Chopin Nocturne in C Sharp Minor No. 20 Op. Posthumous - Rachel Ma

[sandminder]

Excellent performance ! Congratulations

[ayaybibi]

breath taking!!!! I can just see the coutless hours she spent pounding on the piano, and all that endeavour is reflected here. keep up the good work!!

[ratwulf19]

That´s what I call a perfect performance :D

[8Danimefreak]

Chinese people e.e

[Zoltan9426]

beautiful music - thank you for your wonderful performance.

[ticklemypickleeater3]

im playing this at the moment and how did she memorize the left hand? any tricks?

[Elsenrail29]

@ticklemypickleeater3 The trick is the following: You fully focus to the left hand except for a few passages (con forza for instance) after a certain time, let's say two weeks, you establish muscle memory and you fingers automatically find the right places...

[talkaboutownage]

that was beautiful.

[fabioz1151]

thank you for the intensity of your music

[sunrah29]

simply beautiful!

[FootballArarat73]

Bravo !

[angelachanpoyiu]

Rachel was 10.5 years old when she recorded this.

[1996sherry]

@angelachanpoyiu

can u sent me the piece?

[panzerV2]

@angelachanpoyiu  can i merry her?

[TheXavier99999]

Really love the way the trills are stretched out in the first section, shame about the recording quality:( How old is Rachel at time of recording?

[dnp226]

Very well done and thank you for the introduction.

[angelachanpoyiu]

We worked on the inflections and rubatos - to give it a sense of "stretchy" and flexible rhythm. Rachel is also trying to shape the lines, and bring out the relationship between tones and harmonies.

[NeoPixelSA]

That is absolutely fantastic! How long does it take for one to learn to play like that?

[angelachanpoyiu]

Dear NeoPixelSA,

Thanks for your compliments. Rachel has played this piece for a few months, and this was recorded a week before her competition for the Lakeshore Chamber Music Society Competition audition, which she came first in the Junior Piano Category.

[angelachanpoyiu]

Thank you for your compliments. Rachel is Chinese from Montreal.

[cdebussy01]

You live in Montreal, Canada, you are saying.

This little girl is a Canadian girl?

Or a Japanese girl living in Canada?

I think, her performance is very excellent.

Blavo!!

[march1661]

really good well done

[angelachanpoyiu]

Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Rachel works on the colors of her tone, and aims to communicate the poetic sense of the music.

[YTisshit]

Really fantastic. I've watched many live versions on here, and you really communicate the piece beautifully. Thank you

[Saphirr24]

Youhou! Well played ;) Check out my play (only if you want!)

[caloy5000]

Wonderful Job... you got a conectionn with the piece... congratulations

[rudgel]

great job, it's so difficult to play and you did it !

[AlexNnNnNnNN]

I love this.

[luiah080]

Bravo!!! beautiful!!!