What does the race and ethnicity have anything to do with this!? Let's just all agree on the fact that this is amazing...and at 15 is just unbelievable... :O
There are not many violinists out there like Sarah Chang. She is a one of a kind violinists. From day one, Sarah Chang has had a fantastic gift at violin. This piece is an amazing piece and for it to be played by sarah is amazing. She did a very nice job:)
Hate to say this everyone. But if you can listen to something as beautiful and magical as that and STILL be talking in terms of skin tone, then your soul is fucked up. 14 minutes of pure magic just came out of that woman, and just as I'm thinking about the unique power of music to unite all humans and transcend any mind-forged concept of differences between the races, up come the ubiquitous fucktards talking about how much melatonin she has in her skin. You're beyond help
@thatwasafail Most likely I do yes. Quit gloating over peoples so called 'fails', it's a sign of insecurity. And don't think I didn't see your first attempt at a reply Mr 'my farts don't stink'
We played this song in high school and it instantly became my favorite, but, OH, my GOD... it was nowhere near this good. And to all you nut jobs out there talking about the race/talent thing. Every person is born equal. Defenseless and in need of nurturing. Everybody is born with something special to add to this world and it has nothing to do with race. Talent is something people achieve, and are not born with. Hundreds of hours of practicing and learning are involved.
@hanayukilove, Yes, her deluded parents left a nurturing Asian country for clueless ameriKKKa. Chang should be playing a native Korean instrument and be true to her culture since imperialistic ameriKKKan culture threatens to devour other cultures around the world.
not everyone can play like sarah chang even if they practiced 11 hours a day, its a combination of something your born with and the practicing, like another commenter said her ability to solo for symphonies at age 8 sort of proves that
@kmahl35, No--they are special. Africans would be the world's leading mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists, and physicists if it weren't for pandemic racism.
@dawg00000 Maybe they would the world's leading mathematicians etc if it weren't for pandemic racism, but don't think it's because they are black. A man is born black/white... but he's like everyman.
(Sorry for my english,it's not my normal language)
@kmahl35, white folk are born special too, but they need to develop certain incipient traits such as soul.and the ability to keep it real. They have these traits but these traits in them are hard to detect at first. How do they develop them? At the foot of the master--a person of Color.
@dawg00000 Why is the black person, oh excuse me, "person of color" the master? Do you think it is necessary to put other people down in order to say that racism exists? Because I believe that certain individuals are racist, not entire communities or races. In the past, white people were generally the racists; however, I completely believe, actually know, that that is no longer true. You, putting ALL of US down, officially makes you the racist.
@dawg00000 leading mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists and physicists?!? Please, intelligence does not concentrate according to race (as your statement implies). If your theory/hypothesis were true (intelligence concentrates according to race), wouldn't that make white people the smartest, considering all the major breakthroughs in mathematics, science and technology for the past 600 years have been made by caucasians?
@onehanddancer Her ability to solo for symphonies at age 8 is because she practiced 8 hours a day from age 4. Certain people are not gloriously selected to be born with magical powers that make them amazing at something; it comes through plain, good, hard work. I guarantee you that she was not a virtuoso the first time she picked up a violin; she just kept picking it up enough and using it enough that by the time she was 8 she had put in enough hours to get good at it.
what if she enjoys practicing? I practice skiing 9 hours a day and love it. Sometimes I could play violin for 8 hours and have to stop because it's late at night.
Is it a genetic combination ofl the right things or 1 part of the brain that is genetically advanced that enables a completely normal girl in basically everyway(except she has to practice most of the day) to rise above most of the rest in some ways.Having been a touring guest soloists for the major orchestras since 8 proves it was something she was born with and her age had nothing to do with it,,only her ability,a reality that will eventually crash down upon so many utubers making silly claims.
i don't know that "emotional" maturity is what you're looking for, though i can sort of see where you're coming from. i see it more as this: you have to be a mature *musician* to play this piece, and thoroughly dedicated, but it doesn't really have anything to do with what type of person you are other than the necessary commitment to the music, and anyone can do that.
There is no part 3. It is unusal, but in this piece the pedal note in the bassoon part leads straight into movement 2, which should be available to the right of the comments page -->
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I have nothing to say to Asians. When it comes to hard work, organization, technique, practice, they're indeed the number one. But that's not all music requires... Most of them unfortunately lack expression and emotion even though they are able to play the hardest pieces perfectly, without one mistake, like this one, with all the the dynamics belonging to the piece. But I'm sorry, she can't give me goose-bumps. Emotionless.
@CarpeDiem076 Your name is... reminiscent of someone I know. But why not you check her Vitali chaconne. I think that's a better portrayal of her full range of emotional capabilities
@CarpeDiem076 Personally I cried watching this video. Maybe if you stop think about how all Asians are like that and start listening to the depth of the music you'd understand. After all, everyone feels the music different way, and just because their skin color or physical characteristic is different doesn't mean that their way of expression is wrong or empty.
