Interview Alice Sara Ott
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ย. 2024
- LIVESTREAM 23 NOVEMBER 18.00 CET
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VIRTUOSIC WITH ALICE SARA OTT
Gothenburg Symphony, Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor, Alice Sara Ott piano
Programme
Bacewicz Overture
Liszt Piano Concerto No 2
Intermission 25 min
Shostakovich Symphony No 15
Participants
Gothenburg Symphony
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano
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I love this woman and I pray for her almost daily as she works to keep going despite the multiple sclerosis that she is battling. God bless her. God love her. I do.
Do you really pray for her as if your life depends on her?
OperaBuff1935 I came across her posts on Instagram this evening and read her post sharing her diagnosis of MS. She is now in my prayers as well
Esujin Kuular yes I do
I didn’t know this. I follow a lot of pianist and for some reason I feel with her. My wife and I will keep her in our thoughts and prayers. God bless her with her gift of music and all she does for everyone.
Is that why she plays barefoot ?
If you want to see and hear just what she's talking about, watch the video of her Grieg Concerto with Maazel (misidentified as Salonen!) and a Japanese orchestra. Time and again, she communicates directly with an orchestral soloist or with the conductor and orchestra as a whole. She listens, guides, and follows orchestral players. In an age of huge pianistic talents who apparently see the orchestra as background, it's an education and pleasure to behold this chamber-like approach.
"it is a very communicating orchestra and that's what I like very much. When I play a piano concerto I don't see me as the soloist and the orchestra as accompaniment, but we are all making chamber music together" - this is exactly what I love best about Alice Sara Ott - she is obviously very talented but her first concern is for the Music and to belong to the Music as a whole - and these pieces, concertos etc that involve the piano, orchestra, etc, are much more than just the piano being supported by the orchestra! I commend you, Alice, to realise this, and focus on it, rather than to try and steal all performances onto yourself even though you could - talented as you are. Thank you for your talent and your spirit in Music!
I love her passion when she plays. She attacks the piece she is working and just throws every ounce of herself into what she is doing. She commands the music to excellence. Amazing.
Among all great pianists, she's the most adorable
Reminds me of a young Helene Grimaud
God bless you Alice. I love listening to you, and I love watching you play the piano.
I am late in enjoying classical music but I've always felt a close connection to the piano. I found Alice Sara Ott very late in my life but I could not help but be inspired by her! I watched Beethoven: Piano concerto No.3 by Alice Sara Ott and her emotion was touching. I will never be able to express how her performance made me feel but as someone who grew up on hip hop to be inspired by classical music I feel that as long as people are open-minded on both sides "classical" and "pop" there will always be an overlap.
I guess all I wish to express is my gratitude toward Alice, the music is great but it was her passion and connection to the piece that made me open up to something I never would have before. (sorry for my way of speaking, I've far from educated! I'm just inspired enough to comment)
Wow. Your comment reminds me a lot of myself. I’m 31 now & grew up listening to 90s rap/hip hop, but starting in the early 2000s, I began listening to classical music & it’s been a huge part of my life ever since. I also feel a very strong connection to the piano & my biggest regret in life is not learning how to play this incredible instrument when I was much younger. 😞
I will pray for Alice as she battles multiple sclerosis.
Prayers don't solve anything
@@vampiriclion1176 neither do shitty comments and yet here you are
Matteo Cecino Prayer does work and I suggest you try it!
@@adf4355 I don't want my comments to solve her sclerosis, I've actually never said "I will leave a comment to help Alice fight the multiple sclerosis". Jus said praying is a futile exercise in this case.
We all respect and admire Alice's struggle to persevere with the challenge that has confronted her.
Was there that evening and saw this fantastic pianist, met her after the concerts and she was very,very nice
Perfection, with a smile
Alice Sara, thank you. You are an inspiration for my soul. Since i saw you for the first time im amazed with your talent and your ability to transmit something more than just music. Your existence is a blessing for this world.
Hi Alice, you inspire young pianists all over the world. Thank you for your work and for the privilege to be able to see you play. I wish you recover fast and that you keep on going. Love to you.
I'm blown away by the whole soundscape here. That's a really musical orchestra! Combine their lovely sound with a great room, and a great recording, and of course a great soloist - wow, it's a treat.
Soloist, conductor, musicians, performance is seamless. Soloist enjoys connecting with conductor, musicians, audience. She loves it and it shows.
She is almost unendurably adorable.
wat?! i thought the west only like white girls?
@@jake9854 so you assumed his nationality?
Dear Alice
Thank Y for Fantastic pisno perfomaces.
WISH Y Best of luck.
Will pray for Y health.
Kirill
STOCKHOLN Sweden🤗🤗🥰🥰👍👍😎
This is the most beautiful woman in classical music.
