A daring, aggressive performance of a work that invites that approach. Outside of perhaps Berman, this is about as dramatic as it gets. For all the note perfect textbook desiring performances, this is not for you. But if you want Liszt the way Liszt himself was so known for - the entertaining showman who could do the impossible - this guy does quite a job. His eyes are quite something also at times, as he can look quite devious. But this is Liszt with gusto.
Miroslav n'est ni meilleur, ni plus mauvais que les autres...Les permières mesures sont toujours bonnes, et puis ça dégénère... Tempo irrégulier, ligne mélodique passée à la trappe... Tout n'est pas de sa faute, naturellement. Demander à un pianiste de jouer l'intégrale des Etudes Transcendantes de Liszt dans un concours est tout bonnement absurde...
Worst Interpretation i heard so far....VERY strange tempo changes, rubati, dynamics and never coming into the song thus it is all sounding so monotonous.
Completely unnecassary ignoring of the score, the mf in the end instead of ff together with those soul-less rubato....hell
@numbersun You would be nervous as well! Its one of thee most prestigious of piano competitions! He went on to recieve 2nd place at this competition, 1st place wasn't awarded. He clearly plays quite well...well a panel of expert judges clearly think so.
@777mrpiano777 It is impossible to play any piece as beautiful as this to that effect and not make faces, and sway about. It's not until I completely forget about what my face is doing when I play that truly beautiful dynamics start to express themselves. Probably common for many passionate pianists though.
Likewise; since I learned piano as a child, I've always kept tempo by swaying my body. I absolutely have never been able to keep tempo or learn a piece with a metronome. Whatever works :)
Ok, I don't know exactly what he's doing in the crazy stuff in the latter half of the middle, but he really needs to keep it moving along like a storm, like he did for the rest of the piece so well.
That's what bothers me about how many play this piece: they freaking pause between sections. SO many people do that! It is a buzzkill!
Brillante virtuosité, mais tempo irrégulier et mélodie inaudible. Cette page est unique en ceci qu'elle allie des difficultés techniques extrêmes à une musicalité merveilleusement inspirée. Respectez la au lieu de montrer uniquement ce que vous êtes capable de faire avec un piano !
One of the best and most poetic renditions of this work that I have ever heard. He handled the technical hurdles with authority and grace. Awesome indeed. I am happy that he won the competition, but he should have been given first prize. he deserves it.
Anyone who plays the piano knows that facial expressions are there because of emotions. Don't get bent out of shape out of it! HE'S A PIANIST! Not a model for Vogue!
After you learn it though, you'd realize it's not that big of a feat compared to playing something that is much easier very well. By much easier, I don't mean easy. I mean being able to play the Appassionata like Daniel Barenboim or Rachmaninov's preludes like Vladimir Horowitz, or maybe not even as good as them, but crystal clear with virtually no mistakes.
Meh, you don't want to make that trade-off. This piece is irritatingly difficult to play even after you know it and once you know it you know it and have played it many times. Plus people just go "OMG ur amazin!" and then that's it. I know, I play this piece.... Learn it though if you want a real challenge.
@hellomate639 I'm studying it. When I'm ready, of course. It's not that common to see a pianist play this. You have to have A LOT of patience and still survive all those years of Czerny's and etc.
my favourite etude from the 'Transcendental' set. it perfectly portrays frail flakes of snow descending from above. Liszt's ripe imagination and pianistic skill adequately captured the motion of the flakes when bullied by a forceful wind, lifted and carried in all directions in a vortex-like fashion. then, the snow storm dies down and the melancholy mood remains. marvelous!
Music is made to be heard, not to be seen, specially classical music. If u are listening to a new radiohit rock band, then i might pay attention on how they look, though at last the music is what matters.
When i listen to classical musicians, wether on the internet or at concerts, what i do is just close my eyes and let the music get into my soul and Feel it.. Thats what i think it matters after all. Everyone makes mistakes, and funny faces... Cheers.
