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this is so ridiculously good. I find it hard to believe anyone who negged this has ever played the piano. This is as perfect as it gets when it comes to this piece. Easily one of the best versions of this on youtube.
A great example of how most great pianists already showed their greatness before their mid-teens. The people who say "you don't know" until later are not familiar with pianists like Wang here or Kissin or Tiempo or Thibaudet or Grimaud who all were soloists before high school.
One can already hear, that she will become one of the greatest piano-artists in history. Already at 12 she was adorable and her play emotional and masterly. I really love her.
Today she is like a dream, a dream-angel, a bit unearthly. And yes: When I listen to her, I can feel, that I am not alone. Her play meets my ears and through that we are connected in a way. I know her (from what she does), of course she does not know me, but nevertheless there is one thing which connects us: the music.
Yuja's timing is superb, thanks to her dad. I saw her two times last week in Amsterdam. She is amazing. This movie is new for me, WOW, she started playing at 6 years old. A genius.
Ron Joosten This is a video. Blockbuster US films are "movies", usually works of fiction. Even documentaries are called documentary films, not documentary movies. 🤓
All I can think of is that in the intervening 14 years since this performance, she's memorised miles of notes that has given hours and hours of pleasure to those of us not fortunate enough to have been entrusted with such monumental talents as she has.
@@gonzalo4658 Yes; in the awareness of one's gift, the willingness to hone that prodigious talent and joyfully affording the lesser mortals immense pleasure they could not otherwise have given themselves.
rarely do you see someone so young who can play with such poise and can hold this together so well. Many kids can play this but they just play it too fast without any musical understanding or they just fall apart here and there. Great job !
I first saw this video in about 10 years ago, before I knew she was already a famous pianist. Actually this is a series of teaching videos and she played not only this one. I really enjoyed listening her performance as a guideline to help me improve. Her performance is absolutely perfect and I always feel that I'm the duckling while she is the swan. My cousin studied piano when she was little. She once had a chance to play music on a concert with Yuja Wang. That was almost 20 years ago and the only thing my cousin remember is that Yuja was younger but the music she played was much harder than my cousin. My grandma still has the program of the concert and I guess now it is more valuable for us with Yuja Wang's name.
Totally agree, actually I think that the simplicity and straightness of the piece makes it impossible to "make up" as people usually do with Chopin or classical more complicated sonatas, what you play is what you´ve got, there´s no place for bullshit in this piece...
Mozart is what every beginner thinks is easy and every professional thinks is hard. I don't play a lot of piano, but every time I've tried, I become frustrated by how every tiny mistake in Mozart sticks out like a sore thumb. I find the second movement in this especially annoying. Listen to Mitsuko Uchida and it really comes to life. When played by an amateur... it sounds like crap. Leave it to Mozart to torture musicians centuries after his death...
What is amazing in this recording is that she has a personal style already, a quite decisive attitude, a firm personality, and the dynamics of the Sonata are like chiseled in stone, the rhythm is perfect (see WJE37FCSM0's comment), and the diction is that of an adult. Then listen to the 2nd movement, how she carves out the melody of this simple score, where there are almost no notes (or as Svjatoslav Richter once remarked in an interview in German with Johannes Schaaf: 'Mozart-aber es ist fast nichts da…'). Then also see the perfect legato she plays in the 2nd movement, without the help of pedal, which for a child of that age is a real feat for usually the hands are not yet strong enough for a real 'singing' legato, also called bel canto. But you see it here, all is there, and her hands are quite developed for a girl of her age. I have listened to many children playing piano, but this girl of 'under 12' plays like a master. Where will she go in her life? I agree with Ariel Widhibrata that she may become the best pianist of the 21st century-anyway it would not surprise me at all...
We can not forget her teacher GuangRen Zhou. The first chines people who reward international piano prize,she hurt her finger when she move a piano ,as though she can not play piano,she want to help more people to play piano.GuangRen Zhou although is YunDi Li 's teacher.
Laurent Pingault I believe Yuja’s teacher was Ling Yuan and her husband Zhao Pingguo was Lang Lang’s teacher when he was at the conservatory in Beijing. But yes Ling&Zhao’s daughter is a pianist
Her precision and feel for the music are already apparent. It is amazing to see how precise her finger movements are. It is easy to imagine what the future would hold. It has to be an inborn talent.
There is a Greek saying 'You can tell a beautiful day from the morning'. Well this was the morning for this great pianist. Her video of the Prokofiev Piano Concerto #2, is unequaled. May she continue offering us the fruits of her great art. Thank you for posting.
