To be blunt, I don't think the audience can tell the difference one way or the other from her playing to his. Sometimes it seems as if the teacher teaches the students to be to robotic in their playing.
I'm referring to Mr.Isserlis, not you, so strike the 'we' bit perhaps. That's the impression he makes on me, that's all. Excellent celloist, but my, what conceit on his part....
Wow... This makes me miss being in band/orchestra (I've been in band, orchestra and choir - and for some reason I stuck with choir, when I had so much more fun interpreting the music in the other two...) I loved when my directors would talk like this!! It really challenges the performer to think of music in terms of it being a conversation, or a poem, rather than just black and white spots on a page...
They need a weekend with lots of break time and walking around to let the ideas sink in. There both topped out on technocratic skill, its nothing to either of them to 'do the work'. I love to hear the little differences I can feel explained. This is against the "art as magic feelings" B.S. that is a cover story generally.
If/When they hit the confused portions of Shumann's work, it would be even more interesting to see this dissected.
Bix12 said: "This is a very advanced level of skill that he's teaching". Certainly true! The essential is so obvious to both of them, he/she doesn't say it. The cadence has two concepts, but the counterpoint is nearly an agreement, so the two stands take careful treatment to draw this out.
I wish I had instruction that focused in my field. After she goes thru one sleep wake cycle she will 'get' his take perfectly, and then can add to it with her worldview.
El maestro tiene razon en algunas cosas, pero aun asi me parece que cree que se las sabe todas sobre el cello, ella lo hace bien le falta un poco. Es muy buena y no digo que el maestro sea malo si no que le falta bajarse de esa nube en la que esta subido donde cree que puede mirar a todo el mundo por encima del hombro......
@ana9614 creo que tienes toda la razon,la chica es muy buena es solo que esta en el proseso en el que todos pasamos,una ves conoci a un contrabajista de la filarmonica de jalisco y me dijo algo muy cierto que el defecto de los grandes musicos es su gran arrogancia.
HappyWandy457, Here we have an example of true music analysis shown from a superb teacher with great sense of humor (tremour: see you later). The skill of visualizing melisms is at its best. At pupils side, it is difficult to grasp in one class: Much of listening to music is required to set up emotionally these things.
Beautiful teaching perspective.....The cello pulls you in with its beautiful intensity, while raw emotion flows from its strings, painting a captivating journey.
Haha anyone who says this guy is full of himself hasn't been in the present of a truly independent and competent instructor. He's very good with his words and playing.
@JayWilliamThompson Yeah I agree with you...he is a British, and it is typical that British people have an arrogant tone to their voice, or they are arrogant at heart.
@makuletboy Arrogance is not typical of the British any more than it is of any other nationality. Don't be so ignorant.
Back to topic: He seems like a great teacher and she seems to appreciate his honesty, as hard as it might be to take sometimes. Criticism is always difficult to take, even when you know it's true.
@dysoncrystal I could disagree. It depends on his students. Have you seen his other master classes? He's an incredible player, don't get me wrong, but he can be arrogant some times.
@FeedMeMikey notice how this is a class, where he is supposed to learn a pupil on a very high level how to get better? you realise a teacher is supposed to teach, right? that's what he is doing, and he goes about it very very politely.
@lusteraliaszero There was a discussion in a class of mine the other day about how teachers these days can't effectively teach the children because they (the teachers) are too worried about tip-toeing around them, trying not to hurt their little feelings and self-esteem.
@SillySantaHat And that's absurd, if we have to take such great care of each others feelings, if humans are really that weak, it's about time to raise the bar.
and honestly, this guy isn't rough or strict at all, you need a good face full of fists if this hurts your feelings.
@omoshiroidayo If this doesn't make sense to you, you know nothing about music. Steven Isserlis is one of the best cellists ever born, and the criticism he gives in this video is simply him trying to get the studeny to understand how much love and passion has to go into this piece, She is playing the notes metronomically, and he's getting her to think about why she's playing what she's playing so she can fall in love with the piece and give it meaning!
The peson playing is rather dumb, its not because we have arow of qaurter notes that we play them equaly! what would Bach sound like? if we played all those 16th notes the same way? Sorry she's a dumbass and he's being very patient
@beyolleck yeah she looks kinda uncomfortable, especially since she plays classical music, cause it's supposed to be very well structured and armonic all in all
Hello absolutely stunned:) beautiful, I'm 16 and tryig to learn the violin, I play other intruments but I feel I have a calling for strings:) I want to know is it late for me to start on cello, and is it a good idea to juggle both violin and cello, here's my email please respond, I would love to hear from you. Luvmysoul13@yahoo.com
I don't even play the cello, and i get what he was trying to explain about her playing as if she's in a hurry, she still didn't get it. Fuck it, he tried.
