refer one of them to one of my followers on IG who had trouble with ornamentations, and asked for advice. I wasn't aware that Beethoven already wrote scherzo in binary rhythm. The only other work I know that has a scherzo like that is Louis Vierne's first Organ Symphony. And again, what a nice piano that is at Elmau; it responds to every nuance, good or "bad". It must have been a dream to play on that instrument!
Coolest video , cheers for the introduction to his more demanding pieces . Love the way it drops into the bass notes particularly with the acustica , as for the pattern once your there . " Pure excellence " seems to fit .
This Scherzo has a lot of humor -not like Hadyn but like Beethoven . The sequences and esp. the off accents and sf most of all in the minor 2nd disruptions . Betthoven must have been the 1st composer to go places the harmony didnt . Debussy must have known more about Beethoven and surprises . Hofmann recorded this but the recording here has excellent fidelity . Amazing to watch what a pianist with her perfect fingers go through ! She is a perfectionist . But one must have a great ear . Music lovers can't hear an uneven scale but well trained pianists in the audience hear everything . Her playing here sounds more exacting than famous recordings i have Barenboim,Arrau ,Brendel , Solomon ,Geiseking . It seems pianists have more perfect hands nowadays . Notice how she has the sfz in right hand but left hand staccatto controlled evenly continue and then she is making music . This kind of music-making is so beyond the average person . Listen to Thomas Quasthoff or Fleischer or Schiff in masterclass and you see every note counts even the space between . Creative disciplines are some of the the most difficult known .
many thanks Tiffany. Very pleasant study for a difficult sonata . It is late , but to-morrow i will find the sonata and will play it taking in account the way you play. Good Luke Tiffany ....do..ré mi ..fa ré mi do la si ......
Beautiful Sonata, I love it (we learn with you on all those repetitions)! BTW, It should be quite a video editing work to continually display all what is crossing your mind + the music sheets on the right spot! Really enjoyable to watch and listen, thanks for sharing!
I’m working on the Appassionata sonata. Killer. I get inspired watching you practice. Such great attention to detail and dynamics. I always send your videos to my piano teacher. Thank you Tiffany!!! Hope to see you play at Disney Hall some day.
Does the reverb change or diminish with a roomful of people compared to the empty room? Do you take that into account prior to your practice sessions if so? Does this affect your playing during the actual performance?
From what I know it's about a third less than without people...but because of social distancing there aren't as many people. Still think it would be considerably less
I read a professional musician (sorry, can't remember who) say that in the Musikverein, musicians can only hear each other properly when there is an audience - the reverb is excessive in rehearsal. Designers put plenty of sound absorption in the seating to compensate when they can.
Absolutely. I can't talk for the musicians, but when I did sound for rock bands in the 60's and 70's I would try to take this into account. During a concert, I would walk to the back of the auditorium at least once early on during a concert to get a feel for how the audience was changing the acoustics. Changes were more noticeable in the winter due to heavier clothing and drier air in the hall. Peter Richard Conte said they always record the Wanamaker Organ in the summer, because the instrument sounds better when it is more humid (more reverb). Pianos definitely change with the weather, even in an air conditioned venue.
Wish I was this good, I still practice every day and playing sections over and over just to get them correct, sometimes my hands feel as if they will fall apart.🤣🤣 My wife won't stay in the room at times, especially if I'm practicing scales for over an hour. By the way I'm 69 and only took the piano back up at 62 after a hiatus of 50 years. I must have been mad giving it up. When you are young your brain soaks everything up, but when you're older it's a lot harder. But still love it for my own pleasure😊😊😊
I watched a master class from some Italian pianist who said Schnabel isn’t a good edition to use for Beethoven. I see a Henle book in this video so hopefully you didn’t rely on any Schnabel markings for this Sonata.
One day I'm going to watch Tiffany Poon perform live
I hope you get the chance. You really can't compare it to watching it on a computer.
@@Hans-gb4mv Absolutely, specially the real piano sound!
If i could come too 😬
Me too...
Meeee to. I hope she comes out to the SouthWest USA.
For those interested, Tiffany is playing
Piano Sonata #18 In E Flat, Op. 31/3, "The Hunt"
2. Scherzo: Allegretto Vivace
Thank you!
Thank you...I was curious.
An inspiration to anyone wishing to be the best at whatever it is he/she does. I am a music lover, not a professional by any means, but I appreciate what it takes to make something look easy. People look at an artist such as you and say, I would do anything to play like that but very few would do what it takes to get to where you are. We marvel at excellence without fully considering what it took to get there.
Well said. 99.9% of people aren't willing to practice this hard.
And that's where the marvel comes from.
I guess im randomly asking but does someone know a trick to get back into an instagram account?
I somehow forgot my account password. I love any assistance you can offer me.