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I think that many asian musicians (not just famous ones) have the culture and are taught in such a way that they are superb at technique but not be able to develop their emotional expression, and the level of their playing suffers because of this. Of course, that is completely excluding those like Sarah Chang.
I can tell that many of the comments on this page are written by non-musicians. Let's not forget that the Mendelssohn is one of the most challenging violin concertos and to be able to play it at any standard is an achievement. However, Sarah Chang is an amazing violinist and race has nothing to do with it. Music interpretation is all about emotional maturity and that is the differenv between being a technically brilliant musician and a wholly brilliant musician.
@elkeitel I agree with you about everything except the part about emotional maturity. When you got it you got it, maturity gots nothing to do with it.
@chinwutai Well it's true that you can learn to play the notes perfectly and, "technically" play any piece perfectly without emotional maturity, but the best musicians are those who are passionate about what they do, they become a part of the music while they play, and you can see it in their performance. Music is far more than just the mindless plucking of notes.
@Andantonius Passion and being one with the music are good things. I just don't like the term "emotional maturity" being used as a condition for musical brilliance, because it implies emotional development beyond the context of playing or composing music itself. Mozart was pretty good, but from what can be gathered he would hardly be considered emotionally mature. Talent is talent, it comes in different packages. You don't need to be refined or emotionally developed to play with passion
@elkeitel I would argue that it is one of the most challenging violin concertos- yes it might look like one of the hardest to a 'non-musician' but actually it is one of the less challenging romantic violin concertos. In fact, I know 2 people in person who are learning it at the moment, both around the same age as me: 15 and they have only just done their grade 8, and my violin teacher says that I can learn it in the autumn when ive done my grade 8.
@elkeitel Having butchered this in the last few months, I wholly agree. That Chang was able to play at such a level 15 years ago is a testament to her skill.
@elkeitel While Sarah Chang is an absolutely wonderful musician, I feel that she adds many nuances to this piece that simply aren't Mendelssohn. Perhaps is years time she will come to play it the way so of the great 20/19 century violinists play it.
@socreisfunny Henryk Szeryng, Arthur Grumiaux, David Oistrakh, and Yehudi Menuhin are all violinist that play this piece beautifully with the nuances that are closest to was Mendelssohn wanted.
Sarah Chang plays this at such a high level and this is one of the best performances I have heard, but it doesn't have the beauty that some of the performances of the aforementioned players had.
@jonatanblack01 No, I never spoke to him, but when you learn this piece, there are a certain number of nuances that one is usually taught if they have a good teacher. She does a lot of inventing here, in terms of the musicality. When I learned this piece, I don't remember any of that.
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Well, I think that Asian people have more suttle level of feelings in music and philosophy. Look most of the prodigies are from asia. They have that silky sensation. And apparently they are more education oriented people. Just check in any University in USA. Most students are from asia. Americans are gross. Europians are maybe more sensetive than new westerd countries like australia, america so forth...:)
Well, as a gross American, I shall take the time to point out a little something I have learned about you in the second it took to read your comment. You read few books and you spend overly much time on the Internet, statistically speaking of course. You know how I know that? You attempted to make an intellectual slight with merit but you blew it by misspelling words I could spell when I was six. So let us call it even, shut down the racism and the stereotypes, and enjoy the music.
Oh, sure there was. One malapropism from a non-English writer, sure, but not the collection you laid out. When you "toss" out words, they tend to have as much meaning as when you don't toss them, so it is smart to know what you are saying if you are going to say it at all. Practicing English on YouTube is counterproductive, especially if you are going to be offending people during your practice sessions.
As far as American arrogance is concerned, well, when China becomes a global power capable of sustaining its people, you can be arrogant too. Until such time, and I don't see it coming any time soon, it is probably smarter not to make any racial comments, particularly if they are coming from Chinese perspective and directed at the United States. We tend to be arrogant in cases of infanticide and the forced sterilization of women, as well as the ethnic cleansing of the Tibetans and Uyghurs.
Moreover, we become arrogant when we see communists oppressing people, taking more pleasure in filling their purses than in filling the mouths of starving children in the streets of Tianjin. So in an arrogance match, we have plenty of influence should we choose to point fingers. Makes more sense not to do any finger pointing though since someone always loses out.
Some of the unfair comments here are adhering to the incorrect stereotype that Asian people have no soul or feel to the music. This is an opinion of the ignorant and should be ignored as such. Shut up and appreciate her wonderful talent.
@dawg00000 Privilege, skin color, religion, and gender have absolutely nothing to do with musical ability. Sarah Chang is good because she's practiced for hours and hours every single day since she was a young child. The fact that she's, "a person of color" as you say has nothing to do with her abilities or how much, "soul" she has, so stop being so judgmental.
@Andantonius, Chang is good because she is a person of Color who had to work 100x more than white folk out there in order to be recognized. If only she dedicated herself to a native Korean instument she could be even better.
