Beethoven:Rondo a Capriccio

[speng01]

What did she wipe the keys before she played?

[30inventionman]

ik

[WilltheTowelie]

Hands in no way at all match up with he music lol

[cnhz01]

The next Evgeny Kissin!!



[grandia09]

you guys have to understand here, that you need long flexible fingers for this piece, its incredibly long and diverse, its amazing that she can even follow up to this.

[nirajpianohub]

talk about a delay......still, i cant even attempt the second hlf of the first page

[hotstar2006]

emm.......... the video can't catch up the music...........the fingers and keys are not matching the music

[thethinkdifferentman]

looks like a little girl driving a steam engine

[PianoGuy213]

Good job just try to play it a little bit faster and put more feel into the music

[Lawrencelovespiano]

I started learning this when I was 13, :D. I'm 14 now. :D

[Jesuslives5641]

I am 13.... I think If i even attempt this my fingers would all break :P lol

[KegPatcha]

Is she the kid of Yuja Wang and Yundi Li?

[JordanWood00]

She may only be 8 or something... but Evgeny Kissin plays this a lot better :L

[Astronaut9324]

Great playing, cute girl, funny out of sync.

Synchronization can be corrected with ffmpeg,

i. e. from tripp.arrozcru.com/builds/ffmp­eg-18639.7z

Download the video and rename it to Rx.flv

Copy ffmpeg.exe to the same directory. Go to this directory and enter:

ffmpeg -i Rx.flv -itsoffset 2.5 -i Rx.flv -map 1:0 -sameq -map 0:1 -ab 192k Rx25.mpg

[hotstar2006]

@Astronaut9324 that's what i want to talk about too

[antonius0123456789]

she was born in 1989. She is a top pianist and will beat most other pianist when she is grown up

[caffeineMoth]

holy.. this is amazing shes so young

[Sappyspartan]

Maybe another 20 years of work for her and she'll turn out like this: watch?v=zQn4Qfy_Bek&feature=re­lated

[goldtogreysmoke]

she's a robot

[tommylcf2a19]

she is standing...

[123Goldielocks]

I bet when Beehoven heard her playing in heaven his jaw droped.

[fleeb747]

Something tells me that she was beaten until she could play all those songs...

By the way, I dont really get the point of little children playing these songs, they all are going to grow up anyway and play the same songs but with more expression and more emotion thats just the basics there.

[Labdude0]

@fleeb747 eh, I would disagree, I mean she plays rachmaninov and prokofiev and such now, which is more challenging by far--and damn, she does an awesomoe job

[Astronaut9324]

Very fine interpretation. I also like to watch her tiny hands.

This video is out of sync. A simple workaround: Download the video.

Copy the contents from flv into a mp4 container: No quality loss.

ffmpeg -i Rx.flv -vcodec copy -acodec copy Rx.mp4.

Because ffmpeg ... -itsoffset ... or ... -delay ... doesn't work,

start MPC, Option, Audio, Audio switcher, set Audio time shift to -2500.

Restart MPC, looks better.

[cirosuperiore]

i swear this is the lipsync version of piano playing...i dont want to take anything away from the child prodigy in this case ...but i'm a little suspicious

[MechanicalDragonoid]

@cirosuperiore lol

[antonius0123456789]

@jessejames, no doubt that you or your dudes caN play this PIECE. What I am wondering is that there is only a handfull people who can judge the right play. yOU ARE NOT. HEHEHE.....

[antonius0123456789]

you beat sijing by far....

[antonius0123456789]

I am wondering how much people in the WORLD can match this performance, less then 10 and she is a child.

Rachel good luck.

Regards

[jessejames813dan]

@antonius0123456789 Dude watch your words,I have at least 20 school mates who can perform this,but at the real tempo,this is way slower,you're just makin crazy talk

[rshi1972]

what level is this song?By the way awesome job playing

[khaos2027]

think of it as "if she can do it, then i can", practice it, and there you go..that's what i do, and will for this song, because if she can do it..

[A8opi]

beethoven is always a challenge, congrats girl ! (:

[shuffleonesPete]

nice

[susake10amstril]

there were a few slip off when she played some parts if u look closely however she did play well she was a little hesitant at some parts too some notes were not clear

[HaydnMozaBeethov]

houa franchement excellent !

