She really hit the nail on the head. Andras Schiff talked about breathing and how important it is while playing. Finding your way back to freedom takes a leap of faith. Believe in yourself.
and you wonder why art can bring you to tears. a piano is a weapon, for the sound of it will land on the softest part of the heart, this is the beauty that one's heart could die for.
many comments here say about her being a bad instructor. if one can't understand her way of opening up a student to these dimensional possibilities, then one will never benefit from her teachings. she's not a horrible instructor, on the contrary, she's phenomenal. her musicality leads her to her means of teaching which is what you see on the video. look at her react to the student! it's seems such a unique experience!
I don't play a piano unfortunately. But I first saw Maria on TV .It was in black and white only and you didn't see the conductor, only the interaction of her eyes and those of the performers. It was a German production I remember, and it was Mozart's Piano Concerto number 21. This woman is a phenomenon. I would pay a lot to be in her masterclass if I played the piano. She is part of the piano when she plays. Every fibre of her vibrates with every note. I love to watch her play. Long live Maria
You take a master class to get the teacher's perspective on music. You are not forced to do it their (her) way after the class; but to be encouraged strongly during class gives you new and different experiences to cultivate your own style. In other words: why take her class unless you want to absorb exactly what she's saying. You dont have to adopt, but just try it and then make your own personal adjustments. ^_^
I have the contrary impression. As I perceive, she is trying to free them from their perfect time signature conditioning (which is extremely difficult). She uses verbal images (and playing, that is unmediated illustration) to try to get them to feel differently about what their are playing... emotions, body, etc. All but an abstract approach, I feel.
In my opinion, I would not be able to study under her because i would get frustrated. She such an understanding of the music that when she plays, and when she listens to people play, she knows all the ways the piece can be played and all the ways it shouldn't be played. When she is trying to put a student in the right place it can be frustrating for the student to take the direction. But, when someone is able to break through that, and allow her to mold them, they will be able to do anything.
I think that to learn how to use the body when you play takes a life. Not also because of the physical act of moving or not but also because of the image that you create inside your mind when you do that.
What an amazing pianist, and her master class is fantastic. There is a topic, and in the left hand there is a wonderful hum. Everything for her is subordinated to a really definite image! I absolutely love it! I have not heard anyone who performed so subtly!!!
Thanks Dex. I didn't think I had a recording of that piece. Turns out I do but just haven't listened to it much. I definitely will now. And here's the best part...the artist is MJP !
quelle chance de rencontrer une personne aussi positive tu es merveilleuse maria joao et j apprends plus en regardant ce document pour amé améliorer mon travail au piano que de prendre une leçon parce que tu vas au de la du piano je te dis tu par amitié merci je t embrasse
And this is very truth and very good to world because, if all artists assume it, people would get more open-minded to tradition and ones who think classical music is a boring thing would feel themselves more at home to discover that it is a kind of music very humane and very truthful that we all need sometimes as human-beings and that have a strong and precise connection/effect in our souls,spirits,minds.
you guys, i can play realy well, i've read those first comments,and belive me,those masterclass teachers can't teach you how to play "right", there is NO such thing! You just have to FEEL and PlAY that's all! (thumbs up if you agree)
@dmcII You are welcome! I suppose we all have undiscovered treasuries in our music collections... D. 784 is maybe the most difficult of all Schubert sonatas from an interpretative point of view and I must always think of Richter (Tokyo 1979).
She is trying to impart something which evades words. She is clearly a gifted musician, who's true aim could be to enlighten and not dominate her students. We can't judge her abilities by what is shown here, because we are witnessing an intimate moment when something crucial and subtle needs to be imparted. Most are too thin skinned to benefit from this type of honest commentary, which is why we plead for protection of the students "individuality". The point is - they need yet to uncover it.
Thanks! She is so BEAUTIFUL! Only people who hate freedom could hate her! (I bet they want a sergeant shouting at them even at the piano.) She left Belgais last year because of a SEVERE illness! (heart-attack maybe.)I read somewhere that she now lives in Brazil! (I don't know for sure. Somebody out there who knows?) Joao - doesn't it mean "joy" in Portuguese?
Thanks so much for uploading this! Does anyone know what the piece is that's played around 6:07? Someone below said it was Schubert D. 794, but I don't think that's right. It's sooooo beautiful! I'd appreciate any info. Thanks again.
