Yuja Wang - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23

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  • Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (Op. 23)
    Yuja Wang (piano)
    Hannu Lintu (conductor)
    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Helsinki Music Centre Concert Hall (7 September 2012)
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  • @ComposerInUK
    @ComposerInUK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1719

    What a fantastic time we all live in. Had you been alive in 1874/5, when this concerto was written, you would have been lucky to have heard it four or five times in your whole life. Now, even on TH-cam we can contrast and compare hundreds of versions and hear it played by out favourite pianist whenever we want. We are allowed to disagree on whom is our favourite, but isn't it wonderful that we have the opportunity to choose...?

    • @francesctuto1598
      @francesctuto1598 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Cierto los gustos, a veces son muy variados, pero después de escuchar a Yuja Wang, el nivel es tan alto desde el punto de vista emocional, que la elección será muy dificil.....

    • @pix046
      @pix046 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      ComposerInUK If you had been alive in 1874/5 you would have been one in a million to have even heard of it or understood what it was, let alone heard it even once.

    • @ComposerInUK
      @ComposerInUK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      pix046 You may be right. It's just that I don't understand the slightly absurd point you're making. Justify it, please.

    • @johnsmith-mo1yc
      @johnsmith-mo1yc 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ComposerInUK Yes! And part of that fantastic time is the more than one MILLION hits that this piece has received!
      I realize that this is a popular work and that Yuja Wang is a charismatic pianist, but 1, 000,000 hits!

    • @ComposerInUK
      @ComposerInUK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      john smith I hadn't seen that! Isn't it wonderful? And some people will insist that classical music is dying... Good to hear from you :)

  • @milosterwheeler2520
    @milosterwheeler2520 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Tchaikovsky would be so happy with this lady and the whole orchestra.

  • @brickbizarre
    @brickbizarre 6 ปีที่แล้ว +842

    Wow. What a talent. And for those criticizing her outfit, she's a rock star of classical music. She can wear whatever she wants. She certainly delivers the goods musically. I happen to like her dress in this performance, and I think she's a beautiful woman. But there's also lots of videos of other performances where she's wearing long, elegant gowns. Just bask in the greatness of a generational talent and enjoy the artistry.

    • @alphashanahan4323
      @alphashanahan4323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I remember her saying that her mother wanted her to be a dancer. I think the mother was a ballerina. When i see Yuja wearing tight dresses, i see a ballerina playing piano masterpieces. I think she has a body of a ballerina :)

    • @dojoskeptic
      @dojoskeptic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      She seems to have the essential of this concerto covered.

    • @sheana2005
      @sheana2005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I think her style of dress does a lot to make Classical Music cool.....and that's really OK in my book! She's taken the dust off of some of the world's most beautiful music.

    • @davebonham3245
      @davebonham3245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      brickbizarre

    • @davebonham3245
      @davebonham3245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      brickbizarre .

  • @thomasrobbins3821
    @thomasrobbins3821 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Written by unearthly genius; played by a surreal talent!

  • @today7518
    @today7518 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Pianist looks beautiful. Super cute hair cut, looks great, and infinitely talented. Who in their right mind would ever criticize anything about this performance? We've heard this a million times, but super appreciated her performance. Absolutely loved it.

    • @gailhausmann1329
      @gailhausmann1329 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yes!!..I agree with you 100%...
      Yuja is a multi talented pianist.
      Her magical fingers running on the piano are amazing.....
      This piece is so very emotional + stirring...
      Love her gowns too!!...
      Have seen a few of her interviews, & she's warm + intelligent.......
      Thanks for posting this wonderful performance: 🙏❤️

  • @MW-qd1rj
    @MW-qd1rj ปีที่แล้ว +140

    How can a human remember so many notes and present it with such sensibility, vitality, and accuracy. Yija must be a superhuman or a being from another planet.

    • @gerzonsosa2902
      @gerzonsosa2902 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's what makes a soloist great.

    • @terrylandles8458
      @terrylandles8458 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yuja Wang for me is the greatest pianist of all time. So many concertos played to perfection & no written music in front of her all learnt & memorised. She is a majestic pianist indeed. Love her. ❤

    • @cheers2023
      @cheers2023 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You live and breathe it. It tells a story, and you're the one sharing it with everyone. Easy to remember something you are so connected with.

    • @gwirgalon3758
      @gwirgalon3758 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      a true human, instead ( we are all part of Source, as is all life -- owning that and giving oneself to being the instrument of Source is the secret not so secret when we don't obscure it with bs...). So MW, how are you living that today, in your heart, your silence and your words, your true Voice today ; )

    • @douglasburnside
      @douglasburnside 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She doesn't remember "all the notes", not like "G, followed by A-flat in the left hand with a C-E-G chord in the right...". I'm sure that you can hum along with the melody line of this piece most of the time. She knows every detail of this melody, she hears it in her head, and her hands through thousands of hours of practice and training, nearly automatically "know" how to reproduce that melody.

  • @hehhehhuhhuh7014
    @hehhehhuhhuh7014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I cannot imagine the countless hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades of total and complete dedication it takes to be able to play incredible pieces of music like this one, and hit every single note crisply and cleanly in front of a packed auditorium.

    • @cheval63sg
      @cheval63sg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      quite true. just look at the muscles behind her little fingers. they are huge!

    • @An-ye8rj
      @An-ye8rj 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Absolutely incredible the amount of life talent and work requires to become this level of musician is astonishing, from 4-5 years old non stop 3-5 hours a day.
      Bravo!!!!
      And yet the only form of Art “artists” getaway with no talent, no skill, no content, no beauty, in completely insane, absurd world of paintings, it is insult to intelligence to any human being who has intelligence, and insult the true artist of paint and artists in general.
      Isn’t it time to change it and bring the skills the talent the beauty to the visual arts of our time?
      This performance should be inspiration for anybody To bring a visual arts to the level of this performance.

  • @alexandracangiano505
    @alexandracangiano505 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    She is the most talented performer that I have ever seen!!! I do not look at her dresses, I look at her hands!!!! Like no other pianist!!!

  • @goodtobeagirl851
    @goodtobeagirl851 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Red dress against a backdrop of black tuxedos and gowns. Love the contrast and her free spirit, not to mention her playing.

    • @sambistabeauty
      @sambistabeauty 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      definitely a free spirit. she doesn't care about a short red skirt!

    • @TalentedDilittante
      @TalentedDilittante 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Freedom, in her case, is part of the free spirit she puts to creativity . . . instead of worrying about others' opinions. As she said in an interview, "I'm in charge." (implying, no one else is.) Free spirits always rub the stultified the wrong way. What's new?