What is really striking is how fast she adjusts to coming moves in this piece. You see many kids at this age struggle to keep up in tempo and they lack preparation for what is to come. When looking at Yuja it seems as though she has oceans of time.
This is amazing, even if it was an adult playing, it would be still amazing! However, I agree with some of the comments, she has already developed a wonderful style and personality, wonderful!
Yuja has grown into the most master piano performer ever. As a piano bench has been my second home for many, many, years, I can tell you no one even comes close to her precision in all of her music!
I think my piano teacher is better than her. She did her grade 10 exam when she was ten. Yuja Wang is doing grade seven under twelve. My teacher finished ARCT when she was twelve!
Helen YIN And your teacher carried on improving as did Yuja Wang to become is a worldwide star who plays all over the world to acclaim with all the best Orchestras of the world with a wide selection of music just like Yuja Wang has .....as if !! There is always someone on TH-cam who claims that they can play better or know someone who can play better than the very best performers in the world like Yuja Wang. If that is the truth , then why are these unknown Geniuses not on the stage performing and earning vast sums of money themselves ?
Helen YIN I bet your piano only teaches piano currently, whereas Yuja is touring the planet giving spectacular concerts. Like the saying goes: those who can do. Those who can't teach.
Helen YIN Who cares? People progress at different rates, and this is not one of Yuja's good performances. She is phenomenal now, and there are very few who are better, ARCT or (for the rest of the world) not.
I just saw her in concert tonight. She's now 21, and beautiful. I've never seen anyone play so well. (And I've seen many talented pianists). We will be hearing more about this girl in the future. Simply amazing.
Awesome interpretation, best I ever heard on the internet. Holy Jesus! Especially the second movement. I am sure Mozart was looking down from paradise applauding while she played this.
+Ches C. There is much more Wang can do with the 2nd movement. It lacks phrasing and depth. Listen to Mitsuko Uchida play 545 2nd movement and hear the difference between Wang and a seasoned professional.
Unless you are comparing Yuja to Ms. Uchida at age 11 or so your comment is not relevant. Ms. Uchida is one of the best Mozart players on the planet but she is 67 years old now!
Uh, Piano Man said this was the best interpretation on the Internet - "especially the second movement". Opinons can't be right or wrong as a rule, but I'll make an exception here. He's wrong! So it's not unfair to bring Uchida's excellent interpretation into this. Obviously Yuja at 11 couldn't hope to equal that level of emotional depth. But today of course, her 3rd movement of Hammerklavier alone shows what she can bring to a moody piece.
If you would ask me how she became so really super good some years later (and she was good back then ) I would say that the secret is tempo , is quiet amazing how she played with a steady tempo from the beguining till the end, now that is the way to practice.
Lol at the people comparing this performance with Richter or Michelangeli as well as saying Uchida did it better...All of this is obviously unfair. She was 11 years old. But i see where you're coming from. Anyone who has seen her play lately might claim that she's probably the most gifted pianist to come along since Horovitz. And of course, that would be just an opinion. But more and more people are taking notice of her and her stellar playing. So go, see her in concert. You might never have heard Pavarotti sing live, and you might have never heard Horovitz play live. But maybe, one day, you'll tell your grandchildren what it was like to hear Yuja Wang play.
A prodigy with this level of technique and particularly this degree of musical sophistication at such a young age is rare indeed. Mozart comes to mind, and maybe Liszt. Once in a generation, or several generations.
yuja is the best child prodigy i have ever seen. her piano playing is so good it almost unreal. . and i've seen all the other asians on youtube too.....they are good, but yuja's playing even as a little kid just blows me away. and she was the cutest little kid too = >
It took me a few days to learn the notes for this piece, but it’s taking me months to learn all the classical subtleties and nuances. Definitely not an easy song to master.
this is so ridiculously good. I find it hard to believe anyone who negged this has ever played the piano. This is as perfect as it gets when it comes to this piece. Easily one of the best versions of this on youtube. Her technique is out of this world
Hey you guys, she is now 23 y/o, and she plays all around the world, she is incredible, and so busy, she is seen everywhere almost at the same time so much that people says they're five of her, I saw her 3 weeks ago at the Kravis center in West Palm FL, had a picture taken with her and myself, she's so cute and yet a beautiful young artist, I love her and her playing !!....
She played excellent since little child, now also UMi Garrett plays like that, and does not even need to see the musical notes, she memorizes everything, in 90% of her performances. BOth are great, my 2 favorite pianists.
