All I can say is this is incredibly, nearly impossible to play. you should try before comparing it other music - it's like comparing chess to noughts and crosses - sure both are fun, and ALL music is fun if you're into it - but THIS requires a life time of effort - seen Mitzuko four times (first way back in 1986) and she is without a doubt one of the very very very best at Mozart - her control and time keeping are exemplary - OK now back to your argument over music styles.......
As someone who doesn't get "hip hop" and "modern" music, sometimes I see the behaviour of those artists a bit "odd" on stage - After listening (and watching) this video, I understand how a hip-hop loving dude might also see the behaviour of these artists as slightly odd ... long live art, whatever it might mean to you! (as long as it doesn't mean taking pictures of underage kids)
@KingsStrokesParty I agree. They must not be human beings. I am relatively new to classical music but I can tell when a piece of music has feeling and emotion, brilliant.
I love this performance! What a gift she has to be able to identify the elements within the piece that give it its own distinct personality and logic and to execute them with such ease and grace. I feel like she is completely engaged bringing the music to life.
i still think its amazing that mozart would have not only wrote this...but conducted the orchestra and performed it.....he left a great gift to mankind......and sadly he ends up in a paupers grave......life is really strange.....but the music lives on which is a blessing huh
@Metallideth1993 Death metal "musicians" make even funnier expressions! This I can see since I only block my ears and not my eyes when I make attempts to appreciate that particular genre of music.
@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
Uchida lives music. She becomes every note and really makes it sparkle like never before! Find me a better Mozart pianist and I will be very, very surprised...
Why are you having a go at thethikboy, you should be directing your comments at the other person. He wasn't angry or abusive the other person was clearly acting like a petty moron (ie small minded and childlike manner). Perhaps I should book my counselling with you right now "trulynot", of course my response to that would be, truly not!
@trulynot instead of playin psychologist - Look at what I was responding to - a petty childness asshole making fun of the conductor when a beautiful piece of music is playing. That's the person that need help.
Yah I'll get normal and laugh at disabled music conductors. I'll do my best to shrink my deranged mind to that pea size. LOL. At least you'll let that pass.
@thethikboy You can keep trying to save face or you can realise that you acted unethically and uncivilised and probably didnt teach the person anything. You lashed out because you are angry - get counseling :)
Wow, Mitsuko's performance brings tears to my ears! Nothing against the orchestra, but she's really in another plane of existence, almost like she's channeling the dead. Incredible score, too! Beethoven must have considered Mozart's concerto structure the perfect foundation for his own - they have a lot of similarities...
I cannot fully express how this music touches the deepest recesses of my soul!!! It is so profoundly spiritual. Mozart was definitely a genius of music. Mitsuko truly brings it alive for us mortals. Wish I could attend one of her performances live.
this is so shitty!!!! clasical musik suks balls, this is definatly some nice studff for what it is but bieber and lady gaga are so much better!!!!! at least they can dance and sing!!
@canyoueatme24 One thing I do when I want to look for answers is turn to history. And, odds are Biebers mediocre sound will be long forgotten while Mozarts legacy will still be referenced to aspiring musicians. Gaga blatantly ripping off Madonna seems to contribute to her fading hype as well. Utilize the internet and do some research on a subject before you advertise your lack of intelligence and destroy what little hope in mankinds evolutionary progression I have left.
@lolitztoeknee It's sad that from these origins spawned modern pop. It's bile-rising. Classical is closer to the fundamental tenets of musical understanding inherent in human nature than any other facet of musical expression.
Hits, sales, and subscriptions are democratic carving-tools of modern beauty. Truth by popular determination. With Lady GaGa in such demand, its no surprise kids are being taught astrology controls the weather, or that evolution is an unproven theory. Mozart is laughing.
@o0xemas0o Its as if pervasive attitudes of willful ignorance are manufactured to keep the public entertained at the cost of their eroding intelligence. Greed has provided the landscape for marketing our stupidity. It's resonate of a complacent, self destructive public. A time bomb thats more destructive than any bomb we'll ever construct. Classical is algabraic in its intricacy wheras crap today is banal arithmatic. And, It's easier to add and subtract than to quantify harmony such as this.