    • @elsaalmenara1512
      @elsaalmenara1512 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Douglas Chapman c

    • @lovemetu
      @lovemetu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +GoodToBeAGirl Excellent comment, I would guess that Yuja Wang would agree with your comment 100% !! Yuja Wang a free spirit in the often stuffy world of Classical music, breath of fresh air and a brilliant musician more like !! She also likes being a fashionable young woman, god bless her !!

    • @oscarguzman39
      @oscarguzman39 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I absolutely agree. She is lovely.

  • @ronwalker4849
    @ronwalker4849 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    THIS IS THE MOST EXTROARDINARY PERFORMANCE OF THIS WORK I HAVE EVER HEARD. AND I HAVE HEARD MANY. CLIBURN LAUNCHED IT TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
    AND YUJA HURLED IT EVEN FURTHER INTO THE HEAVENS. TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR WORDS.

    • @bryangl1
      @bryangl1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A gentle word; typing in all upper case is the equivalent of shouting, and while that might be what you want to do with Yuja Wang's incredible performance, it is considered to be rude.

    • @saigipson1546
      @saigipson1546 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We are in comments kid, there is not yelling. He is just showing us his passion.

  • @inthemiddlechic23
    @inthemiddlechic23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I have listened to MANY MANY versions of this song for a very very long time and this is the FIRST ive ever heard that both orchestra and pianist are top notch. My goodness. I play piano and this was always the song i wanted to master and perform (obviously not likely in this lifetime) i dont care WHAT shes wearing- she is AMAZING!!!

    • @alexvaliansky7707
      @alexvaliansky7707 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is not a song. It’s a piano concerto.

    • @Michael-pk4xp
      @Michael-pk4xp ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi this is not a song as there are no words

    • @bryangl1
      @bryangl1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm not the first to comment, but a 'song' is something that is 'sung' (do you see the connection in the words?). In fact, there is no immediate equivalent to 'song' in classical music; in opera there is an equivalent, and the word is, 'aria'.

    • @alanparkinson549
      @alanparkinson549 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How about the German word 'lied?'@@bryangl1

  • @davidronson8712
    @davidronson8712 7 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I have never seen Yuja playing with a music sheet in front of her, she blows my mind with her memory and playing skills, her parents must be 20 feet tall from been proud of having this great pianist.

    • @stevenknudsen7902
      @stevenknudsen7902 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Believe it or not, it's distracting to have sheet music when you are doing piano performance. Look at collaborative piano, maybe they have sheet music there, or when a person is accompanying a recital.

    • @aleksPval
      @aleksPval ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Memorising pieces like these are not the hardest thing to do in comparison to actually playing them

    • @athleticguy15
      @athleticguy15 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aleksPval Quite correct, if you have the talent to perform a concerto like this, memorization is rather easy.

  • @mcgdoc9546
    @mcgdoc9546 8 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    If Tchaikovsky is listening to her, he would be shocked to hear the technical possibilities his creation could engender. The modern 21st century flair this top pianist has infused into his piece has breathed new energy and longevity for the future generations! Love it!

  • @s.c.1494
    @s.c.1494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Wow, I am drawn back to this exquisite performance again and again, after listening to other past and present first-rated pianists. For me Yuja's amazingly brilliant phrasing with such clarity and sensitivity is second to none. Her tempi are right on the spot, sensibly and emotively punctuate the lyrical layers of each movement. Moreover her excellent pedal work, which is not usually recognized, completes the incredible sonority. But perhaps most of all Yuja's exceptional display of the harmonization and musical unity between her as the soloist and the orchestra is a rarity among her generation of performers. Not only does she attentively and intentionally listen to the orchestra but actually as a result step down when the orchestra has the carrying melody or when the orchestra has a solo instrumental part. Such intelligence and humility!!

  • @dexterwarrington8615
    @dexterwarrington8615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    How can anyone touch those keys so lightly? How can anyone move their fingers so quickly? I always enjoyed Horowitz, but he has been replaced by Yuja who not only has the mechanics of the piece, but also gives us the emotion that Tchaikovsky imagined and wrote. Miss Wang has captured my heart and admiration. She makes me giggle with sheer delight when she plays~!

    • @billmarrufo
      @billmarrufo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Great as Yuja is (and I mean it) not even her played those octaves as Martha Argerich. Don´t take my word, take a look instead. Suisse Ronmande under Dutoit version.

    • @chrisraffen5980
      @chrisraffen5980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yuja has a distinct demeanor & incredible pace & talent throughout the whole time.Such brilliance.

  • @chessdaddy0720
    @chessdaddy0720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    6 years later, this is still the best Tchaikovsky Paino Concerto I have heard. Yujia has magic hands, best illustrated in the finally, relaxed but with control and confidence. I am blessed.

    • @Dylonely42
      @Dylonely42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Piano Concerto No. 1

    • @s.c.1494
      @s.c.1494 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Now 10 years later this is still the best rendition for me.

    • @josephupton9019
      @josephupton9019 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love Yuja, but you should watch Khatia Buniatishvili as well. Also superb.

  • @RM98105
    @RM98105 10 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Yuja Wang was new for me, though I have listen to many Tchaikovsky piano #1 in the last 60 years. I had low expectations, likely to be another sterile, mechanical performance.
    I was delighted for her nuanced, poetic performance! She also was a fine technician, with power when called for. Mainly, she was at one with Tchaikovsky. Thanks TH-cam for giving me access to her performance.

  • @eschelar
    @eschelar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    That finale... I seriously almost fell off my chair. And I think this is the third time I've heard her play this piece just today. Goosebumps, tears in my eyes and I'm absolutely out of breath. Every hair on my arms and legs and necks is alert and my brain is a swirling mess.
    What a brilliant performance!

  • @s.c.1494
    @s.c.1494 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Still awestruck every time I watch this performance. The absolute control she has over the keyboard is beyond words. Bravo, bravo!

  • @dayan5402
    @dayan5402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Listened to other versions over the year probably over a hundred times, and this is, by far, the best and I cannot stop keep coming back to it.

    • @s.c.1494
      @s.c.1494 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too!

    • @bernardpoulin5254
      @bernardpoulin5254 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Et Slatovslav RICHTER,. et . . .

    • @dayan5402
      @dayan5402 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bernardpoulin5254 This is indeed a great version. Thanks for sharing!

    • @cwfung4285
      @cwfung4285 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same for me.

