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  • FENOMENAL!

    De d'onde es ?

    Geert Dehoux, pianista belga.

  • My first time hearing this piece this kid was playing at the Tchaikovsky competition and stopped in the middle several timess. Now when I her it, I expect Sergio to stop in the middle lol

  • New competition requirement.. heh

  • 譜読みだけでも大変な曲を、

    こんな軽やかに弾きこなすなんて、、、、

  • where can i get the sheet music?

  • @gsarci2011 imslp

  • haha!!!!!! i love it!!!!!!!!!!

  • Do I really need to comment?

  • I have to say this, but I like this better than the original 25-6.

  • Really amazing technicality here :) Does anyone know what the Left Hand: Revolutionary mean at the beginning? And I'm making the assumption that Right Hand: Thirds is something to do with harmonisation (correct me if I'm wrong), but what does it mean beyond this?

  • @Arachnidius The right hand plays the etude for thirds (Op. 25, no.6) and the left hand plays the so-called "Revolutionary" etude (Op. 10, no. 12). Marc-André Hameline did a similar thing, combining all the a minor etudes in one.

  • And where is the concerto 3 by Rachmaninov ?

  • if i had a penny foir every key he pressed i'd have10 mansions

  • Title: Sergio TIEMPO. (Y)

  • awesome!

  • こんなに超絶技巧なのに何の感動も感じないのは何故でしょう・・­・

  • I would like to hear Mr Tiempo plying the above Etude this way: Etude Op 25 nr 6:Right Hand; Etude op 25 nr.6 Left Hand, Contrary Motion. I am sure he is able to do so.!

  • He must be the greatest Pianist in the world right now !

  • tROP bIENNN !!

  • He's a genius !

  • Great.. what's the point though.

  • Excellent post !

  • His hands are like hovering.

  • Watching this is both inspiring and degrading.

  • While this is certainly impressive, I love the original left hand for this etude. It's gorgeous.

  • BEAST....

  • This is a lovely show that good music is a process. Right hand is exactly the thirds-study while the left hand is "adapted" from the c-minor etude, as far as I can hear. Sergio Tiempo plays energetic and very expressive for every phrase.

  • @fabbaa

    As long as there will be people for undertanding his music with an educated sense of hearing, and some people loving his music according to their feelings, Chopin will never die. I prefer believing that common people are able to love that music for what it is, knowing that the common disinterest for classical music is manifest. I prefer lying to myself that knowing that, excepted for a few, Chopin, his life and music will fall into oblivion. It's too sad. Thank you for all your answers

  • @fabba i think you demand too much from yourself but i respect your sense of perfectionism!

    So what do you think about Loussier playing jazz on Chopin? yeah i'm kidding...

    In fact, modernism or tradition is the question. I think there are intersting works from nowadays, but other completely ridiculous, as for exemple cd's with classical pieces from advertisings etc... But, who can understand fully the will of a composer just by reading the score??

    What are the limits of interpretation?

  • @fabbaa

    1)good answer

    2)it's a question of education, i guess. Tomatis wrote on that if i can recall... don't know if he's been translated. Shame on my ignorance.

    3)no none could agree more than me...

  • @fabbaa "music should be accessible only to a few clever people; not to the mass"

    I guess you consider yourself clever, but in my view you're just a selfish frustrated guy, too proud of his little knowledge. I'm really tired of reading arguments here. What are you lookin for? Prove that your IQ is higher than others? Prove to yourself that you know better than anyone on music? U just prove that you're more interested by yourself than music itself. Just leave people enjoy music on their own...

  • @fabaa However, i admit that what you say is interesting, and i don't want to make fun of it. But, if you studied for years about music, why not write a book, whatever on paper or on the internet? I'm just pissed of by arguments on youtube in general. I have nothing against you and your culture, but i think there are more constructive ways to demonstrate your intelligence and knowledge. And overall, music is for anyone who has ears, brain comes after. Music "only to a few" is just facism.

  • heh I have a picture with this man.

    he is awesome!! and tho looks soo young!

  • wow !!!

  • @fabbaa wikipedia knowledge, wuuuuuu

  • @fabbaa No. Godowsky was not a great composer, maybe a great pianist.

  • Gould could have done this better after just looking at the two sheets for an hour.

    Just to demonstrate the mindless hedonistic non-empathetic virtuosity side of the romantic era. :)

  • @smortep3 No, Gould could not. Only if he spent at least three month learning it.

  • @AntipovSvyatoslav wait, you're right, 3 months 5 days 6 hours exactly. dude it was a joke

  • I can't see what's wrong by doing this? It's not destroying the original it's just exploring around the original just like godowsky did. Probably his first versions were something like this.

