It is really touching watching an artist being that profoundly inspired by his/her instrument. If I had the money, I'd like to buy me a FAZIOLI. If I had even more money, I would buy that Fazioli for Mr. Niemczuk.

It really is satisfying when you meet a good piano and become amazed by its capabilities for the performer

This piano is in the second Operahouse in Norway, in a tiny little place called Nordfjordeid. There is only about 10 000 people in the whole comune, but we still have an operahouse! New productions every year!

This is what is difficult to convey to someone who doesn't play the piano and can't comprehend why anyone would spend so much money on this particular model. As pianists we hear and feel so much when practicing. It's almost like the difference between liking someone and being in love. Yes we do love our pianos don't we ?!!!

Absolutely lovely! Every home needs a fine piano!

It is so touching to hear you explain with such sensitivity….each note is like a soul 🙏 thank you for sharing 🎶🙏

I love fazioli pianos they sound like ... I cant describe the joy that i ffeel when i hear a fazioli

Is amazing to see what a piano can do to a pianist. A good piano is a mirror of the soul, and you are amazing. I wish we could meet someday and just play and talk about pianos

In my world every serious classical pianist gets a grand piano of their choice for free and can take it with them all over the world where he/she performs, also for free. In gratitude and love for what they give us human children in a noisy world. 🌷🌷🌷🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹 (The Netherlands)

What an amazing sound!!💖

Dzięki za ten wspaniały przykład ...wiedza i talent tworzy niesamowitą aurę szlachetności w przedstawianiu możliwości zagrania utworu z najwyższą delikatnością ,miłością i poznanie głębi utworu ....zaczynam ROZUMIEĆ tajemnicę grania i mistrzostwo przekazywania całej liryki ,uniesień, ,wielkich ``dyskusji`` dżwiękowych, by w rezultacie opowiedzieć magiczną historię serc kompozytorów ...Dziękuję za tę magię , które potrafi przenieść nas w świat szczęśliwości.

Wow. What an amazing range.

The first time I hear a Fazioli piano. You really have explained very well the feelings of yourself on this piano. It is also how you play. But thank you for showing again the differences in colours and painting of the music. Yes, I hear the one note played differently. I love your expression "to paint with the sound". This Arietta from Grieg is a beauty. Thank you so much.

This piano is a breathing, living creature! Absolutely amazing! Thank you!

This is what many of the professional pianists are saying, that Mr. Fazioli has opened up pretty much endless interpretive Possibilities with the piano’s he has designed.

Wow Fazioli sound is just amazing! Thanks for the demo!!!

Its like stars in the right part of the piano and the bass is like very profound

Amazing piano indeed. Thanks for sharing. More videos like this with pleasure.

Na żywo musi robić wrażenie!

Its amazing beautiful. Needed to close my eyes and only listen.

Awesome!!!

I had the pleasure to try 2 different Fazioli in a NY music store and I found an unbelievable sustain on the sounds, that could last forever.. for me was an amazing palette of colours available on the keyboard, and I really loved the medium/bass range timber. It was nice to hear your opinion about, which I found very similar to what I felt, instead some videos comparison based on scales without any feeling on KZfaq

I am convinced ... Thanks!

omg really fascinating!

Beautifull,most beautifull. Thank you.

Good video. Horowitz once said that the job of the pianist is to make you forget that the piano is at root a percussion instrument: I think he would have loved Fazioli pianos.

IT is amazing! You can play everthing that you want...pianisisimo and fortisissimo! Greg, you are a great musician!

What a great video! I can see you're really moved by the beauty of this amazing instrument. Fazioli have a shop just near my home in central Milan, I think I'm going to drop by one of these days and try one of the concert grands (though I doubt I could ever afford to buy it)

i remember i watched a video comparative about pianos, Steinway, Bosendorfer, Yamaha and Fazioli. the fazioli sounded amazing!!!