You are right. However, there is no distinct line between how much is "forcing, very early" and "not forcing, not early." In Yuja Wang and myself, the parents do not force at all, but assist their kids to grow with full potention. I am now not a famous pianist, but I can enjoy piano more than most of people who have not been forced to learn Piano, as been forced to go to school.
I agree. Her first movement was good, the second lacks depth and the third was a little too fast and could do with lighter playing. But she was a child! Definitely the best version by anyone her age I've seen on TH-cam. She's since become frighteningly good. I watched a video of her playing Petrushka the other day. Fantastic stuff. That thing is complete murder.
SharonGuitar500 The second mvt lacks what, did you say? Depth? Try another listen. Metronomic perhaps, but doing that & managing to capture Mozart's art nonetheless is why she has grown to unquestionable greatness.
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)* *Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545* 0:00 I. Allegro 2:29 II. Andante 7:28 III. Rondo Yuja Wang, piano (age c. 12)✨
I had seen this when I was 6.My mother told that Wang play piano very very well.I thought one day I can play piano well like her.Now,I will never like her,because of some reasons I gave up.I am so sad,because I love music ,piano....
I reckon to have spent about 2 years trying to learn this on the Piano and, here we have a young lady showing just how it's done but, with class and graceful elegance. Wow! my deepest respect to you. A natural genius.
It's wonderful that girls already at this age are playing such beautiful music, and the way some of you talk about it is wrong and not glorifying to God, the Author and Giver of music and talent. Let us encourage people rather then break them down.
Yuja Wang is one of the best pianist today. She is now 25 and plays brilliantly! No one here need criticize this performance. You only can dream of playing like her now.
Now that she's grown up, I worship her (including her fingernail clippings). We just have to meet up in heaven someday--soooo drollll! (No more trolls--ever).
What Traceur13 is saying is that you can basically find out how to learn to play any instrument, read sheet music, etc., by simply searching the internet. All you need is an instrument and it's possible to teach yourself through helpful sites in the internet.
LVader20: I totally agree! Speed is not the maker of great pianists, but style and actually living the piece does! I'm an amateur, but I enjoy playing the small pieces and parts of some others that I can, because I live within the tunes I play... and I enjoy living within such beautiful music. This performance absolutely proves my point: a young child playing such a cute piece of epic music from a great composer... absolute perfection :)
I really am convinced that orientals have superior brain and reflexes--they have the ability to "get it" without a lot of talk...(nonverbal acuity). Truly astonishing (adopt a Chinese baby, if you are barren?)
That was so good, I was so moved by a piece I've heard so many times without a single drop of a feeling... Yuja Wang has supernatural powers (or an incredibly unique talent)
Without technique, there is no music. You must set your priorities straight. Flow and feeling is very important, I will agree with you on that. But without technique, how are you going to exress those feelings? Besides, I can see see that she truly loves music. For a kid, she was definitely an expert at expression and emotions through music. Did you even see what she did later in her life? Daniel Barenboim said Lang Lang would be his final student- but this girl, Yuja, was really his last pupil.
Just because some people can play harder pieces than other DOES NOT AT ALL MAKE YOU BETTER. WHAT MAKES ONE PIANIST BETTER THAN ANOTHER ONE IS THE FEELING THEY PUT INTO THE PIECES THAT THEY PLAY! IT DEPENDS ON THEIR DYNAMICS< PHRASING AND TEMPO NOT HOW HARD THE PIECE IS
Why don't people check before writing comments concerning parents or anything else for that matter. Yuja Wang is now a 23 year old world renowned pianist who records exclusively on Deutsche grammaphone.
I totally agree. I h8 those negative stupid comments. They are JEALOUS! 'Makes me sick. She is awesome. I'm working on this, and I KNOW I'll never play it as well as she is. She sounds PROFESSIONAL. And at TEN? Genius is all I can say. Brava! Beautiful video and playing! Thank youf or sharing your talent with us untalented people. lol
Why is everyone asking her questions? This is like from 10 years ago. Click the House of Flying Fingers in related videos its her playing amazingly now in the present. Shes amazing.
Yes, it was originally titled "Easy Sonata for Beginners" by people when they found it. Then they tried playing it...and trust me, I've played it, it's freaking hard!!!
What a fantastic performance ! She is totally in control of the piece. The tempo is just perfect imo. I don't understand why everyone thinks that playing faster makes you a better pianist.... It's not the speed that matters, but the quality the sound you produce.... I'm learning this too after 2 and a half years of playing, and i have difficulties with the trills.. :SS
She has the phrasing completely under control. Notice how during the trill, there are four completely even groups of four notes in the accompaniment, which is very tough to do.
