Unveiling Mozart's Musical Mastery Through His ACTUAL Piano (Feat. Mike Lee)
Human progress is marked by technological advancement – it is a by-now familiar story of new technologies displacing old ones (think of how many smartphones you have owned!). For more than three centuries the history of the piano has followed a similar path until recent years. A first for ToneBase, this livestream will explain why an ever growing number of eminent pianists, such as András Schiff and others, are turning to the "fortepiano." The session will focus on the piano music of Mozart and how one could adapt interpretive knowledge gained from pianos of his time back on the modern Steinway.
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Follow this event link to tune in!
https://app.tonebase.co/piano/live/player/pno-mozart-period-instrument-mike-lee
We are going to be using this thread to gather suggestions and questions!
- What questions do you have on this topic?
- Any particular area you would like me to focus on?
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Such a fascinating introduction that Mike Lee gave about his 10-yr. old self discovering that Larrocha CD with the different pianos on the front and back! This was enlightening! Excellent point that Mike makes: even when we have recordings of a composer playing their works (like Rachmaninoff), people still interpret and play the music through their own lens. Thank you, Mike! Thank you, Dominic! Thank you to all who asked questions, too!
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Really good webinar. I learned so much. Hope he will come back to do other sessions
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Great to have such a definitive presentation of the difference between historical and modern pianos. People have tried to tell me that the historicl pianos have more overtones -- to my ears this tends to sound out of tune. The sustaining ability of the modern pianos is to me the glory of the piano. Admittedly the historical pianos invite faster tempi's -- needed because of the lack of sustaing sonorities. Still as you say the modern pianos admit of more versatility.
