the greatest modern interpretation of scarbo so far - genuine, haunting and NOT in a way too often "bloody horror movie" way which simply ruins the "de la nuit" shadow of the suite.
saw Haochen play Rachmaninoff''s 3rd Concerto tonight with the Quad City Symphony. He was utter fantastic. He -rightfully- received the most spontaneous and sustained standing ovation I've heard at a classical concert.
Hey. All you fags below. This isn't a place to discuss whether homosexuals should be in the military or not. This is a place to discuss the video. Enjoy it. So stop talking about that subject or get the fuck out.
The common assumption about Chinese pianists is still fair^ most of them play like robots. The reason for that os the lack of proper cultural and educational background. Even those srudying in Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories are in general less educated than their counerparts in Europe, Russia and the US. The EQ of Chinese people is still inferior to western people because in a country with 1,3 bln people per capita EQ level is lower (the gene dissipation issue).
@Kelimu Since when does being educated and cultured increase your "EQ" or your ability to play piano with emotion? That just seems like complete and utter nonsense. Are you telling me all the great black pianists in history didn't have soul or emotion? I would say having a good education, if I had to base anything off that, means you had a privileged upbringing which would make your emotions less authentic. Chinese people have a MUCH tougher upbringing than Americans and Europeans, please...
I've heard a lot of Scarbo's, and this is a Landmark Performance, in my opinion. His level of control over dynamic level gets me every time. Too many virtuosos use these difficult scores to call attention to their level of ablity, at the expense of expressing the MUSIC. I hate that. I want to hear the MUSIC. Thank you for this reading of Scarbo, Haochen Zhang!!!!
@xingsheng1 I'm just saying, how much of his facial expression arises from feeling the music, and how much is just put on as part of the "performance" ?
@xingsheng1 some people perhaps prefer a dead man playing piano. i do not see anything wrong with pianists expressing their own emotions for the pieces they are playing. like it or not I call that passion and interpretation.
@liddleNDNduckiee The culture has just become so short sighted. Instant gratification has and short attention span are to blame. Some people like to hear a song for its hook. Others can consider an entire piece to be a hook. It's really a shame. Now excuse me... I have to watch an episode of Jersey Shore.
Haochen is amazing and top notch. The other winner, Nobuyuki, was fantastic, and considering he is blind, extremely impressive. But to say that Haochen played with any less feeling or intensity is an unfair slight. This is great stuff.
To the people who make idiotic comments about his facial expressions, are you serious? He's feeling the music he's playing, because music isn't just made to be listened to, it's meant to be an experience.
@CaroKahn actually it was never true, it was just socially accepted. It's just now that people are exposed more to different people they realize they are no different than themselves. I guarantee those people who say stuff like "asians play like robots" didn't know a single asian person in their entire sheltered, depressing lives.
@baseket2ball12 and i'm sure you have a great reason why gays don't belong in the military... most of the military don't even care (and with good reason, it's a meaningless factor to determine whether you should be fighting for a country), yet I'm sure you know what's good for them...
AMAZING. Great skills and feel of the piano. No doubt he has an enormous potential to play the most difficult music reserved for the most gifted pianists only.
Fantastically played, note perfect! The acoustics are really wonderful too, but the recording captures a little too much of the pedal thump at times... Perhaps a little too fast for my liking, but stunningly brilliant all the same. Bravo!
@kempff95 ... I simply disagree, and I think many people will... Pogorelich's is a grand performance, no doubt, but this fellow's has a mysterious flavour to it that makes it very exciting. Furthermore, you cannot really mix apples and pears.... Pogorelich made a commercial recording. This is for a competition... satisfying different needs.
I attended the entire competition and anyone that was there knows why this young man won first. I liked Tsujii as well, but Haochen was my hands down #1
It's easy to get caught up in the hype of the Cliburn. However having studied this piece myself, this is something that takes a lifetime to learn. One of my past teachers (who has a DMA) told me once" This piece took me 20 years to learn, it is very easy to get caught up in the energy of the piece and lose the dynamic variety"
Yes, applaud his good work, but don't place on a pedestal....always more to learn.
trés bonne interprétation de RAVEL technique et manière de jouer c'est parfait ! je comprends qu'il a remporté le prix VanCliburn avec Tsujii NOBUYUKI qui est aussi parfait et en plus il est aveugle...GRENOBLE -FRANCE-
Pischnaholic, you are wrong!!! I tried playing this at a minutely slower pace ... It sounded horrible! ... then, for comparison, at this speed ... um ... still horrible ... uh ... nevermind.
Seriously, I do love this piece - and this performance.
Another in an apparently endless march of fine young masters of the keyboard. So many. So many! And most are indistinguishable from one another.
