virtuoso Bruch interpretado de este modo por Leila Josefowicz !!!!! y sus expresiones son las mejores y van acorde a cada impulso e intensidad de los pasajes "
Nada contra as expressões faciais mas o andamento (nesse último mov) em alguns momentos pareceu muito atropelado com o arco pulando muito. Gostaria de ver e ouvir em HD para ter certeza do som mas seja como for é indiscutivelmente uma das maiores violinistas da atualidade.
really good performance but a bit to rough in my opinion, i play and like it a bit more gentle. about the facial expressions: i wanna see what you look like if you concentrate that much
Thanks for posting. Love her facial expressions. La musique est presque mieux que la sex (LOL)! Gidon Kremer makes a lot of faces when he plays too. But maybe he doesn't look as good as Leila. But maybe he's a better musician.
Anyhow, for as many years as I've played the violin I don't think I'll every play the Bruch #1 - not even badly.
Glorious performance! She was on fire, and for those who did not like the facial expressions; I play, have played this peice( not nearly as well!) and that was not artifice. she was totally absorbed in the music. Performance as it shoud be.
No entiendo lo de las críticas ya que la técnica musical pura y simple no es el único aspecto a considerar al momento de juzgar la genialidad de un concertista. En la expresividad, juventud y belleza de Leila reside gran parte de su encanto personal.
I love the way she plays this. The facial expressions can be excessive at times but she puts so much emotion into the piece and makes it sound the way it should.
I truly admire her passion, but her facial expressions are a little too much for me. Nonetheless, wonderful playing, as music is primarily meant to be listened to.
I have never seen such a free soul expressing itself and playing that suberp together...people who are embarrassed of her moves should wait to grow up before commenting
This isn't even good. It's like, "Hey, I'm going slam my bow into the violin for a few minutes, make facial expressions that are more fitting for extraterrestrials than for humans, and I'm going to call it Bruch. And THEN I'm going to lie about how 'naturally' it all comes to me, and about how high my standards are." Bull. Sorry, Leila, not this time.
I think his expressions with her face are lovely, Because that's the way her express his passion, her emotions, which transmits the piece to her .. After each execution, with her smile thanks her audience, there to admire her, also shows his violin, it gets up ... Very good Leila, I love you
She has superb bow control, and her playing is bursting with energy and passion. Her wrist looks a bit stiff, and man, she tilts her bow a lot, which makes it a tad scratchy at parts (or it might just be audio quality).
In regards to the first phrase, I prefer a short eighth note like Kyung Chung, while others prefer it long like Sarah Chang. She does a combination of both. It's up to interpretation really.
It is hardly so. I was playing a few instruments in my time and I know that many musicians are making faces or body movement which looks kind of idiosyncratic to spectators and listeners but it is often needed for musician to really "connect" to instrument and express feeling and atmosphere from piece that is performed. It is kind of hard to explain it. BTW, excellent performance.
She is fantastic, she is still very young but she focuses a lot in the attitude whenever you play, how you should project to the audience and use a lot of bow on high passages in order to keep the sound constant and clean :)
This is hideous to watch. I am such a huge Leila fan too, but it's just such a grossly over the top performance. And I think the playing is rather so- so too. I hope she pulls it back. The clips from when she was 12/13 are just magnificant.
One of my favourite contemporary violinists. Her sound is very focused like Leonid Kogan. Her facial expressions are passionate and shows they way she feels her music. One of the greatest violinists today along with such as Hilary Hahn, Anne Sophie-mutter, Jannie Jansen and Julia Fischer.
I think she's just one of those people who makes faces when she plays - Lang Lang, Kissin, Vengerov et al. The shoulder rest is very individual and depends on the length of the neck, the build of the shoulders and other things. Mr. Galamian and Miss Delay always recommend them, but many great violinists who played into theír 70's did fine without them.
I think I finally figured out why Leila made such agonizing expressions in this video...she did not have a shoulder support on her violin!! It's very painful playing without it because it puts your neck in an awkward position. I've tried it myself and it's just too painful playing without it.
I wonder why she was crazy enough to play such a demanding piece of music without that shoulder support to relieve her neck from any pain.
I am a violinist myself, and I know how painful it is on your neck to play without a shoulder support. I understand what you're trying to tell me, but I disagree with you.
