it's always a pleasure to hear Zukerman's beautiful tone and phrasing. But it's also a treat for an instrument afficionado to see and hear Z. going into detail about his del Gesu.
Interesting to layer an interview over the top of a performance like this, but it works better than I would have expected. It’s both an efficient use of time and holds my attention in two different ways.
WONDERFUL ! The playing by both artists, and the lovely comments by Pinchas Zukermann, a truly great musician and an example of simpathy and knowledge. Thx for the upload !
I like their interpretation very much, it shows that they’ve played it many times together, it’s very mature, assured, coherent, unlike so many others where the pianist is going one way, the violinist another, with spastic tempo changes for no apparent reason. It reminds me of a performance that is perhaps the opposite, perhaps a first performance for each performer, certainly nearly a first performance together, that of Mikyung Sung and Jaemin Shin, which is nonetheless equally assured and coherent and magical (and unexpected, considering the instrument).
Wondered how can wikipedia didnt write ilona feher as his teacher? I think feher is a big influence to his playing. That posture and bowing arm is (I think) taught by ilona feher. Its the same as shlomo mintz's and shmuel ashkenasi's which is also her student.
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Good point. However, he may see it from a different perspective. You are more crunched up with a violin, which makes it much harder for tall people with long arms.
Please give us some captions for the images. Was that Ysaÿe? Who was the young violinist, and who was the woman playing piano? Do you think Franck's work as an organist and composer for organ influenced the colors he calls for in this sonata?
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It doesn't. Ive been a professional violinist for over 36 years and since I gave up using a shoulder rest 28 yrs ago no back pain at all. ...and no hickey either.Maybe if violinists realised that you hold the violin with the left hand and not the shoulder it would help.
Zukerman is (of course) a very good fiddler. He has always played with a quite lovely (and powerful) tone; however, it is indistinguishable from so many other lovely tones out there - Perlman, Mutter, Kavakos, Schmidt, Shaham, Silverstein, Ughi, Stern, Benedetti, Frang, Cho, Capucon, Fischer, Shoji, Steinbacher, Rabin, Khachatryan, Hristova, Almond, Quint, Batiashvili, Midori, Bell, Szeryng, Hahn, Shaham, Cerovcek, Josefowicz, Kang, Wha-Chung, Dicterow, etc., etc., - the list is almost endless - all producing lovely sounds but without personal fingerprints. One has to SEE them to know who is playing. Heifetz, Gitlis, Francescatti, Milstein, Elman - these are not rubber stamp, cookie cutter violinists. Idiosyncrasy has its pluses. The Stravinsky violin concerto may have been premiered on the violin Zukerman plays.
if you can not distinguish Zukerman from any other, I am afraid that you have the problem, and not him. He has one of the most personal sounds in history.
violinhunter2 I kind of understand what you mean but I guess in this day, most people are playing according to the page and doesn’t want to make mistake. Heifetz and Milstein make their personal sounds that above the page, sometimes you can find out that those old masters cut off the end of a long note and some other personal touches, glissandos, vibratos.... which might be seen as wrong if I play in that way at school I guess because they are real masters which already made their names, they can bring more personal side out of their music rather than composers ideas, such as Zimmerman said in the video, composers doesn’t know everything. But in music school it’s different you should stick on music notations, dynamics...rhythms...
@@marcelo.rebuffi Agree. His career paralleled Perlman's, and I instinctively gravitated to him and not Perlman, even though I couldn't explain very well how I knew this.
Agreed. His Elgar concerto is in my opinion (and I understand the opinion of Perlman and other great violinists) unsurpassed. James Ehnes’ comes very close. This kind of tone production and sound has always been what I aspired to (and failed miserably😩) but it was always my “North Star”. Bravo Maestro Zukerman!
it's always a pleasure to hear Zukerman's beautiful tone and phrasing. But it's also a treat for an instrument afficionado to see and hear Z. going into detail about his del Gesu.
Interesting to layer an interview over the top of a performance like this, but it works better than I would have expected. It’s both an efficient use of time and holds my attention in two different ways.
WONDERFUL ! The playing by both artists, and the lovely comments by Pinchas Zukermann, a truly great musician and an example of simpathy and knowledge. Thx for the upload !
I love this sonata. And his interpretation.
Beautiful playing and excellent sound quality.
Glorious composition, masterful performances, and thoughtful commentary by Mr. Zukerman.
