Mozart Piano Concerto 20, K 466 (Ivan Klánský) movement 2

[A8opi]

hehehehe his faces are the best ! he is amazing

[ProfMaximo]

One of the best renditions of this concerto.

[ivan89705]

Very образно.

[THELOCKNESS101]

I love how he looks up at the heavens constantly. It's as if Mozart is guiding him as he plays the song. Genius.

[colhicum]

Ahogyan átéli Mozart zenéjét, egészen egyedülálló, csodálatos. Nézni és hallgatni: elképesztő élmény!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[marian444]

Wonderful performance!!!

[PerryJEme]

the bassonist's face at 8:00 lol

[Pelleas1007]

In fact this 2nd movement was not played as well as the first movement. He didn't express the tenderness and sensibility of Mozart in this ROMANZE.

[chloe7829]

this music and this rendition transported me to music heaven

[suji1207]

정말 아름다운 선률..추천합니다!



[Cincelin]

hay 6 personas a las que no les gusta una de las mas grandes obras de la historia de la música...jaj!! pobres...

[ilcongia]

I'd make a stupid question, but not too much...

Esthetic question regards music -> Can we say that if in pop music you must be cool to be a star, in classical music you should be a nerd?

Or perhaps we can say that in classical music is all a matter of quality and talent and consequently you can find nerds as well?

Here in Italy it's late.

I think that this man plays like god, maybe because he always look at him....BEAUTIFUL

[squamish4244]

@ilcongia Nerd, no nerd, it doesn't matter.  It's whatever you like.

[overdrivedesignlabs]

You retards making comments about the faces or movements aren't very intelligent are you?

It's a natural bodily reaction to the enjoyment the performer is experiencing.

[sleepypupz]

brilliant!!!



[aekappae]

This Ivan Klánský is excellent

[boonexy]

@midnightrambler3760

hahaha maybe a bit of both, she didnt talk to me much, but i had a gf at the time actually. although yes the stupid girl was hotter haha.

[Docaroo]

oh my god... I've just realised the secret to getting a beautiful tone from the flute!! Grow a ridiculous moustache like the guy at 1:17 hahaha!

[boonexy]

there is no reason to answer people when they ask things like "why does he make faces". when i was performing violin in a symphony for the school once a girl asked me afterwards "what's wrong with your hand, and your face, i didn't know you had like tourettes, how come its when you play?" I just paused and walked away. haha

[Midnightrambler3760]

@boonexy You should have told her you never realized she was an airhead and asked why it only showed when she asked stupid questions.

[Midnightrambler3760]

@boonexy Did you pause because of the question or because a girl actually spoke to you in high school?

:-)

[LeKingBron]

i am a solo pianist myself, but i really don't understand the reason for making weird faces. i mean NO disrespect for this person. i just don't completely get it. no disrespect. :) :)

[LeKingBron]

@LeKingBron Sorry, IM not a Solo pianist, dont listen to the dumb commet that my sister made on my

account...

[chloe7829]

Is there anyone who can tell me if there is a CD or video CD available with Ivan Klansky playing this piece of music. It is an astounding performance.

Many thanks

[CupofPhenol]

too many notes, just cut a few and it'll be perfect.

[Churruminonian]

@CupofPhenol It's actually too few notes. Rock concerts, lady gaga, etc, have more notes

[CupofPhenol]

@Churruminonian my comment was an Amadeus reference. guess you haven't seen it.

[RainNight]

@CupofPhenol I love that line "too many notes"

[CupofPhenol]

the notes mozart picked for his piano songs seem so simple - they're just perfect!!

[AptTwenty]

Amazing! A little faster than you typically hear but superb. I love the lightness and delicacy of his touch during the pp.

[robbalbani]

you silly young guys embarassed by the pianist expressions miss a point: he interprets the music not only with his hands (very good at it!), but with his face, very expressive and I like it a lot. Be quiet and learn

[Alquatari]

@robbalbani So true, thank you for writing this. I think his expressions are amazing, he don't just play the music, he live the music. I know very well one of his great students and it's exactly the same (now I see that he may have any of his habits from Klánský :-)). Every time I go to his concert I'm impressed not only because of what his hands do but also because of this. Because he feels it this strong.

