Daniel Barenboim is extremely intelligent, articulate and attentive.

I found this channel a few days ago and I was really surprised first. There are really some truly inspiring videos, a direct communication from a pianist to the community here. Thank you for these great insights into your knowledge and for the great music you create! :)

I just finished reading the Maestro's autobiography A Life in Music. I think almost every word from that book is deliberate and worthy, just like what the Maestro said in this video: "insecurity", "courage".

That all makes so much sense and explained so well that it was easy to take in and understand....I'm a pianist and no teacher has ever said that to me.....thank you so much Mr. Barenboin!!!!

Brilliant words from a man of rare distinction and unrivalled genius

It especially needs a lot of courage to sing in front of the public and to show what you feel in your heart when you sing the music. You then are somehow naked.

Thank you so much for your wisdom. You truly are a musician to look up to.

Dear Maestro, music is all about sharing emotions and thoughts. Thank you for doing this with such simplicity and passion.

Very worthwhile - I am a stage actor -- Afrikaans in South Africa and an actor has the very same problem - you have to be humble but at the same time confident that you can do the work - you deserve to be on stage portraying a character.

Thank you so much for your 5 minute talk on courage. It came at a very timely moment in my life, on the morning before my own solo recital and helped me view the enormously responsible task I had ahead of me differently. My concert was a success in no small means thanks to your brilliant advice - am very grateful for it!

Vielen herzlichen Dank für diese Aufforderung mutig zu sein!!! Ich glaube das wird mir mehr helfen als ich im ersten Moment vielleicht denken kann. Dass man diese Bescheidenheit ein Stück beiseitelegen kann/muss, wenn man vor Publikum spielt, war mir nicht so ganz klar. Ich habe Angst überheblich auszusehen, etc. Eben mutig muss man sein... Nochmals herzlichen Dank Herr Barenboim (auch wenn Sie das nie lesen werden)

En realidad, es verdad: la inseguridad se 'palpa' aunque no entienda nada de notas musicales. es como herir el oído. Gracias por estos videos, son un regalo y nos enseña tanto! saludos desde Argentina!

Wisdom imparted from a multi-talented man whose whole life has been devoted to music. Thank you maestro for posting this video.

Muchas gracias otra vez maestro Barenboim. Es muy interesante escuchar la perspectiva de un músico acerca de la música porque al tener mayor contacto con esa realidad, puede describir una mayor cantidad de aspectos de una manera más profunda. Creo que lo más interesante de su discurso e incluso de sus interpretaciones musicales, es su predisposición racional al aproximarse a la música. Me parece que su enfoque parte del análisis intelectual y eso me encanta. Dos aspectos adicionales que, añadidos a su racionalidad, disfruto mucho de su relación con la música, son su forma de transmitir emociones en proporciones mesuradas y su incesante curiosidad. Por esos tres motivos: racionalidad, emotividad mesurada e incesante curiosidad, disfruto mucho de sus grabaciones, de escucharlo en vivo cuando viene a Buenos Aires y de escuchar sus ideas respecto a la música y el mundo. Gracias por ser fuente de inspiración para los jóvenes y gracias por compartir su mundo de ideas con nosotros.

Maestro Daniel! Es uma enorme honra poder dirigirme a usted!! Lo sigo hace años y su estilo me es realmente fascinante, brillante, encantador. Maestro, quisiera pedirle que si tuviera oportunidad se expanda en explicar sobre la sonata num 30 de Beethoven; en particular el primer movimento, en el que he encontrado tu máxima genialidad expresada de prácticamente todas las performances que he oído de ud. Son raras las ocasiones que no me remontan a recuerdos de la juventud, a algún momento de la vida pleno de sentimentos y, mas raros aún, los que no me hacen emocionar como ser humano que soy. Sinceramente, lo felicito infinitamente por su coomprensión hacia esa sonata, y por transmitirla com todo su ímpetu desde la esencia de su alma. Le mando un fuerte abrazo y desde ya le deseo una feliz navidad y año nuevo, que pronto se acercan, y um 2017 repleto de lo mejor!! Mathias

Maestro, it is profound to hear that nothing communicates to the audience as quickly as insecurity. I feel it is that fine line between confidence and arrogance. a performer should be confident. They know the work, they know the instrument but they do not know the audience. Having the humility to concede that the performer doesn't know better than the composer is what keeps arrogance in check. Only when the audience is added will all the constituents of the fine meal be present, and it is for the performer to cook and serve them. The performance is a journey of discovery. Nobody quite knows how it will end but the audience can entrust the performer to help them arrive safely in one piece. This is why I feel there are many who can play Beethoven expertly, but none as passionately and engagingly as your wonderful self.

