Korea saxophone player Kim sul-ki plays Fantasia composed by Claude T. Smith

[MrPoilu]

Very beautiful.

The music of course.

[HannahIm]

Gorgeous performance! Very inspiring to me. Hope I can someday play as well as you.

[MrEvelynOakleigh]

Amazing

[finoyv0y]

Damn and she's cute too

[jpetbye]

Fantastic, love this

[karpov89]

Enjoyed this so much, thanks a lot for your great performance, and for letting me see it!

[Silencer1524]

Dang, why are all Asians talented and I'm just normal?

[joethemusician]

@Silencer1524 because they practice and you sit on youtube?

[Selmerpilot]

Now play Shaw 'nuff at 340 in front of a well-cultured NYC audience while hungry and see how you do.......

[fucquing]

I think she s just doing what the piece asks! great job girl!!

[KevinGCoxen]

lovely

[max0ruk]

Wow so much skill.

[nadavdvd]

she plays well but there isnt any soul in it at least you cant hear it

[tristin183]

@nadavdvd there is not "soul" but you can tell theres feeling even if its all just straight forward. listen a couple more times

[holmconnor]

You definitely have the chops and your getting through this with great technical proficiency (though your fingers fly off the keys a little at times), but I might suggest rounding out your tone and vibrato a little. Still a great performance, but saxophone always has room for improvement in my opinion.

[PerryHornkohl]

VERY NICE- !!! couldn't stop watching and listening. WOW WOW-WOW Great performance as well as direction and spirit and energy of the piece.

[omglolmurder]

you are pretty

[HomeGrownGoodness]

@omglolmurder dear god man go get laid.

[omglolmurder]

@HomeGrownGoodness im just sayin, calm down

[ImAnEvilMufin]

wow thats amazing, i could never memorize a song that complicated. Good Job!

[shysaxguy]

I might recommend backing off on the higher notes and less emphasis on notes that should not be emphasized, it will improve your musicality dramatically :)

[Electron1102]

I love it!! I've just started learning saxophone and now all I want is to surpass you (if possible) any advice i'm happy to take!!!

I must say you have a wonderful talent :D

[LisePiltoft]

You can play high F# on the saxophone as well. Not to mention, that there are thousands ways to play overtones!! Right now I'm aiming at the high A... Ouch!

[wridley110]

I admire your Talent!

[qldeducator]

I lost my music once !  very good job!

[NIERRASAR]

she's is good..

[davidcho78]

great job. reminds me of my past and how many reeds i bought in search of that perfect one.

[decus69]

i prefer C.Parker

[DuaneParham]

Great!!!!!

[TheKris2709]

The last note is a 4th octave g I think

[NStyle101]

@XkentaruX there are altissimo notes above F

[XkentaruX]

Woah! The saxophonist highest note is what I'm aiming to reach now! If not wrong it's F natural? I love her low notes also! Steady and wif vibrato! Bravo! A performance thats super well done! :D

[lifeswords]

wonderful! Great Work Kim sul-ki and the pianist too!

[shaktir4u]

Good job!!

[BT7935]

A beautiful and dynamic classical piece played by two very talented musicians. Kim Sul-Ki's thought provoking and stunning saxophone play, equally matched and complemented by her friend's thoughtful creativity on the Grand Piano. Both instruments played with discreet, artistic efficiency.....and the low-key, but classy backdrop and stage presentation creates a mood of solemn wistfulness that only enhances their performance. Thanks to KedyKim for uploading the video and sharing it with us all.

[Snowflake2217]

If you want to hear a GOOD version of this, listen to DALE UNDERWOOD!!!

[shysaxguy]

@Snowflake2217 I dont like Dale Underwood's playing, personally, sorry to be a buzz kill =(

[shysaxguy]

@shysaxguy I liked Otis Murphy's than his

[Snowflake2217]

@shysaxguy, Dale is a personal acquaintance, and he plays with our community band once a year, and sax playing doesn't get any better than him, especially when it comes to altissimo register!

[stealyostuff]

puts my skills to shame O.o excellent work

[ndfany]

altissomo!!!!!

[Ebonyivorymusic]

Cool. I like the variation between the piano and the saxophone. Sounds well played. Excellent actually.

[asasonena]

Bravissima saluti dall'Italia!

[JasonDomination]

One question, why use a sax?

[shysaxguy]

@JasonDomination Because she plays sax??? lol

[sax1eco]

no, conocia esa obra me parece maravillosa, tiene mucha vitalidad, m,e gusta mucho como la interpretas, felicitaciones, me gustaria aber mas del saxofó en Corea del sur te agradeceria si me dieras mas info, saludos desde Ibague Colombia

[XdarkdomainX]

what happend to all the altissimo!!!!!!!!??? i wouldve got down and groveld if i saw that!