[BassicStorm]

Romantic

[2strong2cool]

lmao this guy is the funniest pianist ever. hes amazing tho

[JenSmoke]

Music is awesome, but this guy needs to do something about the goofiness lol! On a serious note, very very talented, I wish I could play half as well as him :)

[PianoWorldDotCom]

Make fun if you want, but I'd love to be able to play that well, I don't care what faces he makes.

[Garpinator]

If you check out portraits of the great composers of history, I think you'll find plenty of crazy faces with wild dos... with this great performance, Klansky does them all justice!

[gmonkey808]

Wonderful performance.

He has a face more suited to radio. hahahaha

[377straycat]

BAD ASS, love the track and the crazy guy on the panio is awsome.

[chloe7829]

all I can say to you, Gmonkey, can you do it better? Klansky is a great artist, you couldn't hold a candle to his light.

[cellestialX]

His expressions mirror the music.

[dwilmer7]

why do classical pianists always have to act like looneys when they play?

[Midnightrambler3760]

7:58-8:04, is that a really bad toupe?

[surgere94]

His sounds are too bright.

Sounds like a bell rather than piano.

But I am not saying that it's bad..

And, wow what a passion he shows in this performance.

[Tchaikov]

What a delightful pianist! Humility and playfulness, depth and innocence. It's no coincidence that many languages use the verb "to play" to qualify the act of producing sounds on an instrument :-)

[Midnightrambler3760]

This is my favorite Mozart piece.

[FaosToEllinikon]

@Midnightrambler3760

Mine too! And the pianist is excellent.

And the orchestra.

[mwakin22]

Sick mustache at 1:38...

[iamyouifyouareme]

5:27. The bead of sweat drops on cue. This song is great.

[saladhunter]

Magnifcent. The man and the music.

[jakubmikes]

Absolute beauty! nothing but absolute beauty!

[bkosanovic]

This is the way I always thought Mozart should be played. It is like Wolfgang talking though him. We would never know exactly how Mozart wanted this to sound, but I think this is as close as you can get. Absolute perfection. I played piano for forty years. I've never heard anyone get even close to this level of interpretation of the piece. I've heard many banging on the keyboard but producing no music whatsoever. Ivan Klansky brings it to life with measure and respect.

[crazymermaid]

deja...i love what you said.and i totally agree with every word of it,you're obviously very  clever x peace man x

[not2beforgotten]

its beautiful isnt it?

:3 Heh~

[kerbschnitzerxxx]

so wunderfull!!!!!

[deja2052]

mozart makes his heart glad. maybe mozart wasnt cute as in 'amadeus.' this

pianist seems to connect to his soul. would you rather look like him and feel what feels or be a cute airhead? klansky looks like a younger sweethearted mr burns of the simpsons a sort of post ghost scrooge. hollywood must present

inner beauty in terms of outward beauty. the real world has no need to do this. the great soul gandhi was not a cute guy. will we ever learn? will looks and money always trump brains and soul?

[peterrothschild]

Eines der schönsten Stücke Mozarts!

[kerbschnitzerxxx]

JOY!!! ********

[ClassicalObsession]

That's an eccentric musical genius if I ever saw one. His playing style does remind me of Gould in a way. The way he stares off into the distance as if he is in a trance. The music really does take him to another world. Some pianists never experience this, and that is why their ability is limited. Pianists such as Klansky and Gould are part of the lucky handful who do experience this though. It is obvious through their playing. The notes carry him off to some place magical.

[gph28]

ohh... it can't get any sweeter than this

[ditrje2]

You can see the story of the music on his face. Quiet remarkable.

[freddybazzaz]

I've heard different interpretations of this concerto, but this guy has great silky touch, I like it a lot.....

The third movement is even better....

And never mind him looking at the ceiling. That might be why he plays so well.

[rkwittem]

Not gonna lie, this pianist creeps me out big time

[zcharleshavlik]

Who told you that ?! Klansky´s tempo is absolutely right. To the contrary : the usual mistake in Mozart concertos is, that the first movement are often played too fast and the second too slow (with very few exceptions).

