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Offline 49410enrique

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #50 on: May 13, 2012, 01:49:05 PM
this kid is still in school studying but he's interesting. it'll be neat to see what sorts of things he comes up with later on.

he self publishes and distributes , posting link in case anyone in the future is looking for something by him they can contact him via
https://matthewbridgham.com/


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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #51 on: May 14, 2012, 01:25:33 PM
just discovering david macintyre, so far i like his 'sound'
https://davidmacintyre.ca/

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #52 on: May 14, 2012, 11:12:04 PM
Carl Vine!!!

He's so good!!!
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Reply #53 on: May 16, 2012, 11:10:39 PM
At the risk of being bashed, I just wanted to poke my head outta the wood-work and mention Jeremy Soule, a living Composer that usually backs Bethesda's Elder Scrolls Game Sound Tracks, among other titles.

The Oblivion OST is unbelievably memorable, despite not having played much Oblivion personally I often return to the OST for both a trip down memory lane, and to bathe in the... innocence and serenity of the music. "Wings Of Kynareth", "Watchman's Ease" and "Auriel's Ascension" are a few pieces I'd note.

(Late) Edit: I'd also concur with another poster mentioning Rautavaara, I've listened to a few of his works, mostly for Piano & Orchestra, and they are fantastic.

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #54 on: May 17, 2012, 07:24:03 AM
Frederik Rzewski
Nikolai Kapustin
Marc-Andre Hamelin  8)

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #55 on: May 17, 2012, 10:05:25 AM
At the risk of being bashed, I just wanted to poke my head outta the wood-work and mention Jeremy Soule, a living Composer that usually backs Bethesda's Elder Scrolls Game Sound Tracks, among other titles.

The Oblivion OST is unbelievably memorable, despite not having played much Oblivion personally I often return to the OST for both a trip down memory lane, and to bathe in the... innocence and serenity of the music. "Wings Of Kynareth", "Watchman's Ease" and "Auriel's Ascension" are a few pieces I'd note.

(Late) Edit: I'd also concur with another poster mentioning Rautavaara, I've listened to a few of his works, mostly for Piano & Orchestra, and they are fantastic.

You will not get bashed by me! :) I'm a long time Jeremy Soule fan, and even remember playing the first game he worked on (Secret of Evermore). His music is very impressionistic, and nicely orchestrated. I'm such a video game nerd that I could go on and on with great video game composers, but I'll refrain for now.

On another note, I really like Nico Muhly. He is a young classical composer and recently premiered his work 'so far so good' in Seattle. Some may call him a 'plinker' composer, and maybe even minimalist, but I really like his sound nontheless. Sorry no links.

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #56 on: May 17, 2012, 04:34:59 PM
Another one for me would be Yasunori Mitsuda. He scored Chrono Trigger and Xenogears, not to mention he helped compose the soundtrack for the recently released (in NA anyway) Xenoblade  :o



And while I'm on the subject (of people who worked on Xenoblade's soundtrack), Yoko Shimomura. Kingdom Hearts, the Mario & Luigi RPGs, Radiant Historia... Wow, she's amazing. And she's composing the score for the upcoming FFvsXIII too?  ;D ...If only it would ever release  :P
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Reply #57 on: May 17, 2012, 09:54:05 PM
Another one for me would be Yasunori Mitsuda. He scored Chrono Trigger and Xenogears, not to mention he helped compose the soundtrack for the recently released (in NA anyway) Xenoblade  :o



And while I'm on the subject (of people who worked on Xenoblade's soundtrack), Yoko Shimomura.... Wow, she's amazing. And she's composing the score for the upcoming FFvsXIII too?  ;D ...If only it would ever release  :P
agreed her work on the xenoblade project is pretty incredible.  big yoko fan here, i am always working something of hers into my solo line up.

look for the xenoblade main theme, the minimal orchestration w piano is very effective.

there's a few snooty booty pooty tooty pants that will speak to the genre w disdain, that's okay, closeminded people are as free as the next person to abuse the all caps key....

