Identify the pianist... ... ... kind of

[m_gigena]

Answers for the first round.

Rubinstein.

Yeah. They pianist with the afro is Rubinstein.

Nº 1 is Horowitz. Arrau's hands weren't as thin as Horowitz', plus I don't think he pushed the keys to the bottom like Horowitz.

Nº 3 is not american. Tip: a male pianist, who married his teacher.

[Bunny]

Answers for the first round.

Yeah. They pianist with the afro is Rubinstein.

Nº 1 is Horowitz. Arrau's hands weren't as thin as Horowitz', plus I don't think he pushed the keys to the bottom like Horowitz.

Nº 3 is not american. Tip: a male pianist, who married his teacher.

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[Lilas Pastia]

Answers for the first round.

Yeah. They pianist with the afro is Rubinstein.

Nº 1 is Horowitz. Arrau's hands weren't as thin as Horowitz', plus I don't think he pushed the keys to the bottom like Horowitz.

Nº 3 is not american. Tip: a male pianist, who married his teacher.

That's Pogo, then. I had thought of Arrau for no. 1, for the handkerchief and what looked to me like rather short fingers. I'm not really good at these games

[m_gigena]

Second Round.

Nº 4

[m_gigena]

Nº 5

[sidoze]

Nº 3 is not american. Tip: a male pianist, who married his teacher.

Well I'm not surprised I got that one. I am surprised I missed Horowitz though. The hands in the first picture didn't look slim enough to me.

[orbital]

Re: No4

These are some short, stocky fingers. is there any stretching on this video/picture?

I'd be tempted to say Sokolov (playing Couperin's Tic-Tac-Choc even  ) but no, I will not

[sidoze]

4 - Volodos

[m_gigena]

Re: No4

These are some short, stocky fingers. is there any stretching on this video/picture?

Not at all. The interesting thing is he is playing Rachmaninov there.

[Bonehelm]

4 - Volodos

Seconded.

[Lilas Pastia]

Ashkenazy has short fingers.

[sidoze]

Ashkenazy has short fingers.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's him as his hands are probably even smaller than Volodos'. I'm not sure how many times he's played Rachmaninoff in the past 20 years though. He claimed arthritis kept him from playing as much as he wanted to, I guess that's what contributed to his cross-over.

[Black Knight]

no.4 - Barenboim?

[m_gigena]

Nº 4 isn't Volodos, Ashkenazy or Barenboim.
The pianist in the picture once stated in an interview he can't play Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody.

[orbital]

Nº 4 isn't Volodos, Ashkenazy or Barenboim.
The pianist in the picture once stated in an interview he can't play Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody.

I don't know many other pianists with short fingers. Hoffman perhaps, but color videos of him are not really possible I guess

[m_gigena]

I don't know many other pianists with short fingers.

Despite his short fingers, he has an incredible legato. In the captures, he is playing Rach's third.

[Bonehelm]

I'm saying N.5 is Yundi Li. Or at least an Asian. 

[aquablob]

I'm saying N.5 is Yundi Li. Or at least an Asian. 

I think Yundi Li is a good guess. The fingers also somewhat remind of Cziffra, but I don't think it is he.

For 4, I'm thinking possibly Emil Gilels or Radu Lupu (don't they both have somewhat pudgy fingers?).

[m_gigena]

I'm saying N.5 is Yundi Li.

That's only because you are in love with him. 

[Lilas Pastia]

Lupu does have pudgy fingers. But I don't think he has Rach 3 in his repertoire. I'd go for Gieseking, then.