The Verbier concert was special in that Malofeev ‘dared’ to come out of his shell even more than usual. By the way: the ‘Russian piano school’ has always produced the most outstanding pianists. And I repeat what I have already commented on before: Alexander Malofeev is the epitome of what a concert pianist should be. Utterly brilliant, of course. Technically faultless - certainly. Stunning subtle control of everything, dynamic , colours, rubato, phrasing. But he also has a warmth and humanity with which he makes a deep, emotional connection with those listening.
It’s a little over five years since I discovered Alexander thanks to RUclips. The Rach 3 came up as a recommendation. I ignored it the first couple of times. Then I gave in and thought, OK this kid can have five minutes, then I’ll move on. Of course I listened to the whole concerto. It seemed disrespectful not to as you could feel a heart and soul in the playing. I can multiply that five minutes a least a thousand fold now and I have seen Alexander live several times now. I can’t begin to tell you the pleasure and joy he has brought to me.
I came across Alexander Malofeev many years ago when he was, I think, 12 or so, and he played extremely difficult repertoire with incredible technique, where within a minute, you knew this kid was special. He was already performing for Heads of States around this age. I also remember seeing a video where as a child, he gave a special concert for chess players (might have been a Chess Olympiad). I'd put Malofeev as one of the two best prodigies I have seen for this generation, with Yunchan Lim being the other.
Every serious prof. Pianist with a heart full of music, plays with the emotions with which the composer composed a piece and with the emotions that he/she personally feels for it. That is also the beauty of your performances. And I usually recognize your touch and I admire you Sasha. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷-->(your quiet, secret and very old friend in Amsterdam and her grandsons. Jan. 2025) And.....thank you Zsolt. 🍀
Alexander is such a lovely, kind, unassuming young man and hugely gifted. He is a total credit to himself and must make his family intensely proud. Such an interesting, informative interview with gentleness. God's gift to this World for sure! 🤗😀
Thank you so much for sharing this! We absolutely agree with you about all your comments on how wonderful he is-thank you so much for taking the time! Please keep in touch-zsolt ✨
@Living-the-Creative-Life Thank you for replying. I have always been for him and when some countries cancelled his concerts because he is Russian was disgusting and unkind to him! Through his music he unites! Love to see an interview where you talk about his hobbies, interests away from music etc.
Che magnifica intervista di un giovane pianista con un anima profonda, modesto, pulito. E capace, cosa rara, di condividere con il suo pubblico il suo dono. Grazie di cuore, Alexander. 🙏 E complimenti alla sensibilità e intelligenza dell'intervistatore!
I came across Alexander online when he was a boy. A wonderful musician, who seems to me to be a wonderful guy, and this is a wonderful interview. I hope one day to see Alexander in a live performance.
I really enjoyed this interview, which confirms that Alexander is not only a great musician but also an amazing human being. Last year, I had the chance to see him performing twice, and his recital at the Rheingau Musik Festival in Germany was one of the most exciting musical experiences of my life!
Thank you so much for this, George-yes he is a lovely human being! Glad you were able to catch him in recital to hear what he does with sound-hard to capture on recordings!
A great interview with for me one of the most interesting and talented young pianists! You are immmediately drawn into his music when he plays! Thank you again very much for this interview! Very good questions and interesting and sympathetic answers!
Thank you so much for letting us know--we're so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to watch; we absolutely agree with you that he is one of the most extraordinary and compelling of his generation. Thank you so much--we hope to hear from you again--today we released three other pianist episodes!
Excellent interview - creative questions - honest answers from a premiere musician. I am so excited to see Sasha perform twice in California in the next couple of weeks!
Thank you so much for this--and we are so envious that you get to hear him *twice* soon--let us know how it goes! We're grateful that you took the time to watch and to give us your feedback! -Zsolt, host
So schön zu sehen, wie sich Alexander Malofeev entwickelt hat. Er ist in der Konversation so selbstbewusst geworden und hat schon mit seinen jungen Jahren eine große Übersicht von allen Lebensumständen seines Künstlerlebens. Solche Menschen haben harte Arbeit in der Kindheit und Jugend geleistet. Jetzt haben sie einen so großen Schatz, den sie in sich tragen und ihrem Publikum zeigen können, an das es sich auch erfreuen kann. Großartig.
