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https://youtu.be/0nZhw3wifeYThe killing blow at 2:03 moved the Steinway, that had its wheels locked, by at least an inch. Never seen anything like that before.
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Dang!
The glissando before that moved the piano as well!
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I am not impressed by his attempt to win the speed/volume record.
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Well, that was certainly "interesting"...
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He hit too many wrong notes in that attempt and I guess he got angry because of it.
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I've seen that happen a number of years ago. The pianist was Yefim Bronfman (another bear of a man) and he was performing a concerto (I don't recall which one) with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Music Center.
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I believe the original Russian bear was Lazar Be(a)rman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgjsBAmedw8
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From that video it seems he would be better suited to applying his physique to playing football or professional boxing . I’m not impressed by somebody who by brute force crashes his hands into a piano keyboard . Lazar Berman had much better taste and refinement in his music making .
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It's just a bit of harmless fun. 
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It's just a bit of harmless fun. Perhaps - but it explains why they have to "retire" those large concert grands after 4 or 5 years of "service." The guy needs to take it down a notch. 
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I guess the people in the last row heard him!
I saw the Labèque sisters premiere a concerto for two pianos and orchestra by Philip Glass. I decided to go to the concert at the last minute and the only ticket I could get was in the center, about five rows from the front. When I got to the hall, I ran into two friends who were there for the concert. They were seated in the upper reaches of the hall.
Well, when I took my seat, it felt like I was under two nine foot Steinways because they had extended the front of the stage to accommodate the two pianos.
When I met my friends at intermission, they told me that they had trouble hearing the pianos in certain sections of the piece. I told them that I had had no trouble hearing every note!
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