    PS: Let the dead guys rest in peace.

  • @fabbaa Difficult to determine what you mean by "extract", or indeed the rest of your question. Neither you nor I know why Chopin chose C minor; to pretend otherwise is sheer arrogance. Would you have been happier if Tiempo had retained C minor for the bass and G# minor for the treble? Why don't you suggest it to him? Someone of his gifts would welcome the challenge!

  • @fabbaa Dear, dear, fabbaa, relax! Firstly, someone plying like Tiempo is hardly in the majority, luckily for all the other pianists out there. Secondly, he's having a great time; he does it because he can. Why don't you try it?

  • @fabbaa Godowsky had no "rights" beyond being, like Sergio Tiempo, a highly creative, supremely talented musician. You are equally misinformed regarding Chopin; you obviously haven't read his letters to his boy-friend, Titus. Also, not quite "all other composers" were (are) gay.

  • How the hell do you even get your thirds to be that quick and clean? I'd really like to know, especially on the G# minor scale thats just absurd.

  • @JHighland1 Sergio Tiempo has been playing since like 2 or 3 years old and has studied under some of the greatest pianists of the late 20th century. His entire life has been dedicated to becoming a master of the piano, and well he's either pretty much succeeded or at least well on his way to that goal.

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  • Bravo !

  • So much personality in his music making.God, how does one get thirds like his? Geese.

  • timepo in the title

  • fantástico Sergio, te escuché en Madrid cuando eras un niño, sigues igual de bueno, excelente interpretación como además todo lo que haces. adelante y por muchos años

  • 'e chisto fa asci' pazzo a mme!

  • wow, i cnt even see his fingers, theyre lyk a BLUR!!!!!!!! XD

    such an amazing player :)

  • Just put this song on my Chopin Liszt :)

  • When I listen to some of his other recordings, he seems to do a very fine job. I don't know why he's messing it up so badly on ones he recorded in this specific studio.

  • why try so hard to look as if you have the technique to alter a piece into a more complicated one when you don't even know how to control the strength within your fingers? I noticed the same in your Chopin 28-16 prelude. Listen to his 4 and 5 fingers. Terrible. If you can't play comfortably enough at that tempo, practice more, instead of ruining a piece like this. And what's up with the insensitive right hand movements anyways? what point are you trying to make?

  • 0:42 0:44 you could balance a glass of water on that right hand

  • ♥

  • holy SHIT ya, one word...VIRTUOSO

  • How does someone become this insanely good at such a young age? I am in love... with the way he makes music... and not only :)

  • beautiful! thks for posting!

  • Simply amazing.

  • Marvellous!

  • Yeah that's what you get when you've got both a student and a teacher who like to show off. But Tiempo's performances are alays beautiful though.

  • I absolutely love Tiempo's study !

    Has anyone ever been able to get hold of the score ?

  • Don't try, I've even personally asked him for it on his actual facebook page (not fan page) and he won't give it to anyone.

  • @daytonmlivingston: Yeah, thats what I've found out, too. Contacted him in several ways but no reply.

  • could you send me his personal facebook page? i have some relatvies that he has in common and id like to discuss some stuff with im. it be great thank

  • @Ilike2tubeittubeit

    The right hand is the original op.25 No.6 and the left hand is something like op.10 No.12 in g sharp minor.

    I think when you listen/watch carefully to the left hand, you can write it down by yourself :)

  • @gaetanomariadigiorgi this is TIEMPO Tempo

  • @gaetanomariadigiorgi if you are talking about the thirds at 0:54 they are not out of time, i thought so too when i first listened, but you have to listen closely

  • The pianist, the instrument and the esecution are very precious.

    This composition, for me, don't claims this great work.

    Gaetano Di Giorgio

  • haha this guy is intelligent. he converts the revulotioanry into the G# minor because it is easier to play than c min. already the thirds are in G# min. good idea and technique also...

  • Another Leopold Godowsky!!!

  • Tiempo? The next Godowsky? Oh please.

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  • What I was referring to was Godowsky's arrangements of all the Chopin etudes. Tiempo is doing the same with this etude and others. Have you heard Godowsky playing them? You Tube has some of his arrangements. Tell me who has done a better job. My opinion is Godowsky by far.

  • Oh absolutely - Godowsky's studies are absolute masterpieces. Tiempo can't be compared to Godowsky in any serious way. Godowsky never recorded his own studies (sadly) but he was a titanic pianist (e.g., his 4th Chopin Scherzo).

