I will always play this music the way I understand it. And if it doesnt sound flamenco, well... I am not pretending to be flamenco! There are some things about the culture that I never quite wanted to get into, things that I strongly disagree with. I am playing this music as a Russian, and it touches my heart, and because of that I know there will be people who will feel the same.
The critics could only wish to have facility and understanding and most of all…love. You have worked way hard. It IS appreciated here. Faithfully subscribed.
Your words ring true Grisha. Play music because it touches your heart, and we will listen for the same reason. Every form of music is part of the culture of the time and place where it was created. But then the music becomes part of world culture, available to every musician with the skill to play it, and every listener willing to hear and learn.
Point is, I do not want to limit myself to any one style. For me, flamenco compositions I play are wonderful pieces of music first! They just happen to be composed in flamenco style. I am not pretending I am a Spaniard from Granada or Sevilla. I am a Russian from St. Petersburg!
Well said. Very wise statement. You have your own style. It´s useless to compare with spanish flamenco players. Keep playing your own style. Congratulations.
Dear idalotumbao! I've listened to flamenco music non-stop since I was 4 or 5, which makes it 25-26 years. I understand flamenco sentiment because it's the music that shaped my musical taste. When I started playing I could imitate and copy very very well because I have a good ear and fine hands.
Absolute musical genius, so much emotion and feel in every note he plays! I am in my mid 40's and in my lifetime for sure Grisha is the most complete Flamenco player. The execution of some of Paco's technique mixed with his own style and the odd gentle classical touch makes for the most wonderful flamenco interpretation.
Grisha! Can´t belive I found him on UA-cam!! These videos bring tears of nostalgia to my eyes... I was a big fan of this talented young man already in ´93, when I lived in Russia. Me and my friends were regulars at his concerts, were his father would perform too. I was delighted and impressed by Grisha´s talent back then and I´m definitely not less impressed today, 15 years later! Molodets, Grisha! Keep up the good work and good luck!
@DonAnzalone "Music is a universal language and in fact, the most abstract kind of art after all." Is the best quote i've heard in a long time. I'm definately gonna be using that til the day I die now.
I am still coming again and again to this performance, even after all this years. Grisha, you play the guitar the way it's meant to be played. I would love to play this piece as fluently as you. The tremolo, the picado, all is spot on and, at the same time, so russian :)
love your music, sir, and I love reading your comments about playing this music as a Russian in St. Petersburg. Absolutely love that. Paco de Lucia also heard criticisms about not being flamenco enough and I think all of that talk is a waste of time. You are so inspirational through your music and words. Thank you, maestro.
Este joven es un espléndido ejecutante y además tiene "salero". Espero que en el futuro incursione con sus propias creaciones, porque facultades tiene y de sobra...¡Muchas gracias!...
Having said that, I must admit that I enjoy listening to Sabicas, Paco, Gerardo, Manolo, Vicente, Tomate and others tremendously! But I also feel that it is not the only way for this music to be played.
But I will never imitate anybody anymore. I am not a flamenco guitarist and I am not trying to be, or say I am. I just play the music I love the way I understand it. Which makes me a guitarist and musician with no other labels. If I like a jazz composition I'll learn it. If I want to play a 12-tone classical work, I will.
Como último comentario también, el cual merezco por su actitud cortante, le diré que Segovia tuvo algun maestro por ahi en su infancia a un maestro de flamenco... de hecho, no recuerdo la fecha pero alrededor de 1925, se celebró en un lugar de españa una reunion de artistas para revivir el viejo flamenco, y Segovia tocó magistralmente algunos palos flamencos, que la gente quedó admirada, pero dice el mismo Segovia que después de la aparicion de García Lorca con unos poemas...
I got here looking for a more recent interpretation of Sabicas playing. As you said, my friend, your version is not a flamenco one. It doesn’t have to be. It was a real masterful piece. The feeling is there, it reaches your soul. What a virtuous guitarist you are. Bravo!
Dear Grisha What you are playing is different from all what i heared of Danza Arabica for Sabicas , Paco and the others , but still so beautiful , you are wonderful , i love the way you play !!!
