Liszt said in a Masterclass at the end of his life, about the middle section at 16:22 : “Do I care how fast you can play your octaves? What I wish to hear is the canter of the horses of the Polish cavalry before they gather force and destroy the enemy!" (F. Liszt coted by several of his pupils).
These are really interesting Masterclasses. Katsaris does a very concentrated work he gives technical support and does develop the imagination of the students to get them not just playing notes but to understand the text and also emotional context.
In former times this man would have been killed for betraying the secrets of his profession. Its just wonderful that we can watch such a master. Thanks for these videos. They are a must for everyone who loves the piano and the art of teaching how to play it.
Please, can we have English subtitles too. I still enjoy watching this because it's not necessary to understand the spoken language to understand and feel everything else. The interaction.
I would have loved to have a piano teacher so prepared, but also caring not to bless the sensitivity of his student. This last one is not prepared technically, but he never tells him so, always using another way to let him understand it.
kraftpr he explains this is a war piece and the historical context, that Chopin expressed all his frustration at the political situation in his country (among other things).
As someone who is actually working on this piece, that really is way tougher than it looks, as if it didn't already look difficult enough. Even if you know what technique works best (which will differ between individual pianists), it takes an insane amount of strength, mobility, and endurance to play it like you're playing singles as staccatos instead.
And it's even tougher to switch directions in the transitional part. You go mostly counter-clockwise then all of a sudden you have to do a clockwise loop 3+ times. Even though it's only 3 loops, that's one hell of a switch
@theadventureinsider I just practiced those 17 measures before the modulation for about 30 minutes a day at a slow tempo for about 2 weeks until I got brave enough to start adding the right hand. I don't think I could play as fast as katsaris but I could at least play it accurately without too much fatigue.
I wish my piano teacher was just like him even a tiny bit. She probably didn't have any passion to teach piano to kids, but teaching for just making money.
@@marshan1226 No need to understand french. All is explained though is "exemple" at the piano. If you really want to undersand, just listen what he is playing about.
Mediocre studdents? What are you to say that ? Do you have any sample of video who can proove you are better than him ? Do you think katsaris will lose his time with a "mediocre" studdent ? No for sure ...
Ja je kan wel zeggen je moet je hand zo houden in deze phrase maar iedere hand is anders dus Cyprien doet het zo maar een andere pianist kan het anders doen. en zijn interpratie van het stuk zal zeker gebaseerd zijn op bronnen en zijn eigen inzichten maar dat gelul over de toonsoorten wordt ik moe van. Hij Cyprien kan wel goed spelen maar zijn masterclasses zijn shit
Are you kidding ? The guy plays excellently , if he didn't Katsaris wouldn't have chosen him for his Masterclass, it amazes me that you ignore that simple fact. The Masterclass is to perfect his playing , technique and interpretation .. hence the name "Master class".
What do you expect from a masterclass ? It is not great to learn some "basic" tricks on How to learn, how to make it ? You critic his scale but you not congratulate him about his Octave (left hand) ? If you want just to listen a "Perfect" "technical" version of this Polonaise then just listen the "Masters" and not come here to critic a student. And you? How's your scale ? It is perfect ? And your octave ?
