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What a privilege to hear this interview with Yulianna - one of the greatest pianists of our time. I remember well her sublime performances in the 2010 Chopin competition. Fantastic news if she has joined tonebase and hope there will be much more to hear and learn from her in the future!
I absolutely could listen to Yulianna speak forever and I wouldn’t get bored - she is so insightful and interesting and also just has such a good voice to listen to! Great video!
OMG I love her! I love that she's so alive, and vibrant, and excited, and self motivated, and appreciating, and so good at expressing herself and so keen to do it! She said: "One of the greatest achievements of mankind; that someone on the Earth, some human being, was able to create this kind of piece - it makes me feel so happy!". And I totally relate to this.
it's so awesome to see her get more visibility online. some years ago, I remember watching videos she posted to facebook and it was just fantastic to hear how she thinks about pieces at a high level. one suggestion she made that always stuck with me was to cover the entire final section of Chopin's Nocturne in Db major under one pedal as she felt that section was "ungrounded"... not something anyone would typically think of when playing Chopin, as his pieces often demand clean pedaling. although it's probably known fact in the classical piano world by now, how can you NOT introduce her as the 2010 International Chopin Competition winner at the beginning of the video?
Yeah, she must be getting better, because even I, an ignoramus, recognise her :P Actually, it was that Chopin Competition winner that introduced me to her, just a couple of months ago. It was incredible.
Thx for uploading this wonderful interview by Yulianna!🎉 As always, Yulianna is so generous to share her insights & passions about music, such as her weekly live stream Bach project during pandemic, and the ongoing Yulianna's musical dialogues.❤
I saw her perform live two weeks ago in A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). She played Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Lutosławski's Paganini variations for piano and orchestra. She's an amazing pianist and also seems to be a really funny person!
Thank you so much for this wonderful experience. I had never heard of her. She's so talented, lovely, humble and authentic. I will be researching more about her and her music. ❤
Thank you, that was real good. One little disagreement with Yulianna Avdeeva, I very much doubt that Bach would feel disturbed by hearing his music being played on a piano, not to mention expecting any apologies. He'd more likely be delighted and fascinated. Bach himself was an eager transcriber both of his own music and that of other composers, and such a musician would have likely embraced new instruments. This is also a powerful argument against the view held by some that one 'must' play Bach on the harpsichord rather than the piano, because that's what the respective piece was 'meant' for. Reminder: several of his violin concertos were also a number of his keyboard concertos.
I think that view regarding Bach comes from the fact that he wasnt very fond of the earlier version of the piano. That Said, ir was very different from what se have today, so I agree with you.
I think the real trouble is that our pianos are tuned to 12-TET (meaning all our intervals slightly out of tune but they are all equally out of tune), while Bach preferred to tune his instruments with a well-tempered system (hence the preludes and fugues!) that gave each key a different feeling, but kept pure tuning for a few keys.
Thank you for many good tips on classical music to listen to. Always difficult to find what exactly to listen to when there's so much. Also she seems really smart, something about how she expresses in foreign language. Smart musicians are always fascinating to listen to.
Lovely and highly intelligent artist. I heard her live at La Roque D'Antheron which Tonebase and Tonebase fans should attend as there is plethora of fabulous pianists there every year in the most beautiful and unique setting.
There's a recording on YT of Yulianna playing Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition - a really excellent performance. This interview was very interesting and it's great that Yulianna has a wide taste in music.
I've just watched a performance by her of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.2 which at times took my breath away. What an extraordinary talented musician she is and judging by this interview a very charming and gracious person as well.
I love the section on lesser known composers, Mieczysław Weinberg, but I would like to hear tonebase tell more about the Beethoven Era, Dittersdorf, C.P.E. Bach, Hummel, Dussek, and I know there are many more; though their music is not known, they have so many qualities.
Very inspiring interview, thanks for this. I absolutely share her amazement regarding the Hammerklavier sonata, and also her take on Liszt’s music as the ultimate romantic music. That you can experience things through the piano that you might not ever experience in real feels particularly inspiring to me.
Dare I say I think Bach would be deeply enamoured of the marvellous soundscapes created by playing his works on modern pianos/keyboards. Like most/all composers his heart, mind and spirit would be hungrily OPEN to new possibilities, and would approach it with an anticipation of delight rather than some insult to music that should forever be confined to the limitations of 18th century carpentry. Composing is a deeply humanist, striving craft. The music is a gift to us, not an algorithm whose every whim is our master. I'll go further - I think he'd be tickled pink by the new journeys Jacques Loussier, Mendelssohn (and less Busoni) have taken his music on. I can imagine his ghost floating above the crowd at a Hiromi, Bowie, Tom Waits, Shostakovich concert and having the time of its... er life(?). Probably having lots of "Why didn't I think of that?" moments. Why do we assume he, of all people, would spurn the opening of new musical worlds?
