Brahms: Viola Sonata in f minor - Movements 1 & 2 (Benjamin Zander - Interpretation Class) 

I'm amazed at Dina. She accompanies all these great students and always sounds terrific. Amazing pianist. you rock!

I’m a violist and I really wish composers wrote some amazing pieces for viola like they did for violin. There are so few that ive found.

Benjamin... I've watched almost all his masterclasses, interviews and everything in between. Every time I am left with enlightenment, even if he tells the same story again and again. What an honour for us to be able to witness such a man halfway around the world. If there is one person I would want to meet, and I mean above anybody else, it would be him.

I have watched many Masterclass vids on youtube. Most of the people giving the classes were more about them than the class. In this one, I feel that this teacher made a difference. It was transforative. Thanks to him and her(she played beautifully). I was in tears. But, I do love Brahms.

Beautiful viola and she plays beautifully, too. I actually like the viola more than violin. The mellow tone is so soothing and expressive.

“You really want to play the first movement?” My life.

"Nobody wrote a sonata for competing, they wrote a sonata for Love, expression, for new ways of thinking"

This is an intuitive video to be watched by every young instrumentalist. It is a gem to listen to this dynamic teacher who shares his views with a musically gifted young artist, attempting to connect his cues or points to the relevancy of her present journey and her life in music.

I like how he's out of breath every Interpretation Class. He's really so passionate about music!

This young woman has a special touch. She also demonstrates a high sense of beauty and musicality. She possesses the potential to become an exceptional artist and a remarkable violist.

Shyness is egotism...that cut real deep.

A very clever piece about letting yourself not get dragged down by negative voices

I actually love this man!

Love this video, helps other musicians not to worry about what others think. But instead bring out the emotion that is within you, and tell your story, your interpretation and that's what Aria (perfect name) did. I admire musicians like her being able to bring out their true selves and the music in their playing.

20 . 00 thank you for opening up a world we couldn't have entered without you .

Oh my Goodness what a beautiful viola she has! What a great pianist too, such crafted piano playing.

I admire this young woman's sense of clarity through her music, speaking without words but with a sound that carries farther than words ever will. Thank you for sharing your talent with us and the world. You will go far with this extraordinary ability to become an essential part of your music that can only be expressed with your heart, ears and hands.

This is the second videos I’ve watched from Benjamin and all i can say is i love him! He’s so passionate and his ability to lead people to their emotional path into music is something I’ve rarely seen..i wish him a long healthy and fulfilled life!

Bought a violin 8 months ago not played so far. After listening to Zander and Itzhak I've realized that I've been doing a crime. I'm starting to Learn it now!!

Benjamin Zander is a phantastic human being and musician!!

this is incredible. aria was in the same camp as me for a few years and i always looked up to her so much. i didn't even realize it was her for the first 10 seconds and then had a moment of realization. watching this, i'm reminded again of why i always looked up to her.

Please, without any childish remarks, can someone explain why there’s a snobbery against a viola? Seriously, in every video comment section that focuses on the viola there are always, ALWAYS such belittling and insulting comments from other orchestra musicians. This young woman plays beautifully and I love the haunting tones of the viola. I’m just amazed at the complete and unprovoked disrespect. Please, explain it.

I started laughing when he began singing, I just played to listen to his wisdom but I understand what he's doing XD. This is great.

Wonderful Teacher! Thank you Maestro Zander.

14:28 chills throughout this monologue. Why? Because he articulated exactly what tries to ‘find’ discovered in these musicians.

What a wonderful, powerful piece this is! He's right, Dina is a fabulous pianist, and you need one for this music. Thanks though for some glorious viola playing that helped me forget the clarinet for a while. Might help to think like a clarinet in places though...

Brilliant upload. Its truly fascinating to observer Mr. Zander's insights and his encouragements throughout this enlightening video.

Turned the pages flawlessly.

Such a keen eye, I'm sure he's no stranger to hearing it, but I rarely cast eyes on one can truly feel and see what others cannot, what an amazing vibration deligator he is.

Great to have such pianist playing along with you: Brahms is such a monster, a veritable god of music who can intimidate trully great performers. If you are not nervous when you are about to "undertake" Brahms, you better take masonry.

wow she's great. i wonder what instrument she plays on, clearly a beautiful antique

That story at 22:25 is a really important point!

one day i will meet him

What a joy to listen to both!!!

This is an absolute master class for anyone who has ever performed anything in front of people. I'm begging her to move her beautiful body.

Ein Lord of the music..er setzt sich auf sehr kluge, aber emotionale Art, mit Thema Lampenfieber ausseinander! 💗..unter anderem👏

Respect Benjamin's eagerness. Fully appreciated the interpretation of Brahms feeling.

Beautiful. I love the warmth of the Viola.

Excelente! Ária cheregosha perfeita !!!

14:37 Man...Wow, Sir Benjamin. That was...T_T Man that hits home.

Bravo Aria , bravo Dina!🎼 🎻🎹🎶🎵🎵🎶❤😊👍

Was going to make a viola joke. But she is pretty good.

Fantastic!

The viola player is good but we cannot forget the piano accompanist! She is great, and it is not eassy to find a good piano accompanist

Very inspiring!

beautiful soul.brava.

Just wow.

He should be doctor who

Thank youuuu sooo muchhh ! Brahms Brahms Brahms !