You can hear the frustration in her teachers voice as if shes way off the point. I feel bad for her. He has a constent "what the hell are you thinking" tone to his voice. Whenver she plays she looks like shes gonna cry
I know that this is a masterclass, but I bet I know what was going through that girl's mind: " FRACK! Can u please just lemme finish the damn song! I know I got one wrong you can tell me my mistakes later ugh geez!" lawlz
She had worked so hard on practicing and practicing and practicing and practicing and practicing and practicing and he suddenly tells her how to play the dynamics! :D Poor girl.
@Schtofenbach The idea is to have a more fluid performance, and he's trying to correct some of her interpretation incoherences. Cello is as expressive as voice.
@Chturinigomes I think it is not only the fluid performance, but also an expressiveness in any note. Just as in singing of course. By the way, we do have a young cellist at our home. And she chose the cello by her own wish when she was 5.5 Year old. So we did as she asked.
@Schtofenbach I really wanted to start playing cello by this age, but now is kinda hard to find a cello, a music teacher and conciliating school with the music. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed to get my cello by next year.
Here, a cheap good cello for studying costs about R$800,00~R$2000,00(price of a nice violin). The semi-professional is over R$8000,00 and it's a really hard task to find a good luthier around here.
@Chturinigomes Well, her first cello was a 1/16. I used to call it violin all the time by mistake....But, a piano would cost even more,and many people study piano.
coitada da garota.... o kra chama na xinxa na frente da pianista e da plateia, olha a cara da coitada em 0:25, 0:28, 0:37, 1:21 e por ai afora, eh masterclass ou humilhaclass????????
The instructor is pretty full of himself, I'd say--and talk about vague...good grief. She would've picked it up much quicker if he'd just played it AND then kept his mouth shut instead of confusing her with his personal interpretations of poetry and other nonsense. Not everyone sees the shape of the world as he does.
@Bix12 The instructor isn't full of himself, or vague. She wouldn't pick it up faster if she just played it and he kept his mouth shut. Infact, she would continue to suck and stay at the sub-par level that you prefer. This is a very advanced level of skill that he's teaching; it's about the technicalities and feelings of the piece that the composer intended. Not his own shape of the world. Before you post, maybe you should get to this level of skill in music, and THEN your opinion would matter.
@Chocokriz Hmm. She is very good. And the way he plays it is fantastic. He is full of passion and tries to transfer a lttle bit to her. She picks it up very fast. And the result is much more better than the beginning. Thats right. Fantastic teacher...
@Chocokriz I agree, the thing is when you get to this level of playing (I can't claim to have myself, but I am a somewhat good cellist), the student is more independent and open to criticism. Therefore the teacher is more blunt, as to be more productive. They don't waste time saying (this is great, you're amazing), even if it is good
I agree with this style of teaching. Much better to get the student use to the idea of phrasing in a natural way than spelling out every single cresc. dim. or rit.
this kind of teachers are very shitty. maybe he can play quite well, but as his student is with very bad luck. these kind of teachers need to pay and train themselves language and term definitions or simply english before waste student time and money as teacher.
Stating: "Go with the curve", "Go with the soft lovely lines", "It's a poem", "Take time to enjoy the beauty", "Never solid" sound nice and inspiring... but this gibberish means nothing in terms of the execution if no distinct or objective details as to what you are doing technically to represent that are are immediately associated with the action and then communicated to the student. A curve does not represent a diminuendo just because you say "go with the curve". Associate then communicate!
@clairannette its cuz its not mechanical dumbass. If you actually went and tried to understand what he was trying to describe you'd know theres no better way to explain it.
You just have to feel it. Theres no right or wrong. It doesnt matter whether its a diminuendo or crescendo. There IS no one thing your trying to do besides making it "float" :)
there is no set length our volume to play anything... its just what FEELS right.....
@crimsonlead1 Of course it's mechanical. Anytime you use your fingers to play an instrument, it's mechanical - using motary perception to execute a task. And "you just have to feel it" is not an option. Music isn't always about "feeling", it's about communicating, but you have to know your ABCs before you can make words. You have to know how to put words together in a sentence to get across a particular idea. What you are suggesting is impossible, and what he is suggesting is to copy himself.
@clairannette so true - if he were my teacher I would be asking wtf do you mean by go with the curve - will check it out with my cello teacher in case its a musical term Im not familiar with - the poor cellist looks terrified. He's scary!!!
@datura654 I don't think that he's scary and in my opinion, every teacher has a kind of his "own" language...and sometimes there are similar words used by different teachers, too. So she maybe understands it...