Khatia too
_Love the way she double conducts!_ 😍😍
Alice Sara Ott I listen to music from around the world I love your piano concertros
I agree with you the piano and orchestra relationship is so important and audience expect not only misical marmony but concert structure and flow of time to make the music. I would like to listen at consert hall in future someday. please return to stage.
She is so real, in playing and talking!
i love her .... so much
Dear Alice Sara Ott! Specially, through social networks to announce to the whole world about your illness! What is it: 1. The action of the inflamed mind? 2. Special action designed to attract public attention? 3. Social networks - is it a medieval bazaar, where all the news immediately spread? 4. Where does human society go?
SO in love.... My mom had MS (and was a piano major in college - in the 1940's)... amazing
Thank you so very much Miss Ott for sharing your absolutely wonderful talent. I could listen to you play for hours on end and never tire of your music. I pray for you daily that you will be blessed beyond measure because I believe God gave you this amazing ability to share the beautiful creations that have been created by so many of His wonderful composers.
Alice, all of us who will listen to you and see you greatly desire your return to perfect health. This performance is, to me, the best expression of the composer. It is also the best expression of your great artistry
I just discovered you on TH-cam, a really big thank you you are exactly what I want to see more of in this world and I love your collaborations and performances
Who are you talking to?
she is Awesome !!!!
You certainly are the most accomplished person on the piano that I have ever seen and heard.Charismatic elegance.
She speaks three languages fluently, English, German, probably French, but I do not know, and her native language. In addition she lives in the language of music. She is remarkably exceptional to say the very least.
She is half Japanese and speaks perfect Japanese :)
'-------she lives in the language of music '
She exactly said it at somewhere in her interview program, which I can't understand deeply behind. I may think she is very strong, despite very sensitive and always looking for full of curiosities.
Thank you very much
I gotta say... i came because of music and right now i don’t even care about it...sara is simply hypnotizing....something about her face is SO BEAUTIFUL IM FALLINNGG IN LOVVEE SAVE MEEEEEEEEEE!!
Alice Sara Ott is a beautiful woman, isn't she? And blessed with great talent.
She's got very Japanese features, not uncommon in Japan..... get a grip
LONG LIVE Alice For ever Thank you joe
I wish her all the best
She’s just lovely!
A true musician...
Sarah is a true gifted talented professional.
The real thing. A celebrator of all that's worthy of sanctified celebration. A leader for growth.
Her voice sounds like Hiromi Tsuru (RIP)
Pretty Woman and very talented Alice Sara Ott ♥
I am praying for Alice, such a beautiful soul/
Alice, Sie setzen das „aus“ sowie den Zeichen in ausgerechnet! Wunderschön! Und besonders gute Besserung ❤. Beste brüderliche Liebe von einem anderen Musikanten.
She is amazing 😻
The most amazingly beautiful musical interpretation. Look beyond the surface, please.
My God... she's a treat for the ears and the eyes!
She is so beautiful!
i love alice sara ott..hope i can see in person
j'adoooore cette femme !!
Alice Sara Ott é talento, beleza carinho e emoção.
O seu amor pela música ela revela pelo entusiasmo.
Ela conquista qualquer platéia do Mundo!
God damn it... I am in love with this woman. There, I said it! 🤘
370'356'466th
God bless you 2023 Happy Birthday to you
wonderfull pianist saludos para Alice..
She can take me to heaven and back!
Stinkin right? Later on I’m going to post a link from Apple Music to one of the pieces she played and she did the same to me just by playing that one simple piece.
Pour les gens qui la critiquent, faudrait qu'on m'explique comme se fait il qu'Alice remplit les plus grandes salles de concert du monde entier ? Personne ne force les gens à assister à ses concerts ou récitals ! Quant à sa tenue vestimentaire, je ne vois absolument rien de provoquant et je la trouve élégante et même réservée contrairement à d'autres...Les pieds nus, je ne vois pas ce que ça a de choquant ! C'est certainement pour mieux sentir les vibrations de son instrument et ne faire qu'un avec lui. Pour moi, c'est une toute grande Artiste qui a beaucoup de mérite d'être là où elle est.
Dear Alice Sara Ott! Specially, through social networks to announce to the whole world about your illness! What is it: 1. The action of the inflamed mind? 2. Special action designed to attract public attention? 3. Social networks - is it a medieval bazaar, where all the news immediately spread? 4. Where does human society go?
Danke vielmals für den Bericht. Spielt sie irgendeinen von J.S. Bachs Musik? Ich liebe Bach. Tolles Fräulein. Los geht's Deutschland
🌟🌟🌷🇩🇪🌷🌟🌟
Очень обаятельная и женственная девушка. Особенно нравится, когда она босиком играет на фортепиано. Босые ноги всегда завораживают взгляд. Перед их красотой и обаянием невозможно устоять.