I like their interpretation very much, it shows that they’ve played it many times together, it’s very mature, assured, coherent, unlike so many others where the pianist is going one way, the violinist another, with spastic tempo changes for no apparent reason. It reminds me of a performance that is perhaps the opposite, perhaps a first performance for each performer, certainly nearly a first performance together, that of Mikyung Sung and Jaemin Shin, which is nonetheless equally assured and coherent and magical (and unexpected, considering the instrument).
I played this sonata and i now very well but played from Zuckerman the only feeling it's HEAVEN is unexplained MUSIC therapy
Thank you for sharing this gorgeous piece of art🙏
Zukerman: master of the mellow tone.
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Thanks for posting !
Wondered how can wikipedia didnt write ilona feher as his teacher? I think feher is a big influence to his playing. That posture and bowing arm is (I think) taught by ilona feher. Its the same as shlomo mintz's and shmuel ashkenasi's which is also her student.
what do you think about galamian's influence on his playing?
particularly his bow arm
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14:36 His imitation of French 😆
Thank you for sharing! 😄
As a guitar player, a feel a bit the same about the "unnatural position" 😊. Thanks for posting!
Grazie!
I wish he had recorded the solo Bach
Zukerman: “The violin is the most unnatural instrument”
Viola: “Excuse me sir...”
Good point. However, he may see it from a different perspective. You are more crunched up with a violin, which makes it much harder for tall people with long arms.
Please give us some captions for the images. Was that Ysaÿe? Who was the young violinist, and who was the woman playing piano?
Do you think Franck's work as an organist and composer for organ influenced the colors he calls for in this sonata?
Hi, I love this video, so i wonder if i can translate it to spanish
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i was there !
great!
Now I know the shoulder and back pain while practicing means I'm doing something right.
me too
Not so sure about that;)
not always. only when getting used to the correct position, just for a while. the pain definitley should not last over a year.
I never had a problem but then I didn't play like Pinchas Z, or probably you either Jason.
It doesn't. Ive been a professional violinist for over 36 years and since I gave up using a shoulder rest 28 yrs ago no back pain at all. ...and no hickey either.Maybe if violinists realised that you hold the violin with the left hand and not the shoulder it would help.
Great datebirth,16th jully ,my son born on that date..
What does he say at 1:07? "The essence of 300 years of music comes from ___"
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me da esse violin pinchas
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Zukerman is (of course) a very good fiddler. He has always played with a quite lovely (and powerful) tone; however, it is indistinguishable from so many other lovely tones out there - Perlman, Mutter, Kavakos, Schmidt, Shaham, Silverstein, Ughi, Stern, Benedetti, Frang, Cho, Capucon, Fischer, Shoji, Steinbacher, Rabin, Khachatryan, Hristova, Almond, Quint, Batiashvili, Midori, Bell, Szeryng, Hahn, Shaham, Cerovcek, Josefowicz, Kang, Wha-Chung, Dicterow, etc., etc., - the list is almost endless - all producing lovely sounds but without personal fingerprints. One has to SEE them to know who is playing. Heifetz, Gitlis, Francescatti, Milstein, Elman - these are not rubber stamp, cookie cutter violinists. Idiosyncrasy has its pluses. The Stravinsky violin concerto may have been premiered on the violin Zukerman plays.
if you can not distinguish Zukerman from any other, I am afraid that you have the problem, and not him. He has one of the most personal sounds in history.
violinhunter2 I kind of understand what you mean but I guess in this day, most people are playing according to the page and doesn’t want to make mistake. Heifetz and Milstein make their personal sounds that above the page, sometimes you can find out that those old masters cut off the end of a long note and some other personal touches, glissandos, vibratos.... which might be seen as wrong if I play in that way at school I guess because they are real masters which already made their names, they can bring more personal side out of their music rather than composers ideas, such as Zimmerman said in the video, composers doesn’t know everything. But in music school it’s different you should stick on music notations, dynamics...rhythms...
@@marcelo.rebuffi well said
@@marcelo.rebuffi Agree. His career paralleled Perlman's, and I instinctively gravitated to him and not Perlman, even though I couldn't explain very well how I knew this.
Agreed. His Elgar concerto is in my opinion (and I understand the opinion of Perlman and other great violinists) unsurpassed. James Ehnes’ comes very close. This kind of tone production and sound has always been what I aspired to (and failed miserably😩) but it was always my “North Star”. Bravo Maestro Zukerman!
wonderful! thanks.