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Pianist Interviews by Dubal
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JohnGavin
Jul 28, 2013, 10:27:38 AM7/28/13
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David Dubal interviewed a large number of pianists on his radio program in the 1980's. They are posted on You Tube. Listening to them is an interesting study of personality. How widely the character and personalities of these pianists vary. Horowitz, Weissenberg, Bolet, Browning, Tureck, James Tocco, Michael Ponti and so on.
Just insignificant opinion, but those pianists who impressed me as people I would have liked to meet are Gunnar Johansen, whose interview can be heard here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCrKePDzWz4
Such an interesting, humble, delightful man.
Agustin Anievas was also down to earth - so real about his abilities and life as was Andre Watts.
Bolet comes off to me as impossibly stiff - maybe you had to know him.
John Browning - same general feeling, in a somewhat different way.
These interviews are worth hearing.
Just insignificant opinion, but those pianists who impressed me as people I would have liked to meet are Gunnar Johansen, whose interview can be heard here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCrKePDzWz4
Such an interesting, humble, delightful man.
Agustin Anievas was also down to earth - so real about his abilities and life as was Andre Watts.
Bolet comes off to me as impossibly stiff - maybe you had to know him.
John Browning - same general feeling, in a somewhat different way.
These interviews are worth hearing.
abach...@verizon.net
Jul 28, 2013, 2:08:47 PM7/28/13
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Dubal I find utterly obnoxious, full of himself (and also full of s--t)!
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Bozo
Jul 28, 2013, 4:56:35 PM7/28/13
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>On Sunday, July 28, 2013 1:08:47 PM UTC-5, abach...@verizon.net wrote:
> glad you enjoyed Anievas...... he was my piano techer during the year I took a sabbatical. A very nice >person, and what a pianist!!!
Anievas' debut recording Brahms Paganinis and Handels is a must.
> glad you enjoyed Anievas...... he was my piano techer during the year I took a sabbatical. A very nice >person, and what a pianist!!!
abach...@verizon.net
Jul 28, 2013, 8:48:09 PM7/28/13
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laraine
Jul 30, 2013, 12:16:10 AM7/30/13
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I have an older edition of Duval's book on pianists and repertoire.
It _is_ sort of opinionated --rather reads like rmcr! but that's its aim, and it holds one's interest.
It's useful in getting general bios of pianists and easy to read descriptions of repertoire pieces of various composers. With wikipedia these days, the bio part maybe isn't quite as necessary, but it's all in one book anyway.
C.
laraine
Jul 30, 2013, 12:25:38 AM7/30/13
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On Monday, July 29, 2013 11:16:10 PM UTC-5, laraine wrote:
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> I have an older edition of Duval's book on pianists and repertoire.
Dubal, sorry.
> On Sunday, July 28, 2013 9:27:38 AM UTC-5, JohnGavin wrote:
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> > David Dubal interviewed a large number of pianists on his radio program in the 1980's. They are posted on You Tube. Listening to them is an interesting study of personality. How widely the character and personalities of these pianists vary. Horowitz, Weissenberg, Bolet, Browning, Tureck, James Tocco, Michael Ponti and so on.
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and of individual pieces, which could be of interest for this group.
Of course, that kind of information changes all the time.
C.
JohnGavin
Jul 30, 2013, 1:08:38 PM7/30/13
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Here is an archive of many programs: Just click on a date and listen!
http://www.wwfm.org/webcasts_pianomatters.shtml
I find the shows interesting and informative.
To Arri: I think that I found Dubal a rather difficult person when I first came across him many years ago - but he has really mellowed quite a bit with time. I find him, at least on this radio show to be very inspiring. He often quotes from philosophers / writers and this part of the show is as valuable to me as the music itself.
There are many back-to-back comparative performances - which can be illumining.
I think Dubal has grown as a person because he has become less and less negative in general.
abach...@verizon.net
Jul 30, 2013, 2:11:51 PM7/30/13
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To John,
Many years ago I tuned into his program....... he was comparing Debussy piano performances which I found very interesting. Then he played a Debussy (the composer's) own 'recording' which was obviously a piano roll, and proceded to praise the playing. It was awful (because it was a piano roll) and Dubal never said it was a roll....... at that point I decided that he is a fraud.
His mannerisms and voice just rub me the wrong way and that is too bad since he does put together some nice programs.
Arri
Many years ago I tuned into his program....... he was comparing Debussy piano performances which I found very interesting. Then he played a Debussy (the composer's) own 'recording' which was obviously a piano roll, and proceded to praise the playing. It was awful (because it was a piano roll) and Dubal never said it was a roll....... at that point I decided that he is a fraud.
His mannerisms and voice just rub me the wrong way and that is too bad since he does put together some nice programs.
Arri
Sol L. Siegel
Jul 31, 2013, 10:33:27 PM7/31/13
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JohnGavin <dag...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:dad3f28b-664c-4bc4...@googlegroups.com:
> David Dubal interviewed a large number of pianists on his radio
> program in the 1980's. They are posted on You Tube. Listening to
> them is an interesting study of personality. How widely the
> character and personalities of these pianists vary. Horowitz,
> Weissenberg, Bolet, Browning, Tureck, James Tocco, Michael Ponti and
> so on.
Duval sometimes gives pre-concert talks before piano recitals
presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. I've always
found them interesting and entertaining.
- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA
news:dad3f28b-664c-4bc4...@googlegroups.com:
> David Dubal interviewed a large number of pianists on his radio
> program in the 1980's. They are posted on You Tube. Listening to
> them is an interesting study of personality. How widely the
> character and personalities of these pianists vary. Horowitz,
> Weissenberg, Bolet, Browning, Tureck, James Tocco, Michael Ponti and
> so on.
presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. I've always
found them interesting and entertaining.
- Sol L. Siegel, Philadelphia, PA USA
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