The versatile and well-loved Toccata by Khachaturian- a perfect, showy competition piece for budding young piano prodigies/ speed demons. It sounds impressive, but most of it is sight-readable for a seasoned pianist, save for the slow B section, which has quite difficult polyrhythms. Khachaturian wrote this piece in 6 hours! It later became one of his most popular piano pieces. I hope you enjoy.
*Exactly! It's very easily performed by the pianist, but to people's ears, it sounds like one of the most difficult piano pieces in the world! I have performed it many times in my concerts - when I was an active soloist.*
One of my all-time favorite pieces! Love this video and watching your hands and finger work. My daughter played this piece in a recital after only two years of piano lessons. She never learned how to read music--she was too impatient--and she memorized everything she played. Sadly, after graduating from HS, college, work, marriage, and kids stopped her playing. I miss hearing her practice. Thanks for posting this incredible video. I love it!
Aww, thanks. Have you played this one before? It was something that I always heard other piano kids playing growing up but never got a chance to learn. I checked out your channel, by the way, really great job.
@@Eusebiuspiano Oh no. I am not nearly good enough, haha. The most difficult classical pieces I learned on the piano are probably a few of the famous Chopin Nocturnes, Schubert's Serenade, Debussy's Arabesques and Clair De Lune. Glad you like what I do!
The best execution I heard for this piece was actually my older brother playing it for his final concert at high school, you came very close to it. Hats off 👏
Well done ! This piece doesn't look easy to play, congrats ! :-) I'm glad to see different kind of music on your channel, it makes it even better, keep it going ! My friends also like what you're doing, compliments from them
Thank you very much. I always was curious to play it because growing up, I heard so many pianists play it. It came together surprisingly quickly and it is pretty fun.
Wow, after three years of lessons, it is pretty impressive to be playing this. You must have a great teacher in addition to being quite motivated/ talented.
@@Eusebiuspiano Thank you so much! Today is the third day I'm working on it and learnt most of it, I'm almost there, I just have to correctly learn the runs and that's it, it wasn't as hard as I initally thought it would be. Actually, my teacher isn't the greatest hahaha..., but in the other hand, my grandpa is a concert pianist. He's the one who teaches me interpretation and well, I work mostly by myself the pieces. Your interpretation is truly wonderful, although I prefer the B section a bit slower but that's just a preference hahaha ;).
@@alejandrom.4680 Yes, it's not too bad of a piece, getting the first page up to tempo with the rhythm is challenging, and the polyrhythms of the B section are confusing, but overall, the patterns are repetitive and easy to memorize/ sight-read (maybe slowly). Yes, looking back on the recording now, I would have liked to do the B section slower with more rubato, too. Piano pieces are always a work in progress! My friend inspired me to play this and I learned it in a couple months, but looking back, I feel I could've added more depth if I learned it for longer. Ahh... us pianists are perfections. lol. Good luck learning it!
That was awesome! You just earned a new subscriber! Also what app do you use to do the synthesia type thing? Did you attach LEDs to your piano for the light effect?
@@Eusebiuspiano one more question and I won't bother you no more! What do you use to record your piano because it sounds so crisp and beautiful! The software I use makes my piano sound like a robot is playing!
Nice crystal textures and very impressive playing! Aggressive, powerful and worth checking out!
Thank you, Flaming. I still am beyond star struck to have your feedback. Do you have any advice/suggestions for someone new to TH-cam/ piano videos?
@@Eusebiuspiano lol guess not
mans got ghosted
The versatile and well-loved Toccata by Khachaturian- a perfect, showy competition piece for budding young piano prodigies/ speed demons. It sounds impressive, but most of it is sight-readable for a seasoned pianist, save for the slow B section, which has quite difficult polyrhythms. Khachaturian wrote this piece in 6 hours! It later became one of his most popular piano pieces. I hope you enjoy.