@Bodhi Derrick instablaster =)
Tiffany, I know you probably won’t see this but I just wanted to say how big of an inspiration you are to me. I started piano vert young, and “fell in love” with the instrument, and the joy it brought me but soon enough, levels and passing exams were all that was on my mind. When nearing my RCM 10 exam this may, I lost motivation. I made excuses to not play piano, even though I knew this was possibly the most critical few months of my piano journey. When I first discovered your channel, I immediately experienced the emotions i felt before, and I was finally drawn to play again. I passed the exam, and I’m now as motivated as ever to play music, and i owe it all to you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, for reigniting my love for music and inspiring so many people with your passion!
R/nobodyasked lol r/waytoolongtoread hahahaha 😀😀🤮😓
Professor Stexy troll
@@sosonazoor1584 What is troll? Watch your language please, there are kids on RUclips!!
Professor Stexy so rude smh
Congratulations on passing your exam!!!
I’ve heard many different pianists play, and I won’t say that she’s the best because that would be such a cliche. But it is true that I am astonished by her talent. So subtle and she has strong color too. I love her.
The attention you pay to every dynamic detail is totally amazing! These practice videos really help me / the viewers appreciate all the subtle feelings in the composer's music that you're bringing to life. I feel & understand so much more of the music's emotions during these practice videos when you can stop / replay / retry / revise (and comment on) the dynamic intricacies! Thank you! 8D
So incredible
Why haven’t I heard of this sonata before? It’s sounds like such a fun piece to play!
All B's sonatas are good
It is one of my personal favorites of the Beethoven Sonatas. I also would recommend No.24 F#, which is very underappreciated but is so beautiful.
It's actually one of the few that has a name, The Hunt, maybe it's overshadowed by The Tempest. Like an album with a super hit, then no one notices the other songs even they're good.
It's a sonata Beethoven made after the 17th which was made during a tough time in his life, that's why this one (the 18th) sounds so happy :D
I got the same remark.
Beethoven, so personable and good natured. The sound equivalent of seeing a beautiful painting of someone so interesting, meeting them is now on your bucket list!!!!
Glad you're out doing (normal) recitals again! The dynamics is so beyond the score. Really lovely!
I loved the Schnabel Tip!!!
You were a wonder child which proves also as an adult. An inspiration for everyone who loves music and especially who studies piano! ❤
You should play more Rachmaninoff whenever you do it sounds so nice
Is this really the one and only Sergei Rachmaninoff?!?
I agree
Robert Schumann is this the one and only-
I’d like to hear this woman play jazz, upbeat jazz with great bass lines.
“On Christmas Day in the morning”
Have a good one. 🎅 🎄 🙏
Amazing for sure!
Hey Tiffany, I just wanted to thank you for posting your practicing “deconstructing” the pieces, for me listening to only one hand for example is very instructive, the ideias are clearer and it becomes easy to follow latter on. I know you probably won’t see this, but thank you again! Love the effort you put into bringing out the best on the music.
I admire you slit Tiffany I want to be a pianist just like you I’m 16 you are Olson my inspiration and give me motivation for practicing keep it up 👍 😊
Same man same
Sameeeee and I’m also 16 hehe
All the best to all of you! 💪😃😃
James T thanks man thanks
Samee dude, except i turned 17 3 days ago
The way you practice before your recitals is always so inspiring for me! I hope to become a semi-professional pianist someday, and it’s very useful to see your videos and vlogs about piano! ❤️🙏
I think these videos are wonderful! There's many a pianist that wouldn't want anyone to watch them practice but Tiffany is SUCH an inspiration in this respect. We get to see the REAL life of a classical pianist and exactly what they have to go through. BRAVA Tiffany 😁😍
Totally feel the same way when I practice this movement 😂 Can’t wait to see your live performance in person one day
Amazing and beautiful! You are the best Tiffany! Love your playing and can't wait for the day I can hear you in person. It makes me very proud to be a fan. Much Love!
This sonata is way underplayed, it’s so humorous and I love it! Good luck this one is hard with the abrupt changes in dynamics to not make it seem serious or too humorous either.
Tiffany, I can't tell you how helpful your thought bubbles have been while you practice. You have improved my practice so much by modeling what a professional does. Thank you!
Hi Tiffany. I'm commenting for the RUclips algorithm.
Don't be sad. even might be that you bring for the upcoming concert.
...
You are my inspiration.
(I'm watching your videos every single day in my life.)
You can't imagine how much and in how many ways you have been helping and inspiring pianists of all levels with your videos. Thank you very much, and congratulations!
This is my absolute favorite Beethoven piano sonata. Enjoy watching you work through it. One day I will play it.
