It's amazing how wonderful these "students" are! It's a good thing I'm not a master teacher. I'd have heard Chopin's Barcarolle and the 1st movement of Rachmaninoff's B flat minor Sonata and sat their mouth agape, stunned by the quality of what I had just heard! I can only dream--at the age of (gulp) 64--ever being able to play either of those great works, much less play them as wonderfully as these young pianists play them here. My hat is off to Stephen Hough for what he offers here in his suggestions and guidance. And I owe Mr. Hough for kindly sending me a post card from Germany and letting me know--in response to a letter I had written to him--how to get the music for Gabrilowitsch's "Melodie in E minor," a piece I first heard (and came to love) on his hugely enjoyable CD, "My Favorite Things." Not many professional musicians would take the time to do that. I will always be grateful to Mr. Hough for so kindly helping me to get hold of a piece of music that his marvelous recording "made me" love!
Shamefully i never heard in the past Stephen Hough and found him just recently. Incredible pianist, super amazing. By the way students are also unbelievably good
Hough is so kind and his masterclasses are always very insightful.
Anybody watching might want to go straight to 10:10 to avoid a lot of waiting
Thank you!!
It's amazing how wonderful these "students" are! It's a good thing I'm not a master teacher. I'd have heard Chopin's Barcarolle and the 1st movement of Rachmaninoff's B flat minor Sonata and sat their mouth agape, stunned by the quality of what I had just heard! I can only dream--at the age of (gulp) 64--ever being able to play either of those great works, much less play them as wonderfully as these young pianists play them here. My hat is off to Stephen Hough for what he offers here in his suggestions and guidance. And I owe Mr. Hough for kindly sending me a post card from Germany and letting me know--in response to a letter I had written to him--how to get the music for Gabrilowitsch's "Melodie in E minor," a piece I first heard (and came to love) on his hugely enjoyable CD, "My Favorite Things." Not many professional musicians would take the time to do that. I will always be grateful to Mr. Hough for so kindly helping me to get hold of a piece of music that his marvelous recording "made me" love!
Shamefully i never heard in the past Stephen Hough and found him just recently. Incredible pianist, super amazing. By the way students are also unbelievably good
Adore Hough!
Stephen Hough is always amazing and such a nice man. One of my very favorites. So where are all the comments and praises for this effort?