Classical video links
Sometimes it is nice not only to hear but also to see people playing. This page gives you some links to find some of them. There is a great variation in the quality of the videos, so don't be disappointed if you find the sound and image quality of one inferior.
The piano e-competition
There are videos available for nearly all participants. Click on the name of the pianists to start. On the following pages you will find many videos (not all links work).
Serg van Gennip
See this young pianist playing 12 complete pieces in high-res real-video.
Elena Kuschnerova
About 20 complete pieces and movements by this Russian pianist (now living in Germany). The format is Windows Media Video.
Dimitris Sgouros
Chopin's piano concerto in Windows Media Format from this pianist.
John Bell Young
Five real video and Windows Media clips from American pianist John Bell Young. Some 12 minutes long.
Medici TV
This site offers free video's of classical festivals and concerts and also a subscription.
Medici TV
A TV site with many free clips. They have a huge achive of audio tracks and videos for sale.
Laia Falcon
Soprano Laia Falcon has quite a lot of video's on Google video. The site is in Spanish.
Ruth Laredo
Two real video clips for American pianist Ruth Laredo.
Blogs & News & Videos & Podcasts & Photos
A link site for videos.
ScMozart.org
A collection of videos.
Hsia-Jung Chang
One Real-video clip of 85 seconds, where she plays Chopin's revolutionary etude on the piano. She is from Taiwan and lives in the US.
Joe Townley
7 Quicktime high- and low-res video clips of Chopin and Rachmaninov piano pieces. Townley lives in California.
The Roth Quartet plays Beethoven
This is a performance of Beethoven's String Quartet no. 11 opus 95. To go to the page with the real video links (in different baudrates) click on the words "Watch it now" near the top of the page.
Valentina Lisitsa
5 nice Windows Media videos by this Ukrainian pianist who now lives in the US. Some more clips are on the page about her dvd.
Wayne Bethanis
A 3.5 minute Real-video clip with a piece from Beethoven by this pianist.
Pianists playing Godowsky
Video's with Jorge Bolet, Shura Cherkassky and Rian De Waal playing big pieces of the composer Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938). Mpeg and WMV.
St. Matthews Choir
Some Windows Media video clips of performances of this choir.
Arcadi Volodos
Two pieces in either Real-video or Windows Media for this Russian pianist.
Yundi Li - Lizst
and Yundi Li - Chopin
At the top-right corner of the pages you can play some video clips of a few minutes each of this Chinese pianist. Some more video can be found at his homepage
Maria Joao Pires
A 15 minute documentary about this Portuguese pianist. Real-Video.
Lang Lang
Three 1 minute clips with Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 and Mendelssohn's Piano concerto by this Chinese pianist and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Jemboy's video links
Another collection of piano video links.
EMI Classical Archive
EMI sells here videos of famous classical artists. You can preview the first 1 minute and 11 seconds from each video.
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