@canzonaserenata i am here for the music. i think Mitsuko Uchida is incredibly talented. i don''t care one way or another what she does with her face while she plays, her playing is exquisite. i too love opera and also really don't give a damn what people look while engaged in producing their art. i know i can't produce that kind of amazing sound with my voice or on a piano. so to all you face contorting musicians out there, my hat's off to you!! Thanks for making my ears so very happy!!! (:
@NaoEW I agree with everyone, I think. On one hand, yes, the music is astounding, and Uchida is, by far, the best player of Mozart I have ever heard. On the other hand, the facial expressions do become very distracting from the music she is playing. In a concert, you want to hear the music, not have your eyes constantly drawn towards the orgasmic gestures being made by the pianist. To be fair, Uchida is not excessive in it; I cannot, however, even bear to watch pianists like Lang Lang perform :p
I doubt this concerto can be played any better at all. Immaculate. A hundred thanks for uploading one of the best videos on YouTube. :) Shame it has only 1 million views.
It is sad that some of the lowest comments come from people living in the more advanced country in the world. I think this is the price of lowering the budget in education. I feel sorry for your society. Freedom of speech but only if you have an I.Q. of over 90. Otherwise, limit yourself to be a nothing.
ChunkyCharlex you have truly missed the point. If that's all you can focus on when you hear genius like this you are clearly listening to music out of your league. You might want to set your ears on some Clear Channel FM radio, maybe a little Brittney Spears or Justin Beber would be more your type.
read ChunkyCharlex comment and see that he's not into Bieber but is a huge opera fan. He's rightly addressing the visual aesthetics of a musical performance. I agree with him that this lady contradicts her obviously talented and musical piano playing with a rather ridiculous visual performance. Notice that that none of the equally musical members of the orchestra (or the conductor) pulls faces like she does.
ANYONE that criticizes this level of talent....has infantile understanding of musical expression! The facial expression is part and parcel of the musical interpretation...one's body, mind and soul is interpreting this music. Why do tennis players grunt, groan???? Playing the most complex instrument with such exquisite undulations involves much more than the AVERAGE can process!
She is no doubt greatly talented, but the facial expressions are something of a distraction. All the gurning and grimacing is slightly off-putting. I'm a huge opera fan, why do the great singers and players not "pull" these faces? It's purely a gimmick, like "guitar face". Something that should be parodied, not perpetuated. More "This Is Spinal Tap" than Marriage of Figaro.
agree with you 100%, "face pulling" has unfortunately become part of the classical scene like the similar "guitar face" in rock. Many Asian pianists have adopted this approach - Lang Lang being the worst case. Quite remarkable because Asian culture strongly disapproves on losing face. The faces might be a conscious gimmick, or perhaps just bad habits that's escalated over the years. In the end it does look like a parody of emotional expression.
i started listening to this when i was becoming a sort of insomniac now i sleep well every night its just so peaceful i think im gonna go lie down *yawn*
@nud22 "The comment and rating system was created to post one's thoughts about the song, not disrespect a musical master"
Contradiction much? Are you stupid bro? Must the posters' thoughts only be positive? Surely you are one of those people that dislike freedom of expression when someone is hating on what you like/love. What a sad and pathetic person you are.
I absolute love this graceful melodic style of Mozart and many of the Classic and Romantic composers, that's why I'm trying to inspire today's composers to forget the computer-generated stuff and return to this type of writing. I've just finished "Symphonic Variations After a Theme of Cesar Franck" for piano & orchestra written in the Romantic tradition; it is here on YouTube. Please have a listen and let me know if I'm setting a good or a bad example. All comments pos. or neg. welcome.
i also have wached this most powerful movement and have respect and viel to say that the character and will, to subdue and to actualy listen to the thrid min into the sonata is superb the style of uchida in her own asain way of hove is to compaire to with sutch insight and passion, has done this concerto justice. futhermore quite masterful.
Relax, Asians all look alike lol - her name is Uchida .... I'm guessing she is Japanese. So unless you lived in Japan before, the chances of her being your teacher are low, keeping in mind relatively low Japanese emmigration. Even in Canada, Japanese people are hard to find (but when you do find them, YOU JUMP THEM! coz they are freakin awesome!)
@Byron10301 Yes She is Japanese, but more Viener than Japanese, She was born in japan but study since has 14 in Viena, She can speak german, English, Japanese and is the most talented pianist of our time = )
@manuelspcool indeed she is very talented! but undoubtedly t he greatest piano of our time is called Martha Argerich :) and I don't say this becuase I am also Argentinean... by the way perhaps the other musical talent that can dispute Argerich is Daniel Baremboin, also born in Buenos Aires :)
of course we can say all this now that the great Claudio Arrau sadly passed away.
anyway great concerto 9 from Mozart! probably his first masterpiece!
