"That is just SO BAD BOY. It is so rude, and it's so delectable." Hahaha. This guy rules. Not gonna lie-- I have thought similar things when listening to Mozart & I think that's awesome. Screw all the boring cliches people use to describe his music. Simply calling it "beautiful" means you're not truly listening to it.
Robert Levin is an intellectual giant, a true artist, a warm, positive and idealistic human being, and the most dedicated and invested teacher. Years after his students graduate, he still looks after them, advising and corresponding with them.
Why is it that pianos made at Mozart´s time sound very well. By Beethoven´s and Chopin´s time they sound lacking for the music and it is not until the middle of the 19th century that the piano sounds well again.
@mrmolinodelahoz | I don't agree: some fortepianos of the first half of the 19th century sound amazing. Original Broadwood pianos are among my favorites for the period!
Thank you, BarGiuli. I had figred that out already, though I still do not understand exactly what it implies...I found the rhyme and etc., but why does he call that sequence "goody two shoes"?
Thanks for posting these three videos. Robert Levin is such a great communicator. He is truly inspiring. After hearing him, I just want to go straight to the piano to spend some time with these sonatas.
Robert Levin is doing some really fantastic work. I've always been frustrated by the 'classical' music scene and it's lack of creativity with regard to improvisation and composition. Why do so many accomplished performers not compose their own music? Raising this question is the most valuable contribution Levin has made to the 'Classical' music world, and I wish there were some videos posted about it.
"That is just SO BAD BOY. It is so rude, and it's so delectable." Hahaha. This guy rules. Not gonna lie-- I have thought similar things when listening to Mozart & I think that's awesome. Screw all the boring cliches people use to describe his music. Simply calling it "beautiful" means you're not truly listening to it.
thesir27 1 day ago
i want some pianos too! Not a keyboard without soul ;(
SEVENTHSON89 3 weeks ago
i want black keys too =(
faleru 1 year ago
Robert Levin is an intellectual giant, a true artist, a warm, positive and idealistic human being, and the most dedicated and invested teacher. Years after his students graduate, he still looks after them, advising and corresponding with them.
rilkelover 1 year ago
this guy is a genius
ballpunchers 2 years ago 11
Why is it that pianos made at Mozart´s time sound very well. By Beethoven´s and Chopin´s time they sound lacking for the music and it is not until the middle of the 19th century that the piano sounds well again.
mrmolinodelahoz 2 years ago
@mrmolinodelahoz | I don't agree: some fortepianos of the first half of the 19th century sound amazing. Original Broadwood pianos are among my favorites for the period!
patremblay22 8 months ago
ha ha ha, beautifully told
yedikolik 2 years ago
I told my friends about Prof.Levin and asked them to attend his lecture, and I was thinking maybe I could find his video on Youtube, here it is.
Panine hall is the hall I love most at harvard, and Prof.levin rocks!!!
caplily 3 years ago
berfava, tis a fortepiano, its basically the first type of piano, its the modern pianos great great great great grandfather...:)
PianoHead26 3 years ago
what is this instrument? It doesn't looks like a harpsichord =/ this might be in the middle of harpsi and fortepiano... Anyone?
berfava 3 years ago
a late reply : it's a Pianoforte ... the early form of the piano :)
PeriodinstrumentfaN 2 years ago
the fanfare is followed by what? I cannot understand what he says in that sentence...
juliaidar 3 years ago
by goody two shoes :)
BarGiuli 3 years ago
Thank you, BarGiuli. I had figred that out already, though I still do not understand exactly what it implies...I found the rhyme and etc., but why does he call that sequence "goody two shoes"?
juliaidar 3 years ago
Thanks for posting these three videos. Robert Levin is such a great communicator. He is truly inspiring. After hearing him, I just want to go straight to the piano to spend some time with these sonatas.
genevieve70 4 years ago 9
Robert Levin is doing some really fantastic work. I've always been frustrated by the 'classical' music scene and it's lack of creativity with regard to improvisation and composition. Why do so many accomplished performers not compose their own music? Raising this question is the most valuable contribution Levin has made to the 'Classical' music world, and I wish there were some videos posted about it.
IsaacIsaiahMusic 4 years ago 2