A great,ra insightful interview with this extraordinarily talented young man. I had the pleasure of seeing him live in concert last year and it was a magical experience.
Thank you so much for watching and letting us know that you have enjoyed this on such a meaningful level! Alexander is extraordinary. Warmest wishes from our team ✨
What a beautiful and sincere interview. Thank you Zsolt and Alexander for giving us this opportunity to listen to deep thoughts that accompany the intelligence of being such an extraordinary musician. I was not able to listen to the entire before this, and really appreciate this. I also came across listening to you play during the pandemic on RUclips and I was totally inspired, believing that goodness still exists in the world.
Your message has us speechless with gratitude-we thank you for making our day, and we are grateful to know you as well! Please keep in touch with us! -Zsolt✨
Truly flattered by your words, John! We were so looking forward to the release of this one, at long last! Glad you enjoyed it--we hope you check out the other two pianists released today--Gaby Montero, and Lara Downes! Cheers, Zsolt
We're delighted to have your feedback--thanks for taking the time to watch! He is so thoughtful and considered in his responses--truly creative in how he examines an idea and doesn't just give a stock response! Thank you for being in touch!
Thanks so much for your compliments to the host! These mean so much to us and the long hours, weeks, and months of work that go into each and every feature we release--we are grateful to you for watching! -Zsolt Bognár, host
A beautiful conversation by two beautiful people. It was very heartwarming to listen to. I heard AM perform in person very recently. He autographed my copy of Pletnev Nutcracker.❤️
Dear Benita, your support and presence are one of the most beautiful things we look forward to within our each day of work! Thank you so much for who you are ✨
We are so delighted to hear from you and to get your feedback! We are so happy you resonated with the conversation--we hope to hear from you again soon with some of our other episodes--cheers!
Very nice interview with Alexander Malofeëv. He is such a nice human beeing. About beeing alone, he should talk to his Uk born collegue George Harliono. He is on the same level as Sasha. He played in a London subway station already when he was a little boy. And now he travels around the world as a famous concert pianist. His technique is amazing and he is a very kind young man too. His repertoire is amazing too. He plays pieces I never heard before.
Thank you so much for this--we are glad you enjoyed the discussion with Alexander Malofeev! We have been following George Harliono for years--he's an amazing and charismatic performer! Thank you for the reminder and thank you for being in touch!
@ Schubert, Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946 Chopin, Andante spianato te grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22 Rachmaninoff, Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 Scriabin, 4. Preludes, Op. 22 & Fantasy, Op. 28 It was beautiful.
We had the pleasure of meeting with Yunchan in Tokyo--he has apparently been a longtime fan of the series--he said he'd like to wait a few years before joining as a guest! He is delightfully modest and perhaps shy.
We certainly agree with you that he should be assessed fairly--he already had to contend with some challenging situations, and our hope was to show who he is as a human being. We thank you so much for taking the time to watch!
@lessismore4470 This wonderful young pianist lives in Germany if you’d care to read about him. Do not express your hate for Russia you also know nothing about. This is not a “political expert” forum, and your hateful comments is very out of context here.
Envious that you got to hear this live--he is brilliant indeed--we've witnessed some concerts with jaw-on-floor moments. Thank you so much for watching!
It’s truly a lot indeed! Contrasting that was Josef Hofmann who said he linked himself to 3! Richter also aimed for 3 but usually did exponentially more probably ✨
@@Living-the-Creative-Life Thank you so much for your comment. My problem is a brain chemistry issue and somewhat psychological as well. Seratonin and dopamine are focus hormones otherwise frontal lobe focus is impossible! Everyone differs here as studies in neuro-pscholgy have proven. Use up the supply here and you become a baby infant once again. Try to will power resist to force focus and another hormone is quickly secreted to sabotage you. I dealt all my life with mind meanderings since childhood whereas I couldn't keep my mind on the task more than an hour or so. It wandered on its own. The stress of practicing really had nothing to with the fingers a LA keyboard or the feet on the pedal board, but the struggle with mind focus and getting it to behave for me. I hated this psychological warfare and mind torture I had to try and endure. I got into heavy sports and found survival here was easier. To a degree of course. Practicing anything must become a joy of the soul or heart as it is purely only discovery and adventure in the beautiful serenity of the moment of TOTALITY and not perfection. Perfection always takes care of itself especially for the Malofeev prodigies I think. Nuf said. With this your platform, I feel it necessary of you to become more interested in the psychology behind practicing, looking through both eyeglasses of left/right brain analogies. It sheds a lot of light on this process and it's deeper functions as to why some can and other's can't.