Look at his hands, how wonderfully economical his movements instead of talking about face. By the way at 4:19 his reaction on modulation is appropriate and delicate. Very good pianist..
just mostly the melody in the jumps he misses and also the first few beats of tremolos are very shaky. the rest is very good, that is just very picky things, all together it is a very good performance. I don't really know Berezovsky's version of this
good. but i would honestly expect better from the tchaikovsky competition... his first few notes the tremolo's we're struggling then finally they seemed to find there place, and the melody was missed in some of the jumps. which, yes, is difficult but at this level, should not have been missed considering it was such a prestigious competition.
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Musically VERY interesting, but those facial expressions are VERY stupid and has no relation with the different parts of the Etude. Perhaps he pretends to be Lang Lang, but Lang Lang is the best pianist in the whole history of the piano and I see his face expressions as a demonstration of talent, as if he says: "Hey! look at this! It's not so difficult!" (while he plays pieces that to the rest of the world would take the entire life to play as easily as him).
Lang Lang's facial expressions are not genuine. Neither does he have HALF the talent of the pianist above. You're probably asian supporting him anyway
Well, no, I am not from Asia... You can see my profile to know more about me (if you are interested). You will also find my plenty-of-mistakes version of that Etude. And I would like to remember to all of you, that I wrote about Miroslav: "Musically VERY interesting", and that's what I think of him: he is REALLY AMAZING. That performance remembers me Claudio Arrau. And I just think that he musn't do those facial expressions. Why do you read only the bad things?
I like this rendition of Chasse-Neige. It is clearly played with all of the high and low dynamic points discernible. This is a good video played on a good piano. Don't concentrate on the facial expresssions, that is immaterial. Just listen to his eloquent artistry. This Transcendental Etude is not always easy to make musical. However,he does an extremely good and convincing job with a technically and artistically demanding piece. Congratulations Miroslav.
1st place was not awarded because the jury considered that there was no competitor good enough to deserve the 1st place,even when there were great pianists participating in the competition,winners of other tough competitions,which I think should have made it to the finals in this competition and unfortunately didn't even make it to the 2nd round,I may say that this kind of incoherent decitions unfortunately are quite common among music competitions.
I heard as well that Alexander Lubyantsev(3rd place)was considered to get the 1st place because he played very good the 3rd Prokofiev piano concerto.However his 1st Tchaikovsky was not that great and as a result he got the 3rd place in the competition.
He is 23 or 24 years old I guess, because he was born in 1985. And of coruse girls usually love talented boys, however Kultyshev seems to be a very nice person, so not only his talent and skills are a matter to his success with women.
the talent,sound, music is the main thing not his eyes, face and so on...many say the same about Lang Lang and despite of the comentaries, he is still the man on the piano!
he is from Saint Petersburg Russia, even when he has already won the Tchaikovsky Competition, besides of playing concerts he still continues his studyes in the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Professor Alexander Sandler...
i think his ending is boring, and drawn out, to the audience it seems like it starts dying around 4:03 like shoogishoogi said, this makes it seem like it should have ended sooner. i think he should have kept some dynamics going on through till the end. just my opinion
Quelle interprétation pour une pièce aussi difficile! Un futur grand pianiste selon moi, et ce n'est pas le jury qui a refusé de lui attribuer le premier prix qui va l'empêcher de faire une belle carrière (Lugansky par exemple a très bien réussi, bien mieux que matsuev par exemple).
D'après les articles de wikipedia concernant Lugansky et le concours Tchaikovsky, il a été, à l'instar de Kultychev, second prix, même si en réalité il était premier. Il n'y a pas eu de premier prix décerné ces années là, car le jury a considéré que le niveau n'était pas suffisant.
your best bet is to go out and buy it. I've never found a download aside from a .mid file. Look for Études d'exécution transcendante. Naxos is extremely cheap and has a pretty good recording. I forget who the pianist is though.
That's exactly what I was thinking. The finale should be the most passionate and exciting part, and by suddenly playing the ending so quietly and slowing down too soon, he took most of the drama away and spoiled the performance. It should die away after the climax as the snow storm passes by. It's a pity because it was good apart from that.
