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Why do so many people think that just because the piece is fast, her performance isn’t incredible? The articulation, musicality, dynamics… They’re all still present. And you cannot deny her skillfulness… Yes, the piece is fast. But it is meant to be that way, and it being fast does not take away from the music at all.
As a long time cellist around the same age as her (i think), I can confirm that although the notes itself aren’t terribly hard, her musicality and precision are top notch
This is absolutely amazing , but music should not be a competition of skill, nor a race to perfection. A simple melody played with sincerity can resonate more deeply than the most intricate passage executed flawlessly. Music is not about mastery, but about meaning.. * it is very sad that people commenting this, claim that I am judging the girls performance, while I was clearly addressing the title and message of the video. She is an incredible young musician.
I often find it is technical mastery like her's that will make finding the beauty in slower music much more attainable. I think Yo-yo Ma said something about how technique is the barrier to a fully emotive interpretation. I guess the point I am making is, she plays this piece better than an impossibly high number of people of all ages, which likely translates to her playing slow music equally better than most others, even those with years of music in their ears.
@pointseventhreeyou seem to think that gifts don't exist and anybody can do anything. sorry to rain on your parade, but it's not that way, never has been, never will. the best athletes are born with a body type that fits better than most and have the ability to perform the way nobody else could ever achieve. the best composers who ever lived had a gift that nobody has had. they wrote entirely on paper, with no playback software, hours upon hours of music.
@@mrbuddyro-robloxmore athleticism is different from musicality. Athleticism is particularly physical, so yes, genes & upbringing can influence it greatly. However, no-one is born with muscles or a body fine-tuned to a particular sport: you achieve a body type due to training and consistency. That’s not to say for certain that “gifts” don’t exist, who knows. At the end of the day, it’s the nature vs nurture debate but you can’t deny that both factors play a role to some extent. No-one would be a great musician or successful athlete with 0 hours of practice. I’m a musician myself and also play sports but I wasn’t born a better musician or athlete than any other person. I replied to OP because - though their comment was made with good intentions - I think that by complimenting someone by saying that they were “born with a gift”, it discredits their hard work and practice. We have autonomy and our actions shape our outcome. No need to be so condescending.
I think it's a combination of gift and hard work. Yes, she is gifted, but you can't deny that she also worked her tail off to achieve that level of musicality.
@@DanielaBodoh oh absolutely you have to unlock that potential but the other individual is almost certainly one of those people who thinks that nobody has gifts..
In a way impressive, but this should be "There's always a kid faster than you". Whatever you do in life there always will be several, if not hundreds, of people quicker, faster, more efficient than you, but you will still have something unique about you that doesn't require you to be better - just different, individual and refreshing.
"you will still have something unique about you that doesn't require you to be better"; you are actually still agreeing that the other people mentioned are better.
She is faster. The question is are we looking for circus or art? BTW the fastest reaction we have between 21-25yo then it declines - it is simply biology. It doesn’t mean people are best musician at this age and become worst later 🤣
@@marzenafroow5401@marzenafroow5401 I suggest you watch her other performances, and you can decide whether these are circus shows or performances of a very young and talented cellist. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the speed. I mean, think about Rostropovich.
Her technical and musical gifts are undeniable. I would love to her her Brahms E Minor sonata which is technically less demanding but more interesting to the listener. If you scour TH-cam you will find lots of recordings from the last ten years of young teenagers playing difficult Paganini caprices and the like, demonstrating skill and interpretive powers well beyond their years. And now ten years later those astonishing talents didn't really translate to careers as touring soloists or chamber musicians, or even as members of prominent orchestras. Every stage of that career trajectory is very hard, including (perhaps especially) the last stages. There are many things that can keep someone like this girl from succeeding in the long run. First of all I hope she is able to navigate through all that, and second I hope she learns to define success on her own terms.
She is incredible. Her technique, articulation, just overall musicality is amazing. Sure, it may be fast, but the level of emotion poured into it still is just incredible…
It is of a different style and era than Bach, and also wishes to convey something different from Bach's music. I'd argue that the repetition of the notes combined with the fast tempo well conveys the whole vibe of dancing elves. In fact, you could say that Bach's music is too fast and robotic due to the heavy emphasis on dizzying polyphonic textures as opposed to the classical era or romantic era.
