If you watch gryaznov on his RU-vid streams, you will learn that true concert pianists can get pieces like this under their fingers in a matter of hours/days. When they read, they aren't picking apart individual notes, but are able to digest the entire harmonic structure of a piece very quickly. Someone in the top 50 pianists in the world could probably master the Rach 3 in 6 weeks of intense study. Freaks of nature like Hamelin maybe 3 weeks.
@@meszian you know piano better than me? I highly doubt it. This is a fake account for obvious reasons, but I have played Rach 3 in competitions. Have also played Prokofiev 2, Tch1.. pieces such as Gaspard De La Nuit, Petrushka etc which are considered to be difficult. Pro pianists don’t just learn the harmonic structure of a piece, we also learn in sequences when it comes to the technical issues and learn to command brain in a sense to find “loopholes” in these difficult passages. While I managed to learn the concerto in about 6-8 weeks in summer, it took me one year to adjust to play it on stage at a competition level. Trifonov had at least 8 months to prepare it for Tchaikovsky and our teacher said that it would he safer for him and also smarter to play Chopin 1st. It’s an extremely complex concerto (also musically speaking)
I played this for my master's final exam year ago, and my god - there were some passages where I thought, I wish I had your abilities. Sure, you need to brush up here and there but dude - you have it in you. Chapeau!
it is just incredible to see you go from being unable to even play at half speed to be able to play this monstrosity at tempo. Im truly amazed at how much progress you've made. just out of curiosity i sat down and tryed playing that difficult passage with all the sixteenth notes in the right hand. it looks hard, but in reality its impercievably difficult. Congratulations on your incredible progress. of course it is lacking a lot of the fine details and personality but just the fact that you are able to play this is wild. i hope to one day be able to perform this with just near the technical ablities you posses.
I'm astonished by the skills needed to play such masterpieces well. And a little desperate by the number of steps between my humble level of just intermediate to yours. But it's life...
Very good video, I like how you showed the hard work behind the Piece, especially such a great piece, you must practice so much and give so much time for it, good work!
I often think all the moving chromatics, which sound beautiful, make it sound like a one man circus, which seeing all those notes, definitely seems like that’s the case. Amazing!
That’s super cool! Watched all the way long! I understand what it takes to learn a difficult piece for months, I’ve been there, but on a substantially lower level (Chopin’s ballade) . Thus, even more I respect what you managed to play here in 7 months, rach 3 is a big one. Good job, keep it up! And also, absolutely loved the commentary effects in the video, found them pretty amusing!🤪
Wonderful to watch you work on this piece. Your efforts are far better than mine. These days I just play the measures and themes I like best and can handle. My favorite piano concerto. Though I've heard it played a thousand times, by a hundred pianists, the final gallop of the Third Movement still gets my heart racing.
It's absolutely marvellous that you are practicing the part at 15:10 without crossing your fingers. I bet that about 90% of pianists would because it's easier, even most professionals. The end result of your fingering will be a much better sound, less hammering and more glittering since it's much easier to use the exact amount of force on the keys.
Have you ever seen the movie "Shine?" Amazing movie about pianist David Helfgott and a big part of the movie is him learning and performing the Rach 3.
You have wonderful skills! But thank you for chronicling your journey and struggle with this music. You give me inspiration to keep working on those pieces that are a struggle for me. And you really broke strings?? I've never played that hard! Yet... :D
I believe that if this takes you that much time to learn the passage then you should work on the Rach other work to build the technique! Because by the time you learn this passage it will loose its magic! 😂
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