Chopin - Etude op.10 No.1 C-Dur: Allegro

[UKpiano]

far too many dislikes for such an amazing effort on this impossibly difficult piece of music, he makes it look fairly easy, which it really is not, this piece has given many older professional pianists problems they cant overcome, its a real challenge to pull off at the indicated tempo 176.

[skateboarddirk]

it looks easy when you're playing it :D (i wish it was..)

[Hamporkcheese]

holly tap dancing Jesus Christ ...

[thrillscience]

Very nice!



[ruready619it]

IMPOSSIBLE??????? 

[Carrilloascolta]

Bravo... bravo... congratulations!!!

[pianofolle]

An execution that can technically be compared to those of the great chopin 'etude-specialists'. Such clearness and speed are in my opinion only supassed by very few great pianists (e.g. gavrilov, argerich,...)

Congratulations

[HagenSara10]

Kristian you played well.

I guess a bit imagination on the dynamics would become more interesting, i.e., intelectually speaking.

Great control of the right hand.

I loved to hear your playing,

Sara

[94HamMan]

Awesome!

Phenomenal speed!

notes around 1:31 are different from the score.

[aditsu]

@94HamMan Oh yeah, I hear some B flats in there. Wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out. Let's call it artistic license :)

[lupurry]

Bravo! 

[kha0123456]

great play..



[fredmex65]

Guau...congrats!

[0530pianist]

Good job young boy

[Piatelaa]

I wanna kill you .lol

Its just the jealousy

Awesome playing beside this fact

[maria19857]

Congratulations O:) u play the chopin etudes perfectly

 very P'rfect ♥

[TiGeSchipper]

Perfect, and yes he isnt an asian, thank god.

[Beanioski]

@TiGeSchipper Woah whats that meant to mean..

[lllllllllllllll88]

Amazing, but more dynamics please. Like when you replayed Chopin Heroic #53 with more dynamics. That was alsome!

I still like this video. Love the bass.

[JHighland1]

you make this peace look far too easy. Ive been playing it every day for a year and a half and am still far away from making it sound this good...Bravo

[Hitherto90]

Astounding.

[dalionsfan101]

dude this is like impossible tried it like 10000000000 times still cnt even get the first line , how ong did u practice this.

[iiu212]

@dalionsfan101 Hanon. Lots and lots of Hanon. The hardest part is not making it sound like waves crashing but more like a steady stream, with thunder in the background.

But thats my opinion. :)

[dalionsfan101]

i can play a lot of mozart nd stuff but chopin's compositions are way too hard like this nd the polonaise jeeez woooow

[Davidtodor1]

the speed is to fast for my internet

[eelleezz]

hey, where did you go!?!? play more !

[paprata]

:O

[Raddww]

due,you rock!

[bubu102]

another version of this song : watch?v=UkApPrdfW_U

[molecoladimollica]

64 people are terribly envious...

Great performance!!! Bravo!!!

[KruimelTV]

hoolie fuck, its like a Porsche 911 Turbo

[IBRAHIMpianist]

wonderful!!!

[inforavo]

Bravo!

[PublicLibraryx]

NIIICE :D

[2000flute]

Bravo! There are no words... Bravo!

:)

[backuphero7]

Only missed 4 notes. Great achievement

[PHILBXL]

I agree with justinchun13, for me, this study is the most difficult to play of the op.10 studies.. this is a great achievement !

[justinchun13]

i love how this is one of the easier etudes to play

[Melorama2000]

@justinchun13 I actually find this etude to be the hardest (or at least top 3 hardest) to play of op. 10. Mastering this etude is a major achievement for anyone.

Way to go, Kristian!

[xxh3llfir3xx]

@justinchun13

this is one of the hardest etudes.. Horowitz and various other professionals have also said this. I don't know where you get your information from.

[MmeFigaro]

incredible. I think he has to think about it to begin a solistic career?