Go with the curve. Imagine that music was written without articulation such as ties, it would be very straightforward; robotic. Things such as ties are there to introduce more depth and feeling in to a piece, as if you were in a natural conversation. He's saying he wants her to be able to feel the flow of the music just like most people can feel the flow of a conversation.
It will never cease to amaze me how vague some teachers can be without spelling out precisely what they are doing that gives rise to the effect he/she wishes to achieve. She would have understood this opening much faster if he said: play the 1st two passing notes a little longer than the rest so as to hear the tension/resolution in those chords. Accelerate from the 3rd note. And slow down on the last two to set up an even greater statement between tension and resolution at the lower appogiatura
@crimsonlead1 Actually, I'm only describing in more concrete terms exactly what he is doing, as he is telling her he wants it to be. And what I stated is grounded in music theory that has been taught for centuries. It's nothing new. If you think it is, then you likely need to do more study. There are so many teachers out there who attempt to teach this way by throwing around lofty adjectives that sound nice, and they are ineffective.
guys... Im 21 years old and i want to play cello.. but i dont know how. is my age right enough to learn cello and stuff like this.. im eager to learn but my age doesn't fit? is that really terrible? ? i need help guys..
this guy is a god. To be at such a high level of skill that you can just play with it any way you wish. Now as a begginer i couldnt do what he does but I can understand everything he says. It mustve taken him tens of years to get like that...
At first, I thought this guy was being a dick. But then once I heard what he was trying to teach her, I have more respect for his style. I love how he related it to poetry. You should word things in a way that makes the listener feel the way you intended. While an extra note here and there might sound cool, sometimes it can rob it of the very essence of what music is about, emotion. That's my idea anyway.
Steven Isserlis is one of the most arrogant cellists out there. He is rude and picky about every little thing. Likes to take a simple thing and make it more difficult than intended.
@cellolove7 I think it would be better if the student takes in the technical aspect of the piece and learn it by memory. then, the teacher should encourage the student to find the poetic aspect of it on her own rather than imposing his own idea of what the poetry actually is.
The cello is my instrument. I can't even play it. I actually ended up with a saxophone, learned to play it in high school. But, deep down in my heart, It's my instrument, the cello with that rich, mournful sound, its the only instrument that would satisfy me. I need to learn how to play it omg.
This is why it's called a masterclass. A class with a master :)
Every clarinetist as I am myself need to study this piece and the Brahms op.120 sonatas by listening to Cello play Schumann and Viola play Brahms to learn to play it beautifully smoothly and to connect each phrase.
what an asshole!!
Arghira 1 month ago
hahahha "it's kind of inappropiate....think of a love duet!"
I love Isserlis!
chichi123xx 1 month ago
her eyes <3
netusja 2 months ago 3
dayum i want more!!
Elleira92 2 months ago
LOL,did you people notice how he says ''from the begining'' in min 2:40 ??
milstein91 2 months ago 2
I would love to leran to play the cello.My dream is ti be a concert cellist. It it too late for me? I'm 87.
21farenheit 2 months ago 4
@21farenheit it's never too late!!
Elleira92 2 months ago
@21farenheit Never too late to start something beautiful =)
metalheadlass 1 month ago
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raul20095 3 months ago
She's so cute!
raul20095 4 months ago
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raul20095 4 months ago
OMG hes so awesome!! lol
Grobanite122549 4 months ago
Pippin's mad cello skills.
russellkua 5 months ago 4
i wanna slap that faggot in the face lmao chix cute playin the piano
joed3389 6 months ago
@joed3389 he's playing cello not bassoon. where'd you leave your brain?
cellodubin 2 months ago
yep, she's hot!!
marcohorowitz8 6 months ago
Isn't this masterclass a bit boring and empty ? I ask after watching Tortelier's classes...
JuliendAnce 7 months ago 3
Cool.
SadderYetWiser 7 months ago
Man, talent is so sexy. Watching that girl working so hard on that piece is HOT.
sickphil71 9 months ago
omg i played his piece for my piano grade 5..
WynneAllerion 9 months ago
i wish i had him as a teacher
Lovelyonuoha 9 months ago
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To be blunt, I don't think the audience can tell the difference one way or the other from her playing to his. Sometimes it seems as if the teacher teaches the students to be to robotic in their playing.
celloprof 9 months ago
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celloprof 9 months ago
she good...her soul is playing the note....
EpitaphEpigram 10 months ago
watch the pianist at 5:07 on. She is is some sort of heaven...
BeginningBassist 10 months ago 5
bad ass in a cool way
MaMahmod 10 months ago
lol he's funneh
the way he interprets music like a life sitiuation
its astonishing
GawdOFVIOLINZ 10 months ago
lol he's funneh
GawdOFVIOLINZ 10 months ago
HE;S A CUNT :/
LJBndDB 10 months ago
so sexy girl i just wanaa eat her handdddddddddddddddddds
noman495 10 months ago
please someone tell me whats the name of this Piece????
