Scaramouche: Vif, Modere, Brasilera

I am a student in my second year at the conservatory in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia and this is a video of me playing Scaramouche by Darius Milhaud at the Comepetition of Students of Slovak Conservatories, where I won the 2nd prize in the category 1st-4th year of study.
I am playing all three parts, but unfortunately (the person who recorded the performance accidentaly dropped the camera under the seats) after first 50 seconds the screen becomes dark and you can only hear the sound for the rest of the video.
But keep on listening and let me know what you think, put in some criticism, your comments will be very much appreciated.
There is always room for improvement!
Also I would like to thank Nobuya Sugawa for his performance that can be found here on youtube, I watched the video many (countless) times and was very much influenced by the way he approached and played it.
So this is one big thanks to him and once again, I will be glad to read your thoughts about my performance!

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• martin
• uherek
• darius
• milhaud
• scaramouche
• zilina
• slovakia
• sutaz
• studentov
• konzervatorii

[sartasax]

nice work men i can ask u something? ahmm what time you play the 3rd movement?

[matoflash]

Uff, I don't really know, try to check it with a metronome, I don't remember anymore, it was 2 years ago.

[matoflash]

Thank you all for comments and advices. I'll consider all of them.

[chandzi]

inak aby ste vedeli on je beboper:)

[matoflash]

Hahaha! Tak uz nie dixielandak!

[cuffleypjc]

Well done. I can hear how Nobuya Sugawa's version has influenced you.

My 16 year old daughter is playing this piece for her LTCL exam. She has just changed from a Selmer Series II to a Buffet S1 which gives a much softer classical sound. What set up do you use?

All the best with your studies.

[matoflash]

I am playing the lowest series of Amati (brand made in Czech Republic), just a student model, and Yamaha 4C mouthpiece, which is also the basic series for Yamaha.

I just have not been able (financial issue) to buy a decent instrument so far. But I tried to do my best with what I had, I especially had to work on tone, and intonation, because those just were not the strengths of my instrument.

But I guess it worked out sufficiently.

Thank you for your comment!

[BaTh82]

Very good but in 3rd movement I think your can make your sound beter than this

[XdarkdomainX]

ok but too slow, especially the vif, try a little more PP dynamics and faster, it was too loud over all

[kony1254]

Nice,you should work on your sound. In some places it is very vulgar,you should control it.

P.S. It's even looks like a pop sound,mb you have a metal mouthpeace or jazz mouthpeace. Change it on a classical Vandoren a17,a27 or a28 mouthpeace(what is the most comf. fore you)

[930605j]

keep your throat and your ambouchure open and in place. Your pitch is all over the place in third movement. But good performance overall.

[balanced090]

its good but with little vibrato will be better :P

[thomashamm2]

some was rush w/ slight errors

[keckerbear]

Good job!!!

I'm thinking about playing the Scaramouche this year and your video will help a lot. Thanks for posting.