First, I personally love Lugansky’s playing. What strikes me most is his regard for the other pianist. He ask questions along the way, he asks what he thinks. This is an element of student-centered learning. I have seen other master classes by names of great reputation who only tell the pianist what they should do here or there with no dialogue and no regard for what they think or fell. So today I fell in love with Lugansky even more for his humanity in teaching. My heart is full.

@ericastier1646

10 ай бұрын

Well expressed, i felt the same. This is the most touching masterclass i have seen for the reasons you listed and i have seen many for 23 years.

Such compassion and humanity. Free of ego. And that’s a rarity. Sharing your interpretive ideas, rather than rigorously enforcing them. Respecting young musical minds. Allowing them to express theirselves without inhibition. Bravo Maestro. Not just a wonderful master pianist, but a kind and thoughtful human being. Music, after all, is the essence of humanity.

@sacrilegiousboi978

11 ай бұрын

I detected a bit of hurt ego when he said “I used to think these pieces were easy when I was 20 now I don’t think so” which is a classic humble brag alluding to his technical mastery and prowess early in life AND that he understands the musical demands so much more now thereby making it more “difficult” this remark politely reminds himself, the pianist and everyone else that he was a virtuoso prodigy and is now a master

@henrigaziel2002

11 ай бұрын

@@sacrilegiousboi978 Yes, but now a master of virtuosity. I’ve heard him play it and now the virtuosity is entirely at the service of the music. I think this was an encouraging remark, acknowledging both the difficulties and considerable achievement of the young pianist. Of course, there is passion and life experience missing here. Perhaps she is too young for this music. A common fault teachers have.

@sacrilegiousboi978

11 ай бұрын

⁠@@henrigaziel2002I think it sort of translates to “yup, you’ve got the skills and talent, I’ve got the experience and knowledge” I’ve seen Andras Schiff and other masters say similar things when they hear an exceptionally gifted and promising up and coming student. But yeah I think it’s a combination of implying they need more life experience/knowledge despite them being very skilled and accomplished and whilst also subconsciously soothing their ego a bit.

@ericastier1646

10 ай бұрын

@@sacrilegiousboi978I don't think that is hurt ego, but a slight discomfort at having to sugarcoat the necessary truthful criticism to the student to avoid hurting their thin skinned ego. You look very young, i have seen masterclasses evolve over the last 23 years and can tell you, narcissism in young people has gotten too far due to the degenerative media. Discipline and respect to the teacher have diminished which i think is detrimental to the student, and now the teacher cannot even say any negative truth directly. In 2001 i saw dozen of masterclasses in person where world class pianists did not hesitate to make it clear to students they had a lot of work to do to improve but helped them without detour. One difference is that internet was inexistant or not yet important so the audience was limited to those presents. Luganski grew up in a totally different system under his teacher Tatianna Nikolayeva. He cannot use the teaching methods used in those days because of the changes in mentalities.

OMG, the girl with Rachmaninoff etudes was extremely good!

I am just amazed at the sheer number of details in the music that Nikolai Lugansky can hear and possesses a deep intuition about. Couple this with his God-given virtuoso talent for the piano, and you have one of the greatest ever.

I attended a recital last year and it seems a different personality to my impression from that concer. Performing he was your perfect russian, serious, almost too much, just as if not hiding that high profile pianists need their ego. In these classes he shows himself like a different person, and a very good professor at the same time. An splendid document on piano teaching

13:45 first sign of life 18:18 Lugansky speaks. Chopin's second sonata : 19:10 Mov I 25:03 Mov II 31:09 Mov III 38:59 Mov IV 40:48 Lugansky starts teaching. Chopin's second Scherzo: 1:20:22 1:30:56 Lugansky starts teaching again 2:19:05 Tea and Coffee break Rachmaninoff étude de tableau No 1 opus 39 2:39:46 Rachmaninoff étude de tableau No 8 opus 39 2:43:07 Lugansky teaches again at 2:46:46

@groucho915

11 ай бұрын

thank you man this is very useful

@brandonmacey964

11 ай бұрын

You sir, are a legend. Thanks!

@gdkabsbdkwkwm4187

11 ай бұрын

You are legend. Thank you

@lucajack007

9 ай бұрын

Thank you

Lugansky is one of the most gifted musicians of all time. It is so nice for him to give the students the opportunity to learn from such a great mentor!

@mariapap8962

11 ай бұрын

Also a humble, down to earth,no- nonsense person.

It is a great opportunity and a real delight to be able to watch Nikolai Lugansky masterclasses through your channel. Many thanks for having shared them all !.

All three pianists are very good but that last one is spectacular!

wow I'm amazed - Mr Lugansky says he have never played this pieces but he sightreads and plays it exactly soooooooooo good!

@user-ei8xd4yy2h

10 ай бұрын

Николай Луганский превосходно читает с листа. Есть интервью с его друзьями, которые об этом говорят.