@hernannews sabes no te lo niego Argerrich es de lo mejor pero tuvo su tiempo en los 80tas o 90tas lo gracioso con Uchida es que con los años se va poniendo mas talentosa y Argerrich todavia lo es pero esta como que dormida, como la describio Uchida en un entrevista en la cual dijo me encanta la tecnica de Argerrich que es como de un potro salvaje e indomable pero es una tecnica que no va conmigo. Uchida es mas perteneciente a una escuela vienesa pero esperemos que nos tiene sorpresas = )
@yoshinori31 the music critic of the Daily Telegraph described her recent concert in UK as a "decadal event " . Ie the the sort of performance you get once in ten years.He probably goes to several concerts a week. She is a genius. Nuff said.
I have to say I disagree with Alfred Brendel when he says a "wonder of the world," going so far as to assert that Mozart "did not surpass this piece in the later piano concertos." I prefer and the later piano concertos, especially no20, 21, 23 and 24 his style was much more refined by this time! and has more emotional depth
Mozart and Beethoven were the greatest out of all the musical masters! Bach is good too, but M & B have to be the best! Such energy, emotional and pure genius! No one in my opinion could even come close!......Wonderful video and musicians! They capture Mozart's composition perfectly! :)
Jeffery Tate looks like a fat Stephen King.
151musicguy 8 hours ago
Mitsuko Uchida is performing this concerto and 2 other Mozart works at Symphony Center in Chicago in late March! I have tickets and I cannot wait!!!
PineconeDryad 1 week ago
@PineconeDryad I'm right there with you. And then tickets for Kissin later in April. What a great month.
Chetjim9094 2 days ago
christina yang from gray's anatomy looks like her ROFL
hungheykwun 2 weeks ago in playlist Mozart Piano Concertos
Mozart's music is really awesome!!! It is often easy to forget the brilliance of classical music mixed up with the oddities of some current music.
GalacticEnders 1 month ago
is Peter Griffin from Family Guy the conductor?
braggaj 1 month ago
HAHAHAHHA check out the pianists face at the beginning
horseburger 1 month ago
@horseburger ???
azdbio 1 month ago
@azdbio
0:20
horseburger 1 month ago
@horseburger lol
cingac 3 weeks ago in playlist Mozart Piano Concertos
I'm here because I'm trying to study.They say classical works best...
MerxXxiILe 1 month ago in playlist Mozart Piano Concertos
I like rap but this stuff is so calming I love it, an excellent study aid
SahrT1 1 month ago in playlist Mozart Piano Concertos
I was dying -- on the slippery slope to hell.
A UPS driver made a stop just as I passed by.
He was playing classical music on his radio.
As he got out we both just stood for a minute in awe.
Classical music breathed life into me once again -as I'm sure it did for him too.
timeisagreatteacher 1 month ago
Ugh, so much elitism...
studioworks1990 2 months ago in playlist Mozart Piano Concertos
@studioworks1990 you can always play it in your rugged jeans without feeling elit
anupamdixit 1 month ago in playlist Mozart Piano Concertos
@anupamdixit I was talking about the comments, not the video.
studioworks1990 1 month ago
@studioworks1990 sad that's how you interpret it. we're just finding joy in something we like. nothing more.
suitabledude 4 weeks ago
45 people had no business looking at (or intelligence to comprehend the beauty of) this video, go back and watch the Katy Perry vids
omniwarrior1980 2 months ago
All I can say is this is incredibly, nearly impossible to play. you should try before comparing it other music - it's like comparing chess to noughts and crosses - sure both are fun, and ALL music is fun if you're into it - but THIS requires a life time of effort - seen Mitzuko four times (first way back in 1986) and she is without a doubt one of the very very very best at Mozart - her control and time keeping are exemplary - OK now back to your argument over music styles.......
beintelegant 2 months ago
danke schoen!!
yusukeundisolde 2 months ago
As someone who doesn't get "hip hop" and "modern" music, sometimes I see the behaviour of those artists a bit "odd" on stage - After listening (and watching) this video, I understand how a hip-hop loving dude might also see the behaviour of these artists as slightly odd ... long live art, whatever it might mean to you! (as long as it doesn't mean taking pictures of underage kids)
Byron10301 3 months ago in playlist Classical
perfect for piano lovers
MrNjajay 3 months ago
Who, on the face of the planet, could dislike this? *gasp
KingsStrokesParty 4 months ago 10
@KingsStrokesParty I agree. They must not be human beings. I am relatively new to classical music but I can tell when a piece of music has feeling and emotion, brilliant.
mgbronner 1 week ago
imba facial expressions! truly feels the presence of music on mituko's mind and heart!
jUsxZtin3tiiex32 4 months ago
Mitsuko Uchida lives in music. It is great!
