It is really touching watching an artist being that profoundly inspired by his/her instrument. If I had the money, I'd like to buy me a FAZIOLI. If I had even more money, I would buy that Fazioli for Mr. Niemczuk.
@@gregniemczuk Sadly, you are perfectly right. It's paradoxical that the artists, who only are able to play these instruments properly, cannot afford them ... It should not be like that. Best regards and kindest wishes to you from Switzerland. Thank you for your enthusiasm shared here. I can feel your craving for the eternal sound.
@@oneirdaathnaram1376This is exactly what has been bothering me for decades. Knowing lots of fairly rich people myself, I see them buy expensive grands for furniture purposes and for showing of in their office buildings without being able to play one single note themselves. So to all those who have these (tens of) millions: choose a favorite musician and donate him or her the instrument they've always dreamt of. Not only talk the talk but also walk the walk, gather some friends and donate this absolutely beautiful and passionate musician a Fazioli
This piano is in the second Operahouse in Norway, in a tiny little place called Nordfjordeid. There is only about 10 000 people in the whole comune, but we still have an operahouse! New productions every year!
This is what many of the professional pianists are saying, that Mr. Fazioli has opened up pretty much endless interpretive Possibilities with the piano’s he has designed.
In my world every serious classical pianist gets a grand piano of their choice for free and can take it with them all over the world where he/she performs, also for free. In gratitude and love for what they give us human children in a noisy world. 🌷🌷🌷🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹 (The Netherlands)
Greg, I have been searching for a machine like that for 40 years. Bring you to tears... yes... when you have the right piano it is the love of your life. I like the lady who said something like "The piano is something you have an affair with". How true was that. You made this film 2 years ago. That is at least 720 days you could share with that instrument. Brotherly love from Australia...
Dzięki za ten wspaniały przykład ...wiedza i talent tworzy niesamowitą aurę szlachetności w przedstawianiu możliwości zagrania utworu z najwyższą delikatnością ,miłością i poznanie głębi utworu ....zaczynam ROZUMIEĆ tajemnicę grania i mistrzostwo przekazywania całej liryki ,uniesień, ,wielkich ``dyskusji`` dżwiękowych, by w rezultacie opowiedzieć magiczną historię serc kompozytorów ...Dziękuję za tę magię , które potrafi przenieść nas w świat szczęśliwości.
Is amazing to see what a piano can do to a pianist. A good piano is a mirror of the soul, and you are amazing. I wish we could meet someday and just play and talk about pianos
The first time I hear a Fazioli piano. You really have explained very well the feelings of yourself on this piano. It is also how you play. But thank you for showing again the differences in colours and painting of the music. Yes, I hear the one note played differently. I love your expression "to paint with the sound". This Arietta from Grieg is a beauty. Thank you so much.
I had the pleasure to try 2 different Fazioli in a NY music store and I found an unbelievable sustain on the sounds, that could last forever.. for me was an amazing palette of colours available on the keyboard, and I really loved the medium/bass range timber. It was nice to hear your opinion about, which I found very similar to what I felt, instead some videos comparison based on scales without any feeling on RU-vid
This is what is difficult to convey to someone who doesn't play the piano and can't comprehend why anyone would spend so much money on this particular model. As pianists we hear and feel so much when practicing. It's almost like the difference between liking someone and being in love. Yes we do love our pianos don't we ?!!!
I am a lucky church pianist who is going to play on a Fazioli in my church every Sunday here in Copenhagen. Today was my first day on a Fazioli. Wow, it's perfection!
Good video. Horowitz once said that the job of the pianist is to make you forget that the piano is at root a percussion instrument: I think he would have loved Fazioli pianos.
What a great video! I can see you're really moved by the beauty of this amazing instrument. Fazioli have a shop just near my home in central Milan, I think I'm going to drop by one of these days and try one of the concert grands (though I doubt I could ever afford to buy it)
While at Piedmont piano co. I had the chance to sit down at each of these including the Fazioli. That was a few years ago. But each left an impression on me, including thee Fazioli which just recently was the only concert grand left in the shop. Right away I notice the Bosendorfer sound is right on top of the harp and in front of you, the others all seemed somewhere in between, slightly above or below thee harp. I did notice on the Fazioli a bit more of a unique dampening from sustained to dampened or Sostenuto that caught my interest, though the sound is a little bit trapped below the harp, and obviously there is a difference between old and new piano hammers not yet well worn. I purchased the CLP-785 which has all three of these piano samplings. after renting the NU1, and the action or touch is quite remarkable, but there is still nothing like feeling actual strings or dampening through the keys.
You play so beautifully and explain the different shades and light in music. I hope that you will own a FAZIOLI piano. You deserve such a piano. Is it expensive ? Thank you so much for showing us !