Wish more pianists would post practice vids the way you do. We get so used to seeing perfectly polished final performances. It's refreshing and instructive to see firsthand all the thought, effort and hours of dedicated practice beforehand that help shape the actual performance 😃😃😃👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😍😍😍
Thanks for including the music score with your practicing as well as jotting down what you were trying to accomplish. Your have such insight when interpreting this piece by Beethoven. It was a pleasure watching you practice, I hope it went as well as you had planed it.
One of my inspirations. Tiffany inspires me in many ways ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks you for taking the time to put this vlog teether. Very nice piece!
I’ve appreciated classical music but have never been connected to it until I began listening to you. When practicing, as you try different phrasing, I begin to hear the subtle difference in voice you want to use in the story. I didn’t realize there is poetry in music.
Real professional precion hammering on those piano keys Tiffany. I understand Beethovens compositions artfully demonstrated the strength of the New iron framed pianos being manufactured. Beautiful playing !
Wow thank you so much for your work, today I discovered a new magical piece of Beethoven 😊.
Beautiful tone and texture besides the awesome characters you brought in! Beethoven was so alive here. the best rendetion of this lively scherzo i have heard! Bravo!
I love your work Tiffany. And your passion ! And your sense of detail, musicality, connection and transcendence.
I send you a hug. ! Beautiful!!!
Awesome!!!!
I look up to you tiffany and I cant wait to get to the level of experience that you have and practice the songs you've learned in the past
It's amazing to see this process. It's really going to be an awsome recital
Thank you the video is just more work and you are kind to share😃
My favourite of his piano scherzos to play. It is such cheeky fun.
Listen and look why we want Tiffany to join us at Carnegie Hall next year this is why perfect Tiffany
Ah, the 2nd movement of #18. I'm glad to hear that you wrestle with the same balance problems I do when I play it. The piece also strikes me as very funny, so it's a challenge. I heard Kempf play it in concert when I was young and determined to go home and learn it. Now working on late Haydn sonatas. They have their own difficulties. Have a good time with it. Best
can u please tell me the name of the piece in this video,thanks
@@Patrickinthes Beethoven piano sonata #18 in E Flat Op 17 #3. It has four movements. She's practicing the 2nd movement.
Threw everything to watch this after I saw the IG stories 😅
Also will try to share this around
Those music notes 😩 You are amazing!
Great to hear this today.
I enjoy watching you take apart this humorous movement from 18 and reading your interesting critical comments.
You’re great even when you practice.
Another outstanding practice vlog! I know that these vlogs take more effort to edit and annotate than others, but they are unique and I appreciate them a great deal.
Love this piece so much. Prepared it for doctoral auditions a decade ago. There is so much you’re doing with this movement that I absolutely love - so much I would have stolen! Would love to hear the other three movements too!
tiffany your the best pianist i know thanks a lot for the content plss keep uploading
Early!!! Will always support you Tiffany 💕 🎹
first time that i hear this sonata. It is lovely! You play it so well
You are such an inspiration for pianists around the world
Oh my goodness!! I love, LOVE LOVVVE watching you play with the sheet music in the upper left!! MORE MORE MORE!!! And with your inner evaluations as you are playing, it's a great education. I always have that going on too, but never at the minutiae level of yours. Mine are 95% about wrong notes and poor voicing and bad fingering habits!
i love your practice vlogs! 💖
Wow the pianissimo you have is just wow!
Yes, she is one of the few pianists whose dynamic range really goes from ppp to fff, and her gigantic crescendos playing Liszt and Rachmaninoff are really impressive. That's a great thing, and goes a long way with me when so many pianists seemingly only can play in binary volume: Forte and MORE FORTE.
Fascinating to watch you practice with the score showing!
So good to watch two practice vlogs in less than a week, and that I was able to refer one of them to one of my followers on IG who had trouble with ornamentations, and asked for advice.
I wasn't aware that Beethoven already wrote scherzo in binary rhythm. The only other work I know that has a scherzo like that is Louis Vierne's first Organ Symphony. And again, what a nice piano that is at Elmau; it responds to every nuance, good or "bad". It must have been a dream to play on that instrument!
I enjoy follow this channel. Its pure music joy.
Loved this vlog Tiffany!! 😍🎶
You honestly motivate me to practice
Such a beautiful hall! What joy to peak in on you warming up. Thanks for sharing.
You work very hard. You deserve all your success.
Coolest video , cheers for the introduction to his more demanding pieces . Love the way it drops into the bass notes particularly with the acustica , as for the pattern once your there . " Pure excellence " seems to fit .
Good workout and practice....thanks for sharing....demonstrates some of the thought process and discipline behind the recital for us.....
Yes, Castle Elmau, a very beautiful place in the mountains of Bavaria (Germany).
Thank you for the comment you've left on the video. It's very instructive!!!!
You're an inspiration for everyone!
