Kissin plays, Kissin talks
January 6, 2012 3:38 PM Subscribe
Evgeny Kissin is not only a phenomenally active, high-strung, and almost unfailing pianist, he also declaims poetry in public -- in Yiddish.
Here he explains, in Yiddish, why and how he learned to do the one, and the other (English subtitles included).
Bonus: Grieg's piano concerto from the most recent Berlin New Year Concert (mvt. 1 and 2 unfortunately out of sync).
Here he explains, in Yiddish, why and how he learned to do the one, and the other (English subtitles included).
Bonus: Grieg's piano concerto from the most recent Berlin New Year Concert (mvt. 1 and 2 unfortunately out of sync).
(Man. He is incredibly good – at both things. Awesome guy.)
posted by koeselitz at 3:52 PM on January 6, 2012
posted by koeselitz at 3:52 PM on January 6, 2012
Oh, Evgeny Kissin- the reason I stopped playing the piano at all for about 10 years, after listening to his recording of the Rachmaninoff 3rd concerto. Because after that... what was the point? My hands didn't and simply couldn't ever do that- they don't have the strength, consistency, or stamina.
I dunno, maybe it'll sound petty, but I guess I was secretly kind of hoping to read that he'd permanently maimed his hands in a bowling hustle gone bad.
posted by hincandenza at 6:11 PM on January 6, 2012
I dunno, maybe it'll sound petty, but I guess I was secretly kind of hoping to read that he'd permanently maimed his hands in a bowling hustle gone bad.
posted by hincandenza at 6:11 PM on January 6, 2012
I had such a crush on this dude as a 14-year-old. If I had seen this then, well, OMG.
posted by two or three cars parked under the stars at 1:09 AM on January 7, 2012
posted by two or three cars parked under the stars at 1:09 AM on January 7, 2012
I saw him play some of Liszt's Années de Pélerinage in Vienna. It was astounding, as was his last encore, Liszt's arrangement of Schumann's Widmung. He didn't do his dozens-of-encores thing, but it was a fab concert.
posted by Pallas Athena at 9:36 AM on January 7, 2012
posted by Pallas Athena at 9:36 AM on January 7, 2012
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This is neat. Thanks.
posted by koeselitz at 3:47 PM on January 6, 2012