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EINFACH BUDDHAHonens Dharma: keine Macht dem „schlechten Karma“Nachdem wir uns in den letzten drei Folgen mit dem Dharma der Drei Sutren des Reinen Landes beschäftigt haben, schauen wir uns nun den Dharma von Honens wichtigstem Buch mit seinen Kerninhalten an, dem „Senchaku Hongan Nenbutsushû“ (dt. „Textsammlung über das im Hauptgelübde ausgewählte Nenbutsu“). Honen war der erste einer Reihe von buddhistischen Mönchen in Japan, die die buddhistische Lehre radikal revolutionierten. Die buddhistische Kernlehre von Ursache und Wirkung, dass nämlich gutes Karma eine gute Wirkung hat und schlechtes Karma eine schlechte Wirkung, wurde im Mittelalter zur Ausübung von weltlicher Macht missbraucht: das Leben der „einfachen“...2025-01-1325 min
Canada’s EntrepreneurA lifelong passion for music - Calgary - Canada's PodcastCarmen Morin (http://carmenmorin.com/)is an award-winning concert pianist, teacher, and entrepreneur. Her orchestral debut at the age of 10 sparked several guest solo performances with orchestras throughout Canada, including a performance tour for the Canadian Embassy.
Following her faculty position at her city’s University Conservatory, she launched her commercial music school in 2013. Under her leadership, Morin Music has grown to a multiple 7-figure small business with a team of over 45 staff and faculty.
Programs at Morin Music currently provide education to over 1000 students locally in Calgary, and to thousands more around the world th...2024-03-1425 min
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...2022-07-3026 minHonens Piano PodcastCompetition Edition: Viano String Quartet performs Schulhoff2022-07-2210 minHonens Piano PodcastCompetition Edition: Katherine Chi performs Rachmaninov2022-07-0808 minHonens Piano PodcastCompetition Edition: Roman Rabinovich performs ChopinRoman Rabinovich performs Chopin's Ballade No. 4 Op. 52.2022-06-1012 minHonens Piano PodcastCompetition Edition: Gilles Vonsattel performs FarrencToday we'll hear from 2009 Honens Laureate Gilles Vonsattel. In this episode, Gilles performs Louise Farrenc’s Air russe Varié Op. 17. Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn could be counted among Farrenc's admirers and for good reason; Farrenc wrote in an imaginative and knowledgeable international style, prizing transparency and clear forms. Enjoy!2022-06-0212 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Dominic Muzzi performs BacewiczToday is the final episode of the Honens @ Home: Meet the Quarterfinalists series. In this episode, we meet Dominic Muzzi. Dominic is no stranger to winning competitions—he started winning when he was only a teenager. He is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at Indiana University, where his teacher, 2003 Honens Laureate Roberto Plano, might have put the Honens bug in his ear.In this video, Dominic shares the third movement, Vivo, from Grażyna Bacewicz's Piano Sonata No. 2. Let's listen.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-04-2105 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Philipp Scheucher performs StraussYou might recognize today's featured Quarterfinalist from the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition—Austrian pianist and 2018 Semifinalist Philipp Scheucher has returned for the 2022 Competition.Today, Philipp shares with us his own arrangement of Radetzky March by Johann Strauss. Philipp says: "We are exposed to so much negative news, the joy of music and music making can be healing." We couldn't agree more. Enjoy. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-04-1405 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Zhora Sargsyan performs RachmaninovToday, we hear from Honens Quarterfinalist Zhora Sargsyan with a performance of Rachmaninov's Étude-tableau Op. 39 No. 5. Zhora poetically describes this piece as very dramatic and a little bit Wagnerian: symphonic and polyphonic. He suggests listening for the single melodic line pitted against the mass of chords. The melody has to overcome the heaviness and insist on its existence. In the end, Zhora says the drama resolves and through the storm the spot of light can be seen, symbolizing hope for survival.Let's listen.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt 2022-04-0708 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: KaJeng Wong performs J.S. Bach arr. Dame Myra HessThis week, we are pleased to feature KaJeng Wong. KaJeng, born in Hong Kong, has studied in the US, UK, and Sweden. He is the Artistic Director of Music Lab (a non-profit organization in Hong Kong that believes in the value of performance and its power to connect with people), and is interested in collaborative projects involving dance and theatre. He's also the subject of an award-winning documentary about his growth as a young musician called KJ: Music & Life.Today we hear KaJeng perform an arrangement of J.S. Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring by Dame...2022-03-3105 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Danilo Mascetti performs J.S. BachIn this episode, enjoy J.S. Bach's theatrical Toccata in D Major BWV 912 performed by Italian pianist and Honens Quarterfinalist Danilo Mascetti. Since 2014, Danilo has been the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Arte Solidate Festival at Lake Como, an annual international classical music festival and charity in Italy. In addition to supporting young artists, the festival collaborates with local social organizations to support minors in need, a cause close to Danilo's heart. Let's listen. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-03-2412 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Lorenzo Soulès performs AlbénizToday we meet 2022 Honens Quarterfinalist Lorenzo Soulès. Lorenzo, born in Lyon, France, completed his studies in Cologne.Lorenzo has chosen a selection from Isaac Albéniz's Iberia to share with us. Iberia is one of the great masterpieces for piano, evoking the colours and atmosphere of Spain. It's a suite divided into four books, each made up of three pieces. Lorenzo performs El Albaicin, named for a district in Granada, in this podcast.Let's listen.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-03-1009 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Alexander Yau performs MozartToday, we are pleased to feature a pianist all the way from Australia! Honens Quarterfinalist Alexander Yau is a multi-talented musician. He's a skilled clarinetist, a classical tenor, and additionally, he composes and arranges his own pieces. In this podcast, Alexander makes his debut as a conductor from the keyboard. Enjoy this performance of the slow movement from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-03-0309 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Timofey Dolya performs ScriabinThis week, 2022 Honens Quarterfinalist Timofey Dolya invites us into his living room in Austria for a performance of Scriabin's Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor. This piece takes us from a quiet night on the seashore to the turbulence of a stormy ocean. Enjoy!-Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-02-2412 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Dmitry Yudin performs Mendelssohn and LyapunovThis week, we are pleased to share two miniatures from Russian pianist and 2022 Honens Quarterfinalist Dmitry Yudin. The first piece is a familiar work by Mendelssohn, transcribed by Rachmaninov, and the second is a work by the less well-known early 20th century composer Sergei Lyapunov.These two pieces are ones Dmitry never tires of playing. He says each has "its own unique character: a mysterious, elegant, and ironic scherzo, and a very temperamental and virtuosic Russian dance, the Lezghinka."Let's listen.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt here2022-02-1711 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Federico Gad Crema performs ChopinIn this episode, enjoy a performance of Chopin's Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39. Italian pianist and 2022 Honens Quarterfinalist Federico Gad Crema began playing piano at nine years old. The first piece he learned was by Chopin, a composer whose music Federico continues to learn, perform, and love. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-01-2710 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Minkyu Kim performs KimToday we feature 2022 Quarterfinalist Minkyu Kim. Born in South Korea and a graduate of Seoul National University, Minkyu continues his studies in Scotland, where he’s enjoyed many performances with Scottish ensembles. Enjoy!- Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-01-2011 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Dmytro Choni performs DebussyIf you follow piano competitions around the world, you may have already heard about this week's featured Quarterfinalist. Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni has won prizes at numerous competitions throughout his career. Most recently, he was named a Finalist in the 2021 Leeds Competition.Enjoy this video from Dmytro, performing one of his favourite works, Claude Debussy's L’Isle Joyeuse (The Joyous Isle).-Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2022-01-1308 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: George Fu performs works centred on J.S. BachWelcome back to Honens @ Home.Today we are pleased to feature 2022 Quarterfinalist George Fu. George, a Chinese-American pianist and composer, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Harvard University before beginning music studies at the Curtis Institute and the Royal Academy. In this performance, with two works inspired by J.S. Bach, you will experience George's talents as both a pianist and composer—Rachmaninov's transcription of the Gavotte from Violin Partita No. 3 followed by George's own reimagined transcription, Transformation, based on the Gigue from Violin Partita No. 2.-Wat...2022-01-0609 minHonens Piano PodcastOpen Lid: A Conversation with the Bergmann DuoIn this episode of Open Lid, Catherine McClelland, Honens Director, Artistic Planning catches up with Marcel and Elizabeth Bergmann, also known as the Bergmann Duo. Hear about how they met and started playing together, the impact competitions have had on their career, the different challenges of playing piano duet versus piano duo, what each of them brings to the duo, their relationship with contemporary composer William Bolcom, Marcel's compositions, and more! Learn more about the Bergmann Duo here.2021-12-171h 06Honens Piano PodcastHo Ho Honens @ Home: Holiday Edition 2021What a year it has been.It's hard to believe that it's already the end of 2021. But as we look back, we’re grateful to have continued to share the joy of music with you.This is