A wonderful performance here that might benefit from a minutely slower pace. The repeated notes sound crowded and do not crackle as they should because of the great speed. The upward cascades of interlocking chords, however, have never been more crisply articulated.
It's wonderful playing, but I don't hear the imagination and imagery others do.
@Pischnaholic "crackle as they should"??? who said they should? ravel marked "tres fondu" at the beginning for the repeated notes, perhaps you should look up what that means.
Listen please to Michelangeli, Rupert Egerton-Smith, and Vlado Permeuter.
The fastest tempo is not always the best tempo. Piano playing is not a horse race. But I said several times that this is remarkably good playing. It would have greater impact if played at a more measured tempo. In fact I said MINUTELY slower. Minutely means "not much."
But the thing is it IS measured tempo, mostly the same as Michelangeli's. You make it sound like Haochen played it at Pogorelich's tempo, which is ridiculous, but that's patently untrue.
Anyway, I do not agree with you on this matter, but thanks for naming Michelangeli, his recording is masterful and I'm glad to have heard it, as well as Egerton-Smith's, who I have no doubt would be professional standard if he turned his full attention to piano.
Breathtaking interpretation !! He is not playing just as an outside observer but as an inside observer. Top form technique and vivid imagination. Can't ask for any better.
Haochen Zhang wouldn't have been my choice for 1st place, but at such a high level it is hard to judge, and I'm sure the Van Cliburn judges knew what they were doing. The bigotry of the classical music world against Asian musicians is just revolting. I would bet money that if people listened to performances without knowing the color of the performers' skin, there wouldn't be nearly as many accusations that Asian pianists are "not musical" and "robots". Europeans and Americans need to grow up.
The huge sweeps at 2:45 and 3:00 could have been a bit more explosive with a wider crescendo from top to bottom back to top, but it's kind of like saying a certain great painting could use a bit more green somewhere. It's such high level playing why nitpick. He's still very young and will only improve.
OMG, what is this????? The last time I heard something so good was from Vlado Perlemuter!!! Mr. Zhang, you are incredible, you had me from the 4th note. Such naturally colorful and well-layered interpretation. Ravel would have mistaken you for his closest pal.
If you are viewing this comment, please just make the video go to fulscreen and don't pay attention to the other comments... it might ruin the performance for you and waste your time. Don't make the same mistake I made. lol
The way he pours emotion on his face is very unique! And I'm thrilled by this music.. he has a magic hand fo sure!! No wonder he was one of the first-prize winners. :)
Why are some people saying crap here? We're here to listen to music professionally performed by piano prodigies, NOT bigmouthing about them or bragging how better you can do!
And for the people who do say worthless and rude crap here, it just proves how ignorant you are!!!!
:\ sorry about my spelling, I guess... but i don't think 6th graders are particularly known for their great spelling.. XD sorry if it annoyed you, but i just switched the s and c! it was an accident.. (:
don't know how impartial the judges were, when i listened to "performance today" hosted by Fred Child who was also the MC at the event said that, to him, Zhang was the only pianist whose performance was crackless
i hate guys like you (MarchMadnezzz) who get offensive when losing an argument. get to the point and cut the crap!!
if you think you can do a better job than the judges in this one of the world's most prestigious piano competition, i suggest you start applying for the position right away!! otherwise, get a life
To all: I am not from Texas but was there this entire event was incredible. While "the world is a critic" let it be known that the "japanese guy": played the BEST Mozart and the "Korean girl " played the best Chamber Music and Zhang played an incredible Prokofiev # 2 concerto Fort Worth rolled out the Carpet and it was awesome never to be forgotten all finalists have a career set --Zhang was honest and he is so humble .Leave the negative comments for other sites, please.
wow, sorry dude. too spaced out for me. lay off the drugs and take a nap.
you can't put the words "realist" and "God" into one sentence, let alone context.
for the sake of not hijacking the comments to this awesome musical video, i will not reply to you and i hope nobody else does too. it does injustice to the musician.
Both Haochen Zhang and Nobuyuki Tsujii are EXCELLENT pianists -- anyone can tell, even if you're not a mucisian. When will you people who love to insult and jeer at these two STOP?! I'd like to see you guys play as well as Nobuyuki and Haochen -- if you cant, well, stop the negativity! All of the Cliburn competitors and the medalists have worked HARD for this moment -- leave them be!