Заметил что она босиком, видео после 20, настолько она завораживает своим звучанием, эмоциями и руками.
CUUUTEEEEEEE
"Beauty is terrifying"-Rilke
Dear,Alice! Next time when you will speak with your mum, say "thanks " to her because you took from her the beauty ,tenderness of Japan.... We are Russian but we adore your country and your playing.
She's pretty, of course, but more than that, she's a great piano player and ...... you know what I'm trying to say?
angel😍
wat?! i thought the west only like white girls?
I love her other channel Tiffany Poon too.
Alice seems like a really cool person.
imagine being this hot and talented
this Ott you mean
Joaquim clever
stop regarding them as talented, she spent thousands of hours learning...I draw and paint and i hate it when others say how talented i am and how they could never do it- they can, they're just lazy and afraid so they spend their time on instagram instead because it's easier
Luka Trdina lmfao stfu kid
@@MRMEMO507 well i see where you're at if anything hahahah
応援してますアリスさん
Michael Jones: " Classical music still insists on things that are over 100 years gone now. It's time the genre modernized." Yes, Mr Jones! "It's time the genre modernized": Stormy Daniels is the best! "Ex auribus cognoscitur asinus!" (latin) - English term or phrase: You know an ass by his ears. Latin translation: Ex auribus cognoscitur asinus.
@@georgescancan7503 え？
@@password6128 いきなりこんな言われたら＜えっ？＞っなるものですね、笑
@@chagan4159 ん？
It's Kirby from Frasier conducting!
I listened to her Beethoven No. 1 (from 2014) yesterday. And again, and again and again. I sent the link to a few friends and colleagues. Wunderschön gespielt and gorgeously musical - Sie haben die Musik direkt ins Herz gespielt in der TH-cam video. I'm a fan, forever. Musicalische Grüße. th-cam.com/video/pQObiL-ZYsw/w-d-xo.html&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1wrbmwGl2Kigt6CpXheuLR4-6ZrDyzAMAEcpKdG7Ps4gDnRW7Q87PBIjg
BRO SHES SO かわいい
She speaks german, japanese and english. Damn, a lot of world class pianists speak at least one other language, pretty talented.
When you're bred to do this, it's expected.
Most people outside america and UK speak at least one more language.
Musicality and talent for language learning are closely connected!!! 🎹😊👍
I like you a lot Alic
How is she so naturally pretty?
Is the full performance available somewhere? (even commercially)
oh? great!
The most perfect woman that ever existed
NICEEEE
25 juillet 2023🌬️🪞✒️🏃🚲🏃🚲✌️💋
LE 23 juillet 2019THEM COURT KX YES
She reminds me of a Cantonese girlfriend I had some time ago. Her music overwhelms me with sheer emotion. Life is wonderful if you let it flow.
I understand your imagine and mind because so many years ago Iplayed instrument in amature ochestra so pf and anther instruments relationship is so important. Sometimes cooparation and sometimes battle ・・・・・I wish listen your sound at live somesay infuture.
chamber music....she has the right idea, 100%!!!
I like your voice of your interview. I like to see you play
Imagine naming your daughter after a multiband compression preset
Where can we find the full concert?
German father and japanese mother.The " produce" could only be perfect.
I love you....
I don't listen to music. I feel it.
沙良の英語の交流が日本語の文法に影響されてるのでは。。。。😄
けど，
いつもの通り好き，大好き！
日本語喋れるんですか？
chocolate 7 喋れますよ！ハーフですし日本にも何度もいらっしゃってます！
Joshua Kimmich そうなんですか！笑
了解です。
I have a crush on her.
Alita~
Wasn't she raised in Germany? She speaks English with perfect grammar and almost no accent. What a great interview.
I am working in Germany now. Almost all my colleagues speak English very well. German is like a more difficult version of English. My colleagues say they just follow their intuition when they speak English, lol. And if one has good education and a lot international experiences like Otto does, he/she would be able to speak perfect English.
first keep it up !
THE INDEPENDET (**)
Michael Church "...The hall was full - vigorous marketing, plus her
trademark bare feet and scarlet ball-dress, had seen to that - but the
performance itself was miserably charisma-free." Barefoot??? Tell me, who washed her dirty feet after her performance? Is her manager? Or are their feet licking enthusiastic fans? Or maybe she has to take off her underpants to become even more popular? If Alice thinks she has the right to appear on stage in such a vulgar form, I have every right to ask such questions!
