@FB1 I have read a book which Japanese music professor wrote. he said Asian use left side brain to hear the sound. europian use right side brain to hear the sound.( maybe SPECT or PET scan was used.)
so there is actually the scientifically based difference between asian and europian. so it's not racism at all. FYI
A music professor is not qualified to diagnose how a human brain works, Pokemonn.
He or she is a professor of music, not a professor of brain research.
Im a teacher of a few subjects, so, does this make me a professor of micro biology, if you site me as a source?
I dont teach that., and your music professor does not teach anything related to brain research.
So, You are citing as your proof, the random opinion and unproven theory of someone who has studied MUSIC........not BRAINS.
Ok?
And in fact, all humans have the same blood, just different antigens.
All humans have the same BRAIN, that works exactly the same way, but not all IQ's are the same, of course.
So, the Japanese STYLE of piano technique, if there is such a thing regarding a player who is from JAPAN, would not be caused by their brain, but it would be cause by the way they were taught to play.
Same with the "Russian style" of piano technique.
Horowitz played the standard Russian Conservatory style that all of them play, as this is an enforced technique, and they are made to learn it, and execute it, until its what they do automatically.
Its no different then learning to play the Classical Piano style with "flat fingers", or "rounded fingers".
All of this is just technique, and its taught, learned , and reproduced, and has nothing to do with BEING any type ethnic group, including Japanese , Chinese, Latino, or Black.
Listen, had Yuja Wang, or Alice Sara Ott, been born in RUSSIA the same year as Horowitz was born, and if they had been sent to the same conservatory as Horowitz, and had the same instructors, then they would play the same style.
This is exactly why Yuja Wang has a technique that is very similar to the very fast and pristine technique that Horowitz used..........its because Yuja was taught by a person who was also taught the Russian Style and was in fact a piano student of Horowitz's.
So, it not their brain that is causing them to play a certain style..........
Its simply they way they were taught from the beginning, and they mastered this technique that over years of repetition, becomes a style, a sound....etc.
I have Alice Sara Ott's recent CD, and it does not display the "Japanese" style you are speaking about, and how could it?....She was not taught in Japan, she was taught in Germany-Austria, and these Germanic piano instructors, are related to Bach, Mozart, and not anyone who is Japanese.
Alice Sara Ott possesses a german classical piano style, and she has also cultivated a very romantic style..........she blends German precision technique with a very warm legato tone.
She's an amazing player.......as is Yuja Wang.
enjoyed talking with you.
fb1
