I often suggest to beginners that you should practice at least once a week with our eyes closed, in a completely blackened room or with a towel around your eyes, so that we learn to ‘hear through our finger tips’, and not via our mind or eyes. I think it is good for all levels, as well.
Hi Johannes, i just bought "cello mind". It is so dense with so much wonderful and fascinating information about the science of intonation. I'm wondering if you could do a class on some of the scientific information. Great interview. Thanks
Thanks you, Johannes! I attended to a lecture on that book given by Minna herself. It was amazing! I'm working on the Lalo and you're surely one big reference for me. I just love how you play it. ☺️👋🏻 Best regards from Brazil!
Very interesting topic! BTW, there are a number of baroque groups now in US and Canada, esp in Boston and also NY Philly with the Boston baroque music festival and of course in Montreal where u can also study baroque performance etc. There are even amateur baroque music camps!
An interesting conversation! 🤗 ... Los autores no recomendan aplicar la filosofía de “no pain, no gain”, lo que me hizo recordar las palabras de Nathan Milstein "usa tu mente, no tus manos". Creo que este contenido es muy útil porque fomenta la creatividad, además es interesante para todo público, siempre se aprenden nuevas cosas. 🤗
I didn’t buy this book when it first came out because of the cost but last year there was a discount and I decided to buy it. It is not only the best book on intonation for cellists but it is the only book! Absolutely fantastic! Save up your money and buy it! (You could try to write to the publisher to ask for a discount)
Has anyone noticed that “deep problem issue” with (many)teachers/masterclasses??? No doubt, charismatic accomplished artists have many valid points to contribute, BUUUUT, they also strongly tend to see every problem through “ONE LENS”. Just as a fireman (mostly)sees every home as a collection of “fire hazards”, many pedagogues take a similar “narrow” approach; -instead of celebrating and releasing the truly marvelous, NATURAL and UNIQUE contribution/s within each human and other “entities”. They tend to just build/form and reward “slightly lesser, unnatural” plastic clone-copies of themselves. The cello is a remarkable instrument which ACTUALLY can sound wonderful in infinitely varied ways. Sorry for the over-philosophizing(
I agree with you to a certain degree, in that the small snippet of teaching that we the video viewer get is the commodified version of their philosophy. It’s the thing they’re paid for, which is antithetical to nuanced discussion. I think it’s unfair to judge a masterclass as the breadth of someone’s teaching. It’s a distillation for a specific point they’re trying to make in the time they’ve been given. I do agree with you though - if you watch enough of the masterclasses you’ll find that the teacher do have lines they repeat. Benjamin Zander is always trying to get the musician to express and see the big picture - to remove oneself as technician and serve the music on behalf of the audience. Mischa Maisky is always trying to have you play closed fingerings, and take chances with your dynamics. You’ll find stuff like this for a lot of performers trying to do a masterclass. Many don’t have that much experience teaching. Hans Jensen I think is really interesting because he’s put in so much time as a pedagogue he seems acutely attuned to what issues a student has.
Nobody is stupid enough to pay twice the price of a book to get it shipped outside the US. At first glance seeing the price of ~$85 i thought, hmm, there must be some good content in there, and then see that shipping doubles that price when it's free in the US... I wouldn't read this book even if I got it for free now, what a ridiculous marketing concept...😡🤣
I often suggest to beginners that you should practice at least once a week with our eyes closed, in a completely blackened room or with a towel around your eyes, so that we learn to ‘hear through our finger tips’, and not via our mind or eyes. I think it is good for all levels, as well.
Hans Jensen is an absolute delight.
Hi Johannes, i just bought "cello mind". It is so dense with so much wonderful and fascinating information about the science of intonation. I'm wondering if you could do a class on some of the scientific information. Great interview. Thanks
Thanks you, Johannes! I attended to a lecture on that book given by Minna herself. It was amazing! I'm working on the Lalo and you're surely one big reference for me. I just love how you play it. ☺️👋🏻
Best regards from Brazil!
OMG, is that a crossover episode?
''Hans Jensen & Johannes '' Precious talk is wonderful ‼︎ Thankyou 🎻🎵🎵🎶🎶💕
Hola Johannes...
Podrías subtitular en español tus vídeos??
Llegarían al doble de cellistas...
Un abrazo!!!
Very informative. Thank you so much!!
Thanks for this amazing interview!
So amazing! Such an interesting chat. Thanks for sharing :)
Very interesting topic! BTW, there are a number of baroque groups now in US and Canada, esp in Boston and also NY Philly with the Boston baroque music festival and of course in Montreal where u can also study baroque performance etc. There are even amateur baroque music camps!
An interesting conversation! 🤗 ... Los autores no recomendan aplicar la filosofía de “no pain, no gain”, lo que me hizo recordar las palabras de Nathan Milstein "usa tu mente, no tus manos". Creo que este contenido es muy útil porque fomenta la creatividad, además es interesante para todo público, siempre se aprenden nuevas cosas. 🤗
Very interesting and helpful, thanks.
This was brilliant! I’m really enjoying the cello talks? Are you planning more?
What a treat!
It will be great if you could put spanish subtitles on this video!
Could u do a giveaway with the book? :p it's very expensive
Make us battle for it!
That will be sooo nice
I didn’t buy this book when it first came out because of the cost but last year there was a discount and I decided to buy it. It is not only the best book on intonation for cellists but it is the only book! Absolutely fantastic! Save up your money and buy it! (You could try to write to the publisher to ask for a discount)
Has anyone noticed that “deep problem issue” with (many)teachers/masterclasses??? No doubt, charismatic accomplished artists have many valid points to contribute, BUUUUT, they also strongly tend to see every problem through “ONE LENS”. Just as a fireman (mostly)sees every home as a collection of “fire hazards”, many pedagogues take a similar “narrow” approach; -instead of celebrating and releasing the truly marvelous, NATURAL and UNIQUE contribution/s within each human and other “entities”. They tend to just build/form and reward “slightly lesser, unnatural” plastic clone-copies of themselves. The cello is a remarkable instrument which ACTUALLY can sound wonderful in infinitely varied ways. Sorry for the over-philosophizing(
I agree with you to a certain degree, in that the small snippet of teaching that we the video viewer get is the commodified version of their philosophy. It’s the thing they’re paid for, which is antithetical to nuanced discussion. I think it’s unfair to judge a masterclass as the breadth of someone’s teaching. It’s a distillation for a specific point they’re trying to make in the time they’ve been given.
I do agree with you though - if you watch enough of the masterclasses you’ll find that the teacher do have lines they repeat. Benjamin Zander is always trying to get the musician to express and see the big picture - to remove oneself as technician and serve the music on behalf of the audience. Mischa Maisky is always trying to have you play closed fingerings, and take chances with your dynamics.
You’ll find stuff like this for a lot of performers trying to do a masterclass. Many don’t have that much experience teaching.
Hans Jensen I think is really interesting because he’s put in so much time as a pedagogue he seems acutely attuned to what issues a student has.
It is very expensive book with lots student's pictures.
Spanish subs pleaseee 🤧🤧
Nobody is stupid enough to pay twice the price of a book to get it shipped outside the US. At first glance seeing the price of ~$85 i thought, hmm, there must be some good content in there, and then see that shipping doubles that price when it's free in the US... I wouldn't read this book even if I got it for free now, what a ridiculous marketing concept...😡🤣
Couldn't find the book on the German website, on medimops, or on Amazon... What an amazing book...🤣 Not...