I was very fortunate to have met n got to know not only the fantastic musician but the very funny man inside the musician. I was Gertrude Sternberghs private nurse for the last 5yrs of her life. John would come to her mansion n give concerts in Reading Pennsylvania. Gertrude n John were friends. He had a adorable little dog Tyler, During a concert John handed me his dog n he sat him on my lap. I was so into his performance that I forgot that when he finished the dog would go over to John at the final of a musical piece, the dog would show his appreciation of his flawless performance by barking n doing a doggy version of clapping, basically sitting pretty n waving his paws at John. I was mortified n embarrassed that I allowed the dog to fly off of my lap. John thought it was funny. You see he would come to Gertrude Sternbergh home for a week before the concert. N he practiced 2xs a day. He never minded when he practiced if someone sat n listened or if someone passed him while he practiced. Even while he practiced Tyler gave his applause some times. The night of the concert he just picked Tyler up kissed him n sat him down on my lap. N told Tyler to sit n stay on Auntie Trena's lap n loud enough for most of the 200 people in the house to hear. He just smiled ear to ear n went back to his concert. He played all Gershwin pieces that night. N he was brilliant he won a Grammy that year. He even played Gertrude's fair well concert . When she died. He made me love classical music on the piano. Once while he was practicing I was taking Silver pieces from one side of the house to the other side of the house. He grabbed me n made he sit next to him on the piano bench. He asked me why I was tip toeing pass him, I said I did not want to disturb his practice. He said no I was not distracting him from practice but I was making him laugh. Then he asked me what my favorite music was. I told him Rock n roll. He then wanted to know if I had any classical music favorites. Of course I said yes Moonlight Sonata. He then played it for me. It was so beautiful I cried. He then told me that he gets so much satisfaction from making people feel with his music. N that by me crying That was the best compliment I could give him. I only was in his presence for a total of three times,a week each time. But I will never forget him. He managed to touch my heart with his kindness, his love of a naughty joke,N most of all he made the piano sing n make all in his presence feel n love what he could do on that piano.
Such a beautiful soul and incredible virtuoso...John Browning is without doubt the link from the Lhevinne legacy to much of all contemporary piano pedagogy.
Thank you for this video! Today I get to know John Browning! Need to study further, his explanation are very clear and practical. Btw the end of his nocturne gave me strong shivers, fantastic!
Thank you so much for the timeless and stunning presentation. Though I didn't know the name of John Browning in his lifetime, his music has touched me as much as the legendary giant Horowitz.....God blesses their souls!!
Thank you for posting ❤️ I was a big fan of Madam Lhevinne’s documentary that I have watched many times, it’s nice to know about one of her star pupils John Browning 🙏
There was a whole school in Russia that would teach (only to super-gifted pianists) the flat finger-elbows close to body-sits far away and lean-in technique! The most famous ones were Joseph Lehvinne and Vladimir Horowitz
Exactly to the point that if a piano student has an extraordinary charisma and develops like John Browning did, it takes the genius of the pianist to the sublime level. None of my teachers ever taught me to change the position of the hand on the keys of the piano other than curl fingers. On my view I take flat fingers (maybe not as full as Horowitz) useful for singing tone passages. But even then, if I'm not 100% comfortable with fully curl fingers how can I rely on playing difficult piano pieces with ''timbre'' in parallel to all the great pianists that studied the Russian method of piano playing;
I was very fortunate to have met n got to know not only the fantastic musician but the very funny man inside the musician. I was Gertrude Sternberghs private nurse for the last 5yrs of her life. John would come to her mansion n give concerts in Reading Pennsylvania. Gertrude n John were friends. He had a adorable little dog Tyler, During a concert John handed me his dog n he sat him on my lap. I was so into his performance that I forgot that when he finished the dog would go over to John at the final of a musical piece, the dog would show his appreciation of his flawless performance by barking n doing a doggy version of clapping, basically sitting pretty n waving his paws at John. I was mortified n embarrassed that I allowed the dog to fly off of my lap. John thought it was funny. You see he would come to Gertrude Sternbergh home for a week before the concert. N he practiced 2xs a day. He never minded when he practiced if someone sat n listened or if someone passed him while he practiced. Even while he practiced Tyler gave his applause some times. The night of the concert he just picked Tyler up kissed him n sat him down on my lap. N told Tyler to sit n stay on Auntie Trena's lap n loud enough for most of the 200 people in the house to hear. He just smiled ear to ear n went back to his concert. He played all Gershwin pieces that night. N he was brilliant he won a Grammy that year. He even played Gertrude's fair well concert . When she died. He made me love classical music on the piano. Once while he was practicing I was taking Silver pieces from one side of the house to the other side of the house. He grabbed me n made he sit next to him on the piano bench. He asked me why I was tip toeing pass him, I said I did not want to disturb his practice. He said no I was not distracting him from practice but I was making him laugh. Then he asked me what my favorite music was. I told him Rock n roll. He then wanted to know if I had any classical music favorites. Of course I said yes Moonlight Sonata. He then played it for me. It was so beautiful I cried. He then told me that he gets so much satisfaction from making people feel with his music. N that by me crying That was the best compliment I could give him. I only was in his presence for a total of three times,a week each time. But I will never forget him. He managed to touch my heart with his kindness, his love of a naughty joke,N most of all he made the piano sing n make all in his presence feel n love what he could do on that piano.
Thank you very much for the story to remember a giant I never knew!
oh that Rach prelude! thanks for this!
Such a beautiful soul and incredible virtuoso...John Browning is without doubt the link from the Lhevinne legacy to much of all contemporary piano pedagogy.
How lucky we get to see a virtuoso speak about technique that Horowitz agreed with.
Thank you for this video! Today I get to know John Browning! Need to study further, his explanation are very clear and practical. Btw the end of his nocturne gave me strong shivers, fantastic!
Thank you so much for the timeless and stunning presentation. Though I didn't know the name of John Browning in his lifetime, his music has touched me as much as the legendary giant Horowitz.....God blesses their souls!!
İ was wishing to be able to watch this one day because it's not available to buy in my country. Thank you so much.
Thank you for posting ❤️ I was a big fan of Madam Lhevinne’s documentary that I have watched many times, it’s nice to know about one of her star pupils John Browning 🙏
Thank you for sharing such a valuable document.
There was a whole school in Russia that would teach (only to super-gifted pianists) the flat finger-elbows close to body-sits far away and lean-in technique! The most famous ones were Joseph Lehvinne and Vladimir Horowitz
Exactly to the point that if a piano student has an extraordinary charisma and develops like John Browning did, it takes the genius of the pianist to the sublime level. None of my teachers ever taught me to change the position of the hand on the keys of the piano other than curl fingers. On my view I take flat fingers (maybe not as full as Horowitz) useful for singing tone passages. But even then, if I'm not 100% comfortable with fully curl fingers how can I rely on playing difficult piano pieces with ''timbre'' in parallel to all the great pianists that studied the Russian method of piano playing;
Exquisite performance if the Rachmaninoff Prelude. Maybe not as perfumed as Horowitz’, but then you hear all the notes.
I don't know about the piano matching the wall... otherwise, man, what an artist!
Спасибо ..
56:47 does anyone know the brand of shoes ? They look fantastic 😍
Buena Maestria, en el camino de Chopin