I think Kultyshev does an excellent job conveying the emotion needed in this etude. I have heard many interpretations (including Berezovsky's which I think is a little too fast and harsh) and Kultyshev's remains to be my favorite. I play this piece myself and find it very difficult to play the soft sections as well as he does.
i liked his interpretation for Mazeppa, but for this piece I liked Berezovsky's. Berezovsky's was so much more powerful in the last half, which arose the whole music, compared to this guy. he did play it very nicely, expressing the little snow and the furious blizzard, but still. i also could notice several mistakes. the chromatique scales on the left hand was to dry and choppy.
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This is a ridiculously boring interpretation. It's so MIDI-esque it's incoherent in its lack of any musical execution. Also breaks the trems way too much.
Very well played, excellent control. To those complaining about the facial expressions: get over it. This piece demands incredible things from the pianist, frankly I'm too worried about what his face is doing as long as it sounds good (which it does).
This is a very fine performance of Chasse Neige. One of my fav piano pieces. Not only is this one of the hardest of the Transcendental etudes, but the etudes themselves are among the most challenging music ever written for piano.
The title "chasse neige" means "snow-drifting wind". I always find myself picturing Liszt playing this piece late at night by candlelight, maybe 3am, while staying at a big country house on one of his many travels, while the snow flurries whirl all around.
The dynamics which are applied to this piece makes it extremely difficult as well the musical interpretation and expression is a crucial key to playing this piece correctly, the piece also challenges the technique of the performer in certain aspects, speed is irrellivant to being an excellent performer
Essentially this piece involves tremolos(rapid alterations between notes) with one part of the hand while the other fingers (pinky) play the melody notes, which are sometimes rather far apart from the tremolos... to you have to just high/low to the melody note and then bring your hand back to continue the tremolo, very difficult. Then there are fast chromatic scales and stuff.. this is one of the hardest of the Transcendental Etudes
he's extremely talented..tho the facial expressions he makes are quite interesting (ie 1:50, 2:15, 2:30, 2:35 haha)nevertheless excellent technique and performance
One of the best interpretation, along with Arrau's. Berezovsky's is also amazing, however a bit less dramatic.
clementj2005 2 weeks ago
at 4:12 he's thinking "how the hell did I get here and why?" sometimes climaxes can do that to you.
ChrisWatch 2 weeks ago
Facial expressions on pianists are always false.
1Thompsonmusic 2 months ago
Lol at the woman that leans her head out at 3:17
OriginalBasaliskos 4 months ago 4
0h10 ... 0.24 ???? orribbile!!!!!!
secons83 5 months ago
0h10 ... 0.24 ???? orribbile!!!!!!
secons83 5 months ago
Played in such a unique, deeply , intelligent, emotional way. Wonderful.
Zosiaxxxxxx1 5 months ago 3
fucking great!!!!
newFranzFerencLiszt 7 months ago
He certainly is not ugly! He is very beautiful in fact. Such a lovely face. And great playing too.
aardvaark069 7 months ago 4
A daring, aggressive performance of a work that invites that approach. Outside of perhaps Berman, this is about as dramatic as it gets. For all the note perfect textbook desiring performances, this is not for you. But if you want Liszt the way Liszt himself was so known for - the entertaining showman who could do the impossible - this guy does quite a job. His eyes are quite something also at times, as he can look quite devious. But this is Liszt with gusto.
classicalalways 8 months ago
Miroslav n'est ni meilleur, ni plus mauvais que les autres...Les permières mesures sont toujours bonnes, et puis ça dégénère... Tempo irrégulier, ligne mélodique passée à la trappe... Tout n'est pas de sa faute, naturellement. Demander à un pianiste de jouer l'intégrale des Etudes Transcendantes de Liszt dans un concours est tout bonnement absurde...
micheltennil 10 months ago
Worst Interpretation i heard so far....VERY strange tempo changes, rubati, dynamics and never coming into the song thus it is all sounding so monotonous.
Completely unnecassary ignoring of the score, the mf in the end instead of ff together with those soul-less rubato....hell
In addition missing melody notes.