@ericastier1646

10 ай бұрын

Apparently, he is a proficient sight reader. I watched an interview of him in Russian, he reads music for fun instead of reading books, probaby not at the piano.

@ryushev2000

10 ай бұрын

he has played the rachmaninoff etudes

@MartynaKulakowska

10 ай бұрын

@@ryushev2000 for sure, I talked about other pieces. He said in one or two moments he hasn't played sth

@ryushev2000

10 ай бұрын

@@MartynaKulakowska i know, just wantes to add info

He visto varias Masteclass y muchas de ellas no tienen la profundidad del aprendizaje que nuestra esta ocasión con el Maestro Lugansky... Eso lo hace todavía más allá de lo excepcional! Para los que nos gusta la música al piano es una gran oportunidad de conocer lo que hay más allá a lo escrito e interpretado. Todo en la vida se ama si se conocen los detalles del interior de como está construido. ✨

Delightful teaching. It's a priviledge to see Mr Lugansky's masterclass on video. Gabriella is very musical and has a very advanced pianism with a feminine beautiful sound that is enjoyable to listen to. I like that she could play extended legato even in very difficult texture. It's rarely seen these days. Lugansky has an absorbing ability to create sounds, very much Russian school, and make the music evocative and lyrical. More of a masculin articulation for sure. Together it was fascinating to hear both their versions. He brought many improvments but also he let her play when her version was too good to stop. It was nice to see how she gradually but soon felt confident to play on cue to his comments, then they were perfectly relaxed and able to communicate through the music. He is such an incredible pianist and teacher.

@markiz1009

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Bravo, j'adore ce musicien, autant sur le plan artistique que professoral... Merci.

nothing like nikolai lugansky

3:08:21 what is this piece? Edit Etude 39 no 8

I have played chess with him. He is pretty good.😊

@ap6765

10 ай бұрын

With whom?

@jennfermackenzie-gray

7 ай бұрын

Lugansky !

Starts at 16:20

That scherzo still bewitches me. A semi-popular masterwork with so many tricky passages.

This is very nice, in all the ways so many others have commented; Lugansky is a great pianist generously sharing his great musical expertise and wisdom. However (yes, you knew there was a "however" coming!): I frankly think this teaching session puts more strain on his courage and poise than if he were to sightread (which he never performed before; he says he "never played" it before but a pianist of this stature means "never performed" when he says "never played": virtually no professional recitalist has never studied this piece, it's just about impossible, especially a Russian pianist specializing in Chopin and Russian repertoire) this Sonata at a Carnegie recital. This is because Lugansky is much more of a pianist than a music teacher. Everybody who gives these masterclasses, especially, it seems, American ones, have internalized American (i.e., when American) academic norms which generally hold that you don't understand something unless you can explain it. I'm always criticizing American obsession with testing, grades, and the rituals of "meritocracy," but one thing our school system engraves on every student is the notion that you're full of crap if you can't explain yourself. Lugansky clearly is not from such a tradition: for good and/or bad (probably both!!). So here he is, clearly able to demonstrate truly virtuosic and profound performance of this piece, but that is what he would do in a recital; as to teaching, or explaining things, it's clearly very awkward because he's not sure he really has anything to teach to a student who obviously already has a very solid grasp of the music and its technical and interpretive demands; so Mr. Lugansky engages in some platitudes about Chopin's (obvious) femininity and similar topics, and killing a minute or two talking about repeats, and also padding the discussion with observations (quite legitimate, but also obvious) about this composition's "darkly fantastic" (which is to say "phantasmagorical") character. However, all that said, I stand by my first sentence, not only said quite sincerely, but really is the main point. However awkward aspects of this class may be, it's still a great, much appreciated window into Mr. Lugansky's great musical expertise and wisdom. By far, he's one of the very, very best pianists out there and any such class from him is an amazing chance to absorb some of that extraordinary insight and wisdom.

@ericastier1646

10 ай бұрын

Your made an equivocal comment on one hand being very appreciative of Lugansky and on the other putting forth some severe criticism of his direction of the class. I will not contradict you but add a few things you left out. Lugansky maybe one of the last true pianists formed in the original Russian piano school without Western influence under the great Tatianna Nikolayeva. I presume that teaching was strict and the teacher was highly respected. This has changed/deteriorated due to Western media degenerative influence. It means someone from the old school can not use the teaching style he experienced to conduct masterclass, the student is now narcissistic and does not tolerate criticism. This makes this public exercise very difficult for the teacher. Also these ambitious students will add the masterclass to their biography, they are taking advantage of Luganski's renown and don't want to be critisized by even top pianists on video and their body language says so. To be fair these are for most of them very advanced students that are highly confident. But this is not uncommon, i recollect in 2003 masterclasses where occassionally one student was so good that the famous pianist is so impressed he struggled to teach anything, but sharing views between pianists is more sensible. That is also happening here. The classical soloist concert pianist career has very limited positions and there are many deserving pianist students but only a few with connections and luck and sometimes physical beauty for women will get a chance. These masterclasses can contribute to a student career start. It's why it is tricky to teach them. Also teaching publicly like this and teaching privately will be quite different in content. I think Luganski was very mindful and considerate of the positive impression the student made to the public and he also enjoyed listening to them. Imagine for laughs if he opened up a session with the student with : "did you ever consider other professions ?".

eccezionale pianista e grande conoscitore di musica. Incredibile Maestro di musica russa.

