Wow, what a beautiful, heart-wrenching way to play the Moonlight Sonata. And I have no idea how he's managing to read music that fast on the second song. Simply amazing!
@pianopera 100% agree. It certainly wasn't written that way although artistic creativity or change is often called for I don't berlieva that it is needed here. Nice overall performance though.
well, my train of thought is that moonlight is not a typical sonata, and even then, sonatas are usually saved for later. it's not as technically challenging as your average starting pieces which are what most competitors use to capture the or ears in this case. i think most of my peers would agree that we often listen to moonlight as a recital/concert piece, but infrequently so for competitions. i just find it strange that he picked an atypical piece for an international competition. :)
This is very musical playing, but for my taste some of the stretching was a little too much for early Beethoven and should be done more with dynamic/tension. It's a difficult thing to explain, but very very polished playing. Ok, now I will take my lumps.
On another occasion, The Washington Post called him A young master on the rise, displaying enormous technical resources, commanding power and musicianship.
I agree with this opinion.
His performance here is almost perfect, touching and precise.
The guy is absolutely amazing!!!! I lost the time with his music!!! We should support more this kind of events...My vote goes to Vassilis!!!! His music is just wonderfull!!!!
Oh my God... I always liked Moonlight Sonata, but i never cried with her... I started crying when i heard Sonata from Vassilis... He's great!!!
And that Carter piece... I never heard of it, but i simply got lost in the depths tha Vassilis put me with that strong and fast music of his... And the way he threw that paper... The man got a style... He's the greatest of all in Cliburn...
That is an interesting comment re the paper-throwing. From my own experience, hand-eye coordination can be very difficult when you have more than three pages spread out at once, and he is doing really well to read such a difficult piece from four at a time. It takes real nerve to do your own page turning and moving at a competition of this kind, and he would have spent a lot of time practising how he did it!
Very nice w/nice acoustics.
lllllllllllllll88 1 month ago in playlist Cliburn 2009 Preliminaries
I only have three words for this: beautiful, beautiful, beautiful...
lllllllllllllll88 1 month ago in playlist Cliburn 2009 Preliminaries
Wow, what a beautiful, heart-wrenching way to play the Moonlight Sonata. And I have no idea how he's managing to read music that fast on the second song. Simply amazing!
Kimidoriko 1 year ago
Glad to hear that there are young musicians who really make *music* during such a nerve-racking competition.
I don't think it was necessary to lift the r. pedal during the last two bars of the 'Moonlight' sonata...but very impressive playing.
pianopera 2 years ago
@pianopera 100% agree. It certainly wasn't written that way although artistic creativity or change is often called for I don't berlieva that it is needed here. Nice overall performance though.
cakeman1955 9 months ago
I think he plays the sixteenth note at the end of the dotted eigth too quickly.
utubuser10 2 years ago
he plays it beautifully, but moonlight seems to be a rather odd selection for a competition.
fuchion15 2 years ago
I think the same thing.
Kalen1457 2 years ago
why it is odd?? the more I keep thinking about it, your opinion is odd. lol
musicy88 2 years ago
well, my train of thought is that moonlight is not a typical sonata, and even then, sonatas are usually saved for later. it's not as technically challenging as your average starting pieces which are what most competitors use to capture the or ears in this case. i think most of my peers would agree that we often listen to moonlight as a recital/concert piece, but infrequently so for competitions. i just find it strange that he picked an atypical piece for an international competition. :)
fuchion15 2 years ago
agggh, sorry for the strange sentences, i have terrible editing skills.
fuchion15 2 years ago
This is very musical playing, but for my taste some of the stretching was a little too much for early Beethoven and should be done more with dynamic/tension. It's a difficult thing to explain, but very very polished playing. Ok, now I will take my lumps.
Grigor99 2 years ago
Bravo sou Vassili!!!!! Polles polles efxes apo tin Ellada!!!!!!!!! Efxomai na se gnoriso otan me to kalo ertho NY.
morakeo 2 years ago
Good -- he's come to the Van Cliburn to play music.
That's a refreshing change from those who've come, instead, to sell a visual image of themselves playing music . . .
greenrate 2 years ago 6
I totally agree... And he really PLAYS Music...
JohnnyMnemonic010203 2 years ago
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What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?
pumpkinheads79 2 years ago
On another occasion, The Washington Post called him A young master on the rise, displaying enormous technical resources, commanding power and musicianship.
I agree with this opinion.
His performance here is almost perfect, touching and precise.
uanextuu 2 years ago 3
The guy is absolutely amazing!!!! I lost the time with his music!!! We should support more this kind of events...My vote goes to Vassilis!!!! His music is just wonderfull!!!!
Misskorina 2 years ago 5
Oh my God... I always liked Moonlight Sonata, but i never cried with her... I started crying when i heard Sonata from Vassilis... He's great!!!
And that Carter piece... I never heard of it, but i simply got lost in the depths tha Vassilis put me with that strong and fast music of his... And the way he threw that paper... The man got a style... He's the greatest of all in Cliburn...
JohnnyMnemonic010203 2 years ago
That is an interesting comment re the paper-throwing. From my own experience, hand-eye coordination can be very difficult when you have more than three pages spread out at once, and he is doing really well to read such a difficult piece from four at a time. It takes real nerve to do your own page turning and moving at a competition of this kind, and he would have spent a lot of time practising how he did it!
PSearPianist 2 years ago 2
Very nice flow in the first movement.
ostrorawr 2 years ago 4