Altogether it sounds as if he is very nervous...
numbersun 11 months ago
@numbersun You would be nervous as well! Its one of thee most prestigious of piano competitions! He went on to recieve 2nd place at this competition, 1st place wasn't awarded. He clearly plays quite well...well a panel of expert judges clearly think so.
ann03071874 11 months ago
@numbersun Disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing eh?
w3sp 10 months ago
I don't know about you guys, but, in spite of the playing itself which is really good, this is not a suitable presentation.
jpcfernandes 1 year ago
@jpcfernandes indeed
BlazeKenny 1 year ago
O.O =o
Yaylin2 1 year ago
Stunning, really !
gouloum2222 1 year ago
I think hes cute!
mayorde18 1 year ago 2
Look at the woman at the back in 3:17.
She looks demon possessed when she does that, it is scary
jamison94816 1 year ago 7
@jamison94816 dude, that was very creepy
chutdigadut 1 year ago
@jamison94816 lmao
chocokitty7 1 year ago
@jamison94816 at first i didnt get it but then i saw her and i laughed for like 3 minutes straight
TheJmacaroni 1 year ago
His face gets comical.
But my goodness! this guy is wonderful =)
what a legend!
Played it beautifully!
777mrpiano777 1 year ago
@777mrpiano777 It is impossible to play any piece as beautiful as this to that effect and not make faces, and sway about. It's not until I completely forget about what my face is doing when I play that truly beautiful dynamics start to express themselves. Probably common for many passionate pianists though.
Likewise; since I learned piano as a child, I've always kept tempo by swaying my body. I absolutely have never been able to keep tempo or learn a piece with a metronome. Whatever works :)
Gibson29 1 year ago
@Gibson29 same! same :)
777mrpiano777 1 year ago
evil eye at 2.30 :D
mgganne 1 year ago
konohito[kami]desu.!
arasilove0630 1 year ago
what a performance! it's incredible; he had to win the competition
this is beauty
sissichopin91 1 year ago
What the eyes he has!I like them
chopinlytlyt 1 year ago 2
a man or a girl ?
Giuliocilona 1 year ago
@Giuliocilona Frodo Baggins
massimiliano123123 1 year ago
Ok, I don't know exactly what he's doing in the crazy stuff in the latter half of the middle, but he really needs to keep it moving along like a storm, like he did for the rest of the piece so well.
That's what bothers me about how many play this piece: they freaking pause between sections. SO many people do that! It is a buzzkill!
hellomate639 1 year ago
@hellomate639 I agree. Just keep the damn melody in basic time!
PhillipFawcettPiano 1 year ago
He looks like hes gonna mess up any mo-- DONT MESS UP!
.. Aw.. he didn't mess up...
CottonCandyLemon 1 year ago
редко можно услышать подобное исполнение, заслуженная победа в том конкурсе, несмотря, что это лишь второе место.
PaulAnisimov 1 year ago
Brillante virtuosité, mais tempo irrégulier et mélodie inaudible. Cette page est unique en ceci qu'elle allie des difficultés techniques extrêmes à une musicalité merveilleusement inspirée. Respectez la au lieu de montrer uniquement ce que vous êtes capable de faire avec un piano !
micheltennil 1 year ago
Can you give me a glass of the judges coke please....
PianoClassicsHunter 1 year ago
0:22 was that meant? or did a little tiny something went wrong?
dieselbling 2 years ago
Mistake
henseltetude 2 years ago
c'est du liszt ;) toujours aussi virtuose et splandide avc des sentiments égalements. Belle interprétation, j'adore.
isagueria 2 years ago
One of the best and most poetic renditions of this work that I have ever heard. He handled the technical hurdles with authority and grace. Awesome indeed. I am happy that he won the competition, but he should have been given first prize. he deserves it.
concerto35 2 years ago
2:28 lol
Angel94angel94 2 years ago
Hands down, my favorite rendition of this piece. Beautiful.
sotrder 2 years ago 2
This is a great version, very expressive and full of subtle nuances
ratisbon1 2 years ago
Wow, I am humbled by this piece and the performer.