DoUdO1000 10 months ago
@DoUdO1000 pause at 0:06 the composer and the name of the song is right there
dysoncrystal 10 months ago
i would like to have that teacher.
rutaja93 11 months ago
I find it amusing how her face squashes against the cello, lol.
Noshuynhson 11 months ago 5
Overeducated queer. I apologize, but he seems to be so.
garagelandluthier 11 months ago
@garagelandluthier Even if we were gay and "over educated", as you put it, would that really be a bad thing?
ScorpionHUT 11 months ago
I'm referring to Mr.Isserlis, not you, so strike the 'we' bit perhaps. That's the impression he makes on me, that's all. Excellent celloist, but my, what conceit on his part....
garagelandluthier 11 months ago
I can't believe how beautiful the girl is
MKlevig 11 months ago
soul is singing
while the artist's virtuosly play
thankyou very much...
TheTeslanova 11 months ago
He's a good teacher because he's genuinely able to visualize the essence of the piece and explain it in words.
Raluk54 1 year ago
1:03 He has the best lagatto in the world. Just one example here... on par with Yo-Yo for sure.
jwunschie14 1 year ago
aha, how much does that cost??
biiigjerry 1 year ago
Steven Isserlis is amazing! great teacher!
jrcello307 1 year ago
If you need someone to teach you how to feel for your instrument your an idiot.
Benj888 1 year ago 2
He is fantastic!!!!.... excellent teacher.....
jorgeuribeclar 1 year ago
awweesomeness
waya121 1 year ago
It's not about the playing but the artistry
supercalo79 1 year ago
Teacher has a fair few good points, but damn, she can play.
Fulou 1 year ago
@Fulou that's why it is called masterclasses
7edzins 11 months ago
I like how no one notices the talent and the enthousiasm of the pianist in the back.
People should notice her too!
TehStupidBish 1 year ago 25
At the 50 dislikes :-P poo to you!
andiejanefisher 1 year ago
Wow... This makes me miss being in band/orchestra (I've been in band, orchestra and choir - and for some reason I stuck with choir, when I had so much more fun interpreting the music in the other two...) I loved when my directors would talk like this!! It really challenges the performer to think of music in terms of it being a conversation, or a poem, rather than just black and white spots on a page...
MunecaRebelde91 1 year ago
OMG carles puyol playing the cello!!
Marianooo100 1 year ago 47
@Marianooo100 jajajajaja
Chamowon 11 months ago
He is an excellent teacher
KeijiMadea 1 year ago
I just realized that music is indeed a poem; an expression of feelings taken to a higher level.
jesuisalex 1 year ago 3
LarissaFMattos (Video 02 - n.1/JSBach Prelude)
Mau12123 1 year ago
I would Probably Loose Control of myself WIth Laughter. Too hard to get anything done with this Guy...
fredrickson1 1 year ago
@fredrickson1 same lol!!
justingf15 1 year ago
They need a weekend with lots of break time and walking around to let the ideas sink in. There both topped out on technocratic skill, its nothing to either of them to 'do the work'. I love to hear the little differences I can feel explained. This is against the "art as magic feelings" B.S. that is a cover story generally.
If/When they hit the confused portions of Shumann's work, it would be even more interesting to see this dissected.
DanKolis 1 year ago
Bix12 said: "This is a very advanced level of skill that he's teaching". Certainly true! The essential is so obvious to both of them, he/she doesn't say it. The cadence has two concepts, but the counterpoint is nearly an agreement, so the two stands take careful treatment to draw this out.
I wish I had instruction that focused in my field. After she goes thru one sleep wake cycle she will 'get' his take perfectly, and then can add to it with her worldview.
DanKolis 1 year ago
Oh My God!! I Never knew that Pippin from the lord of the rings could play cello :O!
adbanor 1 year ago
god i wish I would have learned to play the cello instead of the flute. I hate how the flute sounds, but the cello. I could paint through it.
iamsaztak 1 year ago
She looks like she's gonna cry at any second.
:/
But he is a good teacher, and he's only trying to better her.
strawberrySPAZ 1 year ago
I wish I was nearly half as good as her. :(
NinjaDKDavid 1 year ago
If you wanna learn, the personality of the teacher doesn´t matter so much.
Main thing: It helps YOU, to approve your playing.
ravioli49 1 year ago
he's amazing teacher, he picks up the little things, she needs to think about what he's saying!
