I am new to this mailing list and I want to know what makes a pianist great (aside from their postgraduate degrees and fluency in several foreign languages)....
ffrancois
ffrancois@...
May 1, 2000 10:56 am
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Still I do doubt that any great or a greater musician, the piano playing ones included, could have been affected for good by a "one know-nothing (or agenda...
ANTTI SAIRANEN
antti@...
May 1, 2000 10:56 am
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It's impossible to find ticket for Argerich and now Pollini. Every time there is a show at La Scala, it's very difficult to find ticket. It is necessary to...
marco capoduro
mcapu@...
May 1, 2000 10:57 am
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Thank you for these informations. Ates, could you tell me what are your feelings about the video with Chopin Sonata#3: i hope that it's well played because in...
chcouineau@...
May 1, 2000 10:57 am
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... Freddy Kempf's Tchaikovsky Competition programmes were as follows: 1st round (13 June 1998): Bach Prelude & Fugue in C sharp minor, No.4 Bk.1; Beethoven...
Michael Glover
mglover@...
May 1, 2000 4:09 pm
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Great question!!What makes a pianist great ? Technical ability of sure, but this only one element to appreciate. Capacity to take the meaning of a score and...
marco capoduro
mcapu@...
May 1, 2000 4:11 pm
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There's obviously no simple answer to the first question. Ultimately it comes to taste, does it not? The CBC site linked below gives the opinion of one Tom...
Paul Geffen
lpaul@...
May 1, 2000 5:58 pm
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Paul Geffen wrote: "My own counter-proposals to that list would include: add Egon Petri, Annie Fischer, Moriz Rosenthal, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, and Harold Bauer;...
Fred Feinberg
feinf@...
May 1, 2000 10:05 pm
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A great living pianist who would not want me to reveal his name told me that a large part of being a great musician is the projection of character. I had ...
ddapr@...
May 1, 2000 10:49 pm
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It's the old debate about life and art. For me, the artist's personal life does not matter, or at least it does not (in and of itself) diminish the...
Paul Geffen
lpaul@...
May 1, 2000 10:59 pm
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I must add to this that the whole secret of "greatness" lies in a total separate category to what life is. We tend to mix up the "being moved" by art with the...
Maria Elena Hartung
mhartung@...
May 1, 2000 11:48 pm
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Music, painting, architecture, furniture design, -- yes, it is possible to separate art from the artist and her life (yes, the art is separate from the ...
Crane, Louise
lkc-jpn@...
May 2, 2000 10:37 am
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I think that a post-graduate degree is, if anything, more a liability than an asset to a truly great artist (unless the degree is in a subject totally ...
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mcar@...
May 2, 2000 10:38 am
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Who is to dictate what is a proper "moral life" for a musician? Each individual life and personality is unique. What is important is how an artist will use...
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mcar@...
May 2, 2000 10:39 am
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Does anyone know where the WTC by each of these pianists can be found, either in Toronto, or online? John Grant...
dohgrant@...
May 2, 2000 10:40 am
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I shall be in Washington for the first two weeks in July, and would like to know of any specialist classical CD shops in the area, and who I should contact to...
John Haynes
jonah.spindrift@...
May 2, 2000 10:40 am
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Dear Ms. crane, Although I don't feel the need to defend somebody who in fact did nothing else but working into the ground others (e.g. Heidegger, of all...
Haas d R.
R.dHaas@...
May 2, 2000 12:54 pm
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If it`s any help, the Gieseking was issued by DG as 429 929-2. Best...
Robert Gray
kinograph@...
May 2, 2000 12:54 pm
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Paul Geffen writes: "The only thing that matters in the end is the result of the performance, or the painting, or whatever it is the artist does." Absolutely....
john grant
dohgrant@...
May 2, 2000 12:55 pm
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... Simone de Beauvoir actually. But in general I'm with you on the point under discussion. Still, it's complicated. Personal life, civic life (R. Strauss,...
john burke
john.burke@...
May 2, 2000 1:54 pm
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On the Richter list, David Ciaccia mentioned that he often obtains Japanese CDs from collectors in Taiwan. Would anyone there be willing to help me obtain such...
Robert Gray
kinograph@...
May 2, 2000 1:56 pm
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... From: Crane, Louise [mailto:lkc-jpn@...] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:53 PM To: 'greatpianists@egroups.com' Subject: RE: [Great Pianists]...
John Samples
samplesj@...
May 2, 2000 3:31 pm
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So far, the discussion has been focusing on non-pianists who were marginally unpleasant people. How about Ely Ney, a virulent Nazi and a racist who misused her...
jff@...
May 2, 2000 3:33 pm
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Of course we do not know the name of this great living pianist, but his/her opinion is hogwash. Idolizing great artists whose art we admire is a very common...
Gregor Benko
gregorbenko@...
May 2, 2000 3:34 pm
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I'm interested. Please write to my e-mail. mauricio mauriciofranca@......
mauricio
mauriciofranca@...
May 2, 2000 3:34 pm
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I am updating my Gilels Discography at http://www.doremi.com/DiscGilComp.html and Recorded Gilels at http://www.doremi.com/RecGilComp.html and would like to...
Dr. Ates Tanin
atanin@...
May 2, 2000 5:16 pm
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I have very strong personal view's in and around this whole subject. At this stage in time to bandy it around in an open forum, tempting though it may be, is...
Peter Schenkman
peter_schenkman@...
May 2, 2000 5:16 pm
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... No, it is not. Actually it is rejection of Lenin! "Superhuman music" - every Soviet schoolboy and every Soviet schoolgirl knew these words that Lenin said...
derman@...
May 2, 2000 5:17 pm
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... She also recorded the Schubert Bb major on EMI as part of the "Les Introuvables de -" set. The whole set is a winner. I have rarely been anything less...
previtejoseph@...
May 2, 2000 6:36 pm
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I hope Mr. Schenkman's reply does not represent an attempt to vindicate Ely Ney - it's hard to tell from what he wrote. Ney did much more than remain in her...
