This is olga playing in the international Van Cliburn Piano Competition. The first one I believe. She one first place along with a fellow italian pianist who played Tchaikovsky's first concerto. They both played beautifully. Do not comment if you do not know. This piece is known as one of the most technically demanding musical pieces and one of the most beautiful..
having listened to ashkenazy's version about one thousand times I cringed @ about the 8.15 mark because I had a feeling that she would be miss hitting a few times within the next 15 seconds or so & unfortunately for her she didn't let me down...quite noticeable enough that the conducter turned to look at her , maybe just to make sure it wasn't a cat running across the keyboard LOL
This is a difficult concerto, but there are other's that are more demanding. Prokofiev is not a composer to my likeing. He must have had a real bad hair day with a couple of his concerto's. This concerto be Rachminoff has style and beauty.
Regarding difficulty, Rach 3, Prok 2 and Brahms 2 have to be the leading contenders of regularly played concertos. Individual virtuosi would choose differently as to which is THE hardest depending on what suits them.
Rach 3 has more notes than either, Brahms 2 has some ridiculously difficult jumps and is 50 minutes long, Prok 2 has extremely difficult arpeggios, semi-quavers and leaps.
Rach 3 often "wins" because as well as all the notes there are so many emotional moods to control.
Most pianists can stretch an octave, it would be impossible to play most piano music if you couldn't ! I seem to recal Ashkenazy saying he couldn't stretch much more than an octave but he could still play Rach 3. In fact he found Tschaikovsky PC 1 more difficult and tiring. Having long fingers does help enormously with this concerto. Rach himself could stretch a 12th...that is a lot.
@fevercovers Agree--Olga plays with the same "soul" that infused both Horowitz' and Rachmaninov's himself. As with those earler great Russians, her playing "breathes" in every measure, a secret she learned from studying them deeply. Great performance.
Suono modesto, dinamica contenuta, tecnica appena indispensabile per questo Autore, fraseggio e lirismo nelle melodie accennate senza troppa enfasi. In compenso fa molta scena col viso e con il busto, forse vuole apparire più di quel che vale. La dinamica di Horowitz, di Raphael Orozco o della Argerich sono un sogno irraggiungibile per Kerna !!!
I have windows vista, and I had another window open with this in the original. I tried to exit the other window out when this started coming on and it suddenly froze with that "Not Responding" ish at the top and I said "NOT A CHANCE!!! YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FORCE ME TO CLOSE THE WINDOW AND STOP THIS MUSIC!!!"
Rachmaninof was a big guy and had large hands. Many a stage manager made a few groning sounds when they were told he would be performing on their stage and performing on their piano. It was well known he had very strong hand's and occationally he had broken a few key's and dislodged some ivory's during the performance. He composed the concerto's for some one with his size hand's, and there are a number of women that do not have the strength to perform his music, and a few men to.
@Sirvanta Olga Kern recorded Chopin's sonatas and the 1st Piano Concert with the Warsaw Philharmonic under Antoni Wit - all her recordings are on harmonia mundi
i can't believe that justin shitter got milions of views and this beatiful and exciting music only a bit more than a hundred thousand... people doesn't understand a fuck about music...
@chobeethaninov I went to school with a girl studying to get her doctorate in piano. She couldn't play this concerto because her hands were too small..
Olga Kern is a beautiful woman who plays the piano with such fluidity. I have listened to her playing Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 so many times on my DVD Hi Fi Stereo System . She deserves to have won the Cliburn gold medal. Her agility across the keyboard is phenomenal. She is a joy to watch when playing the Concerto.No 3. Best Wishes to Olga from Hugo Hallam.
Okay if people wana say this is not the most difficult piano concerto lets put it this way. It's the most difficult piano concerto that's actually pleasing to the ears.
@cedricrlongreen i think the first movement of prokofiev's second piano concerto is both more exciting and more difficult to play. not saying this song is boring or easy though!
Olga Kern has Rachmaninoff original score on Rach3. It's worth a fortunate, and when I talked to her in person, she expressed that she starting practicing this "family" piece when she was at five.
Her mother, a soprano, co-composed this Rach3 together with Rachmaninoff himself !
Till this day, she is still practice the concerto EVERYDAY !! She is 35 now..
Horowitz is one of the most "non-involved" pianist I know. Second is Rubinstein. I have been to all three's concerts so I can compare.
@honghongbcc : What do you mean "co-composed this Rach3"...? Are you saying that Kern's mother actually wrote some of this piece, and it's not completely by Rachmaninov...?
Her mother? Let's see...The concerto was composed in 1909. Her mom gave birth to her in 1975. Assuming her mom was at least 20 years old in 1909..she would have given birth to her when she was around 86 years old. I would believe that her Grandmother was around in 1909...
Hey there straight guys, I want your opinion on this matter: how would you like to watch Olga Kern and Valentina Lizitsa perform "Cunnilingus" on each other??? I know gay guys would not want to hear of it.
sounds somehow more wooden than horowitz interpretation, but who am i to criticise, i cant even play piano. Plus he had so many more years experience on her, having played the concerto with horowitz himself
@89hedgehog before make a judge to people that give their lifework to music, you should record yourself and judge you first, that if you can even play, or ear for that matter
Her cockiness and her suspicious of the outside worlds destroyed her advance in her career. I had several personal meeting with her trying to steer her away from it, I failed miserably. Her manager from CAMI told me that this is very typical of all Russians Musians and not to take it personally. They have such great talents, God given, and not by countless hours of practice. The super beautiful undertone in her music is what I apppreciate the most. something you can envy . It is very sad.
