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Tiffany although feeling 'old' was sensitive and supportive without appearing as a 'mother superior' in this encouraging interview. Interesting to note in Music as in Engineering there are many 'qualifying rounds' before an interview for work or higher training is available.
Pleasant listening, thankyou Tiffany for 'holding this together' .Glad to meet more of your friends.
Very pleasant to listen too this elder statesman and raconteur of music. I thought you defended your 'corner' well from the experienced comments made. An extrovert or introvert ? Tiffany the impenetrable introvert is perhaps the shielded persona while practicing the piano and the truly sociable, affectionate and happy Tiffany is really outward and extrovert ? I think you are higher than music alone ! Nice to hear Alfred Brendel mentioned, I have a wonderful CD of him playing Chopin Polonaises and Ballads. I had a search hoping you had recorded them.
Being given New music scores was a 'gift'. Having used professional Engineering drawings to build a system , the same appreciation from the 'workmen' wiring and connecting with the drawings (They included the original Manufacturer's bound drawings) I was able to discuss with them. In the same way with music the drawings were international with the new system connecting into German and other built systems. These old drawings have an illustriousness to them. The Warsaw museum displays some of Frederic Chopin's original Manuscript I understand. Tiffany's interview highlights the highly detailed and technical work behind Sheet Music. Many thanks to all of you.
Would be cool if they played a little piece at the end
Queen Elizabeth 1st visited Canterbury Cathedral, this would be interesting to hear about. Hampton court Palace with the associations to King Henry 8th has a chapel with Organ . The late Queen and Prince Philip showed a keen interest in the Organ at a celebratory anniversary service at Windsor Palace Royal chapel for the Royal college of Organists. Much scope for discussion ! Thanks for reminding us about the Victoria and Albert Museum !
An opportunity to meet in some way people we usually seldom know. I read Felix Mendelssohn would visit Buckingham Palace first on London visits. Well known people such as I K Brunel the Engineer whose father was Chief Engineer of New York, was very keen on the Organ and Classical music.
Well handled Tiffany, a highly intelligent person you were interviewing. Tiffany shows here depth and tolerance of people from diverse backgrounds.
Penetrating interview from Tiffany in this highly complex pursuit. Fascinating and skillfully made intelligible without becoming trivial with Tiffany not deriding this as an indulgent infringement of the high art of classical music. Fascinating thoughts on Artificial composition, the need for the highly intellectual, abstract and exacting engineering of synthesized sound is not required here with the sounds being 'mechanically' generated.
It's so cool to see you conversing with a fellow Columbia / Juilliard alumna! I love the vibe as well as the deep-dive into the interactions between music, philosophy and aesthetics
Zlatomir can elaborate so well 😊
I wrote down the following when I introduced this video to my close friends: Zlatomir Fung is a Bulgarian-Chinese American cellist who started playing cello at 3 years of old. He is interviewed by Tiffany Poon who is a Hong Kong American pianist, started playing piano at 4 years old. Zlatomir is 24 and Tiffany is 27 (as of 2024), and they’re the new generation of classical musicians. In this interview, they talked about their personal experiences, motivations and viewpoints about music and arts - and the making of arts. It is an excellent portal into their inner psyches, and it is interesting to learn what makes musicians like them tick. Zlatomir also seems very natural and good at presenting himself: his thoughts, voice, laughters and body language seem merge into a thoughtful whole. Tiffany is very sensitive, witty and quick, with depth in thoughts and probing questions.
Gosh, it'd be so amazing to have Beethoven blaring from a convertible!! lol
Brilliant interview - well done Tiffany for arranging this discussion with Edward and a fascinating insight into one of the most important resources for musicians today. Nice also to see an interview outdoors in green leafy England!
Edward and his team are heroes for musicians and score studiers.
Tiffany conducting this interview with skill, sensitivity and professionalism .
Tiffany seems like the archetypal entrepreneurial musician. Someone could interview *her* on this subject! Her use of youtube, and the phone app she's working on, is a great model for how talented musicians can get their gifts out into the world.
Thank you, Dude! You have provided an invaluable service to humanity. And Tiffany is amazing in her own right.
This is such a cool interview, Tiffany!!! Thanks for filming and sharing!!
What a fantastic interview. Thank you so much for such an insightful discussion ❤
IMSLP fantastic site
Great interview!🎉 I tell students I'm sleeping to make it easier for them to remember. 😅
This is great!
Thank you Mr. Edward Guo for IMSLP. I have been using it since the very beginning. Once again, Xiexie!
