Very interesting video of Yundi Li with his teacher when he was 19, so it was one year after he won brilliantly the 1st prize at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2000, he was then only 18 years old! His teacher seems to be very demanding, and this is normal at this level of performance. Thank you so much Tracy for sharing.
...the teacher is actually providing very good advise, I think. Yundi also insists on his own interpretations sometimes and the teacher agrees as well.
Wow this is so long ago and even without the greatest audio equipment it sounds beautiful…also you can hear the old ring tone on the lady’s phone. Talk about vintage
I've always wanted to see him play Ballade 4. The one recording from him during the Chopin competition is masterfully played. This is amazing. Thank you!
24:28 he nailed that 3:2 polyrhythm section so beautifully. Good speed and top notes voicing heard! I aspire to play that section jus like he did one day!!!
A mistuned piano wouldn´t have been the case if he´d knocked at the door of Maurizio Pollini in Milano. Ari Vardi seems to have been the best choice for charcter building. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KejsXQ66IT4.html
My first recording I heard was Moisevitch. I still have the vinyl in poor condition, never seen it on youtube. What is interesting is that Richter and Moisevitch hold on to the chord at 10:00. I was told off by my teacher for doing the same, but I think it works! The main thing is singing and making a story, the rubato must be like an actor breathing while he tells a story. Rubato must be at the phrase level, not the word level. This is where Yundi, like so many pianists, fail. Emphasis individual notes with tone and touch, not with false rubato. I remember ? Patrick Stewart talking about the phrasing of tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, and advice to emphasise the 'and'. When he did it, it all flowed, it wasn;t tomorrow AND tomorrow AND .. pause ... tomorrow. You build it up through the repetitions - or maybe, like this Chopin section, you build it up by descending into silence - each 'and tomorrow' becomes quieter, tailing off. My teacher told me to play it many times, each with a different story, different style.
A lot of it is conveyed in the teachers conducting while he speaks, the tone of their voices while interacting, and the changes Yundi makes in his playing responding to what the teacher is advising. Music is the universal language
I really wanted to know what interesting things he is saying and teaching, but I don't understand this language, can someone summarize what he said so I can apply it in a practical way?
+LLtube001 Maybe that's the issue. The teacher in this video practically dictated how everything should be phrased, as well as when and how much rubato should be used. Out there in the real world, you need to stand on your own feet and let your artistry shine through. This kind of teaching, effective it may be in creating competition winners, doesn't help develop independence and intelligent artistry.
+donkgated I must say I started with sympathizing your comment. However, consider too that this is probably some master class; he is here for external opinion and nitpicking--It doesn't mean he agrees with everything but how will he gain anything if he doesn't at least try during the lesson? I don't see how you can make good music merely by following instructions; unless you can remember millions of small specific directions that build the entire piece.
***** You can actually remember millions of small specific directions, if you are capable enough and commit to them hard enough. Yundi is certainly more than easily capable! And Dan Zhaoyi is not the only teacher that operates like this. At least he's nice - I know some professors who operate like dictators and will berate students who don't do exactly as they say. My problem with this is as you say; you can't make good music merely by following instructions. Moreover, you are not an artist if you only regurgitate what your teachers had told you and you yourself have nothing to say about the art. "However, consider too that this is probably some master class..." No, Dan Zhaoyi was Yundi Li's teacher for some time. Look at the setting - sofa, closed pianos - and you'd surmise it's a private lesson.
I don't get why people are being aggressive on youtube. When asking this question, I was simply curious about people's CHOICE of dialects. Both Mr Dan and Yundi were born and raised in Sichuan-Chongqing region. That's why I asked this question. Anyway, it was just curiosity. I appreciate the diversity of languages and dialects. There's nothing wrong whether they communicate in mandarin, sichuanese, english, or whatever else. All languages should be equal. And it's quite fine that I speak Chinese, which I actually prefer because I'm more in fluent in it. 总之，如果你喜欢与人互喷的话，请继续。 我自己也是闲得蛋疼了，费这么多话。
it's ok, nobody read it, cuz it was in yankspeak lol, and there is something wrong with that, u can count on it 谢了，能用人话再喊冤一遍吗? 蛮夷话和人话在你心中果不相同，蛮夷话说得如此"得体";，嗯，不是阳痿，不是鹦鹉学舌，不是烂好人，而是"得体"哈哈哈。换成那一句可怜的中文却又不知所云，居然在段落结尾告诉我"继续读"？读什么？ 没讲完吗，好吧，敬候佳音呵呵
Listening to this, I am convinced the robot Yundi cannot feel music. He is a mechanical genius but cannot find any phrasing at all. I have seen him in concert and he was loud and fast. No feeling at all. It's funny when he tries to fake feel with false facial emotions. Lang Lang gets a bad rap but I believe he feels the music.
Mike Coughlin Really? I think he's great and I enjoy him more than Bang Bang or other pianists... but I admit that I don't know anything about piano or classical music
+Mike Coughlin : Your comment is lousy ! You think you're stronger than the jury (with Martha Argerich) of Warsaw Chopin Competition in 2000 where Yundi Li won the 1st prize as he was only ...18 ? In this video he is only 1 year older, that means 19, and you think he no longer needs the advice of a teacher to perform ? And you think that if he listens this advice, he is a robot ? This is nonsense !
+Mike Coughlin : Your comment is lousy ! You think you're stronger than the jury (with Martha Argerich) of Warsaw Chopin Competition in 2000 where Yundi Li won the 1st prize as he was only ...18 ? In this video he is only 1 year older, that means 19, and you think he no longer needs the advice of a teacher to perform ? And you think that if he listens this advice, he is a robot ? This is nonsense !
+mazurka27 And you think the juries are always all in agreement about who is best? You win competitions like this because you offend the least number of juries, not because you have the most artistic integrity or whatever. Just listen to the 2015 edition of the competition. The 3rd prizewinner was actually the favourite of the audience and probably the conductor of the orchestra as well, as well as the favorite of all the Polish judges who gave her the top marks, not the first prizewinner.