the last edition of Honens @ Home for the year. We will be back with more music in January. We are looking forward to 2022 (and the Competition!) with great anticipation. Until then, enjoy this special Holiday Edition of Honens @ Home from Honens Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker. On behalf of all of us at Honens, we w...2021-12-1603 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Elizaveta Kliuchereva performs TchaikovskyMany of the 2022 Quarterfinalists have participated in previous competitions, but today's featured pianist, Elizaveta Kliuchereva, has a different and unique perspective. In 2017, Elizaveta served on the Junior Jury of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In this excerpt, you'll hear Elizaveta perform Scherzo from Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” by Tchaikovsky arr. Feinberg. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2021-12-0910 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Yangrui Cai performs StravinskyThis week, we are pleased to share a 2022 Quarterfinalist with an interesting Calgary connection. Chinese pianist Yangrui Cai participated in Morningside Music Bridge, the prestigious international training academy for young musicians that was hosted by Mount Royal University until 2015, then was administered by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.In this excerpt, you'll hear Yangrui perform the first two movements—Russian Dance and Petrouchka’s Room—from Stravinsky's Petrouchka.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2021-12-0208 min
Territorios Sonoros de ColombiaBlanca Uribe - MedellínBlanca Uribe realizó sus primeros estudios con su abuela materna, en Bogotá y los continuó en Medellín con la profesora italiana Luisa Manighetti. A los 13 años viajó a Estados Unidos a estudiar con el profesor polaco Wiktor Labunski y luego se trasladó a Viena donde recibe su grado magna cum laude con el profesor austríaco Richard Hauser en la Academia de Música y Arte Dramático. Becada por la Organización de Estados Americanos y la Juilliard School hizo estudios de postgrado en la Juilliard School de Nueva York con la profesora rusa Rosina Lhevinne y con Martín...2021-11-3028 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Jean-Luc Therrien performs DebussyThis week, we're pleased to share Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest ("What the west wind saw") from Préludes Book 1 by Debussy, performed by Canadian pianist Jean-Luc Therrien.As you'll hear from Jon Kimura Parker, one of Jean-Luc's recent projects has been recording Debussy's complete first book of Préludes on the Orpheus Classical label. This debut solo album, which also includes his own transcription of Liszt's Symphonic Poem No. 3 ''Les Préludes,'' was recently released on Spotify, and will be released on other platforms soon.-Watch t...2021-11-2505 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Robert Fleitz performs AuznieksAmerican pianist and composer Robert Fleitz is today's featured Quarterfinalist. Robert was a Quarterfinalist in 2018 and looks back on it as a wonderful experience. We're glad he chose to reapply for 2022!In this excerpt, enjoy Robert performing Pathmarks composed by Krists Auznieks. About this piece, Auzniek's wrote: "The journey truly begins after one stops excavating holy grails from dead ears and listens to what has become of the musical signs that, once distant, have become our own."-Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2021-11-1809 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Élisabeth Pion performs LisztToday, we are pleased to share Élisabeth Pion performing Gretchen am Spinnrade, Liszt's arrangement of a Schubert lied.Élisabeth, a 26-year-old Canadian pianist who is currently studying in the UK, is also very interested in Tai Chi. In fact, she has been training at Wu's Tai Chi Chuan Academy in London for about a year and is loving it. Élisabeth believes that the deep and rich heritage that sustains the practice of Tai Chi is similar to music—poetic and supple, yet powerful and strong—with an endless journey of learning. -Watch the vid...2021-10-2106 minHonens Piano PodcastOpen Lid: Roberto Plano on competitionsIn this episode of Open Lid, Catherine McClelland, Honens Director, Artistic Planning catches up with 2003 Honens Laureate Roberto Plano to discuss all things competitions. Throughout the interview, you'll also hear Roberto performing works by Chopin, Respighi, Brahms, and Schumann. Follow Roberto on YouTube here and his family's YouTube here. 2021-10-1541 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Xander Benham performs KapustinWe hope you enjoyed our first episode of Honens @ Home: Meet the Quarterfinalists. We're thrilled to give you a chance to get to know our 2022 Competitors and experience their artistry.Today, we're pleased to share a performance of Nikolai Kapustin's Concert Etude Op. 40 No. 4 "Reminiscence" by Quarterfinalist Xander Benham. Xander, a 26-year-old pianist from the United Kingdom, is also an avid cook who works as a chef part-time and has a special interest in cooking Italian, Asian, and Turkish cuisines.- Watch the video edition of this excerpt here. 2021-10-1407 min
And If Love RemainsEpisode 82 - Elias On Pianists Part 2Elias and I talk about a few of the great performing pianists. Part 2 we discuss modern and currently performing pianists.