LPmusic123 4 months ago 2
imba
jUsxZtin3tiiex32 4 months ago
I love this performance! What a gift she has to be able to identify the elements within the piece that give it its own distinct personality and logic and to execute them with such ease and grace. I feel like she is completely engaged bringing the music to life.
jfbim3 4 months ago
i still think its amazing that mozart would have not only wrote this...but conducted the orchestra and performed it.....he left a great gift to mankind......and sadly he ends up in a paupers grave......life is really strange.....but the music lives on which is a blessing huh
poplife123 4 months ago 2
I prefer Murray Perahia's more muscular approach to this concerto, just sayin'.
8333P 4 months ago
FUCKING LOL at the facial expressions. But seriously, great music.
Metallideth1993 4 months ago
@Metallideth1993 Death metal "musicians" make even funnier expressions! This I can see since I only block my ears and not my eyes when I make attempts to appreciate that particular genre of music.
aortablue 1 month ago
@aortablue hmmm, you wrote the word, "musicians" in speech marks. You're a cunt.
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@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
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@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
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@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
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@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
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@Metallideth1993 Oh good! I was hoping you'd notice! And wow, it's true what they say about 18 yr olds. It's okay. One day you will be able to express yourself without a simpleton vocabulary, shouting etc. Merry Christmas!
aortablue 1 month ago
where was that performance be hold ? the place is very grand.
2427emily 5 months ago in playlist Mozart Piano Concertos
Uchida lives music. She becomes every note and really makes it sparkle like never before! Find me a better Mozart pianist and I will be very, very surprised...
chobeethaninov 5 months ago 2
Why are you having a go at thethikboy, you should be directing your comments at the other person. He wasn't angry or abusive the other person was clearly acting like a petty moron (ie small minded and childlike manner). Perhaps I should book my counselling with you right now "trulynot", of course my response to that would be, truly not!
diator 5 months ago
AWESOME!!
meri1205 5 months ago
super, bravo
rossini9mozart10 6 months ago
HAHAHAAHAHAHAAHA im laughing so hard at the conductor!!! he looks like Igor
YEEEESSSSSS MAASTER
CziffraTheThird 6 months ago
@CziffraTheThird
What a petty moron you are when there is exquisite music being performed.
thethikboy 6 months ago
@thethikboy get some counseling angry abusive person, lols.
trulynot 6 months ago
@trulynot instead of playin psychologist - Look at what I was responding to - a petty childness asshole making fun of the conductor when a beautiful piece of music is playing. That's the person that need help.
thethikboy 6 months ago
@thethikboy Lols ease up on the abuse and get some counseling...it looks like you are just trying to save face with an explanation/rant.
trulynot 5 months ago
@trulynot
Yah I'll get normal and laugh at disabled music conductors. I'll do my best to shrink my deranged mind to that pea size. LOL. At least you'll let that pass.
thethikboy 5 months ago
@thethikboy You can keep trying to save face or you can realise that you acted unethically and uncivilised and probably didnt teach the person anything. You lashed out because you are angry - get counseling :)
trulynot 5 months ago
@CziffraTheThird - come back here when you're an adult
1980NewWave 5 months ago
@CziffraTheThird
The conductor has a back problem, I researched about him. You shouldn't make fun of him. He's very good at what he does, conducting.