I found the interview. She is right. I hope she could make possible her grate project somewhere. In portugal is impossible. Here people are blind and hypnotized by rich and by american life's consumer ideals. It is stupid how Portugal trample this project, that could have been made into a unique attraction centre for all musicians from around the world... judge for yourselves. Cumprimentos aos portugueses que partilham a minha opinião.
I'm pretty good for 2mo playing and I don't even care about learning songs right now. I know a bit of this and a bit of that from learning the learning process.. I do my Hanon, scales, progressions, ornamentation, etc.. but I play around whenever I feel like it (which is most of the time). I think it's the way to go for now. Like I will sit down to work on scales and get stuck in a cool sound for an hour and it flies by, I'm like "wtf, oops" ^_^ But I practice 3-4 hours a day because it's fun
I am curious, really: where did you ear that interview? I read in the Portuguese newspapers belgais staff saying that she will participate in piano masterclass activities this year. It is strange to know she will not give any more lessons in belgais... are you sure?
about the multi-lingual aspect: in portugal almost everyone is multi-lingual!! here we have english lessons in school since you're children and we also have french.and unlike spain,germany and france, we watch every film in it's original language.portuguese language is a very complete language in termos of phonethics.we have all sounds,unlike english.english people can't say a lot of portuguese words!
Yep, João means John (that simple) and in the combination Maria João it is a female name which is not uncommon. There is a famous portuguese jazz singer, her name is Maria João as well (she uses no surname though).
I'm not entering this but I certainly agree with you that Art is transcendent.Why? Essentially because it is of the spirit and anything which is a manifestation of the human spirit must transcend above the reality that is a religion,politics, a nation or even a life. That which we cannot see is eternal. Artists are perhaps the same as everyone else, but moreso... Phillip Wilcher
She is sooo right! Making music is not only a matter of virtuosity shown on a piano, but more a matter of expressing our emotions and personality through the most preeminent language that ever exists: making music! I think Maria means that we have to « talk » and bring over our own deepest feelings about a musicpiece through our personal interpretation. The score is only an aid with some directions we can rely on. (I feel it so, even if I am only are amateur player... ) but I can imagine that age and maturity is also important to understand what she means.
@nkda113 Wow, that's so specific to what the student needs. The bottom line: she's so emotional and abstract, no one understands her and the student is left guessing.
Here's the best tip.. Stop looking to external sources for your music all the time.. Sit down, close your eyes, and feel your way to heaven.. Just try to remember the cool shit you do that's the hard part =p
To everyone that is comparing Argerich to Pires, that is a ridiculous comparison. That's like comparing Glenn Gould to Artur Schnabel. Both can coexist in the world, and each are amazing in their own special way.
Ya know the Night at the Museum's Einsteins? "I'm a bobblehead, dumkopf, and that's the way, uh-huh-uh-huh, we like it!" ? That REALLY clicks with this situation. L.O.L. !!!
And do you think that is loony? I think that is just a small idea, a small step to make people feel and understand that art is a normal thing. She said once that a concert is not a staging but a sharing and a public expression of the daily.
MJP is without doubt one of today's better pianists and her playing at 2:22 is fascinating, indeed. First, I was quite surprised about the way she taught the blond guy but later on I assumed that it had to do with his somewhat presumptuous attitude... By the way: the two other ladies received great support - and at 6:07 we are rewarded with some very touching and intense Schubert! Bravo to this young lady!
Maria Joao Pires is a good teacher, she has passion and feeling. But I don't like some of her critisms to that blond boy, 'cause she sounded proud. (" What's the difference between my playing and yours?" etc.)
it's so ironic how you first have to learn strict time and then break free from it's logic
She really hit the nail on the head. Andras Schiff talked about breathing and how important it is while playing. Finding your way back to freedom takes a leap of faith. Believe in yourself.
and you wonder why art can bring you to tears. a piano is a weapon, for the sound of it will land on the softest part of the heart, this is the beauty that one's heart could die for.
many comments here say about her being a bad instructor. if one can't understand her way of opening up a student to these dimensional possibilities, then one will never benefit from her teachings. she's not a horrible instructor, on the contrary, she's phenomenal. her musicality leads her to her means of teaching which is what you see on the video. look at her react to the student! it's seems such a unique experience!
she is a terrible instructor. it doesnt matter what she can do herself but she is terrible at teaching.