NZdodobird 2 years ago
After this song I think that they will have to tune the piano again! LOL
gaWgaMes 2 years ago 3
the big leaps? yeah it is
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Angel94angel94 2 years ago
I like to see his big eyes, but his eyes don't express the same thing as he feels in heart.
sunyuloveu 2 years ago 2
no first prize at this competition
jackewiebohne 2 years ago
This is a real pianist !
henrikirit 2 years ago 23
@henrikirit This is areal fucking pianist!
piano9891 1 year ago
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@henrikirit This is areal fucking pianist!
piano9891 1 year ago
his eyes and eyebrows are hilarious.
zelyoko2800 2 years ago
He is incredible!
CoolerFizz 2 years ago 3
3:29 !
kastlesucks 2 years ago
Anyone who plays the piano knows that facial expressions are there because of emotions. Don't get bent out of shape out of it! HE'S A PIANIST! Not a model for Vogue!
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просто и гениально! Это лучшее исполнение в настоящее время!
trihomonoz 2 years ago
просто и гениально! Это лучшее исполнение в настоящее время!
trihomonoz 2 years ago 3
listen to that chromatic scale, its sooooo fast
johnl5r3w 2 years ago
He deserved every bit of his second prize.
Gothic1982 2 years ago
Bravo! I love this performance. I even like the face expressions - made it more interesting.
TheJoeCrump 2 years ago 2
If I could play that I wouldn't care being the ugliest person in the world...
Stukov16 2 years ago 36
@Stukov16
After you learn it though, you'd realize it's not that big of a feat compared to playing something that is much easier very well. By much easier, I don't mean easy. I mean being able to play the Appassionata like Daniel Barenboim or Rachmaninov's preludes like Vladimir Horowitz, or maybe not even as good as them, but crystal clear with virtually no mistakes.
hellomate639 1 year ago
@Stukov16
Meh, you don't want to make that trade-off. This piece is irritatingly difficult to play even after you know it and once you know it you know it and have played it many times. Plus people just go "OMG ur amazin!" and then that's it. I know, I play this piece.... Learn it though if you want a real challenge.
hellomate639 1 year ago
@hellomate639 I'm studying it. When I'm ready, of course. It's not that common to see a pianist play this. You have to have A LOT of patience and still survive all those years of Czerny's and etc.
Stukov16 1 year ago
@Stukov16 No creo que compense
rolldito 1 year ago
@Stukov16 so true :P :P
JackSausage000 1 year ago
@Stukov16 I agree -- he is quite ugly. Maybe a facelift or some kind of facial surgery can improve his looks????
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CoolerFizz 2 years ago
I agree! I'm trying my best to focus on this piece but, his eyes got more of my attention!
MissPianist 2 years ago
Yeah, lol. Seriously, when you're shaking, this isn't possible. You gotta learn to relax on stage though.
hellomate639 2 years ago
his eyes are hilarious
pkjpiano 2 years ago 4
He is wired though he did better then his Mazeppa.. .
Desmonddd2002 2 years ago
Why is he making scary expression on his face ???
DennisChoy1 2 years ago 5
my favourite etude from the 'Transcendental' set. it perfectly portrays frail flakes of snow descending from above. Liszt's ripe imagination and pianistic skill adequately captured the motion of the flakes when bullied by a forceful wind, lifted and carried in all directions in a vortex-like fashion. then, the snow storm dies down and the melancholy mood remains. marvelous!
markoserengeti 3 years ago
i watch this video just for the eyes
jhmathwizar 3 years ago
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jmcae 3 years ago
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hahahahaha ur so mean
you gotta admit that he's good
jmcae 3 years ago
directly behind....
Kalen1457 3 years ago
For some reason I don't like that judge
The one with the glasses...
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ipvac1 2 years ago
well done!!! i think that liszt is still alive
chal9575 3 years ago
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Music is made to be heard, not to be seen, specially classical music. If u are listening to a new radiohit rock band, then i might pay attention on how they look, though at last the music is what matters.
When i listen to classical musicians, wether on the internet or at concerts, what i do is just close my eyes and let the music get into my soul and Feel it.. Thats what i think it matters after all. Everyone makes mistakes, and funny faces... Cheers.
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abarrutia 3 years ago
I love this rendition. Miroslav feels every notes in the depths of his being.
He's Playing many new programs in many places. I would love to hear him live soon...
perdipe 3 years ago 2
Look at his hands, how wonderfully economical his movements instead of talking about face. By the way at 4:19 his reaction on modulation is appropriate and delicate. Very good pianist..
