One of the finest, most expressive and emotive pianists I’ve ever heard. I started collecting her recordings in 1998, starting with her interpretation of the Chopin Nocturnes. I’ve been a pro player for 30 years and am always so excited to hear musicians like this that lift your spirit and take the music to another level.
Finally someone who gets how it is supposed to be played. With heart, feeling and expressive pauses that are just the perfect levels of peace and tranquility. Fantastic rendition Maria. Thanks.
Breathtaking. She's so connected to the experience, it was as beautiful as the music itself. Debussy is beaming with pride, wherever and whenever he is!
"Newfound Awareness Through life many stumble, seeking empty titles Endless is the strife, spellbound by earthly glories Wallowing in filth and mire, saddled by ills Regret comes late, with reflection in the waning years Our lives are innately divine and were Heaven born The universe faced calamity, and nothing could be done To this earth we thus came, to await the Creator Heaven again becomes possible to any who shed their karma and are cleansed of sin God’s path is available to those not blinded by attachments to this world Atheism is backed by a feral thing Evolution is a dogma wicked and without base Man’s conduct today strays far from the Divine Many a view and belief prove to be obstacles How many can be saved? How many shall make it through? August 20, 2018 *** Fade to Dust Most in this mortal world, did come for the Way Only to lose their purpose, entering this beguiling place For those who slumber still despite Dafa’s spread and suppression This life and all its treasures, shall fade to dust January 22, 2019 *** The Divine Is Shown Their dance dispels karma’s dark clouds Their heavenly music awakens our true selves All this is the Creator’s grace bestowed Free yourself of modern thought and ways bizarre Recover the kindness and honesty you once knew Atheism and evolution are a cancer that mars the soul The ways of tradition lead to Heaven’s dais The Divine manifests for the rescue of our souls What you now sense and see are His designs Braving dark tides to mercifully save us I embrace the world through Shen Yun January 23, 2019 Edinburgh" Master Li Hongzhi (Hong Yin VI, from Falun Dafa teachings)
Maria João, sou um conterrâneo, um primo ou sobrinho. Ouvi a peça a chorar. Das mil versões que já ouvi, esta é a minha preferida. Choro aos 45 anos como uma criança pela beleza do momento, mas sobretudo por relembrar com carinho como a Maria João foi minha inspiração quando aprendi piano. E choro porque desisti do piano, por razões da vida. Foi como um divórcio. Pior, foi como uma amputação. Ainda hoje sinto, como se de um braço ou uma perna se tratasse. Ainda toco, claro, mas raramente porque ainda me dói. A minha professora era Russa. Com ela apeendi coisas que não imaginava. Com ela aprendi desde sentar no piano (coisa que nenhum outro professor me houvera ensinado) a toda uma coreografia corporal para ajustar o meu corpo aos movimentos do piano de forma a produzir o melhor som utilizando cada articulação do corpo. Com ela aprendi a amar a Maria João. Em especial para estudar Mozart, Schubert ou Schumann era obrigatório ouvir Maria João. Espero um dia ainda conhecê-la pessoalmente e contar-lhe tudo isso, mas aqui fica o meu testemunho e o meu obrigado, porque momentos destes valem por toda uma vida. Obrigado.
I've heard it said, and I could not agree more. that when a person understands life, they will plant a tree knowing that they will never live long enough to enjoy resting under it's boughs. But when you truly understand life you have left a gift for generations to peacefully contemplate life under the majestic tree you planted. Bravo Maria.
Maria João Pires transcende a técnica, o refinamento e a elegância estilística. Ela possui o poder de conectar-se diretamente com a alma de quem a ouve. Simplesmente maravilhosa !!!
I am in the night sky as an angel. Every fiber of myself floats through this musical masterpiece. Thank you so much. This performance just touches me so deeply. I'm 65 years old and never remember being this enchanted with a performance. Happy dreams 😴
i just learned of her a month or two ago, and she is quickly becoming one of my favorite artists of all time. even on ubiquitous repertoire like this, i feel as if i’m hearing it for the first time.
Wow Maria. It feels like flower petals are floating through the breeze, never to touch the ground as the air lifts and settles. When most people play this, it feels like they are rushing the best parts and clunking the keys as hard as possible in the forte sections. You magically play the dynamics perfectly without changing the original rhythm and the piano sounds as if it is playing itself, you must truly caress the keys. Thank you for your gift.
Best version I've heard. My favorite song in the world. Reminds me of going for night walks with my grandma as a kid. She'd point out the different stars in the night sky and how Venus was the brightest. This song captures the serene, wonderous and loving emotions I felt in those times. 🌌♥
A journey experience among the heart and the soul... Coming in and out from one to the other, constantly. Absolutely magic from the hands of this woman traveling through the notes as if this piece was her own life's experience.