@dawg00000 She did work 100x more than the majority of the population does, yes; but it has absolutely nothing to do with the color of her skin. Just because you're saying it as a compliment to her doesn't make it any less racist. She is not better or worse than anyone else; she had the same predisposition as every other person on the planet, she just worked harder and is therefore better.
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Music is not only notes and dynamics. Where are phrases?? direction of music??? She plays the score perfect, with dynamics, accents and all you want, but she doesn't play music. Compare with perlman or janine jansen version. these versions are so much better
the part from 1:34 is my favorite to play. It lays perfectly in the hand, it realy flows automaticly out of the fingers. You can feel that Mendelssohn was a violonist himself there.
Research shows that you master anything which you invest at least 10,000 hours in. The research was conducted in many areas, one of which was a conservatory and the people that were seen as the best players were the ones that practiced most.
:) 'Talent' is a word that hasn't been justified and agreed on yet. Everybody agrees on practice though.
Thanks for the kind words, but I haven't touched a violin since May of 1999, the end of my senior year of high school. I enjoyed playing for around 8 years, but it's a time of my life that's over.
Beautiful!. Sarah Chang is amazing!. She play the violin very, very well. And the Mendelssohn s music is beautiful and it isn t easy... Good for you Sarah Chang!.
how comes all the professional didn't play the octave part for the end of the ist movement? I am confused whether to play it octave or not.... anyone can tell me? Anyway.... Sarah Chang is always a very high standard professional to me...
I don't think it was intended to be in octaves, the written part perhaps just suggests the orchestra underneath, not a facsimile option. With the amount of octaves in the piece, I think Mendelssohn would have wrote it out for certain if it was wanted.
It depends on which version of the manuscript you are using. The International Music Edition has it printed without octaves whereas other editions have it printed. It's just preference as well...I'm pretty sure that Dorothy Delay did not teach the Mendelssohn concerto with octaves...
it really depends of your edition, i have two differents editions, one comes with octaves, the other not.... but anyway... anybody plays those octaves before the end : )
thank you for posting this video. it has inspired me to continue playing the violin, practice more then i have, and never give up no matter how hard the music is. thank you
I guess i have to repeat myself! Best PLaying in the worl i have ever seen i have been inspired and i plan to continue my violin playing and play this solo soon
i love this piece...i am possibly doing it for a solo in a while, but i have a lot of work to do before then. Have any of you heard josh bell's version of this piece? while Sarah Chang's version is really really really good, i think his version is just impossible to describe with words...its...perfect, i guess is the best i can do.
Chang is one of my favorite violinists because not only are all of the technical elements there(tempo, technique, intonation, tempo, etc.), but she also makes her music so emotive, you almost get goosebumps just listening to her. And she's a beautiful woman as well!
I respect her fearlessness. That goes for all performing musicians. There's something honorable for anyone who can learn such a piece, "own" it, and take full responsibility on stage.
Her interpretation isn't my favorite, although she has grown so much musically in the last ten years. I saw her play the Brahms concerto a few years ago and it was amazing. But the one thing about her that stands out to me is that HUGE sound. I guess that's a product of studying with Dorothy Delay.
Yeah, I totally agree! I saw her play the Bruch with the Austin Symphony and her sound was so much more powerful and penetrating then Perlman's who I saw play a mere two weeks before I saw Sarah Chang play. She takes my breath away continuously.
That dress looks ridiculous
shesaidicutendaface 3 weeks ago
This to Lady Gaga. Jesus, what happened...
mayisaninja 2 months ago 3
What does the race and ethnicity have anything to do with this!? Let's just all agree on the fact that this is amazing...and at 15 is just unbelievable... :O
hannahC02 3 months ago
A young Chang still developing in this older video and not at her best. She is a force to reckon with today though.
PiroozAzDirooz 3 months ago
This has to be the best interpretation of this fantastic movement I have ever heard, so beautiful :)
JazzieAzzie 4 months ago
Holy hell! So good!
merlin012 4 months ago
I think GOD smiles down when this young lady plays!
gnzoz 4 months ago
Wonderful, perfect.
rebecca787933 5 months ago
So beautiful...
MssFlautista 6 months ago 4
My friend is playing this for her orchestra. So amazing!
CrystalClerBLUE45 8 months ago
this made my jaws to drop
xyejix 8 months ago
@thehulkpants LOL even classical music is being compared to Justin Bieber now.. hahaha!! but I AGREE(:
XooAthenasiusooX 9 months ago
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sayanikaeya 10 months ago
There are not many violinists out there like Sarah Chang. She is a one of a kind violinists. From day one, Sarah Chang has had a fantastic gift at violin. This piece is an amazing piece and for it to be played by sarah is amazing. She did a very nice job:)
sayanikaeya 10 months ago
Like it for sure. We are not talking about Henryk Szeryng here.
jizhang88 10 months ago
she did a really good job towards the end lol
omdcestpauline 10 months ago
@mikethegrape1 where did you go to high school to have a music program that was good enough to play this?
