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English to Italian: Testo di saggistica, tratto da Simplexity di Jeffrey Kluger General field: Other Detailed field: Other
Source text - English CHAPTER ELEVEN
Byron Janis was not one to ignore the advice of Vladimir Horowitz—not in 1947 anyway. Janis was a nineteen-year-old piano prodigy, stupendously gifted and enormously promising, but still years away from the global fame he would eventually enjoy. Horowitz, by contrast, was Horowitz, already equal parts performer and monument, and arguably the most gifted expatriate pianist Russia had ever produced.
Horowitz had first heard Janis perform four years earlier, when the then fifteen-year-old made his network radio debut with the NBC orchestra. Conductor Arturo Toscanini heard the performance too, phoned Horowitz, and suggested that so talented a boy might benefit from a tutor.
Horowitz, who had never taught before, agreed, and for the next several years, the master coached the student, sometimes on the magnificent piano in Horowitz’s Manhattan apartment, sometimes at Toscanini’s home in Riverdale, New York. No matter where the lessons took
place, Janis came to accept that an instruction from Horowitz was not a thing to be dismissed lightly. So when the occasion arose that he considered doing just that, he surprised even himself.
The suggestion from Horowitz that Janis ignored concerned the way to play Maurice Ravel’s composition Jeux d’Eau, or The Fountain. Horowitz told Janis that Ravel himself insisted the piece be played entirely without
pedal—an odd bit of dictum for a delicate piece that occasionally required a jolt of extra power. Jeux d’Eau without pedal in the sound seemed like it would be a feeble thing indeed.
Translation - Italian CAPITOLO 11
Byron Janis non era il tipo che sorvolava un consiglio di Vladimir Horowitz (o quantomeno non nel 1947). Janis, diciannove anni, era un prodigio del pianoforte, incredibilmente dotato e promettentissimo, ma ancora a diversi anni di distanza da quella fama globale che sarebbe poi arrivata in seguito. Al contrario, Horowitz era Horowitz, artista e monumento allo stesso tempo, senza ombra di dubbio il pianista più dotato che la Russia potesse vantare all’estero.
Horowitz aveva ascoltato Janis suonare per la prima volta cinque anni prima, quando l’allora quindicenne fece il suo debutto radiofonico con l’orchestra della NBC. Lo ascoltò anche Arturo Toscanini, direttore di quell’orchestra e subito dopo la performance di Janis telefonò a Horowitz, suggerendogli che a un ragazzo così promettente avrebbe fatto bene l’insegnamento di un maestro.
Horowitz, che non aveva mai insegnato a nessuno prima di allora, ascoltò il suggerimento di Toscanini e, per diversi anni che seguirono, il maestro allenò lo studente, qualche volta facendogli utilizzare il suo pianoforte nell’appartamento di Manhattan e qualche altra quello a casa di Toscanini, a Riverdale, New York. A prescindere da dove avessero luogo le lezioni, Janis arrivò a capire che un’istruzione proveniente da Horowitz non poteva essere disattesa tanto facilmente. Così, quando si palesò l’occasione in cui fu tentato di farlo, ne rimase sorpreso persino lui. L’indicazione da parte di Horowitz che Janis ignorò verteva sul modo di suonare la composizione di Maurice Ravel dal titolo Jeux d’eau (Giochi d’acqua). Horowitz disse a Janis che lo stesso Ravel era dell’idea che il brano si dovesse suonare interamente senza l’uso del pedale – un’osservazione alquanto strana per un brano così delicato che aveva bisogno di sprazzi di energia di tanto in tanto. Jeux d’eau senza il timbro del pedale sarebbe risultata davvero spenta.
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