Leonidas Kavakos plays Sibelius violin concerto at the 2008 Verbier Festival

[muslit]

not the best sibelius

[circaxzero]

@muslit ironic how he won the sibelius competition

[horozcorc]

@muslit the best depends on your taste!

at the same time you could at least say that, one of the best sibelius... think positive man...

[morindhe]

Goosebumps! Looks like I WILL be buying that ticket for his performance here tomorrow after all.

[A4440HZ]

Tremendous! The huge octave leaps at the end are so fluid that you hardly notice how hard it is!

[tarryugang]

The way that he hold the bow quite diffrent from the other violinist soo incredible he played so well every tone is clear

[CrazyMan064]

@tarryugang kavakos is using a more russian style of bow grip, resulting in more power, but less subtlety. Heifetz used and taught the same style of bow grip.

[kaminskiian]

2:12 ... that is one sexy note

[zarampahuil0]

Omg!!!  por eso me gusta el violin!!

[direngrey4569]

i just saw him play this today at the chicago symphony orchestra. it was amazing

[jadewolf09]

just saw him perform this at the Cleveland Orchestra, he was amazing

[ClassicalMusique1]

to me, the concerto was Sibelius' greatest achievement

[picouful]

fantastic!!



[Kapputschino12]

Great violinist! I wonder why he stopped practising.

[zhujun516]

@Kapputschino12 how u know that he's stopped practising!? Is that ture?

[iostrat]

@ cschan369

I believe because he plays faster than sound

:-D

[henrykkingdom]

he makes me rememeber heifetz

[volodja222]

@henrykkingdom

he makes me forget heifetz

[taylorzhnag]

0:22 is that a viola? it's HUGE

[HeiligerPavianarsch]

@taylorzhnag

maybe the women is small^^

[MusicCloud1]

@taylorzhnag it's only a 16 1/2-17" Many violists play on that size

[bertxo]

Simply the best.

[medmai]

potentially the best... in boring audiences!

[iostrat]

what a performance!!!!

but...

the audio & video tracks are out of sync.... someone synchronize the clip?

[cschan369]

@iostrat

I wonder why most of the AV tracks on you-tube clips for this man are not synchronized well.

[tsirosgoddammit]

@cschan369 THE HARDWARE CAN'T KEEP UP

[Ellinidara]

I'm still waiting a better version of this concert, but is impossible 'cause Kavakos is the greatest violinist in the world,today.Unsuperable.

[NymphetamineVille]

minäkin rakastan sibelius!

[gnatural]

camera man cant stop filming that beautiful viola player, its funny.

[ipmoic]

They weren't with him on the 2nd to last chord. Damn!

Wonderful playing from this intense, individual violoinist.

[travonprince]

Very technical!!! Great job Leonidas!!!!!

[Humanitish]

Clarity! no concessions for 'musicality'. everything is in tempo with his ruthless technique! one step above the rest of the violinists...

[violatione]

@Humanitish So true so true!!!!

[trofantos]

Θεός!

[violatione]

Etsi!

[Atento80]

haaa que maravilla,,,,,GRACIAS a Dios que existe youtube,sino nunca me hubiera enterado que existia este violinista tan maravilloso,,,,bravoooo Kavakos¡¡¡

[bigdonkey002]

goosebumps galore

[icedmess]

kavakos = greatest violinist alive, no doubt...

[iWyke2]

definitely.

he didnt earn the nickname "the violinist of violinists" for nothing

[violatione]

@icedmess I'm with you on that!

[takhirviolinest]

Bravissimo!

[47viviane]

I was there that evening at the Verbier concert and although I don't really enjoy Sibelius the sound of this violin knocked me off the seat - so rich and warm you have to hear it played live!!! Of course Kavakos IS a great artist, not his fault Sibelius was so short on structure and harmonies, me - I prefer Brahms (so sue me ha-ha)

[violatione]

@47viviane Brahms is a weak concerto compared to the Sibelius.

[TomaVan]

he has got the chance to be "One of the greatest of all time", in my mind he's more amazing than perlman

[koolu99]

one of the greats

[storionitononi]

one of the last guadagninis. he also have a strad

[alexwonton]

does he play on a strad?

[themusicdr]

masterful!

[gnatural]

whats with the multiple shots of the violist lol

[mtranoudakis]

Greek genius ! come on! who gives a shit about one "almost missing" Flageolette!

he 's really interpretate!

[maxhansendk]

Very, very good!

Still Christian Ferras bring that last emotion of "inner self". He is still my number one performance on the Sibelius violin concerto.

Butl very good performance by Kavakos. Number 2-3 on my Sibelius list!

[sijas]

did he get a new violin?