I can clearly see some ugly sour grapes here. Why can't Asians excel in western culture? If it was won by a Yank or a European, nobody would say a thing. Grow up people, ours is only a tiny planet, why cant we treat people equal.
and how much do you know of Asian cultures? You are just insecure because Asians are getting better at your "western" cultures and are starting to dominate your "western" music. Study learn about the Asian cultures before criticizing of non-Westerners not "excelling" in Western Culture.
someone won the competition, and it happens to be a chinese, and then those who feel shame that their race didn't win the competition leaving comments here to judge one of the most difficult competition in the world, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. if you think that Haochen Zhang and Nobuyuki Tsujii, are not good enough, try to perform what they play in the competition. don't blame people for winning, blame those didn't try hard and lose in the competition.
i think in the same way, win that competition says a lot of a pianist, its a great honor, but anyway i think asians should look more to the future because they can create a new musical lenguage and not try to play classic or romantic music so much...
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yes, asians should really have their own style in the future, but i can understand why they try so hard in classic and romantic music, as classic is the highest level of piano, and romantic is money maker. i think it is just a matter of time for them to have something closer to their culture.
What's up with all the rude comments on this page. Get a life and get rid of your inferiority complexes. Zhang Haochen deserved to win out a talent and class. Period.
i mean look at the judges, one is from shanghai conservatory where zhang previously studied, one is from the krakow state orchestra which zhang has performed with (its on youtube) and then theres pressler who has been giving zhang private lessons. Could it get any more obvious? not to say that zhang is not good pianist, its just seems that there are too many factors pushing him to win.
re-run of the chopin competition with yundi li, again china wants to prove that its youngest pianist can win gold and guess what? zhang and li both had the same teacher!
what's wrong for zhang having same teacher with li? it seems many great pianists in before were puiples of liszt, yes?
i can tell you more: sa chen who won the crystal in 2005 shared the same teacher with them, and also zhang zuo. in curtis, zhang's instructor is gary graffman who's also teacher of langlang, yujia wang and di wu. di wu is studying from kaplinksy. it's said she has also studied with another jury. in fact, several of kaplinksy's student came to the competition this time.
the greatest modern interpretation of scarbo so far - genuine, haunting and NOT in a way too often "bloody horror movie" way which simply ruins the "de la nuit" shadow of the suite.
eddievollbio 1 month ago
saw Haochen play Rachmaninoff''s 3rd Concerto tonight with the Quad City Symphony. He was utter fantastic. He -rightfully- received the most spontaneous and sustained standing ovation I've heard at a classical concert.
bwalters1 4 months ago
That was fantastic. But if you blindfolded me, I would have said, ah, it's Pogorelich, right?
sparklekitten16 6 months ago
Hey. All you fags below. This isn't a place to discuss whether homosexuals should be in the military or not. This is a place to discuss the video. Enjoy it. So stop talking about that subject or get the fuck out.
BoBoPatJiggler 6 months ago
The common assumption about Chinese pianists is still fair^ most of them play like robots. The reason for that os the lack of proper cultural and educational background. Even those srudying in Beijing and Shanghai Conservatories are in general less educated than their counerparts in Europe, Russia and the US. The EQ of Chinese people is still inferior to western people because in a country with 1,3 bln people per capita EQ level is lower (the gene dissipation issue).
Kelimu 7 months ago
@Kelimu Nonsense. Could you cite a reference between EQ and the size of the population?
BTW, there is no recognized measure of EQ.
DellDreamer 7 months ago
@Kelimu Since when does being educated and cultured increase your "EQ" or your ability to play piano with emotion? That just seems like complete and utter nonsense. Are you telling me all the great black pianists in history didn't have soul or emotion? I would say having a good education, if I had to base anything off that, means you had a privileged upbringing which would make your emotions less authentic. Chinese people have a MUCH tougher upbringing than Americans and Europeans, please...
trtnec 7 months ago
Why are videos of classical music so rarely in sync?
surfcello 8 months ago
It is my profound hope that truly great young Asian pianists like Haochen Zhang and Yundi Li can push Lang Lang out of the spotlight.
ekrenek 9 months ago
extremely good
newFranzFerencLiszt 9 months ago
a music sheet couldnt keep uppp
muranyiii 9 months ago
lol the video cant keep up
muranyiii 9 months ago
Best "Scarbo" I have ever heard! Amazing!
tkranutley 10 months ago
@tkranutley I prefer Alexander Kobrin's Scarbo. Check it out! :)
MrYou2ber 8 months ago 2
alien.....
kinghikonghi 11 months ago
If I could play like that only for a day...
lt6jam 11 months ago
Wow so far he is the best
meimeichao 1 year ago
I've heard a lot of Scarbo's, and this is a Landmark Performance, in my opinion. His level of control over dynamic level gets me every time. Too many virtuosos use these difficult scores to call attention to their level of ablity, at the expense of expressing the MUSIC. I hate that. I want to hear the MUSIC. Thank you for this reading of Scarbo, Haochen Zhang!!!!
whorace3 1 year ago 2
this dude is good, soooooooo gooooood...
k0pyme 1 year ago
This guy OWNS Scarbo.
whorace3 1 year ago
This guy OWNS Scarbo.
whorace3 1 year ago
He played the CRAZIEST Ginastera Sonata Op. 22 when he came to my university!!!
