Rachmaninoff was deeply affected by Tchaikovsky’s death

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ラフマニノフの最後の弟子である100歳のピアニスト、ルース・スレンチェンスカへのインタビュー。彼女は師から学んだ「非常にゆっくりと練習すること」の重要性について語る。ゆっくり弾くことは単なる譜読みではなく、音楽に深く入り込み、音の響きやフレーズの方向性を探求するプロセスであると説く。また、現代の演奏における技巧偏重の傾向に対し、ラフマニノフ自身が音楽を固定化せず、常に生きたものとして進化させることを望んでいたというエピソードを明かしている。

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From the second part of Irina Soriano’s fascinating interview with Rachmaninoff’s last pupil, the centenarian pianist Ruth Slenczynska. You can read part one here. Did he teach you any specific way of practicing? Yes. He insisted very strongly on practicing very slowly — always very slowly. For him, playing slowly was not simply a matter of studying the notes carefully, but of truly entering the music. When one practices slowly, one can listen more deeply, better understand the relationships between sounds, and find the weight, color, and direction of each phrase. Is it true that the first time you heard him play, he was playing extremely slowly? Yes, and it was truly surprising. I heard someone playing very slowly and did not know who it was. That way of prac…

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