Richard Strauss said to him (during a Don Quixote rehearsal): Now I hear my Don Quixote. He was Furtwänglers concertmaster at the Berlin Philharmonic.

It's a real treat to see the master in a masterclass actually play and to comment so eloquently about music and life in general - fabulous !

OMG!!! Красота музыки-красота и человеческая! Красавец Пятигорский!

This so touches my heart! How it must feel to remember this moment!!!!

Love this. Thank you.

I'm loving the shift around 10:11, followed by the look on the student's face behind him. I'd probably make the same face with something like that, it's awesome!

Mr Gruber, this is gripping soulful music making. BRAVO!

What a incredible sound of PIatigorsky!!!!!

This sure brings back memories. The class looks like it was held in the old “Clark House” building which was home to the Music Department at USC. I think besides those already mentioned, Doris Stevens in playing piano with Nathaniel Rosen turning pages. Dennis Brott is next to the piano and then comes Terry King. I Don’t know who is next to Terry. Jeff Solow set up the music stand. I was lucky to study in this class for a year (1970-71)! Peter Rejto

What a man! What a philosophy. And thank you Emanuel. You played and responded with the utmost professionalism. Of course I knew of Piatigorsky, having dabbled excruciatingly in cello during my youth, but he is the first meister I have seen who included the audience as co-participants in a master class. Col (75) NZ

Where has this gem popped up from? How wonderful 😁

I like how in the end he gets so carried away by the music. The music takes over.. it is like in his biography, he is indeed a musician by heart!

...Beautiful playing. Very few cellists can play this way

Master Piatigorsky's comments were spot on.

What an amazing gift this video is. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful. Thanks for posting!!!

Beautiful playing!

עמנואל אתה מנגן פה פשוט נפלא!!!

OMG!!! Thank you so much for this amazing video!!!!!!!!

Thank You SO MUCH for posting this!!!

excellent and interesting playing by Emanuel Gruber

Thanks for uploading this fantastic video Mr. Emanuel. I admire Piatigorsky so much and listening to his thoughts has been very inspiring. I can't imagine how inspiring would have been for you in your study days. Keep uploading videos of him please, and thanks again for sharing this with us. All the best !

Hazak !! Be BLESSED for your gifts, thanks so much for posting this Grisha vid.

Thanks for sharing the wisdom of Grisha! I didn't even know that there were filmed classes of his other than "An Afternoon With Piatigorsky" . You just gained a sub :-).

I see Terry King and Jeff Solow in the crowd. So young!!

War waren ze toch geweldig goed!!

Terrific playing Emanuel, bravo! And thank you for posting this invaluable video.

Wow - what a great video - fantastic playing and fantastic teaching - I love his insisting on long notes - this way of playing has been mostly lost nowadays - thanks for posting!

Fantastic- this is a treasure, thank you!! Is there any more of this?

Great.

סדרה ממש מענינת

What a wonder...

Is there more of this masterclass? I think I saw this on KCET in Los Angeles many years ago. I remember it being in 2 parts. If it's the one I'm thinking of Joel Krosnick was one of the students. If available on DVD I would definitely buy this one.

Una joya!

@_00:52, I'm guessing; "early 70's" by the Trevolta/Tom Jones'ish lapels?

Oh my goodness I love 13:05

The young man seems offended that his playing is not considered perfect already? Piatagorsky is showing him 'soul' and he is returning with fingers and bowing albeit beautifully honed!

Fantastic video. Does anyone know what brand and type of strings Mr. Piatigorsky favoured at that time?

1:30 Grisha thinks "you sure about that?" and reaches for his ragged copy the music.

Which cello is Grisha playing?

"Spirit", 😢

Does anyone know what piece Piatigorsky is playing at 26:41?

13:10

*👍класс и привет от тренера по футболу!!!!!-!!!!!-!!!*

For some reason Pyatigorsky does not tell the student anything about his musicality. The young man seems to be distant from this music and no technical perfection can compensate for the lack of presence in a piece. Should he be more related to the material, he would be more articulated technically as well.