I was very dismissive of his music until I heard Zimerman's recording of the B minor sonata. Since then it's been an amazing journey through his diverse works. Most recently his piece "Faribolo Pasteur" which is so simple and beautiful. I would apologize to Liszt for judging him by those legends.
One solution with the sheet music is to use the iPad she's reading the questions from - many pianists today just travel with an iPad - Yuja Wang for example.
I own some scores that were my grandma's from the 70s... But even my own scores from 10-15 years ago, with fingerings and remarks. I'm not stuffing that in an electronic device that easily breaks! Even with backups, there's no way anyone would find a pdf 50 years on. I love paper scores. For "throwaway" pieces or chamber music, though, great solution.
@@pianoplaynight Tablet PCs built to endure heavy punishment are a thing. Just check for a 'rugged' Android tablet. They're made for use by defence forces, mining and drilling personnel etc. but you'll have to put up with relatively low specs (not an issue, reading PDF files hardly uses any CPU horsepower). The problem with tablet PCs for sheet music isn't their reliability but their size. If you open up a G.Henle Urtext you have 2 pages substantially larger than A4 in front of you. The same experience with digital music requires getting a 32'' 4K monitor. Plus a foot pedal operated page shifter and a low spec mini PC. This can actually be made portable but requires travelling with a flightcase on a trolley.
Personally I think it is a pity that spanish classical music is so much underrated and hardly ever played in concerts. I can recommend to anyone checking out spanish piano music. Take for example the Concierto Fantastico by Isaac Albeniz. For me that is wonderful music but nobody knows it.
Ein tolles und interessante Interview. Das Yuliana Avdeeva unglaublich sympathisch ist, hat mich nicht überrascht. Überrascht hat mich, daß sie Brahms so schwierig fr sich findet, weil das 1. Klavierkonzert von Brahms mit dem Finnischen Radio Symphony Orchester ist die überragendste Einspielung die ich je gehört habe, wie eigentlich alles von ihr.
I prefer Radu Lupu with the Finnish Radio Symphony video from 1996 Brahms concerto no 1! Lupu had the most colorful piano sound for Brahms no 1! Maria Grinberg from 1963 had the Best structure for music and most passion and fire!!
Yulianna will be in Warsaw 2025 Chopin Competition Jury. Love her playing. And she is loudly condemned ruzzian agression against Ukraine which tells a lot about her- in a very positive way.
Y es. Bartok#1 . I have Bernstein2ndSym wZimmermsn but its so long i hsvent given it time it deserves. Ive never heard Avdeva in Bach or Prokofiev. She's fiercely intelligent and has depth. Her playing realky stands out!
not mentioning Alkan when noting coverage of piano keyboard and difficulty of performance while remembering Rach, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms.. is a crime. x)
That's the 16th Chopin international piano competition in 2010. You can watch more superb interpretation by Yulianna during the competition via this link: ua-cam.com/play/PLTmn2qD3aSQs5S_ey0HQdBEpByk-h3Nxc.html&si=g9r24_9MHcTg9zbk Enjoy🎉
@tonebasePiano Thank you for the Video :)! I would like to ask a question in general. How come, that it's always the same composers ( which obviously are great ) are played, when there' s so many other composers who wrote fantastic, difficult and beautiful music. I'm thinking of York Bowen Sergey Bortkiewicz and Selim Palmgren? Cheers Phillipp
I like Yulianna. I wonder why many accomplished pianists choose to play the Hammerklavier's first movement so slowly. Isn't it much better like Igor Levit plays it?
The practice question... you'll get there when your health prevents you from practicing and you have to fight back to practice. After that you'll feel privileged any time you get to practice.
Liszt? please did i hear well? Liszt is nothing but a cuckoo bird he has no nest for himself he lays his eggs or in Paganinis nest or Schuberts nest or Verdis Rossinis nests you name it. his work is as Czerny like Hannon like exercises embellished with other composers themes and motives
Never use anymore energy than is absolutely necessary to get the sound you want. Beethoven said that. Never be clever for the sake of being clever. Clenn Gould said that.