Remember everyone, that these pianists are all competing in the Van Ciburn competition here, and it was not meant to be a 'professional' concert. Although the standard for the finalists was of an extremely 'professional' standard. After winning the competition, Olga toured the world as a professional, as the winner gets a contract.
This is a most beautiful interpretations for me. She has a special feeling and the orchestra is magnificent. One guy of French Horn looks like my History teacher XD
@K43TOC I honestly prefer the Rach 2, and think it is more exhilarating than this one. But I would not think this is a piece of junk. Too harsh. So many people like this one. I still prefer the 2nd.
I remember listening to this performance live over the web. She is a great pianist, but I think the Jury is still out on whether she is a great artist. Still, she was the best at the competition and I do love this performance.
@bambee Calm down twinkle toes alright, Olga Kern played this very well, very powerful, heartfelt, I was just saying that the blend could be released so it can be more clear so a meaning can be heard.
Amazing performer! Saw her play this concerto with NJSO this Sunday. Audience absolutely blown away by her command and stage presence. Can`t wait to see her again. I hope she records the Rach. 3 soon!
I saw her March 21, 2010 in Miami. Great performance...her look is completely different too. Looks like a model and her playing was fantastic. Got to speak with her a bit about this performance and her life. She is very sweet and charming. Keep in mind her bloodline is connected to Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky and started playing at 5 yrs old. She has lived and breathed Russian Piano all her life and it shows. I find her interpretations clean and harmonious. Top shelf start all the way.
@ruznacu The Rach 3rd is all about tempo, phrasing and color. the faster tempi of Rach, Horowitz, Gilels, and others (Argerich, Jung Lin....) drives emotions and delivers pure Rach :-) Have you heard Rach playing his 3rd?
@Bret6464 yes of course. buy we should not regard those interpretations you mentioned as gauges. I think what zeek0420 wrote below is perfectly right :)
@ruznacu What zeek... posts i9s inane! Of course people will compare this performance with others, and of course most listeners do NOT perform the Rach 3d. To suggest otherwise and say we should not compare is nonsense!! Sorry :-)
I had the honour of being at her concert last year (in the Czech Republic) and I was absolutely mesmerized by her playing. She played this concerto and her performance was breathtaking - full of passion, beauty, emotions...
@MyzTiC44 Yes, she play it technically brilliant. I think that she have own vision of Rachmaninov and that is great, but I love old records of Rachmaninov (his records has something, that i cannot transmit by couple of words)
@MyzTiC44 "and btw: she is a woman :D, where should she has the power from, to play it like rachmaninov did it, or volodos ;)"
I know it's not the place for this conversation, but that was a very sexist comment. Rather dull to link gender to power after having heard pianists like Myra Hess or Argerich.
Para ver y escuchar éste concierto en éste sitio, tuvieron que suceder las realizaciones de un gran genio compositor, una formidable pianista, una orquesta y un director, instrumentos y tecnología de punta y claro, no faltará nunca el idiota mediocre que escribe para decir que descubrió un error... No entiendo que en lugar de saber apreciar todo el conjunto se limite a hacerse el interesante ...
I think people are quick to point out mistakes because they think it sets them above the performer, or that they have a 'special' ear to hear the mistake.
Basically it's about themselves, not about Rachmaninoff or Olga Kern or Piano Concero No.3 .
@clanshrapnel I have looked at most of these people making comments about her mistakes, posture, even here technique. So I looked at quite a few site pages and so far I haven't come across anyone that has posted any videos of them actually doing so. I think she does an amazing job, the music is beautiful and they dont understand that that is the most important part of performing. People make me so angry,ARRGGGG!!!! They dont understand the work it takes to even attempt pieces like this!
@zeek0420 100% with you on this one!!! It seems that the best critics are failed musicians... or something like it. They cant do it themselves, so they need to downgrade others.
I agree. But I think the failed are not even the BEST critics, but the most EAGER critics.
Like when I practise the piano at school, I can always tell who the pianists are. They are the ones who grip the edge of the piano so hard that they should be breaking their fingers. They relax when you make mistakes and tense when you don't. It is very frustrating. To cap it, they will criticise your PRACTICE once you finish a piece.
It is unfortunate that they also inhabit the internet...
@clanshrapnel Olga Kern won an international Van Cliburn piano competition in TX several years ago. Even though I'm a violinist, I don't believe she makes any mistakes because she plays close attention to the dynamics, her technique, and every other technical detail. She was under the intense scrutiny of REAL piano critics. And if she does, who cares??? This is one of the most difficult piano pieces, it's absurd to demand perfection!
@taclrc no, the person pointing out mistakes is the one who misses the whole point of the music and why we play it. That is something I would think the performer does get. I've seen Olga play live and she is fantastic, lil mistakes and all.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
A technically competent rendition, but i just feel there is a certain "depth" of emotion lacking here.... i just listened to a recording of the composer himself playing it, and the effect is far more emotionally satisfying and overall thrilling than with Ms Kern on this particular date. That said, she is still young, and as she develops i have a good feeling that she'll acquire the kind of personal "depth" necessary to convincingly communicate the emotions inherent in such pieces as this.
how does she do that???? AMAZING..i only got as far as "reflets dans leau" by debussy but had to have the music in front of me..wish i could play like her..oh well...