@@Living-the-Creative-Life Well, things changed technologically since Hofmann. If Hofmann had his concerts go on television then broadcasted for 2 billions of people, and for his whole life, he would have worked much more. Then Richter always lied about his practicing, his wife revealed in Monsaingeon documentary, he said 2 hours, his wife told 8, every day. Practicing time depends on how much you want to discover repertory. People like Argerich, who has barely 10 concertos in her repertory, don't need obviously to spend 10 hours. Other like Askenazi or Barenboim, who played almost everything, need a lot more. Not criticizing Argerich, she is a genius, but is factual, she plays always same things.
Fascinating points you make all around. Saving your info about brain chemistry to further explore on future episodes. About Richter-yes, for example when he toured China in 1957 he practiced 15 hours a day and had his piano tuned three times daily! Argerich-I spent some weeks with her in Lugano and witnessed how she practices-obsessively! She would start around 10pm and not stop until well after the sun came up. She was always at it and interested in asking everybody around her about practice tips. She loves to talk shop ✨
Thank you for pointing this out--we will work to correct this--yours is helpful feedback! We think indeed that in Russian it's pronounced approximately "Nee-gauz" rather than the Germanic original. We're grateful for you taking the time to let us know!
As russian, I respect his desicion to leave and I have to do nothing to do about it, but hearing that he moved away from Russia makes me feel a bit betrayed, I know it's kinda stupid, but I'm disappointed, and so many great people leave Russia may because of these horrible events
We have sympathy for how difficult the situation is, and we thank you for sharing your feelings and perspective. The specifics for each artist are different, but we understand the situation is complex and heartbreaking for many.
That had to be an excruciatingly difficult decision but I have great admiration for him because he stood on his principles! Extremely brave! God bless him to the max!!!
Would that all artists find similar courage to leave the present Russia. But don’t come to the US now! We are in Putin Russia’s pocket and he will sooner or later eat us like breakfast cereal. The E.U. Is the obvious bastion to keep democracy and self determination alive minus Italy and Hungary.
To Alexander: a method to cure performance anxiety, eat a banana; enough time for it to digest a bit before your concert. At least that's what a renowned organist said she did; that it really reduced her nervousness before walking on stage.
Thanks for sharing that tip--that's really interesting, and we're sure Alexander will take it into consideration! Bananas are known as natural beta blockers, which is helpful! Thank you for watching ✨
I like Alexander very much, very autentic young pianist, quite genius - with inner peace, so nice to see.... but the moderator is a bit annoying, quite in populistic style. Very unfortunate... youtube school 😢
What, in your view, is populistic and RUclips School about our style? We’ve been doing this for 15 years in a variety of different formats with illustrious guests, and our work has been praised in international press for doing it in what they call a sensitive and open-heart listening style that reveals insights of guests that do not happen elsewhere. We work hard and travel the world to bring you these stories for free. In addition, Sasha is a close friend of mine, and this is a portrait of how we have always interacted. Anyway, thank you for watching. -Zsolt Bognár, host and executive producer
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The Verbier concert was special in that Malofeev ‘dared’ to come out of his shell even more than usual. By the way: the ‘Russian piano school’ has always produced the most outstanding pianists. And I repeat what I have already commented on before:
Alexander Malofeev is the epitome of what a concert pianist should be. Utterly brilliant, of course. Technically faultless - certainly. Stunning subtle control of everything, dynamic , colours, rubato, phrasing. But he also has a warmth and humanity with which he makes a deep, emotional connection with those listening.
We are again grateful for your support and insights! They really mean so much to us and we look forward to hearing from you again soon!