@JackBHoltt Bach has composed solo string music full of semiquaver notes, for example; Prelude in E major for solo violin, yet Bach's one is full of joy!
hahaha you have no idea about music. It’s not only the fact that she played fast. It’s about her sound, articulation, phrasing, how she kept her musicality while playing fast passages. Not anyone can play fast at this quality
Why do so many people think that just because the piece is fast, her performance isn’t incredible? The articulation, musicality, dynamics… They’re all still present. And you cannot deny her skillfulness… Yes, the piece is fast. But it is meant to be that way, and it being fast does not take away from the music at all.
How does she keep her back healthy?
no one thinks this way- it's just that the music is not very *interesting*.
Literally nobody thinks that
@@The_Random_Things_123read the top comment.
As a long time cellist around the same age as her (i think), I can confirm that although the notes itself aren’t terribly hard, her musicality and precision are top notch
the elfentanz is a very challenging piece for cellists of all levels and ages. Well played.
she’s incredible! soooo musical
Kudos to her and her accompanist. They play well together.
when you want to learn violin but your parents make you play cello instead
Totally Amazing .. such control and good tone..
This is absolutely amazing , but music should not be a competition of skill, nor a race to perfection. A simple melody played with sincerity can resonate more deeply than the most intricate passage executed flawlessly. Music is not about mastery, but about meaning..
* it is very sad that people commenting this, claim that I am judging the girls performance, while I was clearly addressing the title and message of the video. She is an incredible young musician.
You're right. Doesn't mean this isn't a great performance. It's a great performance of a terrible piece of music.
Without competition we wouldn’t have this to listen to
I often find it is technical mastery like her's that will make finding the beauty in slower music much more attainable. I think Yo-yo Ma said something about how technique is the barrier to a fully emotive interpretation. I guess the point I am making is, she plays this piece better than an impossibly high number of people of all ages, which likely translates to her playing slow music equally better than most others, even those with years of music in their ears.
What are you even talking about. She masters her instrument.
Not in the professional music industry 😅😂😢
the title is wrong - it goes "roses are red, violets are blue, there is always an asian kid that better than you"
stereotypes are dangerous, but I can't dispute in this case!
Fr
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@@terryking7134 stereotypes are true
Amazing performance!
Absolutely fantastic. My jaw was open the entire time
I think the scan bar was struggling to keep up with her!❤️🎶🎻 stunning technique AND, musicality!!! Bravo! The future has arrived!
Totally!
It is the most exhausting piece I ever played including concertos. The wrist needs to be flexible and the arm has to conserve strength.
My shoulder would die at bar 3 😂
The Cello goes that high? Wow great performance
She was born with a great gift !!!
Nah it’s hard work, dedication and hours upon hours of practice!
@pointseventhreeyou seem to think that gifts don't exist and anybody can do anything. sorry to rain on your parade, but it's not that way, never has been, never will. the best athletes are born with a body type that fits better than most and have the ability to perform the way nobody else could ever achieve. the best composers who ever lived had a gift that nobody has had. they wrote entirely on paper, with no playback software, hours upon hours of music.
@@mrbuddyro-robloxmore athleticism is different from musicality. Athleticism is particularly physical, so yes, genes & upbringing can influence it greatly. However, no-one is born with muscles or a body fine-tuned to a particular sport: you achieve a body type due to training and consistency.
That’s not to say for certain that “gifts” don’t exist, who knows. At the end of the day, it’s the nature vs nurture debate but you can’t deny that both factors play a role to some extent. No-one would be a great musician or successful athlete with 0 hours of practice. I’m a musician myself and also play sports but I wasn’t born a better musician or athlete than any other person.
I replied to OP because - though their comment was made with good intentions - I think that by complimenting someone by saying that they were “born with a gift”, it discredits their hard work and practice. We have autonomy and our actions shape our outcome. No need to be so condescending.
I think it's a combination of gift and hard work. Yes, she is gifted, but you can't deny that she also worked her tail off to achieve that level of musicality.
@@DanielaBodoh oh absolutely you have to unlock that potential but the other individual is almost certainly one of those people who thinks that nobody has gifts..
In a way impressive, but this should be "There's always a kid faster than you". Whatever you do in life there always will be several, if not hundreds, of people quicker, faster, more efficient than you, but you will still have something unique about you that doesn't require you to be better - just different, individual and refreshing.
"you will still have something unique about you that doesn't require you to be better"; you are actually still agreeing that the other people mentioned are better.
Woahhh that's awesome!!
Just as usual, perfect playing from this cello prodigy 😂❤❤
The best!