A classic piece played by a gorgeous woman. You can tell the music is in her blood. She plays so perfectly. This is the best interpretation I've ever heard. Thanks for uploading!
just a question, is Liszt's music of the same caliber of Rachmaninov's ? I play the violin but adore the piano aswell. Wish I could play. My two other favourite piano pieces are "Hungarian Rhapsody No.2" and "La Campanella" . . . I reckon Olga Kern would play magnificently at these
That's a tough call. Technically, Liszt is incredible, but the music itself is hit or miss. Rachmaninoff, however, is God. Once a Rachmaninoff melody gets in your head, you're pretty much screwed.
LOL. "Pretty much screwed". That's what happened to me. I came to discover Rachmaninoff past year and now I feel I (literally) could not live without his music.
I know Aptcore59, it's true though. I'm currently on a major Bach kick, but the Rachmaninoff phase hit me like a dump truck. Those Rach melodies get in your head and **** everything up, lol.
I remember after I first heard the theme at 8:22 not being able to fall asleep. You need to fall asleep because you've got to go to work, but that driving melody is dancing around in your head. That's Rachmaninoff for you...
I'm so glad that there are ppl out there who feel the same about this kind of music as I do, the kind that don't listen to it to relax, but can't sleep at night :)
I'm with you! When I tell people I listen to Classical, they tell me they listen to it when they want to go to sleep...I tell them I have to turn it off if I want to sleep. There's such a difference between hearing and listening to this kind of music. Rachmaninov just somehow draws me in, his melodies are so beautiful and dark, it's a surreal experience.
Unfortunately Liszt predates any recording technology so we have no firsthand example of his technique..anecdotes report him as overpoweringly brilliant..check out the youtube video of Valentina Lisitsa playing the solo transcription of his "Totentanz"..He had over 800 opuses many of them transciptions or paraphrases of other works..When he first met Grieg he sight read the new score of the Grieg concerto up to tempo making comments on it's brilliance as he went along.
It would be nice if this generation gave this music a chance. Without the internet, beautiful music like this would be unknown or inaccessable to many people.
Oh! I will never cease to be inspired by her. She is so beautiful. And what a kind heart she has as well! I hope my own wife is the same one day. You can tell that the music is "inside" of her. She doesn't need to look up or down, or even think. It would flow as freely as her blood does within her. An EXTREMELY accomplished pianist in Russia, much less the world. Especially for women. She has made milestones in her life. I hope the best for her and her family.
Watch the Thirteenth Van Cliburn Competition live starting May 22 through June 7 at the Cliburn website. The webcast will feature live streaming of the performances, online voting, commentary, backstage access, all chamber music rehearsals with the Takacs Quartet and orchestral rehearsals with James Conlon, and more. Its free and open to everyone.
She does a wonderful job with this very important and beautiful concerto. One of the finest pianists out there, today. Van Cliburn knew what he was doing when he chose this woman.
It's strange - it's not really memorization in the way that you think of it...it just sort of stays in you and you don't even have to really think about it - it's just in there...
Elena02446....If he's a 'bastardo' then what am I?....I enjoyed listening to her music....& I wouldn't mind a cheeky snog too, a little ravage on the side to finish off....lol
There's a clarinet very close to a microphone. Every time it plays I can listen to it XD... She plays amazing!!! A wonderful version of this extremely difficult piano concerto.
i agree that this is the finest performance, the only thing for me i would say is her not playing the original cadenza - she played the ossia one, and also, her ending, it just should be faster the final performance of the main melody with orchestra, should be presto, not romantic! listen to rach play it and see!
The alternative cadenza (Ossia) was actually written before the "original" cadenza. The Ossia Cadenza, which is the one Ms. Kern played in this performance, is actually the more popular of the two; for good reason. It has much more texture than the "original", and it is, as a whole, much more interesting and pleasing to listen to.
es mejor martha argerich pero como es tan bello el concierto pues vale ! y es gran pianista Olga Kerns pero invito a escucharlo por Martha :D
AMDkpo 2 weeks ago
This is olga playing in the international Van Cliburn Piano Competition. The first one I believe. She one first place along with a fellow italian pianist who played Tchaikovsky's first concerto. They both played beautifully. Do not comment if you do not know. This piece is known as one of the most technically demanding musical pieces and one of the most beautiful..
mademan39 3 weeks ago
I really like 8:20 - 8:55 !!
AlexPlautz1 3 weeks ago
having listened to ashkenazy's version about one thousand times I cringed @ about the 8.15 mark because I had a feeling that she would be miss hitting a few times within the next 15 seconds or so & unfortunately for her she didn't let me down...quite noticeable enough that the conducter turned to look at her , maybe just to make sure it wasn't a cat running across the keyboard LOL
brucewayne909 1 month ago
beautiful
galaxian06 2 months ago
This is a difficult concerto, but there are other's that are more demanding. Prokofiev is not a composer to my likeing. He must have had a real bad hair day with a couple of his concerto's. This concerto be Rachminoff has style and beauty.
Klaaaan1 3 months ago
God does not want us to be perfect but rather try our best, Olga has followed that rule to the best of her ability and it suits me just fine...
mandyraeoflight727 3 months ago
@mandyraeoflight727 Agreed.
schmuckenheimer9 2 months ago
Regarding difficulty, Rach 3, Prok 2 and Brahms 2 have to be the leading contenders of regularly played concertos. Individual virtuosi would choose differently as to which is THE hardest depending on what suits them.