“She is the most photogenic of players: young, pretty, bare-footed; and, with her long dark hair and exquisite strapless dress of dazzling white, not only seemed to imply that sexuality itself can make you a profound musician, but was a perfect visual complement to the sleek monochrome of a concert grand... [but] there’s more to her than meets the eye.” ALEXANDER BOOT Author, critic, polemicist Blogs > Alexander's blog > Submitted by Alexander on 24 June 2013 - 12:59pm The other day I listened to something or other on TH-cam, and a link to Chopin’s Fourth Ballade performed by the Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili came up. The link was accompanied by a close-up publicity photo of the musician: sloe bedroom eyes, sensual semi-open lips suggesting a delight that’s still illegal in Alabama, naked shoulders hinting at the similarly nude rest of her body regrettably out of shot… Let me see where my wife is… Good, she isn’t looking over my shoulder, so I can admit to you that the picture got me excited in ways one doesn’t normally associate with Chopin’s Fourth Ballade or for that matter any other classical composition this side of Wagner or perhaps Ravel’s Bolero. Searching for a more traditional musical rapture I clicked on the actual clip and alas found it anticlimactic, as it were. Khatia’s playing, though competent, is as undeniably so-what as her voluptuous figure undeniably isn’t. (Yes, I know the photograph I mentioned doesn’t show much of her figure apart from the luscious shoulders but, the prurient side of my nature piqued, I did a bit of a web crawl.) Just for the hell of it I looked at the publicity shots of other currently active female musicians, such as Yuja Wang, Joanna MacGregor, Nicola Bendetti, Alison Balsom (nicknamed ‘crumpet with a trumpet’, her promos more often suggest ‘a strumpet with a trumpet’ instead), Anne-Sophie Mutter and a few others. They didn’t disappoint the Peeping Tom lurking under my aging surface. Just about all the photographs showed the ladies in various stages of undress, in bed, lying in suggestive poses on top of the piano, playing in frocks (if any) open to the coccyx in the back and/or to the navel up front. This is one thing these musicians have in common. The other is that none of them is all that good at her day job and some, such as Wang, are truly awful. Yet this doesn’t really matter either to them or to the public or, most important, to those who form the public tastes by writing about music and musicians. Thus, for example, a tabloid pundit expressing his heartfelt regret that Nicola Benedetti “won’t be posing for the lads’ mags anytime soon. Pity, because she looks fit as a fiddle…” Geddit? She’s a violinist, which is to say fiddler - well, you do get it. “But Nicola doesn’t always take the bonniest photo,” continues the writer, “she’s beaky in pics sometimes, which is weird because in the flesh she’s an absolute knock-out. “The classical musician is wearing skinny jeans which show off her long legs. She’s also busty with a washboard flat tummy, tottering around 5ft 10in in her Dune platform wedges.” How well does she play the violin though? No one cares. Not even critics writing for our broadsheets, who don’t mind talking about musicians in terms normally reserved for pole dancers. Thus for instance runs a review of a piano recital at Queen Elizabeth Hall, one of London’s top concert venues: “She is the most photogenic of players: young, pretty, bare-footed; and, with her long dark hair and exquisite strapless dress of dazzling white, not only seemed to imply that sexuality itself can make you a profound musician, but was a perfect visual complement to the sleek monochrome of a concert grand... [but] there’s more to her than meets the eye.” The male reader is clearly expected to get a stiffie trying to imagine what that might be. To help his imagination along, the piece is accompanied by a photo of the young lady in question reclining on her instrument in a pre-coital position with an unmistakable ‘come and get it’ expression on her face. The ‘monochrome’ piano is actually bright-red, a colour usually found not in concert halls but in dens of iniquity. Nowhere does the review mention the fact obvious to anyone with any taste for musical performance: the girl is so bad that she should indeed be playing in a brothel, rather than on the concert platform. Can you, in the wildest flight of fancy, imagine a reviewer talking in such terms about sublime women artists of the past, such as Myra Hess, Maria Yudina, Maria Grinberg, Clara Haskil, Marcelle Meyer, Marguerite Long, Kathleen Ferrier? Can you see any of them allowing themselves to be photographed in the style of “lads’ mags”? I can’t, which raises the inevitable question: what exactly has changed in the last say 70 years? The short answer is, just about everything. Concert organisers and impresarios, who used to be in the business because they loved music first and wanted to make a living second, now care about nothing but money. Critics, who used to have discernment and taste, now have nothing but greed and lust for popularity. The public… well, don’t get me started on that. The circle is vicious: because tasteless ignoramuses use every available medium to build up musical nonentities, nonentities is all we get. And because the musical nonentities have no artistic qualities to write about, the writing nonentities have to concentrate on the more jutting attractions, using a vocabulary typically found in “lads’ mags”. The adage “sex sells” used to be applied first to B-movies, then to B-novels, and now to real music. From “sex sells” it’s but a short distance to “only sex sells”. This distance has already been travelled - and we are all being sold short. Alexander's blog
@@mariodisarli1022 Ha, ha, ha! I once removed my shoes because they were squeaking with every slight movement on the stage upon which I was standing - no big deal. This has absolutely nothing to do with the color of my underthings. I would imagine it more difficult to work the pedals with bare-feet but having said that you do have more control AND I love her use of non-pedal so who cares how she does it?
