Time stamps:
0:00 A wolf in sheep's clothing
1:58 Improvisation No. 1
6:29 Improvisation No. 2
10:40 Improvisation No. 3
14:54 Martha Argerich's mentorship
16:36 Improvisation No. 4
22:14 Chopin & Piazzola Mashup Improvisation
28:05 Discovering who you are on stage
31:47 Saying vs Showing
34:11 Dare to be what you're not
After the 2nd improvisation she has some interesting remarks about her state of, shall we say, mind: “At that time of my life I felt very much like a caged animal. And this was kind of my coming out of my shell for a minute in that setting.”
Are musical horror stories like the method/ classical (style) arguments in drama? The technique (substance) being shared by both schools.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know how those arguments go in drama. I do know there is a technique vs. what? passion, the so-called Method, argument in drama. In classical music the argument is that the old guys took liberties with the score and even improvised. But improvisation dropped out of classical performance at the end of the 19th century, and performances started to tighten-up after WWII. In Montero's case, she'd won a Chopin competition at 25. Then at a gala performance after things were over she improvised four pieces, a crazy thing to do.
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