"The piano is a box of decrescendos." | Garrick Ohlsson on Touch 

Every time Garrick Ohlsson speaks is such a masterclass.

Would love to have had him as a teacher. He is very understandable.

Love this channel. So many piano masters in one place. Sometimes I play the right hand a little ahead from the left ...didn't know it was acceptable...

This is one of the most insightful piano videos I’ve seen!

Ravel’s inner voicings in his piano works (His “Miriors” Suite is my favorite) are absolutely stunning when pianists work to bring those out. ❤️

This really is a very unique presentation. It validates the direction I’m going in. Appreciate this. I’ve actually used Melodyne 5, I’m sure other software can be used, to quantify what for lack of a better description is temporal harmonic agogics. I myself believe that by playing the melody line in a chord slightly before the other notes has a psychoacoustic effect of underlining that as what the ear pays attention too. You’ve motivated me to make a video using CSOUND to generate tones as a demo or using Melodyne 5 to move the timing slightly ahead on some notes and see if it is perceived as louder - even though played at the same velocity. To demonstrate this effect by playing it over and over with a slightly increasing lead every time until there is a perceptual change. Again, thank you. You hit a home run with me with this video. Please explore this more in future videos. Oh and I would love to hear about your lessons with Arrau. So as someone interested in how psychoacoustics plays a role in ascetics - fantastic presentation! I also think your ascetic philosophy is similar to Immanuel Axe. Would really like you two to get together and do a presentation.

A very convincing argument made by Mr. Ohlsson, with the absence of any ambiguities and pseudo-science

Great insights.

Amazing insights!!

Wow!

Nicely put. However, I think you can play cantabile by starting the softer notes earlier so they all sound at the same time as the emphasised melody note.

Not bad!

I'm assuming that this was filmed in Ohlsson's home. Does anyone have an idea of which piano that could be? Maker and approximately when it was made? I know that he's fond of Mason & Hamlin grand pianos.

What does it mean to "qualk?"

My teacher, Irma Wolpe, would not allow quocking (is that how you spell it?).

I love your videos but I feel like I need to point out that it's kind of annoying that every video seems to be a different volume, and then on top of that, most that I've watched are also much quieter when there's talking, and super loud when the piano is being played (because you have to turn your sound way up to hear what they're saying). I think your more recent videos are better in this regard (this one is fine), but definitely something you should pay attention to, because it does affect the viewing experience significantly.

Isn't his chair too low?

*said the guy who hasn't heard of fff in Rachmaninoff's c-sharp minor prelude op 3 no.2*

Playing the right hand before the left is so Russian. Interesting.