For more classes like this one, please visit the Benjamin Zander Center - www.benjaminzander.org/ Alex Goldberg, violin; Dina Vainshtein, piano Interpretations of Music: Lessons for Life with Benjamin Zander Dave Jamrog Audio/Video
This is what you call a masterclass. Even a non-professional can understand every point he makes and see the difference between the playing prior to that insight and after it. I could watch his class for two hours and no get bored. Usually, in the masterclasses of the superstars, they'll offer a brief insight here and there, and move on. Zander produces an entirely different piece of music after his emendations.
I know nothing of music other than I enjoy listening to classical music. I recognize some composer's music without being told, never having heard the piece, perhaps about half the time unless it's an obscure composer. So I am an appreciator of music but by no means an expert and would never pretend to be such. I can't read music and I have never even attempted to play an instrument. Yet I understood most of what Maestro Zander was teaching this young man. having watched a few of these master class videos I can also say I am now a far more discerning listener that I used to be and as an artist I have applied some of Maestro Zander's concepts to my own work. I hope to have an exhibition by the end of the year, something I never dreamed I would be good enough to even attempt a year ago. What he teaches here can be applied to much of life but especially any creative or expressive process.
One day he will look back and remember this day as one of the most intense experiences of his career. He met a true master, a coach, an inspairing man.
Jo Mamma A great job. Going into music is risky business and is rarely not done out of passion. I applaud her; not to is dehumanizing, in my opinion-she is not a robot that plays in the background.
I just saw a video of him last year and his sound hasn't evolved much. I keep seeing this in young musicians, and I don't know if it's the overconsumption of "others ways of playing" or what the hell... but it's like all people who start playing between 2-5 these days, peak at 15-19, depending on the instrument (hand-growth is definitely a factor on something like the piano/cello).
God what a great coach! I've just started to watch a bunch of Zander's vids and every one of them is proof positive that music is more than notes on a page. this young man's 1st attempt at this piece was undeniably technically proficient and what Zander was able to pull out of this young man was just levels of expression beyond what he had just done, bravo!
I've tried maestro Zander's methods with my blues band, and they really work. It turns out that sharing the stage with a maniac improves my performances immensely. :)
"Always think bigger than yourself. Yourself is great, but it's not enough. Include the whole world!" "Our job is to fill that [listener's] heart with what the music has to offer." Zander gets right to the heart of things and shows how life principles drive above-and-beyond musical expression--and he does it with grace and joy. This is real music-making!
I love the accompanist in Benjamin's videos. He just has to mention the Mendelssohn violin concerto and she immediately starts playing it without a second's thought!
Maestro Zander really pulled something out of this young man I had no idea he was in possession of. There is no doubt about his technical abilities, but the emotion he was able to pull out of a previously lifeless performance was so impressive
I'm just starting to listen at the first performance, the very first notes are already burning with passion and you call that "lifeless". What kind of invertebrate are you ??
Of course the melodic lines are lacking a sense of phrasing but thats to be expected for a kid with little experience. Freedom and control of timing comes with technical mastery and being comfortable in front of an audience. Has nothing to do with being "lifeless" at all.
@@foxmulder8955 I don't think he's a "kid" in the musical training sense, he's very mature. but what he lacks from age is just burning passion, which he was probably not taught to channel into a performance, and this is a performance, not a practice session, performance is a different thing , great stuff can happen there
@@sambulls "kid" doesn't have to refer to musical training or anything specific. At 15 you're a kid. And you certainly don't lack burning passion at that age. The ability to communicate on stage and transfer those emotions through an interpretation is something you need to train by playing on stage for an audience. Experience matters. If the kid was "lacking passion" how in hell can you explain why he can deliver a different and way more compelling interpretation few minutes after the first one ? As awesome as Zander's teaching and advice are, he doesn't create anything that wasn't already there and you can totally hear the potential in the first rendition. The phrasing is insecure but the energy and intensity in the sound and love of the music are evident.
