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I enjoyed hearing him play....years ago I had the occasion to play a piece during lunch hour in Australia.....I have to tell you I was dumbfounded that everyone was so appreciative that all talking stopped and you could hear a pin drop.....I was so moved I couldn't bring myself to play another piece.....I was hoping the same respect would be shown for your teacher.
Yes, I know what you are talking about. I have played in many restaurants over the years and the piano is not meant to be the focal point......but my hope was that because it was being posted on you-tube the listeners would have been more focused on the experienced pianist. In any case, I enjoyed it. With my experience in Australia it made me feel the people, in general, had a high regard for music and for hearing a pianist play live.
Thanks, he was excellent. I learned a few new chord changes for "As Time Goes By"!
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Hi Rerun, I begane at 5 with civic school Music but I didn't like much piano and after 7 years I stopped to play piano.
At 16 years old after viewing "Legend of 1900" I began again to play piano, but with M.o Tino (that was mi Father's piano teacher).
M.o Tino used to say "often people go to School music for years and years without learning nothing. Contrarily could be enought "guidances" or "advices" (like m.o. Tino love to say) of some hours to learn music "
Have you catch the idea? He studied for years classic music with Maurizio Pollini's teacher... M.O Tino's brother was a piano player at Scala Theater of Milan.
Tino must be a very good teacher, you have some serious technique/talent working in your corner!!
Yep, watching 1900 light a cigarette off a hot piano string during the smackdown got a grin out of me. Wish I hadn't waited 55 years longer than you to get a good start at this discipline.
That was beautiful in its simplicity. He's welcome to come play that first selection for one of our grand kids anytime, my playing doesn't make him drowsy yet.
He sounds/looks like he's playing by ear rather than memory ... what do you think?
He didn't like very much the expression "play by ear".
In his opinion playing music come from heart and soul. Not from ear ( example beethoven ).
Yep, I think that better expresses what he is doing too. Is that the method he teaches students from the start or does he first teach sight reading, etc. as a means to get to that level?
Thanks for sharing! Stranger in Paradise is a favorite of mine. It's always a sad day when someone special moves on, but I'll bet he's making music in a much better place.