I'm in agreement w/ JibJib. Some professionals just don't play with shoulder rests to make it look more professional. I mean I don't think Joshua Bell uses it either, but I could be wrong.
It is in no way painful to play violin without a shoulder rest. I've played violin for 12 years, and i have never gone more than a week using it. It is uncomfortable, and it drains up to 50% of the violin's natural tone. I'm also playing this movement of Bruch, and It in no way requires a shoulder rest.
"It is in no way painful to play violin without a shoulder rest." It is FOR ME.
"it drains up to 50% of the violin's natural tone." Nonsense. Grammy-winner Hilary Hahn and Sarah Chang both use shoulder rests, and both of their violins resonate beautifully.
You claim to play the violin for such a long time. But I just looked at your profile and you're playing the guitar. What's going on here?
and in response to draining the tone, sound travels better through more solid like mediums. if there are only 2 rubber prongs touching it as compared to a whole shoulder, the sound is not going to travel as well
im sorry to say the sound of of the violin resonates better with shoulder-rest coz yr whole shoulder is not in contact with the violin allowing the body to vibrate the sound more. :P
I love her playing. I saw her life with the Saint Louis Symphony playing Adam's Dharma at Big Sur. She was amazing. The camera really zooms in during the performance. If people are distracted by her facial expressions -- please remember she's expressing emotion to a huge concert hall. The average patron is over a hundred feet away. If she's playing to reach them, her expressions are just about right. I personally remember just how engaging her was with the audience. wonderful
Yes..I agree,--I don't see the problem in that.-in fact it makes it great. This is the BEST Bruch Concerto-The Violinist carries this work, as opposed to other .versions where the violinist is carried by the orchestra..
She can make faces until she turns purple as long as she continues to play with such vivid color, texture and brilliance and that FIRE that blazes throughout this piece. I would much rather hear it played with all these elements than articulated "perfectly" as these things that give it interest and personality. She is astonishing
The question is: are those expressions tagged on as a pretentious affectation, or are they genuine? Hard to know, but when I see Perlmsn's, he looks entirely natural. Aside from that, she has awesome talent, but she's flogging the violin to death. If you're going to nput that much pressure on the bow you need to tighten it otherwise you are constantly hearing the hair colliding with the stick which is causing the scratchy fuzzy sound. Maybe she could try getting sonority by less drastic means!
And another thing! Does the following sound familiar?...
"I don't like so-and-so."
"Yeah - me neither. Let's be friends."
"Ok."...
This is something we did in kindergarten, and apparently most of us haven't grown up. All of you are bonding over a mutual dislike for another person, and it's extremely childish and egotistic.
It never ceases to amaze me how people can be so judgmental of celebrities. You don't like how she plays? Don't listen. You don't like her facial expressions? Don't watch. Can you play the violin (or any other instrument) even half as well as Leila Josefowicz? No? Then what gives you the right to judge her performance? True music lovers don't behave this way.
actually true must lovers do, the fact that a "celebrity" puts themselves out there, means there is always going to be criticism. i mean, we even have music critics, everyone is entitled to an opinion regardless of level and skill but what they do from there after that, is up to them.
what happened??? she never used to make those funny faces when she was young.......Kyung-wha Chung does make facial expressions but hers is really acceptable..i dont like hers and Vengrov's facial expressions..ohhh and make that Joshua Bell too...
her expressions and personality aren't for me which doesn't bother me as there are other artists who i prefer and i will listen to.However I am bothered that this performance will never get a NON classical musician interested in the violin or classical music.A child would be thinking 'what's wrong with her mummy!' and others may just laugh. Unfortunately the sound doesn't totally make up with it being so scratchy at times. I don't mind faces usually but this is on a whole 'nother level!
She sounds like she is constantly crunching the bow on the strings, it puts a limit to the expression. and why does she make the stupid faces? i understand emotion,take Gil Shaham or Itzhak Perlman, but with her it is just rediculous!
Nice playing, really geat! But the facial expression is horrible! Worse than Janine Jansen's hopping around... It destroys the fun. Looks like she's having tough sex...
Not true. As a 12 year old she played equally difficult pieces that required just as much 'hand cpu usage' and didn't have to pull those faces. Unfortunately, too many people these days think part of a performance is pulling stupid faces. And too much body movement can be detrimental to the playing and projection of the sound.
with music I tend to just listen and I only remember everyone ued to comment that my mouth moved when I played ;( and much fun was had, so excuse my militant lower chakra activity but the fingers do enough reguardless of any expression caused by that huge audience to connect with ? I have an Idea will send you vid! and the solution will become clear!