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #58 on: December 30, 2012, 04:59:31 PM
Jeremy Soule, Fazıl Say, Unsuk Chin.

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Reply #59 on: December 30, 2012, 07:30:18 PM
- Nobuo Uematsu
- Koji Kondo
- Richard D. James
- Brock Van Wey
- Harold Budd

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Reply #60 on: December 30, 2012, 10:43:22 PM
Can I put in a plug for Stephen Hough. I've just been reading through some of his transcriptions and they are really very good.

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #61 on: January 01, 2013, 08:58:13 AM
Belgian neo-romantic composer Carl Verbraeken.

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Reply #62 on: January 01, 2013, 12:14:07 PM
Does anyone know how to find sheet music of living composers? 

IMSLP doesn't have them because they're not dead yet.

I contacted one composer in youtube, I sent him a PM asking who publishes his works and he answered saying that the sonata I wanted isnエt published or printed, or something like that, so he sent me the sheet music in pdf of it and one more, maybe because we live in the same country. His name is Leonardo Coral, mexican composer, hereエs the sonata I play and his youtube channel, I plan on playing it in a recital the 25th :) and maybe even upload a video here.

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And since youエbe been talking about videogame music composers, Jason Graves is one that I like, hereエs an example from my favorite videogame :D





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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #63 on: January 04, 2013, 01:55:12 AM
Belgian neo-romantic composer Carl Verbraeken.


I know why this guy isn't famous. He's copying the harmonies of Chopin and Liszt and the music isn't original or interesting. Also, this pianist has no clue what he's doing...he keeps looking around...? If he's not performing don't post him as if he is...

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Reply #64 on: January 04, 2013, 02:31:12 AM
Also, this pianist has no clue what he's doing...he keeps looking around...? If he's not performing don't post him as if he is...

Pot. Kettle. Dark hue......
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Reply #65 on: January 04, 2013, 01:00:50 PM
I know why this guy isn't famous. He's copying the harmonies of Chopin and Liszt and the music isn't original or interesting. Also, this pianist has no clue what he's doing...he keeps looking around...? If he's not performing don't post him as if he is...

For starters, I prefer music that sounds like Chopin or Liszt.

Secondly, if you think it is an imitation of either's style, you are wrong. The composer, at the time, was performing Rachmaninoff's 3rd and that work was the inspiration for the Waltz from his Romantic Suite op. 10. Carl Verbraeken is the chairman of the Belgian composer's association and has written hundreds of works including string quartets and other chamber music, and a vast body of romantic piano music. All of which is available for free, to anyone, if you were to send him an e-mail.

Furthermore, regarding your comment on Geert Dehoux' performance: you should check out his other videos (which include a good studio recording of Liszt's Mazeppa, and some rarely recorded virtuoso work by Villa-Lobos) before saying something like that, which is, IMHO, just pure ignorance.

The man is a former student of Cziffra (and one of his favourites too, I've seen the letter of recommendation he wrote for him after his studies, which you can in fact see yourself if you Google for his name) and has taught at Bogota Conservatoire for years.

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Reply #66 on: January 05, 2013, 04:25:44 AM
which is, IMHO, just pure ignorance.
It certainly is humble...too humble for your own good I'd say. I have no idea what you're talking about in that post, but I do know what I'm talking about, and I know that music is straight from Chopin, Liszt, maybe Rachmaninov or Ravel or Scriabin or other composers. If you are trying to make the point that this guy writes better music than Chopin or Rachmaninov or any of the other greats, you don't even deserve for me to listen to you.

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Reply #67 on: January 05, 2013, 07:54:26 AM
I have 2 favorite living composers that I can think of right off the top of my head. I'm sure if I thought about it long enough, I remember a bunch more.

Arturo Marquez. Great Mexican composer, known most for his Danzon, but has a lot of other great music.



Myroslav Skoryk. Great Ukrainian composer, known most for his Melody. He writes a lot of awesome piano and orchestral music.



