Pianist Alexander Malofeev - Backstage with conductor Alondra de la Parra & Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Brisbane on Apr 20,2017 (15 yo). 4:53 Alexander Malofeev playing La Campanella by Nikolai Medtner Feb 22,2016 (14 yo).
I had the honor of watching him play Rachmaninov piano concerto no 2 in March 2023. He was so good that it’s beyond words. He plays with every fiber of his being and I had to hold my tears back throughout the performance. Bravo, Alexander! I hope to be blessed to see him again.
Александр, ввысь и вглубь, широко и раздольно, плавно и темпраментно, спокойно и восторженно, все в нем прекрасно и профессионально, неотрывно и свободно, словом, божественно!!!
@@jackcrichards6828 Hello Mr. Richards, it may come as a surprise, but Lord God, our Creator, also created atheists and also blessed them with all kinds of talents, because all 'earthlings' are His creation and He loves all of us. Being an atheist is only part of our free choice. I hope I haven't offended you by writing this. (Holland )
Alexander Maloffev y la Música Clásica, son una sola entidad. Que afortunada al ser contemporánea de este gran interprete de nuestro tiempo. Su trabajo y consagración a la Música trascenderán la historia del Siglo XXI 🌷
Great interview with an utterly spectacular, but humble, talent. I am captured by his music! Also, thanks for asking Alexander to pronounce his last name. Now I know how to pronounce it!
Александр про с т о. Молодец❤ Только смотрите не заболейте "Звёздной болезнью"!!! Я очень восхищаюсь вашей игрой-работой,браво!!! Желаю вам крепкого мужского здоровья,и удачи,успехов в таком труде,❤,Будьте счастливы,во т какой даме вы достанется,я желаю что бы она была достойна вас,умной добропорядочной,это типа важно в наше не простое время,потому что дефицит порядочных девушек....Спасибо за ваш труд🎉🎉🎉
I have been following his streams recently and am amazed at this young man's talent. Such accuracy mixed with warmth of feeling in his musical approach, is to be admired. BRAVO !!!
This boy is a once-in-a-lifetime miracle of beauty, excitement and absolutely wonderful music! De la Parra says he’s “one of a kind.” That’s a huge understatement.
At fourteen years old, pure genius ! Amazing. and even more skilled with a larger repertoire in his performances since then. Just incredible. I hope I get a chance to see him perform in person someday. That would certainly be a wonderful moment in my life. Until then, I will listen and view his performances on RU-vid and elsewhere many many times over. Thank you for posting this wonderfully insightful view of this young man from a few years ago.
I confess that Medtner has never been one of my favorites . . . but when his music is in the hands of Alexander Malofeev, I'm more ready to change my mind.
Isn’t it one of the most wonderful thing of AM? He always brings new feelings to pieces no matter previously you like the piece or not. You can always find something new & unique in his interpretation.
@@evewong3221 Yes, indeed. One of the things I like most about him is his willingness to take risks with the music. He doesn't, for example, always play the exact beat, but then makes that up later (a sort of rubato, I suppose). I also like -- forgive me -- that he occasionally makes mistakes, for then we know for sure that he's completely human. :~)
@@thomasthompson6378 Pianists are not robots. They certainly will make mistakes. People always love to point out what wrong notes the pianist had made. But music is not about mistakes,it’s about INFORMATION and EXPERIENCES you’ve been through and carried along for many years,as Malofeev himself said in the interview. What I most care is if the music can console my soul that’s what Alexander’s music to me. I can immerse in it,it’s like a soul trip,I just follow his music to discover a beautiful world. Maybe it’s hard to explain if you don’t feel the same. But indeed it’s an unique experience that only Alexander can give me. His soul is unique and I find it in his music.
When I was listening Alexander's concert in Carnegie Hall in NY I was thinking the best branded piano will be broken apart in some expressions moments. Bravo, Alexander !
Quelle chance de pouvoir vivre ces moments de passion. Alexandre Maloveef est excellent bien sûr, et il est si simple la fois , quel beau cadeau fu ciel....
He is wonderful. But I wish people would quit talking about his age! There are no adult classical pianists who can play as well as he does. He is unique.
I agree completely that he is wonderful, as you say. But, surely? There are "adult classical pianists" who can play as well as he does. Yuja Wang, for example? I could of course name others. Still, he does have a musicality about him that is, as you also say, unique. It's always a joy to hear him play.
Innovative, ingenious, irrepressible your devotion and dedication to your craft and God given gift . Sergei Rachmaninoff symphonies are lush and lavish frantic symphonies.