Are you some kind of a "never-heard -from" authority?
It’s a little over five years since I discovered Alexander thanks to RUclips. The Rach 3 came up as a recommendation. I ignored it the first couple of times. Then I gave in and thought, OK this kid can have five minutes, then I’ll move on. Of course I listened to the whole concerto. It seemed disrespectful not to as you could feel a heart and soul in the playing. I can multiply that five minutes a least a thousand fold now and I have seen Alexander live several times now. I can’t begin to tell you the pleasure and joy he has brought to me.
Such a beautiful and meaningful trajectory you describe! Thank you for sharing ✨
I came across Alexander Malofeev many years ago when he was, I think, 12 or so, and he played extremely difficult repertoire with incredible technique, where within a minute, you knew this kid was special. He was already performing for Heads of States around this age. I also remember seeing a video where as a child, he gave a special concert for chess players (might have been a Chess Olympiad). I'd put Malofeev as one of the two best prodigies I have seen for this generation, with Yunchan Lim being the other.
Wonderful young man living an exceptional life. Wish him nothing but happiness.
Every serious prof. Pianist with a heart full of music, plays with the emotions with which the composer composed a piece and with the emotions that he/she personally feels for it. That is also the beauty of your performances. And I usually recognize your touch and I admire you Sasha. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷-->(your quiet, secret and very old friend in Amsterdam and her grandsons. Jan. 2025) And.....thank you Zsolt. 🍀
Thank you so much for your continued support dear Emily! He is truly extraordinary. Warmest wishes to you
I have great admiration for Alexander and his instructor who taught him! BRAVO!!!❤
Thank you for watching and following!
I am so happy to hear Alexander mentioned 'Pletnev'; 18:45; ... thats my 'hero' still... All the best mr. Malofeev !! : ))
Yes-it was a great mention indeed! Check out our episode with Zlata Chochieva-she describes what it’s like to study with him!
Exactly what I personally, as a human being and as an artist, feel about Mikhail Pletnëv (would even dare to define it an epiphany).
Grazie Alexander.
Alexander is such a lovely, kind, unassuming young man and hugely gifted. He is a total credit to himself and must make his family intensely proud. Such an interesting, informative interview with gentleness. God's gift to this World for sure! 🤗😀
Thank you so much for sharing this! We absolutely agree with you about all your comments on how wonderful he is-thank you so much for taking the time! Please keep in touch-zsolt ✨
@Living-the-Creative-Life Thank you for replying. I have always been for him and when some countries cancelled his concerts because he is Russian was disgusting and unkind to him! Through his music he unites! Love to see an interview where you talk about his hobbies, interests away from music etc.
Che magnifica intervista di un giovane pianista con un anima profonda, modesto, pulito.
E capace, cosa rara, di condividere con il suo pubblico il suo dono.
Grazie di cuore, Alexander. 🙏
E complimenti alla sensibilità e intelligenza dell'intervistatore!
We are truly grateful to you all around for your presence today 🙏
I came across Alexander online when he was a boy. A wonderful musician, who seems to me to be a wonderful guy, and this is a wonderful interview. I hope one day to see Alexander in a live performance.
Thank you so much for watching, and for your support! So glad you have enjoyed this. ✨
I really enjoyed this interview, which confirms that Alexander is not only a great musician but also an amazing human being. Last year, I had the chance to see him performing twice, and his recital at the Rheingau Musik Festival in Germany was one of the most exciting musical experiences of my life!
Thank you so much for this, George-yes he is a lovely human being! Glad you were able to catch him in recital to hear what he does with sound-hard to capture on recordings!
He is truly the greatest young pianist we have today. I hope/wish/pray he comes to the Asheville NC area to play.
He is extraordinary indeed-thank you for taking the time to watch! ✨
Marvelous episode, inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your support, dear Andrea--we love your own episode on our series as one of our all-time favorites!
Really inspiring...
@ Glad this episode resonated with you--thank you for watching!
A great interview with for me one of the most interesting and talented young pianists! You are immmediately drawn into his music when he plays! Thank you again very much for this interview! Very good questions and interesting and sympathetic answers!