Heard her and saw her last weekend in Toledo playing the Tchaikovski 1st. Out of this world; she played it like no other and gave it new life. She signed a CD for me after the concert. She is out of this world gorgeous, too. I wish she would record and post to TH-cam Chopin etudes Op 10 No 1 and Op 25 No 1.
I'm not arguing with you. What i'm telling you is that it's fact that there are no dynamics found in the autograph of k.545. When it comes to Bach, yes, he left dynamics up to the performer other than where he left them. In the baroque era additions such as embellishments, dynamics, etc. were left in large part to the performers' discretion and in fact was expected. So, yes, Bach left dynamics for us to decide upon, however one must take what's known about baroque performance practice
The commenters criticizing Wang's artistry/ interpretation/ lack of emotion need to study up on music history and styles. This is Mozart, not Chopin! She played this piece perfectly in the *classical style*.
yujia's interpretation is like a living stream of water, pure and clean, simple and full of life.
Agreed
Agreed, like if you agree.
unlike her recent plays, which is earsore
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Shen Ziyan whatttt
this is so ridiculously good. I find it hard to believe anyone who negged this has ever played the piano. This is as perfect as it gets when it comes to this piece. Easily one of the best versions of this on youtube.
A great example of how most great pianists already showed their greatness before their mid-teens. The people who say "you don't know" until later are not familiar with pianists like Wang here or Kissin or Tiempo or Thibaudet or Grimaud who all were soloists before high school.
most. Emphasize "most"
One can already hear, that she will become one of the greatest piano-artists in history. Already at 12 she was adorable and her play emotional and masterly. I really love her.
Edgar Stettler You are not alone. And that, my dear man, is the whole point.
Today she is like a dream, a dream-angel, a bit unearthly. And yes: When I listen to her, I can feel, that I am not alone. Her play meets my ears and through that we are connected in a way. I know her (from what she does), of course she does not know me, but nevertheless there is one thing which connects us: the music.
She was only 9 at that time.
@@MrEdgaralain Exactly my friend. It's amazing isn't it?
Piano artists? Did you know of the word pianist?
it might sound easy for many.. but it takes extreme practice plus talent to play like THAT
irissung74 actually i tried sight reading it the piece was medium I can play it
All the arrpegios in the left hand are pretty difficult for beginners. To nail them is hard
Not really. Just extreme practice.
I know
@@xxgamin6986 post ur videos . You will get a D from me for sure
Yuja's timing is superb, thanks to her dad.
I saw her two times last week in Amsterdam. She is amazing.
This movie is new for me, WOW, she started playing at 6 years old. A genius.
Ron Joosten This is a video. Blockbuster US films are "movies", usually works of fiction. Even documentaries are called documentary films, not documentary movies. 🤓
It is like she has a metronome in her head
AutomobileFunk it’s easy to say
I wish I got to see her live
@Not Raelyn if she played this perfectly at 6, then she started at 3 playing with so much skill. Don’t underage people
All I can think of is that in the intervening 14 years since this performance, she's memorised miles of notes that has given hours and hours of pleasure to those of us not fortunate enough to have been entrusted with such monumental talents as she has.
Entrusted!?
@@gonzalo4658
Yes; in the awareness of one's gift, the willingness to hone that prodigious talent and joyfully affording the lesser mortals immense pleasure they could not otherwise have given themselves.
@@khairilanuarothman3869 noo fuckface…. Just that people construct their gifts theyr not entrusted with them… or maybe I see your point
@@gonzalo4658
Yours being epistemology, linguistics and communication, presumably.
@@khairilanuarothman3869 do you like being an online douchetard with an arabic name
rarely do you see someone so young who can play with such poise and can hold this together so well. Many kids can play this but they just play it too fast without any musical understanding or they just fall apart here and there. Great job !
I first saw this video in about 10 years ago, before I knew she was already a famous pianist. Actually this is a series of teaching videos and she played not only this one. I really enjoyed listening her performance as a guideline to help me improve. Her performance is absolutely perfect and I always feel that I'm the duckling while she is the swan.
My cousin studied piano when she was little. She once had a chance to play music on a concert with Yuja Wang. That was almost 20 years ago and the only thing my cousin remember is that Yuja was younger but the music she played was much harder than my cousin. My grandma still has the program of the concert and I guess now it is more valuable for us with Yuja Wang's name.
Martha Ning Would love to see the programme.
Ok
People saying "easy piece"... Try playing it flawlessly...