Want more of Yulianna Avdeeva? Be sure to check out her new courses coming out on Tonebase Premium (out Friday, November 29!).
The Black Friday sale is on until December 6th! This is the best deal of the year with 50% off all plans!
www.tonebase.co/piano?
What a privilege to hear this interview with Yulianna - one of the greatest pianists of our time. I remember well her sublime performances in the 2010 Chopin competition. Fantastic news if she has joined tonebase and hope there will be much more to hear and learn from her in the future!
I completely agree with you.
Ecstatic that you've added Yulianna to your roster! She is one of the most fabulous and mature pianists concertizing today.
What a privilege to have Yulianna for the interview! One of the best pianists of this decade (and decades to come!)
I absolutely could listen to Yulianna speak forever and I wouldn’t get bored - she is so insightful and interesting and also just has such a good voice to listen to! Great video!
Seriously one of the most brilliant performers of our time
OMG I love her! I love that she's so alive, and vibrant, and excited, and self motivated, and appreciating, and so good at expressing herself and so keen to do it!
She said: "One of the greatest achievements of mankind; that someone on the Earth, some human being, was able to create this kind of piece - it makes me feel so happy!".
And I totally relate to this.
it's so awesome to see her get more visibility online. some years ago, I remember watching videos she posted to facebook and it was just fantastic to hear how she thinks about pieces at a high level. one suggestion she made that always stuck with me was to cover the entire final section of Chopin's Nocturne in Db major under one pedal as she felt that section was "ungrounded"... not something anyone would typically think of when playing Chopin, as his pieces often demand clean pedaling.
although it's probably known fact in the classical piano world by now, how can you NOT introduce her as the 2010 International Chopin Competition winner at the beginning of the video?
Yeah, she must be getting better, because even I, an ignoramus, recognise her :P Actually, it was that Chopin Competition winner that introduced me to her, just a couple of months ago. It was incredible.
At first I thought that by "Nail Polish & Piano" the person intended to command Yulianna to learn Polish besides the piano
“Nail Polish & Piano” would be a good name for an album
Oh my god, she read AND answered my question!!! I was the very first one- though, I deleted my account a while back. Thank you Miss Avdeeva!!!
So amazing to have Yulianna joining tonebase!!! Can’t wait for her Chopin lessons!
She is definitely my favorite pianist
What a fascinating person she is. A really electrifying quality Yuliana has. Hope I see her in concert in London one day.
Thx for uploading this wonderful interview by Yulianna!🎉
As always, Yulianna is so generous to share her insights & passions about music, such as her weekly live stream Bach project during pandemic, and the ongoing Yulianna's musical dialogues.❤
I saw her perform live two weeks ago in A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). She played Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Lutosławski's Paganini variations for piano and orchestra. She's an amazing pianist and also seems to be a really funny person!
Another lesser known composer worth remembering and listening to is Godowsky, he wrote absolutely amazing piano music!
Underrated pianist
i am so excited you got my favorite pianist of all time please do more with her!!!
I really enjoyed listening to Yulianna chatting about her piano experience, thank you
I'm glad to hear that, thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this wonderful experience. I had never heard of her. She's so talented, lovely, humble and authentic. I will be researching more about her and her music. ❤
Bach would be happy, that people are still playing his music after 300 years
This was wonderful! More with Yulianna, please!
oh it's Avdeeva!!!! this such a charming video :) :)
Thank you, that was real good. One little disagreement with Yulianna Avdeeva, I very much doubt that Bach would feel disturbed by hearing his music being played on a piano, not to mention expecting any apologies. He'd more likely be delighted and fascinated. Bach himself was an eager transcriber both of his own music and that of other composers, and such a musician would have likely embraced new instruments. This is also a powerful argument against the view held by some that one 'must' play Bach on the harpsichord rather than the piano, because that's what the respective piece was 'meant' for. Reminder: several of his violin concertos were also a number of his keyboard concertos.
I think that view regarding Bach comes from the fact that he wasnt very fond of the earlier version of the piano. That Said, ir was very different from what se have today, so I agree with you.
I think the real trouble is that our pianos are tuned to 12-TET (meaning all our intervals slightly out of tune but they are all equally out of tune), while Bach preferred to tune his instruments with a well-tempered system (hence the preludes and fugues!) that gave each key a different feeling, but kept pure tuning for a few keys.