[gallito1010]

I can do the same !!! ...... YEAH RIGHT ! THIS GUY IS AWESOME !

[cefinow]

this is wonderful to just listen and know I dont have to try to do that... whew... sometimes when you give up then you can finally love music for its own sake! *tsk* yes it took me till age 45 to realize that :D Of course I still have to keep working at my own level though!! Well this is just a delightful performance, I must say, lovely changes in dynamics throughout, like the audio equivalent of watching a swallow soaring and swooping... sigh... thank God for beauty...

[KVDiveyev]

just 4 notes mistaken. Good result!!

[ToMmYiZdAbOmB]

this makes me feel sooo horrible inside knowing this child can play such a great piece, and I cannot!

[BassicStorm]

u are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OSanBrazil]

It sounds pretty good, but I think he looks a little bit rigid as he plays it.

[cziffra11]

Congratulations on a wonderful performance. You might wish to check the score at 1:31 into this performance; I believe it's a C-major arpeggio. Of course you may have a different edition. In any case, bravo!

[justinchun13]

your fingers are very light, makes the piece sound very elegant and precise. what type of piano are you using? i personally think pieces like this sound great on bosendorfers.

[officialjchamp]

wow totally amazing. Amazing that it is even possible at all to play like that and that fast.

[InflatiblePalmTree]

That looks both physically and psychologically painful.

[InflatiblePalmTree]

61 people are asians who can't play as good as this.

[silverface125]

i wanna play ruby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DR3DAT0R]

Why is it that most of the people that are good piano players have exotic names?

[busashka]

Brilliant! Love!

[dancingwithoutwords]

OMG , you are a GEnious, Waaaaay much better than Valentina Lisitsa! She should learn from you...!Your Pollini's references are absolutely right, you have a deep feeling and all the planes are executed with amazing control, so you can listen the main melody, for not to mention the speed .... I'm in love with pianist like you...World needs you

[henrique1944]

This is the best rendition of this Etude. It is perfect !CONGRATULATION

[Requilition]

Very good. Expression is perfect. Good technique. Great job. :)

[chrism216]

SACK STARK!

[Singetommy]

Geschicklichkeit hervorragend, Ausübung perfekt... jetzt fehlt nur noch Gefühl... Mit dieser Etüde gewinnt man keinen Wettbewerb... Ein wenig langsamer und a little bit mor feeling.... and it would be really perfect !!!

Nevertheless, I pushed the "Like it" button... Du hast es mehr als verdient !!!

[meesbroersen]

I hope you read this,

I just started to practice this piece now, but how do I have to do that? I started with one chord, when that was good, i started with the second chord...

You're playing so great! Can i have a little advise from the master? =)

[MrMozartman]

For Horowitz, It's the most difficut

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Astounding.

[ComposerLarsik]

Really great performance. Amazing:)

[bethanylovesdan]

this make me happy. i just watched Valentina Lisitsa play it and it made me sad.

[magaloff1]

Wild waterfalls!

[bluematrix109]

O my ..GAWD!! How did you acheieve such clarity and speed?! At such a young age!! I cannot tell the dissference between ur playing and Vldamir Ashkenazy's. SuPerb Job!! Superb Musicain!!

[Blinkybrick]

@bluematrix109

actually there are a lot of differences. it just takes someone who knows piano to spot them

[mrpolaroid123]

fantastic job, very high standard of playing here, roughly how long did you study this piece for?

[honeyB23]

LOVE IT! I just discovered this song today, and just discovered your video 5 minutes ago! LoL....Awesome job!

[parys1236]

amazing...

[PelayoAguilar]

Im studying this etude,You are a VERY good musician .well done!

[anonymousQ45]

mine is coming along very well now. play legato with no pedal just to experiment, youll never go back to the pedal,with the exception of maybe a few sections

[guycrosswell]

i think the dynamics are the hardest thing about this piece, those huge full length of the piano arpeggios are much harder to do with light fingers

[injenami]

OMG!!! It's AMAZING! I practiced this too, but you played it clearly and fluently even though you look young!

