Her name is Sachi Gina Kobayashi and she is a professional pianist now. Absolutely surreal seeing how she looks now and this 1993 video. Internet is great in moments like this.

His explanation is accurate, concrete and easy to understand. More than anything, he is affectionate for his students. That is, it is the starting point of every education.

For some reason, he's the only piano teacher that I don't think I'd be intimidated when I attend his master classes. 😂

It's hard to be a better teacher than this.

Man, I cannot imagine how hard it is. play the note alone is soooo freakin hard. Now, she learn the "feel". Both of them is awesome!

She must have been under a lot of pressure...imagine playing in front of him! But she's so lucky though.

I don't know a lot about music, but omg I really can hear the difference between when she first plays and when he makes the corrections 🙂🙂🙂

The imagery and the way he aligns the imagery with the music is so profound. Genius.

I want him as my piano teacher....

She starts 10x as good as myself and gets 10x better in 30 minutes

Lol, I can't even handle 4:3 Polyrhythms, guess I was in the wrong class

I am playing the piece myself. Wonderful instruction here. The deeper the student goes into practice, the more beauty unfolds. My teacher was strict: Start left and right hands separately and play very slowly for a longer time. Use left accords only without playing sixtoles when starting both hands. Once left and right are mastered by heart separately then introduce polyrhythm carefully. Do not use pedal in practice at all but play an extreme legato in left hand. Every tone must sing by itself. Keep rotating hands and release tension in each half circle. The lighter hands become, the better the sound unfolds and the faster and more even hands can play. Enjoy listening and practicing. Chopin is a treasure.

Katsaris is among the very greatest pianists that ever lived, yet his posted videos do not have a truly high number of views, suggesting audiences are more interested in charisma than true genius.

教えられてすぐに吸収できるの凄い。

This makes me regret a lot for not practicing

6:53 sounds so much better, whatever he had her do really seems to have worked. Truly brilliant teaching, I'm going to try this myself

What a gentil way of giving a class!

He is such an amazing teacher! Love this.

｢弾けて当たり前｣から始まるレッスンもすごいし、優しく教えてくれるカツァリスさんも、すぐに習得できる女の子もすごいなぁ。

He is so incredibly considerate and respectful! Master classes can be an exercise in humiliation with the master basically flexing the whole time. Not so here. What a wonderful mentor!

Great teacher, he looks for picture and emotion in the song rather than a majority of teachers just having their students play it as it's written only

That change that occurs around 3:10 is amazing. Sometimes it just take some outside perspective to help things fall in place.

It's funny when he's saying "be more angry" 😂 not something you hear very often. This video is amazing. I never liked this piece so much before, but this elevated it to a new level for me.

Good teacher. I like his style.

the hairstyle of the teacher is more of Beethoven, not so much of Chopin

Katsaris, great pianoteacher, great pianist, charming person. This Fantaisie-Impromptu was the favourite composition of his father...

beautiful ! He plays and teaches with so much soul! a joy to watch !

This man is a pure artist! The way he speaks with all these mataphors.. and you can see when he is diving into his imagination! And this girl is also so good on the piano! I am 19 years old and cant imagine playing as good as her! I just hope her parents have´nt forced her to play the piano

What a beautiful memory to be shared with the world. Mr. Katsaris’s impact can still be felt on any viewer of this video today. Sachisan was already a polished, poetic pianist at this young age in 1993. My best wishes to both musicians and thank you to the poster of this video.

This is an outstanding example of how a true virtuoso like Katsaris interprets a piece of music - whether the young girl (who is so advanced for her age!) decides to interpret it, as Katsaris does, in the future should be her decision but what hopefully comes across as a true treasure to her (and ALL of us here) is that trying to "image" the composer's intent is paramount in trying to convey emotion. Whether we interpret EXACTLY as the composer intended is perhaps not always entirely possible but at least if there is an attempt at portraying an image or story, then a musician has a chance to convey an emotion rather than just stringing a whole bunch of notes together. Emotions conveyed is true artistry while notes that are just played, is well . . . just playing : )

Both girl and teacher so talented. And this video has taught a lot. Thanks for sharing it.

Katsaris is so knowledgeable.. Loved every minute of this!

Amazing teacher, wonderful student. A perfect class!

I really wish the other recorded masterclasses were in English like this one (or at the very least, had translating subtitles). This is just a treasure.

A wonderful teacher and a very talented student who absorbed everything he was teaching her (and me, I hope!).

Wow his advice is amazing it really makes such a difference

What a talent for teaching!! Music as a emanation of feelings.....Absolutely amazing

this has to be one of the most beautiful pieces every written.

....he knows what he is doing and how he is doing it - great video!