Thank you for making this interview happen. It was incredible to hear about the workings and origins of IMSLP (subscriber and extreme user lol). Good job Edward Guo!!!! I look forward to future developments.
Your guest spoke with a rich voice with bursts of infectious laughter. This had some 'charm' away from the deep issues of classical music discussed by two high standard proponents of this artform.
If you remembered what finding scores like was before the internet you know the feeling of how it’s like a candy store today that some might take for granted.
What if we could digitalise musicians knowledge into AI like how a language model now holds entire human knowledge... Someone need train better models for music 😅
Tiffany is soo funny and awkward hahahhah
This guy sure takes a long time to get to the point.
Great interview! Genuine enjoyable to watch 😊.
wow cool! I've used IMSLP forever! great to put a face to the magic!!
you guys need to work together, sounds like there is some synergy here ? no ?
An insight to meet the people with the Passion and means to keep this part of Classical Music Alive. Thoughtful and enjoyable interview from Tiffany.
mellow people generally interested in music. thanks for sharing your knowledge. big grin.
nice
I believe the video at 42:06 is of Rubenstein (this plus Tchaikovsky's 1st by him was my first experience of classical music - or maybe Brendel's Schubert late sonatas and klavierstucke cd). Listen carefully to Tiffany sing the melody as she interviews. Compare with the Rubenstein video. You will see she has perfect pitch and a perfect musical memory. (A bit like Glazunov famously did). She is extraordinary. Apparently music loops in her head quite often. That happens to geniuses, I am told!
I used to know the composers Smirnov and Firsova in London (and their concert pianist daughter - who is almost as good as Tiffany). We went to a Rostropovich concert once (he conducted Tchaikovsky and Rostropovich). They had written pieces for him. I find their music too 'avant-garde'. Interesting, though. My channel has a lot of my utter rubbish 'compositions'. They are all derivative and worthless. Most of them are dedicated to Tiffany. She is a 21st century fox. But my teacher teaches at Kissin's old school. And she comes from both the Beethoven and Tchaikovsky line. I also studied philosophy (at Kings College) and when I was studying Russian at SSEES, Derrida came to SOAS and gave a lecture. He deconstructed all the time, however.
What a fantastic interviewer Tiffany is (not only pianist). She should come down to Eastbourne. Debussy lived here at the Grand Hotel for a while - and composed 'La Mer' here. I'd love to show her around. I could play for her my poor version of Bach's c major prelude and fugue BWV 846 (not as good as her's during the excellent performance I saw in London by her recently). We could then maybe play Bach's 5th harpsichord concerto (reduced for 2 keyboards) since she also plays it. See my channel for my 2nd movement.The one in f min. We could then also play 4 handed duets (like Schubert's d940), and maybe she could teach me some Schumann (like number 15 of his op. 6). But even if I started on the Bach, I'd like to finish on Debussy. So why not I regale her with my crumby 'Clair de Lune'? Here is the hotel where he stayed (and a brief history of his stay in room 200): www.elitehotels.co.uk/brief-look-back-fascinating-musical-history-grand-hotel.
What a life journey he had to take to get his dream going (good that he has a lot of life left!). Now, two things to look up: Nodame Cantabile and Grieg's Piano Concerto...
Very interesting Tiffany and Edward! Thank you for sharing this beautiful interview.
Just discovered this channel and I love it.. it's about classical music, but there's no music, so I can practice while I watch :D You're a very good and fun interviewer too, Tiffany!
There's something terribly wrong with your audio! Frequently there is a crashing noise or whooshing that is frighteningly startling. Please see what you can to to make it stop. Because if you can't, I'll not watch your videos any more. Thank you.
I did not hear anything wrong. The problem might be on your side? Perhaps you could say a bit about which browser or computer you were using?
@@rharriszzz The audio is fine for me, too, other than a little wind noise. This person made the exact same comment on Tiffany's previous Classical Chat with Sofia Ouyang, so if there is a problem it's with his/her device, not Tiffany's video.
No issues on my end either, apart from occasional wind noise.
It's a pity the sound quality is terrible, because the interview itself is very worth it. But I agree, the audio spikes, blow-outs and especially the wind noise make this almost unlistenable. Don't interview guests outside in the wind without proper wind protection. The camera endlessly trying and failing to find its focus is also distracting. Sorry for the negativity Tiffany, you're doing a great service to all of us by just posting this, but the production could definitely use someone who takes care of the tech stuff, so you can focus on the interview.
Zero audio issue here. Any audio issues must be at the viewers' end.
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