While at Piedmont piano co. I had the chance to sit down at each of these including the Fazioli. That was a few years ago. But each left an impression on me, including thee Fazioli which just recently was the only concert grand left in the shop. Right away I notice the Bosendorfer sound is right on top of the harp and in front of you, the others all seemed somewhere in between, slightly above or below thee harp. I did notice on the Fazioli a bit more of a unique dampening from sustained to dampened or Sostenuto that caught my interest, though the sound is a little bit trapped below the harp, and obviously there is a difference between old and new piano hammers not yet well worn. I purchased the CLP-785 which has all three of these piano samplings. after renting the NU1, and the action or touch is quite remarkable, but there is still nothing like feeling actual strings or dampening through the keys.

You play so beautifully and explain the different shades and light in music. I hope that you will own a FAZIOLI piano. You deserve such a piano. Is it expensive ? Thank you so much for showing us !

Thank you for this wonderful video. Is there a recording of your concert with this piano? Thanks

Hi my dear Greg,this piano is wonderful,it takes us to another dimension,it really brings the sound of millions of bells,and l hope you will play something about Chopins music.thank you,.

Niesamowity instrument, ale również pianista!

It feels like water-coloring the soul... Listening to performances on this brand for a year now, I came to the conclusion that it must be best for piano solo performance, or with voice or declamation mostly, for its golden light beams not to be covered by orchestra...

Thank you for this heartfelt video. I could feel how you loved this Fazioli grand. I love the sound of it too, so deep penetrates your soul. May I ask, what Fazioli specific model is this? Thank you.❤

Even as a virtual instrument (in this case, the VI Labs True Keys Italian, modelled after the F308), Faziolis are just a different thing on their own. I trust my serious playing on this sound. And I get your explanation on the touch being able to paint different colours. Funny thing that such a large piano - the largest, even - can make the smallest sounds. In his interview with James Pavel Shawcross (this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNdzl92Fm5-8o40.html), Paolo Fazioli said it once that his pianos derive their sound from the Italian language - specifically the tradition of belcanto singing in Italian opera (he says "clear, elegant, long sustain, big dynamic range, remember (sic) the Italian language").

"I almost have tears in my eyes when I touch this piano ... " So ging es mir auch, als ich auf der Suche nach "meinem" Instrument war. Ich hatte bereits Steinway "B", ESTONIA 210 oder Bösendorfer dieser Größe in meiner Vorauswahl. Diese Flügel hätten auch in den Aufzug gepaßt ... Doch ein Händler hatte auch einen gebrauchten FAZIOLI F278 in der Ausstellung, den ich nur aus Interesse ausprobieren wollte. Ich saß ewig an dem Instrument, Kommentar des Händlers: "So sieht jemand aus, der sein Instrument gefunden hat." Auf der Heimfahrt hatte ich auch Tränen in den Augen; und letztlich habe ich mir diesn Traum von einem Flügel erfüllen müssen. Ich habe andere Konzertflügel verglichen: Bösendorfer, Steinway D, Bechstein, ... Aber keiner hat mich so gerührt und gefesselt wie der F278. Dieser Flügel inspiriert, bietet ein Spektum an Klangfarben, daß es man sich darin verlieren könnte. Ich habe noch nie so viel Zeit am Klavier verbracht wie von dem Moment an, an dem der F278 bei mir steht. Und auch als Konzertflügel ist er nicht zu groß für ein Wohnzimmer, denn er bietet eine wunderbare Palette von ppp bis mf. Bestens als Kammermusikflügel und für Liedbegleitung geeignet! PS ESTONIA baut auch wunderbare Instrumente, die ich insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung ihrer Preise als wirkliche Alternative zu den bekannten und etablierten Herstellern sehe. Leider gibt es in Deutschland keinen Vertrieb, sodaß man ESTONIAs in Tallin kaufen muß ...

If there was a way to make love to a piano, this man just did it… and it came twice.

Finally the piano that I like.