Lawrencelovespiano 5 months ago
the conductor: a funny guy, but OUTSTANDING performance
joao977 6 months ago
the conductor: a funny guy, but OUTSTANDING perfoRmance
joao977 6 months ago
Passion produces inspiration, and is this not inspiring?
cellofingers 6 months ago
@cellofingers yeah, most if not ALL my classes are made hearing Mozart's work =)
joao977 6 months ago
Are any of the musicians actually watching that conductor?!
teapotextravaganza 6 months ago
@teapotextravaganza a funney guy
joao977 6 months ago
wonderfull
kuntant1 6 months ago
These Musicians have so much passion playing Mozart's piece.
unlegend8 6 months ago in playlist MOZART PLAYLIST
awesome
auspicious99 7 months ago
why is this the "old man" concerto
Mizzles240 7 months ago
stunning performance! Uchida is my favorite person to listen to when it comes to Mozart's music. How could 40 people dislike such a performance?
musicguy904 7 months ago 2
Mozart made funny faces too.
Keramugl 7 months ago
folks, why do you have to look? Just close your eyes and listen to the music.
Rahetor2 7 months ago
listen while high. Feel like tom & jerry
Tyrell1311 7 months ago
thanks for the background info. very informative!
Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy"
MrAmadeusIII 7 months ago
I like rap, hip-hop, techno and metal... AND this... classical music is excellent! lol
Konamtbdjc1k 8 months ago in playlist MOZART PLAYLIST 16
Wow, Mitsuko's performance brings tears to my ears! Nothing against the orchestra, but she's really in another plane of existence, almost like she's channeling the dead. Incredible score, too! Beethoven must have considered Mozart's concerto structure the perfect foundation for his own - they have a lot of similarities...
OrderlyRoom 8 months ago
I cannot fully express how this music touches the deepest recesses of my soul!!! It is so profoundly spiritual. Mozart was definitely a genius of music. Mitsuko truly brings it alive for us mortals. Wish I could attend one of her performances live.
Cybelle2006 8 months ago
that would be funny if the conductor was just some traffic stop guy! no, good stuff.
JmillMoreno 8 months ago
@nequillim mozart is a composer not a performer...
SpartanZip10 8 months ago in playlist MOZART PLAYLIST
@SpartanZip10 Actually, Mozart did perform. :-)
Montyleeny14 8 months ago
@SpartanZip10 actually Mozart was a performer, he was directing and playing in all his piano concerti. and he played the viola on his quintets =)
manuelspcool 7 months ago
9:19-9:32 this must be time travel
kwastormayt 8 months ago
I wish there were videos of her playing all the Mozart piano concertos. she's just so fun to watch - flawless, passionate, intense
MrAmadeusIII 8 months ago
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this is so shitty!!!! clasical musik suks balls, this is definatly some nice studff for what it is but bieber and lady gaga are so much better!!!!! at least they can dance and sing!!
canyoueatme24 9 months ago
@canyoueatme24 One thing I do when I want to look for answers is turn to history. And, odds are Biebers mediocre sound will be long forgotten while Mozarts legacy will still be referenced to aspiring musicians. Gaga blatantly ripping off Madonna seems to contribute to her fading hype as well. Utilize the internet and do some research on a subject before you advertise your lack of intelligence and destroy what little hope in mankinds evolutionary progression I have left.
lolitztoeknee 8 months ago in playlist MOZART PLAYLIST 10
@lolitztoeknee It's sad that from these origins spawned modern pop. It's bile-rising. Classical is closer to the fundamental tenets of musical understanding inherent in human nature than any other facet of musical expression.
Hits, sales, and subscriptions are democratic carving-tools of modern beauty. Truth by popular determination. With Lady GaGa in such demand, its no surprise kids are being taught astrology controls the weather, or that evolution is an unproven theory. Mozart is laughing.
o0xemas0o 2 months ago
@o0xemas0o Its as if pervasive attitudes of willful ignorance are manufactured to keep the public entertained at the cost of their eroding intelligence. Greed has provided the landscape for marketing our stupidity. It's resonate of a complacent, self destructive public. A time bomb thats more destructive than any bomb we'll ever construct. Classical is algabraic in its intricacy wheras crap today is banal arithmatic. And, It's easier to add and subtract than to quantify harmony such as this.
lolitztoeknee 2 months ago
@nequillim Lol, nice job, troll. Now go back to your little cave and leave us intelligent folks alone.
BenGabbay 9 months ago 3
@nequillim LMAO. Oh, my goodness! You've got to be kidding, right?
