Josef Hofmann |

Joseph Hofmann

Woyimba piyano waku America komanso wopeka wochokera ku Poland. Wobadwira m'banja la oimba: bambo ake, Kazimir Hoffman, anali woyimba piyano, amayi ake adayimba mu operetta ya Krakow. Ali ndi zaka zitatu, Joseph adalandira maphunziro ake oyambirira a nyimbo kuchokera kwa atate wake, ndipo, atasonyeza luso lalikulu, posakhalitsa anayamba kuchita ngati woyimba piyano komanso ngakhale woyimba (analinso ndi luso labwino mu masamu, makina ndi sayansi yeniyeni). .

Atayenda ku Europe, Hoffmann adapanga kuwonekera kwake koyamba ku US pa Novembara 29, 1887 ndi konsati ku Metropolitan Opera House, komwe adachita bwino kwambiri Concerto Yoyamba ya Beethoven, komanso kukonza mitu yomwe omvera adauza, zomwe zidachititsa chidwi pakati pa anthu.

Atachita chidwi ndi luso la woimba wamng'ono, mkulu wa galasi waku America Alfred Clark anam'patsa madola zikwi makumi asanu, zomwe zinalola kuti banja libwerere ku Ulaya, kumene Hoffmann adatha kupitiriza maphunziro ake mwamtendere. Kwa nthawi, Moritz Moszkowski anali mphunzitsi wake, koma Hoffmann anakhala yekha wophunzira payekha Anton Rubinstein (amene ankakhala mu Dresden nthawi imeneyo), amene anali ndi chikoka chachikulu pa maganizo ake kulenga.

Kuyambira 1894, Hoffmann adayambanso kuchita pagulu, osatinso ngati mwana, koma ngati wojambula wokhwima. Atapanga Concerto Yachinayi ya Rubinstein ku Hamburg motsogozedwa ndi wolemba, womalizayo ananena kuti panalibenso china choti amuphunzitse, ndipo anasiya kuphunzira naye.

Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma, Hoffmann anali mmodzi mwa oimba piyano otchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi: zoimbaimba zake zinkachitika bwino kwambiri ku Great Britain, Russia, USA, South America, kulikonse ndi nyumba yonse. Pa imodzi mwa mpambo wa makonsati ku St. Mu 1903 ndi 1904, Hoffmann anaimba limodzi ndi Kubelik ku St. Mofanana ndi mapasa, iwo anali a msinkhu wofanana ndi mtundu wofanana. Pansi pa utali wapakati, pafupifupi waufupi, tsitsi lakuda kuposa mapiko a khwangwala. Onse anali ndi mphumi zotsika kwambiri komanso manja ang'onoang'ono. Onsewa tsopano akuwoneka kwa ine ngati zoyambira za gulu la Lilliputian.

Mu 1914, Hoffmann anasamukira ku United States, kumene posakhalitsa anakhala nzika ndipo anapitiriza kuchita. Mu 1924, adalandira mwayi wotsogolera Curtis Institute of Music yomwe inakhazikitsidwa kumene ku Philadelphia, ndipo adayitsogolera mpaka 1938. Panthawi ya utsogoleri wake, bungweli linapita padziko lonse lapansi, kukhala sukulu yabwino kwambiri kwa oimba ambiri otchuka amtsogolo.

Zochita za Hoffmann zidapitilira mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1940, konsati yake yomaliza idachitikira ku New York mu 1946. M'zaka zomaliza za moyo wake, Hoffmann adachita nawo mwachangu ntchito zojambulira mawu ndi zimango: ali ndi mavoti angapo amitundu yosiyanasiyana. kusintha kwa makina a piyano, komanso pakupanga "wipers" ndi akasupe a mpweya wa galimoto ndi zipangizo zina.

Hoffmann amaonedwa kuti ndi m'modzi mwa oimba piyano akulu kwambiri m'zaka za m'ma 1887. Njira yodabwitsa, komanso malingaliro achilendo omveka, adamulola kusewera ndi mphamvu ndi mphamvu zoyambira, ndipo chifukwa cha kukumbukira kwake kwakukulu, sakanatha kudandaula za "kubwezeretsa" ntchito yomwe idaseweredwa isanayambe konsati yotsatira. Nyimbo za woyimba piyano zinali zopapatiza: anali wocheperako ku cholowa cha theka loyamba la zaka za zana la XNUMX - kuyambira Beethoven mpaka Liszt, koma pafupifupi sanayimbe nyimbo za omuyimba ake amakono. Ngakhalenso Concerto Yachitatu ya Piano ya Sergei Rachmaninov yoperekedwa kwa Hoffmann, yemwe Rachmaninoff mwiniwake adayamikira kwambiri ntchito yake, sizinali zosiyana. Hoffmann anali m'modzi mwa oimba oyamba m'mbiri yojambulitsa nyimbo zake mu XNUMX pagalamafoni, koma pambuyo pake sanajambulidwe kawirikawiri mu studio. Zolemba zambiri za Hoffmann zomwe zakhalapo mpaka lero zidapangidwa pamakonsati.

Hoffmann ndi mlembi wa nyimbo pafupifupi zana (zosindikizidwa pansi pa dzina lachinyengo Michel Dvorsky), mabuku awiri okhudza luso loimba piyano: "Malangizo kwa Oimba Piano Achichepere" ndi "Kusewera Piyano".