Yundi Li - "Rigoletto," "Sunflower," and "La Campanella."

[LauraMorgan1905]

великолепно!

[iwannaberock]

mistake at 10:20

[noNICKNAMEno]

12:30

the Best !

[janeypooh123]

Honestly people! Don't you all have something else to do beside argue online? Sheesh...

[G00PG00PIE]

@janeypooh123 No it's just really funny why people like to argue a lot on youtube videos. I just want to stop it.

[G00PG00PIE]

@fredericfranc Lol. You didn't have to type like an essay to put that, "DickKnowsBest," guy down. Geez don't you have anything else in your life to do besides giving lectures to people who just trolls on the internet?

[fredericfranc]

@G00PG00PIE ...on balance, here, I am putting down Yundi more than I am putting down Mr.Dick, so the Yundi fans should be outraged at me for THAT...

[G00PG00PIE]

@fredericfranc Aha. Why put down someone who has unique talent? Seriously... everyone has their own opinions but I don't recommend expressing it and putting down Yundi Li.

[fredericfranc]

@G00PG00PIE ...Yundi does have "unique talent" and so on, nevertheless in this case he did deserve to be "put down". Why and how I went about it, read my "essay"...the later "colorful" parts of it I deleted...

[G00PG00PIE]

@fredericfranc "Nevertheless in this case he did deserve to be put down." Nobody deserves to be put down. All you are doing is hating. I'm leaving this conversation. If you want to go on writing why he should be deserved to be put down ok waste your time.

[fredericfranc]

@DickKnowsBest ...the "genius" continuation of this argument got shredded by the YT software...but, anyway, given the horrible "audience environment" Yundi is facing, the "worst in history ever" type situation he has on his hands, whatever he does as a musician "just to survive" should be OK with me...for classical music this is "like living under the NAZIS", actually vastly worse than that, today's audience much worse than Hitler ever dreamed of even trying to to be...

[fredericfranc]

@DickKnowsBest ...in classical music, the problem is always, how to survive, while resisting the commercial pressures. The environment, right now, for a classical performer, is the WORST EVER in recorded history, by this I mean since pre-Shakespearean time in England. Mozart WAS hated in his own time, so was Beethoven, Chopin was so hated in his own country, Poland (MY country, too), he escaped to France...BUT the current times are still the WORST EVER for the classical arts...

[fredericfranc]

@DickKnowsBest ...concentrate on the focus of what I am saying here...it is about Yundi's sense of taste and what kind of pianist he is trying to be (no, not his technique either). I am saying that he should have better sense than playing this foolishness in public because pianists who should be the role models for him would not play pieces like this. THAT is the point. YOU learn from others, your betters, probably. What THEY would do, etc..But he does not have to, obviously...

[fredericfranc]

@DickKnowsBest ...in my original comment I am "condemning" Yundi for being a sort of a cocktail lounge pianist,and choosing to play "junk" pieces rather than something more "pianistically substantial"...after all, he did win the Chopin Comp., and could be expected to show "better taste"...can you imagine Zimerman or Argerich showing interest in playing such rank pianistic bon-bons or trifles in public?...does he need the money THAT bad?..

[fredericfranc]

@DickKnowsBest ...had to fish for my comment of 7 months ago...Liszt operatic paraphrases are often seen as junk music by pianists, Liszt himself probably thought so because this is a rather sloppy piece of work...but it fits Yundi Li's purposes here...

[andreitafirst]

excelente y bonita interpretacion.. =)

[xBleach4Eva]

Pause at 3:52 ;) ... brilliant though^^

[yshikaru]

trying to play la campanella....freaked out when i realized it meant having to jump chords so much T_T

[bluesman341]

Dislike??? This is so Beautiful---

[audreyhsux5727]

thirty people are jealous...

[sakaco88]

Three very emotional pieces...they almost sound like from another planet.

[PetsLover2002]

nice

[kildahorde]

Asian Mozart what?



[paulostroff99]

Lovely playing.TY James for sharing and thepolonaise for posting.

[lisaking22]

I can't even accurately pretend to play la campanella on my desk.

[flyingbeagles]

@lisaking22 LOLOL doing exactly the same thing

[xBleach4Eva]

Im wondering how long it takes him to learn such piece ... 2 weeks?... a month? maybe 2 ?