Dentre tantas execuções de Claire de Lune que já ouvi,esta é a mais bela! O luar entra por uma fresta da Alma de Maria João e ela o devolve ao céu pela ponta de seus dedos numa alquimia do coração! Grata!
Merci pour avoir accompagner mon cœur ce trop court moment. ❤ Elle fût et demeure une très grande artiste qui interpréta au piano tous les grands auteurs du répertoire musical pour piano seul ou avec les plus grands orchestres.
Oh my, what refreshing beauty. My Soul is at peace and the pure loveliness expressed here is beyond my ability to express in words. Truely a masterpiece ... Thank you
I imagine this is exactly how Debussy imagined it should be played. She played this like it was a dear old friend. Sooo beautiful.
He played it a lot faster. I prefer it slower but who am to argue with the man himself
Well said, yes like it was an old friend 😊
She plays it a lot better than him. 🙂
@@WinterovDebussy played less good than interpreters but not Rachmaninov ! !
man, that was not played, it was whispered. Love it
It’s a pleasure to hear a pianist who wants to make music rather than just doing a ‘performance’.
Listening to lifelong pianists return to piano’s principle repertoire is one of the finest things in the world of music
Attaboy attaboy attaboy and
Hermosa y sentida interpretacion❤
@@ArlenLamInsightful comment.
Yes what an insightful comment…
Principle, which?
She is the best person I ever heard no one else is better than her
Agreed
how softly she enters every phrase! how spiritual! Bravo!
Brava!
It's the only way to get the most emotion out of this masterpiece
Totally
Absolutely!!! Graced are the shifts in the note values as Maria shares with us her gift through skill, but more importantly through her heart.
Her facial expressions are priceless, she's enjoying every note of the piece. I love it
Her face is also a masterpiece.
One of the finest, most expressive and emotive pianists I’ve ever heard. I started collecting her recordings in 1998, starting with her interpretation of the Chopin Nocturnes. I’ve been a pro player for 30 years and am always so excited to hear musicians like this that lift your spirit and take the music to another level.
Her Chopin nocturnes are just beautiful aren’t they?
Finally someone who gets how it is supposed to be played. With heart, feeling and expressive pauses that are just the perfect levels of peace and tranquility. Fantastic rendition Maria. Thanks.
This is how Claire de Lune should be played - with passion!
Excellent timing, I love how poetic her playing is.
You probably already know this but Clair De Lune was made based on a french poem "Moonlight", described as sad and lovely.
She pours her soul into her fingertips . What an absorbing sound.
Her touch is amazing. Adding to the drama and beauty of the piece..
Breathtaking. She's so connected to the experience, it was as beautiful as the music itself. Debussy is beaming with pride, wherever and whenever he is!
"Newfound Awareness
Through life many stumble, seeking empty titles
Endless is the strife, spellbound by earthly glories
Wallowing in filth and mire, saddled by ills
Regret comes late, with reflection in the waning years
Our lives are innately divine and were Heaven born
The universe faced calamity, and nothing could be done
To this earth we thus came, to await the Creator
Heaven again becomes possible to any who
shed their karma and are cleansed of sin
God’s path is available to those not blinded
by attachments to this world
Atheism is backed by a feral thing
Evolution is a dogma wicked and without base
Man’s conduct today strays far from the Divine
Many a view and belief prove to be obstacles
How many can be saved?
How many shall make it through?
August 20, 2018
***
Fade to Dust
Most in this mortal world,
did come for the Way
Only to lose their purpose,
entering this beguiling place
For those who slumber still
despite Dafa’s spread and suppression
This life and all its treasures,
shall fade to dust
January 22, 2019
***
The Divine Is Shown
Their dance dispels karma’s dark clouds
Their heavenly music awakens our true selves
All this is the Creator’s grace bestowed
Free yourself of modern thought and ways bizarre
Recover the kindness and honesty you once knew
Atheism and evolution are a cancer that mars the soul
The ways of tradition lead to Heaven’s dais
The Divine manifests for the rescue of our souls
What you now sense and see are His designs
Braving dark tides to mercifully save us
I embrace the world through Shen Yun
January 23, 2019
Edinburgh"
Master Li Hongzhi (Hong Yin VI, from Falun Dafa teachings)
Clair de Lune, played with love, on a Steinway Grand, is what I call a gift for the ages. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Maria João, sou um conterrâneo, um primo ou sobrinho. Ouvi a peça a chorar. Das mil versões que já ouvi, esta é a minha preferida. Choro aos 45 anos como uma criança pela beleza do momento, mas sobretudo por relembrar com carinho como a Maria João foi minha inspiração quando aprendi piano. E choro porque desisti do piano, por razões da vida. Foi como um divórcio. Pior, foi como uma amputação. Ainda hoje sinto, como se de um braço ou uma perna se tratasse. Ainda toco, claro, mas raramente porque ainda me dói. A minha professora era Russa. Com ela apeendi coisas que não imaginava. Com ela aprendi desde sentar no piano (coisa que nenhum outro professor me houvera ensinado) a toda uma coreografia corporal para ajustar o meu corpo aos movimentos do piano de forma a produzir o melhor som utilizando cada articulação do corpo. Com ela aprendi a amar a Maria João. Em especial para estudar Mozart, Schubert ou Schumann era obrigatório ouvir Maria João. Espero um dia ainda conhecê-la pessoalmente e contar-lhe tudo isso, mas aqui fica o meu testemunho e o meu obrigado, porque momentos destes valem por toda uma vida. Obrigado.
