Francis Plante

[prince2000ful]

90 years old. No comments.

[saunsnaen]

Plante was 10 when Chopin died. He played trios with the cellist Franchomme, a good friend of Chopin's who taught at the conservatory and Alard, violinist. At Chopin's last public performance in Feb. 1848 Chopin performed a Mozart trio with Franchomme and Alard. Plante's technique is just fantastic

[MaslAlek]

is this some part of longer movie?

[juanm429]

@MaslAlek this is from a documentary that aired on PBS around 1999 called The art of Piano. It's available on Amazon. It's a great documentary in my opinion.

[reachmehere5]

@MaslAlek It's part of a feature-length, 106-minute documentary called "The Art of the Piano"

[eliyaguy]

this is stunning

[gerardbedecarter]

If I can play that impossibly difficult etude when I'm 90 I'll also be very happy! I doubt it, though *sighs.

[martinadler73]

@gerardbedecarter

If I practise it until I am 90 I might succeed ...

[floorembden]

Mon professeur Jean Courbin avait été son élève, et présenté par Planté à Debussy déjà très malade, avait pu jouer devant lui

Francis Planté, un des très rares musiciens à qui Debussy ait décerné des éloges

[marcussalieri]

quelle classe meme dans la prestance regardez comme il se tient droit comme un i...superbe pianiste j aimerai etre son fils son eleve il devait avoir une conversation passionnante

[arwena55]

beautiful clip, what a strenght that pianist had

[telemetricsT]

If I can play like this when I'm 90, I'm happy...

[77orchidjim]

...if I could play like him now... :-/

[UngenioTarconi]

thanks for posting this document! thanks a lot!

[chopinandliszt]

SANTA CLAUS PLAYS CHOPIN...

[NGS712]

How long is the actual clip of him playing?

[dayzee370]

Where is this clip taken from? I'd love to see the whole thing.

[nelsonyum]

i second!

[kasyapa]

from "the art of the piano."

[kasyapa]

from "the art of the piano."

[daughtersprince]

incredible icone. He heard Chopin!

[laurion69]

You're right!

I think it's like listening to Chopin in a sense...

[ihrtmusic12334]

i wish is could have heard chopin play like he did

[BarNuun]

Wish the entire track could be heard well; the narrator is a slight obstacle. Since Plante was a child prodigy, his memory of Chopin's unique sound ... is like the recording here, exactly! I think Hailkayy & Berezovsky on Youtube, capture an impression of this accenting.

[emtube]

Absolutely precious. Thank you for posting. I have Plante's available disc recordings, but have never seen him before, let alone in a movie! I can go to sleep tonight a happy man.

[ZzCHODEzZ]

omg my name is francis plante O_O

[gordonf238]

Brilliant. This is the closest we'll ever get to seeing the old Masters play.