[takeshikarimauru]

@xBleach4Eva It depends. A piece like La Campanella will take a normal player a full year to (nearly) complete it well. Piano pieces can't ever be perfected. There's always more you can do...

[nissrules]

@swimjet1125 oh please, like you're smart enough or successful to post a comment like this. you can't even spell successful correctly. get lost.

[flashkick29]

@swimjet1125

Well, at least we can use punctuation and can use the right form of words in a sentence.

Congratulations. Here's your retard license.

[greedy800hp]

@swimjet1125 ohho!!! look who's talking?!

[2hyeok]

for people who are having trouble finding pieces 0:01 Rigoletto 6:06 sunflower 8:21 la campenella

[ralfjacobs]

@borninsd dont ever mention you know who again.

[ellengvo]

Incredible.



[mrplodipop]

Yundi Li is actually incredible. He's made it very difficult for me to listen to any other playing of the pieces I've heard him play.

[xyzc2]

6:08 Sai Yang Hua (aka Sunflowers)

8:23 La Campanella

[sps044a34]

I loves Yundi Li better than Lang Lang...Lang Lang has too much facial expression but I agree that he plays good too.....

Yundi Li !!!! excellent !!!

[cutemusicdolphin]

GOOD!!!

[ptdrawoh]

These are my favorite 20-21st century pianists: Wilhelm Kempff, Evgeny Kissin, Yundi Li, Vladimir Horowitz, maybe Lisitsa (her interpretations are funny).

[awayfromallsuns]

Yundi Liszt or Franz Li?

[fredericfranc]

..our boy "shortens" his name to...Yundi, wears these white jackets on stage, plays junk...like this, and works his face like that too...what is happening to the guy?...hitting the skids?...

[lookseer500]

Yundi Li has, in my humble opinion, one of the best versions of all 3 songs played here. I don't know why people argue who's better than who; if they're all good, what's the difference? And since some people are going to be frowned upon, don't mention them. Relax and enjoy the music.

[ReminiscenceS2]

@lookseer500 good point

[KevinR3i]

@borninsd Justin bieber is a playboy! He cannot be compared with Yundi Li a world Class Pianist,I mean high class.

[oO0FinalDay0Oo]

the thing is that he really enjoys playing..he puts passion in it and the results are fantastic

[twgirl1]

超好聽的^^好棒喔~

[jerrychen100]

a chinese version of liszt

[asimo911]

Serious vitamin D deficiency

[TheNineva]

Best :)

[iSpoonyBard]

00:24 i thought there was a pigeon in the piano... LOL

[sangeetabraam]

Bravo, indeed!!! Wonderful in every way!!

[jetset5964]

28 monkeys, how can you dislike it???

[xiandrian]

@jetset5964 Chinese people love monkeys o-o" why not 28 no lives? XD

[Botchlae]

@jetset5964 lang lang has 28 youtube accounts.

[flyingbeagles]

@Botchlae LOL i agree, Lang Lang had too much attention, it's Yundi Li's turn!

[israelaholic]

These hands...:)

[JOTHYJOTHY]

actually just listening to the music without being distracted by the motions is quite useful in enjoying the music.

[LudwigZhi]

For those of you who disrespect Lang Lang for Yundi, Lang does one huge thing better: technique. Musically I take Yundi over Lang any day but Yundi's way of playing puts so much stress in his body it's absurd how he can finish those passages. All those shoulder lifts and finger curls, without them imagine how much better Yundi still could be. La Campanella was BEAUTIFULLY played and yet he hit wrong notes even at a reduced tempo.Somewhat a pity. I still would go to his concert over Lang's though

[stevo728822]

too much intro

[thefirstkc]

it's making me write my essays pretty well. sorry to say though, i'm getting too caught into the intelligence of kids in school

[selena393939]

powerful,beautiful melody.

[humourlayers]

He was dropping hundreds of marbles, from high and low, precisely on the piano strings! La Campanellla was the best!

[wouterharbers]

Great!!!

[hotellesny]

Fenomenalnie ,Co za biegłość palców !!!Maestro klawiatury .Genialny !!!!!

[RomeoAngelo]

solid rendition. thanks for sharing. specially enjoyed "la campanella".

[BeeJay7689]

Yundi...to me you are the number one, on the top of them all. I just wish more and more Chinese pianists will make you as their idol and example.

[lisilisin]

Another great Campanella: "La Campanella" played by Alicia de Larrocha. I really recomend it!!!!

