Stulberg Competition Winner 2008 pt. 2

[gajek1]

unreal playing. wow. 

[yoyomaggie]

this is the most badass, fearless playing

[funnygrudge]

Veeeery nice. However... don't you think you need to let the strings breathe a little more in the fast passages? They sound a little... strangled or forced.

[jwunschie14]

@funnygrudge yup, you are right. a bit too much pick. probably using too much hair.

[cello39mn]

@jwunschie14 never such a thing. He's doing that to project the sound out in the hall. He's playing for the audience instead of the recording

[MrGuido4500]

maybe one of the greatest cellists in the near futur

[uxnosidda]

2:41 to 2:43.. i LOVE that part

[sean4730]

unbe-freakin-lievable!!!

[aamish911]

O MY GOD THIS IS SOOOOOOOO GOOD. I'm applying to meadowmount, got any tips?

[frixyvlog]

@aamish911 learn how to survive the teachers there :D

[franyeralex18]

A M A Z I N G !!!, I'M WITHOUT WORDS.

[acerola1964]

Incredible! He is a genius player!

Congratulation Matthew!

Imre Kalman-cellist

[carriecel]

que garra!!!!!!! que tomabas de pequeño??? caldo de garrapatea???? POR DIOS!!!!!!AMAZING CELLIST!!!!

[luisca2007]

Excellent, congrats!!!

[RandomMuch1337]

Holy....Shit....

[changimanasdf]

im sorry your pianist sucks so bad lol

[Myers6609]

Is that Fumika?

[pigsrcute4]

it's fumiko lol i love her

[cellobuko]

Incredible... Many pros couldn't do better.

[reberto]

genious!

[billprokofiev]

oh man, i dont get tired to watch ur perfomace dude...

wish to see u with an orchestra...besides that, how r u doing? playing with a lot orchestras?

[XCelloVG]

well he hits notes very well. a lot better than most people... but that's not what it's all about.

and there ends my criticism. i cannot play anything like this.

[haiger2000]

Scary good. Rockstar good. Bravo and thanks for posting the videos!

[billprokofiev]

i think he need the bow like that to make sound in his cello...and this is a piece that needs strong sound and he has no time to adjust....

think...dunno.

[thedbassist]

Why do you keep your bow hair so tight?

[billprokofiev]

congratulations pal, you are amazing! i just think that u need a better cello, i dont know which one is yours, but...sometime looks like to me that your cello doesnt answer you... but besides that your are a prodigy boy

keep going =D

[makuletboy]

Han-na Chang has some competition. Very nice performance. Well done.

[Kwert]

Your clarity of tone and control over the instrument is phenominal.

[swimmer1215]

i think this is better than rostropovich

[whatthecello42]

What instrument does he play on?

[swimmer1215]

just a regular cello. maybe less than $100,000 but i'll ask him

[Myers6609]

It cost $1500.

[dbpsoccer121]

are you serious?

[wazzupwilly]

look, he's good no doubt but better than rostropovich's performance .......no

[mjsinno]

@wazzupwilly yeah maybe not now, but hes only 17

[wazzupwilly]

@mjsinno that's true he is a very talented and gifted individual

[zagonielod]

INCREDIBLE!! Congratulations Allen!

[boubol]

brilliant technique, but the vibrato is not nice, and too much notes without!

[bachstabber]

Vibrato "not nice" needs more explanation to have meaning.

[unkown00234]

EXELLENT JOB, HOLY SHIT

[live22]

Fantastic playing! Does anyone know which cello he is playing?

[makuletboy]

Whats the name of the piece that is playing at the beggining of this video...when the names and stuff are on the screen for the comeptition. It sounds so cool.

[gmientka7]

It's Le Grande Tango by Astor Piazzola

[makuletboy]

I feel like a total ass......he totally blew me with this. Im sorry for doubting this guy and disliking his SHOSTI videos. This guy is amazing!!!!!!

[aznmusicmaster]

Matt, do you go to Curtis? Colburn?

[yomommacello]

neither. he goes to CIM with Melissa Kraut.

[iWyke2]

he does?

[swimmer1215]

if u wanna listen to matt play in person and meet him, u should come to meadowmount!

[aznmusicmaster]

not all of us are good enough to get into meadowmount :P

[swimmer1215]

no thats not true! matt allen is the best one at meadowmount but the range of talent is VERY big...lots of ppl get in

[xmrbigglesworthx]

naumburg*

[xmrbigglesworthx]

u should have been at naumberg this year..seriously..

[iSkylla]

Nice job matt

[pbaron23]

Nice intepretation! Bravo !

[trhazuka92]

this piece just blew me away the best cello that ive heard in a long time u are amazing

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

You should hear him live, even this video is a joke next to what he sounds like in person.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

Btw, you should put the name of the piece/composer in the tags so more people will stumble upon this video

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

It's about time you posted a video of yourself playing. Sounds awesome