Thank you for many good tips on classical music to listen to. Always difficult to find what exactly to listen to when there's so much. Also she seems really smart, something about how she expresses in foreign language. Smart musicians are always fascinating to listen to.
you know weinberg's lore is deep when they use special characters (and numbers) in words
She is perfect in every single way ❤
Lovely and highly intelligent artist. I heard her live at La Roque D'Antheron which Tonebase and Tonebase fans should attend as there is plethora of fabulous pianists there every year in the most beautiful and unique setting.
There's a recording on YT of Yulianna playing Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition - a really excellent performance. This interview was very interesting and it's great that Yulianna has a wide taste in music.
I've just watched a performance by her of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.2 which at times took my breath away. What an extraordinary talented musician she is and judging by this interview a very charming and gracious person as well.
I love the section on lesser known composers, Mieczysław Weinberg, but I would like to hear tonebase tell more about the Beethoven Era, Dittersdorf, C.P.E. Bach, Hummel, Dussek, and I know there are many more; though their music is not known, they have so many qualities.
Very inspiring interview, thanks for this. I absolutely share her amazement regarding the Hammerklavier sonata, and also her take on Liszt’s music as the ultimate romantic music. That you can experience things through the piano that you might not ever experience in real feels particularly inspiring to me.
Great segment! Thank you, Yulianna, for such honest and impassioned answers. Have you ever played Alcan?
Thank you for this fantastic interview!! Greetings from Argentina
Just beautiful.
Dare I say I think Bach would be deeply enamoured of the marvellous soundscapes created by playing his works on modern pianos/keyboards. Like most/all composers his heart, mind and spirit would be hungrily OPEN to new possibilities, and would approach it with an anticipation of delight rather than some insult to music that should forever be confined to the limitations of 18th century carpentry. Composing is a deeply humanist, striving craft. The music is a gift to us, not an algorithm whose every whim is our master.
I'll go further - I think he'd be tickled pink by the new journeys Jacques Loussier, Mendelssohn (and less Busoni) have taken his music on. I can imagine his ghost floating above the crowd at a Hiromi, Bowie, Tom Waits, Shostakovich concert and having the time of its... er life(?). Probably having lots of "Why didn't I think of that?" moments. Why do we assume he, of all people, would spurn the opening of new musical worlds?
Liszt’s music is so diverse, creative and progressive. The Petrarch sonnets that you mention are right at the top for me!
I was very dismissive of his music until I heard Zimerman's recording of the B minor sonata. Since then it's been an amazing journey through his diverse works. Most recently his piece "Faribolo Pasteur" which is so simple and beautiful. I would apologize to Liszt for judging him by those legends.
@ how wonderful ! There is so much to explore - like any composer it’s not all good but so much is. I’m working on the late Elegy no 2, just exquisite
Great taste! If I could choose anyone to make this video with, miss Avdeeva would be one of the first on my list.
Liszt’s music is so diverse, creative and progressively The Petrarch sonnets that you mention are right at the top for me!
One solution with the sheet music is to use the iPad she's reading the questions from - many pianists today just travel with an iPad - Yuja Wang for example.
I own some scores that were my grandma's from the 70s... But even my own scores from 10-15 years ago, with fingerings and remarks. I'm not stuffing that in an electronic device that easily breaks! Even with backups, there's no way anyone would find a pdf 50 years on. I love paper scores.
For "throwaway" pieces or chamber music, though, great solution.
@@pianoplaynight Tablet PCs built to endure heavy punishment are a thing. Just check for a 'rugged' Android tablet. They're made for use by defence forces, mining and drilling personnel etc. but you'll have to put up with relatively low specs (not an issue, reading PDF files hardly uses any CPU horsepower).
The problem with tablet PCs for sheet music isn't their reliability but their size. If you open up a G.Henle Urtext you have 2 pages substantially larger than A4 in front of you. The same experience with digital music requires getting a 32'' 4K monitor. Plus a foot pedal operated page shifter and a low spec mini PC. This can actually be made portable but requires travelling with a flightcase on a trolley.
1:48 Brahms actually had very small hands, he was literally 5'2" tall!
Fantastic!
She’s really quite fascinating
Smart and adorable woman, with a touch of elegant humility
Hearing Yulianna say 'absolute mess' is nearly as captivating as hearing her play the piano ❤
She is a very fine pianist, you guys.
OMG She is here!
Wonderful video, just a quick correction, the subtitles at 3:41 say "Irena Ivanova" but the name she speaks is "Elena Ivanova".
