Piano masterclass with András Schiff and student Kasparas Mikužis
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Recording from the Riga Jurmala Academy's piano masterclass with András Schiff and student Kasparas Mikužis, Royal Academy of Music (prof.D.Ketler class).
Repertoire:
J.S. Bach - French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814.
More information: www.riga-jurmala.com
The Riga Jurmala Academy has been organised in collaboration with the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.
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Lithuanian-born pianist Kasparas Mikužis at the age of 20 has already performed on stages of Wigmore hall, Purcell Room and Concertgebouw hall. He has released his debut CD and his performances were televised on Mezzo TV, recordings were played on national Lithuanian radio and Radio Classique in France.
Kasparas’ distinctive piano playing was acknowledged when he became a scholar of ‘SOS Talents’ foundation at the age of 10. Since then Kasparas started performing across Europe, continuing to do so up to this day. He has performed at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva on multiple occasions, as well as, at ‘EMMA for peace’ World Summit of Nobel Prize Peace Laureates concert in Warsaw. In 2018 Kasparas was invited to the opening concert of V. Krainev competition in Kharkiv where he performed Prokofiev’s 3rd piano concerto. Kasparas has also performed in the national Lithuanian philharmonic hall, Fazioli factory concert hall in Sacile, Italy, he also gave a recital at the Steinway hall in Barcelona and performed at the season opening concert of Kharkiv Philharmonic hall with Kharkiv Philharmonic symphony orchestra and conductor Yuri Yanko.
Kasparas is a laureate of 22 international competitions including the Grand Prix at the 10th international Balys Dvarionas competition for young pianists in his home country Lithuania and a double 1st prize at the 28th Roma International Piano Competition, where he achieved 1st prizes in both categories up to 19 and 25 years.
At the moment Kasparas is studying at the Royal Academy of Music with pianist Diana Ketler. Before, he learnt with Justas Dvarionas at the Purcell school of music and M. K. Čiurlionis school of art, as well as, with Liudmila Kašėtienė. Kasparas’ forthcoming engagements include a recital at the Bridgewater hall in Manchester in 2021-22 season amongst the other concerts.
Kasparas is extremly grateful for the help and support to SOS Talents foundation, M. Rostropovich charity & support foundation (Lithuania), Drake Calleja Trust and Talent Unlimited foundation. In 2021, he also received a junior award from Hattori foundation. For representing Lithuania on an international stage Kasparas was awarded a letter of gratitude by the president of republic of Lithuania.
I literally grew up with Schiff' WTC.
Was the early 80's.
The guy shaped my life.
I could watch for hours...) I try to imagine how to use such insight for ones own playing. So much attention is needed to all the details. It s great.
The old man, the young boy and the "sea"... (like Hemingway). Marvelous!
A happy masterclass. Brilliant teacher and brilliant student. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Oh gosh. One great Bach musician, and another up-and-coming Bach musician. A great privilege to watch and listen closely to this. I have been in love with the musicianship of Sir András since 1988. He stands alone. No-one even remotely like him for deep knowledge, honesty and sheer love of music.
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How amazing to listen to something so exquisitely beautiful that will still have relevance in hundreds of years to come… a welcome refreshing from all the fleeting and exhausting “trending issues”. Thank you for allowing me in such distinct company.
What we are seeing here is in the great unbroken centuries old tradition of personal instruction that allows us to hear the music of the ages .
Without the teacher, we would know nothing.
I love Mr Schiff.
Wonderful masterclass. Excellent playing by the student, who responded well to the suggestions. Superb teaching by the Maestro with very insightful remarks. The playing immediately improved. I learned a lot for my own playing. Thank you for posting.
Oh my god! Sir schiff is incredible! Absolutely an gentleman!!! Artists and special human! Blessings!! I listen in mexico play Bach and was awesome and unique! Love you sir!
Yes, really, at all. I am not sure this student (very good, otherwise) at first understand the languages. Perhaps he was emotioned for being in front of such a special musician and 'human'!
I was in the same recital in Bellas Artes (Mexico City) were he played the Well Tempered Klavier Vol. 1. It was a otherworldly experience.
Yes yes how much ir cost this clases?
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@@martincaracoche4657 que envidia, de verdad.
Andrach Shiff--wonderful person--Musician,he understand perfectly that "Master -class" sistem.... The student plays for Professor ONLY one time, but... the remembrance ab.that lesson ' ll be all his life....! BRAVISSIMO
Sensitive student and a masterful teacher.
Bravo Kasparas! Here intellect, emotion, and humor go hand in hand (in hand). You saved my day :o)
Da musico antico amo le esecuzioni con il clavicembalo ma trovo affascinante anche la trasfigurazione che la musica di Bach riceve dall' esecuzione con il pianoforte, particolarmente quando il risultato è così limpido. Jorge Luis Borges ha scritto che un classico è tale non solo per la sua intrinseca bellezza ma anche grazie a tutto quello che vi aggiungono generazioni di commenti e di amorosi studi. Complimenti al maestro e all'allievo!
It is extremely hard to reverse your playing mode when you have already learned a piece. Thank you for sharing. God bless
But one must always go back to a piece and reconsider. There's always more to discover or another way to phrase something...try things in different ways. Don't become rigid.
He is not being asked to “reverse” his playing mode, but is being gently assisted in learning how to see things differently and perhaps improve his performance. In the end the choice is entirely his. More learned opinions are always valuable.
Master András. Chill. Music also has a visual aspect.
