A Decade of Music Performance: How I got to where I am today
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- Normally, I inevitably and unintentionally alienate my audience with the complexity of music I play, but this time I'm going to do the same, but less so 😉. (For my typical audience, don't worry, it'll get back to normal lol) This video is meant for a broader audience, but nevertheless an audience willing to look beyond convention in music and to see what brought me to where I am today. It was a long journey, with the most supportive piano teachers and family members. I worked hard to reach where I am, but I took a skewed path, almost always veering away from mainstream classical pieces. The past year for me has been a phenomenal experience, during which I assimilated a plethora of extraordinary pieces into my repertoire. They were no easy feat to render, but it's the music itself that deserves more attention. Thus, allow what I present to be a bit of foreshadowing, for those who haven't ventured as far. I play every excerpt in this video. However:
DISCLAIMER: This video is not meant to demonstrate proficiency for all the pieces shown, but to show order and progression over time. I know some of what I'm showing is far from refined, and that is because I gave myself approximately 10 minutes to relearn each piece, or else this video would have taken forever to make.
Best of Musicforever60 from 2020 - 2022: • Best of Musicforever60...
Below is the list of pieces in this video:
1. Chopin: Nocturne in C# Minor
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14
3. Chopin: Etudes, Op.10, No.3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
4. Chopin: Etudes, Op.25, No.1,2,5,6,7,9,10,11,12
5. Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio, "Rage Over a Lost Penny"
6. Rachmaninoff: Morceaux-de-Fantasie, "Elegie"
7. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 (no recording available ):)
8. Prokofiev: March from "The Love for Three Oranges"
9. Chopin: Scherzo No.1
10. Ravel: Miroirs, "Alborada del gracioso"
11. Scriabin: Etudes, Op.8, No.9,11
12. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.3
13. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.4
14. Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies, Op.79, No.1
15. Scriabin: Etudes, Op.8, No.12
16. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17, Op.31, No.2, "Tempest"
17. Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 (no recording available ):)
18. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Book I
19. Schmidt: Twelve for Ten
20. Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor
21. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.14
22. Chopin: Scherzo No.4
23. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.28
24. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
25. Chopin: Ballade No.4
26. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.1
27. Rachmaninoff: Prelude, Op.32, No.13
28. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26
29. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 (INTRO)
30. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.7
31. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, Book I
32. Debussy: Etudes No.9, Livre II, CD 143
33. Chopin: Nocturne, Op.62, No.2
34. Scriabin: Etude, Op.42, No.5
35. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29, Op.106, "Hammerklavier"
36. Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3
37. Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, "Scarbo"
38. Balakirev: Islamey
39. Rachmaninoff: Prelude, Op.23, No.7
40. Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage, Year I, VI: Obermann's Valley
41. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.7
42. Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2, Op.36
43. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2
44. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.6
45. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.8
46. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.9
47. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.5
48. Medtner: Sonata-Ballade, Op.27
49. Medtner: Sonata Romantica
50. Ornstein: Piano Sonata No.4
51. Kapustin: Piano Sonata No.2
52. Feinberg: Piano Sonata No.3
53. Bach-Feinberg: Largo from Organ Triosante
54. Kapustin: Piano Sonata No.1
55. Feinberg: Piano Sonata No.8
56. Carter: Piano Sonata No.1
57. Ives: Piano Sonata No.1
58. Ives: Piano Sonata No.2
59. Kapustin: Piano Sonata No.9
60. Barber: Piano Concerto, 2nd Mov.
61. Kapustin: Piano Sonata No.8
62. Weissenberg: Sonata in a State of Jazz, 4th Mov.
63. Roslavets: Piano Sonata No.2
64. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.8
65. Sorabji: In the Hothouse
66. Roslavets: Piano Sonata No.1
67. Sorabji: Le Jardin Parfumé
68: Sorabji: Djâmî
Though I do learn new pieces and upload music I play quickly, this video took a while (within 3 days), and I hope you can appreciate my sentiment on promoting music, normally performing to a very high degree of refinement, and not expecting any return from my playing.