Ibakebiscuits 1 year ago
amazing <-- (this is an understatement)
notgoingtocomment 1 year ago
i miss baby sarah chang :(
futuroid 1 year ago
Hate to say this everyone. But if you can listen to something as beautiful and magical as that and STILL be talking in terms of skin tone, then your soul is fucked up. 14 minutes of pure magic just came out of that woman, and just as I'm thinking about the unique power of music to unite all humans and transcend any mind-forged concept of differences between the races, up come the ubiquitous fucktards talking about how much melatonin she has in her skin. You're beyond help
LeBigMacDaddy 1 year ago 42
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thatwasafail 4 months ago
@LeBigMacDaddy you mean melanin? xD
thatwasafail 4 months ago 3
@thatwasafail Most likely I do yes. Quit gloating over peoples so called 'fails', it's a sign of insecurity. And don't think I didn't see your first attempt at a reply Mr 'my farts don't stink'
LeBigMacDaddy 4 months ago
@LeBigMacDaddy Try hard?
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tlcooper93 2 weeks ago
@LeBigMacDaddy while i agree, all the bs in the middle was not needed.
tlcooper93 2 weeks ago
We played this song in high school and it instantly became my favorite, but, OH, my GOD... it was nowhere near this good. And to all you nut jobs out there talking about the race/talent thing. Every person is born equal. Defenseless and in need of nurturing. Everybody is born with something special to add to this world and it has nothing to do with race. Talent is something people achieve, and are not born with. Hundreds of hours of practicing and learning are involved.
mikethegrape1 1 year ago 4
@mikethegrape1 This has to be the best way that I've heard this topic summed up. Thank you for sharing your kind words.
imunique42489 11 months ago
13 people listen to taylor swift
h0s3a 1 year ago 33
@h0s3a No 14 people listen to BS music : Justin Bieber.
thehulkpants 10 months ago
@h0s3a That's a very unfortunate superiority complex. Please get off your high horse.
L33tHackzor 6 months ago
sarah chang grew up in the states.......... just because she's asian doesnt mean she's has to fit overrated asian stereotypes
hanayukilove 1 year ago
@hanayukilove, Yes, her deluded parents left a nurturing Asian country for clueless ameriKKKa. Chang should be playing a native Korean instrument and be true to her culture since imperialistic ameriKKKan culture threatens to devour other cultures around the world.
dawg00000 1 year ago
Браво и Менднльсону за его концерт и этому музыканту ...
alkiss5 1 year ago
not everyone can play like sarah chang even if they practiced 11 hours a day, its a combination of something your born with and the practicing, like another commenter said her ability to solo for symphonies at age 8 sort of proves that
onehanddancer 1 year ago
@onehanddancer. Thank you. People of Color are simply born with something special.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 nonsense, they are like are everybody else there is no difference !
kmahl35 1 year ago
@kmahl35, No--they are special. Africans would be the world's leading mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists, and physicists if it weren't for pandemic racism.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 Maybe they would the world's leading mathematicians etc if it weren't for pandemic racism, but don't think it's because they are black. A man is born black/white... but he's like everyman.
(Sorry for my english,it's not my normal language)
kmahl35 1 year ago
@kmahl35, You don't realize that virulent racism against people of Color exists in ameriKKKa. Voting for Obama was a ruse to hide their racism.
A person born Black is special. The world's jealousy tries to inhibit that specialness.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 I do realize the racism that exist and for me saying that black and white are different is like putting a wall between the people
kmahl35 1 year ago
@kmahl35, white folk are born special too, but they need to develop certain incipient traits such as soul.and the ability to keep it real. They have these traits but these traits in them are hard to detect at first. How do they develop them? At the foot of the master--a person of Color.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 I don't think a person of color is the "master"... sorry i will never think that way. They're not superior, and not inferior
kmahl35 1 year ago
@kmahl35, It's just a term, like headmaster for a school. Not a big deal.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 Why is the black person, oh excuse me, "person of color" the master? Do you think it is necessary to put other people down in order to say that racism exists? Because I believe that certain individuals are racist, not entire communities or races. In the past, white people were generally the racists; however, I completely believe, actually know, that that is no longer true. You, putting ALL of US down, officially makes you the racist.
afrodude103 1 year ago
@afrodude103, No longer true? Are you even living in the same solar system? You need to read your Cornel and Malcolm and start keeping it real.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 LOL first time i have ever heard of AmeriKKKa
josephlwu1 1 year ago
@dawg00000 leading mathematicians, engineers, computer scientists and physicists?!? Please, intelligence does not concentrate according to race (as your statement implies). If your theory/hypothesis were true (intelligence concentrates according to race), wouldn't that make white people the smartest, considering all the major breakthroughs in mathematics, science and technology for the past 600 years have been made by caucasians?