I agree. The notes are extremely easy to play but playing it flawlessly with precise timing is extremely difficult
Totally agree, actually I think that the simplicity and straightness of the piece makes it impossible to "make up" as people usually do with Chopin or classical more complicated sonatas, what you play is what you´ve got, there´s no place for bullshit in this piece...
Mozart is what every beginner thinks is easy and every professional thinks is hard. I don't play a lot of piano, but every time I've tried, I become frustrated by how every tiny mistake in Mozart sticks out like a sore thumb. I find the second movement in this especially annoying. Listen to Mitsuko Uchida and it really comes to life. When played by an amateur... it sounds like crap. Leave it to Mozart to torture musicians centuries after his death...
Jose Luis Patiño
Sharon Ma Yes?
She makes me want to cry. She's so brilliant, her fingers move so effortlessly like little butterflies.
it just takes patience and practice
so that means that if you practice like her and have a little talent then you can do it too
@@PCN644 and then she can cry about herself! lol
What is amazing in this recording is that she has a personal style already, a quite decisive attitude, a firm personality, and the dynamics of the Sonata are like chiseled in stone, the rhythm is perfect (see WJE37FCSM0's comment), and the diction is that of an adult.
Then listen to the 2nd movement, how she carves out the melody of this simple score, where there are almost no notes (or as Svjatoslav Richter once remarked in an interview in German with Johannes Schaaf: 'Mozart-aber es ist fast nichts da…').
Then also see the perfect legato she plays in the 2nd movement, without the help of pedal, which for a child of that age is a real feat for usually the hands are not yet strong enough for a real 'singing' legato, also called bel canto. But you see it here, all is there, and her hands are quite developed for a girl of her age.
I have listened to many children playing piano, but this girl of 'under 12' plays like a master. Where will she go in her life? I agree with Ariel Widhibrata that she may become the best pianist of the 21st century-anyway it would not surprise me at all...
(she's 27 now, search her up)
she's one of the best now.
She kicks ass!
Are you paid to make her promotion ? You are everywhere she is...
YEAAAHHHHH BBBBOOOOOOYYYYYY
You can see the impeccable control, accuracy, precision, technique....which allowed her to then go on to do what she does today.........Bravo
I wonder how she as an accomplished piano would play it today
It’s a shame she didn’t perform more of the Mozart Sonatas, this is absolutely precious playing.
We can not forget her teacher GuangRen Zhou. The first chines people who reward international piano prize,she hurt her finger when she move a piano ,as though she can not play piano,she want to help more people to play piano.GuangRen Zhou although is YunDi Li 's teacher.
No her teacher was Ling Yuan（凌远）
Laurent Pingault I believe Yuja’s teacher was Ling Yuan and her husband Zhao Pingguo was Lang Lang’s teacher when he was at the conservatory in Beijing. But yes Ling&Zhao’s daughter is a pianist
@@xiaoniliu2773 thank you for your precision. so I deleted my wrong statement
Such an amazing talent
WHY ARE YOU IN SO MANY TH-cam VIDEOS COMMENT SECTION HAHAHAHAH
Ikr she’s so cool
You’re literally everywhere😅
yes
Her precision and feel for the music are already apparent. It is amazing to see how precise her finger movements are. It is easy to imagine what the future would hold. It has to be an inborn talent.
It’s already the future
There is a Greek saying 'You can tell a beautiful day from the morning'. Well this was the morning for this great pianist. Her video of the Prokofiev Piano Concerto #2, is unequaled. May she continue offering us the fruits of her great art. Thank you for posting.
What is really striking is how fast she adjusts to coming moves in this piece. You see many kids at this age struggle to keep up in tempo and they lack preparation for what is to come. When looking at Yuja it seems as though she has oceans of time.
This is amazing, even if it was an adult playing, it would be still amazing! However, I agree with some of the comments, she has already developed a wonderful style and personality, wonderful!
how? how can a child so young put so much prescence and passion into this piece? remarkable
She was delightfuly talented then, she is a great pianist now, she will eventually become one of the greatest players of the 21st century
Yuja has grown into the most master piano performer ever. As a piano bench has been my second home for many, many, years, I can tell you no one even comes close to her precision in all of her music!
I think my piano teacher is better than her. She did her grade 10 exam when she was ten. Yuja Wang is doing grade seven under twelve. My teacher finished ARCT when she was twelve!
Helen YIN
And your teacher carried on improving as did Yuja Wang to become is a worldwide star who plays all over the world to acclaim with all the best Orchestras of the world with a wide selection of music just like Yuja Wang has .....as if !! There is always someone on TH-cam who claims that they can play better or know someone who can play better than the very best performers in the world like Yuja Wang. If that is the truth , then why are these unknown Geniuses not on the stage performing and earning vast sums of money themselves ?
