Sir András Schiff Piano Masterclass at the RCM: Alexander Ullman

On Sunday 10 April 2016 the Royal College of Music welcomed back Sir András Schiff, one of the world's most celebrated pianists, for a masterclass with talented RCM musicians.

In this clip, Schiff works with Alexander Ullman on Haydn's Andante and Variations in F minor.

[avenarius]

I simply cannot believe that we can watch something of this quality completely for free on YouTube - what a wonderful time we are living through! Thank you RCM for putting it up.
Alex U was remarkably well able to instantly adjust his well-honed interpretation to the maestro's suggestions, which must be so hard to do (particularly when playing from memory).
Any opportunity to journey into the depths of Andras Schiff's musicality and understanding like this is an extraordinary delight and privilege.

[user]

47:30 "This is desperate now". You can really hear it. He plays it so beautifully. That is my favourite part of the whole piece. It's so emotional.

[m.a.]

Ullman went on to winning the Liszt International piano competition! Bravo!

[thethikboy]

Mr. Schiff has so much credibility and persuasion because he can illustrate all his points by playing them.

[BoAurehl]

András Schiff is a wonderful educator and musician. Intelligent, sincere with an elegant wit.

[Sprellic]

Sir András Schiff is the ‘Yoda’ of piano masters.

[musicandliterature]

In this fabulous master class, which is one of several accessible on YouTube, the celebrated pianist András Schiff superbly demonstrates not only his pedagogical abilities, but also his boundless knowledge of the classical repertoire.

[settembrini]

Was für eine bereichernde Lehrstunde - tiefe Einblicke in Haydns Kompositionswerkstatt zusammen mit ihrer optimalen klanglichen Umsetzung am Instrument...ein tiefempfundenes "Danke" andie beteiligten Akteure...

[RicardoCorona]

What an excellent master class ! What a great opportunity having these Lessons for free. Thank you very much!

[Sepharite]

This pianist is going to go places. Great articulation and colour.

[janetlee]

Salute to Sir András Schiff and Alexander Ullman!

[quaver]

As Avenarius said, an extraordinary delight and privilege. One learns so very much from Sir András and the students that we come away with our heads filled with new thoughts and ideas. Thank you.

[FirstGentleman]

It's a beautiful piece and they played it, they played it.

[kiyankalati]

The guy who played Haydn in the beginning is a great human being

[davidchatterton]

Please see the appeal attached to later RCM videos. Many RCM musicians are suffering hardship from the effects of Covid-19 as their sources of income from teaching, performances and gigs have virtually dried up. The RCM has launched a Covid-19 Hardship Fund and would welcome any contributions to support those students facing financial hardship in these difficult times.

[ericrouach]

very well played mr ullman, very clever and beutiful interpretation, the whole thing with a very healthy technique!

[reflechant]

I just started listening to this, haven't heard M-r. Schiff comments yet, but Alexander plays great. So carefully crafted performance and with good taste.

[권채영-wp]

but his own playing was also sooo beautiful.

[КузнецоваТатьяна-гч]

Под пальцами Андраша Шиффа музыка становится МУЗЫКОЙ...

[adanayup]

Esa sonata es maravillosa...asi como la interpretación...