#piano #music #10years #solo #expressive #homerecording #difficult #classical #postromantic #experience #explanation
![Kaikhosru Sorabji: Gulistān (Eric Xi Xin Liang) [Score, Audio, Visuals]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CjZe5I2dJKc/mqdefault.jpg)
![Kaikhosru Sorabji: Gulistān (Eric Xi Xin Liang) [Score, Audio, Visuals]](/img/tr.png)
Also, for those confused how the music I appreciated in 2020 evolved so quickly, check out these playlists: :)
th-cam.com/play/PLIDZcmE0XODBz8qBKm7HDHna-s4t9YFgt.html
th-cam.com/play/PLIDZcmE0XODC7kM9LHp-EFIySjRCVPUTJ.html
Best of Musicforever60 from 2020 - 2022: th-cam.com/video/fn_0LCGPdF4/w-d-xo.html
As well, pieces learned since May 2021 (updated Nov 2022):
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: Djâmî (~30 min)
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: Gulistān (~35 min)
- Karol Szymanowski: Symphony No.4, 2nd Mov. Transcription (~8 min)
- Samuil Feinberg: Piano Sonata No.1 (~7 min)
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: Piano Sonata No.4, 2nd Mov. (~34 min)
- Karol Szymanowski: Piano Sonata No.2 (~27 min)
- Karol Szymanowski: Piano Sonata No.3 (~17 min)
- Samuil Feinberg: Piano Sonata No.3 (~24 min)
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "Preludio-Corale" from Toccata Seconda
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "II. Preludio-Corale" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "X. Cadenza II" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "IV. Fantasia" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "IX. Interludium B [Toccata]" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "VII. Cadenza I" from Opus Clavicembalisticum
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "VIIc. Cadenza" from Opus Archimagicum
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "VIIa. Preludio" from Opus Archimagicum (ongoing)
- Kaikhosru Sorabji: "Var. XXVII: Garden of Iram" from Symphonic Variations (ongoing)
Wow you do performances?
I wish the became as good as you one day
29:02 the lick
@Zack L yes, that one is actually very well known
I love how Prokofiev's second Piano Concerto is clearly emphasized in this video, it's one of my absolute favorite piano concertos ever.
@Dylan L. Well, I must admit, that was one of the most extraordinary experiences I've had in terms of a musical performance and venue. Unforgettable :D
Same
the amount of pieces you learned at such a young age and sightreading talent is incredible, great work
Fascinating, you are incredible, and you're not a concert pianist officially? You work in computers? This is quite unreal and I'm confused tbh.
@Mark Fowler Yup, I'm about to graduate with a major in Computer Science and minor in Statistics, and I'll be working in the software development industry post-grad. If you'd like some insight into why I chose this, the opening of this video I made explains it a bit 🙂 th-cam.com/video/ojlSCDF8wiE/w-d-xo.html. Honestly, I think this was probably the best decision I ever made, enabling me to focus on 2 interests/passions simultaneously. Playing music at this level really adds flavour and a sense of meaning to life as a software developer, which is typically quite mundane in terms of self and artistic expression 😖
@@Musicforever60 you're extremely intelligent, genius level easily, i think you probably know that already though, but regardless i wish you all the best and congratulations on such a wonderful set of transcendental skills, which they truly are, and i know how difficult these pieces are you're playing, most are not even attempted by 'professional pianists' and most considered too difficult if we're being honest.
@Mark Fowler Thanks for the kind words!
Charles Ives moment?
These recordings are different from how I heard you perform during class breaks years ago, keep up the musical progress.
@William Nguyen Nice to hear from you! Feel free to have a chat to mutually catch up on things if you want!
You are incredibly great! Can't wait for the next videos.
Funny how I'm playing the fantasia cromatica now at 14, feels so good to the hands, amazing progress though!
@Asriel Kujo Nice! It's quite an outstanding and memorable piece apart from Bach's Preludes and Fugues, Toccatas, and Partitas.
wow, this is so cool, I really like your transition from more basic pieces to really modern stuff. Though I don't know if I personally will play Ornstein, kinda reminds me of a certain dark souls boss. But I'm basically on the same path that you have gone through, I should play more Prokofiev though...
wtf
Wow, now I understand how you came to love Sorabji. Not a single piece on that entire list moved me in the slightest. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind Sorabji, but I really worked not to lose touch with real music when getting there.