Darsaan 8 months ago
@Darsaan dont forget then the time before the past 600 years... that would then make all the eastener geniuses.
dawg was talking bullshit, I bet he didnt even know how to write mathematicians and engineers. In the best case he looked it up in a dictionary.
amrosik 8 months ago
@amrosik True, true.
Darsaan 7 months ago
@onehanddancer Her ability to solo for symphonies at age 8 is because she practiced 8 hours a day from age 4. Certain people are not gloriously selected to be born with magical powers that make them amazing at something; it comes through plain, good, hard work. I guarantee you that she was not a virtuoso the first time she picked up a violin; she just kept picking it up enough and using it enough that by the time she was 8 she had put in enough hours to get good at it.
Andantonius 1 year ago
@Andantonius
what if she enjoys practicing? I practice skiing 9 hours a day and love it. Sometimes I could play violin for 8 hours and have to stop because it's late at night.
nickia88 1 year ago
Is it a genetic combination ofl the right things or 1 part of the brain that is genetically advanced that enables a completely normal girl in basically everyway(except she has to practice most of the day) to rise above most of the rest in some ways.Having been a touring guest soloists for the major orchestras since 8 proves it was something she was born with and her age had nothing to do with it,,only her ability,a reality that will eventually crash down upon so many utubers making silly claims.
rematpac 1 year ago
at one point she had too much moves she was moving her right arm too quicklybut everything else is just reat congradulationns
mobradovic00 1 year ago
she is defenetly my role model!!!
angelache98 1 year ago
I cant play it like Sarah does.
Michaelvandiepen 1 year ago
I think I have watch this like 216540654 times lol, Sarah Chang, you are amazing!
joseguti20 1 year ago
i think she's a little rough with her violin...
jacky25511 1 year ago
holy shit that vibrato rings in my soul
nafeNafen 1 year ago
Normally I don't like Sarah Chang, but this is great!
Milky111wtf 1 year ago
Love it.
TheKickerboy99 1 year ago
absolutely amazing. We're playing this in my youth symphony. our soloist is really good, but probably not quite that good. wow.
Flynnia 1 year ago
i don't know that "emotional" maturity is what you're looking for, though i can sort of see where you're coming from. i see it more as this: you have to be a mature *musician* to play this piece, and thoroughly dedicated, but it doesn't really have anything to do with what type of person you are other than the necessary commitment to the music, and anyone can do that.
zwolfpower712 1 year ago
tuyệt vời...tuy tôi không có chút kiến thức về âm nhạc nhưng tôi vẫn có cái cảm nhận riêng về tác phẩm này....
jtnguyen0311 1 year ago
i love how she expresses her feelings!!!!
LightningSpeedRacer 1 year ago
Awesome
jen0989 1 year ago
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dbxl1127 1 year ago
There is no part 3. It is unusal, but in this piece the pedal note in the bassoon part leads straight into movement 2, which should be available to the right of the comments page -->
halfhuman7 1 year ago
I know asian rule music.
kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo 1 year ago
ryanfallon says boooooo at CarpeDiem076 because he obviously doesn't know what emotionless music looks like.
ryanfallon 1 year ago
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I have nothing to say to Asians. When it comes to hard work, organization, technique, practice, they're indeed the number one. But that's not all music requires... Most of them unfortunately lack expression and emotion even though they are able to play the hardest pieces perfectly, without one mistake, like this one, with all the the dynamics belonging to the piece. But I'm sorry, she can't give me goose-bumps. Emotionless.
CarpeDiem076 1 year ago
@CarpeDiem076 Your name is... reminiscent of someone I know. But why not you check her Vitali chaconne. I think that's a better portrayal of her full range of emotional capabilities
markwongsk 1 year ago
@CarpeDiem076 Personally I cried watching this video. Maybe if you stop think about how all Asians are like that and start listening to the depth of the music you'd understand. After all, everyone feels the music different way, and just because their skin color or physical characteristic is different doesn't mean that their way of expression is wrong or empty.
Arenn92 1 year ago
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Arenn92 1 year ago
holy shiz! she's amazing!
tangerinegirl59 1 year ago 2
she's genuis.
alia4eva 1 year ago 3
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Owenthesheppard 2 years ago
¡me gusta mucho!
MissViolinista32 2 years ago
the conductor is so cool when they're changing into the second movement haha.
j00nk1m110 2 years ago
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I think that many asian musicians (not just famous ones) have the culture and are taught in such a way that they are superb at technique but not be able to develop their emotional expression, and the level of their playing suffers because of this. Of course, that is completely excluding those like Sarah Chang.
StarUponClouds 2 years ago
@StarUponClouds
What is your standard of 'famous musicians'?
