Maksim the Piano Player

[eddie92099]

Maksim "wrote" Chopin's Funeral March.

And what a lovely song it is too,
Ed

[allchopin]

Maksim added WORDS?!  Shall I put him on my hit list now or now?

[cziffra]

it was thalberg who did the post-liszt-grape thing

[Rach3]

Cziffra, wasn't it also Thalberg who played "three-handed" stuff using his thumbs and arpggios on either side?

[Rach3]

I think it's very likely Jemmers is right.

piano-_-ger is not only a tasteless idiot but also a fraud. Observe:

Date Registered:  Jan 5th, 2004, 7:06am

Posted on: Jan 5th, 2004, 7:14am

Posts: 1

I find it doubtful that a real newbie registers, spins a lifetime's worth of evil in eight minutes, and dissapears never to be seen again. In fact, it appears highly likley that, given the location of this thread (misc.), the defendant not only is very familiar with the forum structure but may already have been posting under another name, and taken this alias specifically for his/her/ITS act of sabotage.

We note further the deliberateness, the premediation of this atrocity. The choice of Gaspard, and its well-planned respelling, targets our most beloved, profound music, our strongest emotions. This was designed to inflict pain. Likewise with Argerich, which seems to have been targeted to our large society of Argerich-worshippers as well as the less impulsive of us (who still admit to her relative greatness all the same). This person's main goal was to force us to confront our nightmares, the very steryotype of unbounded idiocy, worse-than-bad taste, and superlative blasphemy and hatred. It is not an exaggeration to say this attack has caused much emotional trauma and suffering to many of us, these were strong words. These were fighting words. Piano-ger or whatever you disguise yourself as,

You have chosen the wrong forum to mess with. -Rach3

[Rach3]

comme_le_vent and IgnazPadarewski:

Never again insult Vladimir Horowitz. Never again insult Sergei Rachmaninoff. Go away. You are unwelcome here.

[dinosaurtales]

Rach3  Get hold of yourself.  Let me understand.  You are thinking this is an INSIDE JOB!??!!

my god!  IT must be stopped!

but how?  

NILSJOHAN!  WHERE ARE YOU??!!

[Rach3]

"Inside job", no, someone who may have posted before under other aliases frequently, not impossible; someone who has been reading the forum for some time, definitely.

The parties involved are obviously "trolling" and trying to see how much mayhem they can stir up. They are still following this thread. I agree, moderators should be after these people. Armed moderators. Trained as assasins.

[Jemmers]

All that horowitz-slamming, maksim-praising is not entirely appropriate. But it sure as hell is friggin' funny! I laughed my ass off about Maksim's long schlong thing.

And about piano-_-ger, just let it pass. Doesn't seem like she's coming back.

Here's my contribution:

Maksim is OBVIOUSLY the most talented pianist alive today. He can play the piano and make TECHNO sounds from it. As far as I'm aware, no other pianist is capable of such a pianistic feat. His insane ability to control musical textures on the piano is unique and undeniable. And his versions of old and tired pieces are so CREATIVE. Look at how he plays the Revolutionary etude without the left hand! No one would have thought of that. Plus he has a very long schlong...

[comme_le_vent]

i believe i may be the first to revolt against the worship of his schlong, see it has become a mouthwatering obsession of mine, and it also makes me feel very inadequete, not to mention the inadequecy i feel when i hear his playing, maksim...i bow down to thee - with mouth WIDE open......dammit i cant help myself, love the schlong!

[eddie92099]

This thread makes for fascinating reading. Move over Shakespeare,
Ed

[dinosaurtales]

I think that's ROLL over Shakespeare!

[eddie92099]

Maybe in Portland,
Ed

[comme_le_vent]

but not in salem!

[erak]

Never heard of Maksim, and I wish I never did:p. Downloading 1 song so I can join the fan club.

[chopinetta]

Never heard of Maksim, and I wish I never did:p. Downloading 1 song so I can join the fan club.  

you're so funny! but i beat you, I have the original CD and a bonus bumble bee music video track! LOL

[Jemmers]

Lol... Chopinetta... is the CD...er... aerodynamic?

[erak]

5 seconds of the revolutionary etude was enough! I love him now!

[Rach3]

Argerich save us!

[chopinetta]

hehe... the CD sucks... doesn't even play in regular CD players... needs upgraded Winamp thing... it's not worth it believe me.

[liszmaninopin]

It looks like I missed a fun thread!

[comme_le_vent]

yeah, my posts were the best though, you have to admit, my maksim worshipping holds no bounds.

[comme_le_vent]

i have to admit though, the dude thats given me the most laughs on this forum is Rach3 - hes wacked out psychofied - hannibal style- we love ya man!

[e60m5]

Sir-GAY Rach-jerkin-off and the Rakthree?

LMFAO

[liszmaninopin]

I hope you meant that jokingly, e60.  Insulting Maksim is one thing (a funny thing), but I don't see how someone could reasonably insult Rachmaninoff like that.

[Jemmers]

i think he was quoting someone else earlier in the thread (might have been comme le vent), who, in his maniacal rage saw it fit to insult Rach. BUT, let's just assume that it is all a joke and no one means it.

[buck]

I thought he's good, brought some variations into the classical pieces.  I liked his music more as compared with Clayderman's.  

Music is an expression, so long as the audience liked it.. the pianist has accomplished his task.  

[nad]

i'm not sure whether entertaining the audience is the ultimate goal of a pianist? Even when r**ing classical music?

nad

[liszmaninopin]

It depends on the pianist-I like to keep the audience interested of course (who wants the audience sleeping), but I won't sacrifice musical quality to do that.

