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10 years ago by
A Pianist
Does anyone know who the pianist is in the clip from the beginning of chapter 7??
10 years ago by
A Pianist
Welcome to the Craft of Piano forum! It's Walter Gieseking. Please don't duplicate posts. Jovan
10 years ago by
A Pianist
I understand that the Gieseking is in the top photograph and Rubinstein is in the bottom photograph, but who is playing the piano on the right, with the blue shirt and the crazy hair??
10 years ago by
A Pianist
It's a young Kemal Gekic. It says so in the liner notes. He's playing the third movement of the Chopin B minor sonata at the 1985 Warsaw International Piano Competition. he was 23.
10 years ago by
A Pianist
Mr. Fraser, I do not want to appear rude, but unless I have a different copy of your dvd, it would appear the piece that Gekic is playing is not Chopin's B minor sonata. To be quite honest I am not sure what the name of the piece is, but I know I heard it before. Thank you for your response, and I enjoyed your dvd. Robert
10 years ago by
A Pianist
Sorry for the mistake, you are right. The B minor sonata clip is before chapter two. This clip is the Chopin Prelude in E flat major. It should have gone before chapter 6 to illustrate rotation but somehow it ended up that chapter instead... silly mistake! AFF