Sarah Chang - Part 2 of Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy

[james94101]

How a  amazing violin player

[serlinluv]

I wanna say in my language (Indonesian) : "Kamu Luar Biasa"...You are Great!!

[99ViolaMaster]

w.o.w. she is soo good

[btan04]

I prefer this version to her debut album version, anyone agree?

[btan04]

Now she is a prodigy!!!

[Benj888]

Best Ending EVER!

[DesiFuyuko]

One day I want to play this song, Seems so hard to play! Maybe is not so, who knows? haha better try: if never try, never do.

[koooraman]

Wow, she was amazing, it is funny how she played Carmen Fantasy better as a kid than when she grew up, watch her later concerts. I love this piece and Sarah Chang played it amazingly. Thank you for bringing such joy to our eyes and ears

[punkviolin1]

@koooraman yeah, it's so strange...try search Esther Kim, Sarasate Zapateado, she was better as a kid then now haha...maybe is that case with all "wunderkinds"...

[jd7x7jd]

@wooo341 um - erm - i wasn't trying to sound anything mr or mrs wooo341. i do feel for kids and the grim stuff they have to go through in the name of "education". i guess one would have to ask Sarah herself if she thought her childhood was a good one or not. :-)

[hero123123123]

midori is much much better than her

[hmblah]

@hero123123123 Well, duh. Midori has more experience, and is older than Sarah. And Sarah is only ten years old here, while Midori was older than her in the concert she played in for this exact music. Don't get me wrong, Midori is amazing, but this is Sarah's video, so don't flame it just because you don't like it. Don't like, don't watch.

[roopeehoox]

0_0

[jd7x7jd]

@wooo341 yes it could hardly be healthier. if the rest of the children in the world were running around climbing trees and enjoying life maybe that would be even better, but compared with spending your life stuck behind a desk learning useless facts or staring at a computer screen, a childhood like Sarah Chang's was a fortunate one.

[intervalkid]

The more violin concerto's I listen to the more I realize that my favorite violin concerto:Prokofiev's 1st is practically a collage of rip offs. It is stupendously clear that he ripped this off as well as Paganini.

Bummer. When I first heard it I thought it was so original and interesting.

It's still interesting.

[justinestalksu]

i can't get enough of listening to this!!!!!! even without knowing the fact she's only 10 years old, this is amazing.

[heytoka]

Bravo!

[edtskyline]

O.O!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!

[Carb0nDioxide]

Prodigy!

[andrelampardster]

Fenômeno.

[kavatr]

THis is great video. Thanks for sharing.

I love this version a lot more than the new one. It sounds too much commercial nowaday

[lovemetu]

Absolutely impossible for a 10 year old to play like that ? Miss Sarah Chang are you a mortal or goddess !! Wonderfull performance of Sarasates Carmen Fantasy ,nobody does it better than Sarah !!

[agarose2000]

Sara Chang nearly made me quit playing violin when I saw her at Juilliard. She was a good deal younger than me, and could play circles around everyone on non full-size violin.

[hmmanna]

She is so young! what age is she?

and what size is her violin in this one?

[EnvyPerse]

she was ten here. that's her 1/4 size violin

[hmmanna]

@EnvyPerse oh seriously? i thought it must be at least 3/4 or 1/2

[EnvyPerse]

mmm.. no. it's her 1/4. She is a very small lady even now in her prime. so, when she was 10 years old, she's really tiny... hehehe

[Violingeek24]

@EnvyPerse look at the video Introduction & Tempio di minuetto! it says she playiing a 1/2 violin.

[Violingeek24]

@hmmanna it is a 1/2 violin :) look at the other videos and it tells you!!

[KellyYiu37]

My friend is twelve years old and she played this song since she was 11!!!

[dakinespam145]

My hair stood on end, watching and listening to Sarah's intereptation of

Carmen Fantasy! Only 10 years old

at the time, she''s a prodigy and gifted.

Beautifully played!

[kazem95]

no sweetie!!! SHES ONE OF A TRILLION! YUMMY!!!

[pauhsi]

太離譜了 這才幾歲阿...

怎麼有如此無懈可擊之神技

fantastic

[MeshiX3]

Wow, she's so good! I remember seeing this when I was younger. She's the one who made me want to play violin.

