FRANCESCO LIBETTA SOUSA/HOROWITZ STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER

[GypsyPianist]

He wouldn't have needed the music for any other reason than to remember the layout. For some reason, memorising notes is more automatic than which order the sections come. I never stopped to think why that might be.

[davtones]

that piano bench is huge!

[OrangeSodaKing]

Happy fourth of July!

[elgar34]

Rather amazing playing, hats off for that. Makes Americans feel good about their country, after all, it's always blameless. That is how Americans are educated.

[BIoodBath]

That seat is enormous!

[demosj]

I'm amazed he learned this in two days, because this is much better than any of Volodos's performances of this transcription, and Volodos's known this piece for years.

[MrMrMikayel]

Bravissimo!!!

[FabioThePianist]

Straordinario

[BIoodBath]

lol he looks like a midget on that bench

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

libetta is frekin insane

[marcohorowitz8]

that stool looks gigantic!

[GregLile]

@marcohorowitz8 It's a special artistic bench that is matched with the artcase piano "The Rhapsody" on which he's playing for the event.

[talonboy5432]

From the angle where the camera is placed...The pianist doesn't look like Libetta.The pianist looks far younger in fact.

[miamipianofestival]

He was born in 1968-still looks younger than he is...

[plonati]

Do you know someone else who can play this way?

[davidgray2]

What I don't get is if this is meant to be a big encore why on earth would he use the music for it???

[miamipianofestival]

I understand that he was asked to learn this with 2 days notice just for this occasion

[RicAbapo]

@miamipianofestival WOW 2 days?? T-W-O DAYS??????? MY GOD!!!!! hell no! (well, the first is just easy, one can learn it just an hour or two, but the somewhat "trio" part and finale is SO HARD!!!!!! for two days!!!)

[OrangeSodaKing]

@RicAbapo Yeah I learned the first part in a day, but the trio is brutal...

[RicAbapo]

@OrangeSodaKing yeah, agree! me too, i learned the first part, not just the first page, in just an hour or two, it's just easy.. BUT GOD the TRIO? it's just oh yeah, BRUTAL! hahaha..

[Jerrez]

watch volodos, libetta's alkan sonata 33 is good

[libetta]

that's the largest piano bench i've ever seen

[1fattyfatman]

Its for fat american asses

[libetta]

i bet ford/gm made that. lol

[1fattyfatman]

I am american BTW

[Maxobillion]

Also an ugly finish in my opinion.

[libetta]

reminds me of the dusty things in the attic

[dquibs]

Not bad. Very close to Horowitz' rendition. Tempo is still a little bit faster, especially towards the end. And the one-tone melody stood out. Very good.

[teacherschoice147]

amazing!!!

[goldberg72]

bravo e figo

[ferenc990]

il più grande

[stienwayz]

sweet!

Libetta rocks

[volodya2]

I don't know how he can read this piece!

Libetta is a monster :D

[Tyr8888]

"Tribute to America" for staging a false flag operation and killing thousands of civilians in order to make the public support a war so that elitists can make more money from defense contractors and have a reason to take away more of our civil liberties.

Almost 7 years and we still haven't found Osama? Oh well, it's been 18 years and O.J. still hasn't found the "real killer" either.

[Lukecash12]

i agree.

[luisguilhermeolbertz]

Good!!!!!

Bravo!

[jo860]

With the score..

... just to have the girl next to him?

... a performance just two days after reading it first time (WOW) ?

:)

[prontony]

Well played...and with the passion this piece deserves! God bless you and keep up the work.

[Rob48]

that piano bench looks comfortable

5 stars