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago
You know you are an epic pianist when you make various facial expressions during your performance
13loodLust 1 year ago
@13loodLust We don't pay attention to facial expressions. We listen to the music.
We appreciate the technique.
xingsheng1 1 year ago
@xingsheng1 I'm just saying, how much of his facial expression arises from feeling the music, and how much is just put on as part of the "performance" ?
13loodLust 1 year ago
@xingsheng1 some people perhaps prefer a dead man playing piano. i do not see anything wrong with pianists expressing their own emotions for the pieces they are playing. like it or not I call that passion and interpretation.
k0pyme 1 year ago
@13loodLust ever heard of Lang Lang? Only if his playing could ever be epic as his theatricality.
MrYou2ber 1 year ago
This is making me second guess entering the Van Cliburn 2013 lol. Are the concerto performances on youtube?
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago
@cedricrlongreen dont second guess, prepare. get off your butt and practice. too often we underestimate ourselves and what we can do.
gnatural 1 year ago
唉。。。希望我以后能像他一样吧。。。我一到公共场合表演就弹错。。。。。。-_-
DarkPhoenix925 1 year ago
@DarkPhoenix925 你比我好多了，我都没在公共场合表演过……
Avaloniousicery 2 months ago
I just gave a standing ovation.. then i realized this was a youtube video..
werq34ac 1 year ago 3
@werq34ac Great comment!
xingsheng1 1 year ago
c'est un bon
fastben2010 1 year ago
Amazing! I'm playing in a master class for him tomorrow (Ravel Concerto 1st mvmt), and hearing him perform the next night! What a brilliant musician!
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago
Mon dieu que c est beau!
Bravo à Haochen Zhang
Esté compositeur
eurypilos 1 year ago
excellent camera angle, really shows his hands properley
baiba6 1 year ago
Breathtakingly flawless!!!
xingsheng1 1 year ago 3
I saw this young man in concert last night. He is incredibly talented and amazingly gracious and humble.
TygerRRT 1 year ago 3
bitches aint shit but hos and tricks is the name of that song.
bigred04pimpin 1 year ago
bitches aint shit but hos and tricks is the name of that song
bigred04pimpin 1 year ago
what the fuck!!! he's damn good!!
newFranzFerencLiszt 1 year ago
@liddleNDNduckiee The culture has just become so short sighted. Instant gratification has and short attention span are to blame. Some people like to hear a song for its hook. Others can consider an entire piece to be a hook. It's really a shame. Now excuse me... I have to watch an episode of Jersey Shore.
underlinedbluetext 1 year ago
gold and silver won by asians, how about bronze? such amazing when nobuyuki is blind, he actually won
sumimimi0 1 year ago
@sumimimi0 there were no third place, two gold winner and one second silver
wwwtips 1 year ago
He played Grieg A Minor Piano Concerto at the age of 12, and I just started now at 23 years old at college.
He is a genius.
wclmyy 1 year ago
@wclmyy but usually don't they play grieg in 15 years like that? i played since 13.... i find it one of the most easiest concertos.....
sumimimi0 1 year ago
Haochen is amazing and top notch. The other winner, Nobuyuki, was fantastic, and considering he is blind, extremely impressive. But to say that Haochen played with any less feeling or intensity is an unfair slight. This is great stuff.
Ozoneum1 1 year ago
To the people who make idiotic comments about his facial expressions, are you serious? He's feeling the music he's playing, because music isn't just made to be listened to, it's meant to be an experience.
sugarsmcnutts 1 year ago
I have no words for this!
JJKjaer 1 year ago
fantastic
12345qazx1 1 year ago
A lot of good coincidences made a life like this possible. It's godly...
intellca 1 year ago
Saying Asian pianists play like robots is like saying gays don't belong in the military: It was true maybe 19 years ago, not anymore
CaroKahn 1 year ago 24
@CaroKahn actually it was never true, it was just socially accepted. It's just now that people are exposed more to different people they realize they are no different than themselves. I guarantee those people who say stuff like "asians play like robots" didn't know a single asian person in their entire sheltered, depressing lives.
trtnec 8 months ago
@CaroKahn those two things aren't comparable at all; asians never played like robots and gays still don't belong in the military.
