Mark Ehrenfried - German Young-Pianist

[TannerHoytFooty]

The comment bend me is amazing. I bet that piano was expense

[pianoplayeruk]

His hair doo looks like it was inspired by a cross between Shirley Temple and Beethoven.

[beaumontmuni]

nice!



[Erikk91]

playback...? stupid thing.

[speedyguy8]

a rising mozart, if only we can get him to compose music...

the world seriously needs another mozart :(

[galebreeze]

them hands are bloody huge!

[Werenumberone1]

What a hideous piano.

[liketheuniverse11]

Seriously... He's wonderful!!! Shut up you all haters!! Awesome boy!!! :D Did it ever occurred to you all that he may like it that way...being talented and having fun with music at the same time, not just a presentation for old school people, you know... ;)

[ralfjacobs]

@liketheuniverse11 when you have it all its easy to slack off specially for a kid and than all of the sudden he is 18 and its not special anymore and hes just wasted talent thats what people say they dont hate him they hate his parents for allowing this shit to happen

[benji104]

another wasted childhood :-(

[johnsull66]

this is sad....another kid with a pile of talent being whored out to commercialism! hes not even a teenager and hes already more concerned with how crazy and over-the-top he comes across then he is with the delivery of the instrument. He is preoccupied with the showmanship side of it and that will eventually lead to a lack of feeling in his music... another great talent has been tainted!

[lsde520]

that piano is cute

[Bachscious]

ooooh I love soundtracks to old Nintendo video games!

[StephF777]

Only in Europe ;)

[mgrSarna]

Playback yes. I agree

[MusicJustin15]

He is so so German.

[USoeyadi]

albern

[DuhuKaralius]

How is this piece called? Would love to see the whole performance.

[246trinitrotoluene]

Come on people, give the kid a break. Are we all such music snobs that we have to put down anything that "deviates" from "serious" classical?

He's a kid, he's having fun, and he shows incredible potential.

It's performances like these (pop... TV "circus acts") that bring classical back into relevance. In a society/culture where music is dominated by slack-jawed half-wits making generic 4/4 beats, with terrible rhymes, I think this is great to see.

You all came here fully well knowing what..

[beethovennumbernine]

HA HA HA Showmanship......

[USoeyadi]

Sick and stupid

[MentalModel1]

Very sad circus act. Is this a shampoo advertisement?

[Pianoweekly]

@MentalModel1 In about 15 years, damn my youth was shit

[kaatxu]

AAAAAARG!



[edmoore]

This is a textbook example of exactly what you shouldn't do with promising young musicians. It's all overdone hair and coached stupid facial expressions. You need someone with their head screwed on guiding them to musical maturity. Compare and contrast this video with Benjamin Grosvenor when he won the BBC young musician on the year Piano section aged 12 - he deliberately then stayed out of the limelight until he was 18. Last year he played the opening night of the proms. Patience, wisdom.

[Moiturette]

@edmoore What a ridiculous comparison. Benjamin Grosvenor and Mark Ehrenfried are two completely different kettles of fish. You might as well be comparing Slim Dusty with Monty Alexander, which in more ways than one, would be absurd. And please do not email me asking "Who is Monty Alexander"?

[TheAbcdef42]

Play Back :)

[Saartje05]

@TheAbcdef42 Everything is play back on German tv.

[Moiturette]

He's not faking it. Just watch his fingers at 0:49 when he modulates from C minor to C#-minor, and you'll notice that the notes he is playing match the change of key perfectly. Of course, you have to have [some] music knowledge to know what I'm talking about. I'll say it again: Good boy! More, please.

[stevalianarbone]

Most amazing I've seen also great young actor as well as pianist spectacular

[trancosomarcus]

Fake!



[CuoreNellArte]

is playback!......

[aeopmusic]

There are too many pianists in the world who think they're awesome. Just freakin type "Piano prodigy" in youtube search. There's like hundreds of em'.

[dnabiologic]

Playback,,,,!!



