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z6 -> RE: Grisha Goryachev (Jan. 21 2014 15:14:35)
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Of course, Grisha posts all that mechanical/robotic crap himself:
1. So that we'll all get gushing (and I can't even conceive the hyperbole to capture the grace of is playing in words).
2. Because that's probably what he thinks about himself.
When the rest of us are nursing our sore jaws he's getting at himself for some infinitesimal flaw.
Having been a (albeit s h i t e y) classical guitarist gone to the darkside I can feel the difference between 'my' 'techniques'. It seems impossible what Grisha does.
For me, he exists alongside great concert performers from the classical world.
The expectation that a proper flamenco guitarman should also be a composer is, to me, borderline insanity (even though it does seem that a lot of them are wonderful composers). Maybe Grisha is too. But let's let that be.
I'd like to see him take the great composers of 'flamenco' to broader audiences. And those robotics of his are telly-friendly.
Trafalgar, for example, must be one of the greatest pieces in the 'classical' repertoire. Hands up anyone who wouldn't want to play it.
Billed as a flamenco Grisha may be the real deal but billed as a classical player he has no peer.
Classical guitarists have whined about limited repertoire for years.
All of the famous stuff that we're familiar with is brand new to the vastness of the 'serious music' world.
And the idea of hearing that stuff alongside Bach and Barrios and the bumble bee in a concert is a very attractive proposition.
Look away Grisha: This guy is redefining things. Classical guitar needs him to shake it out of its torpor.
Anyway, as long as people are giving him 'ink' any ink will do.
Regular folks eat up super fast, powerful playing. Milk it.
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