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Reply #68 on: January 06, 2013, 02:56:36 AM
MYSELF, other than that I like Chopin and Liszt, Mozart was the first of my favorite composers. Bach sucks.
There is so much still to be created. 88 keys, you do the math. ∞

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Reply #69 on: January 06, 2013, 06:22:50 AM
MYSELF, other than that I like Chopin and Liszt, Mozart was the first of my favorite composers. Bach sucks.

LOL are you the new the89thkey? or are you the same guy?

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Reply #70 on: January 06, 2013, 12:56:36 PM
LOL are you the new the89thkey? or are you the same guy?

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Reply #71 on: January 06, 2013, 01:01:22 PM
MYSELF, other than that I like Chopin and Liszt, Mozart was the first of my favorite composers. Bach sucks.

Obviously you live in the different times as we do. Nice job getting here. Please tell us more about these contemporaries of yours? Have you heard them perform? Were any compositions of yours published and maybe survived to our ages?

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Reply #72 on: January 06, 2013, 04:18:17 PM
It certainly is humble...too humble for your own good I'd say. I have no idea what you're talking about in that post, but I do know what I'm talking about, and I know that music is straight from Chopin, Liszt, maybe Rachmaninov or Ravel or Scriabin or other composers. If you are trying to make the point that this guy writes better music than Chopin or Rachmaninov or any of the other greats, you don't even deserve for me to listen to you.

I am absolutely baffled at, excuse me for using the expression, the nonsense in your last comment. Liszt and Chopin rank among favourite composers. No living composer IMHO comes close to either of them. I never even TRIED to state anything like what you tell me I did.

The fact was, you made a rather derogatory comment about the pianist from the video I posted, which I tried to prove wrong. He knows very well what he is doing, contrary to what you said. His other recordings, and his career, prove that. The man is one of the finest pianists Belgium has spawned during the last century, and he received high praise from one of the legendary pianists of the 1900's, Georges Cziffra. If you don't know Cziffra, check his recordings. If you do not know Geert Dehoux, check his recordings. The latter is not famous like his legendary teacher but he is, I assure you, a very gifted musician with an impressive set of recordings available on his YT channel.

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #73 on: January 30, 2013, 07:01:30 AM
Belgian neo-romantic composer Carl Verbraeken.



If anything this sounds like a brahms impromptu arrangement

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Reply #74 on: January 30, 2013, 08:12:18 PM
MYSELF, other than that I like Chopin and Liszt, Mozart was the first of my favorite composers. Bach sucks.
Your music is bad. Don't even try to argue, it just will never compare to the works by Chopin and Liszt, the masters of piano writing.

Ah, but I can't compose better, you say. So I'm being a hypocrite.

I don't compose. That's the difference. If I did, I would suck. But I know enough not to try.

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Reply #75 on: January 30, 2013, 09:23:24 PM
Your music is bad.

OH MAN! this is going to be EPIC! 2 titans collide as they fight for the supreme control of the Piano Street Forums and for their musical superiority!

Watch out guys!

Ok, maybe I shouldn't be fueling this... or should I?? the temptation!!

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Reply #76 on: January 30, 2013, 09:42:21 PM
OH MAN! this is going to be EPIC! 2 titans collide as they fight for the supreme control of the Piano Street Forums and for their musical superiority!

Yeh, it will be battle of the bullshitters.

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Reply #77 on: January 30, 2013, 10:24:32 PM
Yeh, it will be battle of the bullshitters.

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Reply #78 on: February 01, 2013, 11:18:35 AM
Wim Statius Muller

Sibelius - Romance Op. 24, No. 9
Liszt - Consolation No. 3 in D-flat
Chopin - Prelude Op. 28, No.15
Debussy - Claire de Lune
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Reply #79 on: February 24, 2013, 02:57:58 AM
Einojuani Rautavaara: a great symphonist, frustratingly little-programmed.