I beg the pardon in advance of those who would disagree with me, but what a ridiculous performance this is! So distracting are her faces that I can hardly make judgments upon my impression of the violinistic elements. The after-performance interview is particularly enlightening: it's clear, at least, that she doesn't listen to other recordings. If she did, perhaps she'd realize that she doesn't sound very good playing this...
Having played this concerto myself I can say it is a very difficult concerto to perfect. However the tone is really harsh and unforgiving. This movement especially is suppose to be played heroically and proud, this does not mean fast and pounding every single note with unforgiving strength. The musical line is there but shes over exerting herself.
Not sure if you've played this piece in the same hall and for the same amount of people. When playing for the back row of a major concert hall you MUST over exert in order for the articulation to carry to the farthest person.
I agree with you that when projecting to large audience in a hall of that size extra effort is required in order for the people in the back to hear. However there are several ways a musician can accomplish this: playing a little slower and cleaner is one way, another would be to exaggerate the dynamics 10 fold to name a few. But in my opinion Lelia's execution here sacrifices a lot qualities that not only go into good violin playing but also justified music making too.
I've heard recordings of this piece so much throughout my life, going as far back as I can remember.
But lately I can only associate this piece with Leila. She literally took ownership of the piece, and that is what you call a performance.
rainbowdash6 1 week ago
bravo!
tenduewoman 2 weeks ago
@UNDENATUREDisaword
I love asians, especially women!!!!
ArrogantOnion 2 weeks ago
I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so! Good stuff.
UNDENATUREDisaword 2 weeks ago
Thanks for putting this on. I'm captivated. I thought I knew every sweet note, NOT! She's a genius.
pmbush1 1 month ago
when she came in i crapped myself
mrbeng111 1 month ago
look at her muscle in her palm! amazing finger strength!
unotelly 2 months ago
I can,t imagine , her face when she make LOVE !!!
I would like to be the lucky Guy , that see that ....
joelbonneau1 2 months ago
@joelbonneau1 lol! :)
soparu 1 month ago
nerdish faces omg hahaha i love watching it!!
StephaneGrappelli 2 months ago
lol she kisses the air at 2:43
Ryu7793 3 months ago
virtuoso Bruch interpretado de este modo por Leila Josefowicz !!!!! y sus expresiones son las mejores y van acorde a cada impulso e intensidad de los pasajes "
frankcisyarmi 3 months ago
Her facial expression was more composed when she was child
itsGratisFreebies 3 months ago
ehm...perhaps she meets with Lang Lang? perfect couple!!!!
P.S. Excellent player
ciayko 4 months ago
Gracias a Leila descubrí esta obra maestra. Mil gracias, siempre que la escucho me pone la carne de gallina!
Lorenaserrano68 5 months ago
Nada contra as expressões faciais mas o andamento (nesse último mov) em alguns momentos pareceu muito atropelado com o arco pulando muito. Gostaria de ver e ouvir em HD para ter certeza do som mas seja como for é indiscutivelmente uma das maiores violinistas da atualidade.
andacomfeeuvou 6 months ago
I played this song before...Very hard to master.
peteguy2400 6 months ago 2
@peteguy2400 compared to other great concertos this piece isn't that difficult
McSplat 6 months ago
@McSplat ... the third movement is actually very difficult!!! Every concerto has their own challenges
missm0zart 3 months ago
@missm0zart Yes but this piece is a hack violinist's dream piece.
McSplat 3 months ago
me encanta!!!!
carolialopez 8 months ago
impecablemente tocado y ademas me encantan sus gestos/ genial Leila !!!!!
frankcisyarmi 8 months ago
After she was done playing...she forgot and left her "brights on", oh yea......
XRayCam 9 months ago
I'm sorry. I love the emotion,, but her sudden facial expressions are just frightening. I think I'll listen without looking.
tristan01101 9 months ago
I don't care. Gidon Kremer, who like many performers, "makes faces" when he performs is not so great to look at as Leila. What a sweerheart she is.
dannyfree34 10 months ago
really good performance but a bit to rough in my opinion, i play and like it a bit more gentle. about the facial expressions: i wanna see what you look like if you concentrate that much
root1995 10 months ago
OMG, her faces... haha, is a joke? xD
veidhleadoir 11 months ago
00:42 that's what you get when you don't concentrate and make funny faces.
chrislovespiano 11 months ago
@chrislovespiano lool that's what you could find?are you joking?who the fuck cares about that...at least she played with BALLS
milstein91 4 days ago
In other words I quess we can say that she plays with her WHOLE BODY. Pure Magic for me.Totally Present in the moment.
