schumannetudes (September 1, 2008 at 10:41 pm)

lol you just dont get it,i think you should come back to a video like this in some years to come,in the mean time go and get a grade one piano book out and have a go with twinkle little star

schumannetudes (September 1, 2008 at 10:39 pm)

you sould american

jensbond1978 (August 27, 2008 at 11:51 am)

Your right!

RWFischer69 (August 22, 2008 at 7:33 pm)

You should listen to him live - than you would know what he meant. You can even here the space between two single notes while he is playing. This is not arts fartsy - it is fantastic.

harrykinomoto (June 29, 2008 at 8:09 pm)

Well...a good understanding of SOME amount of complex, urm...concepts and stuff, shall we say, is essential to mature piano playing. But you know, I gotta say - we are entitled to have our opinion and say it, but not force it on others without giving them room to answer with their own. And most annoyingly, Shiff, without giving the performer to respond or even play her own interpretation, is doing precisely that!!!

rihnem (June 29, 2008 at 2:52 am)

Oh, and the hall was silent when he came back. It has never been so quiet before or since.

rihnem (June 29, 2008 at 2:51 am)

I once attended a concert of his where people were coughing so much, he stopped playing and told the audience to get all the coughs out of their systems, and then left the stage. He came back a few minutes later and started the piece over again. That particular venue can be like a sanitarium sometimes. Old people are so annoying :/ Still, he's the first performer I've ever seen object to it in that way, it was quite charming :)

kingstravinsky101 (June 22, 2008 at 5:41 pm)

philosophical approach? its just playing a piano! you dont really need all this complex bs to learn and love schubert! maybe waiting a little longer then usually to play certain parts in a piece help it. but silence isnt the most beautiful thing in music. and he is probably talking all artsy fartsy to impressive people!

amyparking (June 22, 2008 at 8:10 am)

right, and in case what I said the first time around [your yank pragmatism and no nonsense attitude are very commendable, but, suspending them, you'll be able to enjoy the gains of a more philosophical approach - he's not the first to talk about the role of silence in music] was too complex for you to grasp, let me put it in your language: what you said and how you said it was silly

kingstravinsky101 (June 22, 2008 at 8:03 am)

i wasnt saying he wasnt a good pianist(he probably is a very good preformer to give a masterclass). just that what he said and how he said it was silly.