My teacher says there is a difference between a good artist and a genius

[senanserat]

And he insists that if I look closely I can find the answer in the following performance:

The thing is that I don't even know where to start. What makes a great performance and a great artist? Is if the control of dynamics and tempo? Is it the presence they project on stage? Regarding that piece above, I cannot think of a specific highlight that makes me go: "Wow, so that's what a true genius sounds like."

I am curious, what makes that difference to you?

Salute

[j_menz]

Another ^%$#^% cat video? 

Geniuses steal, while the merely competent copy.

Marti has taken the song and copied a cat into it; Caballe has stolen the essence of cat and used it to sing.

[senanserat]

Another ^%$#^% cat video? 

Geniuses steal, while the merely competent copy.

Marti has taken the song and copied a cat into it; Caballe has stolen the essence of cat and used it to sing.

Thats pretty deep yo...

[keypeg]

I don't get the point of asking a student to look for "genius".

One way of seeing whether there is anything special might be to listen to a whole bunch of performances of this piece, and see what makes any of them stand out, and why.  Might that work?

[keypeg]

This one is cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW2m41N7TC0

[keypeg]

In some of the performances, the singers show off their wonderful technique and their beautiful voices, but they don't try to be cats.  In the original performance, the singers used their skills and gifts to convey "cat" and that may be the 'genius" your teacher is after.

[dima_76557]

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