[proteas1992]

You are a VERY good musician with a good technique too. But watch a little your pedal, it will be perfect...

[anonymousQ45]

im studying this etude, ive been working hard on 0:40 descending arpeggio. it was difficult at first but starting to feel natural. and 0:45 descending arpeggio. requires a bit of rolling the wrist to reach completely. but its very fun it doesnt feel like work because the music is so good

[synthos999]

allei scho will us de Schwiz chunsch mal es gefällt mri anderersits natürlich die überragendi Technischi affroderig chapeau

[DarknessL12]

This's one of the hardest pieces on Etudes T.T

[ewanmacgregor]

I hear 1000 hours of practising.... The only think I can say is: .bzz...hshs.... WOOOW! ;D

[ZaBakUnoMoJi]

omg how old is he???????

[astrofizzi12]

really great!

[daytonmlivingston]

I am getting ready to start this Etude but i am seeing a cinfusion in the measures. When you are ascending on the first arpeggio is it C,G, mid.C, E then backwards to mid.C? meaning you go back to the C you already played then keep going up? becuase that seems difficult to play.

[afertyus1000]

@daytonmlivingston yes you are right it carries on up in steps then down in steps [most of it anyway]

[piano6861]

Fantastic!

[GIULIOPT95]

OMG do you have a steinway at homeeee!!!!????

[GIULIOPT95]

You are awesome!!!

[MYoung3393]

Very well-played, 9.96/10 for sure. It's almost perfect.

[ElEsquisProductions]

Genius. Kristian, you should enter the Chopin International Competition. This would make you jump right in the scenary where Argerich, Pollini and Blechacz are: You fit exellently.

[openmindspace]

@ElEsquisProductions Lol. You cant just "Enter" the Compition.

[emi1534]

Very Good interpretation, but I have to argue that all though Age can be impressive when one's ability is high, it is sure, especially if they are a child, (not calling this person a child at all! XD) and are playing "adult" classical music that the qualtiy and technique of the performance is of the caliber it would be if it had been performed by someone of the average age group for that piece. This young man does a unique interpretation giving the audience a splendid performance. Well Done!

[PianomanMr]

I'm sure you are very busy but, would you transpose it to c sharp major. It has a great sound. Btw great performance!!!!

[sercerch]

Wow, that is GOOD.

[fredericfranc]

Clean.

[dni995]

Good Stuff!

[lllllllllllllll88]

QUESTION: On the average, what is the MAXIMUM number of pieces someone should/could work on at one time without going overboard? Just on the average.

Thank Q.

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[ElEsquisProductions]

@lllllllllllllll88 Genious like Sviatoslav Ritcher could learn one WTC in one month: that is 48 pieces, and about of 4 continous hours of the most elaborate music. It also dependas on the person, technique and memory. I can work on 6 at a time.

[llllllllllllllllI]

You're an amazing kid.

[coffeeforcake]

looking back at this video after being inspired by it and practicing this etude for several weeks, i've realised i (luckily) don't have to play it as impossibly fast as i first thought i had to but its really hard to always always hit all the right notes.

that's why you have to practice this slowly for many many many many times until you make no mistakes what so ever. yes, long and tedious (i'm still only on the first page out of 5), but when i listen to this, by the end it will so be worth it!

[rynna23]

brent i agree. anyway i love that!

[OriginalBasaliskos]

Nvm. I think it's just the angle.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

His wrist looks slightly tense. If he loosened it up it could sound a tad better. Look up the Lisitsa rendition for a visual representation.

[mergirlbri]

DANG!

[gainweighttoday]

Good job my friend!

all you need is a studio or concert recording :)

[ferretfool119]

"Well, now that I'm warmed up..."

[Bolagna123]

@ferretfool119 LOL.