Lee222222 11 months ago
Okay the facial expressions are wayyyy too much.
TheFrancescaViolin 11 months ago
@TheFrancescaViolin see my earlier comments from 2 years ago! ;]
longded 11 months ago
Thanks for posting. Love her facial expressions. La musique est presque mieux que la sex (LOL)! Gidon Kremer makes a lot of faces when he plays too. But maybe he doesn't look as good as Leila. But maybe he's a better musician.
Anyhow, for as many years as I've played the violin I don't think I'll every play the Bruch #1 - not even badly.
captsub 11 months ago
She uses exactly the same expressions that her sister Sasha Knox uses on her great films.Yeah! Bravo! Sasha also enjoys her job very much.
Kapputschino12 1 year ago
@Kapputschino12 ....... wait a minute... her sister is a porn star?
tristan01101 1 year ago
She likes to play violin.
TheGoldstrings 1 year ago 2
She is my favorite
Dreadmark74 1 year ago
Glorious performance! She was on fire, and for those who did not like the facial expressions; I play, have played this peice( not nearly as well!) and that was not artifice. she was totally absorbed in the music. Performance as it shoud be.
TheMmesser 1 year ago
I threw up.... several times...
mariakallas 1 year ago
I threw up.... several times
mariakallas 1 year ago
Thanks for taking the trouble to load this. I've enjoyed the four parts equally. Thanks again I think this is an awesome interpretation.
matgmat1 1 year ago
Damn she's so energetic, I like it! And her spiccato strokes are nice too :)
Though I would be so damn gratefull if I was able to see her perform John adams Violin concerto!
Dannepihls 1 year ago
Now, that is living.
unclegus 1 year ago
And the camera is more interested in her face than the rest.
codonauta 1 year ago 2
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No entiendo lo de las críticas ya que la técnica musical pura y simple no es el único aspecto a considerar al momento de juzgar la genialidad de un concertista. En la expresividad, juventud y belleza de Leila reside gran parte de su encanto personal.
pbarinas2 1 year ago
fuckin tryhard
ChiTown98756 1 year ago
@ChiTown98756 LOLOLOLOL god your comment made my day.
NFNIHGaming 1 year ago
@ChiTown98756 Language!
JCLYT31 1 year ago
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ChiTown98756 1 year ago
With that expressions it seems really difficult to play!!! but... it isn't. Too energetic...
lizvivian 1 year ago
hahaha funny facial expressions
baerfas 1 year ago
Leila Josefowicz - Miss Intergalactic!
Dogaradodia 1 year ago
this is godly
emerald3113 1 year ago
I can´t really relate to any other performance of this concerto after this one.. It will all be inferior.
Piacevole 1 year ago
The music doesn't come from her instrument only, she plays with her whole body.
Every player has his own position,mimics and way of moving, like Vengerov, Bell name them.
Some show littele to no emotion at all (Benedetti).
Take it or leave it, she is a fantastic perforner!
zzp1 1 year ago
I love the way she plays this. The facial expressions can be excessive at times but she puts so much emotion into the piece and makes it sound the way it should.
4RINGSS5 1 year ago
Clestial strings: I googled you and found no even a Twinkle Star perfomance of you.
jcalvolaubli 1 year ago
what's wrong with her face all the time?
AmelieWuensche 1 year ago
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ChopRachma 1 year ago
Certified Intergalactic! Unforgettable performance of Josefowicz!
Dogaradodia 1 year ago
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Atrocious musicianship. Music is about communicating the language of the soul, not physical contortions unrelated to the music.
celestialstrings 1 year ago
I truly admire her passion, but her facial expressions are a little too much for me. Nonetheless, wonderful playing, as music is primarily meant to be listened to.
jjyooo11 2 years ago 2
I have never seen such a free soul expressing itself and playing that suberp together...people who are embarrassed of her moves should wait to grow up before commenting
seyirlikolay 2 years ago 8
@seyirlikolay
I TOTALLY agree with you!