MegaYada 9 months ago
Cecille Licad could have shown us much better version of facial expression
MrRobertobobby45 9 months ago
hahah the conductor is fat!XD
L3thalShad0ws7 9 months ago
@canzonaserenata i am here for the music. i think Mitsuko Uchida is incredibly talented. i don''t care one way or another what she does with her face while she plays, her playing is exquisite. i too love opera and also really don't give a damn what people look while engaged in producing their art. i know i can't produce that kind of amazing sound with my voice or on a piano. so to all you face contorting musicians out there, my hat's off to you!! Thanks for making my ears so very happy!!! (:
NaoEW 9 months ago
@NaoEW I agree with everyone, I think. On one hand, yes, the music is astounding, and Uchida is, by far, the best player of Mozart I have ever heard. On the other hand, the facial expressions do become very distracting from the music she is playing. In a concert, you want to hear the music, not have your eyes constantly drawn towards the orgasmic gestures being made by the pianist. To be fair, Uchida is not excessive in it; I cannot, however, even bear to watch pianists like Lang Lang perform :p
BenGabbay 9 months ago
I doubt this concerto can be played any better at all. Immaculate. A hundred thanks for uploading one of the best videos on YouTube. :) Shame it has only 1 million views.
BenGabbay 9 months ago
It is sad that some of the lowest comments come from people living in the more advanced country in the world. I think this is the price of lowering the budget in education. I feel sorry for your society. Freedom of speech but only if you have an I.Q. of over 90. Otherwise, limit yourself to be a nothing.
FernanditoFM 10 months ago
ChunkyCharlex you have truly missed the point. If that's all you can focus on when you hear genius like this you are clearly listening to music out of your league. You might want to set your ears on some Clear Channel FM radio, maybe a little Brittney Spears or Justin Beber would be more your type.
NaoEW 10 months ago
@NaoEW
read ChunkyCharlex comment and see that he's not into Bieber but is a huge opera fan. He's rightly addressing the visual aesthetics of a musical performance. I agree with him that this lady contradicts her obviously talented and musical piano playing with a rather ridiculous visual performance. Notice that that none of the equally musical members of the orchestra (or the conductor) pulls faces like she does.
canzonaserenata 9 months ago
Mitsuko Uchida and Jeffrey Tate - Certified Intergalactic! The best Jeunehomme!
Dogaradodia 10 months ago
GREAT! I LOVE THEM!
bevinbavacca 10 months ago
bravo!
incredible talent!
SqueezeMyLemonBabe 10 months ago 2
ANYONE that criticizes this level of talent....has infantile understanding of musical expression! The facial expression is part and parcel of the musical interpretation...one's body, mind and soul is interpreting this music. Why do tennis players grunt, groan???? Playing the most complex instrument with such exquisite undulations involves much more than the AVERAGE can process!
8Tibby8 10 months ago
She is no doubt greatly talented, but the facial expressions are something of a distraction. All the gurning and grimacing is slightly off-putting. I'm a huge opera fan, why do the great singers and players not "pull" these faces? It's purely a gimmick, like "guitar face". Something that should be parodied, not perpetuated. More "This Is Spinal Tap" than Marriage of Figaro.
ChunkyCharlex 10 months ago
@ChunkyCharlex
agree with you 100%, "face pulling" has unfortunately become part of the classical scene like the similar "guitar face" in rock. Many Asian pianists have adopted this approach - Lang Lang being the worst case. Quite remarkable because Asian culture strongly disapproves on losing face. The faces might be a conscious gimmick, or perhaps just bad habits that's escalated over the years. In the end it does look like a parody of emotional expression.
canzonaserenata 9 months ago
i started listening to this when i was becoming a sort of insomniac now i sleep well every night its just so peaceful i think im gonna go lie down *yawn*
smellybumfart 11 months ago
@nud22 "The comment and rating system was created to post one's thoughts about the song, not disrespect a musical master"
Contradiction much? Are you stupid bro? Must the posters' thoughts only be positive? Surely you are one of those people that dislike freedom of expression when someone is hating on what you like/love. What a sad and pathetic person you are.
ledahmikage 11 months ago
this is an example of dedication,
bringinsmexxiback101 11 months ago
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grantorinoProg 11 months ago
Mozart is soo hard to play musically, but Uchida simply becomes the music in a special way that's just extraordinary...
chobeethaninov 11 months ago
Hi anyone know the concerto (piano) from Wolfgang that is very dissonant and experimental as ive forgotten which one it is.
geisterbahn1 11 months ago
@geisterbahn1 if you find it please let me know also!
ocybin 11 months ago
Mitsuko Uchida is the reincarnation of Mozart...
manuelspcool 11 months ago 2
@manuelspcool well, that really can be true!