I am completely blown away by Sasha's performance of the Medtner Fairy Tale, Op. 20, No.2. I have not heard it before so I went on a youtube search to hear it in its entirety and have listened to 4 or 5 other pianists playing it, the best being by Hamelin (no live performance, only audio with the sheets given). I must say Hamelin's is good, but Alexander's is very much similar, maybe even better! This piece reminds so much of Rach music! In fact, I read in a comment on another performance that Rach thought very highly of Medtner's music. I hope that Alexander will perform this piece in the near future. What an AMAZING masterpiece, imho. Oh, btw, thank you for this wonderful upload, Eve!!! You bless us fans SO much with your videos of our favorite pianist!
Yes! The piece of La Campanella by AM was REALLY AMAZING! He performed it at 14-15 yo. Not much recordings,I will share one in coming days. I also search for this piece and I agree with you that the piece of Hamelin is the most favorite and AM’s is as great as that. Further more the sound recording of AM was not a formal recording. I guess it maybe only take by phone. He played for Alondra,not his instructor. I also hope he will play it again. Let’s pray for it.😄
Medtner seems to be Sasha's favorite composer. There is something about how his love for Medtner shines through A's playing. A sensuality & passion which the audience clearly hears. I am not interested in listening to anyone else play piano. I am captivated & a prisoner of Alexander's art! Don't rescue me!
@@phyllisjohnston637 Sasha loves Medtner absolutely. Though he knows Medtner is not that popular in the west,he still tries to play as much as he can. He’s just being true to his heart. And his passion delivers straightly to the audiences. It’s an amazing & incredible experience. We won’t rescue you cause we’re all captivated by his unique music soul.
So glad this popped up for me to see.....young talented musicians are awesome to be able to witness! I was not familiar with Alexander so very happy to see 🤗
Excelente pianista a su corta edad. Se compara con los legendarios pianistas rusos tales como: Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Lazar Berman y otros. BENDICIONES!!!
I had tickets to the concert at Ravinia and intended to drive 8 hours to get there to see him ... and missed him last year in Boston as well ... I still hope to see him before I leave this planet and I'm 82, so I hope either he gets to the USA or I get to Russia!
It's really nice,and also reassuring to see and hear him chat with a fellow musician and to enjoy doing so. He must be given space to grow and blossom as a musician and as a person in his own way and in his own time. For what it's worth,I'm really hoping he will perform the concertos of Bela Bartok sometime soon....think about that!
Восхищена ичполнением Аоександра Малафеева! Смотрела видео его совсем ребенка - 11лет и старше. У меня вопрос: почему здесь на английском и других ящыках, он де русский, вроле бы из Архангельска.
Бесит эта их мода сидеть на асфальте( траве,земле) , как бомжи. С лавочками напряжёнка что ли? И наши берут оттуда - что ни дурно, то потешно. Может хватит подражать уже, всякую дурь перенимать
She may be a great director but a terrible interviewer. You admire your soloist that much and you don't even no his last name or how to pronounce it? It's embarasing and deminishing the greatness of the genious and talent of Malofeev
Don't be so daft. She is Mexican and interviewing in English. I read news and cope quite well with Polish, German, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese names but have a lot of difficulties with African and French names. I look up the pronunciation, practice and then suddenly forget. Drives me nuts . Besides you mispelled 4 words and mafe a grammatical error in your comment. It is mean of me to say so. I don't know what your mother tongue is or whether you are dyslexic. I only mention it because you judged Alondra as terrible on the basis of her difficulty with his name ignoring the fact that she put him at ease in an interview in which he had to speak English !
@@gesualdodavenosa6537 She is a young conductor. We had her for a while in Queensland 2017 on where she was much loved. She has conducted 100 or so orchestras including the Berlin Radio Symphony, Osesp ( Sao Paulo) and the London Philharmonic. Vienna Radio Symphony, Verbier Festival. Had a torrid time with Staatsoper Berlin with Zauberflote but was invited back promptly for a Tchaikovsky Ballet. Best known for her support of South American repertoire. Not a Karajan or Alsop or Rattle but not a nobody.
Welche Großzügigkeit, dass die Dirigentin nicht einmal den Namen des Pianisten richtig aussprechen kann...What generosity that the conductor can't even pronounce the pianist's name correctly....
@@mathildewesendonck7225 ...but she rehearsed with him and thus certainly spoke to him ... oh, what disrespect! ...aber sie hat mit ihm geprobt und damit sicherlich auch mit ihm gesprochen ... oh, welche Mißachtung!
"If you didn´t talk with the audience why would you want to become a musician ?" What a humble yet deep and mature statement from a genius concerned about his out-of-this-world beautiful message.