Thank you so much for letting us know--we're so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to watch; we absolutely agree with you that he is one of the most extraordinary and compelling of his generation. Thank you so much--we hope to hear from you again--today we released three other pianist episodes!
Впервые услыхала его в Астане на конкурсе "Astana Passion ". Он , будучи ребёнком, покорил своей игрой! Рада за Александра. Спасибо за интервью.
We are delighted you have enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and for your support!
Wonderful human being and dedicated musician - to say nothing of his playing! 🎹❤️
Excellent interview - creative questions - honest answers from a premiere musician. I am so excited to see Sasha perform twice in California in the next couple of weeks!
Thank you so much for this--and we are so envious that you get to hear him *twice* soon--let us know how it goes! We're grateful that you took the time to watch and to give us your feedback! -Zsolt, host
So schön zu sehen, wie sich Alexander Malofeev entwickelt hat. Er ist in der Konversation so selbstbewusst geworden und hat schon mit seinen jungen Jahren eine große Übersicht von allen Lebensumständen seines Künstlerlebens. Solche Menschen haben harte Arbeit in der Kindheit und Jugend geleistet. Jetzt haben sie einen so großen Schatz, den sie in sich tragen und ihrem Publikum zeigen können, an das es sich auch erfreuen kann. Großartig.
We are delighted to share your view in what you describe-and we thank you for taking the time to write to us ✨🙏
A great,ra insightful interview with this extraordinarily talented young man. I had the pleasure of seeing him live in concert last year and it was a magical experience.
Thank you so much for watching and letting us know that you have enjoyed this on such a meaningful level! Alexander is extraordinary. Warmest wishes from our team ✨
so natural and humble🌞
Absolutely agreed-and so insightful! Thank you for watching ✨
What a beautiful and sincere interview. Thank you Zsolt and Alexander for giving us this opportunity to listen to deep thoughts that accompany the intelligence of being such an extraordinary musician. I was not able to listen to the entire before this, and really appreciate this. I also came across listening to you play during the pandemic on RUclips and I was totally inspired, believing that goodness still exists in the world.
Your message has us speechless with gratitude-we thank you for making our day, and we are grateful to know you as well! Please keep in touch with us! -Zsolt✨
@@Living-the-Creative-Life I would love to keep in touch. You are bringing brightness into our lives.
Wow! What a great thing having a sensitive pianist interviewing a sensitive pianist! Thankyou as always.
Truly flattered by your words, John! We were so looking forward to the release of this one, at long last! Glad you enjoyed it--we hope you check out the other two pianists released today--Gaby Montero, and Lara Downes! Cheers, Zsolt
So glad to hear him in conversation (rather than just being limited to hearing his amazing performances).
We're delighted to have your feedback--thanks for taking the time to watch! He is so thoughtful and considered in his responses--truly creative in how he examines an idea and doesn't just give a stock response! Thank you for being in touch!
These are great questions being asked! I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Great job! Sasha is an incredible musician 🤩
Thanks so much for your compliments to the host! These mean so much to us and the long hours, weeks, and months of work that go into each and every feature we release--we are grateful to you for watching! -Zsolt Bognár, host
Another wonderful gift !!❤
Τhank you !!!
We thank *you* so much for taking the time to watch--we are delighted you have enjoyed it on a meaningful level!
A beautiful conversation by two beautiful people. It was very heartwarming to listen to. I heard AM perform in person very recently. He autographed my copy of Pletnev Nutcracker.❤️
Dear Benita, your support and presence are one of the most beautiful things we look forward to within our each day of work! Thank you so much for who you are ✨
Tremendous young Artist. Good interview
So glad you enjoyed it-thank you for letting us know!
What an amazing human being😮🩵charming and sincere.
Absolutely agreed!
Very excited to see him in Mexico City !
Let us know how that is--thanks for your support!
WHAT A GREAT INTERVIEW! THANK YOU!
We are so delighted you enjoyed this! It means so much to us-thank you for taking the time to watch and for letting us know ✨
Been loving the music epic talent 👏
So glad to hear you're enjoying--we're grateful to you for your support!
Very nice interview. Thanks a lot for sharing.
We are so delighted to hear from you and to get your feedback! We are so happy you resonated with the conversation--we hope to hear from you again soon with some of our other episodes--cheers!