[dominant08]

I wonder if tha's a Greiner violin,

but the webpage of Greiner do state that Kavakos owns one of his work.

Cheers,

Greeting from Taipei

[Kapputschino12]

Dont steal my ideas!! ALMOST MISSED is MINE!! Sorry about DE spelling! Som taims I wgrith to phast an meik misteiqs! And Im not getting payed for it anyway. Leonidas should improve his technic. I dont want to see him almost-missing a flageolette again! Otherwise,he would end playing like Heifetz!

[mjsinno]

You know what i call almost missing it. not missing it

[Kapputschino12]

HA!YEAH!!He almost missed de E-Flageolette at 0:55!!!I am so happy!Leonidas:You almost missed it!!!Go back to your room and start practising!!

[soaringminds]

He ALMOST missed it and you totally missed your spelling.

[soaringminds]

I attended his concert on Sunday at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Live, Mr.Kavakos will leave you on the edge of your seat as he takes your breath away. He plays with such conviction and passion and has the ability to hold "impossible" harmonics. For me, it was better than "chocolate"!

[paulostroff99]

soaringminds-Only a woman would make that statement. Ha,ha.

[MyMemories19]

Horrible orchestra. Fantastic performer.

[crashtestdeity]

he plays much better alone. This man is too fast to be slowed down by an orchestra. hahahahaa Greatest Paganini player I have EVER heard, but sibelius needs more room to breath between notes.

Its expressionistic qualities get lost at such a speed. Still think Vengerov's version works the best for me. I SAID FOR ME!!!

[BlckComb]

I literally disagree entirely; for me the final movement has this fantastic driving quality in the lower strings, almost constantly pushing it forwards and so it has to go fast and be unrelenting. I love Kavakos' performance, but think Heifetz suits this piece down to the ground. His 1936 performance is mercilessly fast and technically perfect. I almost think that the emotion in this plays itself, particularly in the first movement.

[crashtestdeity]

That's alright. I believe we can all agree though that thankfully, there is no copyright insanity going on here. Different performer with different orchestra's under the guidance of different conductors, so we all can have a favourite performance,

because we are all so different.

[TheJoyfulPianist]

no music in this

[yandry64]

is he better than sarah chang at this piece?

dunno just love to hear it

[harestep]

Megale Kavako, apisteuta yperoxos

[Bspeder]

I was at a Kavakos concert last Thursday night.

He played this with the Orchestra of Philadelphia.

He was amazing!

He is the best violinist on earth!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

I would love to go to one of his concerts..

a wonderful violinist!

[violinastik]

dios yo amo a ese uomo

[yellotheemcee]

i like oistralah a bit better

[charlygirondine]

your comment is absolutely ridiculous!!!!

[cageynerd]

For that kind of sound, a little scratch is okay. I mean, can you do that?  I'd love to see it tell you you can't and you're just dreaming idiot...

[prestoray]

haha go practice your up bow staccato vince... you still have a long way to go.

[raist84]

Does anyone know which instrument is playing mr Kavakos in this vid? Could this be his D. Bagué?

[violinclass]

He is playing on his newly acquired Guadagnini (less than a month in his hands)

[animeimport]

do you know that also uto ughi played a guadagnini at the age of 9 and for safe it was tied to his neck XD

[solowinterwolf]

@raist84

Mr. Kavakos has owned the 1692 Falmouth Stradivari since '96. That might be his axe, here.

[lanarv]

@raist84

...Leonidas Kavakos plays the ‘Abergavenny’ Stradivarius of 1724..

[mrsherman109]

@lanarv In this video, however, he's playing the Falmouth Strad.

[Ellinidara]

Theosssssss eisai theossssss^_^ gooood you're gooood^_^

[pviljoen]

The camera man is obsessed with that woman's enormous viola... he just can't get over it.

[SCH0P3NHAU3R]

Yes, she's hot!

[NCviolist08]

the viola is just that amazing

[zsb64]

this recording, this performance is really great. Listen to Christian Ferras' Sibelius if you want to be shocked...

[bobbphysics]

@zsb64 no, Heifetz is the best.

[billyguns2]

Kavakos is the greatest violinist alive; too bad the conductor and orchestra here are just not up to his level.

[mariusfelix]

Come on! It seems to be a youth orchestra!

[parelaca]

One word- precious!

[crazy77town]

kai ti na peis edw dld........ :O

[pochombo]

Stunning

[Damienlave]

THE BEST

[flofpflo]

this violinist is just incredible, he is original not all flash bang and really goes to the depths of violinistic possibilities. a unsung hero.

[animeimport]

beh...molto bravo:)really intresting about the changes he has done to the score:)