[lucrezia690]

wow.. è fantastica, è un vero talento con la T maiuscola!! bravissima, sorprendente, incredibile, impeccabile nel suono.. divina!!!!

[kcgenius]

such small hands

[rumblmuck]

Fabulous!!! 100% Genius!!! Must see her someday live!!!

[lovemetu]

To Rumblmuck ......No wrong 110% Genius ...hehehe ,yes absolute genius ,such a wonderfull,beautifull unspoilt genius of a woman ,I adore her,she is playing live at the barbican in february london,hope to see her then ,Shall we start a Sarah Chang appreciation fan site for her ? Must be one already I suppose ,For me she is the most entertaining and finest violinist in the world at the moment

[rumblmuck]

hello ...., in the meantime I figured Kyung Wha Chung was better (but semi-retired now) and today there are others who are really great , like Hilary Hahn, and I also miss some more challenging pieces in Chang's repertoire, but anyway ... I want so see her someday live.

[noboundariez]

mind blowing..she's one of billion!

[kubeen81]

@noboundariez I'd say one in 6 billion

[kubu79]

she improved the tempo and the legato in the years that came until today. Now she plays this piece in absolute perfection.

[joparkeruk]

I saw her live last night, she still looks EXACTLY THE SAME whilst playing, same moves, same expressions, she just has a grown up woman body now but all else is the same! she's so cute and a joy to listen to

[mcaj29]

i love how she plays xD she's just super duper good! bravo!

[yoyokims1]

진짜 소름끼친다..

amazing...

[mimianacoco]

Wow......

[eidi2000]

genius......

[Bene8989]

simply unbelievable...

[cw6391]

this is so freaking amazing. i play viola, but she makes me want to choose violin as a secondary, if jsut to play this

[hahajenlee]

she really is amazingn im gonna see her today :D

[sibelvio1]

the ending...... oh. my god.

[Tejo32]

La mejor pieza que se haya escrito para el violin

[enzofabioarcangeli]

yes, it might be so: even if I think this a transcription of the vocal part, as far as the orgnal Opera is concerned

[petertheknotter]

shes fab too...really!

[sarevilo31]

I love the part from 1:54 to the end. She is AMAZINGx10000000. I love her playing.

[petertheknotter]

you could enjoy also ver by: Itzhak Perlman abfab!!

[gosamer1]

I'm so impressed!

[tchaik4life]

how does someone so young play so well?

while other children played at the park, sarah practiced her violin.

[kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo]

totally true

[5600167]

she looks so cute.

how was she when she played this? and when was it?

[NaomiGigi]

My god! How old is she in this video? She plays like a grown up! A veeeery god grown up^^ yaymyangel, you're totally right!

[yaymyangel]

SHE IS AMAZING!

[xXJohnnymac16Xx]

Sarah Chang is by far one of the best players I heard in my life. Regardless to age, she is phenomenal. To me she ranks up there with Itzhak and Jascha. Bravo Sarah!! :)

[Johnoooh]

absolute perfection .

my skin is still tingling

[MyMemories19]

The piano player acts like what he did what exhausting. haha, the way he places his right hand on his stomach and sighs.

[leonengard]

HA, HA, HA!!!!

You are wright!!!!

[violatione]

Don't hate on Sarah! She'll still piss on all but a handfull of players.

[ilikeviolin08]

lol i love how you say she'll still piss on all but a hand-full!!!

its so correct! and people should stop saying she was better when she was young because its prob. the fact she was so young that made her seem so good! she just stayed relatively the same....

lol she'll piss on players~ HAHAHAHAHA

[gurtrudelim]

In sRGB, the color is just right.

In Wide-Gamut mode, the color is even more vivid.

[gurtrudelim]

This is sRGB version of Sarah...

She has become a Wide-Gamut version...

if you know what i mean...

[mtava002]

Wow. wtf awesome.

[hadrianfour]

Absolutely delightful. Perfect command of the instrument.

[danielwowman]

shes kind good

[violinmaster12]

u mean extremely goodd

[TheSakeOfGod]

This sounds SOOO close to her EMI recording at her age. I find myself looking for the SLIGHT tonal differences it's so close.

[romanpr1nce]

she's amazing regardless of her age. i don't care if she's a fetus playing Mozart with her gums, her age is irrelevant to me. i wish i could play this good.