You can find it in You Tube.



[ezjr168]

yundi li is a champion. i think yundi li should be one of the top ten because he is awsome

[Quaigaman]

super

[antonius0123456789]

Hart to tell who is the best, Kissing, Jundyli, or Lang Lang. All are top.

[MissHappyAllTheTime]

I want to marry Yundi Li! :L

He's, in my opinon, much better than Lang Lang!

[MissHappyAllTheTime]

I want to marry Yundi Li! :L

He's brilliantt and, in my opnion, better than Yundi Li.

[thisood]

@MissHappyAllTheTime I think they play exactly the same:)

[jimmyjxia]

Also, if I remember correctly, sunflower was performed as an encore piece, along with a ton of others, since the crowd just didn't stop applauding until it was literally like an hour after the performance was scheduled to finish.

[jimmyjxia]

:) I remember 4 years ago being in the audience and thinking how boring it was listening to piano music.

4 years later, I regret not appreciating every little bit of it.

[EjenAmy]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn. his fingers...... its like they flow in the air

[hirgons]

@EjenAmy check out keith jarrett

[OldBenFranklin]

Delightful.



[CalumChan]

Bravo!

[rhanielvalle]

Bravíssimo

[TheNoralein]

In my opinion he's better than lang lang and everybody else

[coolasianbrian]

@TheNoralein i couldn't agree more!

[bfeyalcin]

@TheNoralein Sure he's better than LangLang, but his not better than Wilhelm Kempff or Valentina Lisitsa

[goopro45]

@bfeyalcin He is better than valentina lisitsa

[RabigaPiano]

@bfeyalcin absolutely!

[xxNipponUzumakixx]

@TheNoralein Lang Lang is also a very good pianist BUT I don't like his mimik when he's playing

[MrChumFm]

@TheNoralein i'm sorry, but lang lang is too much of a showman to be comparable to this true artist.

[thefirstkc]

@TheNoralein this is the last time i hear this. Cmon, they're different in so many ways. Yundi is young, Lang Lang is experienced, Lang lang is proffesional, Yundi isn't. Lang lang has emotion, Yundi, much less noticeable. Comparing apples to oranges is stupid. And besides, these are artists/interpretors, not celebrities.

[cutthroooat]

@TheNoralein Your opinion is not very exotic.

[michaelnyman1]

@TheNoralein Too much better than Lang Lang...

[aircat29]

@TheNoralein nobody is better than lang lang!! ever!

[deerodchan]

@aircat29

haha dude i really dont like lang lang. yes lang lang is good but i believe that he solely has more marketing power which makes him more popular than LI YUNDI

His interpretations however seem to be inferior to LI YUNDI

[permatroll]

@TheNoralein your opinion is invalid

[jerrychen100]

not horowitz

[USoeyadi]

@TheNoralein you are sooooo right !!!

[monsternaruto000]

@TheNoralein chopin's playing he is the best

[rtsea888]

What a perfection of rigoletto! Bravo!!!!!!!!

[123mazeppa]

I really like Yundi Li's playing. Especially La Campanella. It so out of the ordinary.

By the way, Can anyone tell me what grade is Rigoletto in?

Just want to know.

[Pianist46]

@123mazeppa Goodness, no matter what country you live in, I am nearly positive that Rigoletto would be in the highest grade that exists there.

[SeitanoShuuki]

@123mazeppa Beautiful piece that I've been meaning to learn for a while, but then I went and found the sheet music. Difficulty-wise, it's on par at least with his concert etudes - which is to say, damn difficult. T_T

12 pages of so many notes........ >_> Looks pretty much impossible/really painful for a person with a small hand, too, since everything is in octaves.

And yeah, his Campanella is absolutely amazing. The clarity of tone, and his TOUCH. OMG. AND he looks really unhurried doing it.

[mansArab]

Такого веселого зажигательного Листа я наверное никогда не слышала)! Великолепный пианист!!!!!!

[Shannonm22182]

psh! he's only AWESOMELY AMAZING!! T^T i want his skillz

[TheTANGONANEVENTOS]

LO MEJOR DE YOUTUBE, LEJOS LO MAS DE LO MAS.

OBRAS DE PRIMERA PARA UN ARTISTA DE PRIMERA.

MAJESTUOSO.UNICO.INIGUALABLE.E­SPECTACULAR.