baseket2ball12 7 months ago
@baseket2ball12 and i'm sure you have a great reason why gays don't belong in the military... most of the military don't even care (and with good reason, it's a meaningless factor to determine whether you should be fighting for a country), yet I'm sure you know what's good for them...
trtnec 7 months ago
@trtnec because "gays" have unstable mental diseases which is unsafe for everyone around them.
baseket2ball12 7 months ago
@trtnec so why do you think they didn't belong in the military 19 years ago, but they do now?
baseket2ball12 7 months ago
@CaroKahn ...yeah Asians play like robots and that's good" ....... But no fucking robots go to heaven HA HAA!!! that's means you Korea
fuckers!!
vangk0 1 month ago
AMAZING. Great skills and feel of the piano. No doubt he has an enormous potential to play the most difficult music reserved for the most gifted pianists only.
kamiljj 1 year ago
WOW!!!! I think my heart had palpitations. This guy, like in tennis, they would say... too good!!!
cuteshox 1 year ago
wow.........
lovingallison 1 year ago
His face is funny
maxjamesorgans 1 year ago
wow probably the best scarbo ive ever heard
bagdad4 1 year ago 3
Fantastically played, note perfect! The acoustics are really wonderful too, but the recording captures a little too much of the pedal thump at times... Perhaps a little too fast for my liking, but stunningly brilliant all the same. Bravo!
AttemptingToBeBusy 1 year ago
He looks like an Asian McLovin from Superbad!
Jokes aside, he is an amazingly talented pianist. Gary Graffman sure knows how to train genius pianists!
musictheory123 1 year ago 5
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This is bad ............
listen to pogorelich preformance ........
Zhang plays this very fast and without the soul of the composer but pogorelich yes............
kempff95 1 year ago
@kempff95 ... I simply disagree, and I think many people will... Pogorelich's is a grand performance, no doubt, but this fellow's has a mysterious flavour to it that makes it very exciting. Furthermore, you cannot really mix apples and pears.... Pogorelich made a commercial recording. This is for a competition... satisfying different needs.
Snafuski 1 year ago 3
Sorta silly looking facial expressions, but amazing playing.
SlamEyeAm 1 year ago
is it just me or does he look like nigahiga of youtube?
Smeagollum86 1 year ago
cool but he has weird emotions
Bubblegum8001 1 year ago
time will show...
stefthe80 2 years ago 3
Genius. Makes it look effortless.
frambosidica 2 years ago 2
His performance gives me goosebumps!
KogumaMischa 2 years ago 3
i really hoped that in the beginning he would hold the sound of the last note (out of the 3) longer instead of coming off it as if it were a staccato
maddorox 2 years ago
best in the world
jonathanc1026 2 years ago
I attended the entire competition and anyone that was there knows why this young man won first. I liked Tsujii as well, but Haochen was my hands down #1
Meningitus1389 2 years ago 38
This guy is phenomenol, a true gem find.
freeqwerqwer 2 years ago 4
Too bad this video is slightly out of sync with the audio.
vivacelife 2 years ago 5
This is a stunning performance. His technique is flawless.
SheeyatALunDra 2 years ago 4
who would rate this under 5? it's only the hardest piece in the piano repertoire performed exceptionally by one so young
Smeagollum86 2 years ago 6
It's easy to get caught up in the hype of the Cliburn. However having studied this piece myself, this is something that takes a lifetime to learn. One of my past teachers (who has a DMA) told me once" This piece took me 20 years to learn, it is very easy to get caught up in the energy of the piece and lose the dynamic variety"
Yes, applaud his good work, but don't place on a pedestal....always more to learn.
ravelsreverie 2 years ago
20 years in 8:50 minutes?
Burn121212 2 years ago
good observation
bagdad4 2 years ago
trés bonne interprétation de RAVEL technique et manière de jouer c'est parfait ! je comprends qu'il a remporté le prix VanCliburn avec Tsujii NOBUYUKI qui est aussi parfait et en plus il est aveugle...GRENOBLE -FRANCE-
gene397 2 years ago
fantastisch~~
kirsche123100 2 years ago
年紀輕輕就如此細膩~~
功夫了得!!太可怕了!!
seremerow 2 years ago 6
BRAVO
Epogdous 2 years ago 2
Gaspard de la nuit. Zhang's playing made me gasp in shock! Such a talent and so, so young.
I wish to watch him play "Ondine" and "Le Gibet" on youtube, too.
xingsheng1 2 years ago
I played for him in a master class last week. He had so many good things to say, and his concert was amazing!
bachmaninoff 2 years ago 2
the first time i heard was when he was 12 at the tchaikovsky competition. after that, there's no stopping the kid
shakesolivier 2 years ago
i like his face expressions :)
iluv2write 2 years ago 2
Pischnaholic, you are wrong!!! I tried playing this at a minutely slower pace ... It sounded horrible! ... then, for comparison, at this speed ... um ... still horrible ... uh ... nevermind.