  • @micheldvorsky  you said it....he puts 2 accompaniments together ..pssh...no skill

  • i dont love the arrangement but you have to admit those thirds are nice!

  • Nice!

  • Sheer genius.

  • *Picks jaw up off the floor*

    This guy is amazing. @.@ He is so smooth and look at the wrists! = O Loose.. Very loose... almost jell-O

    I love his ending. The way he picks up his hands.

  • wonderful! brilliantly conceived and executed. bravo!

  • extremely impressive !!

  • This "study" sounds fluttery

  • Wow. I would have preferred a little more contrapuntal interplay between the melody of the G#minor half and the melody of the "revolutionary" half. As it was, all I could hear was the sound of one of the etudes, not both. Phenomenal playing, though. Great balance, sound quality, control, clarity.

  • perfect.

  • Pięknie 6******

  • holy shit?

  • I saw Sergio Tiempo live. He is a magnificent professional and his technique is excellent. I read some people making empty criticism. Obviously they have no idea who they are criticizing.

    I can imagine one of this guys in the Chopin era saying to Frederic "hey, play loose. You are looking very stiff". Cracks me up, lol

  • what kind of technique is that?

  • fucking good technique...;-)

  • haha..... nice technique

  • superb

  • I find this a brilliant idea... i really don't understand why others say the piano sounds brilliand, or lift your arms!!!! these are not intelligent comments really! instead of criticizing try to come up with an idea like this! he's combining two studies in the same time! do you understand what this means??! sergio's a pupil of marthat argerich.. he doesn't need someone to tell him to lifet his arms!!! you are all jealous! sergio's technicality, musicality and interpretations is brilliant!

  • @Thaliastrassewien Brilliant? I'd prefer Lang Lang over Tiempo. At least Lang has his techniques down. Tiempo's just another incompetently spoiled child who thinks he can one day become another Argerich. Argerich at Tiempo's age was soooo much better, and I'm still not a fan of Argerich. I can't believe she chose to teach Tiempo.

  • @caricama .if you prefer bang bang..then..anything else you have to say is pointless..and you are not a fan of argerich ???? enjoy the buffoonery of your little liberace lang lang ..probably THE most ridiculous comment i have come across yet

  • the fingers are just an exstenion of the arms watch the planes from arm to hand...piano echars always complain ...lift your arms they are not on the plane of attack

  • What unbelievable technique!

  • amazing!!!

    上乘功夫的進階版,

    速度嚇人,

    音色卻也淋漓盡致~

    在拼速度的領域裡,這可留下一筆!

  • the piano sounds brilliant!

  • I find this absolutly fantastic. In my opinion, Godowsky's rewrites suffer from dwarfing the content by the form, as if he was bored and kept making up outrageous ways to butcher the etudes. His combinations of two etudes are 'undecided' about which one is to be brought out and mutually conflict with one another, hurting my ears. Tiempo's version keeps 10/12 in the background, providing the piece with unobtrusive, beautiful harmonization for the dominating 25/6 melody. Great job.

  • Great technique.

    The idea of combinorics with the chopin etudes is rather old. With 27 etudes in the chopin's repertoire, there are more than 100 possible combinations, but would they sound any good? It's better to write an original etude. Revisits is so Madonna!!

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  • i love the accent he puts on the last note of the RH chromatic scales you can hear the crack in the echo of the hall

  • musica masturbata!

  • laughing my fucking ass off!

  • i like the FF chords at 0:49 then the revolutionary 10/12 variation following hes italian?

  • No he's argentinian, student of Martha Argerich =)

  • It listens to it to Sergio live in the Luna Park in Argentina and I assure to them that he is excellent.

  • sounds more like a sawing machine then a piano

  • This is a fine pianist, but one cannot improve Chopin. The thirds are superbly executed.

  • I agree %100

  • this is a real genius! AWESOME!

  • This is a grand and yet artistic masterpiece.Nice........

  • That was awesome!

  • Ok,...you are the best!

  • Magnificent...I would have liked more passion and a bit solwer in 1:12 but it is great indeed

  • this had to have required alot of dedication to do

  • He only remove the most difficult hand of the thirds study ^^

  • I thought the right hand was the hard one?

  • 信じがたい演奏する人がいるもんですねえ。

  • You misspell his last name on the title.

  • talking about other thing, how could i get the score?

  • fuck you he is not gay, he has a gf!!!!!!! her name leonor talancun!!!!!!