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Here is a list of pianists we discuss and think you should listen to:
Alfred Brendel (b. 1931)Vladimir Ashkenazy (b. 1937)Martha Argerich (b. 1941)Maurizio Pollini (b. 1942)Nelson Freire (b. 1944)Ursula Oppens (b. 1944)Maria João Pires (b. 1944)Radu Lupu (b. 1945)Murray Perahia (b. 1947)Mitsuko Uchida (b. 1948)*Håkon Austbø (b. 1948)Grigory Sokolov (b. 1950)Santiago Rodriguez (b. 1952)András Schiff (b. 1953)Krystian Zimerman (b. 1956)*Dang Thai Son (b. 1958)Yefim Bronfman (b. 1958)*Sara Davis Beuchner (b. 1959)*Stephen Prutsman (b. 1...2021-10-1148 minHonens Piano PodcastMeet the Quarterfinalists: Giovanni Bertolazzi performs LisztWe're delighted to introduce an exciting new series ... Honens @ Home: Meet the Quarterfinalists. Over the next several weeks, you'll hear from many of the 2022 Quarterfinalists, who were selected by our Applicant Screening Jury in December 2020.We invited the Quarterfinalists to share a video performance with us to give you a chance to hear their artistry and learn more about them before the Quarterfinal rounds, which take place in New York and Frankfurt in March of next year.Participation is optional. These videos will not be evaluated by the jury and are n...2021-10-0713 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Gilles Vonsattel performs BeethovenIn this episode of Honens @ Home, we want to share a video of 2009 Honens Laureate Gilles Vonsattel's performance of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111. This work, Beethoven's last sonata, is a great concluding climax to his piano sonata output. - Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-09-3027 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Stefano Andreatta performs MasonAt the Honens International Piano Competition, competitors are encouraged to perform music composed within the last 50 years as well as pivotal works of the piano literature in their self-programmed recitals. In 2018, Semifinalist Stefano Andreatta did just that when he performed ...just as the sun is always... (2006) by British composer Christian Mason. While it was composed for another piano competition, this work is not the virtuosic showpiece you might expect, perhaps because it was commissioned by a generous couple in memory of their daughter, Heidi, who passed when she was only 30. Let's listen now to this qu...2021-09-2309 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Yoon-Jee Kim performs BarberComposed in 1953 and translated from Gaelic or Latin poems, Samuel Barber's Hermit Songs Op. 29 ranks among the great song cycles of the twentieth century. Barber was naturally drawn to vocal expression in his compositions. Upon discovering the verses, he said: "I have come across some poems of the 10th century, translated into Modern English by various people, and am making a song cycle of them. These were extraordinary men, monks or hermits or what not and they wrote these little poems. I find them very direct, unspoiled, and often curiously contemporaneous in feeling."In this e...2021-09-1708 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Han Chen performs SchubertFranz Schubert's last three piano sonatas, composed near the end of his life, are sometimes compared to Mozart's final trilogy of Symphonies 39 to 41. In both cases, each piece differs in character, was written in a period of despair, and is almost epic in scale. Today, we'll hear the first of the three final piano works from Schubert and the stormiest in mood, Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor D. 958, performed by Finalist Han Chen in his Semifinals Solo Round of the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition. - Watch the video edition of this excerpt a...2021-09-0910 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Karim Said performs BrahmsAt the 2015 Honens International Piano Competition, Semifinalist Karim Said performed Theme and Variations in D minor Op. 18b by Joannes Brahms, an arrangement of his first string sextet. Brahms was joined by Clara Schumann at the premiere of his String Sextet No. 1 in B-sharp Major Op. 18. She loved it and asked him to arrange the slow movement for solo piano. He obliged, and gave it to her in time for her birthday in 1860. This arrangement is "full of Brahms' typical subtleties of structure and melodic and harmonic beauty," (Steven Coburn, AllMusic) so it isn't surprising th...2021-09-0212 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Tzu-Yin Huang performs LisztToday, enjoy three works by Franz Liszt from the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition. As you'll hear from Jon Kimura Parker, Liszt is well represented at Honens Competitions. After all, he wrote some of the most virtuosic and monumental music for pianists! These three miniatures, however, you probably haven't heard often. During her Semifinals Solo Round, Tzu-Yin Huang performed Bagatelle sans tonalité S. 216a, Valse oubliée No. 1 S. 215/1, and Romance oubliée No. 1 S. 527. - Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-08-2611 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Georgy Tchaidze performs HaydnJoseph Haydn was one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Unfortunately for pianists of his time, it wasn't always easy to get one of his scores. Prior to his publishing deal in 1774, pianists looking to play Haydn's compositions