Seriously, I do love this piece - and this performance.
egalitarianist 2 years ago 2
日本人なので、辻井さんの方に目がいっていましたが、
この方の表現力と技術もすごいですね！！
a30628 2 years ago 4
你講咩?
GLlynn 2 years ago
Another in an apparently endless march of fine young masters of the keyboard. So many. So many! And most are indistinguishable from one another.
A wonderful performance here that might benefit from a minutely slower pace. The repeated notes sound crowded and do not crackle as they should because of the great speed. The upward cascades of interlocking chords, however, have never been more crisply articulated.
It's wonderful playing, but I don't hear the imagination and imagery others do.
Pischnaholic 2 years ago
@Pischnaholic "crackle as they should"??? who said they should? ravel marked "tres fondu" at the beginning for the repeated notes, perhaps you should look up what that means.
hl830127 1 year ago
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Pischnaholic 2 years ago
Wow, how slow do you want it to be played? Do you have a reference recording?
demosj 2 years ago
Listen please to Michelangeli, Rupert Egerton-Smith, and Vlado Permeuter.
The fastest tempo is not always the best tempo. Piano playing is not a horse race. But I said several times that this is remarkably good playing. It would have greater impact if played at a more measured tempo. In fact I said MINUTELY slower. Minutely means "not much."
Pischnaholic 2 years ago
But the thing is it IS measured tempo, mostly the same as Michelangeli's. You make it sound like Haochen played it at Pogorelich's tempo, which is ridiculous, but that's patently untrue.
Anyway, I do not agree with you on this matter, but thanks for naming Michelangeli, his recording is masterful and I'm glad to have heard it, as well as Egerton-Smith's, who I have no doubt would be professional standard if he turned his full attention to piano.
demosj 2 years ago
Breathtaking interpretation !! He is not playing just as an outside observer but as an inside observer. Top form technique and vivid imagination. Can't ask for any better.
freeqwerqwer 2 years ago
This man is simply INCREDIBLE
His technique is simply awesome, and in the same time he's totally inside the piece.. I mean he's emotionnal !!!
beautiful.
nemoyoutu 2 years ago
I'm going to watch his piece in Fresno State, ^_^
KevinVang1000 2 years ago
wow... what slow fingers.. kiddin.
GREAT Job!
BostonTPartyagain 2 years ago
This year they were all three fantastic, not easy to be in the jury!
ilt201 2 years ago
Incredible playing!!
gerardbedecarter 2 years ago
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Haochen Zhang wouldn't have been my choice for 1st place, but at such a high level it is hard to judge, and I'm sure the Van Cliburn judges knew what they were doing. The bigotry of the classical music world against Asian musicians is just revolting. I would bet money that if people listened to performances without knowing the color of the performers' skin, there wouldn't be nearly as many accusations that Asian pianists are "not musical" and "robots". Europeans and Americans need to grow up.
lilly763 2 years ago
So young... and yet so skilled.
GameGuru95 2 years ago 2
Why don't they make this piece the national anthem of China?
Bennie347 2 years ago
lmao!
npelletier89 2 years ago 3
he's so emotional with his performance
it's nice to see people actually playing as if they enjoyed the music, rather than the usual robotic and professional way some people play
tangycheezexists 2 years ago
One of the few that can be put side by side with jorge luis prats interpretation. Amazin!
mauibandeira 2 years ago 3
The huge sweeps at 2:45 and 3:00 could have been a bit more explosive with a wider crescendo from top to bottom back to top, but it's kind of like saying a certain great painting could use a bit more green somewhere. It's such high level playing why nitpick. He's still very young and will only improve.
Grigor99 2 years ago
The chinese will take over the world! XD
DefenderX 2 years ago 3
By playing piano! Something like Judas Pries - Breaking the law, only with piano instead of guitars!
machokartoffel 2 years ago
OMG, what is this????? The last time I heard something so good was from Vlado Perlemuter!!! Mr. Zhang, you are incredible, you had me from the 4th note. Such naturally colorful and well-layered interpretation. Ravel would have mistaken you for his closest pal.
istobita 2 years ago 13
The best - though Eum Son and Bozhanov are superb musicians.
nimblefingers36 2 years ago 5
Ravel would rise from the grave and say bravo.
fluterampal 2 years ago 6
If you are viewing this comment, please just make the video go to fulscreen and don't pay attention to the other comments... it might ruin the performance for you and waste your time. Don't make the same mistake I made. lol
salvadorr88 2 years ago 2
The way he pours emotion on his face is very unique! And I'm thrilled by this music.. he has a magic hand fo sure!! No wonder he was one of the first-prize winners. :)
emitheoptimist 2 years ago 3
Davvero bravo! Anzi, strepitoso!!
deniszardi 2 years ago
Why are some people saying crap here? We're here to listen to music professionally performed by piano prodigies, NOT bigmouthing about them or bragging how better you can do!
