This woman has great piano skills! Amazing.

[MAPFWH]

The bite of the Flumblebee!

[anthonyjamesbenedict]

I knew it was gonna be yuja wang xDDDDDD

[prarpin]

Talented pianist, no doubt. But let's not mistake this piece for Flight. It isn't. Her own twisted version, maybe, but don't call it Flight of the Bumblebee.

[nataschmidtt]

1. easy

2. medium

3. hard

4. expert

5. mythical

6. chuck norris

7. asians

8. Yuja Wang

9. Vinh Bui watch?v=qTfKTKGyJIs

[mattgres]

Who is she? If Alledged Nobodies can do this, who are the somebodies these days?

[vysehrad]

@mattgres It's Yuja Wang, she's very much somebody.

[aRnBi]

Asians, we meet again

[Danielepianist91]

Ladies and gentleman... YUJA WANG!

[BOUKITO]

A.D-H.D?? 

[InterviewingIndia]

Asians......nuff said

[Mojorider622]

Shes too cute to think she doesnt get out enough

[wildnites558]

Is this Yuja?

[Epiccreater123]

God damn

[subine01]

I would like to know who this person is? an who like to meet this person

[sshokhov]

Если бы я не видел этого своими глазами ни за что не поверил бы что ЭТО и ТАК может сыграть один человек. Двумя руками. Десятью пальцами.

Фантастика.

[choon95]

Her name is Yuja Wang.

[supralinugal]

That how fast she is 100 piano key per second

[60085man]

Amazing....never heard Flight of the Bumble Bee like this!

[minetto2011]

very impressive!!

[jaspernatchez]

Is there some reason no one mentions her NAME?

[pelvicthrusta]

ME WANT HAND JOB

[Vesivian]

Jesus Christ. It's A FREAKING CZIFFRA TRANSCRIPTON! Of course it's not sped up you dumbfucks.

[chopin181704]

after this wonderfull moment, the keys need to be replaced, and the strings... I don't even want to imagine what they have suffered. At least, was not in vain, nor think!

Congratulations!

[LazlosPlane]

Don't think it's sped up much if at all.  But she is WAY HOT, that's for sure.

[alterierter]

what a silly fuck this is !

[brycew53]

@alterierter What a silly fuck you are!

Don't worry, every idiotic childish comment made on this site deserves a response.

[alterierter]

@brycew53 thank you for your response , im sorry . just tried to be honest what i feel when i heared this.

[PapaDontCome]

Not speeded up! It is Yuja Wang playing Gyorgy Cziffra's arrangement of Flight of the Bumble Bee. This is how she (and Cziffra) play it.

[Vesivian]

Why is it sooo insanely good to an extent that people think its fake? It's freaking classical music, thats why it's badass.

[brunopiccinin]

Piano skills level: Yuja Wang.

[StratTickler]

Well, the last note she plays appears to be an "A", and in fact sounds like an "A". Not certain of the newest video software, but suspect if this were sped up it the notes would not line up.

[fredr096]

God some of you simply can't hide your jealousy, can you? Like the interpretation or not. Just don't be racial about it. I happen to know a few asian musicians. They simply practise a lot more, yes. But not because of tiger mommy, but because they're passionate . By the way, I also know some really lazy and not passionate asians. Jeez, they're almost like real humans.

[JEatsbabies]

Asian father "Good, now play it backwards"

[jimamidon]

@JEatsbabies *LOL* 

[raytwin11]

OH my Lord, she is bless with a talent

[TheIronPie]

Asians ...

[nisornt]

This is NOT music. *sigh*

[philharmonica61]

@nisornt What do you mean, "This is NOT music"?

[Kearyjb]

I thought this was going to be a joke video. She started playing and my jaw dropped before a full second had passed!

[Fontainebleau7]

This sounds similar Cziffra’s arrangement whose playing is unsurpassed.

Listen to his recording for a treat. It’s here on YouTube.

[mymale2003]

wether real or not, at this speed it sounds TERRIBLE.

[fredericfranc]

...this ain't no "this woman" this is the fucking YUJA, unless I am bombed so bad by now I see Yuja everywhere...shit!...

