who is the best!

[etudes]

Boris Berezovsky
Francesco Libetta
Marc andre Hamelin

who has the best technique!

[thierry13]

Hamelin without any doubt. Tough, I would consider those three has the top 3 in the world.

[arensky]

Hamelin has the best technique of these three pianists, but I like Berezovsky the best.

[m]

Boris Berezovsky
Francesco Libetta
Marc andre Hamelin

who has the best technique!

None of those.

[Waldszenen]

Hamelin. End of argument.

[etudes]

None of those.

well. i said from these 3 pianists........ 

[practicingnow]

Berezovsky or Libetta or Hamelin?
Hmm - it's getting a little chilly in here - I better get a sweater!   

[perfect_pitch]

WHO IS THE BEST PIANIST!!! ME                                   (i wish)

I would say either Cziffra, Horowitz or Rachmaninoff!!!!

The only reason I say that is because it is like saying:

Choose your favourite food out of these 3 choices

Cod Liver
Haggis
Cow Tongue



Doesn't really give us much choice does it?

[piazzo23]

I don´t know why did you chose those pianists.
But I don´t like those technics.

(Gyorgy Sandor)

and I adhere.

[stevie]

Hamelin without any doubt. Tough, I would consider those three has the top 3 in the world.

the inclusion of berezovsky is arguable, but i think the top 2 techniques are libetta and hamelin.

hamelin may have past his prime though, and libetta may have too...its hard to say.

id go for hamelin, best technique ive ever heard/seen.

[BoliverAllmon]

out of the three I would pick Hamelin

[piazzo23]

Boris Berezovsky
Francesco Libetta
Marc andre Hamelin

who has the best technique!

Who plays faster no matter the sound you say?
Hamelin

[donjuan]

I didnt vote for hamelin because I feel that his amazing technique doesnt benefit his musicality to any profound extent.

[jeremyjchilds]

Hey...where's Elton John

 

[stevie]

I didnt vote for hamelin because I feel that his amazing technique doesnt benefit his musicality to any profound extent.

who mentioned music?

were talking about pure technique here, technique always benefits one's musicality, what is the point of thinking up a sentence if you cant speak it?

[brewtality]

Too close to call, ok maybe Hamelin. I have been wowed by the techniques of Berezovsky and Libetta.

[sevencircles]

out of the three I would pick Hamelin

Out of every pianist you ever heard ( live or recorded) who would you pick?

Hamelin is in the lead in my "best technique of the 20:th century" poll I do believe I missed a few important pianists though.

[m]

who mentioned music?

were talking about pure technique here, technique always benefits one's musicality, what is the point of thinking up a sentence if you cant speak it?

Stevie,

I believe you confuse technique with motorical abilities--these are two completely different things.

Yes, motorics benefit one's musicality, but technique serves it.

And I will actually stick to Liszt's, Chopin's, and J. Hoffmann's definition of technique. At least I know their merits in music, and believe they knew something about the subject...

[arensky]

And I will actually stick to Liszt's, Chopin's, and J. Hoffmann's definition of technique. At least I know their merits in music, and believe they knew something about the subject...

                   What was their definition Marik? I cannot recall....

[m]

                   What was their definition Marik? I cannot recall....

Both Liszt and Chopin used to say that technique is ART OF SOUND.

J. Hoffmann about technique:

"Technique is a chest of tools from which the skilled artisan draws what he needs at the right time for the right purpose."

[bernhard]

Stevie,

I believe you confuse technique with motorical abilities--these are two completely different things.

Yes, motorics benefit one's musicality, but technique serves it.

And I will actually stick to Liszt's, Chopin's, and J. Hoffmann's definition of technique. At least I know their merits in music, and believe they knew something about the subject...

This is a very interesting (and appealing) discrimination: Technique x motoric abilities. Almost worth a new thread to discuss it. I ceratinly would like to hear more. (For instance, in relation to motoric abilities, how much is inborn, how much is training; how far can one push it; how general / specific to the task it is; and how does it relate to technique - which I like to define as a way of doing things). I also liked your quote:

"motorics benefit one's musicality, but technique serves it."

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[stevie]

this motoric ability i refer to as RAW DEX, and yes technique and raw dex are seperate things, but they come together