Han Kim plays Mozart Clarinet Concerto K.622 - 1st movement - Part. I

[morpheus03161]

the people who disliked this was basically jealous.

[tdt221]

His sound is really beautiful.

Thanks for posting this.

[ihateuutube]

dang this kid was 13 when this video was uploaded

[runa007able1]

Wahnsinn ! Und ich hab' mein Lebtag nie nicht einen halbwegs

melodischen Pubs zustande gebracht .......

[HobbesRule]

I also play the clarinet, and I sometimes want to be a musician, but every time I hear this kid, I feel depressed because he's so good and he's younger than me. Sure, he probably practice whole lot more than me, but that's just talent. sigh.

[RatedPi]

This kid is godly

[JBD3678]

Moving when playing isn't a problem. It can be helpful. I have played on the march, and 20 minutes later played the same piece seated comfortably on the bandstand with the advantage of a good conductor and the earlier play through, and it wasn't as good.

Arbeau treats the march as fully as any other dance, and you just can't get the rhythm and tempo right in renaissance dance if you havn't learned the steps.

[JBD3678]

It is meaningless to say that the most expensive mechanised modern instrument is "better", without saying better for what purpose. A five keyed boxwood oneis "better for Mozart.

The only advantage of transposing for the B flat, is that the most technically demanding passage in the third movement, which is an editorial adjustment for the ordinary instrument without the Bassethorn's extended range, is easier because repeated crossing the break at speed is avoided.

[JBD3678]

Using any modern clarinet is one loss, (less so with the German model) and one in the wrong key is another.

The first stage of mechanical additions to the five key instrument was a response to the widening range of tonalities in common use as somewhat more equal cyclical temperaments came into use. Digital micro-athletics was not the objective at that point in the development of the instrument.

[JBD3678]

If you play music of this period on the instrument for which it was written, the relationship between the voicing, tone quality and probably the intonation is optmised for playing in a limited range of keys close to what we now call the Home Key: D for the flute and F for the Clarinet Oboe and Recorder. Playing music for C clarinet on the B flat or A invlves a loss of rhetorical effect.

[shroomingnewman]

me love you long time

[asbarnabas72]

You are amazing and i am South Korean as well!an young ha sei yo

[bohdanek]

Sehr talentierte yunge Klarinetist!!!Bravo!!!Hier wieder von Asian-Euro Philharmonic Orchestra ist nur der Komponist Europear...???

[daltontiegs]

just admit ... Asians rock and you guys won't have to shrink further in shame... hahaha jk...

[skarlatospanagiotis]

i play to my master on clarinet concerto mozart in B major to Bb clarinet..if you play mozart first you must know about clarinet you can play public concerto withi out own background tha kid is publicity nothing else the Bb is the stadars clarinet because its to close to C tune and it has basset tune so for that made in full boehm system because the composers wants Bb tune but the notes of A clarinet

[skarlatospanagiotis]

he plays robot teacher music he doesnt know what he play ..and i say if is good player lets play the normal clarinet Bb and do transpose to B major..i cant believe it do you all of them what you know about music he plays C MAJOR for god C MAJOR I PLAY IN MY BORN and the wrong is if has expensieve clarinets now he cant respect the instrument he wants more and more expensive when he grows up

[tripleforte7]

the people who disliked are jealous lol............

[gretch0915]

Got this in the mail today for my audition piece for a college honors band(: clarinut for life-3

[2008Messenger]

The quality of the recording is outstanding. 

[megansoad16]

he's so adorable!

[clarinetto11]

OH MY GOD.I think it's sublime

[musicfreeakk3]

<3 amazing

[ScienceGeek7895]

Man it had to be an Asian

[YoonaLoveable]

how come it doesnt end with the end of the first movement.. it just cuts off.

[dubsucks]

@YoonaLoveable This is just part 1. There's another part.

[Javiiiiiiier]

I like the sound, but I think he moves too much

[shroomingnewman]

@Javiiiiiiier hahaha...doesnt matter how much he moves . just close your eyes

[PeeEffChangs]

So good. <3

[guzmanpiano69]

Doesnt he go to pinnacle highschool in Arizona?

[digitalbroadcastmk7]

@guzmanpiano69 no it says on his page :)

[JRRodriguez41509]

Amazing.

[yyy33344]

No racist..respect to music and performers

[toogordoforlife]

0:00 - 1:50... awkward waithing... o.O

Beautiful. just beautiful.