[ClassicMusic95]

all those asain people, great pianists, sorry but im telling the truth, without being a racist, they would kill themselves if they wont play that fast.

[sumimimi0]

you will be surprised to hear that this is not the fastest version

[snoobeagle]

Asian babes.. they got it going on!

[theghandigirl]

and then the piano blew up ;)

[ShazRetta293]

Yuja Wang is Chinese :')

[MrStratocaster1949]

I can play that.....in about a hundred years.

[OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL]

ARE YOU PEOPLE INSANE???? This is FIXED! Sped UP! Duh? Can't you see her head moving at insane speeds too? LOL! I can't believe the world is full of a bunch of...

( :

But she IS an amazing pianist, but not because of this silly vid. lol

[tonycosworth]

@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL Are you so stupid in real life ? If you know music just a little, you see that his last note is a true A; strictly impossible if the speed was not the real speed. End of the discussion.

[znagy24]

She plays "Flight of the Bumblebee" and this is the normal speed of that piece!

[cheapsheep4sale]

@znagy24 it´s a bit faster than the normal speed of the piece =)

[kleinerpogo]

@znagy24 but its not the normal arrangement but Cziffras arrangement with octaves, so damnit :D

[Hootowl54]

@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL Well, I don't think it's sped up. Maybe what you're seeing is the choppiness of the video, especially at first. Try comparing Yuja Wang's fingers with the sound and you will see/hear that it's in real time. : )

[Clockw0rkTheory]

@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL lol you retard. your comment is so ignorant i cant even be bothered to argue with you.

that is the normal tempo of the piece

[Lennythewinner]

@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL Were it sped up, the pitch would be raised too. Her hands appear blurred because the time for which each camera frame is exposed is not short enough to freeze the movement; snaps of people strolling using too slow a shutter speed appear blurred too. Many pieces - Debussy's Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest, for instance, has notes in at least as rapid succession. I can play arpeggiated notes so fast their interval is 0 secs; so can you. They're called chords.

[martijnroth]

@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL

You obviously didn't see this live :-) This isn't sped up. Some people are just insane.

[ExtraWideSeal]

She's not a prodigy... She's asian -_-

[hjzitc2010]

how can one's fingers move like that, incredible!!!!

[jor99912]

This is the FLIGHT of the BUMBLE BEE on "Speed".

[snillboy]

this is speed up video hahahahha

[abovethemoon]

@snillboy of course not. It's the original speed.

[DVDKC]

She has no soul, she can't improvise.

Pianists like Mozart, Chopin, Peterson, Tatum or Monk improvised...

[gknipe]

@DVDKC How do you know she can't improvise? She's playing a particular piece of music which is scored and arranged in a particular way. It's not freeform Jazz. She can't just decide to do something else in the middle. I'm sure she can probably improvise perfectly well should the need arise and I'm equally sure Mozart et al did not just make it up as they went along and actually demonstrated some technical accuracy.

[Stefantsankov]

WoooAWWW She Should Play the Circus Galop... Finally there is hope to see it played by a human... (or is it?)

[TheXXXDB]

New England Conservatory in Boston and the Julliard School in NY spit these people out like sausages....its fuckin scary...i should KNOW i was there years ago.....like i said SCARY and this is why i play for fun now....the regular person doesnt know how much talent is walking around the streets these days.....

[rsitifarah]

this is amazing and creepy

[qwertyasdyaln]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gkollias14]

@andrewfinch1066: Radu Lupu, Gilels, Richter were all students of Heinrich Neuhaus, all accepted by Neuhaus for some reason and they all appreciate Neuhaus. Liszt pupils do not all sound the same, but they were all great pianists of that era(well only his last pupil can be heard in recordings). If a great 'master' teaches students he will bring them to a great level, although the pupils that he would teach would be gifted or have some great talent, and would be kind of... special.

