This man is 81 years old and has unequaled energy and passion. Guy is a treasure

Easily my favourite series on youtube

“When Mozart is in the air, there is full of joy” absolutely true!

Maestro Zander, you are the only light during these dire times. Please stay safe, for you, your family, and the World. We need you. We love you.

What ? What ? This is marvellous. Finally, this piece sounds right. Mozart is smiling in heaven. The trio is good and the pianist is really excellent.

Solid violist

Can I just take his class? I would love to watch this man share his invaluable knowledge.

In this class, I was most impressed with the following three revelations from Mr. Zander: First, he had turned a 200 year-old tradition upside down, and slowed the tempo down to almost in half. What incredible courage and insight! Second, he clearly tells us that all of Mozart's music is pure joy and love. This clarification helped answer a question I had for a long time: how is it that many of my music colleagues in Mainland China can play some very technically-difficult pieces, but cannot express Mozart just as well? Third, he clearly tells us that all of Mozart's music is opera, and we should imitate an opera singer to sing each note with our instrument.

I certainly don't know most of the people viewing, here. But due to these young musicians' epiphany, I love you all.

What an example of wonderful teaching. Yes we are listening here in Australia. This piece was so bright and alive by the time the group had finished. Thank you for a good time.

I need these videos now more than ever! Thank you so much for posting them! Please keep them coming! Mr. Zander and all his students are in my thoughts! Hoping they are well and safe!

I love these passionate teachers. finding one as passionate as him is hard to find

Very good Viola!

Just a joy, too listen to the teachings, amazing xx :-).

I think this is the most amazing thing. Just the power but beauty of how we are watching in front of our eyes the evaluation and correction of a perfectly written yet not perfection. And here it is now... perfection. Increadible.

I love the energy from Mr Zander, he is indeed an inspiration with his passion. Keep it up Sir.

I'm blown away by this lesson from South Africa

Benjamin Zander, I love how you speak about Mozart. I have read the book you mentioned of his letters and you are certainly correct. He was always upbeat and positive. What an insight into his daily life, struggles and his genius. I often reread parts just so I can spend a little time with Mozart. I am so enjoying your classes and passion for music. Thank you.

“When Mozart’s music is happy, the world is happy.” Definitely need more Mozart in the world!

This is simply amazing! Thanks for these truly wonderful Masterclasses!

I’m a Violin Teacher in UK. Benjamin is saying what I tell my students all the time. EXPRESSION! Don’t just play dots on the page! Bring out the phrasing, tone & colour. When this trio played at the start you could hear notes. After Benjamin’s tutorial I heard MUSIC!

Thanks for the beautiful pieces , and he is correct , the world is watching ~ we share the joy and love thought land and times

Fantastic, Zander is truly inspiring, he doesn’t separate music from life, his lessons are life lessons. His passion, wisdom, energy & spirit show that age doesn’t matter a jot! 🙏🏻❤️

Zander does such a wonderful job of educating these young musicians with excellent enthusiasm needed for music appreciation. I am glad that he goes into history.

BRAAAVOOOO BENJAMIN fantastico ! ! ! ! ! God Bless You ! ! !

Incredible teacher! Wonderful Video! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Wisely used in Soylent Green beef stew scene...light classical...wonderful.

Fantastic. Truly fantastic.

Like his Beethoven’s 5th, this is a big earthquake and exciting, although I am 3 years behind. I am so impressed with the amount of research and the solid ground Maestro Zander stands on.

Absolutely amazing !! Loved it all 😁

your playing is with countless angels

That clarinetist has an immaculate tone wow

joy, love and openness ❤️

I am in awe

What a revelation. Thank you so much.

Bravo! Excellent work and knowledge as always!

Outstanding content

Maestro Zander and musicians, thank you for this heart opening teaching! Please let us know when this recording is out to listen to over and over! L.O.V.E.!

What a lovely music session. Zander is an inspired and inspiring teacher. Thank you !

Benjamin is fantastic.

Beautiful. Loved this interpretation. Wonderful musicians to be able to do that. Thanks.

He adds such warms and feel it’s like seeing in red green and blue and the adding the full colour spectrum

Wow...I just don't know what to say...just that adjustment to the tempo brightened up the entire piece.

Vielen Dank! Zauberhaft! Ich liebe Benjamin Zander!

Brillant!! ❤

Mr. Zander is a TRUE musician and Mensch. He knows a lot, and knows how to use his knowledge in order to substantiate his highly original ideas. Bravo again. This guys should consider this lesson as life-changing experience.

Jingxuan Zhang has improved so much on the piano since the early masterclass videos, so beautiful to see and hear his talent brought out and flourish

I really enjoyed this video! 😊

Benjamin is a wizard, who comes from another planet. Nobody is teaching like he does. The best I've ever seen, although Elisabeth Schwarzkopf comes near; I have seen her transform young people in half an hour as well. May Benjamin live a lot more years!