Rach 3 has more notes than either, Brahms 2 has some ridiculously difficult jumps and is 50 minutes long, Prok 2 has extremely difficult arpeggios, semi-quavers and leaps.
Rach 3 often "wins" because as well as all the notes there are so many emotional moods to control.
ukdavepianoman 4 months ago
Most pianists can stretch an octave, it would be impossible to play most piano music if you couldn't ! I seem to recal Ashkenazy saying he couldn't stretch much more than an octave but he could still play Rach 3. In fact he found Tschaikovsky PC 1 more difficult and tiring. Having long fingers does help enormously with this concerto. Rach himself could stretch a 12th...that is a lot.
ukdavepianoman 4 months ago
Sound like Horowitz *----* lol, congratulations! You're amazing
fevercovers 4 months ago
@fevercovers Agree--Olga plays with the same "soul" that infused both Horowitz' and Rachmaninov's himself. As with those earler great Russians, her playing "breathes" in every measure, a secret she learned from studying them deeply. Great performance.
leongatha6 1 month ago
I heard many interpretations from this concerto ,but when i listened this interpretation i found that this
is the most real representing of rachmaninoff's
personality and soul,Probably Rachmaninoff was somewhere in the concert hall watching her playing from behind some corner,enjoying and satisfied that
she totally captured and interpreted him in the best way and he knew that she will be the winner !
MagicLightFingers 4 months ago
Comment removed
MagicLightFingers 4 months ago
Comment removed
MagicLightFingers 4 months ago
Hahaha Brilliant!!! ;D
6 and 1/2 stars :D
sharpenednoodles 4 months ago
excellente... simplememente espectacular
CrystalNaica 4 months ago
Por que chingados me sale error y no puedo verlo?
Coco201049 4 months ago
Last night I heard Olga play the Rachmaninoff Rhapsody (on a theme of Paganini). She was SPECTACULAR!!
ultraboog 5 months ago in playlist rachmaninov
Very nicely done!
teacupkid123 5 months ago
Olga is playing all 4 Rachmaninoff concertos in Phoenix in May 2012. Can't wait.
bluebychoice 5 months ago
before the the Van Cliburn..."Olga wants the pianissimo to be very small!"....
craffte 6 months ago
Suono modesto, dinamica contenuta, tecnica appena indispensabile per questo Autore, fraseggio e lirismo nelle melodie accennate senza troppa enfasi. In compenso fa molta scena col viso e con il busto, forse vuole apparire più di quel che vale. La dinamica di Horowitz, di Raphael Orozco o della Argerich sono un sogno irraggiungibile per Kerna !!!
darkblueangel1956 7 months ago
I have windows vista, and I had another window open with this in the original. I tried to exit the other window out when this started coming on and it suddenly froze with that "Not Responding" ish at the top and I said "NOT A CHANCE!!! YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FORCE ME TO CLOSE THE WINDOW AND STOP THIS MUSIC!!!"
oiltaker 7 months ago
quando aggrotta le ciglia sembra che stia per cagare l'anima.
Xabharas 8 months ago
molto scarsa, io lo suono molto meglio.
Xabharas 8 months ago
i have seen her in Fort Worth some three times now. Olga is...incredible.
deetjay1 8 months ago
Rachmaninof was a big guy and had large hands. Many a stage manager made a few groning sounds when they were told he would be performing on their stage and performing on their piano. It was well known he had very strong hand's and occationally he had broken a few key's and dislodged some ivory's during the performance. He composed the concerto's for some one with his size hand's, and there are a number of women that do not have the strength to perform his music, and a few men to.
Klaaaan1 8 months ago
08:21-08:54 she seems to have more than ten fingers! those chords were mind-blowing!
cwv710 9 months ago
fantastic
claudius45000 9 months ago
I love her version of this concerto...... Incidentally does she have any recordings of Chopin that anyone knows of? Thanks
Sirvanta 9 months ago
@Sirvanta Olga Kern recorded Chopin's sonatas and the 1st Piano Concert with the Warsaw Philharmonic under Antoni Wit - all her recordings are on harmonia mundi
sfolger1 7 months ago
Breathtaking. This is music.
Diossvk 10 months ago
I want to cry..
Phersephoie 10 months ago
I think this is my new favourite performance of the Rach 3!
tjf4375 10 months ago
i can't believe that justin shitter got milions of views and this beatiful and exciting music only a bit more than a hundred thousand... people doesn't understand a fuck about music...
MorbosDevilGrinder 11 months ago 2
@MorbosDevilGrinder no offence but i can't believe that we're still talking about him
Phersephoie 10 months ago
SO BEAUTIFUL! Both she and the concerto. Her playing is so earthy.
solveaproblem 11 months ago
Those are some pretty insane octaves from 8:15-8:55...She must have a pretty big hand.
chobeethaninov 11 months ago
@chobeethaninov I went to school with a girl studying to get her doctorate in piano. She couldn't play this concerto because her hands were too small..
slalom18 10 months ago
One thing I like about Olga's playing is that she really knows how to make the music sing....
chobeethaninov 11 months ago
I like 0:00-10:03...and now I need a cigarette!
cinbrian28 11 months ago 4
@7:57 So beautiful !
