//The Great Escape to the Black Hole (2)//
One day some years ago, Teacher was showing me random videos at our weekly meeting as usual. A black & white video came up and a guy wearing a suit started playing. I screamed, “What the…! There is a 3D voice coming out of this ancient video!!!” Teacher smirked and showed me the guy’s name. That’s how I came to know of a cellist named Gregor Piatigorsky. So I started digging any info about this guy on the internet.
Posted by Emanuel Gruber who performed Ernest Bloch’s “Shelomo” in the class.
It was truly fun to see how masterclass was done back then. At one point Piatigorsky urged his students, “Come on, come on. Asks things. I like questions . . . Question is just like Oscar Wilde said, that questions are never indiscreet, only the answers. So you put me in a spot, you know. Ask me anything.” I laughed so hard. I was so happy to hear from the great master that I wasn’t being obnoxious when I asked Teacher all sorts of dumb questions.
There are so many treasures and wisdom in this video that I will leave them for you to discover.
Posted by producer and director Steve Grumette.
This documentary was so powerful that I watched it once but couldn’t bring myself to watch it again. All I can say is it has made the most profound imprint in my psyche, guiding my journey with the awareness of the untouchables and the reality.
Cellist, an autobiography by Gregor Piatigorsky
I read this on and off during commute for several months. It gave you a glimpse of different moments of his life in his own words. To me, the most valuable part is illustrating how musicians of his generation struggled at the time.
the cello suite 