  • Jesus fist fucking Christ, lay off, I was just curious

  • oh, please tell me he's gay ^_^

  • why would you ask that? Are you gay, are you a fudge packer? Please describe your question. What a FUCK!!!!

  • Yes, I'm gay and I find this guy attractive, why the outrage? Chopin liked guys too, so did Tchaikovsky.

  • Contrary to popular belief, George Sand was a woman.

  • @guerino07 chopin was not gay

  • @anonymousQ45 yes he was

  • @CliftonTeGreat No, if your reffering to his letters to Titus anybody can tell you that in those times ppl just talked like that. it was 2 centuries ago and in a dif continent so wat you saw was a cultural difference

  • @anonymousQ45 we just can't know that, and it's just not our busisness :)

  • @lelilelu he wasnt gay, he was preppy and dainty. not the same as being a fag. im sure he loved women he had girlfriends at paris conservatory

  • @anonymousQ45

    He most importantly had a resounding affair with the writer George Sand (a baroness)...

    Are you suggesting that he was bi?!?

  • @Kikoune974 no, im saying he was soft. he was a preppy french/polish guy. he was attracted to george sand because of her intellect not her looks. but she was still a WOMAN. Chopin was NOT gay. Tchaikovsky was gay

  • @anonymousQ45

    Yes, he was soft and he had an affair with G Sand because he was attracted by her intellect AND her looks.

  • @Kikoune974 no he was not attracted to her looks he made fun of her before they met, said she dressed like a man and she smoked cigars. other than that you basically quoted me. you might as well drop your argument

  • @anonymousQ45

    Yes, sure, I "quoted" you Verlaine! :))

    Dressing like a man and smoking cigars does not make a woman look ugly, does it?

    Anyway, you want to have the last word, so you will reply to this and I will ignore you and you will get it ;)

  • @anonymousQ45

    Yes, sure, I "quoted" you Verlaine! :))

    Dressing like a man and smoking cigars does not make a woman look ugly, does it?

    Anyway, you want to have the last word, so you will reply to this and I will ignore you and you will get it ;)

  • wow twice the fun!

  • audacious great virtuosity. The best should be to play the original version

  • you are my hero man :)

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  • I don't like this at all. The original is much better. This version sounds pretentious.

  • such a comparison is pointless

    original is written by chopin, and he is Sergio Timepo....Chopin is God, Sergio Timepo is just a talented pianist. i think this is nice arrange still...

  • It's like he's trying to sound like Beethoven in his performance...I like miss Valentina's

  • sei figo

  • he's unbelievable!

  • He simply inherited the traits and technic from his teacher Argerich.. Like teacher like student...

  • you can't just inherit traits as good as his an Argerich. they both are obviously very naturally talented and technically advanced. he plays with he same type of fast interpretation probably because she was his teacher. but their technique really is not the same, watch their hands while playing. totally different

  • Bardzo kocham muzykę Chopina uspakaja mnie to mocno w słuchaniu Fryderyka Chopina grasz pięknie bardzo ładnie na fortepianie i również na pianinie CONGRATULATIONS

  • nie powiem, żebyś się tu popisał składnią i logiką wypowiedzi....

  • Blah blah blah...Bark..bark..bark.. thats all I hear. Upload some chopin intrpretion first ok?

  • Not only is what he's playing totally insane, but he's playing it very well. Is he the next Volodos?

  • Or the next Godowsky?

  • I would say he's the first Sergio Tiempo.

  • He is the first Sergio Tiempo. !!!

  • SO TOUGH

  • WOOT! i'd say its a lot better than the godowsky versions :O

  • i think godowsky's versions are more smoothed out. i would have loved tiempo's version, while stunningly accurate and clean, to have more transition in the harmony..

  • commentare è difficile....ascoltate pollini sullo stesso studio e avrete la differenza tra la vanità e la sostanza....

  • Wow!

  • 我操!

  • technical showpiece

  • I feel like the revolutionary etude didn't have enough exposure in this arrangement. This piece sounded like the etude in thirds with a lackluster accompaniment.

  • I felt the same, the thirds is dominant over the revolutionary throughout the entire thing. Still, the accompaniment is very interesting.

  • Precisel! The whole theme is more based on the Thirds than the revolutionary... still interesting though. Needs some balance. Still, I consider Godowsky to be the master behind such stuff!

  • Simply Gorgeous.

  • Che bel ragazzo... e pure un bravo pianista!!! Il mio uomo perfetto!!!!!

  • se vuoi te lo presento è mio amico,dico sul serio

  • да госпожо Гигова-свири точно това,което ви казах-в лява ръка-революционният,в дясна-=терцовият!