Powlow34 11 months ago
orchesta is not good she is great
mikeandvarda 1 year ago
Olga Kern is a beautiful woman who plays the piano with such fluidity. I have listened to her playing Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 3 so many times on my DVD Hi Fi Stereo System . She deserves to have won the Cliburn gold medal. Her agility across the keyboard is phenomenal. She is a joy to watch when playing the Concerto.No 3. Best Wishes to Olga from Hugo Hallam.
hugo72charles 1 year ago
"butherface"...great body, but her face.
DrLectr 1 year ago
@DrLectr What are you talking about? Musicians are more attractive than normal people.
Abigurlrox 1 year ago
Comment removed
ohne2Dich 1 year ago
I had the previlage of watching olga kern perform live with the charlotte symphony. Those hands have to be kissed. I cant say any better.
ohne2Dich 1 year ago
Okay if people wana say this is not the most difficult piano concerto lets put it this way. It's the most difficult piano concerto that's actually pleasing to the ears.
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago 34
@cedricrlongreen haha, amen!
BrattleFower 1 year ago
@cedricrlongreen I agree...as they say...in the 'standard' repertoire :)
westboy84 6 months ago
@cedricrlongreen i think the first movement of prokofiev's second piano concerto is both more exciting and more difficult to play. not saying this song is boring or easy though!
iansquared3 5 months ago
@cedricrlongreen No. Prokofiev 2 is.
XavierMacX 3 months ago
@XavierMacX yeah its true
roflmao9999 3 weeks ago
Olga Kern has Rachmaninoff original score on Rach3. It's worth a fortunate, and when I talked to her in person, she expressed that she starting practicing this "family" piece when she was at five.
Her mother, a soprano, co-composed this Rach3 together with Rachmaninoff himself !
Till this day, she is still practice the concerto EVERYDAY !! She is 35 now..
Horowitz is one of the most "non-involved" pianist I know. Second is Rubinstein. I have been to all three's concerts so I can compare.
honghongbcc 1 year ago
@honghongbcc : What do you mean "co-composed this Rach3"...? Are you saying that Kern's mother actually wrote some of this piece, and it's not completely by Rachmaninov...?
bersa888 1 year ago
@honghongbcc
Her mother? Let's see...The concerto was composed in 1909. Her mom gave birth to her in 1975. Assuming her mom was at least 20 years old in 1909..she would have given birth to her when she was around 86 years old. I would believe that her Grandmother was around in 1909...
iczerman 11 months ago
What is divine is that all that is right; great and masterful performance by Olga Kern.
67lomeli 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Hey there straight guys, I want your opinion on this matter: how would you like to watch Olga Kern and Valentina Lizitsa perform "Cunnilingus" on each other??? I know gay guys would not want to hear of it.
MyInfiniteWisdom 1 year ago
sounds somehow more wooden than horowitz interpretation, but who am i to criticise, i cant even play piano. Plus he had so many more years experience on her, having played the concerto with horowitz himself
hfdpayner 1 year ago
Horrible conducting, annoying tempo, distressingly uneven and lacks the passion of Rach...disservice to her
89hedgehog 1 year ago
@89hedgehog before make a judge to people that give their lifework to music, you should record yourself and judge you first, that if you can even play, or ear for that matter
Jhandell83 1 year ago
I love the section at 7: 57 it has a spooky feel to it.
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago
excellent
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago
Her cockiness and her suspicious of the outside worlds destroyed her advance in her career. I had several personal meeting with her trying to steer her away from it, I failed miserably. Her manager from CAMI told me that this is very typical of all Russians Musians and not to take it personally. They have such great talents, God given, and not by countless hours of practice. The super beautiful undertone in her music is what I apppreciate the most. something you can envy . It is very sad.
honghongbcc 1 year ago
Wow. Look at those tiny hands playing this piece. Amazing.
ixd735 1 year ago
*cough* *cough*
smzig 1 year ago
Remember everyone, that these pianists are all competing in the Van Ciburn competition here, and it was not meant to be a 'professional' concert. Although the standard for the finalists was of an extremely 'professional' standard. After winning the competition, Olga toured the world as a professional, as the winner gets a contract.
baiba6 1 year ago
This is a most beautiful interpretations for me. She has a special feeling and the orchestra is magnificent. One guy of French Horn looks like my History teacher XD
mxterrorist 1 year ago
Fantastica
7Brigante7 1 year ago
you can esily tell she is russian just after watching and listening to her
qqwad 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
This concerto is a piece of junk I don't think anyone should waste their time learning it. This is pathology at best. The girl plays good though.
K43TOC 1 year ago
@K43TOC wow man...weak
plumbersteve 1 year ago
@K43TOC Learn music and English I suggest.
mbash1944 1 year ago
@K43TOC I honestly prefer the Rach 2, and think it is more exhilarating than this one. But I would not think this is a piece of junk. Too harsh. So many people like this one. I still prefer the 2nd.
baiba6 1 year ago
She's pretty god, but listen to Martha Argerich or Horowitz
davidnovotnypiano 1 year ago
This is one of my favourite pieces and i think she plays it absolutely beautifully!
Debbersaurr 1 year ago
I remember listening to this performance live over the web. She is a great pianist, but I think the Jury is still out on whether she is a great artist. Still, she was the best at the competition and I do love this performance.
a124947 1 year ago
BRAVO!!!
chesnok9 1 year ago
HD !!! thanks
Ennahhhh 1 year ago
She needs to slow down in some areas because she makes it sound very blended together, and not in a good way.