Maestro Daniel Barenboim, es un verdadero privilegio poder escucharlo y aprender cosas tan importantes de una manera clara y concisa muchísimas gracias.

Querido y gran Maestro.muchas gracias por su extraordinaria generosidad para con los pueblos del mundo.Ojala siga ud.grabando mas de estos videos asi me aparecen cada vez mas aqui en la red social.vivo aqui en Buenos Aires muy cerca de donde ud nacio.siempre lo estare esperando para escuchar alguna presentacion.Es ud. Una inspiracion para mi en muchos ordenes y hace que mi relacion con la musica sea mas comprometida.le mando un saludo y hasta pronto.

Qué placer escuchar sus comentarios, maestro. Suenan tan "directos", tan "personales". Crean la ilusión de estar en una conversación cara a cara. Una vez más: Gracias! desde Buenos Aires

Gracias Daniel. Tus palabras, siempre un tesoro, para nosotros que te admiramos. Saludos desde Bolivia.

Estimado Maestro: ¿Hablaría usted en otro vídeo del miedo escénico? ¿Alguna vez lo ha sufrido? Un saludo, Gustavo

D.Barenboim...je vous aurais tellement apprécié en qualité de professeur de piano.... Ma fille est flûtiste...son père était Chef d’orchestre...et moi....j’adore la musique ❤️ from 🇨🇭

Daniel Barenboim, I am a huge admirer of your skill musically and now have become an admirer of you as a purveyor of the arts insomuch as you have started this channel to share insights and unique wisdom exclusive to your own experience. As a filmmaker with many years of professional experience, one thing in which you might wish to comment is the commonality of tempo and structure in all the performing arts, even if the performance is not live but run through a projector. There are so many structural aspects which are similar, and in this reality, some of the readers might come to understand why classical music is essentially superior. To compare classical to pop music is to compare a great, intense long-form dramatic motion picture - the classical - to a cartoon - the pop song. The pop song is short, structurally very simple and created to create an immediate, almost universally monochromatic emotional effect; usually to excite, sometimes to sadden, or feel romantic or joyful. The classical piece, even a short sonata, usually touches on at least a few emotions. Then there is the emotional depth of a piece. Short classical works may not have a range of emotions, but they often reach much deeper than the pop song, because they do not need to conform to a structure in which the piece needs to immediately grab the audience. Sometimes it takes multiple listenings to understand the depth of a classical work. When one listens to a pop song that many times, it;s time for a new pop song. When they listen to the classical piece, they learn to understand it and never tire of it their entire lives, because it always speaks to them on a deeper level than the pop song which has long since been forgotten. I guess i said too much, but i would be intensely interested in how you view the comparisons between different mediums, and between the values of classical and pop. Many of your works as a conductor always get the very best out of a piece and give truth to the notion that music is a living art form; Beethoven breathes again under your Baton. Thank you. One of our minor 7-minute promotions is on my channel. Hopefully, the 7-minute version is not the cartoon, as the 30-second commercial is, but gives some sense of the intended long form (feature) work in progress. thank you again.

Mr. Barenboim, I think a five minute (or longer!) video discussing Pathetique would be fantastic. All three movements are absolutely outstanding and I'm sure many people take it as their favorite Beethoven Sonata. Thanks

La alegría de poder escuchar pequeños pero sustanciosos comentarios de un tremendo maestro! Gracias por acercarte a nosotros de esta manera, y darnos un poco de tu sabiduría en cada vídeo. Saludos desde Colombia!

Probably the best piano teacher in the world, besides a maestro and a great pianist! Love these videos! Plz do some more!

