The most underrated pianist of our time. In spite of his great ability as a supervirtuoso, and sincere interpretations....most of the hype goes to the likes of Lang lang and others. A few years ago I was privileged to hear Marc-Andre at Alice Tully Hall in NYC, and the hall was not even half full. The sad thing is, it only seats about 1100 people. Who ever missed it...it was their lost.
I'm glad to say 15 years later from this comment it is NOT the case anymore. Hamelin is respected by literally every pianist included myself and he easily is the genius of our time as a superhuman pianist (specialazing in Alkan I think), composer, transcriber and arranger
Amazing! The daunting Triple Étude...so many voices running simultaneously... Only a Supervirtuoso like Hamelin could accomplish such a feat! This Étude is even more challenging than the impossible Godowsky Études. Too bad Hamelin never tours in my country (Portugal)... :(
Terribly biased opinion. If you're going to bash him on his negative influences, then why not also praise him for his positive influences? Like spreading classical music so that young people could be exposed to the genre, and not isolated to cranky old bags critiquing every liberal interpretation.
hamelin is one of the nicest musicians i have ever met, both pros and non-pros. his nice personality and comedy jsut seems like second-nature. his comical commentaries for his encores are commonplace.
@Bret6464 No one can say why the hall was half empty. It was one of the greatest piano recital I'd ever witnessed. Hamlin is not a showboat. He's a pianist's pianist. Though you may disagree, but that is my opinion. Sadly, I find that musicians who act while playing their instruments attract the most people to their concerts. There is much to learn from Hamlin as a pianist.
This stunt pianist has some hidden extra fingers. I can´t imagine a stronger technique. In a way Hamelin is underestimated. Why don´t people talk about him as frequently as about Lang Lang?
Lang Lang has appeal to a Chinese audience, which is… big. Very big. Also, he occasionally uses pyrotechnics and big, flashy LED screens, which captures young people with shorter attention span.
@@pineapple7024 This is fascinating with RUclips. To get a reply after 13 years! And I agree with you. Although(?) I find Lang Langs Liszt Hungarian rhapsody 6 quite amusing.
Lang Lang is flashy and vulgar. He looks like he’s having an orgasm when he plays. Yuja Wong is very sexy and half-naked when she plays. So naturally, they attract the mass audience. But Hamelin is a musician’s musician.
Alright I was wrong, and I have no problem saying I confused the vocabulary. Though I can't help but think that this wouldn't be necessary if you just stated the fact in the first place rather than posting a vague question as a reply.
Hamelin is playing Joke. He has played some more difficult pieces. This is amazing, of course! I am inclined to say that Hamelin is the greatest living pianist of the World.
actually, grand pianos are almost always equipped with one. it is uprights that can sometimes either have a practice pedal, nothing, or a "half" una corda pedal (if you know what i mean) in place of a sostenuto pedal.
Hamelin seems like a really friendly, down-to-earth guy... unlike Cortot who just looked like a zombie most of the time. I love it how he crosses himself before he starts :P
@Naltino Such a pity. But he seems truly to be a pianist for pianists, like Godowsky, and that an average person wouldn't catch neither the supreme technical achievements nor the musical significance of the Godowsky etudes, so that kind of explains it. Of course, Hamelin is one of those pianists which you almost cannot find an equal, even when we're talking about other first-rate pianists. Not many other people can play the Godowsky, Alkan, Busoni, etc.
Is there even a distinction? Are you saying his style of playing is not an influence? You replied with a passive question. Grow some balls and actually formulate a concrete opinion.
@henseltetude The keys were also very thing which required extreme precision. And since the keys required barely any strength to get a sound, Liszt and Alkan must have had absolutely great control.
why is it called triple etude? I hear at least 5 of chopin's etudes in his play. sorry if he said that at the beginning, but i can't hear his comments through my laptop speakers.
well,i used to think that he was a psychotic yet outstanding virtuoso who liked to play all the incredibly difficult pieces of the piano repertoire,but no......he is funny too...nice sense of humor.thank you, ire58591
Hello! Thank you:) Yes I know he is a composer too, but I know alsow he is a canadian! But on this video he said "one friend of mine...EUROPEAN" And really Godowsky has transcription of these three etudes of Chopin - op.10 #2, op.25 #4 and op.25 #11. But the texture of this piece is not like Godowsky. He loved more variations and to decorate his pieces with many small notes... I don't know:( Maybe he said about Godowsky?