[diegoxxx00]

WOW.. YOURE awesome... my respect... i wanna play the saxophone like you

[k3nn3thsg]

omg AWESOME!

[XdarkdomainX]

great job, personally i think it sounds better with an orchestra, and your tounging is almost too harsh... start getting into the music more

[pipamusa]

@XdarkdomainX tounging issue could be partly the quality of the recording, you can only really judge stuff to do with tone and attack if your there or have a really good quality recording.

[maulsoleu]

love this song...congratulations

[laplicaloca]

really nice, not only very good player but so nice too.

congratulations!

[deuto100]

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[leroyosmon]

Beautiful! Thanks...

[XdarkdomainX]

where was this comp/or recital

[CrystalleEanEan]

very wonderfully done (: good job ;D

[kenpachi480]

thanks for upload

i enjoyed the sax tunes

[sunblockquestionmark]

Wow... that was amazing. Puts me to shame with my sax.:)

[1019p00ky]

does anyone by chance know where i can find just a piano recording of this for an accompaniment?

[greatshaitan]

Great job! I know the difficulty in this song and you did a wonderful job! In my not so humble opinion this is one of the best saxophone charts out there.

[KedyKim]

Thank you  for your comment !!!

[MrPhouvanay]

My altissimo is pretty good for sophomore, i don't if i should do this i want to, any other details i can't find preview music sheets onlien anywhere

[lukphonp]

prolly wouldve sounded better with clarinet or oboe.

[MrPhouvanay]

Hello, i'm only a sophomore in High School, i did Diversion this year just got a I rating on it, going on to state, but i'm already looking for a solo for next year, do you reccomend this, is it tough?

[drakolan]

@MrPhouvanay Erm... how's your altissimo? This gets up there. Double E or F if I remember correctly

[rloomis3]

Hopefully a player of her talent will devote herself to better repertoire...

[drakolan]

@rloomis3 What, in your opinion is "Better repetoire"?

[rloomis3]

@drakolan Pieces with more musical substance, more interesting material, and better craftsmanship. If you want specific examples... Glazunov _Concerto_; Creston _Sonata_; Denisov _Sonatas_; Richard Rodney Bennett _Sonata_ (soprano); Berio _Sequenzas_; Dahl _Concerto_; Albright _Sonata_; Matheson _Pull_; any of a number of pieces by Jacob ter Veldhuis... (That's a start.)

[sxf0419]

I like the note bend at 4:55.

[instrumentalityyy]

@sxf0419

I like it too. She shouldn't play the largo section so forcefully. It kills her tone.

[superjimmy128]

i hope to one day reach that level of saxaphone playing

[mrbaleron]

wow, that's so great! :-)

greeting from Poland :)

[antibandgeek]

WOW! if only i could do that!!!

[NikolayDashkevitch]

Great!

[KedyKim]

Thank you very much !!!

[ComptonianTales]

Man, I've been playing the sax for more than 40 years and this little girl just showed me that the alto could be tongued faster than I thought possible. Her intonation was pretty good on certain notes that tend to go out of tune. If she keeps playing, she is going to be a monster.

[Sunyveil]

I like the fearlessness of the performer, but on the other hand, this performance sounds like somebody beating a hammer on a table, it needs to be more elegant.

[shelbylovescookiehs]

very good! some of the notes didnt come out clearly. but i mean damn... its fantastic!

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[ENsaxist]

There are some stylistic things I really do enjoy here. Sometimes I think your sound's a bit too spread, which causes some issues with the notes responding clearly. Some of the issues are also just inherent on certain horns (yours looks to be a Yamaha?). It's hard to say anything critiquing because performances are so situational... the hall looks to be fairly large. Just be sure to make sure the articulations aren't too heavy. That, and altissimo intonation (something I myself am guilty of).

[pching26]

good try, but need more work for your tone

[fuzzjohn]

Tough piece and very demanding. I think you played this too soon i.e. Its too hard for you. technically you were good but your tone needs work and the piece needs more sensitivity. Work on sound production more and pay attention to musicality. Well done for playing from memory though :-)

[IIIThreat]

@fuzzjohn

I agree. It definitely comes through on the Largo section, when a more developed sound would have helped. During most of the largo section I was cringing. Technically very good, but yes, her sound does need work.

[iamfutur3]

she is quick with hands and is doing a good job with breathing.. classical or not, its about skill.

[sebamalvarez]

Exelent interpretation! Good player! I love this piece! Cute player!

[melonbarmonster]

no style -_- Fantasia isn't classical music and the sax is not a classical instrument....기술은 좋은데, 음악은 안습...

[vaudvillesax]

The saxophone IS a classical instrument. It was used in classical music well before it was used in jazz.

[sebamalvarez]

Hey wat`s up with you? The saxophone was created in 1846 like a classical instrument, maybe you don`t like but it don`t is important.