Amazing amazing amazing!!!!!😳
Brava! 🎉
🤗
She must have been watching your tutorial on a flexible wrist. 🙂
The clef changes a billion kajillion times 😂 (She’s nailing the music btw, her articulation and clarity is great from a violinist’s perspective)
Thought exactly that lol
Day 3 of simply cello
AHAHA
🔥❣❣
this could beat the devil in georgia
Thanks for crushing my ego
Git gud Americans 😂😊
Krass, einfach nur krass
This is just perfect. Any other comment than that is a tryhard. I approve IIia and yes, she is better...
She is faster. The question is are we looking for circus or art? BTW the fastest reaction we have between 21-25yo then it declines - it is simply biology. It doesn’t mean people are best musician at this age and become worst later 🤣
@@marzenafroow5401@marzenafroow5401 I suggest you watch her other performances, and you can decide whether these are circus shows or performances of a very young and talented cellist. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the speed. I mean, think about Rostropovich.
THOSE NOTES ARE FOR MY INSTRUMENT!!!!!!
this oddly sounds a bit like Van Goens Scherzo in my opinion, im not too sure why
Yes. Van Goens' Scherzo is like baby Elfentanz
She's like Chloe Chua of cello
Was she actually playing notes OFF the fret board???
It is exactly as the composer intended.
Not a fret board
Yes the very upper LA on the cello range is out of the fingerboard
What song is this? I love this piece!!! She plays it so well!!
Elfentanz by popper I think
@ Thank you so much!!! 😊
@Maverick_514 of course!
Peak asian
All the pentatonic harmonies make this sound like it was right home for them.
I play violin and can only play an E6 lol
Her technical and musical gifts are undeniable. I would love to her her Brahms E Minor sonata which is technically less demanding but more interesting to the listener. If you scour TH-cam you will find lots of recordings from the last ten years of young teenagers playing difficult Paganini caprices and the like, demonstrating skill and interpretive powers well beyond their years. And now ten years later those astonishing talents didn't really translate to careers as touring soloists or chamber musicians, or even as members of prominent orchestras. Every stage of that career trajectory is very hard, including (perhaps especially) the last stages. There are many things that can keep someone like this girl from succeeding in the long run. First of all I hope she is able to navigate through all that, and second I hope she learns to define success on her own terms.
I wonder how much time she gets to enjoy being a kid. Child prodigy's almost never have a happy backstory. Amazing performance though.
nah bro she can have 2 hours of practice, she just practiced for 10 years lol
Cope harder
Kid is cute
as a violinst, even I dont play notes that high usually
💀💀😭😭
❤🎉🎉😮
1:00
1:21
2:07
Im giving up 😭🎀
😂😂😂🎉
And here I thought cellists didn't read the treble clef.
One can talk a lot about it but briefly : faster does not men better.
She nailed it. That piece is meant to be fast. Do you imply she can't play lyrical and slow pieces by any chance?
@ I mean EXACTLY what I wrote: again: faster does not mean better. I did not write nothing less, nothing more. Over.
@@marzenafroow5401 Nice. Is she good?
She is incredible. Her technique, articulation, just overall musicality is amazing. Sure, it may be fast, but the level of emotion poured into it still is just incredible…
She is faster AND better
i didnt ask
then don’t comment bruh
and surely this kid is chinese...
Korean*
on the description there's a her name "Kim"
Is not hard
It's just very fast tempo and repeated notes... Emotionless and robotic music! Give me Bach anytime!
I’d argue it does have a lot of emotion… Articulation, dynamics… And the notes do jump up and down the fingerboard quite often…
And even the accents add to the emotion behind the piece… Sure, it may not be Bach, but don’t let that take away from the skill of this girl.
@NevinJoseph-so5kb I can get a robot to replace her
It is of a different style and era than Bach, and also wishes to convey something different from Bach's music. I'd argue that the repetition of the notes combined with the fast tempo well conveys the whole vibe of dancing elves. In fact, you could say that Bach's music is too fast and robotic due to the heavy emphasis on dizzying polyphonic textures as opposed to the classical era or romantic era.
@JackBHoltt Bach has composed solo string music full of semiquaver notes, for example; Prelude in E major for solo violin, yet Bach's one is full of joy!
Cool but not good. Anyone can play fast.
Nope!
hahaha you have no idea about music. It’s not only the fact that she played fast. It’s about her sound, articulation, phrasing, how she kept her musicality while playing fast passages. Not anyone can play fast at this quality
Show us 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 looking forward for your video
Uh….no