Sorry, sarcasm. In a flourish of super human productivity the dotty Joyce Hatto(who no one had heard of or seen perform)in her 70s, cancer ridden and in a wheelchair, put out two CDs of Godowsky Chopin transcriptions. They were ripped off from three other pianists including Marc-André Hamelin.
@jigglypugz Yeah, but I'm not bashing them to make myself a better one. I'm bashing them to make sure people know how terrible they are (when they are terrible). Internet = free speech.
@Jim341046 The most technically gifted musician currently living, and probably in the last century. But Liszt and Alkan are probably one step above him.
@twooffour apart from these 3, I hear a bit of 10/5 and 10/12. But after hearing it again, it is certainly not a serious reference. The melody of 10/5 sounds similar to the left hand of 25/11 for me. And the more or less chromatique runs in 10/12 and 25/11 are also similar.
@jigglypugz Actually, I think I can do better and have done better than Lang Lang (even though I don't have his money nor performance engagements). I will continue to bash him. He deserves it.
you can change the tone a lot by using the pedals in a tastefull way, you can change the dynamics a lot tooo to make it more interesting Horowitz is a great example of a pianist that was a master of that
![Godowsky - Studies on Chopin's Etudes (Hamelin) [1/3]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/7QBzdRPVxIc/mqdefault.jpg)
Fantastic! I love how he plays all that perfectly and then missed the last note!
Exactly... perfect yet unintentional comedic timing!
The most underrated pianist of our time. In spite of his great ability as a supervirtuoso, and sincere interpretations....most of the hype goes to the likes of Lang lang and others. A few years ago I was privileged to hear Marc-Andre at Alice Tully Hall in NYC, and the hall was not even half full. The sad thing is, it only seats about 1100 people. Who ever missed it...it was their lost.
I'm glad to say 15 years later from this comment it is NOT the case anymore. Hamelin is respected by literally every pianist included myself and he easily is the genius of our time as a superhuman pianist (specialazing in Alkan I think), composer, transcriber and arranger
He missed the last note while coming to an end and he went back to play the right note. His face was priceless at that moment!
Amazing! The daunting Triple Étude...so many voices running simultaneously... Only a Supervirtuoso like Hamelin could accomplish such a feat! This Étude is even more challenging than the impossible Godowsky Études. Too bad Hamelin never tours in my country (Portugal)... :(
Hamelin is an absolute genius!
I completly agree with you
@@guidovernaglione5127 I too.
Terribly biased opinion.
If you're going to bash him on his negative influences, then why not also praise him for his positive influences? Like spreading classical music so that young people could be exposed to the genre, and not isolated to cranky old bags critiquing every liberal interpretation.
NaIcE
Hey look, a wild Ishter!
Uh... pianist AND COMEDIAN Hamelin? Weird...but wonderful!
hamelin is one of the nicest musicians i have ever met, both pros and non-pros. his nice personality and comedy jsut seems like second-nature. his comical commentaries for his encores are commonplace.
1:30 so you can skip to the playing when you watch it again, and again, and again,
And again
And again
and again
and again
And again
I see it, but I can't believe it ._.
Holy cow!!! It sounds like THREE pianists at 2:53!!!
This guy is amazing!
i met him in san francisco on april 28 (for a lecture) and april 29 (for a concert).
@Bret6464 No one can say why the hall was half empty. It was one of the greatest piano recital I'd ever witnessed. Hamlin is not a showboat. He's a pianist's pianist. Though you may disagree, but that is my opinion. Sadly, I find that musicians who act while playing their instruments attract the most people to their concerts. There is much to learn from Hamlin as a pianist.
INGENIOUS & DARING in both CONCEPTION & EXECUTION. Bravo!
Met MAH at Northwestern University, Bienen School of Music, after he performed at Galvin Hall. He was very friendly & chatted a bit……Supreme Artistry
did he miss the top note at 3:37 and comically "make it up" afterwards?
anyhow that was amazing and rather hilarious. thanks for posting.
i stood up and applauded at my computer
This stunt pianist has some hidden extra fingers. I can´t imagine a stronger technique. In a way Hamelin is underestimated. Why don´t people talk about him as frequently as about Lang Lang?