    • @marksmith3947
      @marksmith3947 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm really tired of the over praising she gets. It's not merited. She is a virtuoso pianist for sure, but one of many of equal or superior playing ability ; furthermore, she is a bit dull and conventional as a musician

  • @jupitersailing
    @jupitersailing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This fabulous lady is a considerable way past being a genius. We watch her arms, hands and fingers as she conjures this perfection seemingly out of thin air, and the conductor has balanced the orchestra with her so beautifully that this is far and away my favourite rendition.

  • @pauzen5365
    @pauzen5365 6 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    I can listen to Yuja Wang playing piano all day long without getting bore or tire. What a blessing to have such a wonderful young musician to live among us today!

    • @edb6783
      @edb6783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pau Zen Exactemente

    • @arlenemortiz1756
      @arlenemortiz1756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too, I can listen to her all day

    • @bryangl1
      @bryangl1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One is beguiled by the freshness and joy in her performance. And she can bring a mew zest to even the most (overly) familiar works. As Yuja plays, fleeting smiles and murmuring lips reveal that she seems to be enjoying the music, along with the audience. It's almost certain that there are a number of pianists playing in concerts around the world, but few if any, play with that relaxed sheer joy in the music. That's what sets her apart, and what makes it possible to hear her over and over again, without tiring.

  • @bogey5155
    @bogey5155 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    As someone said in another of her brilliant performances captured on video, this is superhuman genius. The length of the concerto, the speed and precision of the most difficult passages, the dynamic control she exhibits, being in musical sync with the orchestra, and doing so with her natural flair, beauty, and obviously enjoying the fun and challenge of it all tells us that this is what she was placed on earth for, and for all of us lucky enough to realize what we are witnessing, we are all the better for it. She is one of the things right now that make us grateful to be alive.

  • @dianasmith725
    @dianasmith725 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    One of the most beautiful pieces in classical music!

  • @euleneats
    @euleneats 7 ปีที่แล้ว +603

    I don't care what anyone says about her clothes or appearance. Fact is, she is an amazing talent. Wish I could play like her.

    • @armandorisso2841
      @armandorisso2841 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      very clever answer, indeed

    • @mckavitt13
      @mckavitt13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Armando Risso Just honest. I never wish I could play like her. I love that she is the only one who can.

    • @francescoloriga9993
      @francescoloriga9993 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Di martedì

    • @francescoloriga9993
      @francescoloriga9993 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Travaglio

    • @Bulletguy07
      @Bulletguy07 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Euphemia Jaramie....it's only the narrow minded "snobs" who pull their faces about Yuja's dress style. What she's doing is effectively sticking two fingers up at those people and saying "i don't give a shit because i will wear what i WANT to wear and if you don't like it, find yourself another Yuja Wang"....(which they can't!!). I love her all the more for that approach. In UK we had Nigel Kennedy doing the same who would do a concert looking like a tramp off the streets with a weeks growth of beard stubble...no way would he ever conform to "standard dress code". Nobody could say anything because he was at the very top of his profession.

  • @rmbjr60
    @rmbjr60 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    She seems to be at one with the music, and shows so much joy throughout. At 25:58 and again at 35:58 she's actually dancing! Not once does she resort to the all-too-familiar over-strained facial expressions and gyrations that so many classical musicians use as if to call attention to how great they are (rather than how great the *music* is). Listen to how graceful she presents the arpeggios at 2:00 - 2:45! Other pianists attack those arpeggios with an overbearing menace, forcing their will upon the piano and beating the instrument into submission. Not Yuja. She and the piano seem to be equal partners focused on dancing the night away, utterly losing themselves in the *music*!
    Yes, her technical ability is amazing, but it is the joy with which she brings to the entire work - slow and quiet passages as well as loud and triumphant - that I like best.

    • @crystalrainbow19
      @crystalrainbow19 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Brilliantly said! This is one of the best comments I’ve ever read on TH-cam. So on point.

  • @mckavitt13
    @mckavitt13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I don't think it's been mentioned here, but Yuja Wang has, imo, THE most beautiful hands.. strong, upright (not flat), graceful, expressive in themselves.

    • @tylermoore8218
      @tylermoore8218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Timmy Tran Does it really matter if she's gay or not? I find your comment to be quite homophobic and sexist, sir.

    • @tylermoore8218
      @tylermoore8218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Timmy Tran Astute observation lol

    • @tylermoore8218
      @tylermoore8218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Timmy Tran Are you 12?

    • @tylermoore8218
      @tylermoore8218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Timmy Tran No

    • @mckavitt13
      @mckavitt13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Timmy Tran What’s that got to do w it? PS. She’s hyper-hetero. Sorry.

  • @ytubejat
    @ytubejat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    No doubt this is a superlative performance of this piece, certainly one of the best ever done. Congratulations to the orchestra, conductor, and Yuja.

  • @pavelham
    @pavelham 10 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    I have heard this piece many times in my 77 years. I can't compare this performance with others I have heard, for who can remember everything about them all? All I know is I enjoyed it very much, feeling that Ms Wang played with great authority and proper feeling (it's all subjective, anyway). Unlike others who have posted here, I found her short skirt charming, not at all distracting. It emphasized her youth, which was also apparent in her bodily responses to some of the syncopated passages. The music is beautiful, the woman is beautiful--they seem to be in consonance, yes? I am happy to have 'discovered' Yuja Yang on TH-cam. Thanks to the uploader... Chunkitpoh?

    • @AJ89148
      @AJ89148 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Class act !!

    • @alexandrelaverdure6219
      @alexandrelaverdure6219 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I enjoyed reading your comment. You were spot on.

    • @Trivia_Knowledge
      @Trivia_Knowledge 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Spoken like a gentleman and a scholar. Cheers!

    • @Lpmgato1
      @Lpmgato1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well stated, Sir, well stated, indeed. Right ON! I love everything about Yuja Wang.

    • @helenaskiraj
      @helenaskiraj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You nailed it!

  • @eugenefubini7898
    @eugenefubini7898 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Yu Ja Wang: Superb in personality, looks, intelligence and talent and that dress should go in the Classical Music Hall Of Fame!

  • @absolutdog8790
    @absolutdog8790 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    There are only 3 types of people that would criticize Ms. Wang for her attire.
    1. Lesser musicians jealous of her.
    2. Women jealous of her raw beauty.
    3. Men who's wives are standing over them as they type a response to this video.