Oh, I see, you find no value in Chopin's music like everyone else?
@@Musicforever60 I love Chopin Nocturne 2, and a few other bits and pieces. But most composers, even the famous ones, wrote mostly poor music - not a criticism of them, it's just rare to write something inspired.
@@peporgan Thanks for saying so. People who come across this video and read your view will understand where you are.
@@Musicforever60 All good. Keep up the great uploads! I'm subscribed and try not to miss them.
Incredible video, well done for your journey!
This is crazy, I hope to be able to get to your level of plying some day
Epic!
You almost found your music! congrats , you have good personality, attitude and skills/best wishes
Very very impressive!! Great selection of repertoire too. You have great taste and I can't wait to see what you'll be like in 10 more years!
You just motivated me to practice! Great video. (though they always are!)
On one hand this makes me wanna practice like crazy on the other it’s slightly very depressing how this guy played pieces I’ll never be able to play when he was 2 years younger than me lol
Awesome
it's fascinating to see your development into the styles you love now! I had no idea you had such a long development but with your degree of playing, I suppose I should have guessed that you started a while ago haha. I'm also someone with dualism in my passions, and I'm going to school for biology despite the fact that I define myself in music composition- I fell in love with romantic music about 2 years ago and I've had a very interesting relationship with engaging with enjoying more complex music over this time frame, but I still love all of the old music I used to as well, with some exceptions. now that you have a degree of separation from it, I'm curious what you think of more standard romantic music like early rachmaninoff and chopin looking back? also it was really cool to see some scriabin pieces highlighted as he's actually my favorite composer currently and has been since I started to listen to romantic piano music. I'm also curious what you think of late scriabin with his fun extended tonality and "mystic" chord of pleroma. I've really been digging into the history and music of sorabji a lot lately, partially due to your influence. I'd love to talk more with you, if you'd be willing to share a slightly better way of contact haha, but it's ultimately up to you. regardless, thank you for this video, it's really insightful and quite helpful to understand how you went from traditional pianistic repertoire to your eccentric (yet agreeable) taste today!
rip lmao
I don't understand how you got to play so many Chopin etudes when you were still 11 years old, it's midblowing.
@Ivan the Benighted haha you know, lots of time at a young age. However, I'd say great sight-reading skills from the start was a great help :D
One thing that I didn't mention in the description or the video is that the list I present is not even close to the plethora of pieces I played. I left out a lot of pieces I could simply instantly sight-read with great technical proficiency and musicality. That includes pieces by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Debussy, Ravel, Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and some miscellaneous others. I just decided not to write about it because I didn't have the mental energy to go through all that, which is a list of probably another 30 to 40 pieces. I'd say the ones in this video are milestones.
@@Musicforever60 Wow, that's insane. The hardest pieces I played from the ones you show in the video are Beethoven's Tempest and the Revolutionary Etude by Chopin. And I didn't even complete the sonata or got a decent playing with the etude.
Now, you see, this is what I would envision my being in Heaven would be like, where God would shine and bestow upon me limitless pianistic musical talent where I would be able to flawlessly play by sight any musical composition. That way, since my rendering of the piece would be technically flawless, I would be able to please myself and hopefully my audience with my personal, expressive interpretation of said piece. I can only hope this is what Heaven is like and I'm good enough to head there at the appropriate time.
@@Musicforever60 sight reading stuff that is either beyond my level or that would take me months to learn, i am in awe man
edit: it is called "whim" because you can learn any of them on a whim
What tips and exercises would you suggest to improve sight reading? My sight reading is fairly okay on most levels, but when it comes to trying to play a fugue or contrapuntal music, I have to play at a much slower tempo than desired.
@zak zaki Ya, contrapuntal music is additionally difficult because it contains a lot of thematic material that is unaligned (in the start and end point sense and not in the rhythmic sense), as well as high density of thematic material, and levelling of emphasis for voices, so it's no surprise that it requires more attention and care. Check out this video I made on mental techniques I use that can be adapted for sight-reading purposes: th-cam.com/video/ojlSCDF8wiE/w-d-xo.html if you haven't already. Though, the general approach for contrapuntal music is to recognize lots of patterns and practice to quickly switch between them. If that doesn't make much sense, it's because I would need an elaborate example and lots of time to go through the detail of that :)
@@Musicforever60 Do you have any tips for sightreading stuff where there is a change, like I always mess up when there is a change.
