Maria Joao Pires gives piano masterclass (1)
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- Опубликовано: 13 янв 2008
- A select group of European conservatoire piano students were invited to stay with Maria Joao Pires at her (former) farmhouse in Portugal. Lucky them :)
Excerpts from an award-winning documentary.
People who complain about her teaching, understand this: they go to her because there is something about her art that resonates within them. They listen to her to discover more about what it is within their hearts that appreciates her music. If she ever becomes irrelevant in their musical journey then they will no longer look to her for answers. There is no reason to criticize her because the students came to learn from her. Teaching is an art as well. She is sharing herself and that means it's unique to her. Teach how you teach and let your students listen to you.
Music like art in general is emotion, not mechanics ... Maria João Pires is trying to educate him to feel and play the notes in a way they make emotional sense. Anyone with some music and piano skills can play Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin ... but not everyone can convey in the audience the feeling behind the structure of notes. Also most people commenting here seems to be to sensitive to Pires comments. Jesus it seems most people are too uptight and can't deal with direct criticism. Nowadays people are so sensitive and need to be political correct all the time. Pff grow a pair people.
Terrible
Poor pupil
She doesnt explain how frase and image expressed through musical means of expression. Thats why they can do nothing about what she explain.
Barenboim, Perahia and Schiff I often find too cerebral, analytical and pedantic in their teachings. Maria here is wayyy too far the other way though
Love this masterclass and teaching style as i would love any other idiossincratic master pianist lesson to have a peak into their process. Students here are already technically almost perfect. That is not what you want from a masterclass from a particular performer in any field. What you want on a Maria Joao Pires masterclass is Maria Joao Pires process of thinking and performing. Is it new agy? Does it shock you? Great! It means it's adding something you do not understand or possess, a different perspective most comentators here clearly lack (otherwise we would all be top world performers ahaha). If someone is all feel but lacks technical and intelectual structure then they would benefit from another type of teaching from another kind of teacher. The best teachers are those that shock you and confront you with your shortcomings. Obviously the right feel and interpretation in performance are much harder to get right and teach than mere technical proficiency.
I'm not sure. I think you have to hear more of her to know what kind of teacher she is. I would like to have been there. I find her to be a very humble musician.
some tips are really nice and make you think more about what you are playing. Plp should never take the harsh comments personally. The best teachers are really tough...
The piece is Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor, WoO 80.
As a piano player, I deeply admire Ms. Pires. There is only one shortcoming about this whole thing: the intelectualization of emotions. Also, it seems that there is only one way of interpreting those sounds; the way she wants it to be played. Not that the students have their own unique and solid interpretations already. To experience real freedom, listen to Keith Jarrett or Herbie Hancock. These guys obliterate the boudaries between styles and judgments.
if she taught in portuguese, her examples would be conveying an accurate image of her ideals. It seems a bit difficult for her to express what she is feeling in her teaching. she is still a good teacher
These are very advanced students and here they can get ideas and advice from a master how to play better. I think they are sounding a lot better when she works with them! But they are artists also, and can decide what to adopt and what to do in their own way. Very fascinating for me as an amateur nowhere near at this level.
in comparing her teaching method with that of the great masters, one thing is crystal clear. her house is FUCKING nice. did you see that pool? holy shit.
When music can´t stand for itself anymore - when you have to find your interpretation through an unreal mist of feelings and esoteric pictures .........
I would have left the room immediately.
she has these ideals that I feel from her teaching no-one will reach, and this style of mimicking the student and invading their space at the same time as pressing them to express themselves I don't think will work for many people. The genius teachers make their students feel empowered.
BEAUTIFULLY spoken, slobone, and you are, for me, spot on!
sounds great :) thanks alot I'll look it up!
I'm really glad someone mentioned what is this piece. Google voice recognition doesn't work on classical music.
Maria João Pires is a wonderful pianist. I had the pleasure of seeing her in a recording studio. I am not sure about her teaching here though.
A little too 'New Age' for my taste. I am a fan of "nuts and bolds" teaching with tangible information. I am a professional pianist (jazz, not classic) and I need to bring down the inner workings of any piece to something I can reproduce and which sounds good. IMHO they are overthinking the whole interpretation anyway.
By never "make" rubato, she means never force it. She's trying to help him feel the music deeper than what his mind is telling him to do. Rather than insert rubato where it sounds appropriate, she's trying to help the pianist let the rubato happens where it's felt.
Hahaha. I'm American and I completely agree with what you said. Many musicians in the United States focus so hard on what will please the audience that they mask their own feelings in the music.