[Lpmgato1]

Love this little angel! Wow....She has several videos since 2007 (when she was 9), and all are superb. She's incredible! I keep wondering her last name and where she's from, to track her career. I wish her success and joy in everything she does. What an amazing little doll...

[bjoartec]

@Lpmgato1  Rachel 9 year old!... from Taiwan, Tainan city (Szuyu Su, is my Taiwanese name)

[Bramborail]

totally great :)

[Castifae]

Watching people like this kills my self-esteem D:

[harryXoXmeXoXpotter]

@Castifae don't take it like that D: use it as a source of motivation instead :D and while ur at it. enjoy the talent u have in front of u ^________^

[skycastles79]

@Castifae It is easy to fall into this trap but please don't. Students like this often spend a lot of hours of practice per week and usually have the best teachers. The most important thing for a piano student and/or performer is that you love and enjoy music and that you want to communicate something to the audience. The rest is about a lot of practicing and dedication. At the end when everyone is already grown up it is not about who did this at this or that age but about artistry.

[moneyjr1122]

@Castifae this of it like this because she in china she will never make it big ever

[MrJoyfulmusic]

@Castifae AGREE. I hv the same feeling. she's 8, i'm 28. not able to catch up the speed

[MechanicalDragonoid]

@MrJoyfulmusic I think shes 9. lol. or 8 in a half. :P

[punkviolin1]

@MechanicalDragonoid now she's 13, there she was 10 or 9

[MechanicalDragonoid]

@punkviolin1 lol.i was close though. 8, 9, 10? lol. XD

[cacallalily88]

@Castifae same here

[epicapples112]

@Castifae so true!

[onger36]

wow asian people rock!!!!!! go asian!!!

[703845]

hey guys hear me out... using elton john and beethoven in one sentence is not logical.... we're speaking of beethoven here... a true god of music... elton john cant be compared with him... if compared.. beethoven waaaaaaaaaaaayyy better

[moodepo21]

AWESOME!!!

[niniko33]

oh my god, its very surprise

[cooltamaka]

are we going to use loud paddle for this song?

[elixiress]

I've been practising this piece for a few weeks now and what I find the hardest is keeping the tempo! Rachel has a pair of very strong hands and fingers! I get tired after the first 20 bars or so :P

[MaesterCman]

the piano seemed to have lagged a bit at the start

[Classicalguy12]

@MaesterCman...I think its out of sync.

[andymandy91]

Just awesome, impressive, excellent..

[keepincurtis]

That young and already pretentious. Recital bow, wiping the keys...

Maybe its my experiences with the formalities of art music, but I think its a crying shame. Let the kid play some Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Joel, Elton John, etc. and stop bothering with all the dead formalities.

[martinchnz1]

billy joel, elton john and jerry lee lewis don't have the exact epicness of historic classical music. They also tend to be a large amount easier ie piano man which someone at her level could learn in about 10minutes. The formalities of old need to continue, without it we'd get only crap modern music which is the complete break down of music. This at least is pure music

[keepincurtis]

Granted that, in technical aspects, classical music is much more difficult, and is an essential building block if one wishes to excel. Formalities, however, are elitist pretenses that give beautiful music the exterior of a boring stuffy art form. Modern musicians write and play with their own style in mind, and are not drones of a corroding dated system; that is why I support the need for any talented musician to be exposed to modern music, and to stop going through out-dated motions.

[gouloum2222]

obviously you don't know what you are talking about. lol. why you seriously comparing beethoven to elton john LOL

[h4jime90]

you don't understand anything about art, you don't understand music, obviously you have never understood any beethoven's piece, any real art piece

sorry for my english

[keepincurtis]

That's wierd that you say that, because I'm a music major at university studying classical vocal performance. Believe me, I don't object to the content, its merely the pretentious presentation that art music is burdened by that I object to.

[chicmistique]

god i'm so ashamed of myself- i can't play this that fast!!!

[250mxrider]

Wow, this world has some talented freaks, that's for sure. Beethoven would be impressed I think.

[jacky25511]

@250mxrider nope, not at all, she does seem to have practiced a lot, you know, the more pieces i hear played by 5-8 year olds the more i think that they should actually try to hear the music, they seem to be like robots playing piano, it's weird

[amparocabal]

@jacky25511 Didn't you listen to her playing Chopin or Haydn, or anything else? She's always superb.