Helen YIN I bet your piano only teaches piano currently, whereas Yuja is touring the planet giving spectacular concerts. Like the saying goes: those who can do. Those who can't teach.
pyronaught Yes well put !!
Helen YIN Who cares? People progress at different rates, and this is not one of Yuja's good performances. She is phenomenal now, and there are very few who are better, ARCT or (for the rest of the world) not.
I just saw her in concert tonight. She's now 21, and beautiful. I've never seen anyone play so well. (And I've seen many talented pianists).
We will be hearing more about this girl in the future. Simply amazing.
What a fantastic thing to see, just wonderful at such a young age like all the greats.
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She's eleven here? Damn. I've rarely heard this piece played -by anyone of any age- with such impeccable balance and flawless articulation.
Awesome interpretation, best I ever heard on the internet. Holy Jesus! Especially the second movement. I am sure Mozart was looking down from paradise applauding while she played this.
nicely said and I agree
+Ches C. There is much more Wang can do with the 2nd movement. It lacks phrasing and depth. Listen to Mitsuko Uchida play 545 2nd movement and hear the difference between Wang and a seasoned professional.
Unless you are comparing Yuja to Ms. Uchida at age 11 or so your comment is not relevant. Ms. Uchida is one of the best Mozart players on the planet but she is 67 years old now!
There is much more Wang can do......? She was 10 or 11 when she played this. Comparing her to Uchida is ridiculous.
Uh, Piano Man said this was the best interpretation on the Internet - "especially the second movement". Opinons can't be right or wrong as a rule, but I'll make an exception here. He's wrong! So it's not unfair to bring Uchida's excellent interpretation into this. Obviously Yuja at 11 couldn't hope to equal that level of emotional depth. But today of course, her 3rd movement of Hammerklavier alone shows what she can bring to a moody piece.
If you would ask me how she became so really super good some years later (and she was good back then ) I would say that the secret is tempo , is quiet amazing how she played with a steady tempo from the beguining till the end, now that is the way to practice.
She nail evey notes. So many pianist play this piece. But there's very little slips
impeccable tempo. it's difficult to transition from easy parts to difficult parts while maintaining a consistent tempo, and she makes it look easy.
It has been noted on more than one YW video that her father is a jazz percussionist in Bejing and he always insisted on rock solid tempos
Before you know it, they end up in Carnegie Hall - Fly Yuja - Fly Away!
Time's Effect - I hate it... If only these Wonders could stay Young forever!
Perfect !!!
very clean notes,
tempo is accurate as a clock.
emotion is also good considering a 11 yr ago girl.
Highly gifted piano player.
Thats just it tho, very little color
Non so se ammirare più la felicità d'invenzione di melodie dolcissime e sublimi o la bravura di chi le fa rivivere a tocchi di dita sul pianoforte.
Lol at the people comparing this performance with Richter or Michelangeli as well as saying Uchida did it better...All of this is obviously unfair. She was 11 years old.
But i see where you're coming from. Anyone who has seen her play lately might claim that she's probably the most gifted pianist to come along since Horovitz. And of course, that would be just an opinion. But more and more people are taking notice of her and her stellar playing. So go, see her in concert. You might never have heard Pavarotti sing live, and you might have never heard Horovitz play live.
But maybe, one day, you'll tell your grandchildren what it was like to hear Yuja Wang play.
A prodigy with this level of technique and particularly this degree of musical sophistication at such a young age is rare indeed. Mozart comes to mind, and maybe Liszt. Once in a generation, or several generations.
Her control of tempo is so much more stable here than in her typical performances.
yuja is the best child prodigy i have ever seen. her piano playing is so good it almost unreal.
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and i've seen all the other asians on youtube too.....they are good, but yuja's playing even as a little kid just blows me away.
and she was the cutest little kid too = >
She is
this song brings back memories
Piece...
@@AzureRT456 lingling moment
It took me a few days to learn the notes for this piece, but it’s taking me months to learn all the classical subtleties and nuances. Definitely not an easy song to master.
It is a piano sonata, not a song.
this is so ridiculously good. I find it hard to believe anyone who negged this has ever played the piano. This is as perfect as it gets when it comes to this piece. Easily one of the best versions of this on youtube. Her technique is out of this world
Her rhythm is soooo gooooooddddd
yeah! it's so good, I can't believe it was posted in 2006 like 15 years ago. so long... :0
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@@happystik4860 UwU Very long
Hey you guys, she is now 23 y/o, and she plays all around the world, she is incredible, and so busy, she is seen everywhere almost at the same time so much that people says they're five of her, I saw her 3 weeks ago at the Kravis center in West Palm FL, had a picture taken with her and myself, she's so cute and yet a beautiful young artist, I love her and her playing !!....