Maestro Zander, after watching this, I just can’t listen to anything different. All other versions sound sacrilegious.

Thank you!!!!from Uruguay

Thnak you, great pleasure

Amadeity!!!❤❤❤

Inspirational!

This is what humans can do. For all our violence, ignorance, and so on and so forth, this is what is possible, this genius, this depth, this joy.

I wish more teachers watched Zander's videos. I have rarely found a teacher that is not obsessed with and devoted to perfection at the expense of expression. But, that's because teachers are preparing students to face competitions and audiences and critics, and those entities are also obsessed with perfection. Many videos of violin (my instrument) performances by well-known and respected soloists are accompanied by comments pointing out the smallest errors, the slightest intonation slips. I have read comments like this on videos of performances by Ray Chen and Sumina Studer, both fine, young violinists with great careers ahead of them. This is what performers face. It's wonderful for Zander to stress the expression and tell students not to worry about making mistakes, but when playing in the real world, they'll find there are not many who feel that way.

Nice job guys!

One of the greatest learning experiences I've ever had. Thank you, musicians, and Maestro Zander for this.

Just how much Benjamin Zander represents to the classical music of the world, is beyond measurment. I treasure every teaching and intend to follow his spirit, it's one of outmost beauty and kindness. READ HIS BOOK! Art of possibility. It's amazing!

Dear Mr. Zander. I am actually working on the piece and here you gave me a masterclass. Thank you :o)

Good job

34:47 what a great teaching

Bravo

Qué genio

they sound so much better playing at a slower tempo

💐 Bravo 💐 39:51 - 40:43 - 44:26 💐

Good violist.

These are more often than not fairly moving experiences.

I agree with him 100% about the tempo of the first movement. 19:54 He didn't? 48:38 Also agree 100%.

Bravi!

Amadeisi indeed!

To anyone who disagrees with this slower tempo, here is challenge: Find a Mozart Andante in 6/8 that is played at the tempo this piece is commonly played at. (There may be only one exception - the opening of Act IV of Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492.)

Did they make the recording? They have to!

The other composer who played the Viola that Ben couldn't place was Hindemith.

Th clarinetist, violaist, and piano player were all great! I recognized the pianist from other videos and he is so talented, and smiles a lot! I think you would agree with me that he has shiny eyes! That means he is enjoying what he is doing, and is very happy! Yes, Hummel was active composing the same time as Mozart. I am well familiar with his last name, but need to listen more to his piano compositions, etc. Yes, your video has inspired me to get out my metronome more often! Yes, even the slightest difference in how a tempo is played can make a tremendous difference in the over all outcome of how the piece is preformed. Maestro Zander you are a brilliant man with tremendous insight into the inner workings of music.

Has a recording ever been made? Is it available?

23:40 Hummel . 116bpm=⅛

Mr Zander, what was Martin Frost's reaction to this performance? Has your change in tempo generated discussions? Did you make a recording with these musicians?

Dear M° Zander which I adore for your energy, humanity and musicality. All your conclusions are simply based on the baroque rhetorics. THIS is the the tradition that has been substituted by new knowledge regarding the period. Although Mozart is more musically romantic his language is COMPLETELY based on baroque. This is why it is so difficult to play. So...tempi were quite known as they were originally based on dances. All the musicality of the clarinet is "simply" the original baroque singing of messa di voce and the tension of the appogiatures. So while humanity, values and joy are so important sometimes it is strangely enough the musical intellect that could bring them out naturally. Specially in Mozart... And btw the 64th notes are in the end a written embellishment like Bach used to do. so it needs some rubato in it. All the best!

Can someone recommend a recording in line with this vision of the work?

16:01 :D

jimmy hendrics eric clapton etd they all can play 64th notes so I think mozart can do it also

This is "live", right? Not in coronavirus period.

This guy is (as we say in boxing) throwing "bombs with both hands"; e.g., "The gratitude we feel for Mozart should be at least as great as that we feel for Jesus Christ." In some part of my aging, sorry heart, I've felt that way since I first heard Mozart's music in the 7th grade (back when the state of California still made working-class, poor students like me with no access to "the finer things" take "music appreciation"). But it's kind of shocking to hear someone express it so openly and eloquently. Money quote: "Some people follow Buddha. Some follow Christ. I really recommend Mozart..." Was so struck by the beauty and intelligence of these young musician's faces as they listen to a man who (although he is into his 80s) still entirely reflects "Amadeity" himself (if I'm even spelling that correctly) PS I'm also just imagining how that pianist must've felt when this great man gave him that nice compliment... Wow!

Good clarinet, but the viola was barely audible most of the time.

I am into Jesus. I hope Mozart was too.

Haha...11:00 - ish...I'm not a Christian either, but I'm not sure I would just say that, haha...most people there are probably Christian...I don't think you find that many atheists in art...