What's the point of playing two pianos with two hands?

[pytheamateur]

See the video of the pianist Josh Wright playing Liszt's La Campanella.

https://joshwrightpiano.com/

What's the point?  Is it just a circus act?  I question the wisdom of his putting that video on his website: will it not put off concert agents and organisers (unless he is targeting something else)? 

Also, the business model seems questionable.  Will there really by such an interest to see that to justify the significant increase in costs of hiring a second piano for a concert?

[zezhyrule]

There is no point. 
then again he's sexy so he can do whatever he wants~

[teccomin]

To make a piece more difficult.. Just like people using blindfolds, or playing with back facing piano, or playing sitting on the ground ;p

[m1469]

bwwwaaaahhhhaaahahahahahahaaa .....


I don't know what to think.  What, is it supposed to be like having a Ménage à trois or something?  

*gimmick*

[perfect_pitch]

What did you say there zezhyrule???

There is no point. 
then again he's sexy so he can do whatever he wants~

Good to know the good-looking people in the world can do what they feel while the rest of us can't...

 

[zezhyrule]

Haha no, I was kidding... And now it's all giant 

[perfect_pitch]

Sorry zezhyrule... but it gave me such a laugh, I had to share it with the forum.   

But yeah - to me, playing on 2 pianos with two hands is just idiotic.

[speedcuber]

this piece is most likely impossible to play at one piano because both hands play the same measure over and over again just phased. (you might now tell me that the music is stupid but) you should agree that two pianos are pretty useful for this.

at first i thought the josh wright performance was about different pedalling on both pianos but a close look showed that he just used the same. so i guess this is a true show-off act for people who think its "amazing" because the title says so.

[jmanpno]

it's kinda funny... he only plays the easy passages on two pianos.... the hard ones are on one.

[piano_vs_science]

The point is...overlapping notes???

[49410enrique]

he needs to tuck his shirt in.  he looks like a slob. and he's doing it wrong (*referring to how he's seated at the piano. that's now how you do it, *looks for picture of a bench to send to the slob so he knows how  sit at  one piano, interestingly he knows how to sit at two)

[pbryld]

This guy is a joke, and so is the video.

First of, the introduction ("This is the one of the hardest piece ever, now it's twice as hard!!!) is just laughable. He is obviously very full of himself.

Secondly he only plays the easy parts, where one can 'easily' just use muscle memory for both the bass and treble. When that isn't possible, he just uses one piano!

Thirdly, that look at 00:56... Very funny.