And for the people who do say worthless and rude crap here, it just proves how ignorant you are!!!!
So for once, PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PIANIST!!!!
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liszt731 2 years ago
Kaplinsky is not that great a teacher??
Really? So-Julliard and Texas Christian ( great keyboard dept.) allow just any old schmo to "teach"?
I was THERE to hear the Prodofiev # 2
near the front and each and every section had strength and nuance and that with his Brahms on his solo final recital WON it for him!
Ahy-yes there is more than hitting right notes.Are you a pianist?
Do you teach/perform?
Real talent will find its way competitions or not.
You are very bitter-
pity.
hawkandpanther 2 years ago 2
This is absolutely mind blowing.
mlr2107 2 years ago 3
:\ sorry about my spelling, I guess... but i don't think 6th graders are particularly known for their great spelling.. XD sorry if it annoyed you, but i just switched the s and c! it was an accident.. (:
xHITSUGAYAnHINAMORIx 2 years ago
Well, I think most judges are corrupted and are very impartial ... but this guy is absolutely AMAZING
gabitico 2 years ago
Great job young Chinese pianist!!!!!
lzva 2 years ago 3
MarchMadnezzz, i dont mean to sound offensive..
but, how much do you know about playing piano and making music? Did you once actually involved into?
liszt731 2 years ago
don't know how impartial the judges were, when i listened to "performance today" hosted by Fred Child who was also the MC at the event said that, to him, Zhang was the only pianist whose performance was crackless
baoqike 2 years ago
i hate guys like you (MarchMadnezzz) who get offensive when losing an argument. get to the point and cut the crap!!
if you think you can do a better job than the judges in this one of the world's most prestigious piano competition, i suggest you start applying for the position right away!! otherwise, get a life
baoqike 2 years ago 3
enjoy the music
not people who think they know
( as for "being from the lone star state)
they were very polite and kind
the only "redneck" I see here is someone
whose name begins with the third month of the year
I was there baoqike and these people were a class act--Texans, all audience from all over the world and aboe all the artists--amazing and thrilling
I encourage you to go in 4 years!
hawkandpanther 2 years ago 2
to all:
ignore Marchmadnezz
focus on the beauty
I was there front five rows and sometimes ( often) front row
I am blessed to have heard it and was across the isle when Zhang realized he had won
beyond words
I am glad for all
hawkandpanther 2 years ago
hawkandpanther 2 years ago 4
I WAS THERE AT THE VAN CLIBURN
THE ENERGY WAS POSITIVE AND THAT OBVIOUSLY IS SOMETHING THAT ESCAPES YOU
SO-- you must realize little boy
that these artists are above your jr. high commentary
This is art
and the audience both live and here should behave as such
Zhang approaches all things with humility
again---something that you could use
a bit of.
Try talking to an artist, priest or monk and leave the music to the artists and audience who know what this is about.
hawkandpanther 2 years ago 3
Not only was this spectacular, brilliant, and the most fun thing to listen to, the Le Gibet was almost perfect.
wildejag 2 years ago
Re: demosj
He has beautiful hand and body movements
WayWereY 2 years ago
get lost
DaavidTube 2 years ago
wow, sorry dude. too spaced out for me. lay off the drugs and take a nap.
you can't put the words "realist" and "God" into one sentence, let alone context.
for the sake of not hijacking the comments to this awesome musical video, i will not reply to you and i hope nobody else does too. it does injustice to the musician.
FierceDeity33 2 years ago
Not sure how many others have noticed it, but his hands are beautifully structured, in terms of the joints and the finger lengths.
Zhang absolutely deserved his victory.
demosj 2 years ago 2
ditto
DaavidTube 2 years ago
well you're definitely racist, is what you are!
FierceDeity33 2 years ago 3
Both Haochen Zhang and Nobuyuki Tsujii are EXCELLENT pianists -- anyone can tell, even if you're not a mucisian. When will you people who love to insult and jeer at these two STOP?! I'd like to see you guys play as well as Nobuyuki and Haochen -- if you cant, well, stop the negativity! All of the Cliburn competitors and the medalists have worked HARD for this moment -- leave them be!