SertavisSaviPianist 1 year ago
@SertavisSaviPianist maybe you should show us all how she could have played it...
bambee 1 year ago
@bambee Calm down twinkle toes alright, Olga Kern played this very well, very powerful, heartfelt, I was just saying that the blend could be released so it can be more clear so a meaning can be heard.
SertavisSaviPianist 1 year ago
Comment removed
honghongbcc 1 year ago
I think she does a fine job.
jdmiller71201 1 year ago
great performance!
eliopianista33 1 year ago
Amazing performer! Saw her play this concerto with NJSO this Sunday. Audience absolutely blown away by her command and stage presence. Can`t wait to see her again. I hope she records the Rach. 3 soon!
mcmaytner 1 year ago
Comment removed
honghongbcc 1 year ago
I cannot believe these posts. Go try.
I have.
Ms. Kern is ridiculous.
Just wonderful.
naumandolphin 1 year ago
I saw her March 21, 2010 in Miami. Great performance...her look is completely different too. Looks like a model and her playing was fantastic. Got to speak with her a bit about this performance and her life. She is very sweet and charming. Keep in mind her bloodline is connected to Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky and started playing at 5 yrs old. She has lived and breathed Russian Piano all her life and it shows. I find her interpretations clean and harmonious. Top shelf start all the way.
Rachmanfan4life 1 year ago
Listen to Rachmaninoff playing this, and Horowitz's interpretation! Big difference.
Bret6464 1 year ago
@Bret6464 and what about your interpretation?
ruznacu 1 year ago
@ruznacu The Rach 3rd is all about tempo, phrasing and color. the faster tempi of Rach, Horowitz, Gilels, and others (Argerich, Jung Lin....) drives emotions and delivers pure Rach :-) Have you heard Rach playing his 3rd?
Bret6464 1 year ago
@Bret6464 yes of course. buy we should not regard those interpretations you mentioned as gauges. I think what zeek0420 wrote below is perfectly right :)
ruznacu 1 year ago
@ruznacu What zeek... posts i9s inane! Of course people will compare this performance with others, and of course most listeners do NOT perform the Rach 3d. To suggest otherwise and say we should not compare is nonsense!! Sorry :-)
Bret6464 1 year ago
I had the honour of being at her concert last year (in the Czech Republic) and I was absolutely mesmerized by her playing. She played this concerto and her performance was breathtaking - full of passion, beauty, emotions...
Pianist227 1 year ago 2
@ashleyohtori I believe this is Olga's performance at the Van Cliburn competition 2001.
wjcroft 2 years ago
8:22-8:54 was not great, but the rest was good.
Clobalize 2 years ago
Wonder which this orchestra this is. Hmmmm. Olga is great. She plays this concerto as if this was the last performance of her life.
ashleyohtori 2 years ago 2
Fort Worth Symphony, most likely. It performs as the orchestra in the Van Cliburn competition.
ThaSchwab 2 years ago
Much smoother than Rachmaninoff played. The mood of composition was lost :(
CreeoniX 2 years ago
@CreeoniX i do not think, that her interpretation is the best, but i do not think, that the mood of the composition is lost...
i think its nice, she also play it technically brilliant..
(she mainly is famous for her pieces of Rachmaninov.....)
see forward too see her live, playing it
and btw: she is a woman :D, where should she has the power from, to play it like rachmaninov did it, or volodos ;)
and also: the whole piece is quiet, youtube quality, so: hard to tell
MyzTiC44 2 years ago
@MyzTiC44 Yes, she play it technically brilliant. I think that she have own vision of Rachmaninov and that is great, but I love old records of Rachmaninov (his records has something, that i cannot transmit by couple of words)
PS. sorry for my english.
CreeoniX 2 years ago 2
yes, maybe.
just wanted to tell you my point of view.
the dumbest thing is, that because of the sound quality of youtube you can not surely tell with how much strength she actually plays it.
and your english is quite fine :)
MyzTiC44 2 years ago
@MyzTiC44 Maybe you right. I want to listen to her play live. maybe someday and somewhere. In any case her play amazing but different
CreeoniX 2 years ago
@MyzTiC44 "and btw: she is a woman :D, where should she has the power from, to play it like rachmaninov did it, or volodos ;)"
I know it's not the place for this conversation, but that was a very sexist comment. Rather dull to link gender to power after having heard pianists like Myra Hess or Argerich.
th3wing3dpaint3r 1 year ago
i love you Olga
Jazzman965 2 years ago
ogólna ludzkość jeszcze chyba nie dojrzala do muzy Siergieja...oldboy
Kasienka5g 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Pfffttt!
The REAL star of the performance was the flute player at 2:00
manorrd 2 years ago
thanks for sharing. absolutely fantastic music. great interpretation and great video. thanks a lot mate.
teachoky 2 years ago 4
This has been flagged as spam show
the way she moves around when she plays is funny. Who does she think she is ray charles
beeteep60 2 years ago
@beeteep60
LOL and who do you think you are buddy?
groovizintheheart 2 years ago 5
alquien ha visto SHINE? con Geoffrey Rush? desde ahi me encanto este concierto. Es absolutamente mi favorito!
blastitrockit 2 years ago 3
The most inspiring performance. She feels the depth of emotion so completely. Incredible.
