Piano Society
Please visit the main site and DONATE something. Thank you!
It is currently Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:17 am

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » General

All times are UTC - 1 hour




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 13 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
diminished2nd
 Post subject: Wish me luck!
PostPosted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:32 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:07 am
Posts: 135
I'm going to be in a masterclass with Leon Fleisher this Friday, playing the 4th Chopin ballade. I'm starting to get really nervous, but also REALLY excited! Has anybody here ever seen him before?

_________________
The sentence below this is false.
The sentence above this is true.

Top
 Profile  
 
Nicole
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:09 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:14 pm
Posts: 167
Location: Canada
Wow, that is an incredible honour (*Canadian spelling) to be chosen for a masterclass with such a big name. Your playing is incredible, so you certainly deserve the spot.

I recently read an article on him and it seems he is not only very talented, but also a very nice guy with a willingness to genuinely help other players. Be sure to take a photo, if you can!

Good luck. You will do well.
Top
 Profile  
 
bclever
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:37 am 
Offline

Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:27 pm
Posts: 194
Yes, I saw him here in Chicago play a short all-Bach program last year.
He played "Sheep May Safely Graze", the Capricco in Bb, and the
Brahms-Bach Chaconne for left hand. No encore. Very fluid and deeply
musical, as one would expect from someone with so much experience,
but he seemed like a very nice guy.

_________________
"I am glad that you wish to study the art of tones from its roots up, and it depends only on you to learn for yourself so much of it as has become known to me." -- J.S. Bach

Top
 Profile  
 
techneut
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:18 am 
Offline
Site Admin

Joined: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:45 am
Posts: 8980
Location: Netherlands
Gosh, you lucky talented bastard ! If nothing else, this will look great on your CV :lol:
I can see you'd be apprehensive sitting next to such a giant. But there is probably no need for that.

_________________
I don't know whether I like it, but it's what I meant. -- Ralph Vaughan Williams, on his 4th Symphony
Chris Breemer

Top
 Profile  
 
nathanscoleman
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:10 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:04 pm
Posts: 725
Location: Louisiana, USA
Have fun!!! and be in every moment ... it'd be awful to go thru it all in a nervous daze and not have a memories to recall!!

_________________
the one, the only ... Nathan Coleman
"You see, my piano is for me what his ship is to a sailor; more indeed: it is my very self, my mother tongue, my life." - Franz Liszt

Top
 Profile  
 
diminished2nd
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:29 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:07 am
Posts: 135
ahhh thanks guys! it really is an amazing honor. I will try to not be so nervous so that I can remember everything that happens :lol: and I will DEFINITELY be taking pictures!!

_________________
The sentence below this is false.
The sentence above this is true.

Top
 Profile  
 
sarah
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:54 pm 
Offline

Joined: Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:57 pm
Posts: 301
Congratulations on this opportunity of a lifetime! How thrilling. You will have to post pictures so all of us can drool. :D

_________________
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.

Felix Mendelssohn

Top
 Profile  
 
pianolady
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:10 am 
Offline
Site Admin

Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:38 pm
Posts: 8018
I echo what all the others have said here. Congratulations and good luck tomorrow!

_________________
"Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties." ~ Frederic Chopin

my videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/monicapiano

Top
 Profile  
 
Nicole
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:21 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:14 pm
Posts: 167
Location: Canada
Well......................today's Saturday. We're all in suspense about how it went yesterday.

What kinds of advice did he give to you and the others? -- Please pass along so we can use in our own playing. Also, am hoping you will submit mp3 of the Chopin Ballade you played.

Hope you had a great time yesterday and am very eager to hear about it.
Top
 Profile  
 
pianolady
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:04 pm 
Offline
Site Admin

Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:38 pm
Posts: 8018
Nicole wrote:
Well......................today's Saturday. We're all in suspense about how it went yesterday.


Yeah! :)

(maybe he's still sleeping....)

_________________
"Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties." ~ Frederic Chopin

my videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/monicapiano

Top
 Profile  
 
techneut
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:24 pm 
Offline
Site Admin

Joined: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:45 am
Posts: 8980
Location: Netherlands
Or... Ole Fleisher bit his head off :lol:

_________________
I don't know whether I like it, but it's what I meant. -- Ralph Vaughan Williams, on his 4th Symphony
Chris Breemer

Top
 Profile  
 
nathanscoleman
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:43 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:04 pm
Posts: 725
Location: Louisiana, USA
I choose to think that the 3-day congratulatory champagne binge he went on after his triumphant showing has yet to end! :lol:

_________________
the one, the only ... Nathan Coleman
"You see, my piano is for me what his ship is to a sailor; more indeed: it is my very self, my mother tongue, my life." - Franz Liszt

Top
 Profile  
 
pianolady
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:17 pm 
Offline
Site Admin

Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:38 pm
Posts: 8018
Well, he seems to be ignoring us. C'mon, Austin - give us the goods! :)

_________________
"Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties." ~ Frederic Chopin

my videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/monicapiano

Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 13 posts ] 

Board index » General

All times are UTC - 1 hour


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group