    • @bloodgrss
      @bloodgrss ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You left out the pompous morality police stuck in the 19th century, and the mere racist chauvinists over her being Chinese and a woman. Otherwise, ya got it covered...

    • @carlus95
      @carlus95 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      excellent!

  • @souldoctor2122
    @souldoctor2122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    In the film Amadeus, Mozart says “I am a vulgar man, but I assure you my music is not”. Yuja is not vulgar and surely her music is not. It is sublime. Her music serves as a gift to us all to lift our spirit to experience the Soul.

    • @stefanmariaschneider
      @stefanmariaschneider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What's wrong with being vulgar if even Mozart was?!!! Yuja is sexy and she enjoys it that way. It does NOT take away from her outstanding artistic performance.

  • @lovemetu
    @lovemetu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Yuja Wang is without doubt the modern ''It Girl'' of the piano world and I would sooner see her perform on stage than any other pianist in the world today. I hope she gets to appear on the BBC Proms in London this year playing a really good piece of music, she would be an absolute sensation to those who have not heard or seen her before, mark my words, Yuja Wang is on course to be the No 1 pianist in all the world within the next 5 years !!

    • @bryangl1
      @bryangl1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, she DID appear at the Proms in 22 (I think) and stunned the audience with this and with an equally stunning encore.

  • @Bruce88keys
    @Bruce88keys 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Yuja Wang is easily the most interesting artist on the stages of the world.
    With a first rate imagination, respect for music, remarkable stage presence and keyboard manners make her the great genius she is. A happy human being.

  • @gailhausmann1329
    @gailhausmann1329 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Awesome performance!! ...
    Yuja is one of the best...
    All by memory..
    Her magical fingers running on the keys, with intensity!!..
    Have been following her career for many years.....
    Her performances convey such passion & feelings.
    Thanks for posting.
    🙏❤️

  • @dennyt4520
    @dennyt4520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    What a fantastic performance. Yuja Wang is a goddess. An Amazon woman. Powerful and extraordinary. My expectations of the orchestra were low but am blown away by their playing. Really incredible. They accompany the soloist perfectly. Bravo and Brava to All.

  • @smoothchopperator
    @smoothchopperator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    She’s the only musician at her performances who doesn’t have sheet music in front of her, she also has the most difficult part and always performs flawlessly. What an amazing talent.

    • @notnek202
      @notnek202 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No concert pianist has sheet music during a concert. You didn’t know that ?

    • @notnek202
      @notnek202 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheGreatPerahia I agree if the pianist is playing a rare piece & for some reason I see it with many 20th century pieces like Ravel & Shostakovich.

    • @josephupton9019
      @josephupton9019 ปีที่แล้ว

      Khatia Buniatishvili also uses no sheet music.

    • @athleticguy15
      @athleticguy15 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@josephupton9019 Neither does any other concert pianist.

  • @petetotaro9510
    @petetotaro9510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Most talented and beautiful one will ever see on the classical piano keys! A million thanks to the one above for dropping her down from Heaven in our lifetime! Pyotr

  • @marcjames3487
    @marcjames3487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    OMG. Bravo indeed. My soul just exploded. I've never been so moved by this piece before. A shining light in the darkness of a fearful world. My Heart will continue reverberate to this as I sleep. Thank you, Yuja Wang.

  • @eugenefubini7898
    @eugenefubini7898 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I'm almost 80. Never heard or saw her till a few days ago here on TH-cam. Like an elixir of life. So refreshing, cute, and fun not to mention her incredible talent. If I were young again she soon would have a boyfriend. If she likes girls too, she has the personality to take it all in. I thank her for the renewed pleasure she has thrown into my life.

  • @PeterFritzWalter
    @PeterFritzWalter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Finally one conductor who can follow Yuja's absolutely musical fire … without wavering .. what a great interpretation of this eternal marvel of musical composition ...

    • @eschelar
      @eschelar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Probably helps him to be the only person in the orchestra who can't see her and be utterly captivated by her... playing... :)
      And yeah, that's a joke, she's got me nearly catatonic and I'm in another window and I can't see her. It's phenomenal playing! Hands down my favorite rendition of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto.
      When I was a kid, I used to consider this my favorite piece of all time. But over the years, that "drunken" intro just started to feel weird. Yuja fixed that by firming it up and making it brisk and potent, not extravagant and swaggering.
      This is truly breathtaking, down to the last note. Even a blind man would agree.

  • @StarsAndCatzau
    @StarsAndCatzau 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    We could listen to this the entire day.

  • @aleksandarjankovski6542
    @aleksandarjankovski6542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This woman is an astoundingly great musician. It is that simple. The notion that she is all glitz and no substance is sheer nonsense. Just listen to her touch in the opening of the second movement. Sublime.

  • @giacomoguarnieri2461
    @giacomoguarnieri2461 7 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    WOW I am speechless. Ms. Wang is probably among the best pianists of our lifetime, so expressive and in the meantime so crystal-clear. I really wonder how anyone could criticize her art...probably they have never played the piano in their life, cause otherwise they would immediately understand how unreachable performances like this one are.
    Thanks for uploading this video!

  • @vladimirhorowitz
    @vladimirhorowitz 10 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Unbelievable. What a performance. Such clarity and detail in every note...never muddled, never hides behind pedal or the orchestra. She plays with every passage with confidence and passion. Tremendous octaves, too. I love how halfway through them the conductor just kind of slowly rotates and watches her. Yuja is still so young and I can't wait to see what kind of greatness she has yet to achieve.

    • @Blueboyo1
      @Blueboyo1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You've touched upon something very important about Ms Wang's playing which is less often mentioned than it should be. Her passion and, her oft-mentioned "almost fighterning accuracy" and other attributes are often praised. But more attention must be paid to her clarity. I could mention many famous performers - often those cited as "masters" of the keyboard - who absolutely cannot match Ms Wang in this regard. You can hear (and enjoy) every note, regardless of the passage's tempo.

    • @edb6783
      @edb6783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      “Yuja is still so young...” yet she’s been playing concert piano around the world for over 20 years! I hope to be listening to her playing when I’m 100!

    • @vladimirhorowitz
      @vladimirhorowitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@edb6783 Thank you for bringing me back to this amazing video! This is such a great rendition. Yuja Wang is a master and the conductor and orchestra are great too. I don't think she made a single error in the octaves, which is insane because even the best make at least one or two slip ups in that famous passage.