Tugoles 3 years ago 3
I like this performance, People don't be stupid, where are you looking for?, what makes difference face expression, if guy plays fantasticaly
musicpiano14 3 years ago
don't get me wrong. the rest after the first page is very good!
davidbaker03 3 years ago
what do you think is wrong with the first page? If you think berezovsky plays good you dont have to answer.
JakWho92 3 years ago
just mostly the melody in the jumps he misses and also the first few beats of tremolos are very shaky. the rest is very good, that is just very picky things, all together it is a very good performance. I don't really know Berezovsky's version of this
davidbaker03 3 years ago
good. but i would honestly expect better from the tchaikovsky competition... his first few notes the tremolo's we're struggling then finally they seemed to find there place, and the melody was missed in some of the jumps. which, yes, is difficult but at this level, should not have been missed considering it was such a prestigious competition.
davidbaker03 3 years ago
Lol, I have to say, he does have some strange facial expression. But good performance nontheless
nosniborceda 3 years ago
1:56 : It seems he doesn't play all the tremolos written for the left hand !! But, a very interesting rendition, Bravo !
proko514 3 years ago
Look at the expression on his face at 0:22 when he hits the false note:)
DjProdKK 3 years ago
look at ~ 3:18 down the aisle on the left side
how the woman is "looking" XD
JakWho92 3 years ago 2
the one who brought her hand to her face?
supermanifold 3 years ago
no, the one rigth to the door in the back of the hall(in the middle on the right).Look at her hair^^
JakWho92 3 years ago
sorry in the middle on the LEFT side next to the doors xD
JakWho92 3 years ago
:DDD nice
jasiunas 3 years ago
Hahaha it's like a horror movie
babyeinstein12 3 years ago
великолепно
trihomonoz 3 years ago
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Musically VERY interesting, but those facial expressions are VERY stupid and has no relation with the different parts of the Etude. Perhaps he pretends to be Lang Lang, but Lang Lang is the best pianist in the whole history of the piano and I see his face expressions as a demonstration of talent, as if he says: "Hey! look at this! It's not so difficult!" (while he plays pieces that to the rest of the world would take the entire life to play as easily as him).
VVotan 3 years ago
lol.
VikingBerserker 3 years ago
Are you talking about face espressions? thats VERY stupid!
Tatsu999999 3 years ago 3
Lang Lang's facial expressions are not genuine. Neither does he have HALF the talent of the pianist above. You're probably asian supporting him anyway
Cartoonsbystan 3 years ago
Well, no, I am not from Asia... You can see my profile to know more about me (if you are interested). You will also find my plenty-of-mistakes version of that Etude. And I would like to remember to all of you, that I wrote about Miroslav: "Musically VERY interesting", and that's what I think of him: he is REALLY AMAZING. That performance remembers me Claudio Arrau. And I just think that he musn't do those facial expressions. Why do you read only the bad things?
VVotan 3 years ago
I like this rendition of Chasse-Neige. It is clearly played with all of the high and low dynamic points discernible. This is a good video played on a good piano. Don't concentrate on the facial expresssions, that is immaterial. Just listen to his eloquent artistry. This Transcendental Etude is not always easy to make musical. However,he does an extremely good and convincing job with a technically and artistically demanding piece. Congratulations Miroslav.
concerto35 3 years ago 5
If you ignore his face, and listen, this is actually quite good.
trigalg693 3 years ago 3
yeah, you're so busy concentrating on your hands you don't have much time to worry about your eyebrows. great perf.
AlexPxr8 3 years ago
I can hande a 12th
Androslav 3 years ago
1st stage in competition he played more interesting. 2nd stage was highly despondently.
hlpianin 3 years ago
he got the 1st place?
pianowendy 3 years ago
OMG ! NOOO.he should not play in final.
hlpianin 3 years ago
shouldn't? or didn't?
pianowendy 3 years ago
He got the 2nd Place, However there was no 1st place, 1st place was not awarded, so anyway he won the competition.
3rd Was Alexander Lubyantsev
Both from Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia.
danydruzy 3 years ago
why was there no first place?
