Masterclass with Murray Perahia / Alma Shapiro / Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 / JMC

Murray Perahia's masterclass course for outstanding pianists
Summer 2022
Jerusalem Music Centre

[Daniel_Zalman]

Murray Perahia is a such a brilliant musician and it is so evident in his teaching.

[zahararay]

I'm so envious of the students at the JMC. What I wouldn't do for a master class with the AMZING and Brilliant Professor Perahia. She is outstanding, at least to my inexperienced ear. I have a long way to go, before I'd be good enough to sit beside and be critiqued by him. I hope they realize what an extraordinary honour it is.

[smurf]

Does anyone realize how nerve wracking playing in front of people then being critiqued live, having to make corrections on the spot, is? She's fantastic. He sees her potential or else he wouldn't be so insistent.

[manyirons]

That was brutal. Good, but brutal. Two very sensitive and capable pianists side by side giving us an instructive peek into the difficult process of becoming a musician. Bravo to all involved!

[luckylicks]

Thank you once again for uploading these

[AnonYmous-ryjn]

she didn't understand what he meant "4 and 5"; she was nervous, and who wouldn't be? It took me a long time to learn (on my own) that when you learn fingering, at some point you have to synthesize prescribed fingering with a natural and somewhat intuitive approach, which sometimes means reinforcing a finger (particularly a weaker one like 5) with another, I suppose usually its neighbor. When you're so accustomed to obediently following a teacher (or fingering in your edition), it seems reckless or taboo to actually do just what works. Often the published fingering must be followed exactly because it has an underlying musical point about phrasing or articulation, but other times it is just a suggestion or idea that can and must be overridden by the particularities of the pianist's hand and even energy or inspiration in the moment of performance. Distinguishing these kinds of cases and knowing how and when to act on them is one of the most important aspects of learned musical experience. Reinforcing a finger with another is rarely indicated in a score, but it should be in every pianist's technique.

[TheSoteriologist]

12:48 - 12:52 What a fitting remark by Chopin ! =:D

[markus]

Extraordinary teaching! What happened to the microphone at 23:40? It suddenly opened!

[kaidwig]

Applaus nun haben wir wieder nach Geklimpert🤦🏻😆🤦🏻

[poplarboydavid]

Am I going crazy, or is this not dissimilar to a section of Brahams 2nd piano concerto?!

[subplantant]

"Is there any way you can do it legato?" lol rekt

[radovanlorkovic]

Es fehlt eine inhaltliche Logik des beschiebenen Ereignisses: ein Scherzo könnte eine Kabaretszene bedeuten. Am Anfang 2 Fragen und eine forsche Antwort darauf. Später karikiert pathetische Sätze von Publikumsgelächter gefolgt. Deutlicher aufzeigen, was zu was inhaltlich gehört. Nicht immer gleiche Pausen zwischen Elementen, das macht keinen Sinn des Zusammenhangs.

[miguelalonsoperez]

I always thought that master classes are a kind of tyranny…
If I was Shapiro, Perahia should eat his glasses 😂😂

[adrianwright]

Would have thought it a bit distracting to have him leaning forward and making notes - you'd be thinking "oh what did I do there"! And if he wants to make notes - a good idea - why not get into a more comfortable position?

[XPKpianist]

Her coda is a little bit too slow for the whole piece general tempo, kinda fall apart at the end.

[wot_hog]

She is overmatched by this piece. Regrettably, she simply does not possess the technical wherewithal to handle this composition.