1:38:52 3:07:56

Je crois que pour suivre une telle leçon avec Ligansky, il faut déjà être un sacré bon pianiste ; ce n'est pas à la portée de tout le monde, mais sans doute Lugansky se réserve le choix de ses élèves !

Error: Op. 39, No. 8 is in D minor.

Suddenly seeing him like this I kinda worry about his health now 😭

@guileguileguile8177

10 ай бұрын

why ? he looks ok to me

@imacompoza

10 ай бұрын

His eyes

@ericastier1646

10 ай бұрын

@@imacompoza yes i noticed too, but this can be benign just a strabism from aging, like vision worsening is normal.

@AhbibHaald

2 ай бұрын

Sometimes strabism can temporarily worsen, then recover

It'd be more focussed to go into details a shorter piece than a whole sonata. The second student is technically too insecure with untidy notes and uneven runs, unsteady pulse and cutting short pauses.

Is it just me or does he slightly resemble Robin Williams 😹

Жалей, не жалей парня, плохо учили мальчишку, череда двигательных ограничений.

Wonderful Pianist, but very unprepared in this Chopin-course. Why?

@ericastier1646

10 ай бұрын

I think the student who played Chopin was not advanced enough to benefit best from a masterclass. I think Lugansky probably disagreed with everything he did, so he had to switch to more general talk about Chopin or the lesson would have taken too much a negative turn.

@sacrilegiousboi978

4 ай бұрын

@@ericastier1646 I agree, as harsh as it may be, that student simply wasn't ready, he seemed very nervous and unprepared technically and musically, so Lugansky had to pad out his time with him otherwise it would've been him picking apart and criticising pretty much everything he did. At my university, a friend of mine performed in a piano masterclass (can't remember who the pianist was) and like the student here it was not ready technically or musically, and she was very nervous and not feeling well on the day. Her teacher shouldn't have entered her. The poor girl got absolutely slandered by the pianist and he essentially told her off for wasting his time... she burst into tears the second she left the room. So glad that Lugansky remained a gentleman and didn't do that.

@ericastier1646

4 ай бұрын

@@sacrilegiousboi978 Thank you for sharing. Would you mind sharing the master pianist's name ? Just curious. It brings back memories, I witnessed exactly the same thing twenty years ago in my university more than once. Most graduate doctoral students are aware of this risk before they enter a masterclass so they play only pieces that are much recital ready or already performed in recital. But occasionally a unsuspecting student gets in a masterclass and plays passably maybe mediocrely also from nerves and gets hammered by the master. I remember feeling much compassion and support for the struggling student but i also listened carefully to the critic amazed at how confident and superior the master was or thought he was. I think these famous pianists have a reputation to maintain and usually have big egos so when they are assigned a student they think is not advanced they feel indignation, insulted would be too strong a word. But i've seen the opposite as well a doctoral student friend who was so good that the master pianist shocked at her playing admitted in front of the audience, this is not a masterclass with her, and that he could not play as well. She was technically superior to probably 200 doctoral students and won a school competition. She also was the kind of small girl that was very sensible and would not like to be criticized. She has no nerve problems at all. To be honest she was the one who could have taught the master but her english was poor and limited (from South Korea). She now is a successful professional solo concerting pianist in Korea.

@sacrilegiousboi978

4 ай бұрын

@@ericastier1646 I genuinely can't remember the master's name unfortunately, but he was quite an old guy and I have a feeling he was quite bitter and insecure about the fact he couldn't play as well as he used to (I think he had arthritis and some other health problems) and was at least partly venting some of that anger on the poor student whilst simultaneously getting a power trip to make him feel better. Yeah, I guess some masters have such big ego's that they feel that being given a "mediocre" student is an insult to them. It's not unusual at all for especially older masters who are past their physical prime to be condescending to and sometimes humiliate young upcoming students because they are witnessing what they are losing/have lost, so they do it to vent anger and to get a power trip. I witnessed Julian Lloyd Webber do this at a masterclass to some students after he had to quit performing cello due to an arm injury.

@ericastier1646

4 ай бұрын

@@sacrilegiousboi978 I see, it is not an isolated occurence, it's something widespread and old. The likes of Horrowitz would do this to young pianists students as well almost telling them to seek another career and sending them out in tears when in fact Horrowitz technique was completely flawed. He had to have an ultra light piano action and when he got older he had to carefully pick what he could still play and played with tension. But one thing i noticed women masters were always more lenients and when faced with an struggling student most are not as harsh.

What a great video

Wtf happened to his eyes.