Rahetor2 7 months ago
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@manuelspcool "Mitsuko Uchida is the reincarnation of Mozart..."
I think so too!
Rahetor2 6 months ago
every note drips of liquid gold.
MusicismyheartXO 11 months ago
Ms. Uchida is such an intense, spirited, fun performer. Enchanted and entrancing she is. Brava!
Anonnynonny 11 months ago
The conductor is one lovely looking man
pensessedecouleur1 11 months ago
This is clearly the facial expression of someone having a musigasm.
auro1001 1 year ago 74
@auro1001 nitpicking but i believe the term is eargasm
hugeballs3000 10 months ago
@auro1001 That's some funny S*** right there.......true dat!
Jizmunky 7 months ago
@auro1001 That's some funny S*** right there.....true dat!
Jizmunky 7 months ago
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DKSpawn333 7 months ago
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@auro1001 clearly! and a great one aswell!
DKSpawn333 7 months ago
her devotion and love of her art is so inspiring
luvinlife2929 1 year ago
I dont think they know that they were video taped lol but i love the song anyway
lillyg95 1 year ago
@lillyg95 you must have the I.Q. of a dog poo.
FernanditoFM 10 months ago
Ooo, Steven King directing.
tobyeo 1 year ago
she is the best
OSOPOLAR4141 1 year ago
38 people were so mesmerized that they mistakenly hit "dislike"...
keekee1981 1 year ago 23
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW great Mozart!!!! Hats up up up! :)
amorediahmad 1 year ago
INDEED!
Benj888 1 year ago
She reminds me of the one from Greys Anatomy and no I don't watch that show but I have seen like 3 episodes lol
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago
holy trills :D ahaaa, that was beautiful. i loveee mozart
MegSecretAgent 1 year ago
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Holy trills!!!! I have got to use that one!!! That's just sick!
Lawrencelovespiano 1 year ago
Certified Intergalactic! Hail Mozart!
Dogaradodia 1 year ago
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mozart will never die!
btyremanable 1 year ago 2
mozart will never die!
btyremanable 1 year ago
she plays her music with a face that just reads "I love Mozart"
artsyash22 1 year ago
The conductor is fat. Beautifully played however
PianoBart958 1 year ago
@PianoBart958 fat people are the best conductors
Shanelololol 1 year ago 3
Her trills are PHENOMENAL
lifedoctor 1 year ago
the tempo fluctuates.
carlogesualdo25 1 year ago
I absolute love this graceful melodic style of Mozart and many of the Classic and Romantic composers, that's why I'm trying to inspire today's composers to forget the computer-generated stuff and return to this type of writing. I've just finished "Symphonic Variations After a Theme of Cesar Franck" for piano & orchestra written in the Romantic tradition; it is here on YouTube. Please have a listen and let me know if I'm setting a good or a bad example. All comments pos. or neg. welcome.
JoeTownley 1 year ago
I like this Mozart guy. He seems to be better than Justin Bieber etc...:D
Rahetor2 1 year ago 3
Great Mozart.
225gabi 1 year ago
i also have wached this most powerful movement and have respect and viel to say that the character and will, to subdue and to actualy listen to the thrid min into the sonata is superb the style of uchida in her own asain way of hove is to compaire to with sutch insight and passion, has done this concerto justice. futhermore quite masterful.
volkersvaugen 1 year ago
LOL
eaglesnfceast 1 year ago
Certified Intergalactic! Mozart "Jeunehomme" - Uchida/Tate Class IGBM*
The best in its class!
*IGBM (Inter-Galactic Ballistic MIssile) - a sonar projectile
Dogaradodia 1 year ago
See asians can be musical! and very musical indeed!
maxjamesorgans 1 year ago
wats the big deal about the director?! Ppl are obviously judging this video on something else other than good music :(
waterskating 1 year ago
I swear to God, I know that woman playing piano. Does anyone know her name??? She looks just like a teacher I had in the past.
ManOnFia 1 year ago
@ManOnFia isnt she in ER
RandyLahey911 1 year ago
@ManOnFia her name is featured together with the conductors, under the video window :-)
aemacintosh 1 year ago
Relax, Asians all look alike lol - her name is Uchida .... I'm guessing she is Japanese. So unless you lived in Japan before, the chances of her being your teacher are low, keeping in mind relatively low Japanese emmigration. Even in Canada, Japanese people are hard to find (but when you do find them, YOU JUMP THEM! coz they are freakin awesome!)