JustMeJacqui 1 year ago
El maestro tiene razon en algunas cosas, pero aun asi me parece que cree que se las sabe todas sobre el cello, ella lo hace bien le falta un poco. Es muy buena y no digo que el maestro sea malo si no que le falta bajarse de esa nube en la que esta subido donde cree que puede mirar a todo el mundo por encima del hombro......
ana9614 1 year ago
@ana9614 creo que tienes toda la razon,la chica es muy buena es solo que esta en el proseso en el que todos pasamos,una ves conoci a un contrabajista de la filarmonica de jalisco y me dijo algo muy cierto que el defecto de los grandes musicos es su gran arrogancia.
jooseemoreno 1 year ago
Omg, poor girl ... :(
BikersGrace 1 year ago
HappyWandy457, Here we have an example of true music analysis shown from a superb teacher with great sense of humor (tremour: see you later). The skill of visualizing melisms is at its best. At pupils side, it is difficult to grasp in one class: Much of listening to music is required to set up emotionally these things.
Hans Fröhlich - Germany
happywandy457 1 year ago
This is the hardest thing about he's teaching.
But he looks like a very good teacher.
Welther47 1 year ago
I was afraid the girl's eyes were gonna pop out any second. :(
chiztrix 1 year ago
Beautiful teaching perspective.....The cello pulls you in with its beautiful intensity, while raw emotion flows from its strings, painting a captivating journey.
lillmissbaaadasss 1 year ago
Haha anyone who says this guy is full of himself hasn't been in the present of a truly independent and competent instructor. He's very good with his words and playing.
felixfelicis888 1 year ago
wow this improved me a ton on metal sweep appreggios and alot more.
commando7144 1 year ago
Id fucking drop kick that guy
RavenKrieg 1 year ago
@dysoncrystal yea he is very gd, defnitly knows his stuff!
facilate 1 year ago
What is the name of this song?
dysoncrystal 1 year ago
this guy is so far up his own assh**le but goddamn can he play the cello
JayWilliamThompson 1 year ago
@JayWilliamThompson Yeah I agree with you...he is a British, and it is typical that British people have an arrogant tone to their voice, or they are arrogant at heart.
makuletboy 1 year ago
@makuletboy Arrogance is not typical of the British any more than it is of any other nationality. Don't be so ignorant.
Back to topic: He seems like a great teacher and she seems to appreciate his honesty, as hard as it might be to take sometimes. Criticism is always difficult to take, even when you know it's true.
She's gorgeous. I had to say it =)
weirdunclebob 1 year ago
He's a good teacher
dysoncrystal 1 year ago 59
@dysoncrystal I could disagree. It depends on his students. Have you seen his other master classes? He's an incredible player, don't get me wrong, but he can be arrogant some times.
sweetlikeADAM 11 months ago
Arkadaki japon yarağı yemiş zaten piyano çalışına bak sayfaya giricek D:
dangers92 1 year ago
What a rude cunt he is!
She is trying and he just keeps shoving it in her face that he is better than her. Attention whore.
:)
FeedMeMikey 1 year ago
@FeedMeMikey notice how this is a class, where he is supposed to learn a pupil on a very high level how to get better? you realise a teacher is supposed to teach, right? that's what he is doing, and he goes about it very very politely.
lusteraliaszero 1 year ago
@lusteraliaszero *teach a pupil, sorry, my english is a bit rusty.
lusteraliaszero 1 year ago
@lusteraliaszero There was a discussion in a class of mine the other day about how teachers these days can't effectively teach the children because they (the teachers) are too worried about tip-toeing around them, trying not to hurt their little feelings and self-esteem.
SillySantaHat 1 year ago
@SillySantaHat And that's absurd, if we have to take such great care of each others feelings, if humans are really that weak, it's about time to raise the bar.
and honestly, this guy isn't rough or strict at all, you need a good face full of fists if this hurts your feelings.
lusteraliaszero 1 year ago
Guy is prissy u don't have to be a master to teach anybody anything. Even people in the background feel awkward
fishfrizbee 1 year ago
Guy is prissy u don't have to be a master to teach anybody anything
fishfrizbee 1 year ago
what is the name of the student?
enanotodo 1 year ago
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shitty old music
TheHandsomeCrab 1 year ago
What kind of cello do you play (at least in this video), and what kind of bow?
FatesWishes 1 year ago
i dont like the guy hes a douche... this vid doesnt make sense tzo me
omoshiroidayo 1 year ago
@omoshiroidayo If this doesn't make sense to you, you know nothing about music. Steven Isserlis is one of the best cellists ever born, and the criticism he gives in this video is simply him trying to get the studeny to understand how much love and passion has to go into this piece, She is playing the notes metronomically, and he's getting her to think about why she's playing what she's playing so she can fall in love with the piece and give it meaning!
cellolvr27 1 year ago
I am a 3/4 cello
MyTwilight4 1 year ago
The peson playing is rather dumb, its not because we have arow of qaurter notes that we play them equaly! what would Bach sound like? if we played all those 16th notes the same way? Sorry she's a dumbass and he's being very patient
Max3851 1 year ago
where can I download it?