How different is the way asian people learn music than other people?
jonahkwok 2 years ago 2
Race commentary is so 19th century. GET WITH THE PROGRAM
falstocat 1 year ago
And OMG, 'those'? What, "those asians"? That's obscene, that's not even a matter of PC!
falstocat 1 year ago 4
wow i would've loved to see this performance live
amazing!
lurker4eva 2 years ago
I can tell that many of the comments on this page are written by non-musicians. Let's not forget that the Mendelssohn is one of the most challenging violin concertos and to be able to play it at any standard is an achievement. However, Sarah Chang is an amazing violinist and race has nothing to do with it. Music interpretation is all about emotional maturity and that is the differenv between being a technically brilliant musician and a wholly brilliant musician.
elkeitel 2 years ago 106
@elkeitel indeed! also, this concerto and brahm's violin concerto are definitely two of my favorites of all time!
stendulker2 1 year ago
@elkeitel I agree with you about everything except the part about emotional maturity. When you got it you got it, maturity gots nothing to do with it.
chinwutai 1 year ago
@chinwutai Well it's true that you can learn to play the notes perfectly and, "technically" play any piece perfectly without emotional maturity, but the best musicians are those who are passionate about what they do, they become a part of the music while they play, and you can see it in their performance. Music is far more than just the mindless plucking of notes.
Andantonius 1 year ago
@Andantonius Passion and being one with the music are good things. I just don't like the term "emotional maturity" being used as a condition for musical brilliance, because it implies emotional development beyond the context of playing or composing music itself. Mozart was pretty good, but from what can be gathered he would hardly be considered emotionally mature. Talent is talent, it comes in different packages. You don't need to be refined or emotionally developed to play with passion
chinwutai 1 year ago 3
@elkeitel I would argue that it is one of the most challenging violin concertos- yes it might look like one of the hardest to a 'non-musician' but actually it is one of the less challenging romantic violin concertos. In fact, I know 2 people in person who are learning it at the moment, both around the same age as me: 15 and they have only just done their grade 8, and my violin teacher says that I can learn it in the autumn when ive done my grade 8.
1023george 1 year ago
@1023george true, compared to Sarasate's carmen, it is MUCH less challenging. but the hard part is the ricochet sautille.
Amarynthine 1 year ago
@elkeitel Having butchered this in the last few months, I wholly agree. That Chang was able to play at such a level 15 years ago is a testament to her skill.
RXnerdOfTheNight 1 year ago
@elkeitel While Sarah Chang is an absolutely wonderful musician, I feel that she adds many nuances to this piece that simply aren't Mendelssohn. Perhaps is years time she will come to play it the way so of the great 20/19 century violinists play it.
tlcooper93 1 year ago
@tlcooper93 who is someone that I should listen to, to hear it in the 20/19 century style?
socreisfunny 10 months ago
@socreisfunny Henryk Szeryng, Arthur Grumiaux, David Oistrakh, and Yehudi Menuhin are all violinist that play this piece beautifully with the nuances that are closest to was Mendelssohn wanted.
Sarah Chang plays this at such a high level and this is one of the best performances I have heard, but it doesn't have the beauty that some of the performances of the aforementioned players had.
tlcooper93 10 months ago
@tlcooper93 "closest to was Mendelssohn wanted"? you spoke to him!!?!?!?!?
jonatanblack01 10 months ago 2
@jonatanblack01 No, I never spoke to him, but when you learn this piece, there are a certain number of nuances that one is usually taught if they have a good teacher. She does a lot of inventing here, in terms of the musicality. When I learned this piece, I don't remember any of that.
tlcooper93 10 months ago
@elkeitel Many qualified musicians would disagree with you.
tlcooper93 1 year ago
¡Ay güey!
shanaqbaimuru 2 years ago
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Well, I think that Asian people have more suttle level of feelings in music and philosophy. Look most of the prodigies are from asia. They have that silky sensation. And apparently they are more education oriented people. Just check in any University in USA. Most students are from asia. Americans are gross. Europians are maybe more sensetive than new westerd countries like australia, america so forth...:)
coobroo1 2 years ago
Well, as a gross American, I shall take the time to point out a little something I have learned about you in the second it took to read your comment. You read few books and you spend overly much time on the Internet, statistically speaking of course. You know how I know that? You attempted to make an intellectual slight with merit but you blew it by misspelling words I could spell when I was six. So let us call it even, shut down the racism and the stereotypes, and enjoy the music.
MageSutek 2 years ago 4
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coobroo1 2 years ago
Oh, sure there was. One malapropism from a non-English writer, sure, but not the collection you laid out. When you "toss" out words, they tend to have as much meaning as when you don't toss them, so it is smart to know what you are saying if you are going to say it at all. Practicing English on YouTube is counterproductive, especially if you are going to be offending people during your practice sessions.
MageSutek 2 years ago
As far as American arrogance is concerned, well, when China becomes a global power capable of sustaining its people, you can be arrogant too. Until such time, and I don't see it coming any time soon, it is probably smarter not to make any racial comments, particularly if they are coming from Chinese perspective and directed at the United States. We tend to be arrogant in cases of infanticide and the forced sterilization of women, as well as the ethnic cleansing of the Tibetans and Uyghurs.