Byron10301 1 year ago
@Byron10301 Yes She is Japanese, but more Viener than Japanese, She was born in japan but study since has 14 in Viena, She can speak german, English, Japanese and is the most talented pianist of our time = )
manuelspcool 1 year ago
@manuelspcool indeed she is very talented! but undoubtedly t he greatest piano of our time is called Martha Argerich :) and I don't say this becuase I am also Argentinean... by the way perhaps the other musical talent that can dispute Argerich is Daniel Baremboin, also born in Buenos Aires :)
of course we can say all this now that the great Claudio Arrau sadly passed away.
anyway great concerto 9 from Mozart! probably his first masterpiece!
hernannews 1 year ago
@hernannews sabes no te lo niego Argerrich es de lo mejor pero tuvo su tiempo en los 80tas o 90tas lo gracioso con Uchida es que con los años se va poniendo mas talentosa y Argerrich todavia lo es pero esta como que dormida, como la describio Uchida en un entrevista en la cual dijo me encanta la tecnica de Argerrich que es como de un potro salvaje e indomable pero es una tecnica que no va conmigo. Uchida es mas perteneciente a una escuela vienesa pero esperemos que nos tiene sorpresas = )
manuelspcool 1 year ago
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i was excited when i saw the conductor. hes my favorite
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JoeTownley 1 year ago
Please thumbs up if you love the conductor - every single video I have seen from him conducting has been awesome
Byron10301 1 year ago 2
Thank you, it was complete honor to listen to this interpretation.
aomf58 1 year ago
does somebody know who wrote the cadenza that is performed here?
it sounds like Mozarts cadenza but I may be wrong
vkoracx 1 year ago
Boob!!! i just said boob but it shouldn't matter, you should be too entranced by this beautiful music to notice.
Good day sir! : )
italik13 1 year ago
Mitsuko uchida
She hates japan very much.
yoshinori31 1 year ago
@yoshinori31 the music critic of the Daily Telegraph described her recent concert in UK as a "decadal event " . Ie the the sort of performance you get once in ten years.He probably goes to several concerts a week. She is a genius. Nuff said.
tincoffin 1 year ago 2
I have to say I disagree with Alfred Brendel when he says a "wonder of the world," going so far as to assert that Mozart "did not surpass this piece in the later piano concertos." I prefer and the later piano concertos, especially no20, 21, 23 and 24 his style was much more refined by this time! and has more emotional depth
btyremanable 1 year ago
chida younger plays concert 9 with conductor and Doctor Britain Jaffrei Tate brilhant and divine!
ryvanoff 1 year ago
I never knew French Horns were in this Concerto! That just shows how wonderful Mozart is.
Lawrencelovespiano2 1 year ago
37 people were drunk while listening to this superb concerto!
The55555SSSSS 1 year ago
Pleasant feeling that flows into the power and ease of living.Beautiful music
pelageja23 1 year ago
Mozart and Beethoven were the greatest out of all the musical masters! Bach is good too, but M & B have to be the best! Such energy, emotional and pure genius! No one in my opinion could even come close!......Wonderful video and musicians! They capture Mozart's composition perfectly! :)
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RollingIppo 1 year ago
Mozart brings the best out in Uchida. I watched her play lots of other composers ,but Wolfgang and her are very close
geisterbahn1 1 year ago
Does she use ANY pedal? I wasn't too sure.
rladbwjdtl 1 year ago
@rladbwjdtl doesnt sound like it, the notes are drop very suddenly, but i couldnt be sure, im not an expert, good music nevertheless
S1CKDRIFT3R 1 year ago
What a gorgeous and incredible pianist!! Bravo!!
loctia1 1 year ago
She looks like she's having a perpetual orgasm
ColdDadaNothing 1 year ago
@ColdDadaNothing Women just love a nice, big, thick, Concerto!
maxkauf 1 year ago
@ColdDadaNothing why do people always talk about orgasms here?? please stfu
Lity10 1 year ago
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I would be orgasming too, if I had that brilliant interpretation unfolding beneath my fingers.
colourfulwithaU 1 year ago
look at the way she plays... so breathtaking and passionate. absolutely beautiful
hhollygolightly 1 year ago