Amplify your musical story through Acting Technique! (feat. Konstantin Soukhovetski)
Don't just play beautiful music, give an Oscar-worthy performance that is raw, intense, and authentic. Konstantin Soukhovetski introduces Narrative Musicianship, an 'acting technique' for instrumental musicians that helps you become a better storyteller.
Follow this event link to tune in!
https://app.tonebase.co/piano/live/player/pno-konstantin-soukhovetski-narrative-musicianship
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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What is the correlation between “intensity” and “authenticity”? Maybe, we could say auth-intensity?? :)
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What an interesting topic! As always, I appreciate the sensitivity, efficiency and creativity with which you conduct these Live sessions, Dominic!
Bringing drama, acting to my music making became...this "Exploratory mission of finding the heart, finding the truth of the music." Konstantin Soukhovetski
Subtext - reading "between the lines" - Narrative musicianship - Research
Exciting!
Yes, reading the letters of the composers and musicians helps one understand the lives of the creators! I just finished the three-volume:
Letters of Mozart and his Family edited and translated by Emily Anderson. Superb!
Here is an excerpt:
Volume III
p. 1205 - Mozart to his Father - From Vienna, July 20, 1782 - Mozart - Age 26:
"...Well, I am up to the [sic] eyes in work, for by Sunday week [sic] I have to arrange my opera for wind-instruments. If I don't, someone will anticipate me and secure the profits. And now you ask me to write a new symphony! How on earth can I do so? You have no idea how difficult it is to arrange a work of this kind for wind-instruments, so that it suits these instruments and yet loses none of its effect. Well, I must just spend the night over it, for that is the only way; and to you, dearest father, I sacrifice it. You may rely on having something from me by every post. I shall work as fast as possible and, as far as haste permits, I shall turn out good work."
That is fascinating to learn about Rachmanioff's spiritual self - "how profoundly religious he was".
Quite illuminating indeed!
Steps: 1) Research, research, research 2) Creating the Character 3) Writing the Script
I wonder what Brahms would think of Narrative musicianship? It seems more Wagnerian than Brahmsian.
"Religious epiphany..." in Brahms
An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski
Thank you, Konstantin! Thank you, Dominic! Thank you to all who asked excellent questions!
I enjoyed this!