Lang Lang has appeal to a Chinese audience, which is… big. Very big. Also, he occasionally uses pyrotechnics and big, flashy LED screens, which captures young people with shorter attention span.
@@pineapple7024 This is fascinating with RUclips. To get a reply after 13 years! And I agree with you. Although(?) I find Lang Langs Liszt Hungarian rhapsody 6 quite amusing.
Lang Lang is flashy and vulgar. He looks like he’s having an orgasm when he plays. Yuja Wong is very sexy and half-naked when she plays. So naturally, they attract the mass audience. But Hamelin is a musician’s musician.
Alright I was wrong, and I have no problem saying I confused the vocabulary.
Though I can't help but think that this wouldn't be necessary if you just stated the fact in the first place rather than posting a vague question as a reply.
I love that little; "Im done everyone, you can- oh - (low note) - NOW im done!"
MAH is SO awesome!
Hamelin is playing Joke. He has played some more difficult pieces. This is amazing, of course!
I am inclined to say that Hamelin is the greatest living pianist of the World.
Holy cow ... he can do anything.
argh this is so insane. i have his complete chopin godowsky but this is just--
I WANT THE SHEETS
actually, grand pianos are almost always equipped with one. it is uprights that can sometimes either have a practice pedal, nothing, or a "half" una corda pedal (if you know what i mean) in place of a sostenuto pedal.
Hamelin seems like a really friendly, down-to-earth guy... unlike Cortot who just looked like a zombie most of the time.
I love it how he crosses himself before he starts :P
@Naltino Such a pity. But he seems truly to be a pianist for pianists, like Godowsky, and that an average person wouldn't catch neither the supreme technical achievements nor the musical significance of the Godowsky etudes, so that kind of explains it. Of course, Hamelin is one of those pianists which you almost cannot find an equal, even when we're talking about other first-rate pianists. Not many other people can play the Godowsky, Alkan, Busoni, etc.
...when you need to practice all Chopin etudes but you only have time for one:
And takes three times as long
Is there even a distinction? Are you saying his style of playing is not an influence?
You replied with a passive question. Grow some balls and actually formulate a concrete opinion.
Woah it’s theisher
wow, youre one lucky bastard. what was it like to have a lesson with him??? i want all the details.
Not only the best living pianist, possibly the best that ever lived
@@jannis11 yeah im not sure with that age asumption that you came up with but apart from that, i concur
@@jannis11 oh, my mistake.
Liszt/chopin itself?
he's amazing
amazing!!!
사람이 아니시네..
I heard "Winter Wind" and the "Chromatique" etude, but what is the third one??
25 4
the rhythmic cells of this etude, pay attention to the left hand.
paganini etude
Love Alkan. Listen to Hamelin play his concerto - unbelievable. Also listen to Alkan 'Le Vent' and my favorite - Prelude in E Minor
exactly ❤
Great Imagination, Staggering Execution!
fantastic would be an understatement, in my opinion.
Buffoonery? He's probably the most technically gifted musician in the world. Perhaps ever.
madoooooooooooooo!!! UN GENIO!!!!!!
sounds kinda like toccata by prokofiev ..... but it isnt ^^ ..... can anyone please tell me what the middle pedal is for ?
yeah thats it Op 25 No 4 the key word is A minor..
he performs in europe more than in the US. you can find his concert schedule here: www.giamanagement.com/concertdiary.asp?MusicianID=2
SUPER
I know he mixes in Winterwind and Op. 10 No. 2, but whats the third etude mixed in?
25 4
the rhythmic cells of this etude, listen to the left hand.
Yes!!
@henseltetude The keys were also very thing which required extreme precision. And since the keys required barely any strength to get a sound, Liszt and Alkan must have had absolutely great control.
I'm sorry, I didn't understand... Can somebody tell me - is his "friend of mine" Godovsky? Or this is his piece?
Op 25 No 11,Op 10 No 2,but I cant gues what the third one is. any way it must be in A minor too.
what concert hall is this at?
why is it called triple etude? I hear at least 5 of chopin's etudes in his play. sorry if he said that at the beginning, but i can't hear his comments through my laptop speakers.
oh, thanks a lot! :)
@lovesGenet So what's your pernt?