Hi Greg what year and model Fazioli is this piano? Its incredible. Your nocturne in C sharp minor was pure heaven on this wonderful instrument

Being a proud Fazioli owner i understand the fascination. But i wonder what a blind test with Sigerus, Steigraebers, Bechsteins etc would show..

Pianos always sound more emotional with candelabras, and lit dripping candles, on them.

Incredible piano sound and you play so beautifully as well. Now for the 99% of the world thar cannot afford a Fazioli, what are some good options?

Greg, isn’t the greater range of texture a feature of most concert grands vs 5’ or 6’ pianos?

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Beautiful

What model Fazioli is it?

witam, super kanal, robi Pan wspaniala robote dla laikow muzycznych takich jak ja, prosze jednak podkrecic VOL audio tego filmiku, serdeczne pozdrowienia

Can you please mention which model is this?

Muy interesante ,bonito y conmovedor comentario Greg. Pero ahora con estos pianos estupendos,la Guerra sera contra lo que yo llamo PARKOUR PIANIST.

Which Model of Fazioli is this though...?

What model fazioli is he playing?

What Is the the name of this opera?

You can hear the difference, very expressive and singing. Curious as to the feel of the action. Is it lighter than Steinway, more like Yamaha? Yamaha is easier to play but at the same time harder to control. But the sound is like a metal barrel, not good on the cheaper models. This Fazioli more than makes up for the one with swallowed sound! Happy playing!🎹🎹🎹

The incredibile thing si that a man, Mr Fazioli, in few years made pianos that are superior to brands with enormous history

Why can’t musicians write for the piano, just as Chopin, Schubert, Mozart…. Have done. I mean not exactly copies but distinctive and melodious and moving pieces. I love the tension between the melody and the harmony in western classical music. Thank God for the old masters.

Fazioli's defeated steinway definitively

what model is it?

Does nobody check their volume levels after they make their video? I can't hear his voice with out having the piano painfully loud.

G5 unison is out .

On a more practical level (not in the $$$$$$$ range), I was at a piano recital recently where a grand (a few inches shorter than a concert model) was the instrument and the award winning pianist's talents were not shining through - almost certain the same instrument (it was the same venue) was played by an equally talented pianist 12 or so months ago, and the piano sounded a lot better - the make of piano I won't reveal - perhaps the piano has not been maintained/regulated properly in recent months - anyway, never take for granted a good sounding piano in a public recital - most of the time, everything comes right and the many dedicated tuners/technicians must take credit for that - I can say the piano concerned was not a Fazioli - not to maintain a Fazioli properly would be borderline criminal !

Once one plays a piece on this piano it must be a bit sad to play on any other piano.

This video is guaranteed to make most Steinway salesmen very grumpy

the engineer who did the piano sound added reverb to the piano mics... the reverb was so high that the piano was out of tune.

In the end he never mentioned which fazioli model is he playing on..... btw he keeps mentioning abt color, imagine for non pianist looking at him talking abt the piano tone color, I bet they'd go 'this guy is crazy, what the heck is he talking abt' 😂😂😂

Are we witnessing the rebirth of Antonio Stradivari in Fazioli? I understand Greg's love of this Piano as it gives him the incredible range of freedom to paint music and evoke our emotions for a complete transcendental feeling. I simply agree without qualifications.

Liberace ahh

Por eso un fazioli cuesta 200000€ xd

video has poor audio.

I'm not convinced, sorry, Faziolli is nowhere near a Steinway, as a matter of fact, no other brand is, Steinway is like a God, all the other brands are simply imitations. Yes I can hear the difference miles away, Faziolli is light years away from a Steinway. But I admire and respect your opinion, never saw a concert hall with a Faziolli. Can't imagine Carnegie Hall with a Faziolli 🙄

now i want to listen to that piano so much... i mean in real life, not from YT, things like this makes me so happy and angry at the same time, i wanna hear it so bad!!!