I didn't know Harpo Marx could also conduct.
動機が一番目ですよね？
てことは、世界一を取るのは、プレッシャーですが、
calm downです。
C'est une vraie pompe à vélo cette femme
Pas meilleur compliment ?
Qu'est ce qu'il raconte le crétin fini à la pisse ?
💍?
Don't her bangs bother her?!
i guess when you play piano in a level like hers, the eyes arent important as she has the skill to even do it blind
when you write on your keyboard, do you look at the screen or at every single key you type ?
@Miloš Čihák "Her bare feet were beautiful". Why are you saying that? I can assume that Alice's feet are infected with the incurable form of skin fungus. That's why she plays barefoot! I think doctors call this form of the skin fungus "Alice Ott skin fungus"! This will make Alice famous all over the world !!!
Island37 Hi Dude! I am very serious, well trained and have a direct connection to classical music! I fought and I will always fight against the PR mafia and music prostitution for which there is a goal - making money! I see this incredible injustice in relation to wonderful musicians, students of music universities, for whom the way to the stage is blocked by mafia structures. And most of all - I have a lot of support among the musicians! The opinion of "Icelanders" allows me to show the depravity, stupidity of this crowd - the so-called "fans".
Yeah exactly, they are just a bit too much
Le 21 mars 2029 THEM COURT Echte Pfundig 👏👌《👠👖》🔔✉
I found a real life anime
She just wanted to be part of die orchestra :(
アリスの全部に心酔中
Valentina Lisitsa:
„Wenn ein großer Musikstar geboren wird, läuft eine riesige
PR-Maschine an. (…) Plötzlich sieht man dieses Gesicht auf
Musik-Magazinen und überall, und dann fangen die Leute an, Sachen zu
kaufen, auf denen dieser Name steht. Und bei mir war es genau das
Gegenteil: es kam von unten - die Leute brachten mich hoch, weil sie es
wollten - und das mögen sie eben.“
Wikipedia
Der weltberühmte Geiger Gidon Kremer schreibt in einem neuen Buch ,,Briefe an eine junge Pianistin": ...,,Kaum zu glauben: Es gibt im Handel mit Musikern erstaunliche Begriffe wie ,,das neue französische/ englische/ deutsche Talent", ,,new face of the next generation" oder einfach ,,rising star" usw. Heute schrieb mir ein Kollege von einer jungen Begabung, die man der Welt gleichzeitig als Model und Geigerin ,,in einem Flacon" anbietet. Egal ob es sich um Pianisten oder Geiger handelt, das riecht stark nach Kosmetikprodukten. Da erhebt sich die Frage: Wollen wir bei diesem Wettbewerb mitmachen? ...Warum bemühen sich viele Künstler, besonders vorteilhaft auszusehen? Woher kommt deise Krankheit? Liegt es an unserer Zeit? Am demokratisierten Geschmack und in der Folge am Diktat des Marktes? Sind Künstler,die sich auf diesen Ausverkauf einlassen, total unschuldig? Ich habe da meine Zweifel...Auf diesem Markt ist nämlich viel Falschgeld im Umlauf." ... ..."Die ganze Musikindustrie ist auf dem Prinzip des ständigen Beschäftigtseins aufgebaut. Je gefragter ein Musiker ist, desto bedeutender fühlt er sich. Welch großer Unterschid besteht doch zwischen den "Diener" der Musik und ihren "Benutzern"! So wie in der Kirche zwischen den wahren Hirten und den von der Religion schmarotzeden Kuttenträgern! Viele aufsteigende "Sterne" brennen vor Verlangen, "sich zu zeigen", und genau dieses "Brennen" macht sich ihr Umfeld zunutze. Das Ergebnis ist, dass der "Stern" ein mittelmäßiges Produkt abzuliefern beginnt. ..."
I don't understand german, what are you saying?