Excellent !! Merci. Le courage peut etre aussi le moyen de la passion. Quand j ai dirigé la 3 e de Beethoven pendant la guerre à Sarajevo , la salle de l hotel holiday in à recu un obus. Une chambre de l hotel a en feu.... Pas de souci! la musique nous donnait ce courage de ...continuer.

maestro,you are too humble, you don't have to thank us for watching,but it is us who should thank you for these videos

Thanks! Love these truths that I understand subconsciously, but have never heard articulated! Please keep sharing your wonderful knowledge & understanding of music and performing!

שלום דניאל, היינו הערב בקונצרט שלך בברלין, עם הקונצ׳רטו מספר 26 של מוצרט, אין לי מילים לתאר כמה נפלא זה היה. כל כך חי, כל כך מוזיקאלי,כלכך יצירתי וכל כך מרגש!!! אגב, היו איתי גם אנשים שלא מתעסקים במוזיקה, וכל כך נהנו - גם מהברוקנר. תודה רבה, ונחזור לראות אותך בקרוב בבטהובן קונצ׳רטו מספר 1

Beautiful-- and very true. Do you have any advice- I'm not a professional musician but I play piano and trumpet and I absolutely adore music. I feel that I become naked and free and raw when I truly play, and it sounds beautiful. So many emotions....but when I have to play in front of others I cannot think, I cannot feel. I just play like a robot. (That's why I could never be a professional musician) I'm too scared. I don't have the courage to truly play my heart. How can I have the courage to play honestly when I'm scared what people will think? Should I give up?

Maestro Barenboim. Me encantan sus charlas sobre los aspectos de la música en los que casi nadie repara y que marcan la diferencia desde una perspectiva tan elevada como la suya, creo que nos ayudan a comprender como alguien de su nivel musical ve y vive la música. Me ha parecido muy estimulante su interés por mejorar la calidad del sonido del piano de concierto con su idea de disponer de las cuerdas graves en paralelo para preservar la calidad de los armónicos del sonido global del piano. Yo tambien me preocupo por el sonido pero a otro nivel, he inventado el único sistema de sonido de grabación que es capaz de capturar objetos sonoros en cuatro dimensiones y de reproducirlos exactamente igual en cualquier otro lugar del mundo, grabación holofónica pero para altavoces. Ojalá pudiese asistir a su próximo concierto en Madrid el 27 de noviembre, pero me temo que ya no hay localidades, sería un enorme placer poder grabar su musica de la manera más realista posible con este invento del que le dejo algun enlace para que entienda de lo que le hablo. Muchas gracias por su sabiduría compartida. Atentamente, Michel Martín. (michelmartin65@yahoo.es) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gb10ndKEs9upgas.html facebook.com/4DVRSOUNDSYSTEM/

Discovered you through BBC Proms 2012 of Beethoven's 9th and have been on a KZfaq binge since. The sensitivity and thoughtfulness in your expression is amazing. I hope you continue posting videos.

Dear Maestro, I am always so respect you since when I was very young. No matter which piece I am going to learnd I always going to search the recording that you played and keep listen it again and again. I am a Chinese piano student, now I am study in Germany, I will flight to New York to watch your concerts of Mozart piano concerti in Carnegiehall. I am very very looking forward to listen your peformance in live !!!!

interesting approach to Music! I am a lay person fascinated by the world of Music and appreciate greatly Mr Barenboim's initiation and introduction to this beautiful but at times mysterious world. I want to thank him heartily

Maestro Baremboim: Esta noche he tenido el honor de escucharlo en el Auditorio de Zaragoza. Muchísimas gracias por las sonatas de Schubert en su piano. Elegancia, sutileza, fantasía... y no tengo palabras.

oui ! de plus, ce courage , me semble-t-il, permet de bousculer le laissez aller où nous pourrions tomber dans la facilité. Alors, que ce "stop" réveille l'oreille et tous nos sens. Merci pour tous ces éclairages à une ignare :)

Gracias Maestro, soy una simple escuchadora y admiradora de la musica y el arte . Estas clases me aydan a crecer

Muchas gracias por todos estos videos. Los estoy disfrutando muchísimo!!!!

Thanks Mr.Daniel! Your explanation of musical courage is really inspiring.

Another gratefully received nuggets of wisdom.Merci beaucoup.