Beautiful story. ❤
Não canso de ouvir essa peça. Maria é perfeita. Espero que consiga seu intento de conhecê-la. 💕
Age is fleeting. Virtuosity is forever.
Love your comment!
❤
When the musician gets lost in the music, that is when true artistry happens!
Quite the most exqusite and touching version I have heard of this beautiful piece.
Великолепное, глубоко прочувствованное исполнение гениальной Музыки! Желаю исполнительнице долгих лет жизни и крепкого здоровья!
i love how the piano whispers and cries the way she plays in this song. Truly enchanting performance, it must have been something to watch
Эвукоизвлечение-это Космос!!!! Игра- мечта ...... Господа!!! Она говорит...музыкой....!!
I've heard it said, and I could not agree more. that when a person understands life, they will plant a tree knowing that they will never live long enough to enjoy resting under it's boughs. But when you truly understand life you have left a gift for generations to peacefully contemplate life under the majestic tree you planted.
Bravo Maria.
Maria João Pires é o mais perto que se pode chegar da perfeição.
Respeito imenso.
Concordo plenamente ❤
Simplesmente Divina✨️✨️ 👑✨️✨️
I had to hold the phone on my heart to sense the vast range of emotion captured by Debussy.
She hits every note so softly and ever so gently. Overall, she brings out a soothing sound. Wonderful performance.
A tribute to endurance. Majestic!
This is God talking to you through music, my husband says sitting next to me. I agreed!, 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
I'm no expert, but this must be one of the most beautiful songs ever created.
It’s a lovely sound and lovely how she gives the music time and shapes it so beautifully. The recorded piano sound is so touching to listen to.
Delicate, restrained, plaintive, dreamlike.
Her excellent use of dynamic control reveals colors that no other performance of this piece brings out.
This is the best version of this song. Everything about her interpretation is just perfect.
Maria João Pires transcende a técnica, o refinamento e a elegância estilística.
Ela possui o poder de conectar-se diretamente com a alma de quem a ouve.
Simplesmente maravilhosa !!!
❤
She's still wonderful after all these years....
This is my favourite piece of music ever written
Me too!
this is the music to die to. Beauty , never payed better
I heard many other pianists
interpretation of this piece.
This IS THE BEST! ❤❤❤
How we age with such clarity. Beautifully.
Listening to this, Perhaps, I could fall in love after all. ❤
Uplifting. Sensitive. Heavenly. Musical in the grand sense of the word. I felt every note. What a rare spirit and a rare musician. Bravo Maria!
Maria is monumentally authoritative. What a pianist.
I learned the piano so I could play Claire de Lune. Still my fave.
I've never loved this piece so much.
This has to be one of the best interpretations of this immortal piece that I've heard.
Soooo gefühlvoll hat es, glaube ich, noch niemand gespielt...als er selbst...😢❤
I am in the night sky as an angel. Every fiber of myself floats through this musical masterpiece.
Thank you so much. This performance just touches me so deeply. I'm 65 years old and never remember being this enchanted with a performance.
Happy dreams 😴
i just learned of her a month or two ago, and she is quickly becoming one of my favorite artists of all time. even on ubiquitous repertoire like this, i feel as if i’m hearing it for the first time.
Same here
This performance brings out every single emotional and expressive nuance Debussy put in. Can't imagine it played any better.
The best emotional feel of this piece I've encountered. Yes. This is how it should be played. Debussy would be proud and smiling.
Wow Maria. It feels like flower petals are floating through the breeze, never to touch the ground as the air lifts and settles. When most people play this, it feels like they are rushing the best parts and clunking the keys as hard as possible in the forte sections. You magically play the dynamics perfectly without changing the original rhythm and the piano sounds as if it is playing itself, you must truly caress the keys. Thank you for your gift.
Exactly.
This pianist made beautiful love to this Steinway!
María João Pires is an international treasure.