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Reply #80 on: February 24, 2013, 03:52:04 AM
Why; that would have to be...myself! I'm defintly not my favorite Pianist though. There are much better pianists than me as far as technique (which governs musicality for the most part.)
There is so much still to be created. 88 keys, you do the math. ∞

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Reply #81 on: October 30, 2013, 03:58:07 AM
For starters, I prefer music that sounds like Chopin or Liszt.

Secondly, if you think it is an imitation of either's style, you are wrong. The composer, at the time, was performing Rachmaninoff's 3rd and that work was the inspiration for the Waltz from his Romantic Suite op. 10. Carl Verbraeken is the chairman of the Belgian composer's association and has written hundreds of works including string quartets and other chamber music, and a vast body of romantic piano music. All of which is available for free, to anyone, if you were to send him an e-mail.

Furthermore, regarding your comment on Geert Dehoux' performance: you should check out his other videos (which include a good studio recording of Liszt's Mazeppa, and some rarely recorded virtuoso work by Villa-Lobos) before saying something like that, which is, IMHO, just pure ignorance.

The man is a former student of Cziffra (and one of his favourites too, I've seen the letter of recommendation he wrote for him after his studies, which you can in fact see yourself if you Google for his name) and has taught at Rio de Janeiro's Conservatoire for years.
This Dehoux is a joke man.If I want inspiritation I turn to Gilels,Sokolov,Piotr Anderszewski,Libetta,Perrahia,Fiorentino,Gieseking,Francois,Yves Nat,etc.etc.etc...I've listened to Dehoux's Polonaise.What a massacre!!The poor guy does not have a clou.FF from the beginning to the end.Unbearable noice..the octave passage is way too fast AND too loud...but hey..thats ok for an amateur..its easy to ignore Chopin's indications than to follow them I guess...Geert Dehoux?..forget about him..there is much more interesting talent in the world..I've been told that he's completly ignored in his own country?..strange..

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Reply #82 on: October 31, 2013, 02:08:24 PM
At a teachers' piano workshop a few years ago, I personally met Dennis Alexander, who played his pieces and explained how he composed them.  I bought several of his books and had him sign the cover of one book. I have enjoyed playing his lyrical music. 
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Reply #83 on: November 02, 2013, 01:01:45 AM
This Dehoux is a joke man.If I want inspiritation I turn to Gilels,Sokolov,Piotr Anderszewski,Libetta,Perrahia,Fiorentino,Gieseking,Francois,Yves Nat,etc.etc.etc...I've listened to Dehoux's Polonaise.What a massacre!!The poor guy does not have a clou.FF from the beginning to the end.Unbearable noice..the octave passage is way too fast AND too loud...but hey..thats ok for an amateur..its easy to ignore Chopin's indications than to follow them I guess...Geert Dehoux?..forget about him..there is much more interesting talent in the world..I've been told that he's completly ignored in his own country?..strange..

Resurrecting this thread after 10 months just to talk crap about this video I posted because it was recorded by Geert Dehoux; I recognise you in the flash of an eyelid Walter Schuermans. Frustrated your previous troll-profile 'the89thKey' was banned? When you get the chance, buy some adult nappies because you will need them, as you act like a dissatisfied toddler. For Pete's sake stop acting out your
frustrations on people you are just jealous of!

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Reply #84 on: November 08, 2013, 04:46:32 AM
For starters, I prefer music that sounds like Chopin or Liszt.

Secondly, if you think it is an imitation of either's style, you are wrong. The composer, at the time, was performing Rachmaninoff's 3rd and that work was the inspiration for the Waltz from his Romantic Suite op. 10. Carl Verbraeken is the chairman of the Belgian composer's association and has written hundreds of works including string quartets and other chamber music, and a vast body of romantic piano music. All of which is available for free, to anyone, if you were to send him an e-mail.

Furthermore, regarding your comment on Geert Dehoux' performance: you should check out his other videos (which include a good studio recording of Liszt's Mazeppa, and some rarely recorded virtuoso work by Villa-Lobos) before saying something like that, which is, IMHO, just pure ignorance.