[nad]

but I won't sacrifice musical quality to do that.

Exactly.

Nad

[lenny]

Sir-GAY Rach-jerkin-off and the Rakthree?

LMFAO

lol, i love this thread!

maksim has a new cd out and a dvd, anyone like them?

[steinwaymodeld]

lol, i love this thread!

maksim has a new cd out and a dvd, anyone like them?

Yea, his Totentanz... Yea, it is like 'OK, is there really piano playing in it?"

more than 2/3 of the time, there aren't even any piano sound in it. (Even though other time it was like he was playing the single note melody line.)

[piano88]

Maksim is almost as repugnant and incompetent as Myleene Klass (shivers). Nothing klass about her at all(boom boom). I say we all get together, boycott his concert and throw rotten veg at him. I'm appalled that some people even brought up Argerich in this thread. How dare you! (that actually reminds me...Ed me and a few friends at college were checking out your webpage. We all commented on how strange that photo is of you and Argerich. Why is her head so much bigger than yours? Why is there a shadow on the wall but not on Argerich? And why the hell isn't she looking at the camera??? Was it a quick cut and paste?

[steinwaymodeld]

Maksim is almost as repugnant and incompetent as Myleene Klass (shivers). Nothing klass about her at all(boom boom). I say we all get together, boycott his concert and throw rotten veg at him. I'm appalled that some people even brought up Argerich in this thread. How dare you! (that actually reminds me...Ed me and a few friends at college were checking out your webpage. We all commented on how strange that photo is of you and Argerich. Why is her head so much bigger than yours? Why is there a shadow on the wall but not on Argerich? And why the hell isn't she looking at the camera??? Was it a quick cut and paste?

Whose's website? Ed's?

[SteinwayTony]

Maksim is almost as repugnant and incompetent as Myleene Klass (shivers). Nothing klass about her at all(boom boom). I say we all get together, boycott his concert and throw rotten veg at him. I'm appalled that some people even brought up Argerich in this thread. How dare you! (that actually reminds me...Ed me and a few friends at college were checking out your webpage. We all commented on how strange that photo is of you and Argerich. Why is her head so much bigger than yours? Why is there a shadow on the wall but not on Argerich? And why the hell isn't she looking at the camera??? Was it a quick cut and paste?

I was thinking that too.... 

[steinwaymodeld]

I was thinking that too.... 

I think it's real.
He met Argerich more than once.

[lenny]

lol, thats funny

hes a fake? 

[steinwaymodeld]

lol, thats funny

hes a fake? 

in what way?
I have listened to his recording of La Campanella and Alkan Le Festin.

[lenny]

okok, well he just seems very bigheaded

[piano88]

Hey guys,
Checked out the Maksim official website (www.maksim.co.uk - for those who've been living under a rock for the past....like whatever) . Turns out our Maksim is on tour in Japan, playing at tennis centres and the like, so the boycott is off for now. But begin stockpiling things to throw at the guy. Anyway, turns out Maksim is quite the accomplished 'piano player' (what is the deal with that - too philistine an audience to know what a pianist is?) ....he studied with some pupil of Michelangeli, went for a year (he must have been chucked out) to the Liszt Conservatoire and he was discovered by that great man who discovered bond (what was his name again....). And his shows feature such wonders as dry ice, laser shows and well, gay sleeveless costumes. Perhaps Kissin and Argerich might like to try this. The Festival Hall would look COOL with all the lasers and dry ice. And Agerich looks more than flattering in a diamante encrusted sleevless. Ed would probably know, seeing as he's her bestest pal.

I don't usually read the all of these threads. I skip most of your delightful banter. But I just saw that insightful comment on the last page. Gasfart de la nut huh? One of Ravel's lesser known works. I'm sure its quite a piece if it really does evoke nutty farts. But seriously, if that guy, or thing, is reading, I'd love you to come play Maksim's famous funeral march at my service. That is if the angry mob doesn't kill you first, or Argerich, that 'old lady' we all worship doesn't come and push you over with her zimmer frame or her lightning speed. Now f**k off you common piece of s**t.
There, I said it.

I dread to think where classical music is going if this guy Maksim can go platinum.

[lenny]

lol, evoking nutty farts! 

seriously, he aint all that bad!

[steinwaymodeld]

lol, evoking nutty farts! 

seriously, he aint all that bad!

He can't even play the original Flight of the Bumblebee half the speed.

[dave_cane]

And add to the fact that he composed all the amazing tunes in the CD, not like those old pianists that only play the music of dead people.

By the way Maksim didn't compose ANYTHING AT ALL on his album.. not even the more modern ones like Claudine - composed by Toni Hujlc (or something like that).

[Noah]

(that actually reminds me...Ed me and a few friends at college were checking out your webpage. We all commented on how strange that photo is of you and Argerich. Why is her head so much bigger than yours? Why is there a shadow on the wall but not on Argerich? And why the hell isn't she looking at the camera??? Was it a quick cut and paste?

As the other (crazy-haired some might say) guy on the picture, I just wanna confirm that this picture is real. We did meet her after her performance of Prokofiev 3 in London last year... I don't know why she's not looking at the camera but we didn't really get lots of time to adjust the angle of the picture and things with the million people queuing to get her autograph; actually I'm grateful that we got to have a chat with her for about 10 minutes.

[chopinisque]

Darn... missed a perfectly amusing thread... LOL

At least that piano-ger thingy provided amusement.

And Tonci Huljic's songs are nice. 

Erm... where's that website of his?  Also, I noticed that ed's user-profile has never in the last posted part.  How do you do that and have 1000+ posts?