"Mozart is hard." - Ilya Itin
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Living the Classical Life: Episode 70
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Winner of the 1996 Leeds Competition, pianist and teacher Ilya Itin is a respected presence throughout the musical world. He shares with us his recollections of a life on stage in one of the most involved and thoughtful conversations about stage psychology that our show has presented - how to find focus, combat distraction, and discover the nature of inspiration. In discussing a musician's role in the larger world, Ilya explains his take on social media presence and ends with a beautiful tribute to the great Russian teacher Lev Naumov. - Hudba
A profoundly meaningful conversation. Itin - a persona to be admired. Thanks for posting.
These interviews are so valuable to me because I love seeing the humor, remarkable intelligence, incredible multiple language fluency of these stunning musicians. Ilya Itin is a delight! Thank you for letting us in on his thinking.
I couldn't agree more!
“Mozart is hard.” 😄 love it!
I'm really impressed with the depth to which your questions lead, and how they seem to surpass the mere personal aspect drawing up educational, spiritual, and artistic aspects without (the word isn't coming to me, but it's something I don't like and don't miss). The interviews are great. Many thanks.
Fascinating and wonderfully enlightening interview!!!
This has been my favorite show for the past 5 years. Thank you all!
Thanks for your kind words, Albert Cephas!
I love Ilya's playing and sense of humor! :)
Found it difficult but fascinating, absorbing and intensely unusual. Thank you.
Great lecture on “cosmic humility” (so scarce nowadays....), the artist as “the vehicle through which....” !
Very beautiful. BRAVO !!!. 👏🏼💕
+Vera Cruz
'Cosmic humility'? Sounds a little grandiose. But this guy comes off as likable, personable, remorseless in his self-analysis, and not the least bit pretentious.
Pursuing the point, it is enough to know that God is our Creator and that we are merely creatures, dependent upon Him from alpha to omega. But I suppose that the creative capacity of man is one aspect of what it means to be 'made in His image', as it says in Genesis. Unfortunately as a general rule human civilization is bent upon the opposite, making 'gods' of ourselves, as though that were even possible. That is the essence of what is called 'sin'. Insofar as 'art' arises from our own desire to please and glorify ourselves, we have to beware 'idolizing' it.
Great questions to reach the most intimate feelings of the artist.
One of my favorites yet. Please keep making these!
love your interview!!
I've never heard anybody play the Debussy preludes in a more intriguing way than Ilya Itin
His technique is sublime!
Very good interview. Thank you Peter and Ilya.
Excellent interview! 👋
Memory, for me, is the most impressive and difficult characteristic of any player …
I have never heard of him! Seems like a very nice guy!
Interviewer: ".... are we re-creating or are we creating?" ..... Mr. Itin: "Ahhh .... ..... this is a can of worms." (!)
What a delightful guy.
There is much more to live than a classical concert to quote Anne-Sophie Mutter. I love classical music and listen a lot one of life's great distractions. You are making it sound like a chore.
Mozart is hard because he is so simple and profoundly beautiful.
...I wish some of the many interesting and open questions were answered.... it felt like an abstract invitation to reflect on interesting ideas....
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the Tchaikovsky diary story reveals the great 'secret' about inspiration - you simply tap in 2 it - whatever one's schedule is, it doesn't matter because it's always there - (it has to be because without continuous creation/creativity the universe from moment 2 moment could not exist)
Love this comment! Even the most technically skilled musicians can have difficulty tapping into creative presence. This level of consciousness is where jazz guys get their improvisation, where rappers get their freestyle lyrics... it requires a *totally separate* type of practice to be able to access creative flow and implement it at will!
Как сказал Сергей Маковецкий-хорошая игра актера это намёк на чувство,а зритель все домыслит сам.То же самое в музыке,если бы все умирали на сцене,что бы это было?надо строить форму,думать о развитии дальнейшем и намекать слушателю,а слушатель все поймёт,он не дурак.Публика всегда чувствует настоящего мастера
Да,это каждый музыкант когда включается музыка по твоей специальности,автоматически начинаешь анализировать почему это не нравится или наоборот -супер,как она или он это делает?
What's the intro song?
Based on the title, I logically assumed that this video was mainly about Mozart. If you're looking for a discussion of Mozart, look elsewhere.
The section that justifies the title starts at about 5:00 minutes.
I agree that the title is misleading, but it was a great conversation and hopefully even if one came specifically for Mozart, they could do themselves a favor and end up sticking around and taking a lot from this.
Does anybody know the piece in the introduction of the video?
I'm sure he is.. ;)
'Mozart is hard'. Why cause unnecessary intimidation? Otherwise will insufficient respect be paid to the master? Well, Mozart is dead; he is not here to vet performances of his music. If as some of his letters suggest he trusted in the Lord for his salvation, then he would be in a far better place that this right now. So leave him alone, and leave alone those of us who like his music without too much concern for evaluating its difficulty.
Just out of curiosity, do you play? I 'play' after a fashion. I don't find that comment intimidating at all. It's just three words and I think any number of pianists could talk your ear off on what Ilya meant. E.g., 'Liszt is harder than Mozart? No, he isn't -- but why not?' Daniel Barenboim says Mozart is the easiest to play and the hardest to play. What on Earth does that mean? (Proceed to have your ear talked off by any number of pianists.) For someone who feasts on challenge, 'Mozart is hard' is an invitation to banquet.
+@@bassmaiasa1312
It would have been inappropriate to weigh in without fairly intimate acquaintance with the subject. But you are right, 'difficulty' can be a prod for the ambitious, as much as a prohibition for the timid.
I don't think it's intimidating. As far as performance is concerned it's a statement of fact and implied no criticism.
The point he was making was about the different reactions and interpretations of these three words from different people - words written on impulse immediately after performing three Mozart sonatas.
FWIW - this discussion is reinforcing the point he was making!!
+@@johnpointon4462
The object of attack was the statement at the head of the video, without reference to anything which the pianist said. It was hardly appropriate as a summation of the content of the video. The speaker, such as I heard him, sounds like a very intelligent and nice man, and the playing at the outset was lovely.
But taken out of context, the statement has an 'elitist' ring, or so I think. Art is only art; it is not a means of salvation.