Student evaluation video discussion group
2 posts
Started 18 Jan 2017
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A pianist
Original post
Hello,
It's been a while! I wanted to post the video of a recital I played in Manhattan recently... it's an all Liszt program, featuring works from the Italian Years of Pilgrimage and finishing with the infamous Don Juan Fantasy .
I think the video is better than the Stravinsky I put up back in the summer months... better closeups etc.
I have a couple of things in mind I wanted to point out, but would be curious to hear other's unbiased feedback, before mentioning what I noticed. The Don Juan is a fairly new piece, by the way. Here is the link:
Thanks and hope you enjoy the music,
-Eric
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Alanfraserpiano
Bravo Eric,
I think we should consider shifting this post over to the master pianist video evaluation group, this is a really impressive concert program extremely well-performed.
On the plus side, a great sense of musical excitement, involvement and inspiration - there is good energy and tons of it. You've really prepared well and are totally at home with this technically and musically demanding material.
I sense a certain busy-ness in your physical involvement. Your really abundant positive energy has a certain slight tendency to agitato. As these interpretations mature, and your technical approach to them, you'll discover an even deeper musical expression.
I don't want to demean what you're doing in any way, I just do see a path for further development. With more economical physical movements the intensity of musical focus can increase.
It's difficult to find that economy of movement without you feeling you're hamstringing yourself - but it's possible.
Onward and upward, forever upward!
AFF
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