    • @anniekilgore4915
      @anniekilgore4915 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Blueboyo1 I so whole heartedly agree. The Passion and composure in which she performs. The nuanced way she can apply her own self to each note is such a joy. I have purposefully listened to a performance and then listened tot eh same piece be one of her peers and sadly for them they pale in comparison to her amazing talent. This is a perfect example of an artist having teh technical and physical chops to execute almost anything they need to, but then having the amazing connection with the music that you almost feel she is one with the music.

  • @barrytarr2960
    @barrytarr2960 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This is simply God given - what a gift to enjoy this heaven on Earth. Thank you all

  • @rattywoof5259
    @rattywoof5259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    34:45 - I don't think I've heard these octave passages articulated so ferociously (and perfectly)!

  • @herbertsimmelink8414
    @herbertsimmelink8414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Emotionally she is bringing me to musicals levels I have not been before. The way she plays on that hughe and difficult instrument is fenomenal. Blessed by having Mrs. Yuja wang among us in times where music💝💝 is probably one of the best healing tools in these disturbing times.

  • @claudias130
    @claudias130 8 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Ms. Wang has her very own style of playing this concerto and by the way she looks marvelous; a breath of fresh air.

  • @lovemetu
    @lovemetu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This is one of those videos that you just look at for a quick 5 minutes.........and have to watch right to the end !! I have lost count of the times I have watched the amazing Yuja Wang play this Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, always a lovely experience.

    • @JaniceJurgenson-qd7gi
      @JaniceJurgenson-qd7gi หลายเดือนก่อน

      Her love of music shines through and touches the heart!

  • @dexterwarrington8615
    @dexterwarrington8615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    She certainly understands and executes "pianissimo" with greater control than any pianist I've ever heard. and I've heard many~!

  • @waimusic3559
    @waimusic3559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The multi-angle shooting of Yuja's recital shows both how difficult of this Tchaikovsky work and how gifted Yuja are.

  • @leeharrington380
    @leeharrington380 8 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    The night of May 9, 1965 I was compelled to pull to the roadside so I could cry without injury as Vladimer Horowitz played Schumann's Fantasia live in his return to Carnegie Hall after 12 years absence from the stage. Yes, all know his sins and shortcomings, but the sonorous and powerful left hand . . . ah, now that was magic. His passion and romance were there for all to feel and, indeed, see. Frequently audiences would simply begin softly weeping in unison when he played, especially in his last visit to Moscow in 1986. For the closing years of my life I have picked Miss Wang for my reverence (there are many worthies). She is in a great tradition with her teacher and mentor, Gary Graffman, having been a student of Horowitz. In the lineage of great showmen like Liszt and Horowitz, she is simply magnificent to me. It is, for me, like having a chance to see Horowitz as a youth. Enchanted. Enraptured. Enthralled.

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Leland Harrington I, too, am a huge Horowitz fan. But your post has no place in Yuja's video here. Repost your Horowitz comments on the appropriate Horowitz video on Ytube.

    • @leeharrington380
      @leeharrington380 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Perhaps you should read the entire post, my friend. To compare Yuja with Vladimer is a rare compliment indeed. Do you wish me to comment on this particular piece? Are you the guardian of this blog or God? In the interim, as you ponder your self apotheosis, I will continue to adulate Miss Wang's work, traveling across this continent to listen to her.
      Surprised we can agree on anything, frankly, given your worship of Sutherland and mine of Callas. Albeit, Richard and Joan made a grand couple, if only he could have imbued her with his fire. But delighted to know you admire Horowitz, flaws and all, as well.

    • @ronwalker4849
      @ronwalker4849 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      VETTA, GO FUCK OFF.

    • @peaceharmony4115
      @peaceharmony4115 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @ Leland Harrington Thank you for that lovely comment. It was both touching and insightful. Let us hope Ms. Wang plays for a long time, and passes on her knowledge to the pupils she takes in time.

    • @davidherz9968
      @davidherz9968 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you serious? Or an unpleasant person hiding behind a pseudonym

  • @scottweaverphotovideo
    @scottweaverphotovideo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    One of the most poetic versions I've ever heard of this masterpiece. Almost thought I was listening to the Schumann concerto at several moments. Also appreciate that Yuja expresses her emotions thru the music, not thru exaggerated body movements and pained facial expressions (Lang Lang). Yuja is a truly great musician.

    • @brkahn
      @brkahn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's because she is completely in the music. Hannu Lintu and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra are also remarkably good and contribute to the almost meditative mood that I hear at times (very usual in this concerto!)

    • @anapaulafitas2312
      @anapaulafitas2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ❤️❤️❤️ Wonderful... Tchaikovsky Piano Concert n. 1 as I always want to hear it ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for sharing the talent from this really amazing pianist ❤️💐🌿🌸 Best wishes 🌹💝

    • @anapaulafitas2312
      @anapaulafitas2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you 🤗 🌹

    • @margaretlavender9647
      @margaretlavender9647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How I HATE the over acting of pianists with their facial expressions, or too much body movements this way, that way, leaning back, leaning right down over the keys. It all looks so ridiculous and acting. You’re not an actor you’re a pianist, so just keep as still as you can, you pianists - like this young lady.

    • @nickjgunning
      @nickjgunning ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Never understood the persistence of musicians comparing this to Schuman- this is a much more engaging and intellectually complex than anything by Schuman. When Rubinstein criticised the piece for being not truly classical, tchaikovsky edited it and turned it into a baroque concerto- the main theme is stated just once and the rest is a sequence of tonal answers and variations- he was, after all, professor of counterpoint.

  • @norwalltino
    @norwalltino 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    She is absolutely the most amazing artist of our time. I'm a very lucky listener and please protect this genius from the nasty world out there! Great art gives great people. Yuja Wang lives forever. Million thanks.

  • @user-df6td2dq8j
    @user-df6td2dq8j 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Перед нами - бессмертное творение великого гения, вот уже более полутора веков сводящее с ума немыслимой красотой, эпичностью, потрясающей патетикой, фантастическим лиризмом. А на сцене - хрупкая, миниатюрная, миловидная девушка в удивительно красивом, коротком красном платье и элегантной обуви на высочайшем каблуке. Господи, как же она справится с этим сложнейшим произведением? Ведь для его исполнения требуется колоссальная энергия и невероятный внутренний драйв, помноженные на незаурядную физическую силу. Такие мысли могут прийти в голову, если не знать, кто перед вами. Но эту космического таланта девушку обожают меломаны всего земного шара. Она - лучшая на планете в мире фортепианного искусства. Имя её - Юджа Ванг. И в следующую секунду она снесет звуковой лавиной головы всем слушателям и зрителям в зале, а затем - и любому, кто будет слушать и смотреть её выступление. А далее вы станете внимать звуковым волнам сердцем и душой, впитывая всё величие и совершенство музыкальной ткани непревзойдённого шедевра в блестящей интерпретации несравненной Юджи, потому что по силе, мощи и красоте музыкального обворожения этой волшебнице клавиш нет равных среди людей! Да здравствует Юджа Ванг, единственная и неповторимая! ❤

    • @guillosalacortes8832
      @guillosalacortes8832 หลายเดือนก่อน

      В полне с вами согласен

    • @user-oj7ut1vt1b
      @user-oj7ut1vt1b หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@guillosalacortes8832" ВПОЛНЕ" пишеся так!!!