[pianoplayerpro]

@jacky25511 yes they know how to play notes, but that takes up only have thier exam mark. the rest is the deatails and that's holy hard

[jacky25511]

@pianoplayerpro for them that is

[pianoplayerpro]

@250mxrider Beethoven played 6 hours of piano a day do you think he would be impressed?

[Tristius]

@pianoplayerpro liszt played 8-10 :D

[PianoGuy213]

@pianoplayerpro probably not

[RequiemToAlkan]

En absoluto existe el talento "natural", nadie nace siendo un genio. A esta pobre personita le cortaron la infancia queriendola hacer pasar por Mozart!!. Un claro ejemplo de abuso infantil!!!.

Y encima le piféa

[FacuPescado]

o cabe la posibilidad de que disfrute de lo que hace! en ese caso esa nena es feliz! al fin y al cabo, ¿Que mas lindo de hacer lo que te gusta, no? yo toco la guitarra desde que tengo la edad de esa chica, ahora tengo 19 y estudio profesorado de musica orientado a piano. Y la verdad es que admiro la forma de tocar de esa niña.

[RequiemToAlkan]

pffffff she's not living like a children..

Dejen de explotar a los niños!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ragonef]

I agree 100% with OvoPiano! Talent is nutured daily from birth.

[jptaniajura]

she's really good! 5 stars! ***** :D

[kulisicd]

SUPEEEER.....

[ademilsonfb]

Hey, I'm your fan, I love you and love the music you play. Congratulations and continue. I' am Ademilson Ferreira

[Vampyreq]

Great playing..lovely.

Though I laughed at the audio video unsync. Her hands moving so much before the audio came was funny to me lol.

[jsnauwaert]

Outstanding for a ten years old!

[lYakuzal]

She's barely sitting on her seat. xP

[FlorenceKnights]

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by Heath and Ian Knight

[dragonchan123]

drop down mouth LOL O.O very very very very talented

[RandomGURLSRock]

the vid is faster that the song??1:15 but sounds good i bet she knows good -_-

[leomulder]

The image is early in relation to the sound.

[sakuranyu666]

*______________*

you are very increible *-*

[robsonrls]

yes is good

[dragonchan123]

yes she is Chinese because I'm one as well do you got a problem with Chinese people huh.

[Yudhi1950]

I think we are bumping into the Taiwan, or Dalu, Mainland China problem. Rachel is from Taiwan. But she is a fantastic young piano performer regardless.

[dragonchan123]

she likes doing that so why did you say that she is very very talented so do you got a problem with Chinese people or what

[OvoPiano]

what is poor about a child who is dedicated and passionate? what about children who spend hour playing videogames to beat a record, or those who work hard to be good for their soccer team, or those who study dance or singing? The idea that children want to play with stupid toys even if they know what their passion in life is, is just ridicolous. Not to mention the hypocrisy of those who bash piano playing and then make their children life miserable with excessive homeworks, chores and such

[esmine86]

Very nice! And I don't understand the commotion about whether she is playing it or not. This delay in sound happens in lots of Y/T vids. Please look at her other videos before making dumb assumptions :)

[LalaBooYa96]

WOW!! so talented :]]]

[WhiteningThunder]

She's playing it I guess. She even does mistakes but it's because of youtube or the film is bugged or something

[milograamans]

A lot of YouTube videos have video-audio unsynchronized. Some of my videos have done that, when I know they were synchronized on my computer before uploading. This is, however, a very unusually long delay. Other videos on this channel of her playing make it obvious she does really play. I believe that some glitch occurred, whether it's YouTube, or our computers, or yw1935's software, or whatever. She can clearly play piano, and very well too. Watch some of her other videos, if you don't believe.

[criseluka]

Great performance! Bravo!

[SharpdressedGuitar]

this is excellent playing you show maturity beyond your years, this must have taken years of dedication. you should be proud of your self.

[allhuli]

she is sooo talented :0 *jealosy*

[ernandomendes1]

espetacular

sou do brasil

rsrsrsrsrrsrsrsrsrsrsr

[77446633]

she is from whole other planet!outer space!