MageSutek 2 years ago
Moreover, we become arrogant when we see communists oppressing people, taking more pleasure in filling their purses than in filling the mouths of starving children in the streets of Tianjin. So in an arrogance match, we have plenty of influence should we choose to point fingers. Makes more sense not to do any finger pointing though since someone always loses out.
和平与你同在。
MageSutek 2 years ago
Some of the unfair comments here are adhering to the incorrect stereotype that Asian people have no soul or feel to the music. This is an opinion of the ignorant and should be ignored as such. Shut up and appreciate her wonderful talent.
TidusJRStrife 2 years ago 4
@TidusJRStrife, Of course Chang has souls--she is a person of Color. Boring privileged straight white christian males have not developed soul.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 so true!!!!!!!!!!
AltaicPride01 1 year ago
@AltaicPride01, Thank you for recognizing a verity, unlike the boring privileged straight white christian males on this channel.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 Privilege, skin color, religion, and gender have absolutely nothing to do with musical ability. Sarah Chang is good because she's practiced for hours and hours every single day since she was a young child. The fact that she's, "a person of color" as you say has nothing to do with her abilities or how much, "soul" she has, so stop being so judgmental.
Andantonius 1 year ago
@Andantonius, Chang is good because she is a person of Color who had to work 100x more than white folk out there in order to be recognized. If only she dedicated herself to a native Korean instument she could be even better.
dawg00000 1 year ago
@dawg00000 She did work 100x more than the majority of the population does, yes; but it has absolutely nothing to do with the color of her skin. Just because you're saying it as a compliment to her doesn't make it any less racist. She is not better or worse than anyone else; she had the same predisposition as every other person on the planet, she just worked harder and is therefore better.
Andantonius 1 year ago
@Andantonius, You need to google "institutional racism."
dawg00000 1 year ago
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she plays like a robot
rafavln 2 years ago
Not to me.
24Rorschach 2 years ago
So her dynamics are monotone? no feeling of love put into the song? shame you don't see it.
24Rorschach 2 years ago 3
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Music is not only notes and dynamics. Where are phrases?? direction of music??? She plays the score perfect, with dynamics, accents and all you want, but she doesn't play music. Compare with perlman or janine jansen version. these versions are so much better
rafavln 2 years ago
These arguments are subjective. You sound like you wan't the music to be part adlibbed.
24Rorschach 2 years ago
@rafavln wow ur just saying that cuz shes asian -__- u shouldn't label her by steriotypes
jnk222 2 years ago 2
i'd love to see a performance of you at the age of 12 :))
shurubelr 2 years ago
@rafavln If your conception of her is that of an automaton. You must think very uniquely =)
MrAnimeFreak777 2 years ago
DIVINA!!!
EmiSkappina 2 years ago
WOW....
killswitchtilldead 2 years ago
My God! What a performance.
clarkedhaldane 2 years ago 14
Perfectly intense!
YnoT0207 2 years ago 8
wow... it's AMAZING !
cjosephwu 2 years ago 3
c'est vraiment splendide! particulierement parce qu'elle n'avait que 15 ans je pense!
emzy6464 2 years ago
oui, c'est vrai :) Et j'ai jaime vue une jeune de 15 ans qui joue comme elle!!! Elle est vraiment magnifique!!!
sarevilo31 2 years ago
en fait, elle n'avait que 14 puis que ce concert était en mai 1995 et elle est en décembre 1980
kcallen78 2 years ago
Sérieux!!!!! O 。O
Comment tu sais...
Harry0Ron0Hermione 2 years ago
the part from 1:34 is my favorite to play. It lays perfectly in the hand, it realy flows automaticly out of the fingers. You can feel that Mendelssohn was a violonist himself there.
hellskitchen123 2 years ago 5
splendide!. It is amazing!. Elle joue du violon très well.specialy cette musique est belle, je vous remercie Sarah Chang.
urduwala 2 years ago 2
Oh My God. It's so breath-taking.
ckwlawrence 2 years ago 3
magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thaekara 2 years ago 4
I remember playing this in HS orchestra back in '97. Not the solo of course, I wasn't even good enough to make the 1st Violin section.
Zalis116 2 years ago 4
i'm sure one day you'll get there, just give lots of hope to yourself and one day you'll get there.
kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo 2 years ago 6
you think so?
I wonder if talent really matters.
UxUYY 2 years ago
Research shows that you master anything which you invest at least 10,000 hours in. The research was conducted in many areas, one of which was a conservatory and the people that were seen as the best players were the ones that practiced most.
:) 'Talent' is a word that hasn't been justified and agreed on yet. Everybody agrees on practice though.
NaomiDaniela 2 years ago 4
TRUE.....but I'm sure she's practice a HECK of lot more than 10,000 hours!