[gkollias14]

@gkollias14 Liszt was the only great master that taught any kind of pupil and infact for no money. There fore i do change what i said about all the students Liszt taught in the last comment. but take another great master like Neuhaus or Beethoven and you will find your answer. The teacher pays a significant part in creating the students musical perception, it would be different studying with Radu Lupu, Horowitz,.... Chopin.... an average neighboorhood teacher. If Richter, Horowitz, Gilels,

[gkollias14]

@gkollias14 Argerich played this piece then would your attitude against them change? Yudina was a great pianist and quite eccentric but what makes her greater than any of the pianists I mentioned? Well, i will not try to argue with you since i would guess from your comments that you have not passed a certain age to really understand and learning manners.

[QueenChrissiThe1st]

doesn't count... --> Asian

[Abraeumer83]

asians will never count - they are trained AI.S!!!!!!!!

[theprlab]

Lucky boyfriend

[gkollias14]

@andrewfinch1066 Well and andrew finch is just a troll or extremely uknowledgable and he should not be talking about MUSIC. How can you say that all russians are bashers and Lupu or Pogorelcih who recieved the same Russian, education(Nehaus and Moscow Conservatoire) are great?

[ordeedjc]

she is one of the most extraordinary pianist forever and ever.

[lunchmind]

She'sbeyond incredible but I'd love to hear her in more worthy music.

[carlosi1972]

Cocaine is a hell of drug!

[Archiedumbeg58]

Wish i could play the piano like that Archie Dumbeg

[69supafly]

I tried but my left little finger cramped.

[MrRabidCat]

Looks fake.....

[stevalianarbone]

She moves faster than bublbees wings, and is in tune.

[angel7748ift]

so hers hands move fast what a total waste in her I gues you call it playing terrible

[PhotosByHamza]

This girl is badd ass! If you don't appreciate her talent it's because you're an idiot!

[countryalexander]

I get nervous and stressed.

Where is the feeling?

[bloodgrss]

@countryalexander Another with the feeling! Nervous and stressed--perhaps excited? Well--that's about the feeling this technical tour de force is going to raise. If you want "feeling" as I think you mean--go to some Chopin, Schumann, Brahms etc.---you GOT whatever "feeling" is in such a work as this......

[plelvis12345]

always the same with asian "talents"...technically brilliant but no emotions!

[bloodgrss]

@plelvis12345 This racist comment really should brook no comment as it damns itself intellectually--but yet again a technical piece is used to find some emotion charge in the commentator--how foolish. Just a forum for your own particular "Asian talents" bias....Watch her body of work--say the Scriabin--you will find plenty of "emotion"--she is a delightful young woman with plenty of "emotional" play along with the amazing technical facility she is right to highlight too....

[duongtrankhanhqn]

omg :|

[MatthewMonaghan1]

this is fake the piano didn't catch fire

[daliboresslingen]

i like it, but it sucks xD

[pugmire1]

Martha Argerich has this woman beat. She has the fastest fingers in piano history

[trabucox]

What kind of kitchen is that?

[leftygirlsrok]

I'm self teaching and I hope someday I'll be able to play that way way way slower. But that was amazing! It sounded like there was more instruments in the background. But amazing!!!!!

[baqstyks]

I'm doing this with one hand and closed eyes.

[gkollias14]

Good if you want to think of the piano as a percussion machine. Good for the public but not for music. If you are interested in music go see "Arthur Rubinstein at 90" in youtube. Anyway, the point of speed is to impress to create a feeling of WoW! Of extreme reactions though them not having any ethical etc value...

[bloodgrss]

@gkollias14 A percussion machine--well, yes, it can be and is often--let's just say Prokofiev for one. Your dismissive and patronizing comment in defense of the "good" of the public is really pompously amusing given the technical tour de force this piece was written to be! You seem to confuse this with Chopin-how foolish to 'lecture' us to experience "music" with Rubinstein!

[gkollias14]

@bloodgrss As you may have seen, half of the comments on this page are about wow, what fingers, speed, incredible velocity, best pianist, better pianist... Prokofiev was never a percussion machine alhtough influenced by many of his surroundings. In any of his works you will find music. You are right in the point about this piece being technical and a tour de force. My point was much larger and in fact that was my mistake, not mentioning it ;)

[bloodgrss]

@gkollias14 Prokofiev WROTE much piano music calling for percussive skill-I did not say he was.... We may certainly debate which pianist is more "artist" than "artisan"--always coming down to a matter of personal taste (or our own bias or preference for the MUSIC itself). You MAY have a larger point-but your "implication" was clearly a critique of this young pianist "larger" than this little piece-and to me that is unfair and incorrect. She has great musical feeling in her body of work so far.