Personally I think it is a pity that spanish classical music is so much underrated and hardly ever played in concerts. I can recommend to anyone checking out spanish piano music. Take for example the Concierto Fantastico by Isaac Albeniz. For me that is wonderful music but nobody knows it.
I'm with her 100% on Bartok 1! That piece is incredible.
She's a great addition to a fantastic site.
Yulianna is wonderful!
Ein tolles und interessante Interview. Das Yuliana Avdeeva unglaublich sympathisch ist, hat mich nicht überrascht. Überrascht hat mich, daß sie Brahms so schwierig fr sich findet, weil das 1. Klavierkonzert von Brahms mit dem Finnischen Radio Symphony Orchester ist die überragendste Einspielung die ich je gehört habe, wie eigentlich alles von ihr.
I prefer Radu Lupu with the Finnish Radio Symphony video from 1996 Brahms concerto no 1! Lupu had the most colorful piano sound for Brahms no 1! Maria Grinberg from 1963 had the Best structure for music and most passion and fire!!
Calling Liszt confortable is such a flex 😂
5:00 Kabalevsky Piano Concerto No 2.
I enjoyed her Dante Sonata.
Yulianna will be in Warsaw 2025 Chopin Competition Jury. Love her playing. And she is loudly condemned ruzzian agression against Ukraine which tells a lot about her- in a very positive way.
Hello Yulianna, what do you think of Federico Mompou's music? I think it is played not often enough...
What a wonderful description of the piano - a magic box.
Y es. Bartok#1 . I have Bernstein2ndSym wZimmermsn but its so long i hsvent given it time it deserves. Ive never heard Avdeva in Bach or Prokofiev. She's fiercely intelligent and has depth. Her playing realky stands out!
not mentioning Alkan when noting coverage of piano keyboard and difficulty of performance while remembering Rach, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms.. is a crime. x)
Why can't I find her on Tonebase premium? This video says she was a recent addition to the library. Are they not released yet or what?
Hey, thanks for asking! The courses will start going up this Friday!
I'm interested in trying Tonebase premium if they indeed have more videos of her, but not if they haven't added them yet!
I love Yulianna. She's so generous to share so many of her interpretation choices and fingerings publicly ❤
Can we please get TonebaseComposer?
does Yulianna Avdeeva have origins in Caucasus? she doesn't look slavic at all
What is the composition she's playing right at the beginning?
That's the 16th Chopin international piano competition in 2010. You can watch more superb interpretation by Yulianna during the competition via this link: ua-cam.com/play/PLTmn2qD3aSQs5S_ey0HQdBEpByk-h3Nxc.html&si=g9r24_9MHcTg9zbk
Enjoy🎉
@tonebasePiano Thank you for the Video :)!
I would like to ask a question in general. How come, that it's always the same composers ( which obviously are great ) are played, when there' s so many other composers who wrote fantastic, difficult and beautiful music.
I'm thinking of
York Bowen
Sergey Bortkiewicz
and Selim Palmgren?
Cheers
Phillipp
Yes, York Bowen! There are so many I could add to this list - Frank Bridge is great. I don't know Palmgren, will have to check him out
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13:18 Facts 🤣
What happened to Ben?
Great video! But what is the point of the stupid writing of the subtitles when she mentions the stuff about nazism?
To avoid YT strikes, they target such words then the video goes under review, then bad things happen.
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I like Yulianna. I wonder why many accomplished pianists choose to play the Hammerklavier's first movement so slowly. Isn't it much better like Igor Levit plays it?
Never really factored in how physical piano playing can be, interesting
I went to Gnessin. Check out my 75 plus compositions on my channel. Why doesn't she mention Schubert?
The practice question... you'll get there when your health prevents you from practicing and you have to fight back to practice. After that you'll feel privileged any time you get to practice.
Liszt? please did i hear well? Liszt is nothing but a cuckoo bird he has no nest for himself he lays his eggs or in Paganinis nest or Schuberts nest or Verdis Rossinis nests you name it. his work is as Czerny like Hannon like exercises embellished with other composers themes and motives
Now I know where Lady Gaga got her accent for the Gucci movie
Didn't expect her to have that voice, not that there's anything wrong with it.
Never use anymore energy than is absolutely necessary to get the sound you want.
Beethoven said that.
Never be clever for the sake of being clever.
Clenn Gould said that.
Pianist travel with husband?
She actually looks like Chopin , same hooked nose
Yeah but how can you play a piece from a composer who's large hands can reach 12 notes, when yours can only reach 9?
She a demon brah
Yes....... 88
Underrated pianist
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