  • @rogerknox9147
    @rogerknox9147 7 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    (Based on hearing Yuja Wang play a variety of repertoire, not only this performance): this woman is a genius, one of the great artists and we are lucky to be living during her lifetime. She is breaking new ground!

  • @Edubarca46
    @Edubarca46 7 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    What a wonderful pianist and what a beautiful and sweet girl. This combination is seldom seen these days. She is really a gifted girl.

    • @marisamoscatelli6689
      @marisamoscatelli6689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ascoltando Tchaikovsky si capisce quanti tormenti ha conosciuto nella sua .non lunga vita. Egli ha sempre dovuto nascondersi per la sua omosessualità. Per lui e stata molto peggio di una grave malattia. Grandissimo artista!!!!!!

  • @angelicagoldstein8049
    @angelicagoldstein8049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Her artistry and mastery make others look like talentless slackers. I am mesmerized and thoroughly delighted by Ms. Wang's magnificent performance...and may I say...brought to tears! Thank you so very much for this post.

  • @peteryang84
    @peteryang84 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I rate Ms. Wang No.1 among young pianists. If all goes well she will be in the top 10 of all time.

    • @absolutdog8790
      @absolutdog8790 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here we are 4 years later and it's pretty safe to say she's arguably the greatest current classical concert pianist and maybe top 5 of all time.

    • @Etnalleb
      @Etnalleb ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@absolutdog8790 I agree but let us not forget Martha Argerich is still alive and so the debate will rage on who is better Yuja or Martha ? I'd say it be pretty close , so close I'd hate to have to live on the difference.

    • @absolutdog8790
      @absolutdog8790 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Etnalleb You're right. I guess when it's that close, sometimes it's the smallest thing that puts one over the other. For me, it's who I've seen in person vs who I haven't. My wife and I got to see Yuja in The Netherlands on May 14th when she played at the Het Concertgebouw. Incredible show. Completely incredible.

  • @ComposerInUK
    @ComposerInUK 10 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    I think this is a very classy and sensitive performance. She doesn't hammer away like so many pianists. Listen to the first movement cadenza at 17:20; she plays with a mixture of great power but also aware that there are delicate moments in there, too. Brava, I don't think any comparisons need to be made with Lang Lang - this lady has her own, unique approach to this awesome concerto. Thank you so much for sharing...

    • @jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez
      @jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Plenamente de acuerdo: estilo muy personal, inconfundible.Fuerza y ternura, y pasión incontenible por lo que hace y como lo hace. Es la furia total de amor por la música.

    • @ComposerInUK
      @ComposerInUK 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jorge Alfredo Gonzalez Gonzalez Hay tantas maneras de acercarse a este brillante concierto. Este rendimiento no es todos los fuegos artificiales! Tenemos la idea de que ella interpreta esta música por primera vez. Estoy muy feliz de saber que la hayas disfrutado tanto como yo lo hice. Gracias ...

    • @jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez
      @jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      En verdad goce compartido. Genial tu síntesis
      y gentileza. Gracias.

    • @ComposerInUK
      @ComposerInUK 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jorge Alfredo Gonzalez Gonzalez De nada. Y gracias para ti tambien

    • @aerico36
      @aerico36 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con usted. Respecto a compararla con Lang Lang es insultarla.

  • @chessdaddy0720
    @chessdaddy0720 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I enjoyed hearing Yuja Wang play. She plays so elegantly and so beautifully. Her wrist is totally relaxed, and she is able to play fast things so well. I loved it! 😍❤😊💐

  • @Ldsyldsy
    @Ldsyldsy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Genius composer, and a genius pianist that truly does this piece justice.

  • @achieve-your-dreams7610
    @achieve-your-dreams7610 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I think she plays this beautifully!!!! So moving and I can feel the emotion!!!!! Such a range of volume is amazing!!!! Takes one into the depth of the music!!!!

  • @lizz2804
    @lizz2804 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Yuja Wang's performance was so amazing! The best piano version I've heard so far!

    • @stellamarisalenvilas980
      @stellamarisalenvilas980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Excuse me; for me the best version is that of Marta Argerich, directed by Charles Dutoit: Exactly timing and intensity... I didn´t study music, only my sensibility say this words. Thank you.

  • @haiyinhe7768
    @haiyinhe7768 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    A superb performance of timeless Tchaikovsky by Yuja Wang and The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra!

  • @antoniopeters1973
    @antoniopeters1973 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wunderbar! Eine wahre Abbildung des Herzens des Menschen!

  • @wilhelmw3455
    @wilhelmw3455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Came here for the great music and discovered Yuja Wang thank you very much !

  • @pianoteachereastauckland7845
    @pianoteachereastauckland7845 9 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Name a Hollywood actress dressed like this has talent like this. Keep it up Yuja! I love your performances each time.

    • @donreed
      @donreed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Why there are dozens!" "Name one!" "Ummmmmmmmm...."

  • @suegha
    @suegha 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Wow! the more I listen to this the better it gets, and I loved it the first time I listened to it. Her interpretation is perfect, I love it!

  • @renedelhez3928
    @renedelhez3928 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Del R inoubliable, dès mon enfance j'en était imprégné car l'introduction des film d'un grand cinéma que je fréquentais dans ma ville était ce concerto. Quelle beauté !

  • @user-cv9sw8bq5q
    @user-cv9sw8bq5q ปีที่แล้ว +4

    看這位演奏家彈琴好紓壓❤

  • @danbrunson9369
    @danbrunson9369 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    When that technically skilled and gifted, it is almost expected in younger artists that there will be little emotional connection. She, however, captivates me with the breath she gives to the piece and the instrument and she brings it to life with beautiful emotion. Passionate, daring and charming.