[bloodgrss]

@gkollias14 There are many wonderful pianists--many profound pieces of music--but this is an "encore"--such as even Rubinstein himself would play in his career. Yuja is an amazing technical pianist who plays more serious pieces with intelligence and fidelity--ridiculous to critique this one in such a narrow-minded and pretentious way!

[gkollias14]

@bloodgrss I just have noticed that classical piano and music is destroyed day by day in favour of, actually boredom and amusement. There ae wonderful pianists even today, but not many and a great number of them are not in the forefront. Sokolov, Lupu, Kissin, Argerich, Zimmerman, Pletnev,Gavrilov, Ashkenazy, Pogorelich, Pollini, Brendel, Bronfman and more... these peope as you see are of the past decades they are all above 55 except Kissin.

[bloodgrss]

@gkollias14 I will not counter your kudo's tor all the pianist's you mention-I have respect of varying degree for all. BUT-classical music will fade away to recorded memory without "new blood"-and tho' I too worry about it's 'leavening" needlessly to interest the short attention span generation-there are some such as Yuja-who are serious minded and aware of fidelity to technique AND artistic feeling and fidelity...I think your dismissal of today's young talent's a bit high pitched.....

[bloodgrss]

@gkollias14 Speaking of Prokovief-percussiveness and technical tour de force-And Yuja! Watch her perform with the YouTube symphony with MTT-and his heartfelt comments to her. She plays the Prokofiev with astonishing facility AND subtlety. And-YES- the encore with Horowitz like skill. Do not forget she HAS a connection to past and older pianistic tradition and approach through her wonderful teacher, the great Gary Graffman.....I think she IS and will continue be a "forefront" artist.....

[CziffraTheThird]

Kissin is a true master. she is still a young kid. not really knowing what it means to have the knowledge of mastering the instrument. she is too caught up in her playing with speed. thats not being master. thats being amateur.

[zeract]

did you guys notice that her fingers are faster than sound?

[mrmirth]

She beats the pants off of Lang Lang or Yundi Li, just my personal opinion.

Amazing finger control and velocity. Still brings out the melody with such a high tempo... Bravo

[neillyf]

Bet she can give herself great orgasms!

[blueyoyi]

She is no ordinary pianist.... she is a virtuoso .... she is YUJA WANG ! ! !

[Abraeumer83]

@blueyoyi idiot

[BalladeNumber1Opus23]

@blueyoyi I think you don't know the meaning of virtuoso. It's not about the speed.

[blueyoyi]

@BalladeNumber1Opus23

And who is talking about speed? please do not put words in my mouth.

It is about a person who excels in musical technique or execution. . a person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence. This version of the Bumblebee is a FRENZY yet in my humble opinion Ms. Wang's technique, execution and musicality is extremely difficult to match.

[Loejyrrab]

@blueyoyi She is truly one of the great pianists of this era. She is just amazing.

[Allotmenteer2]

@BalladeNumber1Opus23 I agree; very fast, not very musical. Have to be careful she doesn't strain something!

[blueyoyi]

She is no ordinary pianist ... she is Yuja Wang !!!

[rhakabbiqbal1234]

holy crap what a finger lol

[SuperMamaof1]

holy shit. lol



[adeniji24]

Stop messing around. Play jazz!!

[ZL398DtqC]

Edited I can tell by speed and accuracy

[TMCstudentblogs]

I think I just fainted.

[DavidR1991]

Speed is not talent

[caponsacchi]

Come on! Enough already. There's room for only so many "amazing" musical wunderkinds. At present, the one who has proven herself over a course of 10+ years is Hiromi. Moreover, she's improvising extended works, not playing toccata-like exercises on familiar themes. Both Hiromi and acoustic and electric bass player, composer, leader, college professor Esperanza Spalding have remained precocious whizzes for over a decade yet are still under 30.