RedRiverUnderTheMoon 3 years ago
1st place was not awarded because the jury considered that there was no competitor good enough to deserve the 1st place,even when there were great pianists participating in the competition,winners of other tough competitions,which I think should have made it to the finals in this competition and unfortunately didn't even make it to the 2nd round,I may say that this kind of incoherent decitions unfortunately are quite common among music competitions.
danydruzy 3 years ago
I heard as well that Alexander Lubyantsev(3rd place)was considered to get the 1st place because he played very good the 3rd Prokofiev piano concerto.However his 1st Tchaikovsky was not that great and as a result he got the 3rd place in the competition.
danydruzy 3 years ago
hahahahahahahahaha his EYES!
SalQrazy 3 years ago
However there are a lot of beautyful girls in Saint Petersburg willing to date him.
danydruzy 3 years ago 3
I meant no offense. I find comedy in the crevices where tight-asses see only dismal manifestations of their self-tortured minds.
SalQrazy 3 years ago
him???how old is him?.....girls usually loves talented boys, right?
pianowendy 3 years ago
He is 23 or 24 years old I guess, because he was born in 1985. And of coruse girls usually love talented boys, however Kultyshev seems to be a very nice person, so not only his talent and skills are a matter to his success with women.
danydruzy 3 years ago
oh really...but he looked so simple...haha~but cute~
pianowendy 3 years ago
the talent,sound, music is the main thing not his eyes, face and so on...many say the same about Lang Lang and despite of the comentaries, he is still the man on the piano!
danydruzy 3 years ago
Grah I hate the piano, it sounds so bright and the sound dies away too fast. Great interpretation though.
trigalg693 3 years ago
My hands are not big enough!
How could you deal with 13ths?
nangoyang 3 years ago
Play them arpeggiated
trigalg693 3 years ago
you are supposed to arpeggiate that kind of large chords.
chopinandliszt 3 years ago
very well played, but he looks ridiculous :)
gymgymgymgym 3 years ago 16
oh yes he does..
unsichtbar007 3 years ago
@gymgymgymgym Ohhh :( He's so cute :'(
PAGAFER 1 year ago
where is he from pleez? does anyone know?
fortissimo25 3 years ago
he is from Saint Petersburg Russia, even when he has already won the Tchaikovsky Competition, besides of playing concerts he still continues his studyes in the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Professor Alexander Sandler...
danydruzy 3 years ago
thank u so much :]
craziemonkie32 3 years ago
i meant to say thank u, not craziemonkie32... sheez my sis. :)
fortissimo25 3 years ago
you welcome! He is about to give a concert in Saint Petersburg!
danydruzy 3 years ago
i think his ending is boring, and drawn out, to the audience it seems like it starts dying around 4:03 like shoogishoogi said, this makes it seem like it should have ended sooner. i think he should have kept some dynamics going on through till the end. just my opinion
davidbaker03 3 years ago
Quelle interprétation pour une pièce aussi difficile! Un futur grand pianiste selon moi, et ce n'est pas le jury qui a refusé de lui attribuer le premier prix qui va l'empêcher de faire une belle carrière (Lugansky par exemple a très bien réussi, bien mieux que matsuev par exemple).
JPAM3891 3 years ago
Lugansky a bien gagné le premier prix.
xujia1001 3 years ago
D'après les articles de wikipedia concernant Lugansky et le concours Tchaikovsky, il a été, à l'instar de Kultychev, second prix, même si en réalité il était premier. Il n'y a pas eu de premier prix décerné ces années là, car le jury a considéré que le niveau n'était pas suffisant.
JPAM3891 3 years ago
your best bet is to go out and buy it. I've never found a download aside from a .mid file. Look for Études d'exécution transcendante. Naxos is extremely cheap and has a pretty good recording. I forget who the pianist is though.
chessplayer111 3 years ago
does anyone know where I could download the
mp3 version of this piece?
