Ravel Ondine

[Lunt1557]

wonderful !!!!! 

[Danihogwda]

Miss Valentina, I really love the way you play the piano... It touches the soul and I would like you to tell me what to do when you are just about to play a pino song in a theater cuz every time I do it just got extremely afraid and make mistakes becuase of it :) Thank u and keep on it you're really good :)

[joggbrahms]

very organic playing. bravo. But the glissandi also ppp... Greetings

[sandramay88]

Stunning stunning stunning technique.. Interpretation relatively conventional by contrast - I love when pianists play the rapid descending right hand during building up to climax with accelerando and mezoo piano and allow left hand to build up more powerfully! Composers do not need to have their music taken completely literally if the effect can be improved.

[robertslistening]

I think this woman could play anything. I listened to her play Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin, Ravel, Schubert, Beethoven, Grieg, etc. I'd be interested if there is anything she can't play. I'd pretty much have to say she IS a master. The attribute of a master is that they can play anything you give them. She doesn't just have a big repertoire. She plays hard pieces. Love her fluid technique here. Almost like a harpist.

[Ilike2tubeittubeit]

I guess you need to play this on a grand paino to make it really sound because of the mechanics. A cheap upright or digital piano will just not allow you to play this piece with ease at the appropriate tempo.

[perinp]

For an Artist like Valentina learning such a piece means something very different compared to us

by the way I am learning 'une barque sur l'oean'

Probably for her fingers and technic is never a problem it is just about conceptualizing the music and algorithm behind and just train her willing to play this mental representation

For me for instance it represents a lot of more effort and learning ;-)

Bravo Valentina your interpretations are always fantastic

[huzzzzzzahh]

It would take me nine hours just to get through this one time sloppily, but im attempting it anyway. Do you have any tips for me to be able to play this before I'm very old?

(im 13 and i have been playing for a year and a half, but I practice about 3 hours every day)

[principessadolce22]

you're so amazing :O

[hybridfox]

For me to master a complicated piece like this, it usually takes me roughly some- thirty hours to complete. Such was an example where I had to learn Chopin's Ballade No. 1 from scratch to perfection within one week. On the first try I was playing note by note; 200 tries later I was playing almost like the composer himself. With that said, Valentina is definitely gifted, but the feat isn't impossible. Persistence is key.

[adulyadej]

Miss Lisitsa, would love to hear you do more pieces from Ravel, especially Alborada del Gracioso.

[fanofromance]

It is you? i mean the pianist itself whom uploads its playings??????????wowow if it is you directly i mean the artist, my respects...you play really beautiful i have awaken my taste for classical music and opera recently but i like it a lot, thankssssss :)

[Roner101]

how in the world does a human being learn this in 3 days, 2-3 hours a day :O

[Wolvenblaze]

@Roner101 A powerful backing of music theory mastery. Oh, and robot hands.

[Butters109]

9 hours total to play this? That is insane....

[vivacantando]

The sheer brilliance and eeriness of this piece blows me away, and this performance truly captures it. Absolutely one of my favorites!

[SonicEther]

Oh my heck! Did I understand that correctly? 9 hours to feel comfortable playing this piece?! It took me 9 months!!

[MizzLaurii]

In this Video, you look's like a Anqel.

Beautiful play.

[VideosAlcides]

Valentina, quanto mais assisto às tuas performances, menos alternativas me restam...

És a melhor pianista do mundo.

Foste tocada por Deus.

Ainda assim, peço a Deus que te abençoe.

Que realizes todos os teus sonhos.

Bravíssima, V!!!

Bravíssima, Bravíssima, Bravíssima!!!!!!

[wnaenni]

Great talent of course!! I love all your videos!

[Steinwaytoday]

So completely natural... it's amazing. She plays as though she were just speaking... what an incredible musicality.

[ashwin87music]

i m seriously in love with u n ur playin pls post a video on few techniques please it would be of gr8 help for amature pianist

like me

[MarquiseJerusha]

Breathtaking. Pianists do not get better than this!

[wombatandlemur]

When people ask me who is the best pianist alive, I reply without thinking Valentina Lisitsa because you play just as beautiful as you look in the case you play to good to be true : ).

Post more videos I can't get enough of your musicality and fluidity of your hands that is beyond what words can describe.

[mrmolinodelahoz]

Valentina is a great talent and has this fluidity of movement in her hands which is incredible. I love her shadings and nuances.

the more I listen to her the more i love her musicianship.

[arcturian627]

I still can't believe she learnt this in 3 days... It'll take me months to even get through half of this, I'm sure!!!!!

Absolutely mindblowing. Best interpretation I've ever heard!

[asdfhuliashduflasihf]

Where did you hear that?

[KeithWhalen11]

I had my doubts about Valentina but this is absolutely incredible and she totally caught me off guard with the passages at 3:03 which I haven't heard sped up in context like that. The climax is amazing, I still give A.B.M the nod for his interpretation though.

[Musicman180]

Wow it's amazing how fluid her playing is, albeit studio edited, her sound is amazingly water-like. Her wrists seem to move as if she is fanning a cloud and giving it shape..

[huyt8]

so, so beautiful... love this

[AutumnCanvas]

Absolutely exquisite.

[duvy1234]

i love music and mysterious music is myt favorite and this is soo mysterious.

[BocaFriend]

Exquisitely ethereal!