Bravissimo bro
well,i used to think that he was a psychotic yet outstanding virtuoso who liked to play all the incredibly difficult pieces of the piano repertoire,but no......he is funny too...nice sense of humor.thank you, ire58591
ribadisco: LO AMOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
so,you 've really met him?in canada i suppose....or not?
creative, indeed
even the url is like ohgoh
i would like to see him one day...but he doesn't perform in europe, does he?
So there is 10-2, 25-11 and what else?
He also plays 25 no. 4
Naice
Semantics is your argument? Why bother.
@iBadx3 he's not dead! He's not old at all!
1:36
This man is an ET ! :O
Vive le Hamelin!
the left hand doing funny stuff.
bit of jazz there?
His use of pedal, dynamics and similar can be improved no doubt but it is great little etude for supervirtuosos.
Uhhhh.. how
@flic71 ¡de verdad!
I guess it is a choice, look at his personnality, he is very discreet, composed
@iBadx3 I don't think he's dead, bro
Its a shame we cant see his left arm, thats where the real 'action' is.
Hahahaha thats as funny as ironic!!
Hello! Thank you:) Yes I know he is a composer too, but I know alsow he is a canadian! But on this video he said "one friend of mine...EUROPEAN" And really Godowsky has transcription of these three etudes of Chopin - op.10 #2, op.25 #4 and op.25 #11. But the texture of this piece is not like Godowsky. He loved more variations and to decorate his pieces with many small notes... I don't know:( Maybe he said about Godowsky?
Sorry, sarcasm. In a flourish of super human productivity the dotty Joyce Hatto(who no one had heard of or seen perform)in her 70s, cancer ridden and in a wheelchair, put out two CDs of Godowsky Chopin transcriptions. They were ripped off from three other pianists including Marc-André Hamelin.
@jigglypugz Yeah, but I'm not bashing them to make myself a better one. I'm bashing them to make sure people know how terrible they are (when they are terrible). Internet = free speech.
some lefties from op.25-4
Actually, Joyce Hatto was a fraud. "Her" recordings have been exposed as reissues of other pianists' performances under her name.
Glenn
@Jim341046 The most technically gifted musician currently living, and probably in the last century. But Liszt and Alkan are probably one step above him.
Should be faster :p :D
TABERNAK !
@twooffour apart from these 3, I hear a bit of 10/5 and 10/12. But after hearing it again, it is certainly not a serious reference. The melody of 10/5 sounds similar to the left hand of 25/11 for me. And the more or less chromatique runs in 10/12 and 25/11 are also similar.
yes,but in your country you can see the great Maria Joao Pires,and Ricardo Castro...oh...and Cristiano Ronaldo :))
cristiano ronaldo is portuguese, he’s not brazilian.
@@erickfreitas6577 Woah reply after 15 years xd.
@@corylopsissinensis3452 🤷🏼
your inclination would be correct, for many many reasons.
@Fuuko0924 LoL
op 25 nr 4 -- you can see it for free at imslp DOT org
So is Sergei Rachmaninoff and Glenn Gould a good example.
@jigglypugz Actually, I think I can do better and have done better than Lang Lang (even though I don't have his money nor performance engagements). I will continue to bash him. He deserves it.
you can change the tone a lot by using the pedals in a tastefull way, you can change the dynamics a lot tooo to make it more interesting
Horowitz is a great example of a pianist that was a master of that
He makes everything look too easy, doesnt bounce round so much as lang lang, and, overall, isnt hated so much as lang lang :)
Care to explain yourself?
Why? Because Hamelin is only boring, but Lang Lang, besides being a clown, is also a real musician.
@nyc11104 And your comment amounts to little more than elitism...
I did in my pants...
Great dexterity, no music. Just a dirrea of notes
Not meant to be the slow movement of 106 Beethoven...
I wonder if you come back to this statement from time to time and decide to revise it.
he's still playing piano in heaven, i hear it all the time
he’s still alive
HAHAHAHAHA
Marc Andre has totally ripped off this piece from Joyce Hatto before her death a year ago.
? no?
wtf
duh! ever heard of humour?