I went to the same music school with Marc in montreal. at 16 he played lizst etudes at speed while sight reading. his hands are the longest i have ever seen.....and i am polish. lol hes brilliant and also one of the nicest guys i ever met. he inspired me to practice back then and again today.
never heard a good piano concerto written by a non pianist. rachmaninoff, Liszt, prokofief, Ravel. some of them claimed not to be pianists but i just heard Ravel playing some of his pieces, and I hear a flawless technicien. the problem is, there is a lot more money being the only pianist who can execute certain modern works then there is in composing those works.
Finally, this very evening, I listened him live, he gave a concert in my town. It was at the same time amazing and boring... seems nosense, but so it is. He played two sonatas by Haydn (with all repeats... !), a sonata by Alexis Weissenberg, Chopin's Barcarolle, and the third Ballad. Then he played two etude of his (the 7th, left hand alone, and the 8th) and then a piece by Godowski over a Strauss' theme. Then, I woke up when he played his three encores: french songs arranged by Weissenberg.
i think maybe you are describing "the element of danger". yes it is missing sometimes. i am a huge fan but i have noticed the easier(technically) the piece the more boring he is. i heard him in concert play the schubert b flat sonata(my favorite sonata) and almost fell asleep. then he played one of these as an encore and i woke up.
so we have experienced the same thing. perhaps he is the kind of pianist who comes off better on recordings. i have noticed that he doesn't have that kind of stage charisma that a rubinstein, horowitz, michelangeli or gould had. i still think he is amazing but rarely is his playing kinetic in that way.
that's the joke of it. the composer wrote it to be impossible to play. if you're able to read any of the expressions or dynamics, they say things like "slow rock reggae beat" and "flying nuns" and "like a dirigible."
Jesus christ!:PP 04:36!! Am I hallucinating, or did he just inversed Op.10/4 on the spot?! 08:37 reminds me of a punch-me clown:D To someone before: yes, I agree, MAH is a god.
I remember at music school, all the pianists of limitred ability hated liszt. those of us who could play him loved him. there is nothing more irritating to salieri types then genius. yet genius is a gift to humanity from God. plus this man works very hard to sound like that. maybe he should screw up a little so that its more musical? what nonsense. practice!!!
For us, pianists, Hamelin is just The Pianist. But I should say that, even if he is surely a refined musician, I always feel bored when listening to his performance. What's wrong with him is that you cannot feel "the human limit", that should always be in this technically-hard music. Otherwise, it's like listening to a machine. Great job, however.
I went to the same music school with Marc in montreal. at 16 he played lizst etudes at speed while sight reading.
his hands are the longest i have ever seen.....and i am polish. lol
hes brilliant and also one of the nicest guys i ever met. he inspired me to practice back then and again today.
hamelin is a GOD in many ways,
what a patiente to talk with that ladie.
What?! Did you not see the last piece? Those expressions were priceless!
8:35 lmao. For everyone but Richter, facial expressions are everything.
definitely, i couldn't bear to even listen to her for half a minute
Discussion of symmetrical inversion: 4:03
I've been using that practicing technique for about a decade, with quite good results.
Anyone else here from Graham Fitch's video? haha
Yes !
i'd like to see him play Faerie's Air and Death Waltz
きれいな動き！
never heard a good piano concerto written by a non pianist. rachmaninoff, Liszt, prokofief, Ravel. some of them claimed not to be pianists but i just heard Ravel playing some of his pieces, and I hear a flawless technicien. the problem is, there is a lot more money being the only pianist who can execute certain modern works then there is in composing those works.
Finally, this very evening, I listened him live, he gave a concert in my town. It was at the same time amazing and boring... seems nosense, but so it is. He played two sonatas by Haydn (with all repeats... !), a sonata by Alexis Weissenberg, Chopin's Barcarolle, and the third Ballad. Then he played two etude of his (the 7th, left hand alone, and the 8th) and then a piece by Godowski over a Strauss' theme. Then, I woke up when he played his three encores: french songs arranged by Weissenberg.
Was he doing some langlang impressions towards the end?
whats the song hes playing at 7:15
I'd like to know it too!
i think maybe you are describing "the element of danger". yes it is missing sometimes. i am a huge fan but i have noticed the easier(technically) the piece the more boring he is. i heard him in concert play the schubert b flat sonata(my favorite sonata) and almost fell asleep. then he played one of these as an encore and i woke up.
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The piece at the end was Rodion Shchedrin's Humoreske, so I think he's just trying to create a humorous atmosphere.
sure? she called chopin etude op 25 7 "the easy one" the thumbest comment ive ever heart
thanks haha
this Hamelin guy is a spaz :P
That interviewer obviously knows nothing about classical music
black key etude on the left hand
so we have experienced the same thing. perhaps he is the kind of pianist who comes off better on recordings. i have noticed that he doesn't have that kind of stage charisma that a rubinstein, horowitz, michelangeli or gould had. i still think he is amazing but rarely is his playing kinetic in that way.
that's ok, she's not too bad, she just admires him maybe; and she's right!
Why does he use the score? Is this an actual recital.....?
I think she is comfortable. She is very Japanese and her culture shows.
thats why your not him. he can do both so why not? besides, who would play his pieces?
Actually she IS a pianist.
7:48 He's yawning.
Hamelin sounds kind of like Jeff Goldblum
haha thanks, if you're interested, try googling it sometime.
@Masterkhufu: LOL... thats hilarious
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that's the joke of it. the composer wrote it to be impossible to play. if you're able to read any of the expressions or dynamics, they say things like "slow rock reggae beat" and "flying nuns" and "like a dirigible."
Jesus christ!:PP
04:36!! Am I hallucinating, or did he just inversed Op.10/4 on the spot?!
08:37 reminds me of a punch-me clown:D
To someone before: yes, I agree, MAH is a god.
I don't think it was on the spot.
His left hand looks like a crab. On speed.
But she is a very beautiful woman, don`t agree?
I remember at music school, all the pianists of limitred ability hated liszt. those of us who could play him loved him.
there is nothing more irritating to salieri types then genius. yet genius is a gift to humanity from God. plus this man works very hard to sound like that. maybe he should screw up a little so that its more musical? what nonsense. practice!!!
hahaha
For us, pianists, Hamelin is just The Pianist. But I should say that, even if he is surely a refined musician, I always feel bored when listening to his performance. What's wrong with him is that you cannot feel "the human limit", that should always be in this technically-hard music. Otherwise, it's like listening to a machine. Great job, however.
dude, NO WAY......NO WAY....thats just crazy