The man is a former student of Cziffra (and one of his favourites too, I've seen the letter of recommendation he wrote for him after his studies, which you can in fact see yourself if you Google for his name) and has taught at Bogota Conservatoire for years.

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Reply #85 on: November 08, 2013, 04:47:50 AM
For starters, I prefer music that sounds like Chopin or Liszt.

Secondly, if you think it is an imitation of either's style, you are wrong. The composer, at the time, was performing Rachmaninoff's 3rd and that work was the inspiration for the Waltz from his Romantic Suite op. 10. Carl Verbraeken is the chairman of the Belgian composer's association and has written hundreds of works including string quartets and other chamber music, and a vast body of romantic piano music. All of which is available for free, to anyone, if you were to send him an e-mail.

Furthermore, regarding your comment on Geert Dehoux' performance: you should check out his other videos (which include a good studio recording of Liszt's Mazeppa, and some rarely recorded virtuoso work by Villa-Lobos) before saying something like that, which is, IMHO, just pure ignorance.

The man is a former student of Cziffra (and one of his favourites too, I've seen the letter of recommendation he wrote for him after his studies, which you can in fact see yourself if you Google for his name) and has taught at Bogota Conservatoire for years.

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Reply #86 on: November 08, 2013, 05:16:52 AM
For starters, I prefer music that sounds like Chopin or Liszt.

Secondly, if you think it is an imitation of either's style, you are wrong. The composer, at the time, was performing Rachmaninoff's 3rd and that work was the inspiration for the Waltz from his Romantic Suite op. 10. Carl Verbraeken is the chairman of the Belgian composer's association and has written hundreds of works including string quartets and other chamber music, and a vast body of romantic piano music. All of which is available for free, to anyone, if you were to send him an e-mail.

Furthermore, regarding your comment on Geert Dehoux' performance: you should check out his other videos (which include a good studio recording of Liszt's Mazeppa, and some rarely recorded virtuoso work by Villa-Lobos) before saying something like that, which is, IMHO, just pure ignorance.

The man is a former student of Cziffra (and one of his favourites too, I've seen the letter of recommendation he wrote for him after his studies, which you can in fact see yourself if you Google for his name) and has taught at Bogota Conservatoire for years.

Geert Dehoux has found himself a niche in playing music from insignificant and unimportant music.He's bottom moderately good at that.On the other hand putting this guy on a par with Richter,Horoblitz and Rubinstein is ofcourse ridiculous and moreover insulting.1/The Chopin Polonaise is heavily edited.One can see that the famous LH Octave passages has been copied.He plays it only once and some bad editor did a terrible job.If you want I can give you a complete account with "timeline"details.Cutting up these Masterworks and putting them later together during the editingprocess.By playing FFF from the beginning to the end completely disregarding the myriads of dynamic indications given to us by Chopin .He simply does not have the faculties ,technic and talent to play this piece.Look at how his shoulders are contracting and lifting.The guy has no clou and forces this performance trough our throats with disdain and incredible arrogance.2/Geert Dehoux looks indeed bored and uninterested when playing the other pieces..The feigned pious facial expressions are hilarious.3/There is plenty of other pianists who could serve as a true inspiration instead of this imposter...Gilels,Anderszewski,Michelangeli,Hamelin,Fiorentino,Libetta,Andnes..people with REAL achievements and not some heavily edited recorded pieces.Incompetent pianist.

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Reply #87 on: November 08, 2013, 05:25:46 AM
"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left" -- Oscar Levant

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Reply #88 on: November 08, 2013, 05:52:26 AM
The Chopin Polonaise is heavily edited.One can see that the famous LH Octave passages has been copied.He plays it only once and some bad editor did a terrible job.If you want I can give you a complete account with "timeline"details.Cutting up these Masterworks and putting them later together during the editingprocess............people with REAL achievements and not some heavily edited recorded pieces.Incompetent pianist.