[daytonmlivingston]

Oh my gosh!!! This is crazy, but there is no such thing as a prodigy!!! When people say "You' re a prodigy!" I laugh and say.."No, it's straight up hard work and learning! Many tears fall in the process too!!" But this still very excellent!

[HAMayoral]

Inspiring! Absolutely inspiring!

[DiligentDemise]

Interesting. I can imagine that this piece Etude No.1 (my favorite out of the twelve) sounds much more fluid and mature now that he's older. ^^

[Jim341046]

I've tried this but I need bigger hands..

[JoeTownley]

This kid has IT! I don't mean the piece, that's evident. He has the GIFT!

[RawrAMPLol]

my piano teacher tryed to teach me this. T was wayy to hard. u did it PERFECT! :)

[chrizzel0]

Please don't act like this piece is easy to play.... :) Cause it's not really that easy...

[JayIvory87]

awe

[itsanthonyhere]

This piece is so fun to play :P

[harald144]

fantastic technique, u will reach far boy!

[GoT2SpoNgE]

NICE , Your Pro

[lc46d39]

how much time do you spend on this piano piece @@''??

[itsanthonyhere]

You can get all the notes down in a day because they are repetitive patterns....but getting this fast and smooth and accurate takes ...you could do it in 3 weeks at 2 hours per day, hard practicing.

[Firesale92]

its true what your saying i started practicing sunday and i practice two hours a day and now i have the first up and downs until the hard middle part comes :D

its not impossible but its reaaaally haard work..

[Leively]

O.o

[ipublica]

Remarkable young pianist!

[pianOracle]

Pretty beastly performance! I am amazed! I didn't even know this etude was so fast until tonight! Nonetheless, I have the impression some notes got lost in the arpeggiating... Could I be wrong? I know they were all played, yet, I couldn't hear them all..

[Aul1kki]

Then you haven't heard berezovksy's version of this piece when he was in japan. Can be found on youtube. Well the sound quality in this video is not that good so it eats some of the arpeggios.

[kreutzo1]

Superb technique.

[Yurjko]

AMAZiNG ! *_______*

[brent78900]

By the way: Could we have a redo? I would like to see how well one can improve in two years.

[LostTheReturn2009]

Oh my god this is awesome oO ! Excellent

[brent78900]

Everyone thinks you have to be a genius to play piano, but they don't get it. Most of the time influential or inspirations usually come from a lot of practice. It takes a strong adamant persistence of playing a piece over and over, doing everything over and over and over. Understanding and then reviewing. Even learning new things is something you get better at, and once you learn a lot of things, you can even learn faster making you review less. Practice a year straight. See what happens.

[ElEsquisProductions]

You are totally right, my friend. Music does not come easily even if you are a genius. That is why many geniuses dont get to stage as formal pianists. They rely to much on talent. As the Great Chopin said ¨patience is the best teacher¨

[bosesamsungdell]

More than that you have to enjoy it, at least for me, I would have no motivation for the work and effort put into preparing a piece like this if I didn't enjoy it, and I think the same applies to most pianists.

[TheKeenanBoy]

@brent78900

thank you for making that clear to everyone.

[anonymousQ45]

@brent78900 theres some truth in there, but some learn faster they are just wired differently. there are people who practice alot and have money to afford great teachers but they lack talent and dont get half as good as a talented student. natural ability has alot more to do with piano than you think

[UKpiano]

@brent78900 I would consider him a genious for playing this piece at his age personally, you have to take into account the difficulty of this piece - its not just any old etude for piano and it is considered for all the right reasons to be one of the hardest etudes ever wrote for piano. This piece is in a completely different league to most of the pieces you see people of his age playing, as if to impress someone, such as rondo alla turca or flight of the bumblebee.

[kinkajoes]

@brent78900

smartest comment I've read so far on youtube :D

[pierolivier111]

@brent78900 But genius precisely come out of practice. You don't have be a genius to start but if someone ever become a virtuoso than you can actually say that he is a genius. This piece is faily accessible, but playing it perfectly is another thing.