I enjoy this performance moreso than the performances of some older, more experienced pianists. Very good!
17 years ago!!!
Damn I feel old, she was great even then!
Me gusta la técnica y seguridad de la niña. Los sonidos son limpios ¡felicitaciones!
She played excellent since little child, now also UMi Garrett plays like that, and does not even need to see the musical notes, she memorizes everything, in 90% of her performances. BOth are great, my 2 favorite pianists.
Is she the same renowned Yuja Wang we see hear and worship today?
Yes, she is.
You are right. However, there is no distinct line between how much is "forcing, very early" and "not forcing, not early." In Yuja Wang and myself, the parents do not force at all, but assist their kids to grow with full potention. I am now not a famous pianist, but I can enjoy piano more than most of people who have not been forced to learn Piano, as been forced to go to school.
Best version in TH-cam.
certainly not! it just a child playing,lack of maturity!
+lilia poustovoytova actually the comment "lack of maturity " is rude because you don't know how good she play then to now
i react on your description BEST VERSION ON TH-cam! she certainly grow up and master her performance skills,but not on this video...agree?
I agree. Her first movement was good, the second lacks depth and the third was a little too fast and could do with lighter playing. But she was a child! Definitely the best version by anyone her age I've seen on TH-cam. She's since become frighteningly good. I watched a video of her playing Petrushka the other day. Fantastic stuff. That thing is complete murder.
SharonGuitar500 The second mvt lacks what, did you say? Depth? Try another listen. Metronomic perhaps, but doing that & managing to capture Mozart's art nonetheless is why she has grown to unquestionable greatness.
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)*
*Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545*
0:00 I. Allegro
2:29 II. Andante
7:28 III. Rondo
Yuja Wang, piano (age c. 12)✨
Yes she brought out the key element of the sonata: simplicity. This is exactly how a sonata for children should be played.
A child with mature technique. What a delightful performance.
She has depth! It reminds me of Richter, who played this one in London.
please,don t compare this childish interpretation to Richter!
Childish? you need to prove that.,
i think the other commenter meant "children", that is, interpretation by a child.
Are you an English speaker? Or are you providing cover for your previous incarnation?
Not a native English speaker. Just wanted to chime in :D Cheers. Anyway, previous incarnation? noooo waay hahhahaha
I had seen this when I was 6.My mother told that Wang play piano very very well.I thought one day I can play piano well like her.Now,I will never like her,because of some reasons I gave up.I am so sad,because I love music ,piano....
Then they move on to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov..
I reckon to have spent about 2 years trying to learn this on the Piano and, here we have a young lady showing just how it's done but, with class and graceful elegance. Wow! my deepest respect to you. A natural genius.
Her playing is soo good I bet there’s going to be a new Mozart soon , and everybody will forget about the real Mozart hahahahaha
Plz like
She's 33 years old today... You can hear her playing already
@@robsonmalta7763 I know , i mean in the vid
Lol maybe not her name isn’t even Mozart XD
It's wonderful that girls already at this age are playing such beautiful music, and the way some of you talk about it is wrong and not glorifying to God, the Author and Giver of music and talent. Let us encourage people rather then break them down.
I start the piano lessons cause of this video!
This is just a demonstration recorded for her teacher's teaching video for beginners. She could play Chopin Etudes already then.
Tremendous performance! :)
I agree dolphin!
Yuja Wang is one of the best pianist today. She is now 25 and plays brilliantly! No one here need criticize this performance. You only can dream of playing like her now.
Now that she's grown up, I worship her (including her fingernail clippings). We just have to meet up in heaven someday--soooo drollll! (No more trolls--ever).
What Traceur13 is saying is that you can basically find out how to learn to play any instrument, read sheet music, etc., by simply searching the internet. All you need is an instrument and it's possible to teach yourself through helpful sites in the internet.
Unbelieivable amazing
she has a very great control on her speed. the timing is just perfect, so flawless and simple. Perfect.
Her hands are mesmerizing...
I can't imagine a person being so small as to notice her -posture- when the music is simply fabulously played.
that gives me so much hope I'm playing this at the same age but I'm not as good XD I hope one day I will be as good as her!
You keep at it and you probably will be enjoy the fine time you are having
Try
Emi Wyan
LVader20: I totally agree! Speed is not the maker of great pianists, but style and actually living the piece does!