Why? Some arguments?
For me, Pires is one of the greatest pianists and teachers of our time.
I don't play a piano unfortunately. But I first saw Maria on TV .It was in black and white only and you didn't see the conductor, only the interaction of her eyes and those of the performers. It was a German production I remember, and it was Mozart's Piano Concerto number 21.
This woman is a phenomenon. I would pay a lot to be in her masterclass if I played the piano. She is part of the piano when she plays. Every fibre of her vibrates with every note. I love to watch her play. Long live Maria
MJP makes me cry, everytime I hear her. Thank you MJP
She is inspirational if a little odd at times, but that's genius for you. Her playing at 2:25 is sublime.
Before television and internet, most people were like that.
You take a master class to get the teacher's perspective on music. You are not forced to do it their (her) way after the class; but to be encouraged strongly during class gives you new and different experiences to cultivate your own style. In other words: why take her class unless you want to absorb exactly what she's saying. You dont have to adopt, but just try it and then make your own personal adjustments. ^_^
Extraordinary woman! Great artist. What a sensible soul.
Ótimas aulas imperdíveis!!!! Adoro!!!
Yes. It's so engaging. You forget where you are watching this.
This is so relaxing to watch. I would love to be taught by her, - that is, if I was remotely talented.
When she taught him how to lift his head, surprisingly I bobbed my head too. :))) Lol
I have the contrary impression. As I perceive, she is trying to free them from their perfect time signature conditioning (which is extremely difficult). She uses verbal images (and playing, that is unmediated illustration) to try to get them to feel differently about what their are playing... emotions, body, etc. All but an abstract approach, I feel.
thank you :) it is quite beautiful
i feel like the exact opposite. it is about completely stopping to think or abstract and just purely feel the music with your soul alone...
In my opinion, I would not be able to study under her because i would get frustrated. She such an understanding of the music that when she plays, and when she listens to people play, she knows all the ways the piece can be played and all the ways it shouldn't be played. When she is trying to put a student in the right place it can be frustrating for the student to take the direction. But, when someone is able to break through that, and allow her to mold them, they will be able to do anything.
I'm FASCINATED!
thanks! I spent about two hours searching for it and finally listened to the first movement of the sonata....duh :)
I think that to learn how to use the body when you play takes a life.
Not also because of the physical act of moving or not but also because of the image that you create inside your mind when you do that.
What an amazing pianist, and her master class is fantastic. There is a topic, and in the left hand there is a wonderful hum. Everything for her is subordinated to a really definite image! I absolutely love it! I have not heard anyone who performed so subtly!!!
Thanks Dex. I didn't think I had a recording of that piece. Turns out I do but just haven't listened to it much. I definitely will now. And here's the best part...the artist is MJP !
quelle chance de rencontrer une personne aussi positive tu es merveilleuse maria joao et j apprends plus en regardant ce document pour amé
améliorer mon travail au piano que de prendre une leçon parce que tu vas au de la du piano je te dis tu par amitié merci je t embrasse
Wow she's the best
If I could only be a fly on a wall in that studio.....
PLEASE can we have more, many more of these videos here? I learn a lot from these lessons. Thank You.
And this is very truth and very good to world because, if all artists assume it, people would get more open-minded to tradition and ones who think classical music is a boring thing would feel themselves more at home to discover that it is a kind of music very humane and very truthful that we all need sometimes as human-beings and that have a strong and precise connection/effect in our souls,spirits,minds.
It's D.784 (not 794), the 1st movement of the A minor piano sonata. This part comes in about 2 minutes into it.
J'aime beaucoup cette pianiste
@dmcII It is the end of the exposition of the first movement of the Sonata in a minor D. 784.
for f#ck sake!:)) she's AMAZING!
Enjoyed tese two clips very much. Will you be posting more of this masterclass series?
Thanks for uploading.
you guys, i can play realy well, i've read those first comments,and belive me,those masterclass teachers can't teach you how to play "right", there is NO such thing! You just have to FEEL and PlAY that's all! (thumbs up if you agree)
@dmcII You are welcome! I suppose we all have undiscovered treasuries in our music collections... D. 784 is maybe the most difficult of all Schubert sonatas from an interpretative point of view and I must always think of Richter (Tokyo 1979).