UN VIRTUOSO, APLAUSOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SIN PARAR !!!!!!!!!!

BRAVO YUNDI !!!!!!

BS.AS. ARGENTINA

[Eliza29809]

he was handsome!!

[e1234563929]

listen to his playing is a enjoyment^^~~~~

[andreakpan]

@e1234563929 is aN enjoyment ^^~~~~

[lemaro11]

His "La Campanella" is amazing. I will begin to study that piece myself now too. Hope one day I will be able to play it just like him!

[sam1l2l3l]

It is amazing!! Thank you for upload.

[nerflirui]

I've never heard about the piano version of Sun Flower, it's much harder than the violin version I played in middle school...

[BartB1986]

Truly a masterpiece. And offcourse played flawless

[XDSakuraBlossomXD]

@elrdamir it's up to 24 people now!

[Jirachi439]

@elrdamir 25 now lol

[Ashtonh44]

@elrdamir they have to be deaf to be justin bieber fans

[sexyLASTninja]

@elrdamir actually Justin Bieber has some classica background: he plays the flute and the piano. he composes a lot of his songs by himself. and, guess what, he is a big admirer of chopin!!! so please be more respectful to J.B..

[mattssecrets]

@sexyLASTninja trust me justin beiber doesnt compose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he just picks 3 chords that sound good to him and the producer, then voala for some weird fxxd up reason its a hit!!!!!

[sexyLASTninja]

@mattssecrets yes the hit singles. please listen to the album!! the complexity of his songs is overwhleming- and he is a chopin follower indeed. he can play the flute, too!!

[Chuckles543]

@mattssecrets haha, im pretty sure that guys just trying to be funny. not really succeeding though

[gonzatlas]

@sexyLASTninja By composing you mean "to use just 2 chords in orther to get more songs? justin Bieber is a faggot....and a big admirer of chopin? my balls...sexylastninja, (dude or gal) U are just plain stupid, more respect to chopin Yundi LI and the REAL musicians!

[Infonauta2]

Este Sr. es buenísimo tocando la Campanella, qué clase!

[pianopam1]

I really like "Sunflower."

[Piglet0123456789]

Although I find Yundi's version of La Campanella a little slow It is still fantastic, especially the ending!

[Piglet0123456789]

Although I find Yundi's version of La Campanella a little slow It is still fantastic!

[fabfourgroupie]

i tried to work while listening this because i only can listen to classical music when i'm working.

ok. this is too amazing. i couldn't concentrate. and i didn't care. this blows my mind

[vbatuhan]

Chromatics in the Rigoletto take me to the heaven.

[j00chan]

Sunflower is really beautiful, I love the feelings that Yundi Li is in it! close your eyes and listen!!!

[j00chan]

Sunflower is really beautiful, I love the feelings that Yundi Li is in it!

[GaryOak]

I think Yundi Li is my favourite of all living pianists, including Lang Lang, Kissin and even Volodos.

[pgorelov]

extraordinary!!!

[K111102]

One of the finest music from Italy and Hungary played by a great Chinese pianist in Japan. Just shows music has no boundaries.

[MrTootler]

Yundi Li straight up takes Lang Lang, or Lag lag, or whatever the hell his name is and punches him in the face.

[mapleworld777]

ahh.......i'm hearing music that came from heaven..

[Jamesilaems]

24 ppl liked it so much that they pressed the dislike button on accident

[Classic1940s]

[continued. ;)] For this reason, I personally enjoy every bit of the expression Yundi Li puts forth; even the facial expressions. :)

[Classic1940s]

If you are a true, from-the-heart pianist (or really any other kind of musician, for that matter), you won't play for the sheer enjoyment of being applauded or commended for your talent. Instead, you'll find an escape through music; you'll feel every bit of it; you'll get caught up in the whole atmosphere of a piece. -Not just mindlessly play it out (regardless of how 'good' your dynamics, tempo, or technique sounds/appears). :)

[viskeii]

@Classic1940s That's exactly right. I live my life entirely drawn to/by music. Pianist and Bassist primarily, I've learned a lot of Chopin, Liszt, Mozart etc.etc. and it's all about escaping into the vast wilderness of joy that music brings.

This may sound odd, but I play for a metal band as well as sing for one. (I find that metal/classical share a lot in common) and I play/write entirely from the heart.

I honestly hate people like Beiber who abuse music just to make quick money.