Master Benjamin was ther destroying himself with the beautiful appasionata and the women was like .___. haha , but he actually played great! GREAT! What an incredible master class, the woman plays beautiful !! =)

Oh god, i love this man

'I love it!

The advice is correct - Brahms is mellow, he's also expansive

because of deep love we're courageous .

This dude is nuts.. I kinda like it.

My trumpet teacher (I played French horn in the Houston Symphony Orchestra by the age of 22), Kevin Henderson, says... "Play with ABANDON!!!" He's right. That's how I used to play French horn. No fear. I'm workin'g on it...

Hi Aria! Hi Dominic!

What was he doing with her hair?

19:17 what the fuck!

I had a viola player friend and let me tell you that thing in her neck it’s years and years and years of viola there AUCH

It's all about love

Zander behaves as though he's had one too many glasses of Brandy after a nice 4 hours of sleep every day for 2 weeks straight. He's brilliant in a lot of ways, and I've shed a tear or two to a few of these videos, but sometimes it gets exhausting to see him exploding around the musicians mid performance.

"Nervousness is egotism."

He has a passion for women's hair.

Interestingly, when she expresses a phrase it forces her to listen and solves slight intonation issues. The intonation goes slightly flat in places, especially in the higher notes when the music is too much under control.

Brahms wrote this sonata for clarinet and piano, but specified it could also be played by viola and piano. The clarinet version works best.

He’s telling her to play with more passion and to dig into the notes more. Also to shape the melodies.

14:48 좋은 말씀입니다

Her dress is really pretty on her

I like him

Is there a recording of her playing the whole piece? Amazing playing.

Bonito se não tivesse olhando na partitura, é muito relaxo não decorar a música...

Her instrument is so beautiful and shiny

🎹🎻 11:23 - 16:15 - 19:10 🎻🎹

آفرین، عزیزم 🎉🎉🎉

When a violist is able to make me forget they’re playing VIOLA, I think they’ve done their job. She did just that. It was beautiful!

at 18 . 00 .

When he took her hair down ☺️so fun

I will simply say this: DIG IN GIRL!!! make those bow strings shred to pieces.....MOVE! So much potential .... and so apprehensive..... get her in front of a BIG audience and force her to DIG IN! She will do it, guaranteed. You can see the arrogance when she rolls her eyes at Zander, she needs to apply that arrogance to her bow and her strings and her audience. It's OK to be arrogant, as long as you are exquisite. You don't have to be, you can be humble, but if you're going to be humble, you had BETTER be BOLD in front of your audience. Too shy.... too apprehensive... not sure what she's worried about. Someone needs to put her in a setting where she can't be heard ... so that she is forced to DIG IN and stand out above..... like I said "potential" ~ PHYSICS the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field. OR: having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future. "a two-pronged campaign to woo potential customers"

Seems like he wanted her to dance while playing.

what's the difference between violin and viola .

I always trust Skeletor when he tells me not to be nervous

Perhaps less touching?

This could be in zelda

The Russian overshadowed the viola

that's the curse of conservatory . nobody wrote a sonata for completing . they wrote it for love , expressions , new way of thinking , for broader life , new richnesses of being .

Is she gripping the neck too hard?

I wonder what kind of a viola she plays, it sems she had it new when this was recorded. It has a beautiful tone but could have more power on the C. This type of arching has never worked well and there are better built modern intruments.

She looks just like him. She could be his grand daughter

Is this the viola gang headquarter?

It would be better to tell us her name.

The audience is NOT convinced.

The piano player is banging away, disregarding the volume of the viola. Her subtleties can't be heard. She refuses to interpret the piece like the grandiose pianist.

When I watched this wonderful , inspiring lesson allT I kept thinking was what I've read in countless orchestration books . The viola can' t generate great swaths of intense fortissimo loud sound. Hear thison clarinet and you realize why Brahms wrote it (yet the score says "oder bratsche " or viola ) .Dark sound is good for viola and Brahms must have known some excellent viola players to have faith in this instrument for this music .He gave us the 2 finest cello sonatas ever ! I would like to hear this on cello , tense highnotes!1 few double stops in string part - but this woman 's phrasing . articulation and intonation were not first rate. Beautiful dress and lady but was she the best talent. best trained , best technique and wherewithal at this school .There was so little change from p to mf to forte .The ben marcato phrase ? Try separate bows - whenever is a marcato slurred. Much for us all to learn.I need to have this score i front of me .

I don’t think Zanker’s comment is professional, in Mendelssohn concerto he only provided basic music knowledges

Few anecdotes, overwhelming and often obtrusive to the player physical movement and plenty of audience acting. But to call Brahms F minor a gypsy music...well, this is where I draw the line. He must be completely clueless on how to differentiate folk element in music of Brahms let alone tastefully execute it. The violist has exceptional intonation and interpretation; she understands the composition very well. Her viola lacks the overones necessary in expressing the musical nuances due to unfortunate proportions and makes the player struggle in producing the wanted results. Neber be fooled by nice timbre unless playing in front of a microphone.

He comes too close to her. She feels upset. ( That's my feeling )

动手动脚,不好

és una sonata per clarinet!!!! no viola. Que es pugui tocar amb viola no significa que sigui pera VIOLA. OK?

I wanna marry her so bad!