You are a wonderful pianist. You played under the guidance of Claudio Abbado himself, and he knew a lot about skill and talent. But I have not found anywhere in your performance the Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata") of Beethoven. Is it convenient to ask you to give a link to it.
Helene is so creative and is courageous enough to expand the boundaries of her repertoire. We the listening audience are the beneficiaries of prodigious talent. Thank you, Helene.💕
Chère Hélène, vous êtes un être d'exception ! Grâce à Dieu , vous êtes en symbiose avec Sa musique ! Sainte Cécile vous a montré son âme et Sainte Hildegarde de Bingen à composé l'Ordo Virtutum ... sans doute pour vous ! France Clidat fut Madame Listz Junko Okazaki est Madame Ravel Hélène Grimaud serait-elle la pianiste universelle choisie par Notre Seigneur ou la Très Sainte Vierge Marie ? Bien amicalement .
Music and Poetry are God's gifts to humankind. Individually they are spectacular. Together they are divine. BEHIND THE MASTERPIECE "Moonlight Sonata" Literary Work by David Sanz From the dawn, far away, light gives birth to her newborn day Somber moon, come what may, will steal her newborn child away Be strong… live on Be strong… shine on For it will not be long before the somber moon sings her song At the end of the day, precious child will be torn away Be torn away, be torn away, from loving arms, be torn away Do not take my precious child away from me Do not take my precious child away from me Do not take my precious child away from me Do not take my precious child away from me Away from me, away from me, away from me, away from me, away from loving arms, loving arms, far away from my loving arms In the dark of the night, thieves will steal ‘til early daylight Loving arms, loving arms, torn away from my loving arms Be strong… live on Be strong… shine on For it will not be long, will not be long before the somber, somber moon begins her song Now, the moon sings her song Moonlight glows, child is gone Like the thieves of the night, she sings ‘til early daylight Copyright 2022 rioxperience@aol.com
Thanks to this Q&A, I just listened to Brahms Concerto n°1 performed live by Glenn Gould and the NY Philharmonic in 1962. I loved it. And Bernstein's "disclaimer" at the outset is hilarious (actually I have to listen to several other versions now, to understand why it is so "unorthodox")....
This video is very good, but some day she will find a certain filmmaker and they will create together a beautiful music video. She is just scratching the surface of this now.
Everyone on my mom’s side of family plays piano and my paternal grandmother was the one who taught me, and is responsible for my addiction to having HAD to master the masters. But, I only keep a violin at home now even though I’ve yet to learn to play it.
I have been a fan of Ms Helene Grimaud ' s music making since I saw her first play the Bach Chaconne in a youtube video. There she was , young in age but extremely talented, confident and endearingly self effacing as she sat down to play. But she did not start, she contemplated for a few moments and brought her left hand down and even then she did not play. Then the the heavenly music began and I was transported to a sphere where there was only Bach. From then on, I've tried to listen to her either on youtube or other streaming apps. Since I live in India, it is extremely unlikely that I will ever get to hear Helene play in person but I can't complain. Not when there are videos like this where she talks about what is important to her music making. Many thanks for sharing this video and I hope there will be more such featuring Helene in the future. Best wishes from Sakuntala Basu
Aaah Hélène enfin des nouvelles de vous! Quel plaisir de vous écouter jouer , je raffole de votre talent et ne cesse de vous suivre pour vous entendre encore et toujours. Merci pour ce petit moment, vous écouter parler avec cette voix si reconnaissable, merci.! Prenez soin de vous, je vous trouve amaigri, peut être un peu soucieuse, je suis en pensées avec vous .... Bien à vous.
I recently watched your performance of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 (conducted by Michael Gielen with Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra) on RU-vid. I pretty much liked it, especially Allegro non troppo that felt like a series of water drops rhythmically and dynamically touching the piano keys. The tonal beauty makes it convincingly thrilling. :)