[Gajo2009]

Video registrato male... il suono si sente dopo....

[Flyingpigs11]

why does the sound start after she plays? O.o

[MeijiAixx]

haha ur right!!so scary!

[aawsd]

its not synchronized. some audio/video have delays

[electronicjo1]

mad skills

[ser52552]

oh my god

[samuelngkee]

Good dynamics,

Lovely Temple,

Good rythm,

Nice memory. Lawrence Ng

[sfLoat23]

lovely music!!

[OmniVoid]

I'm practically at a loss for words after seeing this from beginning to end. Amazing.

[sofiematinee]

I'm fucking impressed!

[concerto35]

This young performer has a fantastic tone. Listen to her play the 3rd movement of "The Tempest." Born with an awesome sound.

[OvoPiano]

She wasn't born with an awesome sound, we just developed it, with the same dedication and work that would require an older person to develop it. No one is born with talent, when we're born we're just tabula rasa and empty and we can become whatever thing we want according to what will strike a chord in us in life. No one found "talent" in our genes, because there isn't any. Talent is developed day by day, it doesn't exist on its own as something inside the blood or the genes or what not

[concerto35]

I believe that people are born with the potential. Scientists are not in complete agreement as to how much it due to environment and how much is due to genes. Environmental factors do play a part in perfect pitch though, because there is a greater frequency of its occurence with those that speak tonal languages-latest discovery . But how do you explain Aimi Kobayashi who played like a consummate artist after one year training, taking into consideration neither parent plays the piano?

[concerto35]

Aimi is all the more remarkable because according to developmental experts, children are not properly coordinated or have attention spans at 4 or 5 years, enabling them to equal performances of seasoned masters or legends.

[concerto35]

Pianist Dimitris Sgouros memorized "Rachmaninoff 3rd" in 3 days at 12 years. His debut in Carnegie Hall was rated one of the greatest of the century. Neither parent knows a note of music. I would say that his case is more genetic or God-given than environmental. Today, Dimitris has memorized every piece in the Literature of the piano!! He has photographic memory and other umbrella abilities. People are born with greatly differening potential, according to their callings.

[OvoPiano]

I think I have a good memory as I remember everything in little time, but I think I tapped into the secret of memorization. Memorization too, is about trying to memorize the challenging spots, and forgetting about the rest. In a poems usually we can remember 95% of what we read the first time, but there's a 5% which compromises the 100% of the effort. If you just learn that 5% you'll learn the whole thing. But must people repeat over and over the irrelevant 95% day after day.

[OvoPiano]

children are smarter than older kids and adults in my opinions, cause in their spontaneity they're more likely to find the truth about the world and things around them, their intelligence is of the deductive type without any sort of filter, while the intelligence of more grown people is more of the "notionistic" kind and even their deduction is always filtered by some ideology or pre-existing belief. This is true of science too as Born, a physicist, noted, which is far from being objective.

[concerto35]

I agree with you.  Well said.

[OvoPiano]

I believie in the Pareto Principle which states that to every skill there's a 20% "vital few" and 80% "trivial many". I even believe that within that 20% there's maybe a 1% of "key to everything". What I mean is that when you discover this key, when you discover the unique principle underlying a whole concept, something click in your mind and everything makes sense like never before. I believe many people spend years with the "trivial many" while they just need to tap into the "vital few"

[OvoPiano]

I once talked with a teacher and he was sure that he knew what the "key" that made everything clear was. With his system he had whatever child learning a Bach invention in one week, without earlier training. According to an analysis, in most pieces there are a couple of sections that determine the difference between learning or not the piece. Most people would keep learning and playing the easy parts they already know, but that teacher would focus his students on the few "hard" bars

[2308Amari]

Rachel, you are already a very professional young musician! your work is amazing and you make great progresses!

[kellyakachan]

amazing <3

[xXSexyMagsXx]

Ermmm...WOW...speechless...

[concerto35]

I like the marvelleous interpretation of this work. This young lady reflects the personality of Beethoven and the character of this piece. You also can hear the shocking indignation, the impetuosity, the temper tantrums, the power and the beauty all over the rage of a lost penny. She also has chosen an appropriate speed which lends itself to such interpretation. I keep coming back to this piece. It is my favorite among others.