He is a good piano teacher :)

ピアノ弾けない奴が漠然と思う"ピアノレッスン"っていう単語の上品さの具現化

Both, the teacher and the student are just wonderful. Thank you so much.

Many thanks gor uploading these videos are very great!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

wow he is so good, and girl is very talented. I would love to have teacher like him

Thank u so much for posting this video, I am now in love with Katsaris :)

Lament > Revolt > Angry. Wow!!!

Thank you so much for sharing this!! ♥ What an amazing teacher!

I sooooo needed to hear this!! This definitely helps me as I polish this piece in my playing. Thank you for sharing!!!!!

Both of them are amazing 🖤

Really enjoy the masterclass, excellent coaching with inspiration, well done! Thank you!!

Both are really amazing, both are great teachers! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Thanks for sharing. Valuable lesson and student of piano.❤

En général, je n'aime pas trop les masterclasses; mais avec Cyprien Katsaris, ça semble être une belle expérience. Il est extrêmement courtois, modeste et raffiné. C'est un merveilleux pédagogue semble-t-il.

What a composing man ! Just unimaginable I can't describe with words.

I love Cyprien Katsaris, his masterclass are so beautiful and inspiring Thank you for posting!!

How wonderfully the child responds to the Master's instruction ! And she is not fazed by his intensity. Needless to say, the is himself a great pianist !

Great master class ! Thank you !

the best teacher and the best student! many many many many thank you.

We enjoy here the essence of a music class: to transmit and to receive the knowledge of performing music respecting the style of the composition and communicating the feelings of the composer and the performer. Thank you for posting this video.

What a lovely and gifted prodigy ! God bless her !

it is a melody that fills my soul and with this master class even more, the girl has a great talent congratulations

woah even i understood what he says. i want him to teach me also

Amazing teacher, i wish id have a teacher like him, excellent student, very informative!

What a precious lesson.

Excellent teacher and what a great responsive student!!!👍👍

super cours avec une interprétation pleine de délicatesse et de poésie...merci katsaris

Master classes are always a joy to watch. Breaking down the music to be practiced in order to bring out the true potential beauty of the work!

These masterclasses are gems.

Katsaris is such a good professor abd pianist. All arguments are clear . Amazing

Such a beautiful playing, magic!

Working on this piece now and am going to use this video for practice! Excellent teacher and analogies. I totally see what he means when he says to try to get something that's out of reach.

4 beats with one hand and three beats with the other. Awesome!

Amazing ! fantastic teacher and also the girl. Greeting from Italy

What a lucky girl to have him coaching. Picking up on all of his remarks Wish I could meet Chopin for a lesson or some play along time One of my favorite pieces ❤ fantaisie impromptu

This man is a wonderful teacher!

Fantastic teacher. Completely different to the person I had at the RCM. People are very fortunate if they've had a teacher like that.

Thanks, wonderful video tutoral and playing!!!

An excellent presentation...Wonderful teaching. Such combination of beautiful music and the entourage creates special atmosphere. Mind is starting to operate in different mode. It was a fusion from another world with present time....Thank you very much.

He's indubitably a great Master explaining how he study, think and feel the piece. With the demonstration included... It's very inspiring but...the artistic process, analysis and the interior research of such talented pupils is out of scene. Is like wear the clothes of another person.

貴重な映像、親指と小指でメロディーを引き立たせるのがこの曲の重要な部分、すごく勉強になります、さっそくやってみます、すばらしい教え方、さすが一流ピアニスト！

I'm learning this as well. Very helpful advice.

Vraiment génial ce Katsaris ! Non seulement LE meilleur pianiste actuel mais également un super pédagogue ! :)

Thank you for share this. It's very helpful because I'm learning Fantaisie Impromptu right now and I'm so excited about finishing it.

スポンジのように吸収とはまさしくこのことである。

Increíble el amor y el sentimiento, la capacidad de transmitir.

A very great musician and teacher.

very beautiful thank you

This stuff is Golden

What a great masterclass!

素晴らしいレッスン✨ とても興味深かったです

Lovely Young Lady and I like Her style! No excessive body movement! She is Excellent!

I loved this video!

he looks like he belongs in the era of mozart or beethoven😂

小林沙智さん、当時才能があるなあと思ってたけど、いま検索したらやっぱりピアニストになってたんだ！

a wonderful class! you play the piano very well!

AMAZING TEACHER😍👏👏👏

What a great master teaching in action.

I'm playing this piece on the piano (in fact, I have my piano exam in one month), and from now on, I'll try thinking of the movement of the leafs in a tree every time I play the piece ♥

such a great teacher!

22:06 I think this a lot about some of Chopin's music (sorrowful acceptance). Just beautifully described.