*Exactly! It's very easily performed by the pianist, but to people's ears, it sounds like one of the most difficult piano pieces in the world! I have performed it many times in my concerts - when I was an active soloist.*
One of my all-time favorite pieces! Love this video and watching your hands and finger work. My daughter played this piece in a recital after only two years of piano lessons. She never learned how to read music--she was too impatient--and she memorized everything she played. Sadly, after graduating from HS, college, work, marriage, and kids stopped her playing. I miss hearing her practice. Thanks for posting this incredible video. I love it!
I've been waiting for someone to play this piece for 2 years, I think I found my favorite channel. Greetings!
Aww! That’s awesome! Yeah, I was surprised it has never been done in synthesia.
Visuals and playing top notch! very nice!
AWw thanks so much! Your opinion means a lot to me, having been one of my first subscribers and such a talented reactive visualizer yourself.
One of my favorite Toccata's. Great performance man! It's a challenging one for sure.
Aww, thanks. Have you played this one before? It was something that I always heard other piano kids playing growing up but never got a chance to learn. I checked out your channel, by the way, really great job.
@@Eusebiuspiano
Oh no. I am not nearly good enough, haha.
The most difficult classical pieces I learned on the piano are probably a few of the famous Chopin Nocturnes, Schubert's Serenade, Debussy's Arabesques and Clair De Lune.
Glad you like what I do!
@@MiloPaulus Ahh, yes, the very iconic piano pieces. Those are great ones!
Bravo! The articulation is crystal clear, unbelievable!
Du bist unglaublich! Danke dir dafür.
The best execution I heard for this piece was actually my older brother playing it for his final concert at high school, you came very close to it. Hats off 👏
Well done ! This piece doesn't look easy to play, congrats ! :-)
I'm glad to see different kind of music on your channel, it makes it even better, keep it going !
My friends also like what you're doing, compliments from them
Thanks, mr. tardoss, and thanks so much for sharing with your friends! Are they also pianists?
@@Eusebiuspiano You welcome :-) Yes, some of them are pianists and FF7 fans Hehe, you gave them smile :)
For the front part it is super aesy but in andante espresivo, the game just started 😖🤌
@@dianasalim6255 studying it right now the second part is kind of a mess. A fucking mess really
Best interpretation ever! Thank you! 💜
Amazing performance! I've never heard this piece before, thank you for sharing it!
Thank you.
So beautifully played! Well done! I love the effects!
thank you so much!
finally!!! I've been waiting for this piece for so long, thank you!!!
Halah entut
Entut heh aoakaokskwa
Great performance well done Eusebius!
Thank you!
Bravoooo, so epic !!
Awesome!!!
Very well played. Congratulations! Thank you!
Thank you.
An incredible master piece. Next year I play this piece in the music school of Seville. Im very excited
I’m 13 and playing this and love the middle section! Good job!
Very nice! and thank you.
I'm playing this too! I love the 10-30bars. I'm about the same age as you😊
私は11歳でこれを弾きました！！！
Me 11 too and playing dis
ОЧЕНЬ ПРОГРЕССИВНО ЗВУЧИТ ХАЧАТУРЯН - современный композитор! Хорошо не обычно!По-новому!
Exactly! I think so too!
Your skill is really amazing.
Amazing and energetic performance Eusebius! This looks really fun to play.
Thank you very much. I always was curious to play it because growing up, I heard so many pianists play it. It came together surprisingly quickly and it is pretty fun.
Very jazzy piece
Its more armenian folk than jazzy
안녕하세요 12살 학생입니다 이번 콩쿨때 이곡하기로 했는데..이분의 속도를 이제야 조금 따라온거 같네요..
Wow ,,, wonderful play.. superb my friend 🤗,,, awesome,, u r so talented 💐 thank you for the video 👍👍
Thank you!
This piece is awesomely beautiful! I have been playing for 3 years and this is a piece that I'm working on. Thanks for sharing!!
Wow, after three years of lessons, it is pretty impressive to be playing this. You must have a great teacher in addition to being quite motivated/ talented.