What an amazing gift you are giving us all Mr. Zander. I have been a professional musician for 50 years and never had a teacher like yourself. I have spent decades learning the hard way what you are teaching in 20 minutes. God Bless You! Stunning playing by the young man and the accompanist.
I have been watching a lot of these masterclasses, and loved them. However, seeing the shy but proud smile of this young man at the end of his incredible performance is so delightful. Imagine how strong this memory will be for this promising violinist, a true life changing experience in which he just got the right impulse to explore the unknown of himself
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"do the first one as much as you can and then do the second one more!" :D Zander pearls!
I got bashed for saying the same thing about Maxim's classes. These types of instruction and this type of knowledge being imparted to someone at such a young age, when they are already so extremely advanced is going to shoot them in the stratosphere and give us another level of playing that we have not yet seen.. in 10 years or so. If you want to call that statement 'naive' so be it. This is such an invaluable tool. Any endeavor in this life would benefit from such circumstances. Especially when the criticism is done in this manner, by giving the credit and commendations, and then gently breaking into the critique mode without injuring feelings. This takes experience and finesse. It is also being given by an elderly man, and I've always said, if you want to learn to live your life "as the crow flies" or get through your tough times with a little extra help, just go visit a convalescent home and speak with the folks who still have their mental faculties. All they have is time and knowledge to spare and impart. How many folks actually do this? You are providing a service by visiting the lonely but you are leaving with a gold mine of knowledge that is applicable directly to every nuance in your life. Humbling experiences need to be welcomed, not rejected.
The kid went from technically proficient and quite suitable for the violin section of any symphony orchestra to being worthy of solo performances in half an hour, as long has he retains what he has learned and applies it to his performances of all works and not just this one piece. Hopefully he will take what he has learned here and climb inside the heads of the composers and pour forth music that makes to feel and not just hear the music like he did here. Meanwhile, at least with this piece, he's ready to record this as a single and could be capable of producing an entire album of similar quality and within five years could be among the top half dozen or so violin soloists. I can hear that in his playing. I'm an artist. When I was this child's age I got free drawing and painting lessons from an 80 year old woman whose works now hang in major museums. All I had to do was mow her lawn and shovel her snow. I definitely got the better end of the bargain, especially when she left me her favorite brushes and other equipment when she passed though I'd have traded them all for one more art lesson. My lessons were only for a couple of years and I learned a lot but it never reached master class level. It took watching Maestro Zander's classes here on RU-vid to inspire me to understand what the old masters did about art and now my work in the last few months has improved greatly. Where I thought I had a deficit of natural talent was merely a misunderstanding of the role of an artist as a communicator.
Amazing talent all round. Brings back memories of my teacher singing the harmony when I was learning the Mendelssohn. Hear the harmonies, breath, padded fingers :)
Gypsys are the most authentic passionate and free living people on this planet with all the consequences positiv and negative .. for playing music it’s perfect to me
I have watched tons of these videos and it's amazing how talented these people are, but mr Zander always shows them there is a whole another world to their talent which even they didn't know they have. Brilliant teacher and master. I would be so honored to be able to call myself his student.
The difference between the first introduction and the one he performs after just a few words is stunning. And the first one was already quite good actually !
Wooowwww this young boy is a true hiuuuge talent .. he has the right mix to become a superstar in Violine playing ..he plays with feeling very precise passionate learning extremely fast and looking very good and lovely .. all Attributes to become very successfull more then David garret ..
Such extraordinary music, in the hands of a beautiful young man, coach by an old man who knows the pathways to passion and tenderness and expression... What a joy, absolute joy... and such music OMG!
The gentleman is so passionate with his music. But that's what it's all about. Classical (REAL) music is supposed to take you somewhere. Lift you up and take you on a journey
Kinda getting worried about the bow @ 5:47 . Definitely learned a lot in this video about the interpretation of a piece. I am actually learning this piece right now as it is one of my favorite violin concertos.
what I just saw was what always happened to me when I learn piano..hahahaha though it was long time ago~but my hands are still stayed same.. short nail, long fingers with big joints haha~