@@kaleidoscopio5 Do you think that the greatest composers of our planet have composed the greatest works of music, so that mediocre pianists can entertain the audience sexually? Listen to Wagner, dear Mr. "....."! Wagner's flight of the walküren (der Ritt der Walküren von Richard Wagner). Here, in this video, the whole society about which you write: Yuya, Khatia, Lola, Alice, ... and you, and your mom, and your dad! Look, listen and enjoy !!! player.vimeo.com/video/57468088?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=d30000&api=1&player_id=media-player
Dear Alice, dear "PIANIST ???" You already dress for a fashion magazine "VOGUE"! When will you get naked for "PLAYBOY"? Alice Sara Ott - Show & PR industry, money making machine! The Telegraph 29 Mar. 2015 By Anna van Praagh ..."Alice Sara Ott gets a lot of attention for her looks and her quirks - but it is her unique musical personality that will keep her at the top ... She looks like a supermodel, often takes the stage in a ball gown and bare feet and, she tells me, has a great fondness for neat scotch. ... “The world of classical music is a very hard world and the people who survive are just a few. One minute you are very popular, four years later no one has heard of you. It could all be over tomorrow. That’s what I want to avoid. I want to be around in 20 or 30 years, doing what I love, I don’t want to be a shooting star.” ... With her elfin features, porcelain skin and jet black hair, she is breathtakingly beautiful, and not averse to posing for photo-shoots highlighting that beauty. Does she feel under pressure as a female artist to exploit her sex appeal? ... “I know where my limits are,” she says crisply. “If I do a photo-shoot I must feel comfortable. I know what I will do and I know what I won’t do.” ... She believes that the classical music world is far more egalitarian than it once was. ... Are her love of whisky (she favours Talisker, Laphroaig and Lagavulin ), her habit of warming up her hands before a concert by solving the Rubik’s cube (she can complete it within a minute), and her trademark bare feet simply ways of making sure she stands out in a crowded market? No, nothing so calculated she says. ... “There’s no commercial reason for performing in bare feet. It makes me comfortable and it gets hot under the spotlight so it’s nice to feel the cold pedals on my feet.” ... The Rubik’s cube is practical and the whisky - well, she just happens to like single malts. ... However, such quirks do help make her more - dread word - “accessible” to audiences that might not normally be attracted to classical music and that is something about which she is passionate. ... “I want to remove the notion that classical music is just something for rich educated people,” she says. “It’s not. You don’t have to be educated to enjoy classical music, you get educated by listening to it.” ... “That’s why for me it is so important to be a really good musician rather than someone who just looks good on stage,” she muses, “Because then I am replaceable. If I have a unique musical personality, I hope that people will wait for me.” GIDON KREMER : ...die Tage der "verwegenen Burschen und wunderschönen Mädchen", die das Publikum verführen, sind gezählt. Sie werden schon bald abgelöst werden von ... ihresgleichen! Ein in der Öffentlichkeit zum "Superstar" promovierter Künstler verleiht der vorgetragenen Musik keine zusätzlichen Feinheiten.Sein Name, dekliniert, konjugiert, geschätzt, verkauft, gefeiert, zu Lebzeiten lautstark bejubelt, wird ...in VERGESSENHEIT geraten. ...."In der heutigen Zeit der Massenaufläufe und Vergnügungen wird es als besonders "cool" betrachtet, sich nach dem populären Geschmack zu richten. ...Indessen verführt man uns dazu, die Treue zur Musik zu vergessen und uns im Namen des Erfolges (oder Umsatzes?) "hinzugeben" (das Wort entspricht sogar der Handlung!) - Hauptsache, der "Kunde" (der Hörer!) ist zufrieden. Erinnert so eine Haltung nicht an ein Bordell? ..."
@Torsten Schaefer Who is Alice? Product PR and show industry! Absolutely average pianist, dragged onto the stage by mafia structures for the sexual entertainment of snotty youths and old libertines! Her videos and interviews are multiplying at a rate of cholera spread! She filled the entire Internet with her "art" consisting of bare feet and a bare back. We should finally say: Enough !!!
Torsten Schaefer You want to say that Mozart showed erotic body parts on stage? That's how he earned his living ?! By the way, did not he wear any shoes on stage? I think it was especially erotic for the audience when it turned out that his stockings had holes!
Torsten Schaefer Süddeutsche Zeitung SZ.de
04. Juni 2009Aus Heft 23/2009Musik
Schönheit reicht nicht
In der klassischen Musik wird heute niemand mehr ein Star, der nicht mindestens aussieht wie ein Supermodel. Aber mal ehrlich - das ganze Gelärme um die Schönheit nervt. Denn unerhört sollte vor allem eines sein: das, was wir da zu hören kriegen.