Thank you!
adrianviolin 1 month ago
@seyirlikolay suberp...lol superb
mrbeng111 1 month ago
she plays really gd, but she fucked it up bcz of the way she moves
mehdiyamaha 2 years ago
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seyirlikolay 2 years ago
twitching habit?
CcCharlesW 2 years ago
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She looked like she had many orgasms and her panties were all soaking wet......
policewah 2 years ago
This isn't even good. It's like, "Hey, I'm going slam my bow into the violin for a few minutes, make facial expressions that are more fitting for extraterrestrials than for humans, and I'm going to call it Bruch. And THEN I'm going to lie about how 'naturally' it all comes to me, and about how high my standards are." Bull. Sorry, Leila, not this time.
huisclos123 2 years ago
I only really paid attention to her face after reading these comments and I have to admit that I did literally back up in my chair.
When you're caught in the moment you can't control your face. She plays beautifully.
tigereyes5 2 years ago 6
Breathtaking performance. Olympic. Daughter of Venus etc. Can't describe how beautiful.
DoubleUTony 2 years ago 2
Das ist Super! :)
ievarituma 2 years ago 2
Notice how she goes from no physical emotion from when she was younger to over the top.
Runescape28 2 years ago 4
her*
valen7i7a 2 years ago
I think his expressions with her face are lovely, Because that's the way her express his passion, her emotions, which transmits the piece to her .. After each execution, with her smile thanks her audience, there to admire her, also shows his violin, it gets up ... Very good Leila, I love you
valen7i7a 2 years ago 2
AHAHAHAHAAAahahhahahahahaaa
donutbunnies 2 years ago
Hate your facial expression... too much is too much!!!
moretg 2 years ago 2
how can you look sooooooooo amatingly stupid while playing?????
jghamm 2 years ago 3
Excellent! Bravo
violmaster94 2 years ago
me encanta,es su estilooooo
JUAKPROD 2 years ago
go lelia power!
themusicdr 2 years ago
ella es una explosion de fuerza
frankcisyarmi 2 years ago
yes its the best bruch ever such energy. bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
danielwowman 2 years ago
I LOVE YOU LEILA!
denim17 2 years ago
Leila, I love you!!! Fantastic sound!!!!!
salvuspater 2 years ago
She has superb bow control, and her playing is bursting with energy and passion. Her wrist looks a bit stiff, and man, she tilts her bow a lot, which makes it a tad scratchy at parts (or it might just be audio quality).
In regards to the first phrase, I prefer a short eighth note like Kyung Chung, while others prefer it long like Sarah Chang. She does a combination of both. It's up to interpretation really.
Thank you for posting.
Galatea112 2 years ago 2
Is she taking drugs lately?
Dogaradodia 2 years ago
Cecilia Bartoli also makes faces... noone can´t say she sings badly
Bachue 2 years ago 3
But the facial expression really reflects a kind of mentally illness
supertramperin 2 years ago
Hehe. Thanks. You made me laugh early in the morning! :-)
Piacevole 2 years ago
ME TOO!
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago
It is hardly so. I was playing a few instruments in my time and I know that many musicians are making faces or body movement which looks kind of idiosyncratic to spectators and listeners but it is often needed for musician to really "connect" to instrument and express feeling and atmosphere from piece that is performed. It is kind of hard to explain it. BTW, excellent performance.
JosipMiller 2 years ago
This is a superb performance of Bruch first concerto! I loved it!
cardoso282 2 years ago
I met her two days ago at a master class in Houston and I'm going to her concert tomorrow. She is fenomenal!!!!
Apalexpe 2 years ago
Would love to hear more about your master class with her
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago
She is fantastic, she is still very young but she focuses a lot in the attitude whenever you play, how you should project to the audience and use a lot of bow on high passages in order to keep the sound constant and clean :)
Apalexpe 2 years ago 2
I am so envious of you!
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago
i didn't like her phrasing of the opening statement..
thecandyman86 2 years ago
muuuhahahahah... therwe should be no vid
hotuser2 2 years ago
Everyone says the facial expressions are bad......I don't care. As the great Ivry Gitlis said, "close your eyes....and listen".
battleblades 2 years ago 28
@battleblades LOL!! True!