[shawil12]

i love watching videos like these because even though i play the clarinet, it always surprises me how beautiful it could be ^.^

[saxowong]

He is the reason I buy a clarinet. The sound is so warm and pleasing. I know I could never sound like him, but music is all about enjoying and sharing.  Well done Han!

[eriksoccerq]

I play a Clarinet myself and i absouloutly love your way of playing,other people may agree your movements are exaggerated but just a heads up to everyone.This was probably a concert abviously and he needed to look pro.But I enjoyed your way of playing.Especially the part at 4:44 where you wiggled your clarinet up and down, it was cool

[Fumbles9001]

The movements are a bit exaggerated, but I love the playing. Me and my clarinet friends love you. You're our hero in the clarinet world.

[Klarinette3000]

Han, you play really excellent, I have saved some of your videos already among my favorites. I watched your career for some years. You have great talent

[holykows]

anyone know where can i find a score for this? i found one but it has 5 sharps so i dont know if its the right one. please pm me if you know where can i get one. great performance!

[arelys]

Uugghh i wanna play this piece sooo fukin bad!!!! but its written in A and i have a Bb clarinet =[[

[meconfused1996]

@arelys It's the same, only you need the b flat accompanist, it doesn't really matter, I don't think. It didn't matter for me anyway

[arelys]

@meconfused1996 It does matter. yu need to transpose the notes in the concerto one step lower for you to be able to play on Bb clarinet. If yu just play the notes w the key of A on a Bb clarinet, it will sound off. I tried it.

[meconfused1996]

@arelys Huh? It didn't matter for me. I even compared the written notes on the two different scripts. They were the same, only they would've sounded different. But the notes were the same... What note does your script start with on the clarinet. Anyway, I played fine with an A clarinet script, and Bb accompanist. I didn't find a problem with the sounds... What note does the clarinet part start off with on yours?

[arelys]

@meconfused1996

Oohh i see i dont know, because i compare my playing with the David Shifrin version of the concerto and the notes sound off...

My sheet music starts off with a G on the allegro.

[meconfused1996]

@arelys yeah, lol, you shouldn't have a problem with a Bb accompanist... try again? :D

[arelys]

@meconfused1996

hmm okay i guess.. lol

i still transposed the Adagio from A to Bb for my clarinet though.. :P

thnx =]

[MrNunoFigueiredo]

simplesmente fantástico, acho que ele deve exprimir-se a tocar melhor do que fala, ou seja, a interpretação musical está para ele como a redação está para um poeta.

é magnifico poder assistir a um jovem tocar tão bem, embora as ideias musicais não sejam dele!

muito bom

[medievalmaggot666]

Wonderful

[medievalmaggot666]

Wonderfull

[mobscene9305]

He doesn't start playing from the beginning... My score shows the clarinet playing the violin part until the solo at bar 57... Does anyone know why he doesn't play from the start?

[mclaine33]

@mobscene9305

are you looking at the full orchestra score?

I have the reduced score for clarinet and piano and the clarinet comes in at measure 57 as well.

[fanjiatia]

@mobscene9305

The score shows the orchestra clarinet part.

The "exposition" or clarinet solo starts after a brief orchestra introduction. The solo part is basically the orchestra part in the beginning.

[StephenChin1]

@mobscene9305

The orchestra introduces all the themes for the soloist to follow. However every concerto is different.

[nagyjozsefrozi]

bravo han

[Lisbeth735]

The way this young one plays is a dialogue with God and the orchestra..

[scifiknux]

I have to do this solo for Solo Fest... it's effing hard. He makes it look easy. I hate this kid :P

You have a great tone, btw. Nice work. Hopefully I get this solo done soon... I'd love to be able to play this.

[himrasmus101]

@scifiknux Wow you are going to play Mozart? That takes a lot of discipline and musicality. Good luck.

[debbiekim1982]

Man, you're awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[Murtagh112358]

Amazing. How long did you practice this before this performance?

[StephenChin1]

@Murtagh112358

To answer your question, Han Kim started to learn the clarinet at age seven. He recorded this Mozart concerto a couple of weeks before his 13th birthday.

Although I do not play the clarinet, I would say that this concerto requires almost adult fingers. So I guess he started working on it at ten or eleven years of age.

[fanjiatia]

@StephenChin1

So true. My fingers have trouble moving fast after a previous long practice session because my fingers are tired.

