Gabrielė Sutkutė is a Wonderful Pianist, Anna Fedorova I have admired for many years and has never failed to amaze me: Anna is also such a kind person and a wonderful human being as well as a pianist.

How wonderful to hear Medtner in a Masterclass 😁

Gabrielė Sutkutė is very talented

It’s clear the pianist under Anna Fedorova’s guide is skillful. However, it appears she has a ways to go to reach the depth, profoundness, and touch that come so naturally in the hands of Anna Fedorova.

Wonderful

16:30 SCRIABIN Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 28:05 teaching 1:15:27 CHOPIN Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 1:22:38 teaching 2:25:38 MEDTNER Sonata romantica in B flat minor, Op. 53 No. 1 2:50:00 teaching

@emmanuelsebaali1767

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!!

She was spot on... I'm confused how the teachers weren't more on top of some obvious issues--and I know NOTHING, but I've heard all of those pieces enough times to know when something sounds seriously off of kilter. Chopin in particular is pure romance and passion--and that's difficult for young pianists to FEEL so instead of "feeling" the music some will resort to focusing on the technicalities--and not the soul. I'm age 68 and I am hearing layers of his Ballade #4 that I've never noticed before and fantasizing about how I'd play it--it's the beauty of Chopin.

That emotional and thematic transition at 2:35:00 was so well done! I haven't heard it played that effectively on many professional recordings. Well done!

Does Anna give piano lessons? I've always been interested to learn how to play piano

@m.moonsie

2 ай бұрын

Maybe not to completely beginners

I love the artistry of Ms Anna Fedorova. I wish she continued playing at @50:00 it was magical. She is a kind and inspirational teacher, instead of the authoritative style often found. I think she would make profound changes to the student but it would take weeks. Gabrielė is an advanced pianist with a personality and eagerness to learn more. Sometimes a talented student needs tough love, be told straight where her artistry is deficient and it would not be pleasant to hear but weeks later she would be very thankful. Humans need that reality check to go further sometimes. i noticed common habits among advanced students who are not quite at the top artistic level : - They move their body too much in sincere theatricals like slow dancing on a dhingy boat as they internalizing the music instead of expressing it with sound. I have seen this so many times, and always the top pianists do the opposite they channel everything through the piano and their body is calm except for technically necessary movements (which can be significant). This is especially visible in adagio and slower music. Actually advanced students are kind of aware of this but most of them will not watch themselves on video so that they don't really know it's depriving even distracting their own expressiveness. That should be projected in the sound, not in visual theatricals. But of course nervousness can get in the way and the mind not wanting to be there, that's a different problem. . - Yuja Wang said : "the best thing for women pianists to play slow movements well is when men are ashol... Nothing work quite as well for a woman to find expression on the piano." Those are her words. Personally i think it works for men too, as women can actually be ash.. to men too, as women are harsher with men they don't love than men with women they don't love. It's just that men are gallant and don't hold women accountable as much.

@sacrilegiousboi978

11 ай бұрын

A very interesting read, I’m curious as to what your take on Daniil Trifonov is?

@ericastier1646

11 ай бұрын

@@sacrilegiousboi978 I like Trifonov. His Rachmaninoff Chopin variations recorded live are fantastic. Maybe you mentioned him because of his comedia del arte like succession of faces when playing but he does not do unnecessary movements with the body unless it is for producing sound.

I’m sorry. Above comment refers to student G Sutkute.

@wolfgangk1

6 ай бұрын

Figured that out... it was confusing.