OffTheCreamyCrack 1 year ago
@battleblades I love the facial expressions! They add even more passion to the music!
flopez8 1 year ago
@battleblades I love the facial expressions! They add even more passion to the music
flopez8 1 year ago
Sounds absolutely fabulous. So soulful and passionate and perfect.
jmagemusic 2 years ago
What the hell is happening to her face?????????
vlhere 2 years ago 4
violin orgasms
bachkicksass83 2 years ago 35
it's just a little rock and roll, people. nobody ever asked Eddie Van Halen 'why are you jumping around like an idiot and making faces like that?'
I liked it.
WStallard 2 years ago
At 01:38 is fucking funny
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
mixailaggelos2004 2 years ago
as music pretty awful -as show biz -tops,
orjus 2 years ago
This is hideous to watch. I am such a huge Leila fan too, but it's just such a grossly over the top performance. And I think the playing is rather so- so too. I hope she pulls it back. The clips from when she was 12/13 are just magnificant.
wilhelminas 2 years ago
DIVA!
OriginalMoonbeam 2 years ago
One of my favourite contemporary violinists. Her sound is very focused like Leonid Kogan. Her facial expressions are passionate and shows they way she feels her music. One of the greatest violinists today along with such as Hilary Hahn, Anne Sophie-mutter, Jannie Jansen and Julia Fischer.
peanutbabe83 2 years ago
you neglected to mention nigel kennedy joshua belland maxim vengrov is this because you do not like them or do you feel that they are not as good?
davey123a 2 years ago
I think she's just one of those people who makes faces when she plays - Lang Lang, Kissin, Vengerov et al. The shoulder rest is very individual and depends on the length of the neck, the build of the shoulders and other things. Mr. Galamian and Miss Delay always recommend them, but many great violinists who played into theír 70's did fine without them.
assindiastignani 2 years ago 2
I think I finally figured out why Leila made such agonizing expressions in this video...she did not have a shoulder support on her violin!! It's very painful playing without it because it puts your neck in an awkward position. I've tried it myself and it's just too painful playing without it.
I wonder why she was crazy enough to play such a demanding piece of music without that shoulder support to relieve her neck from any pain.
zucchini2007 2 years ago
With respect, are you being serious?
Her facial expressions are a result of expressing her actual self through the music.
If she is being subjected to pain, it is emotional - it is not a physical result of neck discomfort.
JibJib11 2 years ago
I am a violinist myself, and I know how painful it is on your neck to play without a shoulder support. I understand what you're trying to tell me, but I disagree with you.
zucchini2007 2 years ago
I appreciate you disagreeing in a civil fashion. However, I feel you may have been the one to give me a thumb down... :(
JibJib11 2 years ago
I'm in agreement w/ JibJib. Some professionals just don't play with shoulder rests to make it look more professional. I mean I don't think Joshua Bell uses it either, but I could be wrong.
bleachcenter 2 years ago
It is in no way painful to play violin without a shoulder rest. I've played violin for 12 years, and i have never gone more than a week using it. It is uncomfortable, and it drains up to 50% of the violin's natural tone. I'm also playing this movement of Bruch, and It in no way requires a shoulder rest.
XnepoX 2 years ago
"It is in no way painful to play violin without a shoulder rest." It is FOR ME.
"it drains up to 50% of the violin's natural tone." Nonsense. Grammy-winner Hilary Hahn and Sarah Chang both use shoulder rests, and both of their violins resonate beautifully.
You claim to play the violin for such a long time. But I just looked at your profile and you're playing the guitar. What's going on here?
zucchini2007 2 years ago
picking up guitar after playing a violin a long time is easy as pie.
i don't have any violin videos, but that doesn't mean i haven't played. I placed 12th in region 23 in houston
XnepoX 2 years ago
and in response to draining the tone, sound travels better through more solid like mediums. if there are only 2 rubber prongs touching it as compared to a whole shoulder, the sound is not going to travel as well
XnepoX 2 years ago
im sorry to say the sound of of the violin resonates better with shoulder-rest coz yr whole shoulder is not in contact with the violin allowing the body to vibrate the sound more. :P
vlhere 2 years ago
the sound travels through a larger medium, which in turn produces more sound. if there is less medium, there there is less sound.
that argument is wrong
XnepoX 2 years ago
just like putting your head down on a desk and hearing other people's pencils scratching the paper. you get to hear the sound more
XnepoX 2 years ago 2
Your wrong.. The shoulder rest feet mute the violin slightly whereas when you do not use one the violin can vibrate to its potential maximum
dagll 2 years ago
I love her playing. I saw her life with the Saint Louis Symphony playing Adam's Dharma at Big Sur. She was amazing. The camera really zooms in during the performance. If people are distracted by her facial expressions -- please remember she's expressing emotion to a huge concert hall. The average patron is over a hundred feet away. If she's playing to reach them, her expressions are just about right. I personally remember just how engaging her was with the audience. wonderful
yeshuapraise 2 years ago
she is the best violinist !!!! she is so amazing!
