Интервью с Марком-Андре Амленом (с субтитрами) // Interview with Marc-André Hamelin 

An incredible interview by surely one of the greatest pianists alive.

Огромное СПАСИБО за М-А.Амлена!!!Уникальная личность!!

I have very big respect and love for Marc. I don’t know why the Interviewer seemed more like an interrogator

One of the best interviews of Hamelin.

"Alkan is not a minor figure, but he wrote in minor keys", I bursted out laughing

Лучший из лучших

У него великолепная техника

This is a fantastic, fantastic interview! Thank you so much!

The idea of there being two camps is ridiculous. To quote Horowitz "if you want to be more than virtuoso, first you have to be a virtuoso".

as always! a great insperation to me! a deffinitly a must hear all! his recordings!A great man of humble personality! love this guy! thanks Maestro!

Glenn Gould never entered or won competitions, but is among the most successful and well-known pianists.

His voice is so !!!

the interviewer is awesome lol .

Wow, Hamelin's human!

Very clever he is.

This is the only time I've ever heard Hamelin talk about another pianist, and it was the interviewer who mentioned him.

Arkady Volodos also without competitions

Probably one of the best interviews. THANKS!!

He has already answered most of these questions in other interviews, so we missed out on more new insights here, not that I know what I would rather have asked him instead :-) Nevertheless, it is a very nice interview from a polite interviewer

Hamelin is the best example of someone who is at the pinnacle of human achievement but doesn't look it. Possibly the greatest technique in the world yet he looks like an accountant. 😂

WOW, AWESOME INTERVIEW FROM THE GREAT MAN WHO HAS GIVEN THE WORLD SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC, INCLUDING UNKNOWN AND FORGOTTEN COMPOSERS, GLAD TO HEAR HIS GREAT LAUGH TOWARDS THE END, AND HIS SAYING HE NEVER DID DRUGS AT THE END IS SO INSPIRING TO ME, SINCE I'VE NEVER DONE DRUGS EITHER, AND HEARD MY WHOLE LIFE THAT DRUGS NEED TO BE TAKEN TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THE GREAT ROCK STARS HAVE DONE, AND ALL THAT KIND OF DRUGGIE B.S. ETC. HAMELIN WITH SO MUCH ACCOMPLISHMENT PROVES THAT THEORY WRONG........ REALLY LOVED HIS LAUGH AT THE END, MAKES ME FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM ALL OVER AGAIN.......... IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR MIND BLOWN TO BITS, LOOK HIM UP ON WIKI, THEN SCROLL DOWN TILL YOU SEE THE LINK TO HIS DISCOGRAPHY, AND LOOK AT ALL THE COMPOSERS, LARGE AND SMALL, IN HIS REPERTOIRE, BY FAR MORE NOTES IN HIS HEAD THAN PERHAPS ANY MUSICIAN ALIVE, BUT IRONICALLY NO RECORDINGS YET OF THE 2 BIGGEST, AND MOST FAMOUS ALL AROUND COMPOSERS, TCHAIKOVSKY AND BEETHOVEN.........GUESS HE DOESN'T LIKE THOSE 2 VERY MUCH.......... AGAIN, GLAD TO SEE HE CAN STILL LAUGH, AND HAS VERY LITTLE BRAIN DAMAGE, AND IS STILL HUMAN, AFTER ABOUT 50 YEARS OF PROBABLY PRACTICING 12 HOURS A DAY TO GET WHERE HE IS !!! (HE ALSO LOOKS MUCH BETTER AND HEALTHIER THAN HIS RACHMANINOFF INTERVIEW FROM 2014, WHICH I WAS GLAD TO SEE HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS TAKING A LITTLE BETTER CARE OF HIMSELF NOW)

Why did Alkan write only in a minor ? There are TWELVE ETUDES IN ALL MAJOR KEYS (1848) OP. 35

The sound is too low... Could you please correct? Thank you!

Eyes of the interviewer ...

I'm surprised a little at Hamelin depreciating Alkan, which perhaps quite objective of him, as musicians I think are more likely to exaggerate the value of a composer they are associated with then fairly estimate them, but Alkan, in his best works, is comparable to Beethoven and Chopin, and inferiority comes mostly from the few truly great pieces that he wrote.

The Tom Hanks of piano playing

Why is there not a sight reading competition because everyone professional pianists, members of the public attacks my skill as natural to everyone. If this is so, why deny me then? Given that Liszt, Richter and ogdon were congratulated for it. People are unappreciative.

I do not think chopin is the greatest composer for the piano in the collective sense. But certainly particular pieces stand out in perfection.

What composer is he talking about at 22:08? Sounds like "Yapunoff" but I can't find any composer with that name.

I go on stage to show myself! ! When I play fur elise

What is he playing at 12:00?

Are all the actions of love calculated and of benefit? Do all people love the right way? No. But people let it happen. Becausecpeople are not robots. So why is interpretation required in every performance of a piece? Sometimes, a bar of music can heal the soul, or even a chord. But demanding performances of certain requirements can be detrimental. It cuts the musicians MOTIVATION. Music should inspire us like love inspires ppl to be kind.but kindness is not perfection of love. It is understanding the role of love.

26:14 What is that piece?

noice

8:02 😂😂😂

Once again, an interview were the interviewer is fawning over Hamelin. This not really decent, and it clearly makes Hamelin slightly uncomfortable, which is a respectable reaction.

I detest competitions. Vanity vanity vanity. Just Play the music for the public. And most pianists can not be true to themselves because they fear loosing marks or points. judges do not want them to play unheard pieces. Sack these judges. That is why you have the law/rules. To impose order and authority. It gwts rather boring hearing the same pieces. Life is short. Respect all composers. Those that don't are like parents of arranged marriages saying, you will only hear this or that. How oppressive.

I cannot see the appeal in Lyapunov's etudes, which seem like a collection of harmonies that weren't even daring for their time, while lacking any interesting melodic content.

7:05 "I recognise the audience taste for pianistic display but that's not what I'm really after " later on playing ridiculously pianistical display pieces at every chance ..... 9:23 the interviewer is taking pee out of him.

🇮🇷 ❤️. ????????????????????

A bit reductive in a claim of "philosophical" and "virtuosic" players.

For marc andre hamelin to make a claim that alkan is not comparable to chopin would mean he has to have played every piece by Alkan to scientifically justify it. I am not doubting he has not but he has given no evidence he has looked. And science has peer review. Other pianists, lecturers, laymen etc would need to look at decide and discuss.

It seems that the interviewer does not understand that for a great artist virtuoso technique is not an end, but a means of expression. Franz Liszt also spoke about it. It's so natural for Mark! But the interviewer insulted and confused by this question about the technique. As Bud is jealous and blames for the fact that mark can play. He himself said about the two camps? Markie is a virtuoso and philosopher. And he asks questions about technique, showing the limitations both in art and in the personality of the pianist-artist.. Shamefully

9.00 lying shit he did play them because they were difficult lol the interviewer annoyed him

Music does not have to appeal to you to play it. Take the sermon on the mount by christ. Love your enemies. A composer may not have the requirements you wish for you to take an interest but neither does an enemy or neighbour. Christ said love thy neighbours. Composers are our neighbours. We need to embrace our desire for CONDITIONS we set on people and remove them if people are to trust us and if classical music wants to survive intact.

Very very unprofessional interwiever and NO SUBTITLES!!!

Watched it till 7.30 then he talks about sharing music ? Most watch him to get impressed by the virtuosic display and imagine they're playing it! I know I do To hell with the deep meaning shit. He loves to show off as well but now he wants to be remembered as a thinkers pianist ? No chance mate