She is trying to impart something which evades words. She is clearly a gifted musician, who's true aim could be to enlighten and not dominate her students. We can't judge her abilities by what is shown here, because we are witnessing an intimate moment when something crucial and subtle needs to be imparted. Most are too thin skinned to benefit from this type of honest commentary, which is why we plead for protection of the students "individuality". The point is - they need yet to uncover it.
i feel like music playing like she said, involves so much abstract thinking
Amo as masterclass da Maria João
Divina
What was the Schubert piece she was playing ? It was wonderful !
@ToNiMT84: it's the largo movt of the Chopin 3rd piano sonata. I must admit i do like MJP in Chopin.MJP :)
At least she didn't say "Play the sunset"
What is that Schubert at 6:07? It's stunning and beautifully played.
Una interpretación notable la de la chica que toca a Shubert en el minuto 6:03
So moving
Does anyone know how I could get the entire documentary? Is it online, is it possible to buy it?
Thanks! She is so BEAUTIFUL! Only people who hate freedom could hate her! (I bet they want a sergeant shouting at them even at the piano.) She left Belgais last year because of a SEVERE illness! (heart-attack maybe.)I read somewhere that she now lives in Brazil! (I don't know for sure. Somebody out there who knows?) Joao - doesn't it mean "joy" in Portuguese?
I didn't know the Beethoven 32 variations was in her repertoire. Has she recorded it?
what piece is this?? I love it!
Thanks so much for uploading this!
Does anyone know what the piece is that's played around 6:07? Someone below said it was Schubert D. 794, but I don't think that's right. It's sooooo beautiful! I'd appreciate any info. Thanks again.
orannisthedestroyer Hello from 2020! The piece is Schubert sonata 14 in a minor
What's the piece at 6:07 Please let me know. It's beautiful. I know it's Schubert, but which one?
My question was kind of vague. I was responding to dexterityhunter's comment about the Schubert at 6:07. What piece is that ?
I found the interview.
She is right. I hope she could make possible her grate project somewhere. In portugal is impossible. Here people are blind and hypnotized by rich and by american life's consumer ideals.
It is stupid how Portugal trample this project, that could have been made into a unique attraction centre for all musicians from around the world... judge for yourselves.
Cumprimentos aos portugueses que partilham a minha opinião.
I'm pretty good for 2mo playing and I don't even care about learning songs right now. I know a bit of this and a bit of that from learning the learning process.. I do my Hanon, scales, progressions, ornamentation, etc.. but I play around whenever I feel like it (which is most of the time). I think it's the way to go for now. Like I will sit down to work on scales and get stuck in a cool sound for an hour and it flies by, I'm like "wtf, oops" ^_^
But I practice 3-4 hours a day because it's fun
what is the piece being played in the beginning of this video?
Schubert sonata in A minor, D 784 (1st mov.)
;)
Yes I am.
You have to hear the hole movement to find the excerpts she plays.
What is the name of the exactly name of song that the first boy played, please?!
She plays exceptionally well, but most of all, I admire her humility; always a good quality for a musician to possess.
I am curious, really: where did you ear that interview?
I read in the Portuguese newspapers belgais staff saying that she will participate in piano masterclass activities this year.
It is strange to know she will not give any more lessons in belgais... are you sure?
Does anyone know if she still has this summer school? IS there a website?
about the multi-lingual aspect: in portugal almost everyone is multi-lingual!! here we have english lessons in school since you're children and we also have french.and unlike spain,germany and france, we watch every film in it's original language.portuguese language is a very complete language in termos of phonethics.we have all sounds,unlike english.english people can't say a lot of portuguese words!
Yep, João means John (that simple) and in the combination Maria João it is a female name which is not uncommon. There is a famous portuguese jazz singer, her name is Maria João as well (she uses no surname though).
What's the name of the song that the first girl played please?!
I'm not entering this but I certainly agree with you that Art is transcendent.Why? Essentially because it is of the spirit and anything which is a manifestation of the human spirit must transcend above the reality that is a religion,politics, a nation or even a life. That which we cannot see is eternal. Artists are perhaps the same as everyone else, but moreso...