Thanks you for being such closed to us ! Greetings from France

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Maestro votre vidéo est fort intéressante pour moi qui suis musiciens de Chicago Blues Style...car en effet les effets de crescendo et decrescendo sont très utilisés dans cette musique et il est vrai qu il faut du courage pour les aborder ...merci infiniment pour vos leçons

Wow that piano sounds phenomenal!

Thank you, I’ve been thinking of courage as one of the most important elements in playing and composing music all my life.

Maestro Barenboim: Soy Guiomar, estudio piano desde hace 12 años. Fue impresionante disfrutar de su concierto en directo, espero que sigas haciéndonos disfrutar de la música mucho tiempo más. Aquí viene mi pregunta,¿crees que para ser músico hay que vivir por y para la música exclusivamente? ¿para ser un buen músico hay que tener claro desde siempre que quieres serlo?

Thank you very much for this valuable advice. I'm not a musician but I am a visual artist and I think your advice could be applied to so many artistic fields when you need to communicate art to the public. Thank you!

Daniel Barenboim why aren't you making these videos anymore? We all LOVE it!!

I have been on stage many times and what Barenboim is saying about courage is totally dead on target. There is one element he is missing, though. I discovered that you can tap into the will of the people to have a pleasant evening or pleasant experience instead of the expectations of the people. The first approach will enbolden and comfort you, make you feel at ease and give you the courage and stamina to continue through, while the second one, though, it setting you up for a loss, nervousness, insecurity, even disaster. You need to go on stage with the idea "I don't care about their expectations, I do MY thing now and have fun." Even Horowitz made mistakes but it is no matter if you play with confidence. This is more difficult to do in classical music than modern music as classical music is precisely written down and people know it note for note while in modern music you have far more leeway, especially pop, rock, jazz, and what followed that. Nevertheless, it can be done in classical music, too, I found. You can even repeat some long phrase that you did wrongly or start again, the public won't mind as long as you communicate with the public, through words and through music.

Hola!! Quiero principalmente agradecer por este increíble canal que en pocos minutos habla de temas tan importantes de una manera bellamente concisa. Quería pedir el favor si en algún próximo video, podrías hablar sobre Verklarte Nacht! Un abrazo grande desde Argentina!!

Very fascinating topic. It is a topic I think about often in relation to the present day legions of well-trained but empty musicians, be they singers, pianists, etc. (there are of course a few exceptions) lacking the courage to make the notes leap off the printed page while, at the same time, respecting the music entrusted to them. I think I am also talking about lack of individual musical face, sound, and style. It is an immense problem, as I see it.

Lo admiro mucho Maestro🙏😇🌹

Of course I do not have your experience, Dear Daniel, by I put myself infront of the public because that is exactly what I want to offer to them: my experience. I always have the hope that it will be the best for everyone including myself, but I never really know. I would say that there is nothing wrong with looking nervous or insecure: it is as human as music is. Thank you for this enlightening channel. David Salinas.

Can you talk dear Maestro about Mozart's Piano Concerto no 20?

bravo maestro

Hello, Mr. Barenboim. Much love from South Korea. The video's amazing, it feels good to see the essence of your insight. I would like to ask you a question about having an opinion to a certain piece. It is indeed, a generalized question, nonetheless I am sure of its importance, as it is directly related to one's aesthetics. I am currently 18 years old, and moved on relatively recently to Western Art Music from Pop/Jazz music, in which I enjoyed listening to certain radicals that were inspired by, Stockhausen, Boulez, etc, for I was also inspired by the radicals to listen to those composers lately, providing me to enter the world of Classical music. Because music has always been my primal enjoyment, I was close to musical criticism, too, and somewhat controversial writings of Mr. Boulez, I felt great reading them, and so on. However, it is frustrating to see myself somehow influenced by the critics, even though I logically recognize that there is no reason to, I think it gets me to avoid, for example, Shostakovich's string quartets that I used to enjoy, some Mozart, so on. This applies even more on pieces that I cannot directly feel my enjoyment, or even a slight glimpse of judgement - recently had this experience listening to Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1, I got confused and could not have much opinion on the piece. Even on Pierre Boulez, whom I much respect and love, despite the many pieces which are my favorites, I often find myself losing concentration to some of it, which then I get to ask myself: 'am I really enjoying this? Am I deceiving myself?' Of course, finding it hard to concentrate is my genuine feature that I have on say, listening to a great symphony of Mahler on which I can definitely say that I loved it in the first listening, however it still leaves me unsatisfied that I cannot get a clear sight of my opinion. I would carefully say that you, Mr. Barenboim, once or more had similar experience to mine, thus I wish to hear what you think about it. Thank you very much.