What a lovely interview, thank you.
Thank you so much for watching, and we're happy you enjoyed it! 🙏
What phenomenal questions! Unbelievable. Thank you, Zsolt
Alfie! Long time no speak, old friend! Your words of support mean everything. Let’s catch up-zsolt
@ would love to hear what you’re up to and if I can support in any way. I live in England these days with my wife and two little ones
@@AlfieTheProducerincredible update! I hope I can cross to the other side of the pond soon ✨
He seems to be a very gentle person ❤
He is certainly amazing 🤩
We share this perception with you! Thank you for watching ✨
@@Living-the-Creative-Life thank you for your reply and prayers to you all ✝️✝️✝️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺
Amazing pianist!! ANd sounds like a nice human being!!
Absolutely agreed with you, and we thank you for taking the time to watch!
Alessandro è un grande pianista e un ragazzo umile e simpatico.
Absolutely agreed-and we thank you for watching!
Very nice interview with Alexander Malofeëv. He is such a nice human beeing. About beeing alone, he should talk to his Uk born collegue George Harliono. He is on the same level as Sasha. He played in a London subway station already when he was a little boy. And now he travels around the world as a famous concert pianist. His technique is amazing and he is a very kind young man too. His repertoire is amazing too. He plays pieces I never heard before.
Thank you so much for this--we are glad you enjoyed the discussion with Alexander Malofeev! We have been following George Harliono for years--he's an amazing and charismatic performer! Thank you for the reminder and thank you for being in touch!
Thank you for playing in Santa Fe, Alexander Malofeev❤
What was his program that day?
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Schubert, Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946
Chopin, Andante spianato te grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
Rachmaninoff, Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3
Scriabin, 4. Preludes, Op. 22 & Fantasy, Op. 28
It was beautiful.
Amazing Russian musician. So talended, so kind . ❤
Agreed on all of the above-thank you for watching!
Bless him.
Thanks for watching!
Nice interview! I’d love to listen to a Yunchan Lim’s interview! Thanks!
We had the pleasure of meeting with Yunchan in Tokyo--he has apparently been a longtime fan of the series--he said he'd like to wait a few years before joining as a guest! He is delightfully modest and perhaps shy.
Let's hope this wonderful young pianist will not be considered a "foreign agent" by the "spiritual" authorities in Russia. Great interview.
We certainly agree with you that he should be assessed fairly--he already had to contend with some challenging situations, and our hope was to show who he is as a human being. We thank you so much for taking the time to watch!
@lessismore4470 This wonderful young pianist lives in Germany if you’d care to read about him. Do not express your hate for Russia you also know nothing about. This is not a “political expert” forum, and your hateful comments is very out of context here.
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His Prokofiev Toccata. I've never heard an interpretation so brilliant!
Envious that you got to hear this live--he is brilliant indeed--we've witnessed some concerts with jaw-on-floor moments. Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you so much for the video. It was a wonderful interview, Does anyone know if Malofeev composes?
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So glad to have you here--we hope you enjoyed it!
A 10 hr plus day of practicing? Must be a god-level prodigy of focus power! I'd go nuts after 3!
It’s truly a lot indeed! Contrasting that was Josef Hofmann who said he linked himself to 3! Richter also aimed for 3 but usually did exponentially more probably ✨
@@Living-the-Creative-Life Thank you so much for your comment. My problem is a brain chemistry issue and somewhat psychological as well. Seratonin and dopamine are focus hormones otherwise frontal lobe focus is impossible! Everyone differs here as studies in neuro-pscholgy have proven. Use up the supply here and you become a baby infant once again. Try to will power resist to force focus and another hormone is quickly secreted to sabotage you. I dealt all my life with mind meanderings since childhood whereas I couldn't keep my mind on the task more than an hour or so. It wandered on its own. The stress of practicing really had nothing to with the fingers a LA keyboard or the feet on the pedal board, but the struggle with mind focus and getting it to behave for me. I hated this psychological warfare and mind torture I had to try and endure. I got into heavy sports and found survival here was easier. To a degree of course. Practicing anything must become a joy of the soul or heart as it is purely only discovery and adventure in the beautiful serenity of the moment of TOTALITY and not perfection. Perfection always takes care of itself especially for the Malofeev prodigies I think. Nuf said. With this your platform, I feel it necessary of you to become more interested in the psychology behind practicing, looking through both eyeglasses of left/right brain analogies. It sheds a lot of light on this process and it's deeper functions as to why some can and other's can't.