[SonicEther]

I think it's ridiculous that she can play this piece with such speed, and it doesn't sound rushed at all! She always has such a unique touch to her playing, it's unmistakable!

[scottturner1994]

This interpretation is unworldly. I cannot believe that a human being is capable of conveying such a sound from a piano!

Valentina's artistry and eloquence bring this virtuosic masterpiece to its full potential. It's recordings like this that separate the "men from the boys" in the world of musicianship.

[dubblebubble898]

i like how u flow ur hands like the peice

and also all ur tenutos or accents

[pianoplayeruk]

'retard at the end' - unquote. I know your an American, over-critical and highly optioned, but surely you could have chosen a descriptive phrase a less 21st century New York street Hoody than that?? Apart from which, the ending was perfect, along with the rest of Valentina Lisitsa's interpretation of the piece.

[chlohxo]

I'm 99% sure tomtrilobite meant "ritard," as an abbreviation for "ritardando." Ravel did write in "sans ralentir" at the very end of this piece.

[parkourjordz]

Yes im sure to he meant ritard...

[ProfessorLesLIE]

If you want to call Americans overcritical, then i'll start acting like one and criticize your comments and your English. It's obvious that he meant ritard, so you should have assumed that it was a spelling error, since we Americans are all uneducated as well, as i'm sure you know. Aside from that, your thoughts on the interpretive quality of the performance are no more reputable than his. And it's end quote, not unquote. Also, you don't need to write end quote when the symbol is already there.

[jiyunheo]

LOL nice one!

[eternalrabbit]

I agree with ProfessorLesLIE 100%

[silhouetted321]

Прелестно, Валентина! :) Осмелюсь сказать, что вам нет равных. :)

[cerzule]

Tremendously beautiful ... this is one of the best performances I've heard of this magical piece. Bravo!

[LMJ314142]

At first I didn't understand this at all. Then I started reading up on the mythology of Ondines. Astounding. There may be more to Ravel than I first thought.

[bagdad4]

wow this is an astonishingly beautiful performance i love her left hand runs so much. her hands are mesmerising to watch. im not sure if i would play it the same way but this is so beautiful

[filsdulalune]

Prefiero la interpretacion de Valentina que la de Martha Argerich. Es definitivamente mas virtuosistica, mas aterciopelada y lo mas asombroso es la impecable tecnica de valentina al momento de atacar todas las escalas, especialmente en las terceras.

[ACE29q]

Estoy deacuerdo, la interpretacion de Lisitsa es mas clara y la definicion de cada nota es impresionante

[Anders039]

It's such an evil and temptating river. I can't escape the melody, which Valentina here plays soft and gently with superb technique.

[leocoral]

Gran artista

[violavonschnitzel]

Are there words to desribe this performance?

[fl0ryan]

extraordinary! and you are very beautiful, too! Congratulations!!!

[PhillipLWilcher]

Beautifully played. Thank you!

[stefan78910]

this is absolutely nice!!

[mdeonx12]

she's playing on a Bosendorfer, fantastic!

[Aolvp]

It's simply Gaspar as never heard before. This woman is a monster,

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[dmalantic]

What a great DVD and beautiful performance! I especially like the alternate interpretation, probably the most effortless playing I've ever seen of Ondine. Although there are familiar patterns of scales, arpeggios and octaves; it's just really hard to play!

[rkdobh]

"a beautiful woman playing a beautiful piece"

I'm your fan Valentina. Thanks for being such a good pianist!!!!

[Ho0chie]

the use of the golden ratio :D and she hits its right on the head

[warmperson2007]

Beautifully played!

[celineerikan]

verry beautifull interpretation!

[manghiggio]

what is about you the most difficult piano piece?

[MarioSpinosi]

A very hard piece, but she is really relaxed, its amaizng. Thanks Valentina. Thanks Ravel!

[KearneyPiano]

what do you do to help you memorize songs??

[FFRPianist]

I would be surprised if you didn't have it memorized from the shear amount of practicing it takes to learn such a song.

[KearneyPiano]

A!M!A!Z!I!N!G!

[ericsteph]

Dear Miss valentina, when you say 2 days, how many hours by day?!

It's very difficult, and sounds strange if we play it very slowly...

[ValentinaLisitsa]

2-3 hours a day

[musiKraZ]

Miss Valentina, I'm also playing this piece, but I think that it is quite challenging to play! How do you find it?

[ValentinaLisitsa]

It is very difficult. I spent 2 days on it, then put it aside, and came back 1 month later for another day. Only then I was comfortable playing it.

[mdeonx12]

I think you being a chess champion, like you wanted to be, is not as deliciously entertaining for the audience as this!

[Tiszt]

Actually, this is the most difficult piece i've even seen

[marcelmombeekeigen]

to beautifull for words... waaaw... a very good "relaxed" performance, so different from other performances.

[ValentinaLisitsa]

Dear Friends,

Somebody pretending to be me goes around leaving nasty comments on YouTube. The impersonator's user name is VaIentinaLisitsa - the letter "L" is replaced by capital "i".

If you see this person's comments on other people pages - please let me know . I am trying to stop it and already complained to YouTube . This person is disgusting !!!

[BarNuun]

Exactly like my thoughts before on this one: there are no words!

[molsen222]

Thank you very much for sharing these videos with us. In addition to the beautiful playing, it's very instructive to see your technique close up.

[celtic426]

dude shes too good for final fantasy songs

[ff2paladin]

You should learn from Final Fantasy songs. You could make them awesome.