Волшебные руки пианиста и душа поэта- вот такой "Лунный свет" Дебюсси подарила нам эта тонкая и хрупкая женщина- пианист от Бога! Благодарю!!!
Escuchar a Debussy, me conmueve....lo estudiaré. Gracias.
Thank you for this gift, for your performance.
Oh my God….so beautiful, listening to her AND watching her. Brought me to tears..best performance I have heard of this beautiful piece.
Same😢❤
Magnifiquement joué. Avec toute la douceur, la sensibilité et les nuances mélancoliques qu'inspire ce Clair de lune... parfois maltraité.
Gracias Maria por hacerme vivir y sentir con esta interpretación.
Maravilha Maria João.
A subtileza fala-nos à alma🙏💚
Best version I've heard. My favorite song in the world.
Reminds me of going for night walks with my grandma as a kid.
She'd point out the different stars in the night sky and how Venus was the brightest.
This song captures the serene, wonderous and loving emotions I felt in those times. 🌌♥
Thank you so much. Beautiful.
Elle joue avec son cœur, sans ses yeux. C'est infiniment bouleversant....
This is so poetic. The timing is so right! This is one is really Debussy.
Wow. This.
Oh this is a personal piece for this lady.... the feels!
엊그제 공연에서 들었는데. 너무 편안하고 벅차고 눈물나고...참 좋았습니다. 사인해주실 때 환하게 웃어주시던 모습에 또 행복했어요😊
I dont understand you
I want her to be my grandma. I miss my grandparents, they passed away when I was just a child and I do not even remeber their faces :(
My favorite rendition of Clair de Lune, parabéns!
Lost in the enchanting melody of Clair de Lune, a truly beautiful and peaceful piece. Such a heartfelt performance!
Love you Maria❤
Tive o imenso prazer de assistir a dois concertos da pianista portuguesa, no Teatro Castro Alves, em Salvador. Emocionante!
Gyönyörű muzsika! Becsukom a szemem, amikor hallgatom és a béke szigetén érzem magam.
들을 때마다 유려함에 흠뻑 빠져들어요. 영상 감사합니다. 😊
"There is, in this life, beauty, so powerful, so pure, so beyond the spoken word, that only music can define it."....me
Cela fait un moment que je n'avais pas de nouvelles de Maria Joao 😊
The best ever.
😢
Maria, la princesse discrète du piano
Her playing of the Mozart sonatas is also divine. A Portuguese musical phenomenon!
I detected two hiccups: 2:44 and 2:49. But overall, a true masterpiece of pure feeling and expression of beauty! Muito obrigado, Maria Joao!
A journey experience among the heart and the soul... Coming in and out from one to the other, constantly. Absolutely magic from the hands of this woman traveling through the notes as if this piece was her own life's experience.
Dentre tantas execuções de Claire de Lune que já ouvi,esta é a mais bela!
O luar entra por uma fresta da Alma de Maria
João e ela o
devolve ao
céu pela ponta de seus dedos
numa alquimia do coração!
Grata!
지난주 마리아조앙 피레스 공연 보고 왔는데 지금보다 젊었을때네요 드뷔시 연주했어요 그녀는 우아하고 편안한 연주를 보여줬어요 너무 멋있었어요
힘이 느껴줘요 팔순의 나이인거 같은데 대단하세요
Браво! Музыка говорит на всех языках. Да здравствует любовь и добро!
Merci pour avoir accompagner mon cœur ce trop court moment. ❤
Elle fût et demeure une très grande artiste qui interpréta au piano tous les grands auteurs du répertoire musical pour piano seul ou avec les plus grands orchestres.
Absolutely beautiful.
Einfach nur ganz Wunderbar 😌
Sembra di camminare in punta di piedi nel sogno di qualcun altro per non svegliarlo ed essere travolto gradualmente da miliardi di emozioni...
Thank you TH-cam for introducing me to this superb musician this morning. I was feeling down, and she lifted me!
Esta era la pieza favorita de mi padre y también una de las mías. Preciosa interpretación que me encoge el alma.
Oh my, what refreshing beauty. My Soul is at peace and the pure loveliness expressed here is beyond my ability to express in words. Truely a masterpiece ... Thank you
Perfect. Just perfect .
Exquisite, poignant and sublime. Tenderness and beauty defined.
Une merveille ! Heureux de voir qu'elle n'a pas pris sa retraite comme annoncé.
Так поэтично и романтично звучит музыка Дебюсси в прекрасном исполнении пианистки.😊🎉
this version is so intimate and beautiful...
這是我聽過最好聽的版本😍😍😍
Beautifully performed. I could listen to this for the rest of my life and never tire of it.
Such a gift to be able to play, to feel and express such passion.
The tone, control and virtuosity of a true and superb artist.
Divine listening and playing
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING AND ENTIRELY SUBLIME