Our dearesr Daniel BARENBOIM ! Nov 22, 2018.

Maestro Barenboim!! Lleva mucho tiempo sin hacer un vídeo! Por favor, vuelva a hacer vídeos que me encantan y creo que todos tus subscriptores queremos que vuelvas a hacer uno. Muchas gracias maestro Barenboim!!

Sabias palabras maestro Barenboim.

Grazie per il suo tempo maestro

Maestro, always ♥️!!, so Great!!

Thanks Mr.Barenboim to create this channel. Could you please talk about stage fright?.. Thank you

Gracias maestro por todos tus vídeos. ¿Podrías hablar en uno de ellos sobre tu nuevo piano de cola? Muchas gracias.

Fabuloso video... las emociones involucradas en la personalidad del artista!!!

Thank you very much for sharing and explaining to us a bit of your genius interpretations!

Coraje para Dios,es hacer lo que está previsto en el Plan Divino para cada uno. Beethoven era un ser excepcional,que se dejaba guiar por su Magna Presencia,para materalizar obras que produjeran movimiento en el interior de los seres humanos. Coraje en la música es Ud que hace pensar y analizar más alla de lo normal. Le invito a dejarse llevar por su bondad y amor a la música clásica, y compronda una bellísima obra, que será recordada siempre

Hello Mr Daniel Barenboim, I'm from Malaysia, can you talk about Robert Schumann Piano Concerto please? This music always give me new surprises every time I listen to.

¡Definitivamente maravilloso! Gracias maestro.

Maestro I really appreciate and like your channel! I have one question to this video: would you say it's courage to not obey to the dynamics and marks that the composer wrote and play something different because you feel it different, or is that already ignorant/arrogant because I'm placing myself above the composer? Greetings from Austria

Hoy descubrí algo que para mi es absolutamente perfecto La Consagración de la Primavera, dirigido magistralmente por Baremboin. El coraje va bien con el fin de Le Sacre? Un final tan brutal y perfecto a la vez. Amo a Stravinsky y a Baremboin, juntos son perfectos!!!

Excellent video maestro 👏👏👏

love Daniel Barenboim and Leonard Bernstein

gracias, maestro simplemente maravilloso. maestro siempre he querido saber como aprendió tantos idiomas?

Question for the Maestro : can you do a video where you speak about those different forms of expression in music : composition, improvisation, interpretation ? Thank you !

Many thanks Maestro! Blessings 😇

Very interesting point of view wonderfull as usuel with Daniel Barenboim

Greetings, Maestro B.! I would like to know your opinion on the role amateur musicians play in the world of classical music. We buy the concert tickets and the records, but how else do you think that non-professionals who consider music a hobby (an important, beautiful hobby) influence established musicians such as yourself? Muchas gracias, Maestro!

Muy buena combinación: coraje y humildad

One question to Daniel Barenboim when he talks about courage. And it's just one question about the contrary of courage: fear and, concretely, scenic fear. Fear to play in public. Fear to stand on a stage of a theatre full of people. Many great musicians have experienced scenic fear all their lives. What would you recommend to win the scenic fear?

Very insightful ideas!! I would like to ask you what elements/ things does it need to help building up a musician's courage to be able to genuinely express the music he or she is playing on stage and also to express themselves freely?

Gracias estimado Maestro por sus siempre sugerentes y sugestivas lecciones. ¿Qué tanto coraje necesitó Beethoven en la composición de su última sonata para piano (Opus 111), sobretodo en su segundo y último movimiento (Arietta)? ¿Le dedicaría por favor una de sus lecciones? ¿No le resulta fascinante lo que conlleva como término y como principio de la forma Sonata?