Pikkon22 2 years ago 3
The world is very lucky to have her in it...
notesfromthedump 3 years ago 3
true emotion :D
Runescape28 3 years ago 3
Regardless of her facial expressions, I think Leyla is a great violinist because she played this piece perfectly. And that's really all that matters.
zucchini2007 3 years ago 3
I hate the way how she makes her face. but she is a really great player.
kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo 3 years ago
GREAT PLAYING but It looks like she's having multiple orgasms during the performance!
qawsedrf6 3 years ago 3
Yes..I agree,--I don't see the problem in that.-in fact it makes it great. This is the BEST Bruch Concerto-The Violinist carries this work, as opposed to other .versions where the violinist is carried by the orchestra..
polprof0007 3 years ago 2
I agree with polprof0007...that is, why do you use the word "but"? Personally, I welcome the orgasmic expressions - especially from Leila.
JibJib11 2 years ago
She can make faces until she turns purple as long as she continues to play with such vivid color, texture and brilliance and that FIRE that blazes throughout this piece. I would much rather hear it played with all these elements than articulated "perfectly" as these things that give it interest and personality. She is astonishing
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago
The question is: are those expressions tagged on as a pretentious affectation, or are they genuine? Hard to know, but when I see Perlmsn's, he looks entirely natural. Aside from that, she has awesome talent, but she's flogging the violin to death. If you're going to nput that much pressure on the bow you need to tighten it otherwise you are constantly hearing the hair colliding with the stick which is causing the scratchy fuzzy sound. Maybe she could try getting sonority by less drastic means!
fingerhorn4 3 years ago
And yes, Leila Josefowicz is amazing, facial expressions and all!
mpilting 3 years ago 2
Even if u dont look at her, it sounds extremelly scratchy !! Cant u listen ?? Subjectively talking!
mixailaggelos2004 3 years ago
And another thing! Does the following sound familiar?...
"I don't like so-and-so."
"Yeah - me neither. Let's be friends."
"Ok."...
This is something we did in kindergarten, and apparently most of us haven't grown up. All of you are bonding over a mutual dislike for another person, and it's extremely childish and egotistic.
mpilting 3 years ago
It never ceases to amaze me how people can be so judgmental of celebrities. You don't like how she plays? Don't listen. You don't like her facial expressions? Don't watch. Can you play the violin (or any other instrument) even half as well as Leila Josefowicz? No? Then what gives you the right to judge her performance? True music lovers don't behave this way.
mpilting 3 years ago 3
actually true must lovers do, the fact that a "celebrity" puts themselves out there, means there is always going to be criticism. i mean, we even have music critics, everyone is entitled to an opinion regardless of level and skill but what they do from there after that, is up to them.
gnatural 3 years ago
what happened??? she never used to make those funny faces when she was young.......Kyung-wha Chung does make facial expressions but hers is really acceptable..i dont like hers and Vengrov's facial expressions..ohhh and make that Joshua Bell too...
vlhere 3 years ago
I don't mind the faces. But I was thinking... botox could be a cure?? just kidding :)
risingpianofire 3 years ago
hahahahah...funny!!!!!! just hope others dont spam our comments.....lol.....
vlhere 3 years ago
I'm certainly guilty of making faces too when I play. I can't seem to help it. So botox!! help me.
risingpianofire 3 years ago 2
she is still a woman and it just could of been that time of the ........
befranklintoo 3 years ago
her expressions and personality aren't for me which doesn't bother me as there are other artists who i prefer and i will listen to.However I am bothered that this performance will never get a NON classical musician interested in the violin or classical music.A child would be thinking 'what's wrong with her mummy!' and others may just laugh. Unfortunately the sound doesn't totally make up with it being so scratchy at times. I don't mind faces usually but this is on a whole 'nother level!