would have had to search for a handwritten, bootlegged copy.The work we are sharing with you today is one of his first sonatas ever published, from a collection of six, and is still one of his most popular. We hope you enjoy Haydn's Sonata in F Major Hob. XVI/23, performed live at the...2021-08-1911 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Aristo Sham performs BrahmsThis week, we're pleased to share Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24 by Johannes Brahms, performed live by Semifinalist Aristo Sham at the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition.Composed in 1861 and dedicated to Clara Schumann, this is a work of "massive scope and dazzling variety." As Jon Kimura Parker explains, Brahms stuck with classical forms after many of his contemporaries moved on. In this piece, Brahms used a "Baroque theme, strict variations, and richness and scope of the piano technique, showcasing him as a preserver and representative of tradition."According to Hyperion, "even...2021-08-1226 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Yoon-Jee Kim performs DvořákThis week we're pleased to share two songs from Dvořák's Op. 55, "The String is Taut" and "Songs my Mother Taught Me."The second song in this excerpt is one you may recognize. As you'll hear from Jon Kimura Parker, it took off in popularity and has achieved widespread fame. The song's lovely melodies and chromatic harmonies are a shining example of the Romantic period, of which Dvořák was a member, also making it a perfect song to share with Mother's Day just around the corner. Enjoy the two songs, performed by 2015 Honens Semifinalist Yoon...2021-08-0505 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Tzu-Yin Huang performs ChopinWe've got a masterpiece to share with you this week: Frédéric Chopin's Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52, performed by Semifinalist Tzu-Yin Huang. Ballade No. 4 is often considered the pinnacle of Chopin's music for solo piano. You'll hear a wide range of emotions from pathos to heroism, all wrapped up in beautiful melodies, dramatic key changes, and some of the finest writing for the piano. When you listen, it might be helpful to think about the ballade form in romantic literature—a dramatic narrative often based on legend or history. Chopin tells a story...2021-07-2913 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Aristo Sham performs BeethovenThis week, we are headed to the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition for a performance from Semifinalist Aristo Sham. Beethoven's Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major Op. 78 is a rare, two-movement sonata that poses a challenge to the performer because it demands clarity and lightness as well as powerful and fast playing. Like Moonlight and Waldstein, this is a Beethoven piano sonata with a nickname. Let's listen as Jon Kimura Parker tells us more. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-07-1526 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Stefano Andreatta performs RachmaninovIn this episode, you'll hear a masterwork—Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 36, performed by 2018 Honens Semifinalist Stefano Andreatta. Rachmaninov composed his piano music for himself. He was an amazing virtuoso with a secret weapon ... enormous hands! With his fingers spread, his reach was 12 notes wide, or an octave and a half. Those big intervals are an extra challenge for other pianists learning his work. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-07-0821 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Yoon-Jee Kim performs HaydnThis week, we head back to the 2015 Honens International Piano Competition to a performance from Semifinalist Yoon-Jee Kim. In her Semifinals Solo Round, Yoon-Jee played Charles-Valentin Alkan's arrangement of Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major.There has been lots of speculation about how this piece got its nickname, "Surprise Symphony." According to one colourful account, it was during a performance when Haydn, serving as conductor, impulsively altered the dynamics in the second movement. "Haydn had already given the downbeat to begin the movement when the gentle snores of a front-row patron piqued his sense of humour. He...2021-07-0107 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Samson Tsoy performs J.S.E. BachToday, we are pleased to feature 2015 Honens Semifinalist Samson Tsoy's performance of C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in G minor Wq. 65/17. Carl Philipp Emmanuel (C.P.E.) Bach and three of this brothers all became professional musicians, each trained almost entirely by their famous father, Johann Sebastian. Like many fathers, J.S. wanted his sons to have careers to fall back on, especially since, at the time, uneducated musicians were often treated as servants. Before taking on music full-time, C.P.E. obtained a degree in law. As it turned out, he never needed his la...2021-06-2415 minHonens Piano PodcastOpen Lid: A Conversation with Katherine Chi and Alessandra AmmaraIn this episode of Open Lid, Catherine McClelland, Honens Director, Artistic Planning catches up with 2000 Honens Laureates Katherine Chi and Alessandra Ammara. The three discuss memories from the 2000 Honens International Piano Competition, adventures from past tours, how they stayed connected during the pandemic, and their appreciation for each other. Katherine and Alessandra perform a program of Claude Debussy, Alexina Louie, and Sergei Rachmaninov. 