If the improvisation improves the original it´s fine otherwise it´s better to leave it as it was. Buy yeah, great cover, his technique is amazing. Grisha is one of the best guitar players of this century. No doubt about it. ua-cam.com/video/f2VROY01EAg/v-deo.html
Thanks Grisha, for learning and posting this Danza Mora which Sabicas named, "Arabescas." Sabicas recorded this piece on a LP called, "Flamenco Reflections." It was produced by ABC-Paramount Records, and is out of print and not yet on a CD, which is a shame...By learning this piece you have again made it possible for all the world to hear it...You performed it with amazing skill and Sabicas would have been amazed and awed by your performance of it...
True virtuosity... crisp, precise but yet played with feeling and depth... awesome and inspirational. I'll be looking at your website for concert dates.
Over the years I've played this composition in a variety of ways. What you hear in this video is the way I felt it at the time of this particular recording. I do not think that careful musicality is appropriate for Danza Arabe. After all, it's in close association with death, and sentimentality is uncalled for. I'll upload an audio of another performance of this piece to MySpace account I have, and see if you like it more.
@aireoteddy It's Flamenco, not classical. Flamenco is mainly improvisation with given tools - So expect there to be tons of versions and infinite ways to play it. Just look for Sabicas' interpretation of the Zambra or Danza Mora, Danza Arabe.
I don't play tremolo in this video. That part is done with 2 fingers using rest strokes. You are comparing it to another version of danza arabe, which I also like very much.
Thanks, my friend! You play jazz and rock, right? I sound pathetic when I attempt to do these styles! But I surely love listening to them. Good luck with your flamenco studies!
I have seen many videos of ypur perfomances, i love them. I hope you make compositions soon im sure they will sound great. Como to Andalusia to get inspired, I recomend you: albaicin or sacromonte (both in Granada)
No, y usted sabe que no es así... no he visto a nadie que toque con tanta dulzura como Andrés Segovia y a nadie que tenga su técnica y le diré que si es concertista sabrá apreciar la ténica de Segovia, esa mano derecha, esos dedos de la mano derecha esas uñas que cada vez que tocan la cuerda, solamente se alejan della un par de milímetros, nadie tiene ese nivel... y ¡Eso es guitarra Clásica!, es arte externo, Segovia tiene lo que nadie tiene, escuéla flamenca de la vieja, potencia tmb
i am sorry but i have to cut in here. Grisha plays superbly with plenty of feeling and emotion there. every one of his videos i have seen of him play in is nothing short of excellence itself! as per usual in this type of situation i would like to see your expert video demonstrating the soul of flamenco, which clearly would wow us and teach us a lesson! grisha all i can say is keep playing you are amazing :-)
I do believe that Grisha has a more balanced and refined technique than Sabicas, but that is a long way from saying he's BETTER. He plays this music beautifully and with passion, but it's not like he's contributed to the repertoire in the way Sabicas did. As for nature vs. nurture, there are videos of Grisha from about age 9 where he plays with nearly the same speed he has today. So he may not have been born with this ability, but it certainly showed itself early on.
Well I'm slavic too, to be precise Bosnian. Good luck to me, although I knew how to play a small part of this before when I just started playing guitar till 1:19 but not interpret it so very great. But I will not leave the guitar till I'm completely satisfied with myself.
I've studied with Scott Wolf, a student of both Grisha and Eliot. I'd say neither Fisk nor Parkening has much on Grisha when it comes to technique, This guy is essentially perfect in this regard. He far surpasses Sabicas in terms of pure technical balance and achievement. For instance, I doubt Sabicas or Montoya or perhaps even Paco de Lucia can play picados as fast as Grisha with i and m, and then turn around and nearly match that same speed with a and m, which Mr. Goryachev certainly can do.
A mi me encanta escuchar a Grisha y puedo decir que es técnicamente igual a Paco de Lucía pero igual que Sabicas no,, al menos en la danza árabe de Sabicas no... y lo digo con todo respeto a Grisha. Sabicas era el mejor usando esas combinaciones endemoniadas y nadie lo ha podido igualar y dudo que lo hagan,,, esas combinaciones de Sabicas requieren de mucha ´tecnica y disciplina que no cualquiera puede llegar a tener, Sabicas era un estrella y se lucia,, era todo un leonino...
