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Topic: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills  (Read 4630 times)

Offline toughbo

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Wish they had more things like this :-)

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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #1 on: June 08, 2015, 12:12:33 PM
Many thanks for posting. Most informative - and great to see Czerny, Rota et al get an airing.  I was particularly impressed by the last tiny bit (unnamed) - that sort of interlaced fingerwork I always find a real bugger to read.

I'd encourage everyone to have a look. And to consider the question - to what extent are they reading the notes and to what extent are they reading the music?
"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left" -- Oscar Levant

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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #2 on: June 08, 2015, 06:14:20 PM
Fascinating!  Thanks for sharing this.
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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #3 on: June 08, 2015, 09:42:19 PM
Wish they had more things like this :-)


It looks like fun!


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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #4 on: June 08, 2015, 10:35:09 PM
That was fun! Is it a regular show on TV?
I was impressed how they got the notes and instantly made the MUSIC. Rhythm, phrasing, volume, OMG :o
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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #5 on: June 09, 2015, 11:31:01 AM
It's a regular show with Arie Vardi called "Intermezzo" with classical performers on various instruments, although this is the first episode I've seen with the prima vista topic.

There have been many different pianists on the show, like Wang, Kissin, Schiff, Kovacevich, Perahia etc. I think they're all on youtube if you search a bit.

Here is a different episode with the same three artists as the previous one:

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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #6 on: June 09, 2015, 09:10:55 PM
Look at this! ;D




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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #7 on: June 09, 2015, 09:55:28 PM
It is a nice show, I will look up some more episodes on YT. Thanks!
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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #8 on: June 10, 2015, 07:25:29 PM

-Wonderful! I LOVE Yeol eum son´s playing! She is absolutely outstanding!

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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #9 on: June 11, 2015, 11:29:16 AM
Did you see this episode with Yeol Eum Son alone then?
I think she is pretty awesome.

This guy too, Haochen Zhang, well worth watching

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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #10 on: February 05, 2016, 10:11:00 AM
Revisit to add a playlist with piano related episodes I found that are either in English or has English subtitles.

A lot of unknowns and a lot of well knowns, and some are guests in multiple episodes (Schiff, Wang, Perahia, Trifonov etc.) :-)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFaXbmzHkWNqpn-jwOlGiMG8x61jvucPV


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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #11 on: February 06, 2016, 01:01:49 AM
There are some very interesting videos here, thanks!

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Re: Three concert pianists showing off sight reading skills
Reply #12 on: February 06, 2016, 05:35:04 PM
I'm seeing Levit in San Francisco next week, but I doubt that he'll be sightreading! Here's his program:

BACH: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828
SCHUBERT: Moments Musicaux, D780
BEETHOVEN: Sonata in D minor, Op.31, No.2 “The Tempest”
PROKOFIEV: Sonata No.7 in B-flat Major, Op.83
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