Salha7 1 year ago
I feel like her cello is kinda high up...
And she crushes it against her face. But, you know... whatever floats her boat...
xSunlightandShadowsx 1 year ago
I have seen that girl in the New York Time. look that page: A Pharmacist With Dreams of Independence, in The New York Time, Published October, 20.
does she work in a pharmacy? or has she a twin sister?
anthonyrichard77 1 year ago
she doesn't feel it .try drinking honey it might help
moecat1000 1 year ago
It really bothers me how she play way to close to her cello at the beginning, and it is up too high too...
beyolleck 1 year ago
@beyolleck yeah she looks kinda uncomfortable, especially since she plays classical music, cause it's supposed to be very well structured and armonic all in all
pulsarcolosal 1 year ago
she has her cello up really high.
lemonsnlimes333 1 year ago
gorgeous big eyes :)
nugg69 1 year ago
Hello absolutely stunned:) beautiful, I'm 16 and tryig to learn the violin, I play other intruments but I feel I have a calling for strings:) I want to know is it late for me to start on cello, and is it a good idea to juggle both violin and cello, here's my email please respond, I would love to hear from you. Luvmysoul13@yahoo.com
Victoriamusic16 1 year ago
shes hot tho
eddieblackritual 1 year ago
Is this a 3/4 or 4/4 cello?
ernbabjr 1 year ago
@ernbabjr this is a 10 outa 10 cello... just kidding
pulsarcolosal 1 year ago
I don't even play the cello, and i get what he was trying to explain about her playing as if she's in a hurry, she still didn't get it. Fuck it, he tried.
XxNuclearDeath 1 year ago
Nosebleed
kzap 1 year ago
You can hear the frustration in her teachers voice as if shes way off the point. I feel bad for her. He has a constent "what the hell are you thinking" tone to his voice. Whenver she plays she looks like shes gonna cry
thelocust64 1 year ago
she still doesnt get the damn opening. Good player, but has no real sense of rubato ..
its all far too common with players with real ability that train at music colleges with esteemed professors. They still dont know what music is..
DualThunder 1 year ago 2
@DualThunder It's all notes and no feeling.
SillySantaHat 1 year ago
I know that this is a masterclass, but I bet I know what was going through that girl's mind: " FRACK! Can u please just lemme finish the damn song! I know I got one wrong you can tell me my mistakes later ugh geez!" lawlz
RandomKenzieTV906 1 year ago
She had worked so hard on practicing and practicing and practicing and practicing and practicing and practicing and he suddenly tells her how to play the dynamics! :D Poor girl.
cinemats 1 year ago
Heeey, I know a 17 year old that composed an elegy for solo cello too! Omg! check it out "Elegy for solo cello Ricardo Acosta".
davidovich00 1 year ago
i think there good at it.. well they are actually a big help for cello beginners ^^..
jokitino90 1 year ago
im cellist and i understood what u were saying this really helps me when i play sheet music Arigatou gozaimashita cello-sensei
Vampuricacid 1 year ago
Can one explain what should be felt? Only adding some theme to imagine and some emotion to the player. He does it beautifully.
Schtofenbach 1 year ago
@Schtofenbach The idea is to have a more fluid performance, and he's trying to correct some of her interpretation incoherences. Cello is as expressive as voice.
Chturinigomes 1 year ago
@Chturinigomes I think it is not only the fluid performance, but also an expressiveness in any note. Just as in singing of course. By the way, we do have a young cellist at our home. And she chose the cello by her own wish when she was 5.5 Year old. So we did as she asked.
Schtofenbach 1 year ago
@Schtofenbach I really wanted to start playing cello by this age, but now is kinda hard to find a cello, a music teacher and conciliating school with the music. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed to get my cello by next year.
Here, a cheap good cello for studying costs about R$800,00~R$2000,00(price of a nice violin). The semi-professional is over R$8000,00 and it's a really hard task to find a good luthier around here.
Chturinigomes 1 year ago
@Chturinigomes Well, her first cello was a 1/16. I used to call it violin all the time by mistake....But, a piano would cost even more,and many people study piano.