[makuletboy]

Amen dude....

^_^

[youngmindedman]

@romanpr1nce i wish that i could play an instrument.

[BlueMoonLightDreams]

@youngmindedman i wish i can marry her :'(

[james94101]

好好聽的天籟美聲阿

[cchamp27]

WOW AMAZING

[amyz98]

you ROCK!!!!

UR AWESOME!

[wilhelminas]

Brilliant! Incredible! Bravo! Thank you so much for the upload! This is a gem!

[theodora2005]

she was 10 when she played this.

[bubblykings]

sure you're better... what sarcasm... Sarah is a virtuoso

[kouv1]

Yeah right dude I want to hear you prove that.

[theodora2005]

omg... sarah is truly amazing. look at the spiccato. I cant do that like forever.

[ecaliz]

Wat the f#%* is wrong with U A#%!!!!!

This is the most amazing thing I ever saw!

SHE'S TEN!!!

[jepdez]

i can't believe she got to play on a 3/4 size del gesu it's not fair lol

[violinlsn]

type in " Gil Shaham - Sarasate Carmen Fantasy part II" if you want to hear this by Gil Shaham!

[xduckx]

can she play like..

ANYTHING?

[gymmigirl]

around 2:00....omfg those double stops were AMAZING.

[jepdez]

word

[thukulz]

amazing

[ffggyb123]

PRODIGYY.

[aprilkupril828]

what a talented girl

[milstein91]

not to much emotion that s how i like it with cotrol from your brain

[manaphylover902]

she's my favorite violinist I have heard so far!!! Everyone has different interpertations but I think her's show alot of passion.

[lizabeth826]

geeeeeeeeeeenius.

[mr00aznkid]

I think around 3:48 and further her bow is gonna make a fire with a bow. Geez, that violin is moving crazy.

[jin12345678]

I like this better than her later performances

[andiejanefisher]

Thirds to die for!

[AznxPozer]

oh burn

[EilinenEnnustus]

Maybe not perfect, but at the age of 10 not required to master violin flawlessly. And  she's so far above the average that these mistakes make it only sound even more amazing... One would otherwise think that violin is an easy instrument.

[ffggyb123]

jelous much?

[kouv1]

I want to see you do better.

[TheSlowRiders]

shes a little fiesty!!!!

[sleepyjl]

Amazing, made all the more so by the fact that this was a live concert. Impeccable technique.

[DepressedAnimeAddict]

I really liked this piece. She's played it really well.

[ickyvic]

she's a child prodigy....i envy her...i wish i was that good....

[FIFAfutbol828]

She was obviously not supposed to be this good, she was only forced by her parents.

[clevercleverchris]

what's your problem? you're just jealous :P

[bobeyun]

there is a level which could never be touched by any average person. forced by her parents?

i know some people who are really forced by their parents to practice, but just with forced practice, it's not able to play like her! N i notice even in this vid that she's enjoying to play violin idiot!!

[shirusubemonaku]

no, ur wrong... she was forced to practise. People can do extraordinary things out of fear. Wit a lot of canning and punishments, it forced her to be this good. These are the essentials steps required to train a prodigy

[xxxKeyToTheLight]

It can be clearly seen that Sarah Chang does indeed enjoy playing her violin; for herself and for others who enjoy the hobby also. She was never forced into this. She chose this HERSELF. If you've actually seen this whole video of the England concert and the interview with her parents, you'll realize how moronic and ignorant you look. A person chained by fears would never look so proud and happy as Sarah is now. Get over it, you jealous idiot.And learn how to use proper English, while you're it.

[jaxwm]

the chances are that her parents would have had a huge influence with her music career,being musicians themselves..i suggest you dont say that you can see she wasnt forced..she wouldnt be doing it still then would she?! i even heard that her parents used to put a brace on her when she was very young to try and stop her growing too quickly.shows the determination!but clearly shes fantastic, even though i feel she was better off in her youth...no matter how she did it.

[arschgrauviolett]

look, today she's a proud popular violinist, that's the proof that she played for herself all along, otherwise she'd broken in long ago, especially as a non-prodigy, but she hadn't!!

[lilly763]

What is it with jealous people dismissing talented children as having been "forced"? Why is it so hard to accept that some people are naturally endowed with extraordinary talent? Anyone can see that she is fully immersed in the music. She even says in the beginning (part 1) that she likes playing Carmen.