Elenastx 2 years ago 14
Para ver y escuchar éste concierto en éste sitio, tuvieron que suceder las realizaciones de un gran genio compositor, una formidable pianista, una orquesta y un director, instrumentos y tecnología de punta y claro, no faltará nunca el idiota mediocre que escribe para decir que descubrió un error... No entiendo que en lugar de saber apreciar todo el conjunto se limite a hacerse el interesante ...
FFnopal 2 years ago 5
I think people are quick to point out mistakes because they think it sets them above the performer, or that they have a 'special' ear to hear the mistake.
Basically it's about themselves, not about Rachmaninoff or Olga Kern or Piano Concero No.3 .
clanshrapnel 2 years ago 104
@clanshrapnel I have looked at most of these people making comments about her mistakes, posture, even here technique. So I looked at quite a few site pages and so far I haven't come across anyone that has posted any videos of them actually doing so. I think she does an amazing job, the music is beautiful and they dont understand that that is the most important part of performing. People make me so angry,ARRGGGG!!!! They dont understand the work it takes to even attempt pieces like this!
zeek0420 1 year ago 2
@zeek0420 nice reaction :P
ruznacu 1 year ago
@zeek0420 100% with you on this one!!! It seems that the best critics are failed musicians... or something like it. They cant do it themselves, so they need to downgrade others.
elrondsch 1 year ago
@elrondsch
I agree. But I think the failed are not even the BEST critics, but the most EAGER critics.
Like when I practise the piano at school, I can always tell who the pianists are. They are the ones who grip the edge of the piano so hard that they should be breaking their fingers. They relax when you make mistakes and tense when you don't. It is very frustrating. To cap it, they will criticise your PRACTICE once you finish a piece.
It is unfortunate that they also inhabit the internet...
ciliaspippi 1 year ago
@clanshrapnel indeed, i bet half the people criticising cant play mary had a little lamb
hfdpayner 1 year ago
@clanshrapnel Olga Kern won an international Van Cliburn piano competition in TX several years ago. Even though I'm a violinist, I don't believe she makes any mistakes because she plays close attention to the dynamics, her technique, and every other technical detail. She was under the intense scrutiny of REAL piano critics. And if she does, who cares??? This is one of the most difficult piano pieces, it's absurd to demand perfection!
zucchini2007 1 year ago
@clanshrapnel Actually, when you point out mistakes in the performer, it is about the performer. It seems like logic, but oh well
taclrc 11 months ago
@taclrc no, the person pointing out mistakes is the one who misses the whole point of the music and why we play it. That is something I would think the performer does get. I've seen Olga play live and she is fantastic, lil mistakes and all.
nwskier 10 months ago 8
This comment has received too many negative votes show
A technically competent rendition, but i just feel there is a certain "depth" of emotion lacking here.... i just listened to a recording of the composer himself playing it, and the effect is far more emotionally satisfying and overall thrilling than with Ms Kern on this particular date. That said, she is still young, and as she develops i have a good feeling that she'll acquire the kind of personal "depth" necessary to convincingly communicate the emotions inherent in such pieces as this.
HolyMotherofGrid 2 years ago
rachmaninof is charming,strange and moves u deeply...transfers u to a different world.i like this performer.well done.
jolio2008 2 years ago 34
Es un concierto muy dificil, como hacer ese tipo de critica meramente tecnica...aprikosenkrantz
jubeltr 2 years ago 2
Comment removed
aprikosenkrantz 2 years ago
Comment removed
aprikosenkrantz 2 years ago
you can do better, sure
FFnopal 2 years ago
how does she do that???? AMAZING..i only got as far as "reflets dans leau" by debussy but had to have the music in front of me..wish i could play like her..oh well...
larryglass61 2 years ago
omg 08:30 to 09:00 everything looks as in fast foward!!!
sebaleon 2 years ago
esta chica resalta la melodia del concierto en todo momento cosa que lo hace muy romantico una interpretacion impecable
maurice022 2 years ago
A classic piece played by a gorgeous woman. You can tell the music is in her blood. She plays so perfectly. This is the best interpretation I've ever heard. Thanks for uploading!
Crepuscular1685 2 years ago
the best performance this piece is in my opinion: Argerich and Horowitz.
AnnMarry19 2 years ago 5
amazing and beautiful.. however the version of martha argerich likes me much..
Wandercito 2 years ago
Where can you buy this ? As in was there a CD produced ?
Chorcai101 2 years ago
just a question, is Liszt's music of the same caliber of Rachmaninov's ? I play the violin but adore the piano aswell. Wish I could play. My two other favourite piano pieces are "Hungarian Rhapsody No.2" and "La Campanella" . . . I reckon Olga Kern would play magnificently at these
shanehodd 2 years ago
Hi Shane,
That's a tough call. Technically, Liszt is incredible, but the music itself is hit or miss. Rachmaninoff, however, is God. Once a Rachmaninoff melody gets in your head, you're pretty much screwed.
briank4251 2 years ago 6
LOL. "Pretty much screwed". That's what happened to me. I came to discover Rachmaninoff past year and now I feel I (literally) could not live without his music.
aptcore59 2 years ago 4
I know Aptcore59, it's true though. I'm currently on a major Bach kick, but the Rachmaninoff phase hit me like a dump truck. Those Rach melodies get in your head and **** everything up, lol.
