Russian Piano School: Masterclasses downunder covering Rachmaninov, Chopin, Scriabin and more!

Thanks to my friend Ian Bennett who recommended TheMusicPage website, which streams live and archived video content of musical performances. As well as recorded performances, I also came across some piano competitions as well as masterclasses. I find the following masterclasses fascinating as both of the piano masters are schooled in the Russian School of Piano, and give an insight into the Russian method which according to Stefan Kutrzeba in short emphasizes:

• The artistic IMAGE-MAKING instead of  looking for nuances...
• The active INTONATING instead of  playing by heart...

Both Masters, note, currently teach in Australian and American conservatories respectively.

The first masterclass, I came across was presided by Oleg Stepanov, who studied under Lev Vlassenko at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, won the Liszt International Competition in 1956 (Stepanov has dedicated a piano competition in his memory)
http://www.themusicpage.com/showVideos.php?v=2434

1. First is Chopin Ballade #1
2. (55 minutes) Scriabin Etude in D Sharp Minor
3. (83 minutes 18 seconds) Rachmaninov Moment Musicaux #4 in E minor

The second masterclass was run by Boris Berman, who had the same teacher that Vladimir Ashkenazy had, and also studied at the Moscow Conservatory.

http://www.themusicpage.com/showVideos.php?v=2427

1. Beethoven: Appasionata Sonata
2. Rachmaninov: Moment Musicaux #1, #2
3. Schubert - First Klavierstucke 

The video player is slightly fiddly (smallish buttons) and the quality of the video so so, but the content's great! 

All masterclasses were held at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Ian Hanger Recital Hall.