Although Grisha obviously has these elements down in his Flamenco playing, I would suggest that Fisk and Parkening, two of the most refined and sensitive classical players out there (athough in VERY different ways) would take a guy like Grisha and help him apply his phenomenal Flamenco-based technical skills and interpretative ability to classical music. Let him speak for himself on this, but this is what I would imagine a top classical player would be able to do for any top flamenco player.
I've heard that a lot of this stuff Grisha just figured out by ear from recordings and stuff. I may be completely wrong; that's just what my teacher told me. So, you could pretty easily do that, especially with the video as a visual aid. Then if you transcribed it, you'd have the notation for free!
¿Por qué tienes un agujero más en el lateral de tu guitarra? (Gracias por anticipado). Почему у вас есть отверстие больше на стороне вашей гитары? (Заранее спасибо).Pochemu u vas yest' otverstiye bol'she na storone vashey gitary? (Zaraneye spasibo).
This is a trademark design choice of the builder who made this guitar (Stephan Connor). The main benefit is that the player hears himself louder than on regular guitars. It makes a difference when you play in larger halls without a mic.
Phenomenal technique - his picado and alzapúa rival (Carlos) Montoya and almost even Sabicas himself. Should like to hear him do some classical, Barrios say. With all due respect to Christopher Parkening and Eliot Fisk, from whom he's apparently 'taken instruction' since coming to the USA, I really don't know what they could teach him. Can he compose?
Can someone explain something to me about "Danza Arabe." I have Grisha's CD, Homenaje a Sabicas and track 1 is called Danza Arabe - the same title as the song in this video. However, they are 2 completely different songs. I've done searches on several music sites and the iTunes store only to find the same version of the song that's on the CD. I can find no recording of the song that's in this video - as far as I can tell, the song in this video is NOT Danza Arabe, but some other song. Any ideas?
He has amazing speed and he plays everything perfectly. The only reason I prefer other guitarists is because they use more emotion and don't sound so robotic.
tal vez existirán tipos más rápidos que Segovia pero siempre se dejan llevar por la pasíón y se pierden, Segovia no, jamás, siemrpe profundo pero ecuánime como debe ser la música clásica. Si Grisha ha imitado a Paco a la perfección, (cosa casi imposible) y al trémolo interminable de Sanlucar en Oración..., por qué no imitó a la perfección ésta zambra de Sabicas?, usted sabe que ese trémolo y esas combiacinones de Sabicas son más difíciles que cualquier picado endemoniado
I will always play this music the way I understand it. And if it doesnt sound flamenco, well... I am not pretending to be flamenco! There are some things about the culture that I never quite wanted to get into, things that I strongly disagree with. I am playing this music as a Russian, and it touches my heart, and because of that I know there will be people who will feel the same.
nice interpretation.
You are the master!!! Anything you do is perfect!!!
Just be yourself. Don't let the critics (who are afraid of entering the arena) influence you. Follow your heart.
The critics could only wish to have facility and understanding and most of all…love. You have worked way hard. It IS appreciated here. Faithfully subscribed.
Your words ring true Grisha. Play music because it touches your heart, and we will listen for the same reason. Every form of music is part of the culture of the time and place where it was created. But then the music becomes part of world culture, available to every musician with the skill to play it, and every listener willing to hear and learn.
Point is, I do not want to limit myself to any one style. For me, flamenco compositions I play are wonderful pieces of music first! They just happen to be composed in flamenco style. I am not pretending I am a Spaniard from Granada or Sevilla. I am a Russian from St. Petersburg!
No need to apologize or explain. This is very musical indeed!
you are a Russian guy who can play flamenco better than any Spaniard I've ever heard.
Always be you buddy ,glad you compose yourself !
Well said. Very wise statement.
You have your own style.
It´s useless to compare with spanish flamenco players.
Keep playing your own style. Congratulations.
Я от тебя в восторге бро. Украина, Запорожье 🤝
Dear idalotumbao! I've listened to flamenco music non-stop since I was 4 or 5, which makes it 25-26 years. I understand flamenco sentiment because it's the music that shaped my musical taste. When I started playing I could imitate and copy very very well because I have a good ear and fine hands.
Use your ears, amigos, and you'll understand the music better.
Absolute musical genius, so much emotion and feel in every note he plays!
I am in my mid 40's and in my lifetime for sure Grisha is the most complete Flamenco player. The execution of some of Paco's technique mixed with his own style and the odd gentle classical touch makes for the most wonderful flamenco interpretation.
