piano_cat

Bonjour!

J'ai vu que, pour l'admission au Conservatoire de Musique de Paris, on a une épreuve nommée "lecture chantée". C'est quoi cet épreuve, plus exactement? Est-ce que quelqu'un sait comment se déroule ça?

J'ai vu quelques exemples de "lectures chantées" sur quelque sites français et j'ai observé que le texte musical a aussi des mots. (Dans la plupart des cas, pas en français, mais dans d'autres langues plus exotiques, comme le russe ou l'allemand.) Est-ce qu'on devrait déchiffrer le texte avec les mots aussi, ou le jury désire seulement qu'on chante seulement les notes et le rythme?

Mais, dans ce cas, quelle est la différence entre la lecture chantée, déchiffrage chanté et lecture rythmique?

J'ai travaillé dans mon pays seulement quelque chose qu'on appelle "solfège", qui est similaire à la lecture rythmique française. Dans mon pays, seulement les chanteurs chantent avec des mots, les instrumentistes doivent chanter les notes et le rythme.

Je vous remercie de vos réponses.

Hello!

Someone have just asked the same question some minutes ago, but it was about Conservatoires in the USA.

What Conservatoires in Europe do you think are the best? And who do you think to be the best piano teachers who are teaching in these Conservatoires?

I know the most famous pianists don't teach in Conservatoires, they have only their concert careers, but I was wondering who'd be the best pianist who's teaching for students in an Academy/College/Conservatoire in Europe.

Thank you very much!

Take care,

Piano_Cat

Hello!

Do you prefer to listen new recordings or old recordings when it's about listening classical music?

I mean... let's say you want to listen a particular piece. Will you choose Schnabel's or Kissin's performance? (It was just an example, you may choose any artists you want to.)

I personally would prefer to listen Kissin, because his recordings seem to be perfect to me. But I'm wondering if performers who lived 50 years ago were closer the original ideas the composer had.

So... technique evolves, and we're technically going to perfection... But are we at least close to the style composers wanted their pieces to sound like when they wrote them?

Thank you.

Hello!

I play the piano and I am now interested to find the best option for me. Actually, I still have enough time to decide where to go for the university (about 3 years), but I would like to have a decision taken although I could change my opinion in 3 years.

So, which music academy do you consider to be the best (for a piano performer)?

Feel free to name just one, which you consider to be the best, to make a "top" or to share your experiences about the music academy you graduated, or where you study/teach, etc.

Thank you very much.

PS: I know perfectly that a student shouldn't go at an academy just for the purpose of graduating a world-wide famous college. A music fellow should go at a particular teacher in a particular academy, if he knows the professor personally and if he's sure that he has what to learn from there.

I know that the subject is very complex, but I am asking just about the academy (and the city, of course...)

Thank you in advance.

Hello!

We generally call "classical music" every piece of music written in the past.

But many of these works was written by composers for entertainment, and they never thought that those pieces are going to be played in 200 years in concert halls. (e.g. Haydn wrote a lot of symphonies for the court, Strauss' Waltzers, Piazzola's Tangos, etc) Many of these pieces were at that time just pieces for dancing at balls. During the centuries, these pieces of music became "classical".

Following the same line, I would say that in the next 100 years ABBA's pieces or Queen's pieces would be the next "classical" music. And I personally think that it would be a better scenario than our contemporary music played in 100 years as classical music.

Two months ago, I was at a very interesting concert at the Philarmonica in my hometown, and in the second part they played some Queen pieces arranged for choir and orchestra:

- One Vision

- The Show Must Go On

- Who Wants To Live Forever

- Bohemian Rhapsody

- We Are The Champions

It was a very interesting idea: playing Queen in a concert hall, in the same concert with Mendelssohn!

Seeing this opinions also inspired me to ask this question:

http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ai...

I know that neither Beethoven or Brahms were understood at their time, but I really don't think that contemporary music nowadays will resist for centuries.

My personal opinion...

What do you think?

Please share your opinions.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers!

Okay... we tell about a lot of great musicians that they are "musical gifted". This always make me think: what does "being musical gifted" truly mean?

Does it mean intelligence, memory?

Does it mean technique?

Does it mean the autosuggestion of forgetting about emotions when you are on the stage?