@@Eusebiuspiano Thank you so much! Today is the third day I'm working on it and learnt most of it, I'm almost there, I just have to correctly learn the runs and that's it, it wasn't as hard as I initally thought it would be.
Actually, my teacher isn't the greatest hahaha..., but in the other hand, my grandpa is a concert pianist.
He's the one who teaches me interpretation and well, I work mostly by myself the pieces.
Your interpretation is truly wonderful, although I prefer the B section a bit slower but that's just a preference hahaha ;).
@@alejandrom.4680 Yes, it's not too bad of a piece, getting the first page up to tempo with the rhythm is challenging, and the polyrhythms of the B section are confusing, but overall, the patterns are repetitive and easy to memorize/ sight-read (maybe slowly). Yes, looking back on the recording now, I would have liked to do the B section slower with more rubato, too. Piano pieces are always a work in progress! My friend inspired me to play this and I learned it in a couple months, but looking back, I feel I could've added more depth if I learned it for longer. Ahh... us pianists are perfections. lol. Good luck learning it!
I love it!
do you know any other toccatas around this level of difficulty? 🙏
Prokofiev 11
Learning this for my exam! Nice interpretation ❤
Wow !. That was something very beautiful and full of energy and musical talent. Congratulations!..👏👏👏
Thank you, Armando, my loyal fan! Always one of the first to comment. I always look forward to reading your comments.
@@Eusebiuspiano It is a great pleasure for me to listen to you and see your magnificent performances. Greetings!.
WOW!! that looks hard!! well done with this!
thanks :)
Impressive cover and skills! 😊
THank you!
That was amazing
3:21 sounds like 'Scarbo' at ~40 seconds
Perfect!!!
vary good
This was amazing to watch and listen my friend :)
THanks for stopping by :)
3:08 should be F natural then it becomes sharp again
Very impressive work you got great skills
I did a new piano cover on my TH-cam channel would appreciate if you can give a listen to it
@@beatuzic-pianocovers4885 THank you and will do.
@@Eusebiuspiano will be waiting for your visit
looks like you recorded the video in the half tempo and increased the speed in the editor :) nice idea btw :D
Good eye.
Your dynamics could've used a decent amount of work but a lot of it is up to interpretation.
1:20 I love this song lol I’ve trying to learn from this part of the song but it’s to hard I’ve gotten only 35 seconds past that part though
sounds interesting :o
Hii new friend🥰 here,, very beautiful video great upload I like❤ it very much,,,,, stay connected always🥰
Thank you :)
It's our Toccata
Wowwww
Your hands faster than my cat running
Hello new friend here i joined you already hope to see you around stay connected
I imagined the final battle against the boss with Dragonite (Lv. 70).
0:12
Почему так мало подпищиков?
That was awesome! You just earned a new subscriber! Also what app do you use to do the synthesia type thing? Did you attach LEDs to your piano for the light effect?
Hi! Thanks! I used VFX for the synthesia, the light effects are LED lights attached to my piano and are operated through a raspberry pi.
Thanks!
😍😍
Господи как играть 2 часть «andante espressivo» не понимаю😭
it’s not that hard
Same here! I tried so hard to do it also! Don’t worry!
How long have you been playing?!
I have been playing for 2 decades.
@@Eusebiuspiano wow, twice as long as me but I'm not even half as skilled as you are! :)
@@augusthenrygildner No way, you are incredibly talented. Thank you for your very nice comments.
@@Eusebiuspiano one more question and I won't bother you no more! What do you use to record your piano because it sounds so crisp and beautiful! The software I use makes my piano sound like a robot is playing!
the andante espressivo is giving me a headache
Your hand looks like a robot
Sorry but true
Worst
shut up, not like you can play like him
Your face
Your opinion is worth nothing youre a brooke monke sub
Doing this for my grade 8 and the synthesia is helping so muchhh 🫶🫶