SENSACIONAL.ES SIN DUDA UNO DE LOS GRANDES GUITARRISTAS DE LA ACTUALIDAD.
You can just tell that he loves the sound of that instrument
Grisha! Can´t belive I found him on UA-cam!! These videos bring tears of nostalgia to my eyes... I was a big fan of this talented young man already in ´93, when I lived in Russia. Me and my friends were regulars at his concerts, were his father would perform too. I was delighted and impressed by Grisha´s talent back then and I´m definitely not less impressed today, 15 years later! Molodets, Grisha! Keep up the good work and good luck!
@DonAnzalone "Music is a universal language and in fact, the most abstract kind of art after all." Is the best quote i've heard in a long time. I'm definately gonna be using that til the day I die now.
I am still coming again and again to this performance, even after all this years. Grisha, you play the guitar the way it's meant to be played. I would love to play this piece as fluently as you. The tremolo, the picado, all is spot on and, at the same time, so russian :)
love your music, sir, and I love reading your comments about playing this music as a Russian in St. Petersburg. Absolutely love that. Paco de Lucia also heard criticisms about not being flamenco enough and I think all of that talk is a waste of time. You are so inspirational through your music and words. Thank you, maestro.
Este joven es un espléndido ejecutante y además tiene "salero". Espero que en el futuro incursione con sus propias creaciones, porque facultades tiene y de sobra...¡Muchas gracias!...
Grisha is amazing. When he finally comes out and plays his own compositions (and you know he has them) we may have a new Maestro "Payo"
Having said that, I must admit that I enjoy listening to Sabicas, Paco, Gerardo, Manolo, Vicente, Tomate and others tremendously! But I also feel that it is not the only way for this music to be played.
But I will never imitate anybody anymore. I am not a flamenco guitarist and I am not trying to be, or say I am. I just play the music I love the way I understand it. Which makes me a guitarist and musician with no other labels. If I like a jazz composition I'll learn it. If I want to play a 12-tone classical work, I will.
I listened to it 3 times in a row. Absolutely stunning performance. Thanks Grisha !
Como último comentario también, el cual merezco por su actitud cortante, le diré que Segovia tuvo algun maestro por ahi en su infancia a un maestro de flamenco... de hecho, no recuerdo la fecha pero alrededor de 1925, se celebró en un lugar de españa una reunion de artistas para revivir el viejo flamenco, y Segovia tocó magistralmente algunos palos flamencos, que la gente quedó admirada, pero dice el mismo Segovia que después de la aparicion de García Lorca con unos poemas...
I got here looking for a more recent interpretation of Sabicas playing. As you said, my friend, your version is not a flamenco one. It doesn’t have to be. It was a real masterful piece. The feeling is there, it reaches your soul. What a virtuous guitarist you are. Bravo!
This guy can play anything, he's got flawless technique and musicianship.
Meet the new legend.
it is just peace of magic.
Just pure AWESOMENESS. Period-
This is a fantastic performance. The oudlike sounds are incredible!
Dear Grisha
What you are playing is different from all what i heared of Danza Arabica for Sabicas , Paco and the others , but still so beautiful , you are wonderful , i love the way you play !!!
The original Arabian Dance by Sabicas is on youtube too, this is his take on the song. A lot of improvisation. Thats what makes this music so good.
If the improvisation improves the original it´s fine otherwise it´s better to leave it as it was.
Buy yeah, great cover, his technique is amazing. Grisha is one of the best guitar players of this century.
No doubt about it.
ua-cam.com/video/f2VROY01EAg/v-deo.html
Man you own so much I'll buy your CDs... I wouldn't reach your level if I tried my whole life, that kinda makes me sad... much thanks, respect.
You can find this song on my "Alma Flamenca" CD. Thanks!
Thanks Grisha, for learning and posting this Danza Mora which Sabicas named, "Arabescas." Sabicas recorded this piece on a LP called, "Flamenco Reflections." It was produced by ABC-Paramount Records, and is out of print and not yet on a CD, which is a shame...By learning this piece you have again made it possible for all the world to hear it...You performed it with amazing skill and Sabicas would have been amazed and awed by your performance of it...
ua-cam.com/video/f2VROY01EAg/v-deo.html
Love the sound of those Alzapuas
True virtuosity... crisp, precise but yet played with feeling and depth... awesome and inspirational.