I'm an amateur, but I enjoy playing the small pieces and parts of some others that I can, because I live within the tunes I play... and I enjoy living within such beautiful music.
This performance absolutely proves my point: a young child playing such a cute piece of epic music from a great composer... absolute perfection :)
I really am convinced that orientals have superior brain and reflexes--they have the ability to "get it" without a lot of talk...(nonverbal acuity). Truly astonishing (adopt a Chinese baby, if you are barren?)
That was so good, I was so moved by a piece I've heard so many times without a single drop of a feeling... Yuja Wang has supernatural powers (or an incredibly unique talent)
Back when music was actually something ^o^
I can call you a piano virtuoso.
I played this piece many years ago, not an easy piece to play, she played so clean, wonderful trill.
i can play this song
What a technician! Even at this young age. Flawless. This is by no means easy to play. It seems effortless to her. So impressive!
Who gave negatives to this video?Losers.
I agree
Without technique, there is no music. You must set your priorities straight. Flow and feeling is very important, I will agree with you on that. But without technique, how are you going to exress those feelings? Besides, I can see see that she truly loves music. For a kid, she was definitely an expert at expression and emotions through music. Did you even see what she did later in her life? Daniel Barenboim said Lang Lang would be his final student- but this girl, Yuja, was really his last pupil.
No one imagined she would become a beast on the piano 3 years later...
Lol!
Just because some people can play harder pieces than other DOES NOT AT ALL MAKE YOU BETTER. WHAT MAKES ONE PIANIST BETTER THAN ANOTHER ONE IS THE FEELING THEY PUT INTO THE PIECES THAT THEY PLAY! IT DEPENDS ON THEIR DYNAMICS< PHRASING AND TEMPO NOT HOW HARD THE PIECE IS
Her trills are so nice and equal :)
That's what we like to hear!
Why don't people check before writing comments concerning parents or anything else for that matter. Yuja Wang is now a 23 year old world renowned pianist who records exclusively on Deutsche grammaphone.
one of my favourites. thank you. i played it at that age too, though nowhere near as well. glad you are on this earth doing what you do
yuja.
I totally agree. I h8 those negative stupid comments. They are JEALOUS! 'Makes me sick. She is awesome. I'm working on this, and I KNOW I'll never play it as well as she is. She sounds PROFESSIONAL. And at TEN? Genius is all I can say.
Brava! Beautiful video and playing! Thank youf or sharing your talent with us untalented people. lol
Why is everyone asking her questions? This is like from 10 years ago. Click the House of Flying Fingers in related videos its her playing amazingly now in the present. Shes amazing.
This Mozart is perfect, you cannot see any personality at all just the music.
I swear to God, i've never heard a better way of playing Mozart than this video. It's perfect, just perfect.
Yes, it was originally titled "Easy Sonata for Beginners" by people when they found it. Then they tried playing it...and trust me, I've played it, it's freaking hard!!!
Notes were evenly played and with absolute accuracy. Foundation was firmed. Beautiful.
and today she's a great virtuoso! bravissimo! Simply love this.
Recommend,she is so talented
if i ever have a daughter i will pray everyday for her to be this talented
That wont help
What a fantastic performance ! She is totally in control of the piece. The tempo is just perfect imo. I don't understand why everyone thinks that playing faster makes you a better pianist.... It's not the speed that matters, but the quality the sound you produce....
I'm learning this too after 2 and a half years of playing, and i have difficulties with the trills.. :SS
She has the phrasing completely under control. Notice how during the trill, there are four completely even groups of four notes in the accompaniment, which is very tough to do.
I am astounded that her young talent was incomparable .
From Tokyo in Japan where is within your imagination .
Heard her and saw her last weekend in Toledo playing the Tchaikovski 1st. Out of this world; she played it like no other and gave it new life. She signed a CD for me after the concert. She is out of this world gorgeous, too. I wish she would record and post to TH-cam Chopin etudes Op 10 No 1 and Op 25 No 1.
I'm not arguing with you. What i'm telling you is that it's fact that there are no dynamics found in the autograph of k.545. When it comes to Bach, yes, he left dynamics up to the performer other than where he left them. In the baroque era additions such as embellishments, dynamics, etc. were left in large part to the performers' discretion and in fact was expected. So, yes, Bach left dynamics for us to decide upon, however one must take what's known about baroque performance practice
she could play so wonderful at such young age, really amazing! she's a genius
The commenters criticizing Wang's artistry/ interpretation/ lack of emotion need to study up on music history and styles. This is Mozart, not Chopin! She played this piece perfectly in the *classical style*.