I think there is a "homogeneous" mixture from all these qualities.

But my problem is here: I met a lot of very talented instrumentalists who tried to learn how to play another instrument but they couldn't. And I know they worked very hard for this and they haven't succeeded, although they were great musicians. I have my own example: I play the piano (and all the piano teachers say to me: "Oh , you are so gifted!"- and I don't try to bluster myself) and I have tried to learn to play the guitar as a hobby, but unfortunately I'm not so good at it.

And now, coming back... Than, what is this gift? Are we made for music in general? Are we made for a specific instrument? What do you think?

Thank you in advance for your opinions.

Hello!

Well, what do you think: where is the "border" between modern music and contemporary music? I know that is universally considered that we define "contemporary music" every piece of classical music written after the '70s.

So, do we have to consider that a piece written in 1969 is modern and a piece written in 1971 is contemporary?

What is your opinion?

Thanks.

Well, my question is very simple. Most of the people who pretend they have perfect pitch can recognize every single note on piano, but they have a real problem when they have to recognize the notes on a violin, or a wind instrument, etc... (I've met this kind of musicians.)

What do you think? Do they have perfect pitch?

What do you think about perfect pitch in general?

Thanks.

Hello,

I know maybe my question sounds a little bit curious, but I'm wondering:

What could you do if you feel like sneezing while playing on the stage in a concert, or when you play for a very important exam?

Fortunately, I've never had this problem till now, but now I'm fighting with a flu, I sneeze 3 times per minute and I have 4 concerts this week.

Any ideas? (Not medical, because I asked the question on the Classical forum, and I'm asking if you have any advices if something "happens" in the concerts.)

Thank you.

A classmate of mine invited me to her birthday party, which will take place at her home in about 5 days. She will be 16. So, what could I buy to her?

I can't buy her a perfume because she's using just one perfume from a catalog (Avon), so if I command it today I will not have it till Sunday. And I don't have any other ideas.

And I can't buy her a teddy-bear or a toy, because she's a teenager!

What could I buy to her, without losing a lot of time in shops? And how much do you think I should spend for a decent present, please?

Any ideas for a funny present?

Thank you!

Well, I've noticed that children (most fo them) start to study classical music because their parents think that this could be a good education for them. For those who like this music it becomes a passion and when they are young they work very hard because a lot of them dream to make a career.

I've talked to middle-aged musicians (40-50 years old) about this and I realized that most of them teach music and give concerts in order to make money and to sustain their families. I think it's very sad to hear this. My opinion (but I'm young) is music should be art first of all, and you shouldn't think a lot about money when you make music.

What do you think music should be for an artist? What is classical music for you?

I can't sign in Yahoo! Messenger with the classic program for Messenger (9.0). It's appearing a message: "There was a problem signing in. Please try again later." I can access my e-mail adress, Yahoo! Answers, but no messenger.

I could see my messenger list on meebo.com, so there's no problem with my account, but I like much more the classical program. I also can sign in other account on this computer, so not the program is the problem. What could I do, please?

I mean... What do you think a student should choose? A very re-known Music Academy which assures him a very "precious" diploma and a "strong point" for a CV, but with a piano teacher (or for any other instrument) who is not really great? Or a Music Academy very serious, but not so famous, where the student would have a great teacher, where to learn from a lot?

What is your opinion? I am very curious...

Thank you for your time.

All the best!

Hello!

I am going to perform in a very important piano competition in my country, the National Olympiad. That's a competition for years of study, so I'm going to compete just with pupils of the same age as I am (by the way, I'm 15).

I have to play a Prelude and Fugue by Bach, the first part from a classical sonata, a romantic/ modern piece and a study by Chopin or by Liszt

So, I'll play:

1) Bach - Prelude and fugue in C sharp Dur (first volume)

2) Beethoven - First part from Appassionata

3) Brahms - Variations on a theme by Paganini (book 1 and 2)

4) And now, here is my question... I am asking for your advice... I learned Chopin's Study op 25 no 11 in A minor and Liszt's Study no 6 after a theme by Paganini... My problem is that Liszt's study are some variations on the same theme by Paganini as Brahms uses in his Variations... Do you think it would be a problem? Or should I play Chopin's study?

Thank you very much for your time.

Cheers!

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