I'll be looking at your website for concert dates.
absolute bliss
Privyet! Probably one of my all-time favorites covered by you, Grisha.
I love you grisha!
One of the chosen few SUPERB
LUCAS BRAR BROUGHT ME HERE
Awesome work dude, very transporting!
this is my all time favorite video.
simply amazing
Over the years I've played this composition in a variety of ways. What you hear in this video is the way I felt it at the time of this particular recording. I do not think that careful musicality is appropriate for Danza Arabe. After all, it's in close association with death, and sentimentality is uncalled for. I'll upload an audio of another performance of this piece to MySpace account I have, and see if you like it more.
Great Performance Absolutly loved it.
@aireoteddy
It's Flamenco, not classical. Flamenco is mainly improvisation with given tools - So expect there to be tons of versions and infinite ways to play it. Just look for Sabicas' interpretation of the Zambra or Danza Mora, Danza Arabe.
still my favorite.
Great talent and really sensitive!
Bravo!
Just speechless.... that's amazing!!!!! :)
So I just realized that, Grisha Goryachev doesn't have a Wikipedia page. This needs to be rectified.
Greaaaaaat arrangement!!
love grisha
I don't play tremolo in this video. That part is done with 2 fingers using rest strokes. You are comparing it to another version of danza arabe, which I also like very much.
Thanks, my friend! You play jazz and rock, right? I sound pathetic when I attempt to do these styles! But I surely love listening to them. Good luck with your flamenco studies!
Wonderful music! I love the melody, and the upbeat parts definitely sounds Russian, doesn't it? It's beautiful. Thank you!
Man you're so good at this. You're one of the best imo.
Preciosa interpretacion...inspiring!
Hermoso hermano, love from Uruguay !
wow! You are amezing!
I think you are correct. He is Paco II (but hopefully people will see him as himself).
incredibly good.
MY FRIEND BRILLIANT!
just beautiful! thank you!
I have seen many videos of ypur perfomances, i love them. I hope you make compositions soon im sure they will sound great. Como to Andalusia to get inspired, I recomend you: albaicin or sacromonte (both in Granada)
man that was so awesome.
Bravo Bis Bravo! This made my day
amazing!
you are awesome!
Increíble
yes,gracias beautiful
magnifique
Superb, I really get that arab feeling when listening to this one.
ua-cam.com/video/f2VROY01EAg/v-deo.html
Exelente, Felicitaciones
wonderfull amazing
Mas allá de todo comentario es un prodigio y maestro tanto en la técnica e interpretación de la guitarra clásica como flamenca.
Bravo !!!
you are magnificent my friend exquisite playing
Beautiful! \m/
No, y usted sabe que no es así... no he visto a nadie que toque con tanta dulzura como Andrés Segovia y a nadie que tenga su técnica y le diré que si es concertista sabrá apreciar la ténica de Segovia, esa mano derecha, esos dedos de la mano derecha esas uñas que cada vez que tocan la cuerda, solamente se alejan della un par de milímetros, nadie tiene ese nivel... y ¡Eso es guitarra Clásica!, es arte externo, Segovia tiene lo que nadie tiene, escuéla flamenca de la vieja, potencia tmb
i am sorry but i have to cut in here.
Grisha plays superbly with plenty of feeling and emotion there. every one of his videos i have seen of him play in is nothing short of excellence itself!
as per usual in this type of situation i would like to see your expert video demonstrating the soul of flamenco, which clearly would wow us and teach us a lesson!
grisha all i can say is keep playing you are amazing :-)
hmm that's true. I'm not that great at playing by ear but it's worth a shot especially for such a comparatively simple section. Thanks for the advice
still a better love story than Twilight.
I do believe that Grisha has a more balanced and refined technique than Sabicas, but that is a long way from saying he's BETTER. He plays this music beautifully and with passion, but it's not like he's contributed to the repertoire in the way Sabicas did. As for nature vs. nurture, there are videos of Grisha from about age 9 where he plays with nearly the same speed he has today. So he may not have been born with this ability, but it certainly showed itself early on.
Grisha Goryachev
Well I'm slavic too, to be precise Bosnian. Good luck to me, although I knew how to play a small part of this before when I just started playing guitar till 1:19 but not interpret it so very great.