[Classic1940s]

@viskeii Haha, I'm not a big fan of most 'pop' music', either. ;P

-Maybe it should just be put into a whole category of its own.

Music, versus.. cheap entertainment. :L

[DarknessL12]

Lang Lang's better ...

[zeenasworld]

love it.

[cuoylyf]

BRAVO!!!

[langsunshine]

the intensity of some pieces are just unimaginable.

[gnimez]

yeah i love chinese music too. as long as its classical :)

[Manyakhin]

Am I the only one who enjoys music by Chinese composers? Really enjoyed this...

I also love Butterfly concert...

[Jogab37]

Una tecnica impresionante y un sentido del fraseo grandioso, un talento Yundi Li.

[KiaOra53]

Hats off gentleem - a genius.

[inblahblahland]

@KiaOra53 chopin was a genius, yes. yundi li is a master of the art of interpreting chopin's genius. but a genius, he is not. in fact, i'd have a hard time calling any master pianist a genius. not even liszt. great craftsmen, great artists, but geniuses, no. genius is a word that gets thrown around too easily in the realm of the subjective.

[Juicyfart42]

That's a badass suit.

[CellPhoneCanonRock]

23 demons without soul unliked this... go back to were you belong!

[pianoairlines]

Yundi: Awesome as always! Not pnly that, but a perfectly chosen collection of pieces in one vid! Thanks!

[BlackLinkz14]

Shit 11:02 his hands must be burning with fire, and probably sore. XD but if he enjoys it, Yundi go play till your fingers brake off. XD

[monicamz1957]

There are different ways to interpret each piece depending on the enthusiasm and feeling each pianist give to them, they are all great and they are all blessed with this gift of God: to play the piano and express their emotions and to share it with us.

[USoeyadi]

Exellent 5*****

[kaechujae]

AMAZING!!!!!

so jealous

its so EASY looking when he plays it!!!

BEAUTIFUUUL!!!!!!

[gulimchenuts]

He is sooooooooooo amazing! Good job Li!

[armediatv]

He plays the most juycy musik I have ever heard..... When I saw this at first time i fellt like I fellt like having shower bath with light and switness//... He is ancomparable... Thank you Yundi Li for being as good as it's impossible to be..... I here your soul

[rickfalcon123]

fantastic

[HEWei007]

Bravo!! but, why this version of sun flower is not complete?

[iSpoonyBard]

If you really want to compare, Lang Lang likes to show - a trait of an entertainer - and express his own interpretation, while we see Yundi continuing to improve and perfect his music like a true artist.

Still, Lang lang worked very hard to get to where he is today, and just because hes a little unorthodox people refuse to give him credit. Imagine a white guy trying to gain recognition in China doing Peking Opera.

[jefftam1234]

@iSpoonyBard I would not call playing like a buffoon and looking like he is getting blowjob while doing it as 'unorthodox'. His playing is downright atrocious. And the worst part is, people like you who doesn't know head from asshole call him 'non-traditional' playing.

[iSpoonyBard]

@jefftam1234 i don't want to argue like a grade schooler. you may know more and you may be correct, but the use of euphemism and diffidence is a good habit in preventing making yourself looking like a narrow minded fool.

[Eenlampjebrandt]

I can keep listening to it.

[dopeywonder]

sunflower gives me chills

[grinner76]

Why do people keep comparing him to Lang Lang?

[dopeywonder]

@grinner76 I agree we should just enjoy the gifts they share with us. I think the comparisons come from that they r both Chinese and very young. Both offer incredible enjoyment for myself and many many others around the world.

[PanzerFrog]

@grinner76 Because he's Asian.

[hotzcubiek]

@grinner76 their both Chinese, and yundi &langlang are apparently the only two Asian pianist people know.

[hillbillieskittles]

the best interpretation of la campanella.

[Nanotech11]

1. State you're amazed at his superlative playing

2. State that lang lang is nowhere as good as he is etc. etc.

3. ???

4. Profit!!!! (more thumbs up)

Seriously, they all have their styles whether it's lang lang or whoever.

[Malodorok]

@khami231234 No, it doesn't. Pianists play with their fingers, hands and arms, not with their face.

[chineseguardianangel]

@Malodorok its called expressing music and emotions....

if u just see a pianist play like a robot w/o any major movements then why even bother having artists? we would just listen to the automatic computer all day :P

^^ just speaking my mind