Magnífico!!! Excepcional, espléndido como dice Sir. András Schiff. Simplemente sublime. Una clase maestra. Gracias
I am very happy and very very lucky to be able to listen and "watch = )" this master class. Thank you.
🤗 I “watched” too but pretended not to…. Delightful student and of course Sir András almost always delightful.
Me encanta Sir Andras.
Looks like real Bach! Each shape is expressed like an orchestra.
I also learned while playing the piano. I want Schiff to give me a lesson too.
I felt in love with Bach more.
Какие нетипичные греки теперь, внешне ....Хороший , способный парень --повезло встретится с А.Шиффом! СПАСИБО за ВИДЕО
Парень - из Латвии…
Из Литвы, извиняюсь
@Zina M : Greeks??
Very talented student. Excellent interpretation and playing of Bach. Andreas only polished up his performance.
Belíssima .
Complimenti!!
彼の演奏は、端正で美しい音色です。私は楽しめました。His performance is a neat and beautiful tone. I enjoyed it.
Bravo!!
Awesome masterclass
I played this Bach piece and barely recognized it at first as the theme wasn’t clearly passed on between right and left hands.
The masterclass starts at 14:50
What make him so annoyed at the left hand? I dont get it. Anyone can share the reason? Thanks 😊 at 44:39
Johann Sebastian would be proud of you.
what piece is he playing? wonderful pianist and bach player
J.S. Bach - French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814. There are also information about pianist Kasparas Mikužis that you can find in the discription.
That's why all virtuosi almost never play Bach, it takes tremendous amount of skill and ideas to do it well, you play a piece once,, twice, then more and more, every time it comes out different, in the end you think it's impossible to play Bach
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No estoy del todo de acuerdo con Schiff en quedarse anclado siempre en el clavicémbalo, creo que la música de Bach trasciende de una manera colosal al instrumento limitado como es el clave, es lo que Bach tenia en ese momento, pero si profundizamos en la grandiosidad musical que hay dentro de las obras de Bach el clave se queda pequeño y tenemos la suerte de poderlo sacar fuera a través del teclado del piano, con lo cual estoy a favor del pedal en Bach y en sacar todo lo que su música encierra, pero siempre un pedal puesto con mucho cuidado y efectivamente destacar todas las dinámicas y voces que hay en sus obras, cansa un poco que te digan siempre que esto fue escrito para clave, y sala pequeña…si evidentemente fue escrito para clave pero por la época, Y la música de Bach va de más allá a veces de un instrumento concreto, es más, pensar así creo que perjudica a la música de Bach. Esa es la libertad que nos ofrece Bach y que lo hace tan interesante. Por lo demás la clase del Sr. Schiff es fantástica, y el alumno bravo, gracias por compartir.
Is it an Hamburg Steinway or a New York one?
Clearly Hamburg. Hamburg instruments do not have right angle "art deco" keyboard sides as New York instruments do. Aside from that., Europeans almost NEVER use NY instruments.
That dislike is me, Bach told me to just play as you want and don't be careful too much to all theae details.
The sound quality of this video is horrible. What a shame to have the possibility to record a master Schiff's lecture and spoil it with a cheap, low end microphone. A real disgrace.
haha
He got mad
With all love and respect but in the other video he was objecting "Chinese teenagers" playing Bach on account of being too young for these stuff. How come he teaches teenagers then :/
If I remember correctly, the video you're referring to is he was actually talking about playing certain selections of pieces by Beethoven. If my memory also doesn't fail me, the point he was trying to make (his purely subjective opinion, mind you) was that it takes a certain age and maturity to fully understand and comprehend the emotional atmosphere of those pieces. While they can be played, they can't quite be understood by a child.
This is his opinion. Schiff actually says that children play Bach and all other age groups and it is fine. He does make the comment, however, that one shouldn't start at the Goldberg Variations/Art of Fugue. Instead they should follow the very calculated process of music Bach laid out for the growing and advancing musician. In other words, Bach had little preludes and fugues, then the two and three part inventions, then the suites, Well Tempered Clavier, and so on. There is an order of difficulty that progresses with each one.
@@astrosandorbits5532 You are right :) My bad. I just had a little senior moment, I guess because the video was solely on Bach, somewhere in the back of my mind I got things mixed up. I watched it again. He was talking about Op 111.
Nonsense! The experience of music is heard AND seen!
What nonsense! Music is first and foremost to be heard! Why bother listen to CDs or streaming audio then. Stupid remarks.
Try enjoying music without volume.
Ok, let’s all go blindfolded to a concert hall then…..
I really enjoyed this.
However, I strongly disagree with Mr. Schiff's idea that music is not visual.
That is an old and outdated way of thinking about music.
There's nothing more fascinating than to be able to watch an artist's hands and fingers as he, or she, displays some of the most incredible and difficult technical skills.
We can easily do this today because today's technology allows it.
Let's take advantage of it.
Really
But true.
Well, I guess if you don't have ears, gotta use your eyes...LMAO
Also, playing piano is not some kind of circus act where you show off finger acrobatics. Sorry, but you don't get what music is about, like, at all.
@@tritonus1415: the problem with most people today is they lack the ability to think beyond their upturned noses. So much so, that they blindly follow the dictates of people they worship and admire, sometimes beyond reason.
If you think that displaying ones artistic ability in music makes one a grinder monkey of sorts, then, YOU are the one who not only knows little to nothing about music, but also lack the ability to appreciate the visual aspects of the arts as well as the acoustics.
Music is not fingers. I am sure you don't know about being impresed by music.