Bach Cello Suite No. 4, Prelude: Oliver Aldort (13-year-old)

[vladutist]

very mature interpretation....above u r age.......i m really admire u

[vladutist]

I have a new favourit contemporan cellist: Oliver Aldort. U play extreamlly well....keep going.....

[andypsk]

I hope you all know that Lynn Harrell is his teacher.

[danaliet]

hahahahaha stop kidding, XD this kid is f*cking good! 13 ans he's good as hell, imagine in 10 years! keep going oliver

[rodofredojunior]

perfect, really

[zwirn00]

just wow!!

[dolofonos]

He looks to play considerably more than he eats.

[sheepbird]

lol i agree

[vladiinsky]

BRAVO MAESTRO!

[xXTiberiusXx]

He is my inspiration. I'm 12 and I'm learning Bach 4 and Dvorak. He pretty much resembles everything that I am although he makes the prelude seem so easy! I'm going to work very hard in order to get it as good as his. Nice job

[Jangof3tt]

12 and working on Dvorak? You better have one hell of a teacher. I'm not criticizing your skill level, but the Dvorak is something that require more than skill, emotion, passion. Among other things the Dvorak demands respect as it is one of the most difficult cello concertos to truly master both mentally and physically.

If you are as gifted as Oliver here and you have an excellent teacher than I say go for it.

[cellolove7]

Oliver, that was really great! Very impressive. Maybe you have already done this, but to make it even better, try looking at the chord patterns. That's what I do when I play Bach.

[lOveXcellO]

I think that this "cellist" is too pretentious. But he is good for the technical but for the musical... He does more than he have to do... Principaly in Bach...

[noindentificated1980]

muito fixe, o puto da-lhe bem, as de ser alto viloncelista

boa sorte para o teu futuro

[Skullgirl28]

wow u r a genius only 13 my teacher can't play that good!lol

[cellolove7]

I think that you need a new teacher, then.

[spartan22alpha1]

hey, maybe he can teach skullgirl8, :)

[anisometropie]

You play this lovely lovely lovely prelude so well. you obviously understood and assimilated the music. You're for sure the cellist of the century.

[barbkaus]

:)) !! Beautiful, indeed. I would love to learn the cello. You are an inspiration.

[musicdivinemusic]

I enjoyed this performance very much. He is a real musician, the feeling is all there. Oliver, please don't mind the negative comments, it's just envy. Most great musicians started very young and you are obviously one of them. I wish you a long and brilliant career!

[StillViolin]

Cuanto tiempo tiene Oliver tocando el Cello? How long time has Oliver playing Cello?

Amazing!

[fmluna89]

really cool wow!!! :D

[perla7812]

i heard him play a flat at about 3:18

[cellolove7]

Nobody really cares. Why do you feel the need to point out every single little mistake anyone makes?

[anchoalyptica]

Oliver, you are an artist! You are young, but talented.

[celloboi92]

please don't tell me there is music there, and he's looking at it, but you didn't want to get it on camera....either this or he's looking in one direction a lot. i'm not sure.

[Aldort]

There is no music. Oliver has hours of lessons without music starting anywhere. He hardly ever uses the score other for the first few days of learning a new piece.

[Jangof3tt]

That's how pieces should be played. Personally, I find it an embarrassment to perform a solo piece with music. Imo, if you play w/ the music you just get the notes, you don't get the entire meaning/message of the piece.

tl:dr = Me too ;)

[lsheen87]

dude nobody really cares about your crappy opinion whether bach needs to be played memorized. and bahm! according to aldort, there is no music score

[AWHwithacello]

give me a month or so and i could play this, maybe. I play the cello too, great instrument

[daisychainy12]

Nice cello, good sound.

[jhonatasgeisteira]

muito massa esse meninno aí eh fera!!!

[TheTradge]

This kid is something special, but a little more butao wouldn't come amiss in this.

[TheTradge]

That should read Rubato! Grr, I can't spell! lol

[gmontes42]

Wow, this kid is amazing! Especially with a song in such a difficult key.  I'm sure as he matures as a person, his music will have all the more feeling. Keep plugging away!

[Jangof3tt]

Saying three flats is difficult is a bit of a stretch, but w/e.

[bridgetchang]

Nice loose wrist! It's so essential for this prelude so I had to work on a lot of Svecik exercises. Love your playing!

[jisaacgreene]

Wow! this kids gonna be famous one day. I mean more than he already is.

[Wantabanana]

Or he may fade into oblivion like many child prodigies.

[gmontes42]

Or that. There comes a point when the learning curve of a child progidy evens out with everyone else, and any of the development of the learning process that they may have had the opportunity to forego can affect them adversely.

[Wantabanana]

I don't think the "learning process" is important though.  There's something beyond that which flows through this kid and any other person proficient at a craft.

[gmontes42]

Oh, sorry; I didn't mean to make it sound like it was. It's the "development" that comes with the learning process. The thing about child prodigies is that their intellectual (or musical) growth can exceed their emotional growth. If an 10-year-old kid could play the Bach Chaconne, do you think he'd really have the feelings behind it; of love, loss, longing, and resignation?

[Wantabanana]

Yeah, I think that's possible. I think most kids have felt those things by that age, not that those emotions are necessary for anything of worth.

[ThisDream]

are you saying that whoever has lived through the most hardship is therefore best at playing minor key music? give it a rest.

[TheOriginalEntz]

Apart from performers I find a lot of adults have less feelings than children do.

[TheOriginalEntz]

Most likely. I find a lot of them never improve past their child prodigy skill... by age 13 in fact they reach their pique. The best players were discovered in their mid to late teens.

[Celloics]

Great job Oliver! Great job Mrs. Aldort, I have you book and am reading it now.

[uxnosidda]

How long has Oliver been playing?

He's better than i can ever be!

[cellocraze]

this is an amazing recording. He really is a very mature cellist. The people that wrote on his other videos that he is all technique and has no musicality need too clean out their ears. great job, i think im gonna start this suite after hearing this

[uupinkie]

I was also wondering if his 'cello is full size or 3/4, as he's still on the petit side. Keep up the good work! I sometimes watch Oliver's videos before I practice as an inspiration.

[Aldort]

Oliver has been awarded the cello as a loan by the Carlsen foundation. It is a 3/4. The videos of him 11-12 year-old is a 1/2 cello from the same source.

[inaned]

Truly impressing! What cello does he play?

[CarolJWright]

Gutsy and exquisite. Watch/hear the whole thing to get the progression. As solid as the bass sections are in the first part, so does Oliver take off like a dragonfly or whisper like a cloud for parts of the second half. Most of all, he can hang thematically with this masterpiece for the whole thing. Beginners can hack away at these Bach Suites and treat them like exercises. Oliver's beyond that...you'll be holding your breath at the end.