I have no idea what pianist you are talking about..... and I don't really care. I just thought that several of the things you said in this paragraph revealed a shocking lack of knowledge about what it takes to make good recordings.   :o

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Reply #89 on: November 08, 2013, 11:50:34 PM
Found another present-day composer who I really enjoy listening to. Wolfgang Weller, from Germany.



Sounds like Scriabin's mature works... not completely atonal but very dissonant, yet still using all these strange harmonies and disharmonies in a similar way to how the Romantics dealt with structure and harmony etc. He wrote a huge number of piano pieces by the way, including a set of variations on an own theme that are about as massive in scope as the Diabelli Variations. All can be heard (including a huge body of standard piano repertoire from all important composers) on his Youtube channel, and I highly recommend them.

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creating a new account only to quote a message 3 times while commenting on it just once does not make the message any more convincing. On the contrary.

I only posted his video here because I wanted to show people Carl Verbraeken's music. Go and complain about the pianist playing it somewhere else, for Pete's sake....

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #90 on: November 10, 2013, 02:54:55 AM
Resurrecting this thread after 10 months just to talk crap about this video I posted because it was recorded by Geert Dehoux; I recognise you in the flash of an eyelid Walter Schuermans. Frustrated your previous troll-profile 'the89thKey' was banned? When you get the chance, buy some adult nappies because you will need them, as you act like a dissatisfied toddler. For Pete's sake stop acting out your
frustrations on people you are just jealous of!
"just to talk crap about...etc.etc."..hilarious!Let's stick to the issue at stake..Is it not the performance of the Polonaise that should be called "CRAP"?..let me ask you a few questions..how did you manage to put YT video's on pianostreet.com?Did Geert Dehoux give you permission?..does this mean you know him personally?Now don't get insulted, but is your job devoted to spreading ignorance?Because ignorance can be cured. Stupid is forever.
"recognized me in the blink of..etc...."?That must be a clustering illusion which is the cognitive bias of seeing a pattern in what is actually a random sequence of numbers or events.There is a cure for that.Write me privately..I can help you.
Back to the "Polonaise" because thats why we here for.I will provide an analysis of this video,including AND based on the timeline codes,to prove the CHEATING in the editing process.Pointing out precise identical bodymovements AND DYNAMICS copy/pasted to other locations in the same video,where certain parts are repeated.For obvious reasons.This kind of editing can only be done WITH the help of the pianist himself.Apparantely Geert Dehoux is becoming increasingly notorious for cheating his way ,using editing techniques,through the difficulties of certain pieces.Question:are we,piano/musiclovers in need for such perversions?..dont we  pianists with much more artistic integrity around than this imposter?Yes! we do..thank God for that..
As for the "nappies"..looks like you guys are in much greater need for them than me...
It seems you missed an opportunity to hold your tongue..
Anyway,just wanted to introduce myself.
Enjoy the music!

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #91 on: November 10, 2013, 03:53:55 AM
Resurrecting this thread after 10 months just to talk crap about this video I posted because it was recorded by Geert Dehoux; I recognise you in the flash of an eyelid Walter Schuermans. Frustrated your previous troll-profile 'the89thKey' was banned? When you get the chance, buy some adult nappies because you will need them, as you act like a dissatisfied toddler. For Pete's sake stop acting out your
frustrations on people you are just jealous of!

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #92 on: November 10, 2013, 04:10:58 AM
This Dehoux is a joke man.If I want inspiritation I turn to Gilels,Sokolov,Piotr Anderszewski,Libetta,Perrahia,Fiorentino,Gieseking,Francois,Yves Nat,etc.etc.etc...I've listened to Dehoux's Polonaise.What a massacre!!The poor guy does not have a clou.FF from the beginning to the end.Unbearable noice..the octave passage is way too fast AND too loud...but hey..thats ok for an amateur..its easy to ignore Chopin's indications than to follow them I guess...Geert Dehoux?..forget about him..there is much more interesting talent in the world..I've been told that he's completly ignored in his own country?..strange..
Haha..yes I agree..all those pseudo-musicians telling us about artistic liberties...hilarious..