Von: Tobias Haberl
Danielle de Niese, 28, Sopran (Foto: Decca)
Jonas Kaufmann, 39, Tenor (Foto: Decca/Uli Webber)
Alice Sara Ott, 20, Klavier (Foto: Felix Broede/DG)
Nikolai Tokarew, 25, Klavier (Foto: Uwe Arens/Sony Classical)
Lisa Batiashvili, 29, Geige (Foto: Esther Haase)
Annette Dasch, 33, Sopran (Foto: Manfred Bauman Martin Stadtfeld, 28, Klavier (Foto: Adrian Schmidt)
Anna Netrebko, 37, Sopran (Foto: Decca)
David Garrett, 27, Geige (Foto: Constantin Köhnke/DEAG)
Mojca Erdmann, 33, Sopran (Foto: Felix Broede)
Elina Garanča, 32, Mezzosopran (Foto: Gabo/DG)
Janine Jansen, 31, Geige (Foto: Decca)
Johannes Moser, 30, Cello (Foto: Manfred Esser/Hänssler Classic)
Kate Royal, 29, Sopran (Foto: EMI Classical)
....... Vor zehn Jahren kannte man die drei Tenöre, Anne-Sophie Mutter, den blinden Andrea Bocelli und vielleicht noch den Geigen-Punk Nigel Kennedy, der übrigens wirklich eine anarchische Gesinnung und deswegen bald keine Lust mehr auf diese alberne Inszenierung hatte. Der Rest fand außerhalb der Klassikzirkel nicht statt. Als wegen des Internets die CD-Verkäufe wegbrachen, setzten die Plattenfirmen auf äußere Reize: Seitdem hat Anna Netrebko allein in Deutschland eine Million CDs verkauft. Die Aufnahmen von Villazón oder Mutter erreichen regelmäßig Gold- und Platinstatus, David Garrett verkauft an einem Tag 1000 Konzertkarten und 8000 CDs. Ein System ist entstanden, von dem scheinbar alle profitieren: die Plattenfirmen, weil sie mehr CDs verkaufen, die Künstler, weil sie für entbehrungsreiche Jahre belohnt werden; die Magazine freuen sich über neue Gesichter, die Werbeindustrie auch und die Menschen da draußen, weil sie mitreden können, wenn sie Paul Potts im Open Air gehört haben, den sie für einen großartigen Tenor halten.
Anna Netrebko wird von Escada ausgestattet, Jonas Kaufmann von Strenesse, der Geiger David Garrett trägt ständig ein ziemlich großes Kreuz um den Hals, weil er einen Vertrag mit einem Schmucklabel unterschrieben hat. Es geht um Unverwechselbarkeit. Der Künstler muss eine Marke werden, die sich abhebt, die wiedererkannt wird: Anneliese Rothenberger, eine der bedeutendsten Sopranistinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts und auch schon 82 Jahre alt, riet einer jungen Sängerin, dass es sicher kein Nachteil sei, wenn sie bei Liederabenden kurze Röcke statt Abendkleid trage. Dem Weltklasse-Cellisten Johannes Moser, einem der Besten seines Fachs, einem Mann, der sein halbes Leben mit Cellospielen verbrachte, wurde jüngst erklärt, er wäre noch einen Tick erfolgreicher, wenn er bei jedem Auftritt rote Strümpfe anzöge. Er hat abgelehnt: »Wenn das Publikum nur noch auf Primärreize reagiert«, sagt er, »hat die Musik ein Problem.« Und wenn zu viele Künstler auf solche Angebote eingehen, haben sie selbst ein Problem. Markenzeichen sind austauschbar. Heute rote Socken, morgen kommt einer mit grünen Schuhen daher. Johannes Moser ist überzeugt, dass die Strategien der Plattenfirmen die CD-Verkäufe nicht ankurbeln, sondern ausbremsen. Auch die Geigerin Julia Fischer hat lange versucht, sich zu wehren. Ein Playboy-Angebot für Nacktfotos konnte sie parieren; mit dem Wunsch, nicht auf den Covern ihrer CDs zu erscheinen, scheiterte sie. Inzwischen hat sie eingesehen, dass mehr CDs verkauft werden, wenn sie im Kleidchen und nicht Bach mit gepuderter Perücke auf dem Cover zu sehen ist. Der Musikkritiker Joachim Kaiser sagt: »Wir haben keine Geduld, wir wollen jeden Tag einen neuen Star, ein neues Jahrhundertgenie präsentiert bekommen. Doch so viele Genies gibt es nicht.« Trotzdem wollen uns Plattenfirmen das weismachen: »Sopranistin der Stunde«, »Vokaler Stern«, »Heldin des Abends« - jeder wird in den Himmel gehoben. »Denen gehen bald die Superlative aus«, sagt Kaiser, »jeder ist atemberaubend, jeder superb, jeder gehört zu den Besten. Ja, weiß denn keiner mehr, dass das Wesen des Superlativs darin besteht, dass er sich nur auf einen beziehen kann?« Was perfekt, immer verfügbar oder, noch schlimmer, im Überfluss vorhanden ist, verliert seinen Reiz. Das merken auch die Kulturredakteure. Früher haben sie in ihren Porträts geschrieben, der oder die mache auch abseits der Bühne bella figura. Heute schreiben sie über die Gleichen, der oder sie wolle unter keinen Umständen auf Äußerlichkeiten angesprochen werden, da reagierten sie allergisch, das hassten sie. Ergebnis: Es geht wieder ums Aussehen.