But I will not leave the guitar till I'm completely satisfied with myself.
I've studied with Scott Wolf, a student of both Grisha and Eliot. I'd say neither Fisk nor Parkening has much on Grisha when it comes to technique, This guy is essentially perfect in this regard. He far surpasses Sabicas in terms of pure technical balance and achievement. For instance, I doubt Sabicas or Montoya or perhaps even Paco de Lucia can play picados as fast as Grisha with i and m, and then turn around and nearly match that same speed with a and m, which Mr. Goryachev certainly can do.
giiiid work bro ver veryy goooddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
A mi me encanta escuchar a Grisha y puedo decir que es técnicamente igual a Paco de Lucía pero igual que Sabicas no,, al menos en la danza árabe de Sabicas no... y lo digo con todo respeto a Grisha.
Sabicas era el mejor usando esas combinaciones endemoniadas y nadie lo ha podido igualar y dudo que lo hagan,,, esas combinaciones de Sabicas requieren de mucha ´tecnica y disciplina que no cualquiera puede llegar a tener, Sabicas era un estrella y se lucia,, era todo un leonino...
Although Grisha obviously has these elements down in his Flamenco playing, I would suggest that Fisk and Parkening, two of the most refined and sensitive classical players out there (athough in VERY different ways) would take a guy like Grisha and help him apply his phenomenal Flamenco-based technical skills and interpretative ability to classical music. Let him speak for himself on this, but this is what I would imagine a top classical player would be able to do for any top flamenco player.
incredibly good right hand technique,hes got such long fingers.
This is a sound hole that is supposed to allow the player to hear the same sound quality that comes out of the front sound hole.
I've heard that a lot of this stuff Grisha just figured out by ear from recordings and stuff. I may be completely wrong; that's just what my teacher told me. So, you could pretty easily do that, especially with the video as a visual aid. Then if you transcribed it, you'd have the notation for free!
@aireoteddy mi friend, let's say it's just a genre... I'm a spanish native speaker, Danza Árabe means Arab Dance... greetings.
escuchen la musica sin ver el video....van a decir,que carajo esta haciendo? es increible..
I wish...I wish I could do that!
Thanks, Andrei! You should do something in this style too, why not? Удачи!
¿Por qué tienes un agujero más en el lateral de tu guitarra? (Gracias por anticipado).
Почему у вас есть отверстие больше на стороне вашей гитары? (Заранее спасибо).Pochemu u vas yest' otverstiye bol'she na storone vashey gitary? (Zaraneye spasibo).
This is a trademark design choice of the builder who made this guitar (Stephan Connor). The main benefit is that the player hears himself louder than on regular guitars. It makes a difference when you play in larger halls without a mic.
Grisha Goryachev
Gracias, interesante, saludos desde España.
Поздрављам мајстора класичне гитаре. Свака част.
did menhunin change is violin for a guitar?
Phenomenal technique - his picado and alzapúa rival (Carlos) Montoya and almost even Sabicas himself. Should like to hear him do some classical, Barrios say. With all due respect to Christopher Parkening and Eliot Fisk, from whom he's apparently 'taken instruction' since coming to the USA, I really don't know what they could teach him. Can he compose?
B R A V O!!!
Can someone explain something to me about "Danza Arabe." I have Grisha's CD, Homenaje a Sabicas and track 1 is called Danza Arabe - the same title as the song in this video. However, they are 2 completely different songs. I've done searches on several music sites and the iTunes store only to find the same version of the song that's on the CD. I can find no recording of the song that's in this video - as far as I can tell, the song in this video is NOT Danza Arabe, but some other song. Any ideas?
He has amazing speed and he plays everything perfectly. The only reason I prefer other guitarists is because they use more emotion and don't sound so robotic.
Crack
Bravo
tal vez existirán tipos más rápidos que Segovia pero siempre se dejan llevar por la pasíón y se pierden, Segovia no, jamás, siemrpe profundo pero ecuánime como debe ser la música clásica.
Si Grisha ha imitado a Paco a la perfección, (cosa casi imposible) y al trémolo interminable de Sanlucar en Oración..., por qué no imitó a la perfección ésta zambra de Sabicas?, usted sabe que ese trémolo y esas combiacinones de Sabicas son más difíciles que cualquier picado endemoniado