"The piano is a box of decrescendos." | Garrick Ohlsson on Touch

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  • Garrick Ohlsson sees the piano as "a box of decrescendos." Whenever you execute crescendos or play cantabile you are in fact creating an illusion, since each individual note is decaying in isolation from the others. Through the art of touch, you may fool the listener into believing you are singing at the piano!
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  • @PedroStreicher
    @PedroStreicher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Every time Garrick Ohlsson speaks is such a masterclass.

    • @Daniel_Ilyich
      @Daniel_Ilyich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When he plays, as well. I went to a concert when he substituted for Mauricio Pollini and it was probably the most memorable concert experience I've had. He is able to create a huge sound without ever sounding harsh or "bangy."

    • @PedroStreicher
      @PedroStreicher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Daniel_Ilyich So true, luck you my friend.

  • @MrTedflick
    @MrTedflick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Would love to have had him as a teacher. He is very understandable.

    • @andrewkennaugh1065
      @andrewkennaugh1065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not much point in having a teacher you don't understand!😊
      But I get your point--Garrick Ohlsson is a great pianist and communicator,although I'm not sure whether he has ever taught one-to-one;probably doesn't have time for it with all that practising,concertizing and travelling!😊

    • @marshallartz395
      @marshallartz395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ted Flick: Garrick Ohlssohn is a member of the piano faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. I don’t know if he also accepts private students, but he does have an email address on the SF Conservatory’s website.
      😎🎹

  • @lucjanocastro
    @lucjanocastro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love this channel.
    So many piano masters in one place.
    Sometimes I play the right hand a little ahead from the left ...didn't know it was acceptable...

  • @christophersurnname9967
    @christophersurnname9967 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of the most insightful piano videos I’ve seen!

  • @Hailey_Paige_1937
    @Hailey_Paige_1937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ravel’s inner voicings in his piano works (His “Miriors” Suite is my favorite) are absolutely stunning when pianists work to bring those out. ❤️

  • @k.k8291
    @k.k8291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great insights.

  • @gchang916
    @gchang916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing insights!!

  • @Prometeur
    @Prometeur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A very convincing argument made by Mr. Ohlsson, with the absence of any ambiguities and pseudo-science

  • @Erdos777
    @Erdos777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This really is a very unique presentation. It validates the direction I’m going in. Appreciate this. I’ve actually used Melodyne 5, I’m sure other software can be used, to quantify what for lack of a better description is temporal harmonic agogics. I myself believe that by playing the melody line in a chord slightly before the other notes has a psychoacoustic effect of underlining that as what the ear pays attention too. You’ve motivated me to make a video using CSOUND to generate tones as a demo or using Melodyne 5 to move the timing slightly ahead on some notes and see if it is perceived as louder - even though played at the same velocity. To demonstrate this effect by playing it over and over with a slightly increasing lead every time until there is a perceptual change. Again, thank you. You hit a home run with me with this video. Please explore this more in future videos. Oh and I would love to hear about your lessons with Arrau.
    So as someone interested in how psychoacoustics plays a role in ascetics - fantastic presentation!
    I also think your ascetic philosophy is similar to Immanuel Axe. Would really like you two to get together and do a presentation.

  • @michapindakiewicz6314
    @michapindakiewicz6314 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow!

  • @DerekWilliamsMusic
    @DerekWilliamsMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely put. However, I think you can play cantabile by starting the softer notes earlier so they all sound at the same time as the emphasised melody note.

  • @PianoSchoolMuenchen
    @PianoSchoolMuenchen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not bad!

  • @Daniel_Ilyich
    @Daniel_Ilyich 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm assuming that this was filmed in Ohlsson's home. Does anyone have an idea of which piano that could be? Maker and approximately when it was made? I know that he's fond of Mason & Hamlin grand pianos.

    • @myklkay
      @myklkay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bösendorfer

    • @marshallartz395
      @marshallartz395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniel: Yes, that’s a Bösendorfer. You can see the name at 4:09. Ohlssohn, like most concert pianists is, however, a Steinway artist.

    • @rodericknguyen4418
      @rodericknguyen4418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marshallartz395 what does it mean to be a steinway artist?

    • @mark5562
      @mark5562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ohlsson used to be a Bösendorfer artist. He was when my father tuned the Imperial Grand for him at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts (AZ) in the early 70’s. We went to two of his concerts, Liszt and Scriabin, and spoke with him backstage afterwards on both occasions. I’ll never forget what he said after the Liszt concert: “The tuning was magnificent, the audience was gracious, and I played reasonably well.” 6’5” (I believe) and every inch a gentleman!

    • @marshallartz395
      @marshallartz395 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mark5562: At 6’5” Garrick Ohlssohn was built for a Bösendorfer Imperial Grand! He’s a great pianist.

  • @BobJoeman
    @BobJoeman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What does it mean to "qualk?"

    • @gabelonguinhos
      @gabelonguinhos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most common example is in Chopin with some form of arpeggiated accompaniment + melody, when a bass note and a melody note are meant to be played together, often on a big downbeat, are instead playing in quick succession, like a grace note, with the bass note arriving slightly earlier than the melody note. It's an aesthetic choice which according to Mr. Ohlsson has fallen out of favor

    • @BobJoeman
      @BobJoeman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gabelonguinhos Thanks!

  • @Chopinzee613
    @Chopinzee613 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My teacher, Irma Wolpe, would not allow quocking (is that how you spell it?).

  • @Marc-tm4xh
    @Marc-tm4xh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos but I feel like I need to point out that it's kind of annoying that every video seems to be a different volume, and then on top of that, most that I've watched are also much quieter when there's talking, and super loud when the piano is being played (because you have to turn your sound way up to hear what they're saying). I think your more recent videos are better in this regard (this one is fine), but definitely something you should pay attention to, because it does affect the viewing experience significantly.

  • @dominic6055
    @dominic6055 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Isn't his chair too low?

  • @gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240
    @gamingmusicandjokesandabit1240 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    *said the guy who hasn't heard of fff in Rachmaninoff's c-sharp minor prelude op 3 no.2*

  • @BenSadounJeremie
    @BenSadounJeremie ปีที่แล้ว

    Playing the right hand before the left is so Russian. Interesting.