@@Living-the-Creative-Life Well, things changed technologically since Hofmann. If Hofmann had his concerts go on television then broadcasted for 2 billions of people, and for his whole life, he would have worked much more. Then Richter always lied about his practicing, his wife revealed in Monsaingeon documentary, he said 2 hours, his wife told 8, every day.
Practicing time depends on how much you want to discover repertory. People like Argerich, who has barely 10 concertos in her repertory, don't need obviously to spend 10 hours. Other like Askenazi or Barenboim, who played almost everything, need a lot more. Not criticizing Argerich, she is a genius, but is factual, she plays always same things.
Fascinating points you make all around. Saving your info about brain chemistry to further explore on future episodes. About Richter-yes, for example when he toured China in 1957 he practiced 15 hours a day and had his piano tuned three times daily! Argerich-I spent some weeks with her in Lugano and witnessed how she practices-obsessively! She would start around 10pm and not stop until well after the sun came up. She was always at it and interested in asking everybody around her about practice tips. She loves to talk shop ✨
The subtitles got confused at 17:46 , he said Neuhaus as in Heinrich Neuhaus. In russian we pronounce it a bit differently
Thank you for pointing this out--we will work to correct this--yours is helpful feedback! We think indeed that in Russian it's pronounced approximately "Nee-gauz" rather than the Germanic original. We're grateful for you taking the time to let us know!
@@Living-the-Creative-Life Of course! Thank you for all that you are doing with these much needed videos❤️
As russian, I respect his desicion to leave and I have to do nothing to do about it, but hearing that he moved away from Russia makes me feel a bit betrayed, I know it's kinda stupid, but I'm disappointed, and so many great people leave Russia may because of these horrible events
We have sympathy for how difficult the situation is, and we thank you for sharing your feelings and perspective. The specifics for each artist are different, but we understand the situation is complex and heartbreaking for many.
That had to be an excruciatingly difficult decision but I have great admiration for him because he stood on his principles! Extremely brave! God bless him to the max!!!
Would that all artists find similar courage to leave the present Russia. But don’t come to the US now! We are in Putin Russia’s pocket and he will sooner or later eat us like breakfast cereal. The E.U. Is the obvious bastion to keep democracy and self determination alive minus Italy and Hungary.
It makes sense that a 12 year old cannot have his own interpretation because at that age a child is only beginning to develop a sense of self.
Was a fascinating and strongly-worded point he made indeed!
To Alexander: a method to cure performance anxiety, eat a banana; enough time for it to digest a bit before your concert. At least that's what a renowned organist said she did; that it really reduced her nervousness before walking on stage.
Thanks for sharing that tip--that's really interesting, and we're sure Alexander will take it into consideration! Bananas are known as natural beta blockers, which is helpful! Thank you for watching ✨
smb know which piece is played at time 0:15?
It’s Schumann Opus 26, Intermezzo movement, played by Zsolt Bognár 🥂✨
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thank you for answering!
@@Living-the-Creative-LifeZsolt, that Schumann was absolutely beautifully played!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ютуб???? Ау ??? Ты где ?????😮
Greetings-how may we be of assistance? ✨
I like Alexander very much, very autentic young pianist, quite genius - with inner peace, so nice to see.... but the moderator is a bit annoying, quite in populistic style. Very unfortunate... youtube school 😢
What, in your view, is populistic and RUclips School about our style? We’ve been doing this for 15 years in a variety of different formats with illustrious guests, and our work has been praised in international press for doing it in what they call a sensitive and open-heart listening style that reveals insights of guests that do not happen elsewhere. We work hard and travel the world to bring you these stories for free. In addition, Sasha is a close friend of mine, and this is a portrait of how we have always interacted. Anyway, thank you for watching. -Zsolt Bognár, host and executive producer