[rododendrooon]

@dnabiologic It is no playback, watch his other videos, this kid is a genius (well now is a little older)

[pichucappucino]

@dnabiologic Z'ont que sa a faire sérieux de faire du playback comme sa ? aretter un peu c'est les incompétent qui font du playback --"

[ChrisWatch]

alright he needs to get cut off from langlang and that one guy who wears all those bracelets andl... earings and rings... thinks he's good at playing flight of the bumble bee and liszt. right now!

[dhloup1]

Sounds like The Electric Light Orchestra..and that's a good thing

[marmasiotis]

Schade, dass das Video gefälscht ist. Er spielt ...die Hälfte von dem was zu hören ist. Jeder, der Klavier spielt kann das sofort erkennen.

[sushalinkin]

He reminds me of Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory....

[Moiturette]

He's fantastic! Great technique, and personality-plus. Good boy. More, please.

[thejesusfreak919]

He's a clown not an artist.

[Astromici]

His hair... Beethoven? Is that you?

[matthewczerny]

look at the left hand when he plays fast

[springkler]

@matthewczerny

Yea.Its fake.

[JeffersonTUA69]

looooooooooooooool so ..... but so..... FAKE

[DanSandwich]

haha, so fake!



[yellowboi77]

he's a student of the piano .. I wouldn't say "pianist".  All I saw were scales and octaves being played.. but he has great showmanship !

[kevro999]

im jealous haha

[marcuspianostar]

cool

[ahmedaselman]

Even if it was a fake.. the parts which his hands were shown by the camera clearly point out that this child is talented. Bravo!

[goldorak93]

he´s fantastic!!!!he´s very good!In this video,he´s 6 years old!!

[spookyben]

The hair of Shirley Temple and the soul of John Tesh!

[flanjeee]

00:40 absolutely fake...

[StephanDanielB]

just a rich kid

[DaDennyH]

Well, we've found ourselves another showman! (Liszt smiles down from above). Although, really, Rhapsody in Rock? On that I'll have to agree with rainerobkircher and virtuosisimo: "Yak!".

[virtuosisimo]

casio keyboard strings!!! yak

[MrNobodyization]

Revolting...

[rainerobkircher]

yak! artificial. horrific. bad parents!!!!!

[bekacynthia]

@rainerobkircher why?? his parents are probably the ones who encouraged him to start playing in the first place, and this boy is too young to be playing difficult songs like that one!

[Moiturette]

@bekacynthia He is not playing a song. A song is a musical composition which is sung. He's not too young to be playing this piece, because this piece is not difficult.

[springkler]

@Moiturette

Also the violin is fake because there not using the sheet.

[Moiturette]

@springkler There? They're not using the sheet? What sheet?

[246trinitrotoluene]

@springkler

Sorry I just have to say.... the violin is not using the sheet?

If you're talking about playing from memory I completely disagree.

I have memorized 3 hour long concerts before if sheet music was not an option.

[springkler]

@246trinitrotoluene

The ladies that are playing are not using the SONG sheet.You know what I said?SONG sheet.

[246trinitrotoluene]

@springkler

Sorry, we are unable to communicate... perhaps they are not playing the exact notes from the score.... maybe they are playing some other arrangement that they thought sounded better. regardless, mark E is a fantastic piano player

[Carlosmarcelo2]

Qué edad tiene este chico? toca muy bien

[tasteism]

I wonder why do we not see his hands in the very fast parts?

[bekacynthia]

@tasteism because he plays fast? :)

[tasteism]

@bekacynthia Yes, some very short parts are very fast.

[jrdiaz27]

His facial expressions look so cheesy, lol.

[WAZOOMA]

german young penis >:)

[alanzo44]

wonderful he is so lost in the music

[zoranmilenkovich]

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT,

BUT DON'T OFFER NEGATIVE

COMMENTS ABOUT OBJECTS OR

SUBJECTS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THE WORLD IS FULL OF GOOD ADVICES

AND BAD RESULTS !

[Vesivian]

Man this kid gets good when he turns into an adult! Just watch his other vids.

[felouuu]

clown

[chromatic8]

Another Liberace where showmanship and talent come together.

