Alban Gerhardt's Q&A about Applause, Open Eyes and 2Cello

On July 23 Alban Gerhardt answered in a livestreamed Q&A questions of his patreon patrons, here the bits where he talks about the temptation to play for the applause, the benefits of playing with the eyes open (or closed), playing with facial expressions and his thoughts on the 2Cellos pop group.

[stevenj]

Wonderful, Alban. Please come back to the Grant Park Symphony and play with us soon again!!

[serafin]

Will you keep the Montagnana? I will happily take care of your Goffriller!!

[stevenj]

These days it seems the 'acting' part of a performance is WAY more important than the musical part...I can't STAND that now a days. Pained expressions, feigned exaggerated looks, thrashing the head and body

[lala-uggo]

I'm just gonna say what every other classical cellist is thinking: 2cellos are YUCKY!! 🤮🤮🤮🤮
Thanks for the upload.