2021-06-2355 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Han Chen performs RousselAt the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, Finalist Han Chen performed Roussel's Divertissement Op. 6 with the Azahar Ensemble. Described by AllMusic's Adrian Corleonis as "rhythmically alive with every bar," the piece is "pithy without being complex, harmonically fresh without system, robust but never knockabout, sensuous rather than sensual." What a perfect sentiment to carry with us for the remainder of the week.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-06-1708 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Georgy Tchaidze performs HaydnThis week, we'll hear 2009 Honens Prize Laureate Georgy Tchaidze perform Haydn's Andante con variazioni in F minor Hob. XVII/6. The two themes in this work—one major, one minor—create a dialogue that BBC Radio 3's Stephen Johnson said alternates "melancholy with joyous exuberance without any real transition."-Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-06-1010 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Winston Choi performs Schubert and BeachWe are thrilled to share this special performance today, recorded by the Chicago-based Canadian pianist and 2003 Honens Laureate, Winston Choi. A few months ago, Winston was part of a Laureate Circle Goes Online event, where he shared a thoughtful program with works by Franz Schubert, Amy Beach, and William Grant Still. In this episode, you'll hear two of those pieces, both romantic and lyrical. The first is Schubert's Impromptu No. 3 in B-flat Major Op. 142, which Winston describes as, "perhaps one of the most delightful and positive pieces one can find," and Beach's Ballade Op. 6. Winston describes Beach a...2021-06-0322 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Hinrich Alpers performs BeethovenToday, we are pleased to share 2006 Honens Laureate Hinrich Alpers performing the third movement of Franz Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125, recorded at his summer home in Berlin. Widely considered the latter's greatest work, ‘Beethoven 9’ was composed between 1822 and 1824 and first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. Liszt's transcription for solo piano is meticulous in its accurate reproduction and requires much from the pianist (technique, stamina, and musicianship) to fully realize an entire orchestra with only 10 fingers. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-05-2715 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Pavel Kolesnikov performs R. Schumann Part IIToday, we are pleased to feature part two, the last six miniatures, of 2012 Honens Prize Laureate Pavel Kolesnikov's performance from R. Schumann's Kinderszenen "Scenes from Childhood." The work was originally called Leichte Stücke "Easy Pieces." Schumann added the movement titles after he had completed the composition and described them as "nothing more than delicate hints for execution and interpretation." -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-05-2012 minHonens Piano PodcastOpen Lid: Gilles Vonsattel on Sir George Benjamin's ShadowlinesIn this episode of Open Lid, 2009 Honens Laureate Gilles Vonsattel discusses his preparation to record Sir George Benjamin's Shadowlines, including working with the composer himself, with Catherine McClelland, Honens Director, Artistic Planning. Learn more about Gilles on his website: gillesvonsattel.com2021-05-1542 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Pavel Kolesnikov performs R. Schumann Part IThis week, we are pleased to share the first seven minatures of R. Schumann's Kinderszenen "Scenes from Childhood," performed live by 2012 Honens Prize Laureate Pavel Kolesnikov. Composed in 1838, this work represents Schumann's interest in the idealism and innocence of childhood. He described the works as "more cheerful, gentler, and more melodic" than his earlier works. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-05-1311 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Alessandra Ammara performs RavelToday's excerpt comes all the way from Italy, from 2000 Honens Laureate Alessandra Ammara performing Maurice Ravel's Scarbo from Gaspard de la nuit. Composed in 1908, Gaspard de la nuit is considered one of the most difficult pieces in Ravel's repertoire. The work is a window into Ravel's lively imagination and musical inventiveness. It is a triathlon for a pianist, with a moderately fast opening movement, a slow movement in the middle, and Scarbo, a fast, impressive finale. Scarbo jumps intensely from theme to theme, using jagged and highly advanced piano techniques, and is fiendishly difficult.Jon K...2021-05-0712 min
