Janne Mertanen plays Satie

[markmartinez717]

I want this video on my Stream phone.

[josepena1127]

Favorited you

[51kirsti]

Did you know the guy started his piano studies only after 10 years?

[51kirsti]

@51kirsti Actualle, at 12 years. He was a real Wunderkind.

[vulsinias]

En la cumbre... la perfección

[enzarufino]

sublime!!!veramente favoloso!!



[enzarufino]

sublime!!!

[LilBobbyWoodbucket]

Here’s the thing, some of Satie’s music has a haunting quality that is timeless and transcends nationality or perceived ethnicity. As such, it is open (and lends itself) to individual interpretation. Janne performed it masterfully. Let me guess, you are a teacher. … and you know what they say about those who teach…

[LilBobbyWoodbucket]

Hey there “jppmoorea” aka “super downer”. Wow, Satie is French…??? Thanks for clearing that up for us. Ya know, I had heard that his name at birth was “Alexander Satinopov” and that “Erik Satie” was just a stage name that his agent convinced him to adopt.

[jppmccrea]

What an awful interpretation.......the piece is French not Russian.!........(and easy on the rubato please).

[ThePro2004]

A little bit too fast for me..

[kaylashalaylaaaaa]

gosh, i love satie

[lovesGenet]

This music was in the film elegy.I thought it was a bartok folksong.Shocked to discover it's french and Satie. Wonderful here can't wait to hear him in my fave Chopin nocturne.Let's go see.

[aristopus]

Ever since Hippie days, I love the Gymnopedies. For me, it was a mood, a pace of life to life by. This music is best listened to with some mellow weed.

Laid back, that's what I'm talking about. It's taking all the rat race, speed and anxiety out of life.

This music is better for people who would rather go through life as a hippo, rather than a lion. Life is more relaxed and aquatic. Much better than the frantic predatory chase.

[samuelmichaud]

@aristopus Interesting expression. "Life is more relaxed and aquatic". Pleasant to read as I'm listening.

[dadautube]

excellent performance!

do play the piano, and a little Sati too but never expertly of course! however, i beleive i do understand and 'feel' Sati perfectly enough to bow to Janne Mertanen's perfect rendition of this great composer's work in here.

thx Janne Mertanen and thx Heavens for letting humanity enjoy the presence of the likes of you here on Earth, which makes life not only tolerable, but beautfiul too.

[Yeronimus77]

Satie is the best !!!

[flic71]

meraviglioso! Bravo e bello!

[Seinway]

GREAT VIDEO! wonderful played ! Thanks for sharing !

KRISTIN

[JuanPreciadoComala]

Romantic my ass. This is minimalism.

[realtwinlord]

@JuanPreciadoComala not sure he fits into a category.stravinsky said he was the oddest person he had ever known.debussy seemed keen.picasso too.died minimalistically though by all accounts.not before he attempted ballet.wot a guy.

[serjwill]

nice interpretation, very good!

Stop talking about to fast, to slow bla bla

get a live stupid idiots!

[MusicianStanKilkes]

I usually don't like piano or classical that much but 5 stars.this performance was almost macabre.

[DeusExKiran]

I think this is awesome, I've never seen someone place this piece before.

I love Satie's stuff so much that I learnt a few of his pieces on guitar.... if only I could play piano.

V_V

[XPJamieXD]

I have to agree that it's too fast.

[jazztime100]

Way too much rubato, which puts a pompous feel into the piece. I feel that even though these are emotional and eerie pieces, these aspects should be balanced with a touch of mischeviousness and wit that reflects the genius of Erik Satie, a sublime musical joker.

[Jitpring]

Precisely right. This is not romantic music.

[LOULouAi]

haunting lingering music...floating...atmospheric­...with a touch of middle eastern sound

[howitzerm777]

to fast

[Iggaaaa]

amazing playing.....he feels in his playing

[iamdabeat11]

Very Good

[lozafj]

bravo

[Spontanya]

bellisismo

[dijxtramt]

Impressive interpretation!!!

[lepel1236]

Satie is technically not very hard, so if you know how to play it you don't need the sheet music anymore. Playing without sheet music is better because then you'll listen much more to what you are playing in stead of watching your sheets. Just like Mertanen does.

[sweetmotash]

PRO! the best version on youtube!

[moerkelsnut]

Schön! And the Tempoi is not too fast! I like it. Bravo.

[robertgrassi]

légèrté

[dmolinah]

I´d love to get lots of music sheet from Satie and Debussy, can anyone tell where to find them (free off course, jeje)

[SilasJ]

Your local library ;)

No seriously, your local library, it's a lot nicer to have a sheetbook than some paper or a .pdf file

[Danijael88]

true that

[Randelissimo]

One of the things I'd like to do before I die is learn how to play this and play it...

[prettychocolat]

me also

[rachcoopers]

I've got this in my grade 6 exam book and it's not that hard. Although the cd you get with it seems like those quick notes shouldn't be played as quick as Mertanen plays them, but then I think Satie's music is open to interpretation.