"I almost have tears in my eyes when I touch this piano ... " So ging es mir auch, als ich auf der Suche nach "meinem" Instrument war. Ich hatte bereits Steinway "B", ESTONIA 210 oder Bösendorfer dieser Größe in meiner Vorauswahl. Diese Flügel hätten auch in den Aufzug gepaßt ... Doch ein Händler hatte auch einen gebrauchten FAZIOLI F278 in der Ausstellung, den ich nur aus Interesse ausprobieren wollte. Ich saß ewig an dem Instrument, Kommentar des Händlers: "So sieht jemand aus, der sein Instrument gefunden hat." Auf der Heimfahrt hatte ich auch Tränen in den Augen; und letztlich habe ich mir diesn Traum von einem Flügel erfüllen müssen. Ich habe andere Konzertflügel verglichen: Bösendorfer, Steinway D, Bechstein, ... Aber keiner hat mich so gerührt und gefesselt wie der F278. Dieser Flügel inspiriert, bietet ein Spektum an Klangfarben, daß es man sich darin verlieren könnte. Ich habe noch nie so viel Zeit am Klavier verbracht wie von dem Moment an, an dem der F278 bei mir steht. Und auch als Konzertflügel ist er nicht zu groß für ein Wohnzimmer, denn er bietet eine wunderbare Palette von ppp bis mf. Bestens als Kammermusikflügel und für Liedbegleitung geeignet! PS ESTONIA baut auch wunderbare Instrumente, die ich insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung ihrer Preise als wirkliche Alternative zu den bekannten und etablierten Herstellern sehe. Leider gibt es in Deutschland keinen Vertrieb, sodaß man ESTONIAs in Tallin kaufen muß ...
It feels like water-coloring the soul... Listening to performances on this brand for a year now, I came to the conclusion that it must be best for piano solo performance, or with voice or declamation mostly, for its golden light beams not to be covered by orchestra...
Even as a virtual instrument (in this case, the VI Labs True Keys Italian, modelled after the F308), Faziolis are just a different thing on their own. I trust my serious playing on this sound. And I get your explanation on the touch being able to paint different colours. Funny thing that such a large piano - the largest, even - can make the smallest sounds. In his interview with James Pavel Shawcross (this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2qCdzT69XsY.html), Paolo Fazioli said it once that his pianos derive their sound from the Italian language - specifically the tradition of belcanto singing in Italian opera (he says "clear, elegant, long sustain, big dynamic range, remember (sic) the Italian language").
Hi my dear Greg,this piano is wonderful,it takes us to another dimension,it really brings the sound of millions of bells,and l hope you will play something about Chopins music.thank you,.
Thank you for this heartfelt video. I could feel how you loved this Fazioli grand. I love the sound of it too, so deep penetrates your soul. May I ask, what Fazioli specific model is this? Thank you.❤
You can hear the difference, very expressive and singing. Curious as to the feel of the action. Is it lighter than Steinway, more like Yamaha? Yamaha is easier to play but at the same time harder to control. But the sound is like a metal barrel, not good on the cheaper models. This Fazioli more than makes up for the one with swallowed sound! Happy playing!🎹🎹🎹
Thank you!!! I don't know! I mean, it was concert grand. Full concert grand. There will be much more recordings from this concert. Even Ballade no.1! Stay tuned. Thank you! I'm quite satisfied myself...(and usually I don't like so much my own recordings)...
witam, super kanal, robi Pan wspaniala robote dla laikow muzycznych takich jak ja, prosze jednak podkrecic VOL audio tego filmiku, serdeczne pozdrowienia
@@gregniemczuk jeszcze jedna uwaga, Panska tworczosc w 100% skupiona jest wokol dzwieku, wiec optymalne wykalibrowanie tej kwestii w kazdym filmiku jest fundamentalne, pozdrowienia z Wroclawia
Why can’t musicians write for the piano, just as Chopin, Schubert, Mozart…. Have done. I mean not exactly copies but distinctive and melodious and moving pieces. I love the tension between the melody and the harmony in western classical music. Thank God for the old masters.
@@gregniemczuk You are professor of music, you teach music, and you know the great masters well and their style and techniques. You can compose a beautiful piece if you wanted to.
Are we witnessing the rebirth of Antonio Stradivari in Fazioli? I understand Greg's love of this Piano as it gives him the incredible range of freedom to paint music and evoke our emotions for a complete transcendental feeling. I simply agree without qualifications.
now i want to listen to that piano so much... i mean in real life, not from YT, things like this makes me so happy and angry at the same time, i wanna hear it so bad!!!
On a more practical level (not in the $$$$$$$ range), I was at a piano recital recently where a grand (a few inches shorter than a concert model) was the instrument and the award winning pianist's talents were not shining through - almost certain the same instrument (it was the same venue) was played by an equally talented pianist 12 or so months ago, and the piano sounded a lot better - the make of piano I won't reveal - perhaps the piano has not been maintained/regulated properly in recent months - anyway, never take for granted a good sounding piano in a public recital - most of the time, everything comes right and the many dedicated tuners/technicians must take credit for that - I can say the piano concerned was not a Fazioli - not to maintain a Fazioli properly would be borderline criminal !
Ups..... that's why I'm not a Steinway artist.... Well, I have nothing against the Steinway, I also love to perform on them. But Fazioli for me is from another planet......
@@gregniemczuk All through the 1970's and 1980's, Steinway sales staff could be heard telling clients that competitor firms made "piano shaped objects". If you ever gig in or near Toronto Canada, there is an old 1978 Bechstein that begs for your fingers.
In the end he never mentioned which fazioli model is he playing on..... btw he keeps mentioning abt color, imagine for non pianist looking at him talking abt the piano tone color, I bet they'd go 'this guy is crazy, what the heck is he talking abt' 😂😂😂
I'm not convinced, sorry, Faziolli is nowhere near a Steinway, as a matter of fact, no other brand is, Steinway is like a God, all the other brands are simply imitations. Yes I can hear the difference miles away, Faziolli is light years away from a Steinway. But I admire and respect your opinion, never saw a concert hall with a Faziolli. Can't imagine Carnegie Hall with a Faziolli 🙄