[MonsieurPaulC]

She's not Hiromi..but she is as crazy as her!

[vicky789v]

wow i m dead

[Gezetteszett]

ihr könnt alle kein englisch

[allenamenwaren]

she gave once her boyfriend a handjob - ....he died

[younis0shahbaz]

@allenamenwaren

LMFAO!!!

[piano0320]

@allenamenwaren  funny?

[Loejyrrab]

@allenamenwaren Nice one. I have to smile.

[grigoreureche1900]

i belive this is Hiromi Uehara, but this is not the hardest thing to do with a piano i guess, much difficult is to improvise, but she is good in improviseing too. Listen also Art Tatum, this man had not only virtuosity, but he developed a new technique.

[ivywongsc]

@grigoreureche1900 This is Yuja Wang, I believe. Hiromi and Yuja are both great players though. :-)

[grigoreureche1900]

@ivywongsc yes, your're right, is Yuja Wang, watch?v=8alxBofd_eQ :D sorry!

[sorim1967]

@grigoreureche1900 I was fortuante to have known Larry Adler in the last years of his life who had told me that of all the pianists he knew (and bear in mind he knew everyone from Rachmaninoff to Elton John) "Art Tatum was the greatest, no one could do what Tatum did"

[flipflopflippity1]

Who is this???? I would like to hear more of her playing!!!

[tamandani98]

O.O wow why is it that Asian people are so damn good at music it is unfair, she is awsome

[RandosityUploader]

Scary...... but cute!

[under5hell]

@0:45 chatting with her ex-boyfriend

[driftartist]

Amateur

[wolle01cle]

@driftartist Nachmachen und besser sein !!

[Tuffi50]

My wife can do it even faster

[IAmNigHtMaReTR]

GIVE ME A BLOWJOB PLEASEEEE!!

[Geopholus]

Yuja is Amazing! For once: someone who plays really fast!!!!!!! and also plays well.

[ZadZadrack]

AMAZING. WHAT A GREAT TALENT.

[TheLoneStranger0]

Absolutely brilliant!!! She's a genius!!! 

[alterierter]

useless fuck

[DryaadPolt]

her name is Yuja Wang and this song is called "Fly of the bumblebee" for those who doesn't know, she's a great pianist :P

[JustKWN]

wwwwwoooowwwwwww...

[NICKY752]

They may be the despot race but those chinks sure can play

[101elton101]

flight of the bumblebee?

[chromatic8]

No words to speak for this kind of playing eh? well here's just one, GULP!

[TheNotkkk]

(ASIAN FATHER)

Good... Now play it backwards!

[eggypop10]

@TheNotkkk....nice one ... funniest comment in 10 years of internet ...hehehehe... LEGEND......GAZ..

[bassman4cfg1]

tom and jerry just ran by

[widdyhabb]

Technically, she might be the best player in the world. But does anyone really enjoy listening to this?

[olibo64]

@widdyhabb

You're so right !... For some people music is a demo.... Hiromi's fans for example...

[wolle01cle]

DAS ist Können!!

[MatthewMonaghan1]

this is obviously fake her piano didn't catch fire

[paulybxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

She's hawt, too.

[pyannaguy]

Do people even know her name? There's more skill in her shit than in Lady Gaga's multi-millionaire body. What a scam the money-controlled music "industry" is!

[andriventu]

@pyannaguy she's Yuja Wang

[TheMoritati]

Curtis people are insane.

[thirdperiodpain]

Step 1: be chinese step 2: repeat first step

[namelessnamester]

@thirdperiodpain Racist Step 1: Be a dick about a specific race Step 2: Repeat first step.

[Grenzkalle]

@thirdperiodpain:

It's step 2: get drilled

step 3: repeat second step

[Mikkypuppy]

Wow! She is incredible!!

[lovepichio]

She's Yuja Wang, a very talented Chinese pianist studied at Curtis Institute of Music. Lots of clips on youtube.

[friedie1jeff]

WOW!

[JadeSauce]

WOW She is fast, very talented in my opinion! Good Job!!