[Classical8Finatic]

I'm learning this song... I'm only about halfway through and I got it two months ago for Christmas. I really love it! :)

[aznfiend123]

BEAUTIFUL!

[concerto35]

Rachel keep up the great work. You have improved!!

[elixiress]

That stool is obviously too high for her! She was barely even sitting, her feet had to reach(almost stand) for the pedal! They should've done something to help her.

[IMPERIALMAJESTYJAH]

ce qu'on oublie de dire, c 'est les heures de travail que ca représente pour atteindre un tel niveau a cet age !!! bravo petite et continu comme ca tu deviendras une des plus grande pianiste du monde

[imsokoreansongs123]

wow...

[DreamPiano]

wonderfull ..5 star  and more !!!

[Dancsins]

Amazing! Congratulations! Eva

[Balingeo]

Mais qu'est ce qu'elle veut dire.... probablement rien !

Dommage !!

[auboulot]

Que voulez-vous dire?

[yez0524]

Very Nice..

[Yoshimasa884]

bravo!!!!

I give you 10 stars!

[CafedLmR]

You play wonderful.Beethoven is the best composer ever.Thanks_

[anzdf]

Excelente interpretacion, la nena es un talento.

[os00248]

interpretation

[pianoOBBSESED]

Very clean fingers and impressive techniques. Beautiful music as well.

[Linhdanvo]

Wonderful!

[LarsenPiano]

Great! the synchrony of audio and video was comical.  Oh well, not your fault, technology!

N

[whizlemartyr]

hihi indeed :D that was an awesome audio

[RomydeJesus]

Very good!

[lepaintre123]

Quel attaque capricieuse, de ce rondeau. Merveilleuse et belle envolée technique, dynamique qui représente bien cette pièce. Est bien, Rachel, je suis émerveillé par cette brillante interprétation. Merci jeune fille pour votre talent, et que vive l'émotion malgré, le décalage entre la vidéo et le son... 5*

jacques de paris

[Lalitamusic]

I think thius must have something to do with Youtube converting the clip top some format that they have made a standard because I have noticed the same thing with my own and many other contributors' clips.

In tune

Lalita

[MaximumRide395]

WOW! WHAT A TALENT!

How long have you been playing piano?

I've been playing for three and a half years, and I'm thirteen years and I'm learning this piece.

[yordelicious]

It´s not timing, she pretends she´s playing piano in the beginning, like playing golf.

...

Nice job Rachel! I love your videos! <3

[azzonfu]

wish the timing was better... darn video technology... she rocks though, hehe

[blueyoyi]

wow !!  wow !! weeee!!!!!!

[BoulderingMatt90]

Stunning performance! Shame about the sound / image synchronisation though.

[amyshtian]

why the music and video are not matched?

[Mahjix]

Because Youtube fails.

[YoursForever927]

I think it's a YoutTube problem or it's a duet (That's unlikely).

[magicflakes14]

.... wow

amazing.... O_O

[johnmar78]

10/10 lots of future pal. Keep up your good work

[karmaGfa]

When will she be in concert in Taipei? I want to go to see her playing.

[musickingbaby0]

GREAT!!

YOU'RE GREAT!!

[scottytoohottie123]

awesome talent 5*,love and respect scotty and libby:0)

[lelouchemile]

Quel enthousiasme communicatif? Voila de la musique comme je l'aime

[thomandy]

Love this!! :) 5*

Thomas

[jginer2006]

Molt bé xiqueta! Et felicito

[koubache]

Amazing as always !!

[dageek2]

Why do people keep criticizing a young girl? You have to be a loser to sit at your computer and criticize other people all day.

[prokilerxx]

very nice

[KEUDER]

i was wrong(pedal is included in rondo a capriccio),but you still using your pedal too much-your using it all the time ,but in rondo a caprriccio is small using of pedal

very small

[OvoPiano]

she has small hands and can't always make legato with just the hands and need to use the pedals, wich is what all pianists with not big hands do; pedalling and chords rolling

[KEUDER]

you must achieve better legato without pedal.

Cuz with pedal is a mess:(.

Bernard

constructive critisism;):)

[KEUDER]

hey again,i commented your ballade too

without pedal

Rondo a capriccio is without pedal for legato!!!

god bless you

Bernard