Greetings from Glasgow, Scotland, Master Barenboim! I would like to know what your thoughts are on the question of whether Classical Music should be renamed, as many believe that the idea of Classical Music encompasses a few eras of Western Music history, but only refers to the period surrounding Composers such as Mozart, Haydn, Clementi etc. I would really appreciate your opinion. With much admiration - Reece Harnes.

Estremely interesting, I was very happy to found your channel, and I am impressed, bravo Daniel Barenboim.

Wow. This is soo truee 💯

Thank you Maestro for these inspiring videos. I'd like to know your personal view about the interconnected relationship of literature, fine arts and philosophical ideas, (or even motion pictures) to music, n would we be able to understand music more deeply with the knowledge and understanding of the subjects stated above? thank u.

courage and humility to communicate with security...paradoxical...so wise...thank you could you talk about the tragedy of getting burned out...too much playing a piece... until sadly you don´t feel it anymore...happened to you?...

thank you for your very informative and inspiring videos. Could you speak about, what would have happened to liszt and music in general without paganini?

I think the dynamic swell and the following subito piano takes a lot courage because it's makes such an obvious statement. It's kind of like a stand up comedian telling a joke and waiting to see if the punch line is going to be a real zinger or not. The audience knows exactly what you're doing and you can only wonder whether or not they're going to go for it; you have to have a lot of confidence in the statement you're making.

Maestro! I was wondering something. Recently, i saw you performance with Claudio Abbado, Could you tell us about him? How was your experience working with him? I hope you are well Greetings from Mexico

Mr. Baremboim, I would like to ask you about injuries that people can get when they're practising in the wrong way. Could you give some advice about playing in the most safety way to get the richest sound, for example, when playing octaves?

Enjoyed this video very much Maestro. Merci bien!

Dear Maestro Barenboim, thank you for this very interesting video ! I have a very serious question for you: Beeing a concert pianist, did it help you with the ladies (in the past, or now) ? I am looking forward to hear about it from you ! Thank you, have a nice day.

Se echan de menos nuevos vídeos maestro :(

Sehr geehrter Herr Barenboim, Welchen Stellenwert nimmt das Werk Mozarts bei Ihnen ein? Ich habe jetzt schon einige Bücher über W.A. Mozart gelesen und bin immer wieder aufs Neue erstaunt mit welcher Leichtigkeit er komponierte. Er schien überhaupt keine Probleme gehabt zu haben sich selbst in der Musik auszudrücken. Man denke nur an die Linz-Symphonie die er auf der Reise von Salzburg nach Linz in nur 4 Tagen niederschrieb. Andere Komponisten taten sich mit dem Komponieren wesentlich schwerer, für manche war es ein regelrecht psychischer Kraftakt, bis dann ein Musikjuwel entstand. Welche Bewunderung hegen Sie für Mozart und welchen Stellenwert nimmt sein Werk bei Ihnen ein? Wie wird Ihre Interpretation beeinflusst (als Pianist und Dirigent), angesichts der Tatsache mit welcher Leichtigkeit er komponierte? Ich würde mich über eine Stellungnahme freuen! Freundliche Grüße, Moser David

Excellent and informative video once again!

Maestro. ¿Por que no sube más vídeos? El mundo lo necesita😣😣😣😣

Buenas noches Sr. Daniel Barenboim. Tengo una inquietud. Quisiera saber que consejo nos puede dar a nosotros los oyentes para entender la música de vanguardia del Siglo XX (por nombrar algunos Boulez, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Berio) o la música contemporanea (Eötvös, Sciarrino) que se está componiendo en estos días, a parte de lo que aconseja Boulez de que primero que nada tiene que haber una muy buena interpretación de la obra y luego también generar una actitud de costumbre hacia ella. Mi inquietud viene porque hasta el día de hoy, se siguen escuchando abucheos en los teatros de Argentina cuando se presenta una obra u ópera contemporánea. Espero que pueda responderme. Muchas gracias. Saludos

I was think more about Aristotelian courage, while this sort of "courage" in music feels more on the line of holding back from climaxing.

Hola maestro,usted dijo en un video que no cree que grandes composiciones puedan ser ignoradas/desconocidas. Yo me pregunto, como una sonata de la calidad de la que hizo Fleta Polo para viola y piano op 62,sea aun hoy,50 años! despues,tan poco conocida.Y que decir del resto de sus composiciones!