Phillip Wilcher
Tu vois c'est un bonne vivante aussi!!
Et merci de parler français...et continue d'être belle!!
Anybody tell me what's the music in2:25
no, they are right. skip to 2 mins ish in 784, it's there!
She is sooo right! Making music is not only a matter of virtuosity shown on a piano, but more a matter of expressing our emotions and personality through the most preeminent language that ever exists: making music! I think Maria means that we have to « talk » and bring over our own deepest feelings about a musicpiece through our personal interpretation. The score is only an aid with some directions we can rely on.
(I feel it so, even if I am only are amateur player... ) but I can imagine that age and maturity is also important to understand what she means.
@slobone How was it surprising when you were one of them ?
2:45 "We have to believe that the miracle can happen" What would music be without the miracles, the mystery and the magic?!
@nkda113 Wow, that's so specific to what the student needs. The bottom line: she's so emotional and abstract, no one understands her and the student is left guessing.
Here's the best tip..
Stop looking to external sources for your music all the time..
Sit down, close your eyes, and feel your way to heaven.. Just try to remember the cool shit you do that's the hard part =p
What piece is the young lady playing? Anyone knows?
chopin, b minor sonata opus 58, 3rd movement - largo
To everyone that is comparing Argerich to Pires, that is a ridiculous comparison. That's like comparing Glenn Gould to Artur Schnabel.
Both can coexist in the world, and each are amazing in their own special way.
Yeah well I have no idea who any of those four people are, so there.
What is piece is that man playing?
Argerich is not even a comparison because she is in a class by herself.
Ya know the Night at the Museum's Einsteins? "I'm a bobblehead, dumkopf, and that's the way, uh-huh-uh-huh, we like it!" ? That REALLY clicks with this situation. L.O.L. !!!
yes it is Schubert D. 794
I got Brendel's interpretation, she's more sensitive; This young lady is wonderful! Does anyone knows her name ?
It was me, Jill Lawson
belgais, portugal ;)
No, I didn't find it :/ Norsk?
6:15 who is she? she sounds wonderful
The Fourteenth Ward She is Jill Lawson
oh! I saw her performing a few months ago with a children's choir my sister conducts
I guess she teaches piano at the same school
What is she playing at 2:21
SIR RS KC She is Jill Lawson
Beethoven - 32 Variations (Var. XXXI)
Grande mulher. Existe mesmo?
Does she take bookings for children's parties?
/he is wearing a watch when he is playing piano
crazy woman
Schubert Sonate in Am
LL is certainly an excellent pianist, but she's the greatest, she's above....
just listen to her Nocturnes even better that Rubinstein's.
What playing first man.What this piece7
Beethoven - 32 Variations, WoO 80 (Var. XXXI)
@pandpinjapan You dont understand anything my friend.
I think everyone did haha. Even the people in the back
And do you think that is loony? I think that is just a small idea, a small step to make people feel and understand that art is a normal thing. She said once that a concert is not a staging but a sharing and a public expression of the daily.
lol
yes is not a normal thing, I wanted to say that artists are normal people and not what I rote... Of course art is something that transcend us :)
MJP is without doubt one of today's better pianists and her playing at 2:22 is fascinating, indeed. First, I was quite surprised about the way she taught the blond guy but later on I assumed that it had to do with his somewhat presumptuous attitude... By the way: the two other ladies received great support - and at 6:07 we are rewarded with some very touching and intense Schubert! Bravo to this young lady!
i don't think she should try to force her way of playing on the other people. They will just end up sounding like they are copying her.
I don't get it. What does unnaturally craning your neck up have to do with anything?
Só think a little more
with all respect, but this pianistical terrorcamp is freaking me the fuck out.
and dont call me a hater i know how good she is.
I think, she need to use more concrete terms when it comes to teaching. I watched the entire masterclass and I find it contradictory in many parts.
Can you please tell me where I can find this dvd? or to buy it...
ericsteph It was in youtube, but now there is only few parts. I'll try to find it.
Maria Joao Pires is a good teacher, she has passion and feeling. But I don't like some of her critisms to that blond boy, 'cause she sounded proud. (" What's the difference between my playing and yours?" etc.)