Take NoteEp.12 - Nicolas NamoradzeWe chat with Nicolas Namoradze, Prize Laureate of the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, about his activities during the pandemic and how life has changed since Honens.2021-05-0236 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Winston Choi performs StillToday, we are excited to share Three Visions by William Grant Still, performed by 2003 Honens Laureate Winston Choi.Though he is a relatively unknown composer, Winston shares that Still is "arguably the greatest African American composer of the 20th century." Winston is most interested in rare works and champions those he believes should be better known and performed more widely. This piece is an example of exactly that—a fantastic composer with a distinct voice, colourful music, and exploration of the entire piano in his music. - Watch the video edition of th...2021-04-2910 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Henry Kramer performs ChopinThis week, we're pleased to share the complete cycle of Chopin's Preludes Op. 28, performed by 2015 Honens Finalist Henry Kramer. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-04-2241 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Roberto Plano performs BelliniThis week, we are pleased to feature a special clip from 2003 Honens Laureate Roberto Plano. In this excerpt, Roberto performs an arrangement of one of the most famous opera arias, Casta Diva from Norma by Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini.Frédéric Chopin began his arrangement of this aria in 1831. He started writing the left hand, but eventually he abandoned the project. It is speculated that Chopin had planned to write the right hand later or have the work performed with a singer. Many years later, the arrangement was reconstructed and published by Polish scholar Wojciech Nowik....2021-04-1506 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner performs OquinToday we are pleased to feature Honens Finalist and winner of the 2018 Audience Award, Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner. In his Semifinals solo round, Llewellyn performed American composer Wayne Oquin's Détours. The piece, dedicated to Marc-André Hamelin, follows a set of 15 variations (or "detours"), each flowing continuously after the last. It travels between points of extremity: from delicate to solid, from fleeting to expansive. As you'll hear from Jon Kimura Parker, the piece is, at all times, extraordinary. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-04-0813 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Hinrich Alpers performs RavelToday, enjoy Maurice Ravel's Sonatine, performed by 2006 Honens Laureate Hinrich Alpers in his home in Germany. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-04-0113 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Adela Liculescu performs FauréIn 2018, Honens International Piano Competition Semifinalists chose between four programs in the collaborative round. Semifinalist Adela Liculescu chose the program that included Gabriel Fauré's Violin Sonata No. 1.About the piece, Fauré's former piano teacher, Camille Saint-Saëns, said: "In this sonata you can find everything to tempt a gourmet: new forms, excellent modulations, unusual tone colours, and the use of unexpected rhythms. A magic floats above everything, encompassing the whole work, causing the crowd of usual listeners to accept the unimagined audacity as something quite normal. With this work Monsieur Fauré takes his place among the...2021-03-2507 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Georgy Tchaidze performs Medtner and DvořákLet's go back a few years to hear two clips from 2009 Honens Prize Laureate Georgy Tchaidze. After listening to Georgy perform one of Medtner's Fairy Tales, known as the greatest but most neglected piano music in Medtner's repertoire, enjoy Dvořák's Finale from Piano Quintet in A Major Op. 81 with Georgy and 2010 BISQC first prize winner, the Cecilia String Quartet. - Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-03-1811 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Samson Tsoy performs Tchaikovsky arr. PletnevWe're lightening things up this week with music you usually only hear around the holidays. In 2015, Semifinalist Samson Tsoy performed Tchaikovsky arr. Pletnev's Concert Suite from The Nutcracker Op. 71. We'll listen to three of the most famous character dances in this excerpt—Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Russian Trepak, and Chinese Dance recorded live at the 2015 Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, Canada. - Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-03-1106 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Pavel Kolesnikov performs BeethovenToday, we head back to the 2012 Honens International Piano Competition for a performance of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 by Prize Laureate Pavel Kolesnikov. While the piece is well known as the "Moonlight Sonata," Beethoven never knew that title. The nickname came five years after Beethoven's death from music critic and German poet Ludwig Rellstab. Upon hearing the first movement, Rellstab said it sounded like moonlight shining on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-03-0417 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Nicolas Namoradze performs a trio of worksFor the final week of a month dedicated to 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze, enjoy this excerpt of him performing a trio of works, all recorded live during his Semifinals Solo Round at the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition. First, you'll hear the final movement of J.S. Bach's Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830; then the first movement of R. Schumann's Humoreske in B-flat Major Op. 20; and finally Godowsky's transcription of Chopin's Etude in G-sharp minor Op. 25 No. 6 “Double Thirds”. As Jon Kimura Parker says, it's hard to keep up with all of