Say I'm playing a czerny beginner etude and there is a alberti pattern (finger 4 on c major triad), then it goes to something like finger 5 on B,F,G triad, it will eventually go to G major and I will have to lift.
When does this like become natural, do you just have to keep going slow, or do you scan in the score before you begin when you will have to lift up?
Wait... you recorded Roslavets? Epic.
Edit: I found you for your Sorabji recordings, but I have been a fan of Roslavets before I even knew about Sorabji.
Oh nice. Roslavets was a necessary precursor for me haha
How did you develop sight reading skills - what type of practice, what type of music?
What a treat!! Loving this video production, thanks for doing it :D
How do you like the Carl Vine sonatas (they all sound similar, #1 being the most popular)? If it weren't so overplayed, it'd be something suitable to consider because it fits the sound world of this collection.
@leech I think the first sonata certainly fits and I like it as well :D Maybe the others additionally since you mention they are similar in style, though I've yet to hear to other ones. Will do!
@@Musicforever60 Oh you like Vine 1? Good to 🙉 🙌. There's a FREE 15min preview login to NML where the first 3 sonatas are posted. It was just a spontaneous thought i had upon hearing your video. Btw if you'd also enjoy a short hokey effective interlude piece (to please family ears 😂), check out Stephen Dankner "Dance Suite: I. Toccata" also on NML and youtube ( v=ySiRwsQkpAc ). Great as last encore, to close out an evening. imho😍👌
Sorry to be daft, but when you list the sonatas, you meant you played the entire work, and not just the movement you played the excerpt from? If so, that's incredible.
@Jason Louie Yup! Entire work. Honestly, if I had to rerecord a chunk of every movement, that would have been an insane amount of work. The list in the video is mostly highlights actually. Since my sight-reading skill was exceptional, I played a lot more pieces that listed, though I didn't include them simply for brevity.
I'm considering learning these pieces that I don't know yet in the order you listed. For things like the sets of Chopin etudes, did you learn them in numerical order, or did you bounce around? And is there a reason you skipped a couple, did you learn them later?
Awesome! Nice to be an inspiration. I think I never learned pieces simply for technical exercise. I didn't learn all the etudes in any order because I chose them from musical preference; whether they appealed to my emotions or not. The technique just came from playing so many pieces.
You say you practiced only 1.5 hours a day to get to this level, over 10 years, which is ridiculously unlikely as no one else in the history of earth has managed to do that.
@Mark Fowler 😅 uhhh I don't know if you can conclude something like that, but thanks for the compliment anyway haha. I've definitely had the reputation growing up as having exceptional sightreading skills and having a natural intuitive sense of musicality. That really helped me in learning music quickly, and along with my personality type which strives for constant improvement, helped me progress exponentially quickly in the past 2 years especially. Idk, could be a random combination of factors from genetics and childhood nurture.
I practiced 1 hour a day for 11 years since age 4 and now I am playing Chopin Sonata 2, Bach-Busoni Chaconne, and even the Godowsky Passacaglia. It's not _that_ surprising that he became god-level with 20 years total.
@@zswu31416 post them I wanna see you play more
Go see LaDivinaFanatic’s level as well, only 13 years of playing
@@Medtszkowski -do you know how torturous recording a piece can be, I need so. many. attempts...-
Whats the piece in the intro of the video?
prok pc2
Oh Twelve for Ten by Heather Schmidt is new. It looks really out of place amongst the rest of the standard rep, if I’m not mistaken the most viewed video is only in the hundreds.
Ya, it's really just an obscure Canadian work. Had to play it for a competition
@@Musicforever60 Ah makes sense. Was it one of those cases where you were given a piece without warning and expected to learn it in a short amount of time?
Nah, more just a friend recommended it and then it was convenient to learn in time, so I did. Not exactly a piece I like that much though...