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #93 on: November 10, 2013, 05:03:17 AM
For starters, I prefer music that sounds like Chopin or Liszt.

Secondly, if you think it is an imitation of either's style, you are wrong. The composer, at the time, was performing Rachmaninoff's 3rd and that work was the inspiration for the Waltz from his Romantic Suite op. 10. Carl Verbraeken is the chairman of the Belgian composer's association and has written hundreds of works including string quartets and other chamber music, and a vast body of romantic piano music. All of which is available for free, to anyone, if you were to send him an e-mail.

Furthermore, regarding your comment on Geert Dehoux' performance: you should check out his other videos (which include a good studio recording of Liszt's Mazeppa, and some rarely recorded virtuoso work by Villa-Lobos) before saying something like that, which is, IMHO, just pure ignorance.

The man is a former student of Cziffra (and one of his favourites too, I've seen the letter of recommendation he wrote for him after his studies, which you can in fact see yourself if you Google for his name) and has taught at Bogota Conservatoire for years.
Hi.I did Google his name.I read he gave a masterclass at Bogota University.However he did not mention he was a teacher at this place 'for years' as you wrote.Can you back-up your claim please?
I am acquainted with some of South-America's top pianists both Classic and Salsa music,people who actually studied in Bogota.I could ask them if you like.
Greetings from Grignan..



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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #94 on: November 10, 2013, 06:12:56 AM
I have no idea what pianist you are talking about..... and I don't really care. I just thought that several of the things you said in this paragraph revealed a shocking lack of knowledge about what it takes to make good recordings.   :o
"...several things I said etc.etc...."..."shocking lack of ...blablabla...etc.." another pathetic attempt and childish,puerile attempt to cover up the modus operandi from your "protege"...ridiculous beyond belief.... :P
Meanwhile I've been looking more indepth at this guy's acivities on f.e.YT...as far as I can see he is very much disliked by many genuine music lovers. ;D
To most of us he looks a bit like the little man on top of the wedding cake... :) ;)

Anyway...enjoy the music



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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #95 on: November 10, 2013, 07:23:52 AM

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #96 on: November 10, 2013, 12:59:21 PM
It certainly is humble...too humble for your own good I'd say. I have no idea what you're talking about in that post, but I do know what I'm talking about, and I know that music is straight from Chopin, Liszt, maybe Rachmaninov or Ravel or Scriabin or other composers. If you are trying to make the point that this guy writes better music than Chopin or Rachmaninov or any of the other greats, you don't even deserve for me to listen to you.
sixthsensemusic or whatever claims you've been banned from pianostreet.Is that true?As far as I know you're still around.Luckily.The pianoiworld is in need of more astute observers.Stay around.

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #97 on: November 10, 2013, 02:40:22 PM
"...several things I said etc.etc...."..."shocking lack of ...blablabla...etc.." another pathetic attempt and childish,puerile attempt to cover up the modus operandi from your "protege"...ridiculous beyond belief.... :P
Meanwhile I've been looking more indepth at this guy's acivities on f.e.YT...as far as I can see he is very much disliked by many genuine music lovers. ;D
To most of us he looks a bit like the little man on top of the wedding cake... :) ;)

Anyway...enjoy the music





I'm not sure what incoherent nonsense you seem to be babbling here, kaleidoscope007.

You aren't expressing yourself very clearly at all!



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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #98 on: November 10, 2013, 02:55:50 PM
I'm not sure what incoherent nonsense you seem to be babbling here, kaleidoscope007.

You aren't expressing yourself very clearly at all!




Awesome!My dear.I hear what you see but I just dont care.Its possible ofcourse your mind is so open that ideas simply pass through it.

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Re: Your favorite living composer.
Reply #99 on: November 10, 2013, 03:00:44 PM
Please express yourself more clearly.

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