Nicolas' recent acco...2021-02-2510 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Nicolas Namoradze's CompositionsWelcome back to Honens @ Home. This week we are pleased to feature four of 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze's own compositions. First, enjoy Moon, Refracted, Nicolas' own arrangement of Rentarō Taki's famous Japanese song, Kojo no Tsuki (The Moon Over the Ruined Castle). Then, you'll hear Nicolas' first three Etudes—Major Scales, Mostly Triads, and Moving Mirrors—performed live at the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition. As you'll hear from Honens Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker, scores for Nicolas' compositions in this excerpt (and more!) are now available for purchase through the highly-respected Japanese publishing company, Muse...2021-02-1811 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Nicolas Namoradze performs LouieWe mentioned last week that 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze is enjoying a flurry of recent success, especially with regard to his new Hyperion album, Fragments from Hans Andersen & Studies by York Bowen. As you'll hear from Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker, among other accolades, the album was selected as the prestigious Gramophone Editor's Choice in January!In this excerpt, enjoy Nicolas' performance of Canadian composer Alexina Louie's at the Chelsea Music Festival. Based on a Zen poem, this piece shows Louie's unique personality and expressive style.-Watch the video edition of th...2021-02-1108 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Nicolas Namoradze performs BeethovenFor the month of February, we are dedicating Honens @ Home to 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze! As you'll hear from Artistic Director Jon Kimura Parker, despite the challenging times, Nicolas has had a flurry of recent success that we are excited to share with you. In today's excerpt, enjoy the third movement of Beethoven's Quintet for piano and winds in E-flat Major Op. 16 with the Azahar Ensemble, recorded live at the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary. Said to be modelled after Mozart's Quintet K. 452, the piece showcases Beethoven's composing and pianistic prowess ... and Nicolas N...2021-02-0408 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Tzu-Yin Huang performs BartókAt the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, Semifinalist Tzu-Yin Huang performed Intermezzo interrotto, György Sándor's solo piano arrangement of the fourth movement of Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra. Concerto for Orchestra is one of Bartók's best known, most popular, and most accessible works. In 1943, Bartók was in and out of the hospital, thinking his career in music was over, when the Boston Symphony conductor, Serge Koussevitzky, came to offer him the commission. He completed the Concerto in only a few months. It premiered on 1 December 1944. After his death, Bartók's son, Pete...2021-01-2806 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Nicolas Namoradze performs J.S. BachIn this episode, 2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze performs J.S. Bach's Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830 live at the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition. Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-01-2122 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Henry Kramer performs a trio of worksThis week, we're pleased to feature Honens Finalist Henry Kramer performing a trio of works from his Semifinals Solo Recital live at the 2015 Honens International Piano Competition. Enjoy M. Ravel's Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit, F. Chopin's Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 “Raindrop”, and G.Ligeti's Musica Ricercata.Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-01-1411 minHonens Piano PodcastHonens @ Home: Scott Cuellar performs FauréHappy New Year! Today, let us be nourished by a performance of Gabriel Fauré's Préludes Op. 103 by 2015 Honens Semifinalist Scott Cuellar. As you'll hear from Jon Kimura Parker, Honens Artistic Director, these are somewhat unfamiliar works. Composed by Fauré at about the same time as he was starting to lose his hearing, the preludes are known for classical restraint and understatement, and express deep, mingled emotions with a mysterious and complex simplicity.-Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2021-01-0709 minHonens Piano PodcastHo Ho Honens @ Home: Holiday Edition with Jon Kimura ParkerThis week, we are pleased to share a special Holiday Edition Honens @ Home with Jon Kimura Parker. This is the last edition of Honens @ Home for the year. After a brief pause (or, intermission, if you will) we'll be back with more music in January. On behalf of all of us at Honens, we wish you and yours a very happy holiday season filled with love, laughter, music ... and virtual gatherings. -Watch the video edition of this excerpt at honens.com/home.2020-12-1704 minHonens Piano PodcastOpen Lid: Winston Choi on Griffes' Roman SketchesIn this episode of Open Lid, 2003 Honens Laureate Winston Choi discusses American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes' Roman Sketches with Catherine McClelland, Honens Director, Artistic Planning.Catch up with Winston on YouTube: youtube.com/WinstonChoi2020-12-1549 min