Piano Forum

I'm not sure if this is the right board to post this information, but so be it...

One of the joys of YouTube is the opportunity it gives to discover pianists previously unknown to us, no matter how famous they may be to others. Such a discovery for me is the pianist Alberto Neuman, a former student of Michelangeli. The two links here are for a documentary about his experiences with his famous teacher (unfortunately in French, a language in which I'm not fully fluent) and to a performance of Nazareth's Odeon (much shorter).

Both highlight an unusual style of play (physical and musical) but one which I find very moving nonetheless. Plus he does a few things in the opening Chopin etude that I've never seen before. I thought he'd be an interesting "revelation" for the assembled members of the piano forum and I am curious to learn what sort of a response these samples elicit.

(Odeon)

with Chopin etude #1, op. 25)