All 21 dreamy nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin were performed under the motto ‘Images of the Night’ on the same evening. The cycle, which is an important part of piano literature and which Chopin composed between 1827 and 1846, was presented to the public by various students of Prof. Michail Lifits’ piano class at the Weimar University of Music in December 2023.
The students’ artistic personalities should not be aligned with each other, but rather emphasise and express their individual strengths. “Chopin made the soul of the piano sing. His music combines the singing and the virtuoso in a very organic way, which allows us pianists to experience a very intense connection with our instrument,” says Lifits.
00:00:00 – Start
00:00:30 – Nocturne No. 1 op. 9 No. 1 (Artemy Sokolovsky)
00:05:47 – Nocturne No. 2 op. 9 No. 2 (Artemy Sokolovsky)
00:09:38 – Nocturne No. 3 op. 9 No. 3 Artemy Sokolovsky)
00:16:47 – Nocturne No. 4 op. 15 No. 1 (Tiankai Yu)
00:21:06 – Nocturne No. 5 op. 15 No. 2 (Tiankai Yu)
00:24:29 – Nocturne No. 6 op. 15 No. 3 (Tiankai Yu)
00:30:13 – Nocturne No. 7 op. 27 No. 1 (Matei Labunt)
00:35:52 – Nocturne No. 8 op. 27 No. 2 (Matei Labunt)
00:43:02 – Nocturne No. 9 op. 32 No. 1 (Ben Lepetit)
00:47:58 – Nocturne No. 10 op. 32 No. 2 (Ben Lepetit)
00:53:11 – Nocturne No. 11 op. 37 No. 1 (Egor Oparin)
00:58:43 – Nocturne No. 12 op. 37 No. 2 (Egor Oparin)
01:04:46 – Nocturne No. 13 op. 48 No. 1 (Yuze Zheng)
01:11:31 – Nocturne No. 14 op. 48 No. 2 (Yuze Zheng)
01:20:14 – Nocturne No. 15 op. 55 No. 1 (Mikhail Kambarov)
01:25:29 – Nocturne No. 16 op. 55 No. 2 (Mikhail Kambarov)
01:31:14 – Nocturne No. 17 op. 62 No. 1 (Veronika Voloshyna )
01:40:30 – Nocturne No. 18 op. 62 No. 2 (Veronika Voloshyna)
01:47:10 – Nocturne No. 19 op. 72 No. 1 (Janick Čech)
01:51:19 – Nocturne No. 20 op. posthum (Janick Čech)
01:55:32 – Nocturne No. 21 op. posthum (Janick Čech)
01:58:59 – Applause / Credits
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Concert recording from 15 December 2023 in the Festsaal Fürstenhaus of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar.
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What a studio full of extraordinary young artists! Mr Lifits is clearly a superb teacher!
This music is a pinnacle of human achievement and is played beautifully and with genuine skill and vulnerability by these young players. May Chopin never be forgotten.
I used to play these as a kid and played many for church. Congrats to all the kids in their technique and artistry. What a great achievement to play all of these in an evening! this is so inspiring I’ll have to relearn some of them. Went on to play the organ so haven’t heard some of these in a long time. Beautiful playing by all. Hope they all go on to teach others and make it in this tough business!
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Is it just me or do you also find this ballade harder than the first one? everyone seems to think this is the easier one… Well done btw…
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BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.
Cad é mar pléisiúr d’éisteacht lena leithéid de cheol ó dhaoine óga chomh gleoite agus chomh hoilte leo siúd! Comhgháirdras ó chroí lena múinteoirí !
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Wunderbare Deutung! So natürlich!
¡ Muchas gracias !
Artemy Sokolovsky very very good
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I don't know how to describe it,maybe this is angelical,maybe heavenly.
I was working and had this video on in the background, but when I heard Op. 15 No. 2, I was so impressed I had to stop and check the video. Wow, the interpretation is vivid and full of personality! Truly captivating performance.
Number one had real depth and refinement! Bravo.
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Extraordinaire c'est du pur génie je veux son cd quand il sort…..merci
DESPUES DE DIOS TOCAR EL PIANO ES LA MARAVILLA DEL MUNDO UN GRAN AMOR AL SENTIR LOS DEDOS EN EL MAS GRANDE DE LOS INSTRUMENTOS EL REY EL PIANO, ESPERO ALIVIARME DIOS MEDIANTE DE MI MANO PARA SEGUIRCTOCANDO AL AMOR DE MIS AMORES EL PIANO.
ESTUDIE 7 ANOS EN EL CONSERVATORIO DE GUADALAJARA,, APARTE DE MI CARERA Y ES EL REGALO MAS HERMOSO QUE ME DIERON MIS PADRES EL ESTUDIO DEL PIANO.QUE EN PAZ DESCANCEN DESDE ACA LES DOYXDE NUEVO LAS GRACIAS.