[Randelissimo]

grade 6?! what age group is that...

[rachcoopers]

It's whatever age you are when you get to it? There are 8 grades and then I think it goes on to a diploma and then an honours. I myself am 21 but there are plenty of younger people who are grade 6 at least I'm sure.

[kipsgallery]

true...

[0blacone]

Is the grades the . 1-10 thiings? in difficulty?

[pietkippenkont]

One of the most beautiful pieces ever written. The very first note tears your soul open..

[CaddyCo]

What I love about Saties piece, and this man, they both are filled with such emotion. He feels the music. He's not just playing. LIke satie, when he wrote Gnossienne 1-6, he FELT it. Such power, such beautiful work. I'm in love.

[1956celticlady]

Brilliantly played. Satie's music is so full of emotion and Janne is so of this time great combination!!!

[tziganenumberone]

great

[Klangzauberer]

Look for interpretations by REINBERT DE LEEUW

[fritzfatale]

yea, got a cd from him. probably my favorite satie-interpreter

[Klangzauberer]

And I say it again: It's OVER-INTERPRETED

[1redbeard1]

The interesting thing is what the listener feels when he listen not some overall judgement that isnt needed. If you like it thats all cant see why people have to argue about if he is a genious or not.

[djalternegro]

satie's music is awesome. end of deeessscusseeeon ;-)

[jrzy12]

"many people find Satie peculiar and eerie, however brilliant. "

When many people agree on something (which in this case has not been proven)

they can still all be wrong.

"YOU are the one being judgmental here"

Nope you simply are one of the herd mentality who can't understand that Satie is not odd...saying he is is exactly what I said..judgementality.

"You do not have a monopoly on artistic expression. "

I never said that I do.

[marleymike2]

I love the gnossiennes compared to the Gynopedies but i think that his "Crooked danses" were even better and pieces such as Poudre d'or are amazing aswell. He was an underated genius. I love the way most of his pieces have a nice simplicity to them and yet have a haunting quality in them.

[microbiomaligno]

enigmatico satie

[BlindedTiger]

Erik Satie's music is unforgettable ... Janne Mertanen does it honer.

[chevychase]

Gorgeous. Bravo. Merci. Satie would be pleased.

[CLIFTIONIAN]

Such a huanting melody....exquiste!

[2Iryni]

i dont like the way he plays

sometimes hes to loud too fast...i dont

know why but somehow this doesnt really fit

[HOLLBIE]

WoW!!!Erik Satie was a Twisted Genius....his music sounds so simple and ODD but in a good way,sound so Atmospheric...vey envolving,this piece is much better than the Gymenopedie!!!

[jrzy12]

there is nothing odd about this music. that is your own judgementality at work.

[addcit420]

yeahhhhhhh.....

[Alasdair7]

No, jrzy12, YOU are the one being judgmental here. Musical appreciation is of course subjective, and many people find Satie peculiar and eerie, however brilliant. You do not have a monopoly on artistic expression.

[jazztime100]

the two cannot be compared. the gymnopaedie were specifically written to be background music. this is an eerie dance from a dark ancient city

[makes69]

Hey went same school with Janne in the 80´s Janne is little bit older than i. Yes this man can play.Goes straight to my favourites/playlist!!5/5*****

[bassistintherain]

Oh, so beautiful. I can't stop playing this over and over again. So expressive. It is even better because he is touched by his own music. Sigh...

[Mooggiee]

OMG FINALLY! Someone who can actually play the gnossiennes.

I've been searching Youtube and so far I've found 2: this one and Patrick Watson.

[JasonRadley]

What, you can't afford to buy a professional recording?

[salemrush]

Bravissimo!

Are you a serial killer?

Just kidding!

Salem

[betelgeuse59]

Très bonne interprétation ,beaucoup de sensibilité ,,une grande limpidité .Satie n'est pas si simple à interpréter qu'on ne croit !

[carlotta8]

ma version preferee,merci

[Katholenboy]

samtweich

[polikaze]

wow, his eyebrows are very expressive

[evakkosiili]

I played this some time ago. It was fun to read because it doesn't have bars! I was once in a concert where Mertanen played Chopin but I wasn't impressed...

[ffafoutis]

can anyone tell me where can i find the gnossienne no1 played by this dude.? He is good ,good feeling

[mirabelle42]

Ich bin auch sprachlos. Es ist viel zu schön!!

[zanzaboonda]

(speechless)...

[sinnolosis]

there does not exist a perfect versoin... my god...

[meejanski]

how can it be played perfectly? a lot is left to be interpreted, and the way its played is up to the preformers themselves.

[OnefortheVine]

perfectly played.

[heihache1983]

where i can find this one he is payin and what genere exactly is this one,,,,i do have the one with a space vioce mix classic genere but not like he is playing

[Elendil963]

This is not "genre". It's how it should be played. It's the original version. As Erik Satie once wrote it.