~Congratz to Haochen and Nobuyuki!~ :)
xHITSUGAYAnHINAMORIx 2 years ago 8
and also Japan
kaman1002 2 years ago
I can clearly see some ugly sour grapes here. Why can't Asians excel in western culture? If it was won by a Yank or a European, nobody would say a thing. Grow up people, ours is only a tiny planet, why cant we treat people equal.
Kev1nt 2 years ago 5
and how much do you know of Asian cultures? You are just insecure because Asians are getting better at your "western" cultures and are starting to dominate your "western" music. Study learn about the Asian cultures before criticizing of non-Westerners not "excelling" in Western Culture.
pypstudio 2 years ago
Read my post before you post, pypstudio, you don't even understand my message. I greatly admire the current crop of Asian artists!
Kev1nt 2 years ago 2
Congratulations Haochen ...!!!
Daavid321 2 years ago 2
Haochen Zhang is an artist of transcendent proportions, I hope people realize just how wonderful he really is. This young man is a genius.
virtuoso1873 2 years ago 2
N.1!
lamusike 2 years ago
someone won the competition, and it happens to be a chinese, and then those who feel shame that their race didn't win the competition leaving comments here to judge one of the most difficult competition in the world, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. if you think that Haochen Zhang and Nobuyuki Tsujii, are not good enough, try to perform what they play in the competition. don't blame people for winning, blame those didn't try hard and lose in the competition.
Skyetfai 2 years ago 6
i think in the same way, win that competition says a lot of a pianist, its a great honor, but anyway i think asians should look more to the future because they can create a new musical lenguage and not try to play classic or romantic music so much...
frotalafruta 2 years ago
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yes, asians should really have their own style in the future, but i can understand why they try so hard in classic and romantic music, as classic is the highest level of piano, and romantic is money maker. i think it is just a matter of time for them to have something closer to their culture.
Skyetfai 2 years ago
"Should have their own style" - why, so geniuses like you can apply reductionist aesthetic ideological constraints on yet another race of people?
"classic is the highest level of piano" - OK, Carl Phillip Emmanuel.
"romantic is money maker" - ever heard the radio? Innumerable concerti by Corelli, Telemann and Mozart can be "money maker" too.
"closer to their culture" - Asians learning and performing Western art music IS by now part of their culture.
You don't really have any idea.
sshuck 2 years ago 35
@sshuck hahahaha you are a genius
lacrymosa85 1 year ago
@sshuck couldn't have said it better myself
caohanlu 1 year ago
i am an aisan and and i am a chinese, i totally agree.
hongyimo 2 years ago
the 2 win ;)
popolebosss31200 2 years ago 2
These people just cant believe an asian has won this competition. they cant admit that asians got talent. Thats it.
emervan 2 years ago 3
What's up with all the rude comments on this page. Get a life and get rid of your inferiority complexes. Zhang Haochen deserved to win out a talent and class. Period.
1hmm2 2 years ago 7
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Haochen Zhang No.1
TheHanXin 2 years ago
Nobuyuki Tsujii No.1!!
chosakukenomamorou 2 years ago 4
I don't find any special quality from this guy .. way too technical ...lack of bass ,, too cold .. He's fine though . No offense.
DennisChoy1 2 years ago 2
I give this 19yr. old 5 bright stars.
ji94552 2 years ago 6
i mean look at the judges, one is from shanghai conservatory where zhang previously studied, one is from the krakow state orchestra which zhang has performed with (its on youtube) and then theres pressler who has been giving zhang private lessons. Could it get any more obvious? not to say that zhang is not good pianist, its just seems that there are too many factors pushing him to win.
NUMLOCK999 2 years ago 11
THe judges are above this
The Prokofiev Concerto number 2 was excellent at the competition
Yes--he deserved it
Kaplinsky said--he was honest
Zhang is humble
this thing is not fixed
they were all good
hawkandpanther 2 years ago
truly political results.
re-run of the chopin competition with yundi li, again china wants to prove that its youngest pianist can win gold and guess what? zhang and li both had the same teacher!
NUMLOCK999 2 years ago 11
lol.
really? they had same teacher? suspicious...
fortissimo25 2 years ago 3
what's wrong for zhang having same teacher with li? it seems many great pianists in before were puiples of liszt, yes?
i can tell you more: sa chen who won the crystal in 2005 shared the same teacher with them, and also zhang zuo. in curtis, zhang's instructor is gary graffman who's also teacher of langlang, yujia wang and di wu. di wu is studying from kaplinksy. it's said she has also studied with another jury. in fact, several of kaplinksy's student came to the competition this time.
drlyg 2 years ago
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i think he is better than the japanese guy
pcened 2 years ago
u are not judge or specialist. just shut up.
erith34a 2 years ago
he's absolutely amazing....
eve03 2 years ago 2