  • @toefltoeic8290
    @toefltoeic8290 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    My God:you listen to this music and just feel God definitely gifted some people.Tchaikovsky was multiply blessed

    • @eugenefubini7898
      @eugenefubini7898 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I enjoy YuJa's playing, her facial expressions, her dress, her sexiness. She is a multi-level delight. How lucky we are to have TH-cam. Listen to her interviews. She is very thoughtful and tries to learn by reading all about the people whose music she plays. If I believed in God I would say she was sent from heaven. If I keep listening and watching maybe I will believe in god. In the meantime I will settle for a bit of divinity right her on Earth - YuJa!!

  • @evamartaharbar1403
    @evamartaharbar1403 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Estuviste hace poco en la Argentina. Te amamos!!!!!! Sos una genia!!!!! Volvé!!!!!!!

  • @hanaohanada4425
    @hanaohanada4425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    No matter how many times you listen, it's a great performance.

    • @s.c.1494
      @s.c.1494 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely! I have been back so many times and still enjoyed evey single time!!

  • @PeterFritzWalter
    @PeterFritzWalter 9 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    An interpretation of equal genius of our most cherished classics, Van Cliburn, Vladimir Horowitz, Svjatoslav Richter, Claudio Arrau, Martha Argerich-and yet more modern than them in style … and more majestic! And how can she do that with her little body, it's a miracle, and she is perhaps the Leonardo da Vinci of classical piano music …
    Thanks for posting this performance!

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      She works out! That's why she has more power than pianists who are much bigger. There is also a video that shows how she can get her handspan so wide that she can play Rach properly. She is the greatest virtuoso since Horowitz and may exceed him soon. And her musicianship is amazing for someone so young.

    • @PeterFritzWalter
      @PeterFritzWalter 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Vette gaddia Thanks for this information, I didn't know that. But her shoulder part is very well built indeed, and for a woman, quite large shoulders. I also didn't know about her handspan, while I wondered … in Rachmaninov 2nd Concerto she can however not grasp the tenths in the left hand (in the opening part) but she smartly arpeggiates them and it sounds great!

    • @PeterFritzWalter
      @PeterFritzWalter 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Vette gaddia Can you please point me to that video! I am very curious to see it. I agree with you that her virtuosity is so fresh and alive that it reminds really of Horowitz and Argerich, and I can't think of a pianist today who could match her pianistry and her musical genius-and last not least her youthful zest and originality that somehow some (few) people seem to get wrong.

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** My dear! I saw it about 2 months ago. And I have been trying to find it since. As you know, she has done so many interviews. But I did notice she did not play the opening chords in Rach 2 as what Rach may have wanted it done.
      But I definitely watched a video which she demonstrated her handspan and it was amazing what she can do that with her small hands but longer fingers.
      I promise you that I saw that video and I cannot believe that she can take such a huge handspan. I wish I would have bookmarked it.
      I have a feeling that it may have been deleted by Utube. I want to find it myself, since she demonstrated how she is able to reach almost the impossible handspan with her tiny frame.
      Happy holidays, friend.

    • @PeterFritzWalter
      @PeterFritzWalter 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vette gaddia Thanks for your kindness to write back and telling me that the video might not be found any more on TH-cam. Well, I will search for it. Also many thanks for your putting some things straight here, while I had decided not to react to the insults received. Unfortunately, it's difficult here on TH-cam to be honest, and I am putting up my real name and my photo and people attack me personally while here we are talking not about ourselves, but about a genius artist of our time.
      Should we thus not forget those personal points of view and really focus on the genius we are facing when we are privileged enough here to watch so many of her performances without paying for it? I think I can safely assume that you agree with me that we should have some basic respect for a public person who, for the only fact to like fashion is not to be insulted by low-minded male comments. And I say that not because I am 'old' or 'conservative' but because I put myself in her skin and certainly would not like that attitude.
      I have written to her last night and her concert agency in London has immediately and very kindly transmitted my letter to her. I do not expect a reply as I haven't been introduced to her and just wanted to share with her my own rather accidented musical career.
      Thanks again for sharing with me here on TH-cam!

  • @gabenlsn
    @gabenlsn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Her interpretation of the finale is simply ethereal. It was like listening to this piece for the first time again.

  • @pianorama
    @pianorama ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I heard Yuja Wang play at UCSB about ten years ago and was blown away by the sheer strength and beauty of her artistry. There is no one like her. She came stomping onstage in high heels and a short little dress, so cute, but the moment she started to play I was completely entranced by the music that soared from the piano.

  • @sarahjones-jf4pr
    @sarahjones-jf4pr ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love her virtuosity, her articulate detail, her supreme elegant interpretation , phrasing melodic grasp of this masterpiece .....and oh yes and love her little red dress, heels hair cut and sheer beauty inside and out she is out of this world..Brava.

  • @pmartel11
    @pmartel11 9 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Considering I grew up with Horowitz/Toscanini and Sviatoslav Richter/Karajan. THIS is one of THE BEST and I'm 56 years old

    • @michaelpaulsmith4619
      @michaelpaulsmith4619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I still have a soft spot for Richter (in everything) but I agree that this is a wonderful performance. And I'm 65! :)

    • @superdave292
      @superdave292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm 70 years old and I don't know what you're talking about.

    • @shirleymason7697
      @shirleymason7697 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You kids are just babies! I’m close to 86, and want many more years to listen, and listen, and listen, and I wonder whether you all are out there thinking you’re so old; as well, I’m wondering whether you’re wasting your time.

    • @saloyakir
      @saloyakir 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of the greatest among the pianists of the circuit. I would make a just comparison to the exceptional Georgian pianist Katya Botuashvili

    • @msinno6082
      @msinno6082 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shirleymason7697 wish you long life and excellent heath at all times to enjoy the best music God gave us. God bless you !

  • @tomtuduc8227
    @tomtuduc8227 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Incredible. Love love love. I grew up listening to this piece from all performers... and got really bored of it.... until now. WOW, so fresh, Yuga brought Tchaikovsky (and a whole of others composers) into the 21st century with brave new interpretations. So exciting. Love it.

  • @waimusic3559
    @waimusic3559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a Finnish broadcast orchestra based in Helsinki, and the orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company. The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Helsinki Music Centre. Primary funding comes from television licence fees from the Finnish population.Hannu Petteri Lintu is a Finnish conductor. Lintu studied piano and cello at the Turku Conservatory and at the Sibelius Academy. Wikipedia

  • @nicholasschroeder3678
    @nicholasschroeder3678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    She's the real deal. When this Covid thing is over, I'll pay whatever it takes to see her live. And I hope she wears red!✊🏾

    • @ChusBello
      @ChusBello 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just thought exactly the same!!!