[Jhurrr]

I love it, impresionant.

This  music is perfect for relax

[britmanuk]

great

[WilliamSmilliam]

Getting into it a bit too much i'd say. Well played. but still. looks like he's having a 2 minute orgasm.

[darock420]

How about I have a two minute orgasm on your face? Who gives a fuck about what he looks like while he's playing? Simple people like you, that's who. It is a fucking beautiful piece of music, and you're worrying about how he looks? Wow...

[vivAncia]

The misterious and evanescence of Satie´s music is very well expressed in this Mertanen´s beautiful execution. A perfect sense of balance and introspection...

[robertodedomenico]

yes...

[abrofl]

i played this song at one of my piano recitals. i pretty much rocked the joint. im not gunna lie. this song is off the hook. if only my pedal on my piano didnt squeek, and wasnt so noticable i would post a video.

[ryudo14]

je crois que meme si la musique de satie semble simple, tout se trouve dans l'interpretation, je trouve que l'interprete réussi bien a rendre le caractere douloureux de la piece. les indications que satie écrivait sur ses partitions étaient sujettes a controverse. (chantant comme un oiseau égorgé) disait-il dans les gymnopédies. le caractere hypnotisant se retrouve facilement dans les pieces de satie car on peut l'associer comme un des précurseurs du minimalisme musical.

[tybalbulba]

c'est evidemment un bon pianist mais son interpretation de ce morceaux n'est pas convaincante car bien trop emotive et maniérée !la musique de satie se doit d'avoir un aspect repetitif comme hypnotisant(en particulier pour les gnossiennes)comme une priere lente ce qu'essaie manifestement d'eviter cet interprete...l'apparente simplicité de la musique de satie lui echappe et il nous pond tout un tas de variantes emotionnelles dans son jeu alors que seule la partition s'en charge parfaitement..

[alexandergreenb]

I'm not sure that applies to this piece, however. The repetitive aspect isn't lost on the audience, but there's also a highly expressive element.

[santazma]

I would like to meet this guy, definitly :)

Hey Janne if you see this,I would be happy if you maybe try to contact me :) I also play the piano, and I would like to know where do you come from ...

Your playing touches the deepest spot inside of my mind, you melted down entire me...

[bonecakabukidoll]

bela interpretacao

obrigado pelo homenagem a erik satie!

[sshuck]

It's hard to play the piano. This guy is good at playing the piano. All the haters and snobs can go soak.

[jonysatie]

gnossiene number 7 is also emotial.

[jasonfreak89]

whats number 7.. i though there were only 6 gnossiennes..

[rluijk]

me too, but i found number seven after hearing it in Amsterdam. It is of the same publisher, Salabert. But not in the album that says it has all Saties music scores. It is published by Salabert aswell. I just realize I dont even know you are playing the piano, but finding a recording of the seventh Gonessiennes will be a big problem i guess.

[rluijk]

Sorry, it will not be a big problem to find a recording of the 7th Gnossienne.

[paddywic]

As it should be, emotion in every note. If you listen to others on youtube, it can be seen how many people lose the emotion of the piece in the cadence.

[4444cyf]

que maravilla oir a satie, es ua músuca maravillosa y el interprete lo hace muy bien. gracias por el video.

[snapson101]

hey dude, that was awesome, i could listen to it all day....

[smontane10]

Lo mejor de Satie en YouTube

[stephenc251]

fabulous :)

[fridanordenberg]

the best piece by satie!!!

[fridanordenberg]

I think so anyway, but hey, everyone's got his own opinion...

[carbondabest]

lol yeah... but 3 months from when i posted tht. Weird..

[vnsn72]

Beautiful and magic Sound!!! Exotic

[santibanqui]

sexiest pianist I ever saw, play that on me!

[forestfamilies]

he plays it just a little bit too fast. in my opinion

[musichuqui]

excelente sentimiento para tocarla

[doha13]

it's so fantastic:)

[tsinaip69]

Best Satie in YouTube!

[Klangzauberer]

over-interpreted

[davevontexas]

Klanzauberer, you are so right it hurts. So far I've only heard Aldo Ciccolini and Allesandra Celleti get this right. Maybe only Italians are capable of playing Satie? Dunno. High five.

[procyoncmi]

I agree. But it was still a very good performance.  Satie is meant to be simple.

[incrediblub]

Definitely over-interpretated

[Diablatar]

I just love to listen him always. I had luck to work with him 4 years and I just love to work with him. I hope that we can work together again soon, in here Spain or then when I come back to Finland. Thanks for those years Janne. It was huge pleasure to work with you. Toivottavasti saadaan tehdä ne Chopin'n laulut yhdessä.

[damageinc24]

scrumtralescent

[marco054]

the best I've heard. tnx for uploading

[Utubesuxmycock]

bad ass

its my favorite gnosienne

[ModestoMuniz]

great....love this version...