[xxxKeyToTheLight]

MY. GOD.

When will the envious morons in this world get over it? I suppose never. Please, do shut up. For the good and sanity of us all. And what do you mean 'not supposed to be this good'? Sarah deserves fame more than most people in the world, including you. She chose to practice arduously herself and it paid off for her in the end.

[oxoneman]

She was ten at this time.

Still the one.

[bountyhanz]

i like her expression of this song and she's reali indded good.

[oboeinhye]

she is 9 year old in the video when she had her first debut with New york phil

[raikuketsu]

that was great..!

[dxhaloxc]

i cant believe she gets the little mordent in at teh arpeggio runs those are hard to spit in there if ur going fast enough.

[PeterChang0414]

i know,

i tried it and it's hard to get it right.

90% of the violinists don't do the grace notes though

[faldi31]

très belle interprétation malgré le jeune age de cette fillette !!! félicitations

[jghamm]

and the violin, even at this size, sounds very well!!!

[nikomaster12]

Is the best interpretation I ever heard about this master piece, this video is 8 years old.

[wxyj]

18 years.. i think.

[pinktulip21009]

Nope, eight sounds about right.

[pinktulip21009]

On second thought, maybe not. But definitely not 18, much younger than that.

[gurtrudelim]

She was just 10.

[lolcello]

age 14 to 15 for most (97 percent) asian

[pianist7137]

I agree with silvion, but this girl certainly has a great talent!! Very few people are able to play so perfectly at her age.

[silvion]

perlman owns her and gil. I like tham all, but carmen fantsay belongs to perlman.

[tennisballer17]

STRONGLY agree...then comes chang, then gil

[duhhh86]

hellooo...u forget that this vid shows her at such a young age...

[silvion]

I'm not particularly referring to this video. I mean in general. I like her playing other pieces pver perlman and gil, etc. But this one is perlman in my opinion. I wish Maxim Vengerov played the sarasate version.

[tennisballer17]

therez another video on youtube of her playing this when shez an adult...its great, but perlmans is still much better

[dcpotomac20850]

A beautiful gift to mankind.

[zalwata]

godlike at that age, she's alreayd better than gil in this age

[JayBlue111]

i don't think she's better than gil. sorry. although she's a beautiful girl and her performance is spectacular, i think you're being blinded too much by her young age. and not giving mr. shaham enough credit where credit's due.

[cageynerd]

you the Avery Fisher career grant... which is different from the Prize. The Prize was won by her Nadia and Pamela Frank, years later.

[CcCharlesW]

anyone have the music sheet for this?

[Ncunningham]

It's in public domain. Wikipedia has it in their archives.

[koshuman]

This is the performance in the year of 1992,when she received the Avery Fisher Prize at the same year.

[pcchye]

I am speechless....everything just perfect n unbelievable...close your eyes and listen....if awesome has a definition, this is it ! Anyone out there has more of her early days video recordings ? Please put it up !

[gregoris54]

beautiful..girl

[liubete101]

awsommm!!! she is sooo coollll!!!! meu deus do ceu!!! ela e muito bom!!!!

[Vitafivehundred]

I can feel the goosebumps because she plays so well when I was hearing the last part '0'

I wanna play this song! ㄱ-

[Vitafivehundred]

you can't download free :o

[shosta18]

Meu Deus Do Céu!

[oOIchigoVodkaOo]

i'm searching the sheets for this piece

if anybody knows where i can download them free please contact me ;__;

[mariatogan]

don t know a page u can download them. but they r not that expensive so go and buy it as everyone!

Sarah Chang is AMAZING!!

[parvazzzzz]

oh my god!!!

[koreanjeenyus]

10 out of 10 ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TECHNIQUE.

[CcCharlesW]

anyone have the music sheet for this song? I'd really love to have this. This girl is my hero!

[CcCharlesW]

Bravo!

[Loraspectora94]

She's so talented and plays with such emotion. She is one of the best young violinists I have seen in quite a while

[liubete101]

she's amazing!! 0_o

[klongiklongi]

great talent!

[JohnShinViolinist]

Perfect. Expressive, Great quality of sound!

10/10/10!!!

Bravo!

[hannaremnant]

I'm awed by the facuilty of her fingers and bow-playing