Schtofenbach 1 year ago
YOU suck!
neonaction 1 year ago
nice collar on the chick....and beautiful lips
PGRANDIER 1 year ago
coitada da garota.... o kra chama na xinxa na frente da pianista e da plateia, olha a cara da coitada em 0:25, 0:28, 0:37, 1:21 e por ai afora, eh masterclass ou humilhaclass????????
cordasdivinas 1 year ago
excellent job
butter999999 1 year ago 2
The instructor is pretty full of himself, I'd say--and talk about vague...good grief. She would've picked it up much quicker if he'd just played it AND then kept his mouth shut instead of confusing her with his personal interpretations of poetry and other nonsense. Not everyone sees the shape of the world as he does.
Bix12 1 year ago
@Bix12 The instructor isn't full of himself, or vague. She wouldn't pick it up faster if she just played it and he kept his mouth shut. Infact, she would continue to suck and stay at the sub-par level that you prefer. This is a very advanced level of skill that he's teaching; it's about the technicalities and feelings of the piece that the composer intended. Not his own shape of the world. Before you post, maybe you should get to this level of skill in music, and THEN your opinion would matter.
Chocokriz 1 year ago 48
@Chocokriz Hmm. She is very good. And the way he plays it is fantastic. He is full of passion and tries to transfer a lttle bit to her. She picks it up very fast. And the result is much more better than the beginning. Thats right. Fantastic teacher...
Saliman008 1 year ago
@Chocokriz no no u dont know anything ,, just shut it up!! GO Back to bed
celebratingfantasy 1 year ago
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Sammerhammer 1 year ago
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@Chocokriz Hey! Just acquired said "level of skill". Still think this guy is a jizzfunnel.
Sammerhammer 1 year ago
@Chocokriz I agree, the thing is when you get to this level of playing (I can't claim to have myself, but I am a somewhat good cellist), the student is more independent and open to criticism. Therefore the teacher is more blunt, as to be more productive. They don't waste time saying (this is great, you're amazing), even if it is good
bmccabe18 1 year ago 3
@Bix12 basically he is trying to rewrite shumann's musical genius. he adds nothing of value.
len0808 1 year ago
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I agree with this style of teaching. Much better to get the student use to the idea of phrasing in a natural way than spelling out every single cresc. dim. or rit.
onandoffsuperfast 1 year ago
this kind of teachers are very shitty. maybe he can play quite well, but as his student is with very bad luck. these kind of teachers need to pay and train themselves language and term definitions or simply english before waste student time and money as teacher.
zzfinance 1 year ago
@zzfinance if you don't understand what someone means when they say something, a simple "What do you mean?" does better than complaining.
e1337r0ck3rX7 1 year ago
@zzfinance
What the hell are you talking about??
NiceVideos11 1 year ago
couldnt handle this guy as a teacher, lol
BoxRoomStudio 1 year ago
Is this Simon from American Idol ? :)
HoustonsOriginal 1 year ago
every ones a critic
AJMora 1 year ago
Stating: "Go with the curve", "Go with the soft lovely lines", "It's a poem", "Take time to enjoy the beauty", "Never solid" sound nice and inspiring... but this gibberish means nothing in terms of the execution if no distinct or objective details as to what you are doing technically to represent that are are immediately associated with the action and then communicated to the student. A curve does not represent a diminuendo just because you say "go with the curve". Associate then communicate!
clairannette 1 year ago
@clairannette its cuz its not mechanical dumbass. If you actually went and tried to understand what he was trying to describe you'd know theres no better way to explain it.
You just have to feel it. Theres no right or wrong. It doesnt matter whether its a diminuendo or crescendo. There IS no one thing your trying to do besides making it "float" :)
there is no set length our volume to play anything... its just what FEELS right.....
crimsonlead1 1 year ago
@crimsonlead1 Of course it's mechanical. Anytime you use your fingers to play an instrument, it's mechanical - using motary perception to execute a task. And "you just have to feel it" is not an option. Music isn't always about "feeling", it's about communicating, but you have to know your ABCs before you can make words. You have to know how to put words together in a sentence to get across a particular idea. What you are suggesting is impossible, and what he is suggesting is to copy himself.
clairannette 1 year ago
@clairannette so true - if he were my teacher I would be asking wtf do you mean by go with the curve - will check it out with my cello teacher in case its a musical term Im not familiar with - the poor cellist looks terrified. He's scary!!!
datura654 1 year ago
@datura654 I don't think that he's scary and in my opinion, every teacher has a kind of his "own" language...and sometimes there are similar words used by different teachers, too. So she maybe understands it...