[snellashley]

Nice...really nice and he is has got it learned...no music in front of him

[aknoor22]

Lol 13yr Virtuoso

His Parents must've beat his ass

[licoricestic]

agh tune the bassoons!

[sherwinjtb]

awesome stuff

[flutediva92]

Excellent - but please stop moving so much when you play! It becomes distracting after a while...yes, move a little, but please please don't bend and wander around so much! You sound fabulous though :D

[sherwinjtb]

i like the moving around

[EdwardNJacobOtaku]

Actually, for some people, not sure bout the boy, moving around is a system of keeping time.

[StephenChin1]

@flutediva92 Every musician moves when playing a musical instrument because music moves the musician.

[StephenChin1]

@flutediva92 If you are distracted it shows you are not listening. Han Kim's movements are perfectly synchronized with the music.

[Tech502]

Good good... now if you can play jazz then i'd be really impressed, but unfortunately from hearing your tone and, no offense, your asian, you probably can't play it... sad you should try making a video of your self trying to play some jazz... even if you suck at it you should try it out just see if maybe you have a hidden talent for.

[HIkeda126]

I don't see the relevancy between this video and jazz.

[Tech502]

If he could play jazz... it would impress me... there is no relevancy between this video and jazz i just want to see if he can play jazz

[HIkeda126]

He doesn't need to play jazz. He already has much acclaim just where he is at right now.

And also:

"no offense, your asian, you probably can't play it"

Asians are capable of playing jazz.

[Tech502]

I never said he needed to... all i said was that it would impress me, and you interpreted my sentence differently than i meant it to be... I was saying that regarding he extremely nice tone and almost perfect intonation, that in my opinion, he wouldn't be a suitable jazz player. Also yes i did imply that i feel that asians cannot play jazz.

[Dingysen]

dont be a snob. asians are humans too. btw i have watched your jazz clarinet videos. playing jazz without good tone and intonation isnt very nice.. your tonguing are a bit too hard too. :)

[Tech502]

I never said they weren't. All I remember saying is that his tone suits classical music better than for jazz. Also thanks for the crtique.

[xdeadstarpsyclonx]

@HIkeda126 tbh if that's the way someone's thinking. what the hell's a white guy doing playing jazz?

[bemanthonybemanthony]

What's with the asian and jazz thing, I feel so sorry for you, such a young and ignorant boy. RACIST that's what you are. You better straighten up your life and your beliefs before you face the reality of life. Don't be a racist and you're comment was just being jealous, don't think that you can be better by comparing, I don't even know if you know the essence of "JAZZ", I can go on and on but, you better be sorry for your comment and for your own sake, don['t be a RACIST

[Tech502]

@bemanthonybemanthony ... It's not a racist thing... you just don't understand because your so close minded... people who grow up in different places "feel" music differently. I'm spanish, I feel music faster than most, I always want to rush. It was proven to me one day when my friend was playing drums, he's spanish too, and he was rushing and my teacher was just like, "wow don't you feel him rushing?"... and I"m just like...no i don't. Same goes for tone

[bemanthonybemanthony]

Youre the one who's close minded, defining music by race is not the way to go. i dont want to argue, you got to do more reality check, hombre

[Tech502]

@bemanthonybemanthony... I wasn't defining music by race... i'm just telling you what my observations were throughout my years of playing music. And I'm just expressing an opinion of what i saw, you can take it as you like, i'm not a racist, i just believe that some cultures have tendencies in music that other do not, that's why we have such a array and genres of music.

[bemanthonybemanthony]

I am a musician too, genres of music are defined more of culture, yes it's geographical but is not limited to race. A spanish boy can grow up in africa and get the culture and be influenced by that, but you can't tell that boy to not play african music because he's spanish, or even before he starts playing, you have judgement already. What ever you say, you were judge mental and I am happy that this conversation is making you change by explaining yourself. THINK before you speak

[bene951]

@Tech502 Ok, your problem here is your execution is terrible... maybe what you are trying to say is that different cultures emphasize different kinds of music. in asia, jazz is not emphasized like it is in the US, thus less people in asia play jazz music. it's not a racial thing... it's a cultural and geographic thing. the spanish people rushing thing is a complete hunk of crap... unless you think andres segovia. your ethnicity has nothing to do with whether you can keep a steady beat...