fantasiestucke 3 years ago
1:37 JAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ
Que caras mas anormales pone
RAMIRO3 3 years ago
Magnific !!
estudantedeviolino 3 years ago
She must have terrible headache after playing :p:p
mixailaggelos2004 3 years ago
She sounds like she is constantly crunching the bow on the strings, it puts a limit to the expression. and why does she make the stupid faces? i understand emotion,take Gil Shaham or Itzhak Perlman, but with her it is just rediculous!
yamelchenko 3 years ago
Oh my God... this is the most scratchy Bruch I have heard.. well she might have lot of feelings on it but it sounds as she keeps them for herself..
and... what the hell is doing in 01:37 ????
LOOOOOOOOOOOL
mixailaggelos2004 3 years ago
eiiiiiiiii so bitter wie sie schaut, wirkt auch ihr geigenspiel...
kruemlmonschda 3 years ago
Sounds like she's chopping down a tree. Kyung Wha Chang playes it better.
jemba112 3 years ago
Happy birthday Leila. Today is October 20!! Bravo!!! You are a Genius!!!!
violinhunter2 3 years ago 2
like a rabid little chipmunk!
pennprodigy 3 years ago
I love Leila! Please play again Vieuxtemps Concerto No. 5 this time around.
Dogaradodia 3 years ago
Nice playing, really geat! But the facial expression is horrible! Worse than Janine Jansen's hopping around... It destroys the fun. Looks like she's having tough sex...
thelarkascending111 3 years ago 4
LMFAO!! I totally agree with you!
freakofmusic89 3 years ago
Horrid.
issavestheworld 3 years ago
absolutely,
but, it is very entertaining for a group of drunk people that dont want to watch porn
dkurgano 3 years ago
little too fast
googleman65 3 years ago
I take it that wasnt first time off the sheet then?
remarkable!
;]
longded 3 years ago
wow great to listen too but quite amusing and unsettling to watch lol
kiwi32lime 3 years ago
the faces are a reaction to the intence requirement for brain to hand cpu usage and are clearly involentry!
;]
longded 3 years ago
Not true. As a 12 year old she played equally difficult pieces that required just as much 'hand cpu usage' and didn't have to pull those faces. Unfortunately, too many people these days think part of a performance is pulling stupid faces. And too much body movement can be detrimental to the playing and projection of the sound.
crankycaz 3 years ago
with music I tend to just listen and I only remember everyone ued to comment that my mouth moved when I played ;( and much fun was had, so excuse my militant lower chakra activity but the fingers do enough reguardless of any expression caused by that huge audience to connect with ? I have an Idea will send you vid! and the solution will become clear!
;]
longded 3 years ago
I beg the pardon in advance of those who would disagree with me, but what a ridiculous performance this is! So distracting are her faces that I can hardly make judgments upon my impression of the violinistic elements. The after-performance interview is particularly enlightening: it's clear, at least, that she doesn't listen to other recordings. If she did, perhaps she'd realize that she doesn't sound very good playing this...
huisclos123 3 years ago
she is a fabulous player, but one I'd rather just listen to than watch. :)
happpiday 3 years ago
Having played this concerto myself I can say it is a very difficult concerto to perfect. However the tone is really harsh and unforgiving. This movement especially is suppose to be played heroically and proud, this does not mean fast and pounding every single note with unforgiving strength. The musical line is there but shes over exerting herself.
Domuu 3 years ago
yup, i agree with you
WenLisays 3 years ago
Not sure if you've played this piece in the same hall and for the same amount of people. When playing for the back row of a major concert hall you MUST over exert in order for the articulation to carry to the farthest person.
Augustusdavid 3 years ago
I agree with you that when projecting to large audience in a hall of that size extra effort is required in order for the people in the back to hear. However there are several ways a musician can accomplish this: playing a little slower and cleaner is one way, another would be to exaggerate the dynamics 10 fold to name a few. But in my opinion Lelia's execution here sacrifices a lot qualities that not only go into good violin playing but also justified music making too.
Domuu 3 years ago 2
I think if you were there and actually in the back row you would say along with the audience: BRAVO!
Augustusdavid 3 years ago
Very Good!
One of the best records of this concerto in Youtube....:)
FilipeBarrosAlves 3 years ago
Headshot for the mimics!!!
trogerhunter 3 years ago