[xastrab]

"How not to raise a musical prodigy in one and a half minutes"

->shoot the manager

[willemvdr12]

What the fuck, I bet in real life, he´s a terrible, arrogant, egocentric and irritating person.

Don´t you people think that he finds himself ´´amazing´´ in the way of being popular?

[Blonguin]

@willemvdr12 He might be.

But why look on his bad side?

He's an amazing piano player and seems to have a sense of humor.

[y5243]

@Blonguin I agree. He's a CHILD! A beautiful, talented one at that.

And, with a delightful sense of humor!

SHAME on those who are compelled to bash him.

[YSBCITTAR]

O.k well someone has reincarnated...

[whisper2moi]

This child is beautiful, passionate, and brilliant...what a shining star in a world of dark thieves!

[whisper2moi]

Who's the monkey? YOU are sad...You should play piano! Give something beautiful to your soul. It's good to see a child do something worthy as opposed to being a dumbed down, consumer slave or thug!

[Samsoncomposer]

He's a lot older now... and you know none of his friends will ever let him live this shit down.

[hartistry]

Nice play young man.

[ChuabIsDaWhopper]

Hmmm...I for one don't enjoy classical music set to midi drum beats...but this chap's a real showman and a decent pianist!

[sh4rkbyt3]

Trained monkey, how sad!

[Actraiser1]

@sh4rkbyt3 haha agreed.

[JeiWiFi]

what is the name of this piece ?

[99mushroomhead]

Don't like the piano one bit and you are nuts

[WhoWantsSomePussy]

nice song...nice violinist...and OMG HIS HAIR xP

[crazyovermozart]

Just cannot understand all the comments: the kid is obviously doing what he loves!!! Nobody asked you to listen to him...i have played this over and over again... you critics need not to be so stiff...you most likely poop marble! Yet my favorite music is classical, but this was so much fun to listen to and watch. Danke schön, kleiner Mark! You are super...do not loose the joy of playing, besides your classical pieces are great as well! Bravissimo!!!!

[Vesivian]

Looks fake when he plays the fast parts.

[Taeranos]

@Vesivian 00:38 yup, it is fake.

[kerry1053]

@Taeranos would love to see you play the piano much better than he does.

[babyfade6606]

The kid is a great pianist but seriously wtf is he playing, why is he grinning like that, and why is his piano painted like its from pee wees playhouse. This is why kids think it isn't cool to play piano.

[blimpy49]

@babyfade6606

amen. Also, what the hell kind of music is this?

[Nonam33290]

The young pianist is awesome... But that music... My ears are bleeding! Without drum, it would be very well... =)

[psychedelikk64]

I think he's having an exorcism?

[lizisback12]

haha love the kids facial expressions like"oh my gosh" and help!!" hahah.

[Trusybee]

Germans do everything good and proper.

[Elisificationful]

WTF!



[fersantirso]

lol WTF is this????

[TabithaRoberts2011]

when a pianist gets into the song its amazing..... I loved it.

[Paulitalove100]

As the song that plays called, anyone know?

[Paulitalove100]

Muui capo el chiqitin :D

[RickyBeethoven]

Please, tell me the name of this song !!!!!

[Alicia73100]

What is the name of this song ?

[PHILIPP2787]

er spielt sehr gut aber die band im hintergrund ist der letzte dreck..aleine würde er mir besser gefallen

[kirinphoebe1]

Thumbs up for the young player for his energy and poise, but he needs a better teacher and much better music!!!

[mastrobuitre]

Fa cagare! Che roba di livello artistico meno che popolare! Porca miseria, come siamo messi male!!!!!

[crazyovermozart]

Fantastic and he is so cute too!!!!



[TheKibula]

super !!!!!

[redviolin1231]

what is the name of this song?

[kev7978]

@redviolin1231 Rhapsody In Rock

[adamjmcmillan]

what..... the fuck?

[XxEchizenRyomaxX]

is this the same mark ehrenfried as in the other vids? no offense its kind of scary kids can change from cute into a long haired freak... if they are the same i prefer this child appearance over the adult one...