[Tech502]

@bene951... you may be right on the spanish thing, i don't know, the main point i was trying to make was that different cultures "feel" music differently because of the way they were brought up, or just because that's the way they are.

[Tech502]

@bemanthonybemanthony ... Yea I'm gonna finish this conversation, because i never said that he can't play jazz. I'm just assuming it based off his tone and that he's asian, because most asian parents parents are perfectionists. That's not being stereotypical, that's telling you something i've seen from their culture. But whatever I'm done, your just getting angry over nothing, and that's not good for anybody.

[EdwardNJacobOtaku]

@Tech502 Maybe this comment won't be taken seriously by you 'cause I'm Asian, but let me say this, Asians can so play jazz. I was raised in the most stereotypical Asian home possible. My parents were overbearing perfectionists. I play clarinet, and I play jazz pretty well. Some of the best players in our jazz band are Asians! Haha, but maybe you won't listen to me. And that boy playing in video just may not like jazz as much. I prefer European and Asian classical music over jazz anyways.*shrugs*

[Tech502]

i've never heard you play jazz so i can't make any reply to your comment. All i'm saying is that some culture's find it easier to play jazz than others because of their up bringing or because they have it inside them they are brilliant with it

[EdwardNJacobOtaku]

Yeah some people find it easier, but you shouldn't be assuming things about other cultures.

[BenkaiDebussy]

@EdwardNJacobOtaku You're 100% correct. There's this myth that musicians are either technically proficient OR play with soul/emotion, when in reality technical proficiency is needed either way.

I play the cello and was talented enough that I played better than all (but one) of the other cellists without much practice, and vibrato came naturally to me, while other students had to learn it.

But I hit a wall around the 9th Suzuki book. Practicing many, many hours is the only way to become great.

[Roscia1]

Don't worry. He can't play the clarinet anyway. It's not worth getting worked up over him.

[chocotastic]

Please continue to keep growing as a clarinetist, Michael. You have an extraordinary advantage and gift in that you were able to find and hone your talents at such an early age. If you keep progressing at this level, then you'll undoubtedly be one of the great clarinet virtuosos of our time. Don't ever forget that its all about the music either. I would hate to see such a talented student like yourself sell out for a line of clarinets in your name like a certain "young virtuoso" already has.

[musicmaniacs1113]

wow ur amazing! ur tone is absolutely fabulous, cept ur high notes are a bit shrill but Im sure uve already worked that out by now, anyways absolutely superb job!

[Clamede]

dude you have to much movement that fucks up your Ambishur

[joethemusician]

i'm pretty sure you should learn to spell embouchure before you critique this person about his. movement is not going to mess with your embouchure at the stage of playing he is at. You want to keep movements to a point that they do not hinder your playing... and i'd say that there is nothing going on here that is preventing him from having success.

[StephenChin1]

Clamede, please mind your language. Music is invisible dance. If Wolfgang Amade could come back, he would be thrilled to watch Han Kim's performance of KV622: every movement of the boy responding to the dance of the music. He would recognize himself in this wondrous child.

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

You cna easily play the clarinet while moving without sacrificing embouchure...

[royman606]

lol hes alright dont be too hard on the kid

[chocotastic]

Learn how to spell "embouchure" then try and stupidly try to flame a video.

[clairannette]

Way to go Han!!!

[CullenClarinet0128]

I like you.

[clarinetato]

Excellent!

Perhaps you wanna try to focus everything a bit more.

[d7madkri]

awesome, bravissimo!

[olittledannyboi]

Lol you dance a lot man. But other than that, congrats!

That's just amazing!

[MiyokoxClarinetti]

that was extremely amazing...I'm extremely jealous! It was my dream to play a concerto with an orchestra when I was 13...

clearly you're living it for me :) great job, hope to see you in the future

[oldjarhead]

Clarinet playing aside...Mike is quite the dancer! Is that a good thing?!?!

[lasparks14]

wow

but is it natural

to dance around like that when you are playing??

idk

lol

O_o

[AznKid1069]

I call it "getting into the music", where your passion for the music is just overwhelming to contain inside. I would say it's normal in a lot of professional people. I don't know; that's my opinion. XD

[garyeestra]

umm wow

i've watched almost all versions of this on youtube and you sound just as good iff not way better than most adult professionals

[soccaplaya365]

my goodness your sound and technique is amazing geez you seem to be better and better everytime i watch a new one of your videos.