    • @lordnelson2038
      @lordnelson2038 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This didn’t age well “COVID thing takes over”

    • @beckerhanshermann8372
      @beckerhanshermann8372 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The prerequisite is that you and Yuja Wang Covid, 19, survive. That is not certain.

    • @nicholasschroeder3678
      @nicholasschroeder3678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@beckerhanshermann8372 You're a cheerful soul😬🎅☃️🌲

  • @elizabethschaeffer9543
    @elizabethschaeffer9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Yuja Wang can wear whatever she is comfortable in, as long as she has that wonderful music in her soul and that powerful technique in her hands.

    • @elizabethschaeffer9543
      @elizabethschaeffer9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Johney Smith I'm sure any professional just would not be comfortable in anything like a tank top or boxer shorts. That was part of my response. Dress code is not the point. Respect for the music is.

    • @poning8184
      @poning8184 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Johney Smith Men and women have different dress codes. Do you see any female pianists wearing tux? Lang Land don't wear tux any more. Zimerman don't do concerts. Yundi is not in the same class.

    • @benjmanxd7258
      @benjmanxd7258 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@poning8184 i think not wearing tux doesn't mean your only choice is tank top, it also doesn't mean tux is the only dress code, i think there are also plenty of options for Yuja to choose. But nonetheless, Yuja has excellent interpretation of music.

  • @petertotaro4283
    @petertotaro4283 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yuja Wang is the most talented Keyboard Master you’ll ever find whether in person, on TH-cam, or any other medium! As I am an Amateur Chopin fanatic, I’ve yet to find any other artist as sensational as a performer as Yuja! Whenever I get a whim for laidback enjoyment, I always dial up Ms Wang to fill the bill! What a major dichotomy! I always dreamed of playing the ivories like what we are witnessing here., However, it is not to be because without the formal taught method, I just winged it for eight (8) decades and it sounds okay but, not at all like Yuja Wang of course!
    Ok

  • @philipmanfredi9296
    @philipmanfredi9296 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Incredible, unbelievably talented Yuja Wang. And drop dead beautiful as a side benefit. I love the way she plays the piano, her lively interpretation, her looks and the way she dresses. A true virtuosa rock star, all in one. If anyone needs proof that there are true wonders of the world, you need look no further. Here she is! ❤

  • @YinYeung11
    @YinYeung11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    God Bless YuJia Wang, a working hard and talent Chinese girl from BeiJing. we proud of her and love her.

    • @Lpmgato1
      @Lpmgato1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm a 68 y/o Texas cowboy, and I love and admire Yuja Wang as much as any musician on earth!

    • @Lpmgato1
      @Lpmgato1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah verily. I'm a 69 y/o Texas cowboy, and I love her too! God bless Yuja Wang, her wonderful parents, family, teachers, and all her amazing Chinese supporters. Yuja Wang brings cultures, people, together, breaking down ethnic barriers, using her incredible creativity, skill on piano, along with her personal charm, charisma, magnetism, sincerity, candor, and love, respect, for the composers and music. God bless Yuja Wang, indeed! All China should be proud of her. She's a gift from God to humanity.

    • @craigwilliams1573
      @craigwilliams1573 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am 64 and think she is amazing

    • @ferguslowrey6452
      @ferguslowrey6452 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yin Yeung...you give heart to your own.....so inspiring....

    • @craigwilliams1573
      @craigwilliams1573 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      right on

  • @hanaohanada4425
    @hanaohanada4425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    No matter how many times I hear it, there is nothing but praise.

  • @nickkor667
    @nickkor667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Прекрасное исполнение, нет слов высказать восхищения музыкантам , дирижеру, пианистке за ту выразительность звучания каждой ноты этого гениального концерта великого композитора. Можно удивляться молодости солистки , но факт есть фактом она не просто
    механически играет на рояле, она передает все нюансы звучания и темпа произведения. Можно сказать она также гениальна как
    исполнитель. Привет из Киева.

    • @azerqulamov7348
      @azerqulamov7348 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Вам сколько лет?

    • @azerqulamov7348
      @azerqulamov7348 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@annam3533 я не у вас спрашивал возраст

    • @annam3533
      @annam3533 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Для меня она тоже лучшая, какая техника, какое звучание, фантастика.

  • @antoniofurnari9558
    @antoniofurnari9558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Très bien accompagnée par l' orchestre YUJA WANG fait des merveilles .👋👋👋👋🎼🎼

  • @craigmenefee9932
    @craigmenefee9932 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wonderful! Half the joy of watching this performance, and a few others I've seen of hers, come simply from watching her express her playing. Her whole self reflects what she feels as she plays - especially that grin when she nails a particularly difficult run of notes. She gives a familiar classical melody a level of spontaneity I don't recall seeing or hearing anywhere outside of jazz. I hope she never loses her total engagement in what she plays.

  • @lovemetu
    @lovemetu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Judging by the thumbs above, this video of Yuja's has 95% approval rating, surprised as many gave it a thumbs down as it is a flawless performance.

  • @AlexRichter
    @AlexRichter 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Blown away at 9:09 Amazing performance.

  • @colleenpyle8124
    @colleenpyle8124 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Beautiful performance. Such strength and power in her hands. She plays with such expression.

    • @s.c.1494
      @s.c.1494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes. She is so passionate she plays with her entire body. In other pieces she plays sometimes she lifts her body off the bench in moments of passionate/romantic passages.

  • @RolandKarlBryce
    @RolandKarlBryce 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I am absolutely delighted to hear these performances from such a beautiful personality/ she displays 100% concentration right up to the end of the final note. Brilliant technique and once again, every note place with artful precision. Ignore the idiotic remarks from ‘pundits’: have you seen octave technique like this before? Argerich? Vaszary? Effortless and poised. Thank you Ms Wang and the Finns!

  • @marcovangelisti1681
    @marcovangelisti1681 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A musician friend of mine mentioned a scantly clad piano virtuoso by the name Yuja Wang. When I found this recording I was blown away by her performance. If you are disturbed by her attire, just close your eyes and listen.

  • @sheana2005
    @sheana2005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    She exhibits such wonderful economy of movement while she plays, with such extraordinary articulation, purity of tone and marvelous phrasing. There is much to admire in this young woman, and much to learn from, as well. So thankful for TH-cam!

  • @diamondtran8331
    @diamondtran8331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Strength and beauty! She certainly has shown the world she is the real master of this masterpiece.