Augustusdavid 2 years ago
Thanks for the kind words, but I haven't touched a violin since May of 1999, the end of my senior year of high school. I enjoyed playing for around 8 years, but it's a time of my life that's over.
Zalis116 2 years ago
Don't worry that was my problem too. I love this solo way too much.
scardillyosis 2 years ago
wow!!! sarah is super duper good!!! she's amazing!!!
hillenie 2 years ago 11
super
thangcowboy 2 years ago 5
Beautiful!. Sarah Chang is amazing!. She play the violin very, very well. And the Mendelssohn s music is beautiful and it isn t easy... Good for you Sarah Chang!.
FPSLoverTheo 2 years ago 13
Amazing!! :D She played so well..
I like her dress as well :P x)
wrath687 2 years ago 2
beautiful...!
SamTexan91 2 years ago
how comes all the professional didn't play the octave part for the end of the ist movement? I am confused whether to play it octave or not.... anyone can tell me? Anyway.... Sarah Chang is always a very high standard professional to me...
waikikit2 2 years ago 5
I don't think it was intended to be in octaves, the written part perhaps just suggests the orchestra underneath, not a facsimile option. With the amount of octaves in the piece, I think Mendelssohn would have wrote it out for certain if it was wanted.
thecoates871 2 years ago
I think the octaves work perfectly
I played it with octaves :3
aflie1 2 years ago 2
It depends on which version of the manuscript you are using. The International Music Edition has it printed without octaves whereas other editions have it printed. It's just preference as well...I'm pretty sure that Dorothy Delay did not teach the Mendelssohn concerto with octaves...
It's up to you on how you want to play it...
pppsssssssss 2 years ago 5
@pppsssssssss thanks ive been wondering the same thing
angelache98 1 year ago
it really depends of your edition, i have two differents editions, one comes with octaves, the other not.... but anyway... anybody plays those octaves before the end : )
moonkasnow 2 years ago 6
@waikikit2 professionals often change the music to their likings you know...
jacky25511 1 year ago
amazing!!
hanniballl0 2 years ago
POWERFUL. WHOOO!!!
omega770 2 years ago
why do drugs when you could just do this??
evz92 2 years ago 52
Fuckin amen
omega770 2 years ago 6
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Or you can do both and feel the power ;D
retupmock 2 years ago
i think that results in spontaneous combustion :)
evz92 2 years ago
lol! guess you're right, humans weren't meant to experience that kind of ecstasy. :]
retupmock 2 years ago 3
WHOO!!! Now THIS is a comment!!
animelover201 2 years ago
Excellent question. Imagine taking drugs, listening to this, and going bungee jumping or something at the same time.
THAT WOULD BE ONE MASSIVE HIGH.
dragonx2040 2 years ago 5
wow that's the funniest comment i've ever read...XD
toughangel17 2 years ago
thanks yo
evz92 2 years ago
ahaha! agree :)
ivyem23 2 years ago 2
thank you for posting this video. it has inspired me to continue playing the violin, practice more then i have, and never give up no matter how hard the music is. thank you
animehead360 2 years ago 19
I guess i have to repeat myself! Best PLaying in the worl i have ever seen i have been inspired and i plan to continue my violin playing and play this solo soon
sakura453 2 years ago
i love this piece...i am possibly doing it for a solo in a while, but i have a lot of work to do before then. Have any of you heard josh bell's version of this piece? while Sarah Chang's version is really really really good, i think his version is just impossible to describe with words...its...perfect, i guess is the best i can do.
Brisingerdodger 3 years ago 3
i love sarah chang :)
vreenii 3 years ago
So very beautiful, almost beyond belief.
Sara Chang is the realization of a violin teacher mother's dream, teaching you to play
in your childhood, 70 years ago. Somebody lived really to do it. Oh, she would have loved her. BobVan88
MrBobVan88 3 years ago 5
Amazing, and extremely RARE!
PolyChromaticTone 3 years ago 3
Chang is one of my favorite violinists because not only are all of the technical elements there(tempo, technique, intonation, tempo, etc.), but she also makes her music so emotive, you almost get goosebumps just listening to her. And she's a beautiful woman as well!
zucchini2007 3 years ago 3
I respect her fearlessness. That goes for all performing musicians. There's something honorable for anyone who can learn such a piece, "own" it, and take full responsibility on stage.
consciouslunch 3 years ago 7
Her interpretation isn't my favorite, although she has grown so much musically in the last ten years. I saw her play the Brahms concerto a few years ago and it was amazing. But the one thing about her that stands out to me is that HUGE sound. I guess that's a product of studying with Dorothy Delay.
sammyenn 3 years ago
Yeah, I totally agree! I saw her play the Bruch with the Austin Symphony and her sound was so much more powerful and penetrating then Perlman's who I saw play a mere two weeks before I saw Sarah Chang play. She takes my breath away continuously.
Orchadorkcello 2 years ago 9