Goethe hat gesagt: »Die Wirklichkeit hat gegen die Schönheit keine Chance.« Aber Schönheit allein reicht eben auch nicht. Was wir - aber auch diese Musiker - brauchen, sind Geduld und Genauigkeit. Diese jungen Stars sind keine Genies, auch keine Jahrhundertmusiker und noch lange keine Legenden. Das waren Arrau, Gulda, Gould, Horowitz. Ihre Karrieren haben Jahrzehnte überdauert, sie selbst haben ein ganzes Jahrhundert geprägt. Lang Lang, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Stadtfeld können dahin kommen, können aber auch in ein paar Jahren ausgetauscht sein. Noch fehlt ihnen die letzte Hingabe an das Werk, noch wirken sie zu wenig unvergesslich, zu oft wie Handlungsreisende mit einer Stimme, einer Geige im Gepäck. Der Markt giert nach schnellem Wechsel, neuen Namen und Gesichtern. Musik giert nach überhaupt nichts.
Neulich verschickte eine PR-Agentur eine E-Mail, in der sie auf Konzerte der Pianistin Olga Scheps hinwies: »Liebe Journalisten«, stand da, »dass sie sehr hübsch ist und tatsächlich auch hervorragend Klavier spielen kann, hat Olga Scheps auf eindrucksvolle Weise bewiesen.« Ein Satz, der nur noch von dem übertroffen wurde, der danach kam: »Olga Scheps’ Credo ist es, langfristig über Können und Leistung zu punkten, statt auf Äußeres reduziert zu werden.« Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass ich ein Konzert von Olga Scheps besuchen werde, hat sich durch diese E-Mail nicht erhöht.
@Torsten Schaefer Do you need authority? Ok! the Strad
Violinist Gidon Kremer receives Praemium Imperiale Award, worth £100,000
13 September 2016
The Japan Art Association
The Praemium Imperiale (lit. "World Culture Prize in Memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu", Japanese: 高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞, Takamatsu no miya denka kinen sekai bunka-shō) is an international art prize awarded since 1989 by the Imperial family of Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theatre/film.[2] These are areas of achievement not covered by the Nobel Prize. The prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions to the development, promotion and progress of the arts." Wikipedia
GIDON KREMER :
Der weltberühmte Geiger Gidon Kremer schreibt in einem neuen Buch ,,Briefe an eine junge Pianistin": ...,,Kaum zu glauben: Es gibt im Handel mit Musikern erstaunliche Begriffe wie ,,das neue französische/ englische/ deutsche Talent", ,,new face of the next generation" oder einfach ,,rising star" usw. Heute schrieb mir ein Kollege von einer jungen Begabung, die man der Welt gleichzeitig als Model und Geigerin ,,in einem Flacon" anbietet. Egal ob es sich um Pianisten oder Geiger handelt, das riecht stark nach Kosmetikprodukten. Da erhebt sich die Frage: Wollen wir bei diesem Wettbewerb mitmachen? ...Warum bemühen sich viele Künstler, besonders vorteilhaft auszusehen? Woher kommt deise Krankheit? Liegt es an unserer Zeit? Am demokratisierten Geschmack und in der Folge am Diktat des Marktes? Sind Künstler,die sich auf diesen Ausverkauf einlassen, total unschuldig? Ich habe da meine Zweifel...Auf diesem Markt ist nämlich viel Falschgeld im Umlauf." ... ..."Die ganze Musikindustrie ist auf dem Prinzip des ständigen Beschäftigtseins aufgebaut. Je gefragter ein Musiker ist, desto bedeutender fühlt er sich. Welch großer Unterschid besteht doch zwischen den "Diener" der Musik und ihren "Benutzern"! So wie in der Kirche zwischen den wahren Hirten und den von der Religion schmarotzeden Kuttenträgern! Viele aufsteigende "Sterne" brennen vor Verlangen, "sich zu zeigen", und genau dieses "Brennen" macht sich ihr Umfeld zunutze. Das Ergebnis ist, dass der "Stern" ein mittelmäßiges Produkt abzuliefern beginnt. ..."
@Torsten Schaefer
Die Geigenlegende GIDON KREMER