[argoo3]

do you know friederich gulda or derek han?

Yes?

listen...

[zcharleshavlik]

I know Friedrich Gulda and I have probably his

complete discography plus live performances.

Never heard of Derek Han

[hellofloyd]

what the hell is this guy looking at when he keeps looks up at the ceiling!?

I love the mustache on the clarinet player too lol

Despite all the comedy this is a great performance and one of my favourite Mozart pieces.

[gijondani]

Esta interpretación es muy buena de hecho es de las mejores que hay e importa poco lo que haga el pianista han de seguir al director.

Es genial ^^

[Brackhmmarr]

despite the funny expression, it was a wonderfull performance...

Really really technique feeling

Great Mozart

[Patel10314]

I have to agree with gmonkey the pianist distracts with his facial expressions and still the tempo is too quick for this piece which should be adagio.

[argoo3]

It will also be as you say, BUT FRIEDRICH GULDA AND DEREK HAN ARE ALL ONE MORE THING! CIAO

[zcharleshavlik]

You are absolutely right! Gulda is the greatest.

Here you can here the wrong phrasing in the left hand

(should be portamento not legato - usual mistake in many performances) just at the beginning.

[argoo3]

thanks..

[ppihan]

I think it's not an usual "mistake" but "interpretation" or do you think he can't perform with portamento?

[TheHanslick]

You probably mean "without portamIto" The answer is No, HE SHOULD NOT. It is against common baroque (or early classical performance practice. You can here the same bars

played by strings portamento. Mozart used to play his concertos by himself, so he didn´t pay so much attention to the piano part. Therefore, if you want to find the correct phrasing you have to go usually to

the part of the first violins where he already wrote

all the phrasing in detail. (see also Eva and P. Badura-Skoda).

[nejlepsi]

So beautiful, expressive and emotional that it almost made me cry...

[gmonkey808]

Very very strange. Its like a musical weirdo convention. Strange interpretation also.

[banker571]

gmonkey! YOU are a wierdo. everywhere you are negative towards performances. ENOUGH!!!

[gmonkey808]

Come on Banker. Even you gotta admit he is a bit strange. It comes across at times in his playing. Most of it is wonderful. At times though i was laughing out loud.

[banker571]

For a common, external, objectified perception he might be regarded as strange, but the point here is not his external image, but what happens deep within his person while he plays the concert. The spirit is important, not the image, because spirit has real being, nothing else.

[dickTed]

Very expressive character.

[chinabasso2006]

bravissimo!!

[Am4d3usM0z4rt]

He starts to make funny facial expressions at 4:29 :-) But great music and interpretation

[Folgrs]

Beautiful simply beautiful...

[Jessix1221]

lol! the violonist smiles at the camera at 3˝:00

[briefsforcheap]

that was cute

[hellofloyd]

yeah, that made me laugh too. lots of comedy in this performance.

[lennhart]

@Jessix1221 the conductor and, unless I am mistaken, that violinist was the 'concertmaster', In times past, the role of the concertmaster was almost as important at that of the conductor, a 'position' with a long and venerable history. There was a time when there were no conductors --only 'concertmasters'. More recently, a concertmaster is the liaison between the conductor and orchestra and often helps communicate a conductor's vision and ideas. Rapport is essential.

[wagnertasos]

absolutely wonderful..

[Nightfighter74]

He playes like he looks ...

[dylancaprotti]

Queerface?

[hellofloyd]

Thats what I thought at first too, but by the end of it, he won me over with his hilarious expressions and amazing piano playing.

[bijankhan]

absolutly beautiful

[dusanholy]

No v té střední pasáži rychlé se můžeme přesvědčit, jaký obrovský romantik pan Klánský je... Dle mého názoru je to odporné...

[Gagarin235]

To teda :D Je uplně jedno po kolikátý se na to koukam, pokaždý se válim na zemi smíchy xD prostě roflmao =P

[nevskixx]

No matter how many times one hears this music it comes up fresh every time.Klansky's on form here!