Hey! My name is Ugnius, I am a concert pianist, educator, and now a RU-vidr (believe it or not!)
RU-vid has started during the Pandemic when I had very little else to do... Although the Pandemic slowly but steadily became a thing of the past - RU-vid stayed with me since! I have been a pianist since pretty much I was a baby and believe me - I learnt a lot. Over the years I've studied with a dozen of worldwide pianists and teachers, such as Lang Lang, Stephen Hough, Matti Raekallio, Nelson Goerner, Michel Beroff and many other. These guys taught me so much that it will take me many years to unload it all!
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Thank you very much. Although there are a lot of practicing videos on youtube there are not many videos that are about dealing with complicated rhythms and I was looking for something like that quite a long time. Strange that this video is online now for three years and has not more views. I am wondering about it because nearly every piano student has to struggle with this rhythm issue sooner or later and there are many teachers who avoid this (and say for example something like "Do as you like"....;-). I really appreciate your advices because many, many of your advices are very CLEAR. I wish you that much more piano students will find your channel, because it is one of the most helpful piano practicing channels on youtube. Thank you very much - vielen Dank!
Sorry dude, it was not only musical ignorance, which can be forgiven of non-pianist, but also a problem of pronunciation. I am sure that if Horowitz had enunciated whatever that word was that you said preceding"Beethoven" the stage manager would have understood that it was a name, and not "waltz time". I heard "Worsht-time" when you said it, and as I am also "classically ignorant" of Beethoven's entire catalogue, I as stage manager, would have announced that Horowitz would be playing "sausage time" (Hessich for sausage) by Beethoven, and you would be having an even bigger laugh at my expense. "ha ha ha"..... Oh, now I hear it, You TRIED to say Waldstein, but you didn't. . Wahhld.shhtein. the long, soft drawn out "a" , and the long shh of the German "sch". Practice that so the stage manager hears it clearly when you spontaneously change your program, smarty man. "ha ha "
Horowitz would only grant interviews to reporters who were bonafied musicians . They had to pass a test , and of course he knew most all the correct answers ,,, ! ,,, Evidently he thought his brain could be contaminated by whatever riff-raff that might be a hot topic ,,, !
Interesting that this is "untold" stuff, except that most of these factoids appear in books - things people used to peruse before the Internet became the sole source of knowledge. How about his crazy unnecessary appendectomy? Nevertheless, I have a lot of his recordings and have listened to them over many years. There was nobody like him.
I talked to him in Moscow April 1986: me:" Vladimir Samoylovich,we inable to attend your recital due of the no tickets", him:" No worries, everybody will be there!" He was right!
11. Horowitz was the first choice to play the lead role in "Enter The Dragon." Unbelievably, he turned it down, claiming it clashed with his concert schedule. The role eventually went to Bruce Lee, the director's 6th choice.
@@UgniusPianist apperently it’s well established that he flirted with young men. He was officially hetero, with wife and daughter (that died) but in reality he was homosexual. I guess it was a much bigger thing to admit these things many decades ago.
@@UgniusPianist and can you imagine how tough her life must have been? both her grandfather and father was among the most famous and celebrated artists ever... the feeling of not being able to match their level... she was into art as well, right?
I had the privilege of hearing him perform in Toronto in the spring of 1976. Thanks for the tidbits. I imagine he must have hired a bow tie librarian/curator to manage all of them!
I love it but why call it an eleven arpeggio exercise when there are actually twelve arpeggios? :) (3 major, 3 minor, 4 dominant7, 1 augmented and 1 diminished)
So the original version (the Russin School version) is 11 arpeggios, but I added an extra one just in case haha! I didn't want to confuse people with the different versions and decided to name 11Arpeggios (+1)
You didn’t mention the main technique she’s using. It’s in and out coupled with forearm rotation. Right for the third finger, to the left for finger two and the thumb. Out for fingers two three and in for the thumb.
About practicing on a train - when Rachnaninov was touring the USA in the 1920s, he rented a train all unto himself and his family, to be able to travel between cities and get to sometimes use the carriage instead of a hotel overnight. He also mounted a piano in one of the cars, so that he could practice for hours, just like Horowitz. :) This was at a time when the US still had a tight and well-connected passenger railway network all over the country of course! Rach was plainly using the train the way later celebrities would make use of a private jet. :)
A true pianist should be authentically reflecting the hight European culture. There aren’t many true pianists put there, just because someone can move his fingers does not make him/her a pianist. It tales culture and roots.
These are great tips! I never thought of grouping them into chords first, and isolating the thumb, and playing in dotted rhythm. Wow. Thanks so much! Very well explained.
Very helpful video! Will you consider upload some performances sometimes? There aren't many high level pianists that post their performances on their upright.
@@UgniusPianist that's why I'm asking. There are dozens of professionals playing on a Steinway. I'm probably one of the few people that appreciate high level playing on these kinds of instruments
Can you do a video on fast Octaves in Liszt's Mazeppa I can do them fast but i need to figure a way to reduce impact on my fingers without losing speed
Cziffra is a kind of hero to me. He is the first pianist that really attracted me. Here in Japan, critics criticize him for boasting his technical superiority alone. However, many Japanese piano enthusiasts love him and praise him. Let critics say what they want. True piano lovers love Cziffra and will continue to listen to him. Thank you for uploading I was particularly impressed by the slow motion part. (I listened to his recitals twice in Tokyo and can never forget Hungarian Rhapsody No2 in 1977. Really exciting performance.)
Your videos are great, unfortunately i'm not that good pianist to have use of them. It seems too difficult. Maybe I will be big fan of your lessons after some years. 😂😊😊
@@UgniusPianist beginner, started to learn to play piano for about a year ago. Was interested in yours exercises, because i'm a little tired of Hanon. But yours are over my level. I recon, I stay with Hanon and Czerny. Brahms might wait a little. 🙂 Have seen some more of your lessons, very interesting, but as I mentioned, maybe in a year or two. Best wishes to you channel.