W0lfFang10 3 years ago
err why does he play the coda (4:03 and on) so queitly? supposed to be fortissimo...
shoogishoogi 3 years ago
That's exactly what I was thinking. The finale should be the most passionate and exciting part, and by suddenly playing the ending so quietly and slowing down too soon, he took most of the drama away and spoiled the performance. It should die away after the climax as the snow storm passes by. It's a pity because it was good apart from that.
rsfpiano 3 years ago
I think Kultyshev does an excellent job conveying the emotion needed in this etude. I have heard many interpretations (including Berezovsky's which I think is a little too fast and harsh) and Kultyshev's remains to be my favorite. I play this piece myself and find it very difficult to play the soft sections as well as he does.
srachmaninoff 4 years ago
he's good but i'm sorry i can barely stand watching this cus he's so annoying looking!!!
davidbaker03 3 years ago
i liked his interpretation for Mazeppa, but for this piece I liked Berezovsky's. Berezovsky's was so much more powerful in the last half, which arose the whole music, compared to this guy. he did play it very nicely, expressing the little snow and the furious blizzard, but still. i also could notice several mistakes. the chromatique scales on the left hand was to dry and choppy.
mysteriousmania 4 years ago
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This is a ridiculously boring interpretation. It's so MIDI-esque it's incoherent in its lack of any musical execution. Also breaks the trems way too much.
John11inch 4 years ago
What are you saying??? He's a genius
spv88 4 years ago
Very well played, excellent control. To those complaining about the facial expressions: get over it. This piece demands incredible things from the pianist, frankly I'm too worried about what his face is doing as long as it sounds good (which it does).
His posture is exceptional.
LeChukc 4 years ago
no doubt as to his genius but those expressions ...lol...hahaha
nanotechxe 4 years ago
This is a very fine performance of Chasse Neige. One of my fav piano pieces. Not only is this one of the hardest of the Transcendental etudes, but the etudes themselves are among the most challenging music ever written for piano.
The title "chasse neige" means "snow-drifting wind". I always find myself picturing Liszt playing this piece late at night by candlelight, maybe 3am, while staying at a big country house on one of his many travels, while the snow flurries whirl all around.
alcyone77777 4 years ago 2
why is this difficult?? i don't play the piano, so i don't know the technical challenges of this, please explain me
mayorde18 4 years ago 3
The dynamics which are applied to this piece makes it extremely difficult as well the musical interpretation and expression is a crucial key to playing this piece correctly, the piece also challenges the technique of the performer in certain aspects, speed is irrellivant to being an excellent performer
roady692000 4 years ago
Essentially this piece involves tremolos(rapid alterations between notes) with one part of the hand while the other fingers (pinky) play the melody notes, which are sometimes rather far apart from the tremolos... to you have to just high/low to the melody note and then bring your hand back to continue the tremolo, very difficult. Then there are fast chromatic scales and stuff.. this is one of the hardest of the Transcendental Etudes
celach 4 years ago
he's extremely talented..tho the facial expressions he makes are quite interesting (ie 1:50, 2:15, 2:30, 2:35 haha)nevertheless excellent technique and performance
2lethal 4 years ago
he is amazing!!
sandnfire 4 years ago
this is the best performance of this really hard piece that I have ever seen!!!! he makes it easy!!!!
Rickyr389 4 years ago
pretty good.
I prefer Kemal Gekic's interpretation.
stringendo 4 years ago
Awesome!
A truly arresting performance...
shishirth 4 years ago
comparing this guy to berezovsky is just unfair.. berezovsky is just a super freak (in a good way)
this guy is undoubtedly a derseved winner
JstAnothrVirtuoso 4 years ago
First of all, playing the Chasse-neige isn't even a little bit easy. He does it. And he does it with fantastic technique.
yojukitomodele 4 years ago 2
I really, really like Miroslav playing... He's simply outstanding !
This Chasse-neige interpretation was one of the best I've ever seen.
yojukitomodele 4 years ago 2
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wtf. this guy sucks. seriously. how did he win.
nickthegreat998 4 years ago
Your words doesn't mean anything at all, If u can play better, please show us how this opus must sound..
bastudas 4 years ago
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had probably enough money to give to the jury, or he was the only participant...
marcelmombeekeigen 4 years ago
Good playing... Far better than he played mazeppa
coaster1000 4 years ago