Horowitz in Amsterdam 1986 (Interview)

who will ask me good oh but it doesn't twist I hope so yeah I'm not going to ask you how you like Amsterdam is not simple if I don't like it would not be here why are you here because you like the city or the concert hall or I was you know when in my book he not tell ya I find my signature 17 March 1934 that's one so Kant 34 44 54 6474 84 finished - you see 53 years ago a lot has changed you were not born I heard from people around you that you enjoy playing the piano more than ever is it true piano will you you've liked do you enjoy it giving a tour I love the music's you love the audience - I mean what's appreciative of it doesn't cover too much Saladin's I like silence more than applaud when the lesion saddened and I am concentrated - if I play soft and somebody but that's Peter Gelb and that's Renzo I'm sorry I didn't introduce this producer of the and there's an I thought that's the assistant to the producer hominid camp I do she speaks English very well we all speak English we all speak English I speak French in German why should Palin tip elephants ain't mad at if we stay German AHA ambition no I speak Dutch it's one point for me you can the speakership that's why I have this question what drives you to travel another time through the world have leading life of hotel rooms we have already will print it I will print it on this camera actually it will be the paper it will be on this camera with nothing the paper not any paper they will be in television this will be for for the audience sometimes I like to tell because I don't like to stay in United States of America too much so I have to make an American passport this will only be shown on Dutch television I arranged it with your manager but what does attracted to you to Europe in comparison with the Union is not the music we share play came from Europe not from anywhere else if not the Rabine composer will we stay I don't know where honest are there any new composers you like not now not all Philip I used to play lots of what the music but now it is for young people if you did compose yourself also many in the early days you perform that - no no only at home it's immediately secret that's a military secret ah no military you don't tell anything about it was very young it was a sin of the youth you are called by a lot of critics as being the last romantic piano play not true is that natural world what what do you how would you call yourself if you would have a name for it I will be the last individualist I'm individual and not standard and not like anybody else no I have my own gun conception mm-hmm how come how come there has been sort of standardization among pianists but what's the influence why are many pianists standard unfortunately I don't know why I put you question the other way right why are you because you know I'm closer to the 19th century they're born now they all want to play what critic requires I don't know who but I don't care what they require play what I feel is that and I hope it is doesn't have anything to do with with the gramophone with records that you can polish everything technically whether I never polish everyone twice three times and then polish but other pianists probably do it there and you don't you don't want perfection I only tried bigger force notice don't you cry no you know everybody did it you can talk sometime Abigail's there you can know yes human being but usually I don't do it and I have not a question there's this anecdote you I've told many times but you meeting the composer Russian composer skryabin we told your parents he must not only play scales this young boy you were 11 years old you know must know many things of life to become an artist yeah that's stupid when I was 12 13 15 16 I play all the Opera I never play existence okay and I never liked it and now for the most important the piano like to singing singing you like singing boy singing mm-hmm that's why I like so much more said now because he's is singing composer are you you have you are a witness of the of the century you have seen nineteen twenties yeah and now again the eighties how do you feel do you feel at home in this world in 1986 oh yes yeah you cool it's nice to be to be able to play like the people before me because the piano playing is the most important thing in your life I mean do you see also and I got to hopper I got to see where years but they don't go to concept because they if I don't like something is I'd like to work out you don't have to be quiet it's an audience they I'm not good for that you're not a good and this what missed me there's a quote in your Boston program a coat of Scarlatti which says show yourself whether you're a dilettante or professor show yourself to be more human than critical and then your pleasure will increase yet the people who criticize this offer more than the army I pick apart the people who criticize you like this suffer more than they perform them yeah yeah are you critical to yourself after the ocean giving a concert yeah and what what sort of critic do you have them see I have my own conception if I don't do it and I think it was not such a good concept and that one piece I didn't play like you should or something mm-hmm but you see you see I have watched and I've read a lot of things about you you seem to have much joy and fun in life do they have a scheming little bit yeah I was there yeah how come what what because the piano was a little bit too much I could I don't like to reverse when it is too much echo mm-hmm like it for in the bathtub in the bath but you think that will be solved but the people in commercial so it will be better so so but sometimes you you get angry just in order to get the best I never get angry it's very seldom because I am remarked it's when there are cameras around you always have a little bit of show I don't like um it was like a cello game because it with camera yeah yeah what should I get to show my binos have another profile but anyway it looks like Chopin isn't it because I didn't do you want to have records of if it would be would have been possible the records of list and show parachute in this day it will be very disappointed yes you thinks here because they were much more field and where you see the the formal interpretation is invented by the people well Artie everything is when nobody knows what is right or what is wrong nobody you know it's our conception zips yeah the most important is concession of the composers everybody every composer wanted to be successful to have appreciation and that's what I used to do in under stage to bring the composer in the good light but that means that you sometimes change or I should left the composition to because the instrument is different everything different instrument is different you know what the composer didn't have life didn't have didn't have nothing better not look plain so the world around is is very much influencing you have perform you have to go back and looked at yeah but in the other way you can improve them instead of being aniconism you know you know what didn't occur is because when multiple see the piano today will love it so he will maybe composed it yeah but how do you get into the minds or into the spirit of the composer because amis myself composer not good one but there no composition very well mm-hmm and you when you should be play a part of a composer you all greet all the materialists about him I read all the letters of motive and that influence that's yeah can you can you in any way explain your popularity because here at the concept but you haven't been here for for more than 50 years and it was sold out within two days that we have to ask the people who buy the tickets first its I didn't invite them because I'm very long playing there very few people who plays piano in my age you know mmm very few sexting there must be more I mean you don't think that people come because they see an old man cave playing piano because I always was very honest and sincere with them doing in the believe me how do you prepare the the hours before the concert I don't prepare anything you don't prepare anything you just enjoy sitting in your hotel villa you use a lot at home yes you did you study a lot on this technique I think this this comes intuitively but there you can learn and when ditching no you you had the depends on composition you know you want to bring up something you know I play sometime around fingers have been like this of the red dots on them my teacher used to tell me if you cannot do it passes play with you knows I don't care if I have one question you you have this you your best friend was Rachmaninoff yeah and I played with him two hands before and yeah don't you ever feel like playing one of his concerts like you did I did but but now do you have some artistic goals you have but still in front of you or no I did I want to do some new things you know when a player at Milan now I do some of the girls what are your stick girls you have left or what you're striving at I want to do some record with the orchestra but I didn't do for 15 years maybe I will do this winter possible okay it's not a minor because I did the really require consent

Channel: SProkofieff

Views: 20,239

Keywords: Vladimir Horowitz (Musical Artist), Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Venue), Piano (Musical Instrument), Pianist (Profession), Interview (TV Genre), Classical Music (Musical Genre)

Id: TK-3QAH5It4

Length: 14min 53sec (893 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 04 2015