Mazeppa, Trascendental Study, Franz Liszt, by Félix Ardanaz.

(Études d'éxecution trascendante)
Considered musically one of the most difficult of the 12 etudes, Mazeppa imposes some extremely demanding technical difficulties as well. It requires a complete familiarity with the piano, as it contains a lot of very fast and wide jumps and octaves, and is usually only attempted by advanced players.
C.V (english)

The 19 years old Spanish musician Félix González-Ardanaz, began his musical upbringing in La Rioja at the "Professional School of Music", finalizing bachelor at sciences and the Professional Degree of Music at the age of 17, and with the best qualifications, under the trusteeship of Begoña Axpe Basarrete and Elvira Guarás.

From an early age, he has performed in its community many times, as chamber music performer and as soloist. He has taken part in several courses in the field of piano and conducting, as active student and as soloist. That was in the context of the Fifth International Summer Course "New Musical Generation" in Segovia; of the "Third International Forum of Music City of Toledo", and of the "50th International Summer Academy of Nice". He has also participated actively in the courses which usually take place in the Musikeon Academy, in Valencia, in charge of the Italian musician Luca Chiantore, and in those of the Eutherpe Foundation in Leon.

He has received classes by spanish pianists of the stature of Guillermo González, Josep Colom... and Solomon Mikowsky, Brigitte Engerer, Jean-François Heisser and Michel Béroff in the international field. Since last year, he has had the privilege to receive the extraordinary supervision of Doña Alicia de Larrocha, great lady of the Spanish piano.

His trajectory has provided him several awards in international contests like "City of San Sebastián" (third prize in the categories of chamber music and the piano highest level , respectively) and "Ciutat de Carlet" (mention in the youthful modality). He has been supported by some state foundations devoted to talent developing and the help to high capacities, as the "Promete Foundation", and he has been granted the prize "Youngs of the Future" to the values of the youth, promoted by the Rotary Club the International.

Three months ago, he took part in the Concert-Recording of the unknown masterpiece "Rhapsodie Basque pour orchestre et piano", by the French composer Charles Bordes, with the collaboration of the Spanish conductor Jose Luis Estellés. Recently, he has been selected one finalist of the European grant promoted by the foundation Yamaha Europe, that will take place soon, and which is destined to grant only one Spanish pianist. As soloist, he has worked masterpieces of Chopin, Liszt, Albéniz, Debussy, Beethoven and Ravel, among others.

At the present time, it attends with excellent qualifications second course of the modalities of Piano and Conducting in the Basque Country School of Music (Musikene), under the trusteeship of Gustavo Diaz-Jerez and Enrique García Asensio, permanent conductor of the "Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra" during more than 20 years in the past.

He feels special predilection for the Spanish nationalism, the romanticism and french impressionism.

* Famous performances: Jorge Bolet, Georges Cziffra, boris berezovsky, Joyce Hatto, Arthur Rubinstein, Cludio Arrau.

* Other piano works: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, Liebestraum, Mephisto Waltz, Funerailles, Rigoletto: Conc Paraphrase, La Campanella, Grand Galop Chromatique, Sposalizio, Sonetto 104 Del Patrarca, Vallee D'Obermann, Tarantella, Ballade No.2 In B, Feux Follets, Ricordanza, Harmonies Du Soir, Totentanz (Danse Macabre).

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[antoinezygfryd]

J'aime beaucoup votre musicalité (me gusta mucho su musicalidad)

[aizenaha04]

Amazing, you're great!

[2002FREDERICK]

Hola! por supuesto! he estudiado, el est n°1, el n°4, el 10 en Fa m y el 12 (Tormenta de Nieve).

de que va a tratar la conversacion?

1) de capacidades tecnicas

2) capacidades expresivas

3)carreras

4)versiones

5)opiniones

6)"quien tiene derecho a opinar mas" etc. etc...

asi ya me ubico con quien, de que, y de que forma estoy tratando de estos temas,

saludos

[francis363]

@2002FREDERICK Obviamente Felix no es Arrau, Bolet, Richter ni una de las nuevas juventudes pianísticas como Yuja Wang o Alice Sara Ott que deslumbran con cada versión. Cada versión es diferente, no mejor o peor.

Felix consejo escucha todo lo que te digan pero siempre desde una tercera persona, desde fuera. ;)

Por cierto buen trabajo.

PD a Frederick: ¿eres capaz de tocarla la este estudio de ejecución trascendente?

[pauletorres]

i fell in love with someone just by hearing him play this

[TheTech94]

ahhh the easy way out..... using 2-4'1-3 instead of 2-4'2-4 haha

good job though..! it sounds pretty clean.. how long did it take u to learn?

[medsols]

frozen video 0:38 - he use his left thumb - it should be 2-4 fingers everywhere, not 1-3.

[PPchopin]

Excelente técnica , pero falta velocidad fuerza y expresividad

[AndreGrisell]

His shortcomings become evident in the staccatissmo part. Brave guy. I wouldn't have done it better, and I think there are less than ten pianists worldwide that can make this piece justice. This must be one of the most difficult pieces in the piano repertoire.

[refuseit]

@TheSwordsweeper @concerto35 @megonar oijoijoij

[TheSwordsweeper]

If you could just speed up the first exposition of the theme (the one with cromatics thirds), that is in my humble opinion the most difficult passage of the whole piece, the global result result could be much more "powerfull". Still, very well played