This Scherzo has a lot of humor -not like Hadyn but like Beethoven . The sequences and esp. the off accents and sf most of all in the minor 2nd disruptions . Betthoven must have been the 1st composer to go places the harmony didnt . Debussy must have known more about Beethoven and surprises . Hofmann recorded this but the recording here has excellent fidelity . Amazing to watch what a pianist with her perfect fingers go through !
She is a perfectionist . But one must have a great ear . Music lovers can't hear an uneven scale but well trained pianists in the audience hear everything . Her playing here sounds more exacting than famous recordings i have Barenboim,Arrau ,Brendel , Solomon ,Geiseking . It seems pianists have more perfect hands nowadays . Notice how she has the sfz in right hand but left hand staccatto controlled evenly continue and then she is making music . This kind of music-making is so beyond the average person . Listen to Thomas Quasthoff or Fleischer or Schiff in masterclass and you see every note counts even the space between . Creative disciplines are some of the the most difficult known .
Love seeing the inner thoughts!!
thank you for sharing this intimate and working moment, and for showing us the way forward. all the best
many thanks Tiffany. Very pleasant study for a difficult sonata . It is late , but to-morrow i will find the sonata and will play it taking in account the way you play. Good Luke Tiffany ....do..ré mi ..fa ré mi do la si ......
Great job, Tiff! Keep on practicing :)
Even the practice is so enjoyable^^
Not really for me. :(
I don’t know much about classical music, although I’m coming to like it through you. I mostly watch because of your personality :)
Beautiful Sonata, I love it (we learn with you on all those repetitions)! BTW, It should be quite a video editing work to continually display all what is crossing your mind + the music sheets on the right spot! Really enjoyable to watch and listen, thanks for sharing!
One of my favorit pieces!
Cool how the music transforms
Omg this is my fave sonata!! No 18- the hunt!!
I’m working on the Appassionata sonata. Killer. I get inspired watching you practice. Such great attention to detail and dynamics. I always send your videos to my piano teacher. Thank you Tiffany!!! Hope to see you play at Disney Hall some day.
Amo verte tocar, tienes mucha pasion. Eres una excelente artirsta, ademas de linda
Seeing people practicing and messing up give me inspiration cuz it make me think we are the same.
Loved the commentary.
I learn so much from these videos!
nice!!!!! I enjoyed that, the piece, the practice, everything. Thanks as always for sharing!!!!
Does the reverb change or diminish with a roomful of people compared to the empty room? Do you take that into account prior to your practice sessions if so? Does this affect your playing during the actual performance?
From what I know it's about a third less than without people...but because of social distancing there aren't as many people. Still think it would be considerably less
I read a professional musician (sorry, can't remember who) say that in the Musikverein, musicians can only hear each other properly when there is an audience - the reverb is excessive in rehearsal. Designers put plenty of sound absorption in the seating to compensate when they can.
Absolutely. I can't talk for the musicians, but when I did sound for rock bands in the 60's and 70's I would try to take this into account. During a concert, I would walk to the back of the auditorium at least once early on during a concert to get a feel for how the audience was changing the acoustics. Changes were more noticeable in the winter due to heavier clothing and drier air in the hall.
Peter Richard Conte said they always record the Wanamaker Organ in the summer, because the instrument sounds better when it is more humid (more reverb). Pianos definitely change with the weather, even in an air conditioned venue.
John Sykes III
Very interesting, John. Thanks
I hope that you are enjoying some of the fantastic facilities at Schloss Elmau whilst you are there.
Your interpretation of the Hunt sonata is sounding lovely :)
Love Beethoven🥰😍.
Willkommen in Deutschland!
Love you tiffany
I love this sonata!
The hunt sonata no 18 op31 no3 E flat major. Nice!
Tiffany be like: Oh I did it wrong the first try, let me try again
*Does it perfectly after the second try*
Tiffany: ehh good enough
Your... right :O
Bravo
Wish I was this good, I still practice every day and playing sections over and over just to get them correct, sometimes my hands feel as if they will fall apart.🤣🤣 My wife won't stay in the room at times, especially if I'm practicing scales for over an hour. By the way I'm 69 and only took the piano back up at 62 after a hiatus of 50 years. I must have been mad giving it up. When you are young your brain soaks everything up, but when you're older it's a lot harder. But still love it for my own pleasure😊😊😊
Would love to hear you playing more Beethoven. Do you play any of the late sonatas? Good luck with the rest of the tour.
6:00 “please don’t ask about the device, I’m not an ad. “
I LOVE this! 💖
Missed those kind of vlogs 😍
Been to Elmau when I was a kid. Loved the place
I watched a master class from some Italian pianist who said Schnabel isn’t a good edition to use for Beethoven. I see a Henle book in this video so hopefully you didn’t rely on any Schnabel markings for this Sonata.
I liked his recording