[RemovdSande11]

totally correct. True genius and creativity lies in the composers.

[NataliyaPM]

excellent! One can hardly imagine how DIFFICULT it is to devote at LEAST 6-7 hours in this case playing the piano every single day! So much secrifice but such a result! :)))) My congradulations, you may be the next Richter!

[WarlordGabe]

very inspiring :( your better than me..

give me a few years lol :P

[extremelyfatchicken]

wow. quality of a pro.

[koubache]

Outstanding !

[NickyRamone77]

Very good!

I wonder if someday I'll be able to play it. For now, it's beyond my technical skills.

[77Muzika77]

Well done, young man!

Keep up the good work.

[Biscuitsruleface]

Amazing, well done!! Do you have any advice for people just starting to learn this piece (like myself)?

[funnybooboo8]

i've played this song, and here's a good trick to play this song, play the arpeggios in staccatos so that it equalizes the notes so you play evenly, play slowly until you have the hang of the song and practice doing octave scales with bot hands to get your hand flexibility up. Good luck and hopefully i my advice helps you !

[itzacu]

I don't think this is a song... a piece, perhaps.

[chrisphp]

@itzacu finally, someone who can tell the difference also.

[anonymousQ45]

@itzacu etude

[azellweg]

jeah, hammer!

[bigtyme20]

Wow very well done, at 16? good job kid, i just finished this piece n still not up to this tempo

[annevasian24]

That is excellent!

[ciscou]

AMAZING performance!

[albertomadrilista]

The third movement of moonlight sonata is different... The third movement is similar to "etude op.10 Nº.1", but just at the begining.

[Liebromeistal]

IF I could play this piece well, I should be able to play third movement of Moonlight Sonata right?

[harald144]

Yes I think so as they are somewhat similar in the right hand,

But I think chopin is more difficult than all, even Liszt

[omguanyin]

@harald144

difficulties is depends on how much you practice lol.

[musicy88]

it's great. actually amazing at your age. but I wish you wouldn't rush into the top note every single time.

[afraider]

херово, Поллини лучше

[chrupcjusz]

Awesome !!!

[ncrusader]

OH my GOD.........

I would buy your recording.. hands down....

[freeqwerqwer]

I like his playing of this Etude better than Pollini, and perhaps even of Argerich which was too emotionally expressive

[marcuspoel]

You are womderful!!

[makoox1111]

WOW!!!

[trevorjc11]

this is VERY good!

[squoocher]

your shirt is too white, chopin specified it has to be greyish white for the lower notes to fully be heard (they reverberate better against pale tones)

[anonymousQ45]

what?>!?!

[itzacu]

hey! I very like the final measure, you ended the piece kind of softly and that sounded cool.

[gumpohe]

brilliant, 5 stars

[mysticmingshu]

The right hand is overwhelming! how they run, how they produce such... mystical sound! Ahh...

[IrishPianoMan1996]

Awesome! Purely Awesome!! 5/5

[fandelouisalexander]

bravo!

c'est magnifique, j'adore Chopin.

[Liebromeistal]

I prefer Argerich

[klaxtriz]

he's only 17 for heaven's sake - why are you comparing him to a professional pianist that's much more older than he is?

[COCOONFABULA]

Wait a minute, YOU Liebromeistal, you just said that you like Argerich better oO

[EdwardWhelanPiano]

Remarkable!

[bigtyme20]

very very good, i can play this is well but havnt played it at this tempo

[hatahatagami]

how old is he?

[danishpride1]

17 years old

[DJodby]

excellent!!you play this study very well!!

I can play this one,but not at the same velocity...

sorry for the english...

[letMEaskYOUaQUESTion]

bravo!

and thank you.

ｐｅＡＣＥ〠

[Klangzauberer]

not bad...