I remember after I first heard the theme at 8:22 not being able to fall asleep. You need to fall asleep because you've got to go to work, but that driving melody is dancing around in your head. That's Rachmaninoff for you...
Brian
briank4251 2 years ago 4
I'm so glad that there are ppl out there who feel the same about this kind of music as I do, the kind that don't listen to it to relax, but can't sleep at night :)
Phersephoie 2 years ago 4
I'm with you! When I tell people I listen to Classical, they tell me they listen to it when they want to go to sleep...I tell them I have to turn it off if I want to sleep. There's such a difference between hearing and listening to this kind of music. Rachmaninov just somehow draws me in, his melodies are so beautiful and dark, it's a surreal experience.
dmower397 2 years ago 5
The same happened to me, the theme at 8.22!
johnalt16 2 years ago
잘하는척 하지마 시밸려나
junhofm 2 years ago
Unfortunately Liszt predates any recording technology so we have no firsthand example of his technique..anecdotes report him as overpoweringly brilliant..check out the youtube video of Valentina Lisitsa playing the solo transcription of his "Totentanz"..He had over 800 opuses many of them transciptions or paraphrases of other works..When he first met Grieg he sight read the new score of the Grieg concerto up to tempo making comments on it's brilliance as he went along.
rotegard 2 years ago 3
@rotegard How nice would it be to just sight read a concerto with no problem -
itsanthonyhere 1 year ago
Simply great music.
Want more...
elzigarrovivo 2 years ago
What a treat!
Thanks God for these artists and thanks God for Internet and Youtube so the whole world can enjoy now this beauty!
gigiontube 2 years ago 2
It would be nice if this generation gave this music a chance. Without the internet, beautiful music like this would be unknown or inaccessable to many people.
Crepuscular1685 2 years ago 5
would be nice if older generations would give modern music a chance.
modern music may lack the depth, complexity, or melodic inspiration of classical music but it has other things to compensate
sharpnova2 2 years ago
Oh! I will never cease to be inspired by her. She is so beautiful. And what a kind heart she has as well! I hope my own wife is the same one day. You can tell that the music is "inside" of her. She doesn't need to look up or down, or even think. It would flow as freely as her blood does within her. An EXTREMELY accomplished pianist in Russia, much less the world. Especially for women. She has made milestones in her life. I hope the best for her and her family.
pianoguru92 2 years ago
One of the most passionate pianists I've seen. Brava. Great job by the conductor keeping a great balance throughout.
nkliewer 2 years ago 9
i love how she alone holds more musical prowess than does the entire orchestra combined, especially at 8:23 on
stevethedondo 2 years ago 5
This has been flagged as spam show
Watch the Thirteenth Van Cliburn Competition live starting May 22 through June 7 at the Cliburn website. The webcast will feature live streaming of the performances, online voting, commentary, backstage access, all chamber music rehearsals with the Takacs Quartet and orchestral rehearsals with James Conlon, and more. Its free and open to everyone.
VanCliburnFoundation 2 years ago
love this piece, perfection!
lshemg 2 years ago 6
She does a wonderful job with this very important and beautiful concerto. One of the finest pianists out there, today. Van Cliburn knew what he was doing when he chose this woman.
lynndelano 2 years ago 4
bellissima melodia...
baronesbc 2 years ago 3
It's strange - it's not really memorization in the way that you think of it...it just sort of stays in you and you don't even have to really think about it - it's just in there...
codymurp 2 years ago 5
How dose one memorize all that?
superjam18 2 years ago
im gonna make some lvoe to this woman hahah lol
FourtySven 2 years ago
She is too good for you, bastardo!
Elena02446 2 years ago
arent you a little to old to be calling someone on youtube a bastard
FourtySven 2 years ago
no he is too old for caling people bastard on the streets, but if you do it on YT its funnier and safer
freddyturbinaishon 2 years ago
Elena02446....If he's a 'bastardo' then what am I?....I enjoyed listening to her music....& I wouldn't mind a cheeky snog too, a little ravage on the side to finish off....lol
tonycums 2 years ago
She reminds one of a Massacre!
username1p 2 years ago
wtf is that supposed to mean?
slothvader 2 years ago 2
There's a clarinet very close to a microphone. Every time it plays I can listen to it XD... She plays amazing!!! A wonderful version of this extremely difficult piano concerto.
EdiEllerymissing 2 years ago
Very very touching playing.. Loved her interpretation.. So much musicality..
timosxazoz 2 years ago 3
Say all u want, everyone who can play Rachmaninof is a genius.
Chanelek 2 years ago 8
Ain't that the truth!
Tromminator 2 years ago
i agree that this is the finest performance, the only thing for me i would say is her not playing the original cadenza - she played the ossia one, and also, her ending, it just should be faster the final performance of the main melody with orchestra, should be presto, not romantic! listen to rach play it and see!
foxyjohnuk 2 years ago
The alternative cadenza (Ossia) was actually written before the "original" cadenza. The Ossia Cadenza, which is the one Ms. Kern played in this performance, is actually the more popular of the two; for good reason. It has much more texture than the "original", and it is, as a whole, much more interesting and pleasing to listen to.
clumpofdirt77 2 years ago 2
in your opinion! x
foxyjohnuk 2 years ago
Yes, but my opinion is all that matters; in my humble opinion.
clumpofdirt77 2 years ago 7
lol. x
foxyjohnuk 2 years ago