NathalieDessayFan 1 year ago
@datura654
Go with the curve. Imagine that music was written without articulation such as ties, it would be very straightforward; robotic. Things such as ties are there to introduce more depth and feeling in to a piece, as if you were in a natural conversation. He's saying he wants her to be able to feel the flow of the music just like most people can feel the flow of a conversation.
e1337r0ck3rX7 1 year ago
It will never cease to amaze me how vague some teachers can be without spelling out precisely what they are doing that gives rise to the effect he/she wishes to achieve. She would have understood this opening much faster if he said: play the 1st two passing notes a little longer than the rest so as to hear the tension/resolution in those chords. Accelerate from the 3rd note. And slow down on the last two to set up an even greater statement between tension and resolution at the lower appogiatura
clairannette 1 year ago
@clairannette because that aint what hes trying to explain :)
if someone explains it your way itl still be what he doesnt want it to be.
fucking solid. You only leave one path. No room for slight adgustments. thats exactly why they cant make juggling robots too...
its art. whether a line is a centimeter longer or shorter, it doesnt matter. it just turns into something else....
crimsonlead1 1 year ago
@crimsonlead1 Actually, I'm only describing in more concrete terms exactly what he is doing, as he is telling her he wants it to be. And what I stated is grounded in music theory that has been taught for centuries. It's nothing new. If you think it is, then you likely need to do more study. There are so many teachers out there who attempt to teach this way by throwing around lofty adjectives that sound nice, and they are ineffective.
clairannette 1 year ago
Inappropriate as a love duet? Just because the 2 performers are girls? Hmmm.... In the words of Peter Chao: Steven Isserlis is a gaycist... lol
clairannette 1 year ago
guys... Im 21 years old and i want to play cello.. but i dont know how. is my age right enough to learn cello and stuff like this.. im eager to learn but my age doesn't fit? is that really terrible? ? i need help guys..
jokitino90 1 year ago
@jokitino90: never old to start! I restarted playing cello at 23 years old ;)
alimonia1 1 year ago
thanks alot !!..atlast someone sparks my heart to play cello, hehehe, thanks..
jokitino90 1 year ago
@alimonia1 thanks ali.. i owe you one.. ^^
jokitino90 1 year ago
@jokitino90: Absolutely. Don't worry! Go for it!! I'm 22 and still learning the violin! Its challenging but theres plenty of satisfaction in playing.
Cheskkay 1 year ago
uhhh he's so picky
l2oyalty 1 year ago
@l2oyalty
It's called being a musician... an artist... this isn't American Idol....
NiceVideos11 1 year ago 2
A rather conceited man, this Isserlis.
violin614 1 year ago
@violin614
LOL you guys crack me up!!
NiceVideos11 1 year ago
this guy is a god. To be at such a high level of skill that you can just play with it any way you wish. Now as a begginer i couldnt do what he does but I can understand everything he says. It mustve taken him tens of years to get like that...
godofpeach90 1 year ago
At first, I thought this guy was being a dick. But then once I heard what he was trying to teach her, I have more respect for his style. I love how he related it to poetry. You should word things in a way that makes the listener feel the way you intended. While an extra note here and there might sound cool, sometimes it can rob it of the very essence of what music is about, emotion. That's my idea anyway.
SolitudeInChains 1 year ago
Steven Isserlis is one of the most arrogant cellists out there. He is rude and picky about every little thing. Likes to take a simple thing and make it more difficult than intended.
snootzie78 1 year ago
@snootzie78
he's picky, but doesn't seem rude. and he's only as famous as he is because he's so picky.
cellolove7 1 year ago
@cellolove7 I think it would be better if the student takes in the technical aspect of the piece and learn it by memory. then, the teacher should encourage the student to find the poetic aspect of it on her own rather than imposing his own idea of what the poetry actually is.
operationcwaI789789 1 year ago
i think the guy is too harsh. and the piano girl was like "WTF?! hurry the f*** up! im bored of this s***!"
blackxknight 1 year ago
The recording of this is great.
septip123 1 year ago
Man, total sweetness in that little lady.
dale3858 1 year ago
man that would suck to get lessons from that guy, he'd make me too nervous
loxegwen 1 year ago
she is pretty
xstetsonx 1 year ago
this guy's not giving her a chance to express her stuff.
areeyaXXashley 1 year ago
The cello is my instrument. I can't even play it. I actually ended up with a saxophone, learned to play it in high school. But, deep down in my heart, It's my instrument, the cello with that rich, mournful sound, its the only instrument that would satisfy me. I need to learn how to play it omg.
BlueYoshiesFly 1 year ago
fark that guy puts her in the spot.
nurbsenvi 1 year ago
schumann fantasy pieces
mousa23abuissa 1 year ago
This is why it's called a masterclass. A class with a master :)
Every clarinetist as I am myself need to study this piece and the Brahms op.120 sonatas by listening to Cello play Schumann and Viola play Brahms to learn to play it beautifully smoothly and to connect each phrase.
klarinetta 1 year ago