[JKarioun]

LOL I love how you can read on his face during the whole video : "FUKKKK YEAHH IM AMAZIINNGGG :D"

[Changeling666]

Wunderbar gespielt, hat mich echt amüsiert. Ganz toll, der kleine Mann !!

[RhiderAvon]

lol

[mozartpiano23]

who the fuck would play that

[mozartpiano23]

shitty piano and music and gay

[2pacAmazesSuperman]

nice piano player, shitty background music

[MiKaElaCris]

Your joy and freedom in expression is my utmost delight in your plays, your passion is amazingly expressed throughout these videos... What are you thinking at when playing the piano?

[dragonlaughing]

Pianos have no feelings!

[MrDutchman19]

Poor piano what have they donde to him?

[MsGibbone]

Che faccia da culo ragazzi...

[chriswillcox]

@MsGibbone

lol

[KarrotKun1]

That violinist is like, "I really hope my peers at the Berlin Philharmonic don't see me on tv..."

[rederic2004]

@KarrotKun1

My thought exactly, lol.

[KarrotKun1]

Oh GEEZ...

[sasha42196]

They're trying to make a new Liberace out of the kid.

[Bashanvibe]

why they painted the piano its a distraction the kid can play!!!

[kittehcat321]

omg no fare, i wana play like that!!

[Vanessa8Lena]

I'm so jalous !

[medviation]

love that look 0:35

[ImtheNorris]

the playing of beethoven + the facials of stevie wonder = one boss german kid!

[kiddroad]

Great talent!  I'm impressed. he's got it all!

[onlymusiciansallowed]

complete b*llsh*t, something like that other ridicilous "master": richard clayderman, only "commerce" without value

[oaoJ69Joao]

@onlymusiciansallowed I agree with you, this is SHIT...

[chopin2211]

@oaoJ69Joao U r just jealous. Try to appreciate that kid's talent

[munvuon]

He' s got the best expressions!!!

[BiomekanikSok]

too repulsive

[lonewulf2009]

ya well stevie wonder is blind so he's the best!

[ZABAffa]

Ух ты, как мажорно и позитивно!)) Не ребенок - праздник просто)

[MyFairMidNight]

How can anyone not like this? oh yeah. Jealousy!

[mangaka08]

Which Castlevania game is this from? Lol

[keetner]

Doesn't "Schimmel" translate to "mold" in English? lol.

Interesting video though...

[VFAClo]

Poor piano... Why they painted it like THIS ? O_o

[redviolin1231]

@VFAClo schimmel pianos are all made with a unique shape. the reason is to try to create a better sounding piano basically. This one is actually well done and sounds amazing, its like the changes people to do violins to make it sound better. check them out on the internet sometime.

[VFAClo]

@redviolin1231 Link plz ! I'm interested ! :)

[kev7978]

@VFAClo watch?v=68Q_zCoCkVs&feature=re­lated

[VFAClo]

@kev7978 good sound but i'm not fan of this music style.. Love cover classical music but not like this ! ;)

[vovkab11]

really love it, awesome

[1Thompsonmusic]

Gernan pianist with stupid hair

[Felicia120809]

Can I know what song he's playing?

[bersa888]

Crappy - really, truly, unbelievably crappy - music. Good kid ;-)

[allenptc]

Quisiera oirlo sin todo el aparatoso entorno de la tele. I'd want to hear him without all the bulky TV environment

[Praptolium]

You can tell he really enjoys it! This is what music should be about! Not about 8 year olds playing things far too advanced for them and being called "prodigies". 8 year olds should be playing things that they really enjoy, not things to show off...

[Lokana777]

The little angel of music! Great! I like it! :-)

[bartonpiano1992]

Wauw hes so good! he is almost good as his brother ---> click on the somewhere right in the "More Videos". XD (same expression)

[XOxDeMeNTiAxOX]

I love the expressions. 

[agathalp4ever]

ual ;O

[mozartpiano23]

look at his piano "it"

[mozartpiano23]

when I'm listening to this it's like JB this is gay to

[gpgdb1]

when I'm listening this, my heart fils with joy! It does me a pleasure to see someone who can this and who likes this!!! congratulations!!!

[ljgoldstein1]

the best!!!