What a wonderful video to watch and see Alexander relaxed in a wonderful setting and talk as well as him rehearsing. One can see he is totally wrapped up in the music and relates to it. To see him in a more relaxed environment as himself is just brilliant! He is just wonderful and love him dearly as a person! God does wonderful things and his gift of Alexander is definitely one of them. Thank you Eve for bringing this video. Hope to see more like this as it’s nice to see Alexander as himself and not always as a great performer.
We all love seeing him being himself. So pure and so true. He immerses in his beloved music and he tries to deliver the beauty to us. That’s so precious and beautiful. Yes,I will bring more,another one is coming soon.
Please don't discount the dedication and hard work and the many, many hours of practice that have made Alexander the pianist that he is. He has perfected his playing over 10 years, and to reach his level at this young age as a tremendous accomplishment. To just credit "his gift" does a disservice to him and pianists everywhere who sacrifice and devote themselves completely to their music. Relying on one's "gift" will not result in this level of performance. It takes drive, determination and abandonment of everything else to achieve it.
Ms pea. You have missed the point ! God’s gift of music to the World is through Alexander and the talent God has given him! Through Alexander’s own dedication He has achieved what he has today! May be you don’t believe in God and don’t understand the sentiment!
@@cliveroberts2875 Alexanders great gifts are heaven sent so he may profess the immortality of the human spirit in the universal language of music. Ms Pea is well meaning but spiritually dead.
Потрясающий музыкант, люблю его слушать,Метнер - сложный композитор,как же Саша великолепно исполняет его ! К тому же,очень симпатичный и скромный юноша,приятно слушать его интервью.
Alexander is one of the most talented and gifted pianists I've ever had the wonderful pleasure, of watching and listening to him perform. Not only that he comes across as a very humble and genuinely sweet person. Bravo Alexander!
I'm really grateful for Alexander's incredible talent AT THIS PARTICULAR time. His playing has been a solace, a reprieve, a respite, an escape...for me. It brings beauty and precision back into this existence. We need to connect with the Holy and the sublime. Thank you Dear God for this sweet young man. His talent and dedication are a treasure and a blessing. 💕
Wow I never thought of that! But he is continuing in the long line of Russian greats. And yes when you watch him play he is totally wrapped up in the music! Watch his face and closed eyes! Where are you from Carl?
@@cliveroberts2875 I am in California. When I was a teenager my best friend studied under Sergei Tarnowski who lived in Los Angeles during the 60's (he taught Horowitz from the ages of 12-16) so I visited Mike on weekends and learned a great deal. Here is a priceless video of 13 yr old Yevgeny Kissin playing Chopins Concerto #1. When I look into the boys eyes, I see Chopin himself in a healthy new body. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uYbOfcmMVZU.html
What great similarity to Alexander when he plays. It is a great comparison video and I see what you mean. Both totally immersed in the music. Thank you. I too am a musician who trained as an organist and gave recitals abroad as well as in U.K. I’m in ore of Alexander as he is a wonderfully kind genuine person too.
Honed to a sharp edge of perfection, molded by a passions for music, and his head filled with the real music this young fellow brings the feeling of the piece, every piece, he play directly to the audience.
Alondra you are so lucky to be so close to this man! He is a special guy, no doubt about it. There is no limit to what he will accomplish! Alexander, if you happen to read this, I am sorry I have not contacted you on Facebook. I don't have access to it right now. I'm waiting patiently for you to post the Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata #1 !!!
...guess who..? both are Russians, the most appreciated rendition of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 so far was that of the Sviatoslav Richter's Warsaw Concert, conducted by Stanislaw Wislocki and i am glad to see Alexander Malofeev's progression whom i follow since he was a kid and hope he would conquer the entire world with his emotional playing . Пpивет из Польши, пусть русская культура и дальше будет одной из самый значительныйх для человечества .
Alexander D Malofeev has an undeniably gift... that not even covid could hold back. I wonder if either of his parents were musicians, I can only hope that one day I have the privilege to watch Alex perform...
I don't know of any perfect humans but I think he's pretty close to it. I cancelled my ClassicFM subscription for banning him due to Putin's failed war. Artist ought to be immune to regular human bull shit.
Grandpa, I don't think you have to worry about anyone "stealing" him. It seems to me that Sasha is in love with his homeland. That's where his family is, and he loves the musicians present and past from his home country.
What is wonderful is two amazing musicians speaking perfect English in Brisbane Australia . English is really the language of god ubiquitous and ever changing but a constant! Thank you GB for your true gift to humanity.
