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Busoni-Wettbewerb – Wenn die Jury keinen Sieger findet…

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Roberta Pili

Ferruccio Busoni / Quelle: Wikipedia Der 58. internationale Klavierwettbewerb “Ferruccio Busoni” in Bozen ist gerade zu Ende gegangen. Dies gab mir wieder eine gute Gelegenheit, um über verschiedene Facetten des Klavierwettbewerbs nachzudenken. Das brisanteste und immer noch aktuellste Thema rund … Continue reading →

Posted in Deutsch | Tagged Barishevskyi, Bulkina, Busoni Wettbewerb, Chernichka, Chopin Wettbewerb, Ferruccio Busoni, interpretation, jury, Klavierkonzert, Klavierwettbewerb, Liszt, Martha Argerich, pianist, Pianisten, Polyphonie, Prokofieff, Rachmaninoff, Tavernaro | Leave a comment

Alfred Brendel – Master of Cloning

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Roberta Pili

Master and disciple meet together. Kit Armstrong is a Taiwanese-British young pianist. A couple of years ago he was invited to visit his mentor Alfred Brendel at his London domicile, to be introduced into the tradition of piano playing and … Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged Alfred Brendel, Bach, Badura-Skoda, Beethoven, Haydn, interpretation, Kit Armstrong, Leschetitzky, Liszt, master, Mozart, music, Paderewski, pedal, Petermandl, pianist, piano, piano playing, piano tradition, polyphony, Schnabel, Schubert, style, teaching, technique, Viennese Classicism, Viennese piano school | 1 Comment

Sergei Wassiljevitsch Rachmaninoff – 1873-1943

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Roberta Pili

He was one of the most inspiring pianists of the twentieth century. His remarkable personality as a unique artist was perfectly reflected in all his compositions. Sergei Rachmaninoff charcterized the last Romantic piano tradition with his charming, lyric and expressive … Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged artist, chromatic, composer, contrapuntal, harmonic, interpretation, music, pianist, piano concerto, polyphonic, Sergei Rachmaninoff, technique, tone | Leave a comment

Being a competitive pianist

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Roberta Pili

Competitions, competitions, competitions. Almost every piano student has tried to participate at least in one piano competition during his music education. A motivating piano teacher is mostly the first impulse to prepare a specific program of different piano works to … Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged interpretation, jury, performance, pianist, piano, piano competition, winner | 3 Comments

Would Beethoven take care of his score?

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Roberta Pili

Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas represent the ultimate milestone for a pianist. Everybody knows that. Yet there are plenty of different point of views about the right interpretation of this musical testament. Since great pianists began in the nineteenth century to … Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged Anton Rubinstein, artistic, Beethoven, expression, Hans von Bülow, interpretation, musical, notes, performance, pianism, pianists, piano, piece, program, recital, score, sonata, spiritual, virtuosic, work | Leave a comment

Faithful pianists don’t cheat Beethoven!

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Roberta Pili

Textual fidelity, accurate reading of the score, focussed analyzing of the notes, meticulous reproduction of the dynamic indications, objective reconstruction of the composition, parsimonious use of the pedal, keen performance…we can go on. This could be the description of the … Continue reading →

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Shura Cherkassky – 1909-1995

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Roberta Pili

A terrific singing piano tone, a sublime technique, always serving the purpose of the musical message, and a perfect seducing interpretation. Alexander Isaakovic Cherkassky, known as Shura Cherkassky, was one of the leading personalities among the generation of great pianists … Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged interpretation, Jozéf Hofmann, music, pianist, piano, recital, Shura Cherkassky, technique | 1 Comment

Sviatoslav Richter – 1915-1997

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Roberta Pili

He was self-critical, self-demanding, objective in front of the music score and devoted to the audience. Sviatoslav Richter represents one of the utmost exceptional figures in the pianists´history. His teacher, Heinrich Neuhaus, considered him as a “genius pupil”. Doubtless he … Continue reading →

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A Remarkable Personality

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Roberta Pili

Nowadays everybody knows YouTube as an enormous source of information. No matter what kind of video or just audio related documentation we need, everything can be found there….almost everything. My regular use of YouTube is concentrated on the search of … Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged Bakk, interpretation, Liszt, performance, pianist, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Russian, technique, Vladimir | 11 Comments

The Art of Motivic Thorough-Composition Part II

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Roberta Pili

The interpretation: the motivic thorough-composition is hearable through a modified piano playing. What is actually the art of the motivic thorough-composition? Developing a theme is nothing but the quintessence of the composer´s work. How does it happen? No matter how … Continue reading →

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