goodlooking pianists

[redberry]

Hi!
Noticed that many of famous great pianists are so GOOD-looking-and mostly they look so smart even if they wear glasses...
...only way to be SEEN in the business competitive world!  

[TwinkleFingers]

alot of them look like nerds too

[BoliverAllmon]

I have seen several fatties also, because they just sit at the piano all day.

boliver

[Clare]

I've seen some pretty scary-looking pianists!

I hope I'm not one of them!

[BoliverAllmon]

I second that motion Clare.

boliver

[redberry]

clare-mention anybody?

[bernhard]

Maksim

[Noah]

Maksim

He sure does look scary, but he's not a pianist  
Among good-looking pianists, who were you thinking of ?

[bernhard]

Helene Grimaud.

[Noah]

Haha I knew this was gonna be the first name mentioned. What about Martha Argerich when she was young ?  

[bernhard]

Labecque sisters.
Riko Fukuda
Dianne Krall (does non-classical counts?)

When young:
Clara Schumann
Maria Tipo
Maria João Pires
Martha Argerich (I guess...) :-/

[Jemmers]

Yundi Li in SOME photos. Not the one on the back of the Liszt CD though... he looks fat in that one.

[leemay001]

Me! I'm a good-looking pianist! Hahaha, sorry. I'm just playing around I'm no bragger. Honest!

[thracozaag]

Haha I knew this was gonna be the first name mentioned. What about Martha Argerich when she was young ?  

 She was a babe, as was Teresa Carreno.

[redberry]

noticed-mostly women was mentioned here....  

[erak]

ok then, female pianists on this forum, give us your favourite good looking male pianists:p. Or maybe, everyone post a pic

Argerich did look quite good when young actually
https://inkpot.com/classical/people/argerich2.jpg
https://www.waves.utoronto.ca/prof/sarris/Images/martha1.jpg

Can Helene Grimaud play as good as she looks? ^^

[bernhard]

Nope.

But who cares?

[dinosaurtales]

I don't know  most of the folks you've mentioned, but as a female pianist, I'll say that *good-looking* isn't a trait I'd apply to male pianists that I've seen.  Many of them have devleoped a sense of style, and some of them are *distinguished* looking, but mostly they are just nerdy looking guys that got old.  The good looking guys are at the hockey rink!

[GraceStansbury]

From what i have seen of Liszt in his younger years.... he was BEAUTIFUL! and then he turned into some monsterous old man... what happened?!    I also saw a russian guy in concert once... he was quite gorgeous but unfortunately i've forgotten his name... so i guess it doesn't matter  

[Contessa]

Rubenstein was a dog...but Grainger was cute....come on ladies!  Can't we add some more men to the list?

[jeff]

early edwin fischer and glenn gould?

[Plaz]

Naida Cole gives Grimaud a run for her money in the looks department.  I haven't heard her play yet though.

[bernhard]

Naida Cole gives Grimaud a run for her money in the looks department.  I haven't heard her play yet though.

Naida Cole! Yeah!

(I have her CD of Chabrier/Ravel/Satie/Fauré for Decca. Too distracted looking at the cover to listen and decide if she plays well or not. But then again, who cares? ).

[thracozaag]

Naida Cole! Yeah!

(I have her CD of Chabrier/Ravel/Satie/Fauré for Decca. Too distracted looking at the cover to listen and decide if she plays well or not. But then again, who cares? ).

 yup, Naida was a babe, even at 15 (when I knew her), although I'm a sucker for half-slants.

[comme_le_vent]

is that racist?

looks dont matter, its whats inside that counts!

thats what i keep telling myself because people confuse my butt with my face  

but the best looking male pianist was liszt, but im not gay.

[nad]

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli looked good in his younger years i think.
Maksim makes me puke...  

[thracozaag]

is that racist?

 I don't think so, I'm a half-slant myself.

[Roberto]

I think that Martha Argerich is still very handsome...I met here and so I know it...

[Beet9]

Goodlooking pianists??
That would be moi!  

[bernhard]

Goodlooking pianists??
That would be moi!  

A photo, perhaps?

[dinosaurtales]

Yes indeed!  A photo would be in order!  That ego was spawned from something!  This I gotta see!

[eddie92099]

Goodlooking pianists??
That would be moi!  

Et moi ,
Ed

[bitus]

Chopin, maybe? (If fatties don't work... maybe the other extreme will  )
The Bitus.

[dinosaurtales]

I take it Chopin was skinny?

[bitus]

I've read about him not being more than 144 pounds. (it was on a phonodisc cover )
The Bitus

[allchopin]

Helene Grimaud.

I guess, if you have a thing for women that look like men. *blahh*

Naida Cole gives Grimaud a run for her money in the looks department

D a m n   s t r a i g h t  

[steinwaymodeld]

Woman:

Martha Argerich (She was so good looking and elegant)
Helene Grimaud
Angela Hewitt maybe sometimes


Man:

Horowitz before (best looking pianist)
Ivo Pogorelich
Van Cliburn when he was at Tch concert

definately not Yundi Li, don't know why people say he is handsome, especially in hong kong, and asia, said he looks like a japanese artist, whcih is ridicuolous, Yundi Li is considered to be 'distinguished' looking i consider.

[chopiabin]

Evgeny Kissin (at times), Ashkenazy when he was younger, Argerich when she was younger uhhhhhhhhh......

What about Thibaudet or Pletnev?

[erik-]

Women: Helene Grimaud, Martha Argerich, Brigitte Engerer

Men: Nicolai Lugansky

[chopiabin]

Yeah.

[Beet9]

There are no goodlooking pianists!! THey're all so frickin' ugly.

[dinosaurtales]

ah!  you must live in Portland, OR like me!  I can't believe all these folks that think NicoliLugansky is good looking - skinny, pasty-faced, whiny looking guy.  He's looking his best for the photos for crying out loud!  geez.  

No good looking pianists in this town, I tell ya!  (that includes me, btw - bummer)

[rachlisztchopin]

i agree with comme le vente...liszt is prob the best looking male pianist (but im not gay either), lol im growing my hair out right now so i can have a similiar look as liszt.. and the young glenn gould looks good too, at least when he plays
im not familiar with many female pianists but definitely the younger martha algerich

[chopiabin]

She was very sultry and sensuous looking.

[Hazim]

Maksim makes me puke...  

Why? I think Maksim has an interesting face - not sort of a Fashion TV model, but very expressive and original. The man has his style!

[nad]

Why? I think Maksim has an interesting face - not sort of a Fashion TV model, but very expressive and original. The man has his style!

Both his styles in looks and playing makes me want to do that, metaphorically speaking.. It's also his attitude in those pics  
And apparantly he finds his pics to be more interesting and important, as it is the first thing you can choose at downloads.. There are more pics one can download than music, but i guess that's self-explanatory....  

[dinosaurtales]

Looks like he knows what side of his bread has the butter!  

[comme_le_vent]

there are some posotive things that come from maksim - he makes my playing sound awesome.
people are amazd at his finger speed and crap like that - when they listen to me its BLOWS THEIR MIND, im zoomin all over and then they realise that maksim is pap.

plus im hotter than him- but  that doesnt take much.

[Hazim]

Well, the fact that Maksim is mentioned here for so many times prooves that there is something about that man. Poeple either hate or adore him. It prooves that he is "worth" something. Lets vote now: I like him a lot, both his looks and his music! If I was a girl, I'd probobly have his poster in my room.

Am I alone with this view?

[comme_le_vent]