Liszt La Campanella by George Li (13 yr)

[giuseppe76761]

ha ancra molti problemi ma ci riuscira'perche0ha molto talento per la sua eta'

[Robbie0Music0Critic]

George, your ability is so far ahead of your age, I really don't think you will ever be able to catch up with yourself!! Love it!!

[Vesivian]

lol the new lang lang

[thejesusfreak919]

@Vesivian

Even better.

[dragondeathangel]

he's freaking amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

[timurgran]

Very big hands) I am don't have very big hands.I am have big hands:-).

[timurgran]

With big meaning!

[ThePVGS1]

How dare seven people dislike this?!?!?!

[TheBestofChawchi]

i love this piece, i've always wanted to learn it but I never got around to it, right now I'm learning the 2nd rhapsody by liszt

[Lawrencelovespiano]

@TheBestofChawchi

Same, I'm kind of working on Hungarian Rhapsody # 2 by Liszt, but I'm occasionally playing La Campanella.

[TheBestofChawchi]

@Lawrencelovespiano I have to admit that I'm afraid of this piece because of the jumps ans the crazy 16ths towards the middle and end, but one day I'll get around to it.

[Lawrencelovespiano]

@TheBestofChawchi

Yes, the jumps are difficult, but they are more around in the beginning of this piece. It's also difficult to play those alternating D sharps in two different octaves. Though, if you practice, you will eventually get this piece. Speaking of which, have you completed Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody?

[TheBestofChawchi]

@Lawrencelovespiano not yet, I got the first mov. down, but then when it goes into vivace and it gets a crazy rhythm I can't seem to get it right, I gotta go back to my teacher and ask for some help, I saw her playing this once so she knows it a little bit better lol.

[Accordioncrasy]

Sorry, that I"ve choosed repeatedly one of Liszt's compositions from your big repertoire, but I know this composition well, to give for your performance the highest scores.

100*

Istvan

[dodiese09]

Extraordinaire !!

[japanesesen]

Outstanding!!!!!!! :D Bravo!!

[tamaraofficial]

AWESOME!!!!

 you are so talented!

[CourtneyJanssen]

Fantastic :)

[terryclary]

Such talent from a young man.

5 stars for you........ Terry UK

[MrMrMikayel]

Excellent!!!

MIkayel

[Durgakalim]

excellent!!

[FlaiVa007]

great expression, great technique

you are a great pianist

[bandnerd111]

Very nice crisp clarity. Im sure lizst would smile right now if he heard this :)

[mukamuka818]

George, I am your FAN, You are #1, great, fantastic !!

[omguanyin]

can some1 explain to me wat "etude" means?

[pabloadrian1989]

etude means "study piece", it´s a pice which seeks to develop a particular technical aspect of who's performing

[chutdigadut]

It means "study" or "excercise". Every etude is a technique study that is working to improve something.

[RollaArtis]

Amazing! I liked the pedal effects at 2.35.

[katsandroses]

Superb*

[greob]

Don't know what to say, as this is technically speaking one very difficult etude so...

Awesome work George.

[pianomaster272]

sweet!I've got a concert in a few weeks at peabody,and I'll be playing this....I'll post it and would be thrilled if you would take a look at it George......I've only been playing la campanella for a few months and it's really good already!

btw,awsome job once again!

[ColdTearSP]

I am a harpist and i am impressed.

[Lity10]

Always the chinese...lol.

But great played.

More sustain would be ftw!

[artymowycz]

i think its just the recording equipment.

[isabelaborba]

You're the best!

[Pianomam]

Wow, fantastic as always, George!

[Adamello3554]

wonderful!!!!!!!!!!

[anonymousQ45]

you really nailed the ff animato section thats some exceptional power

[puchalaka]

Nice slow down at 1:49

[MrOrtega80]

You are very sweet...like a little old man..really sweet

[Sylfira]

Wow you're very amazing! I'm impressed by your talent : )

[TheCFiles]

Look out David Helfgott and Yo-Yo Ma, a Star is born!

And his name is George Li..

[Lunt1557]

My God!!! how old are you!?

[elmyr4art]

So brilliant, virtuosity and airy-like light touch with creative energy seeping perform if I may say.

Liszt like spirit alive here, able to feel.

[quantumwangsta]

amazing. i wish i could play as well. i guess i was 20 years too late on the training :P

[clarekss]

Amazing!

[Kansasforlife]

Great job as always, George! Especially the last 20 seconds really impressed me. 5***** :-)

[dacrazyhyperboi]

it's so magical that even his hands glow!

very well played, especially for someone who's only 13!

[lazyoldjack]

i cant believe he managed to play 4:09 and onwards that really good =D

[waschcko]

Wow, amazing performance! I've been learning this beast for a long time, but I'm simply not good enough - it's extremely hard, incredible performance for your age!

[pampiliong]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[samuelngkee]

Wow! Amasing!!!!! 5**********************

[pinkroma]

wonderful!

[omguanyin]

wait, he's young rite? his fingers musta be looooooong :O

[AndreicaGabriel]

is amazing because Liszt studies are extremely heavy, CONGRATULATION

[Legolasbdn]

INCREDIBLE!!!!! :|

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

Very amazing performance =)

[DDbRowN67]

Bravo George

[graywaves123]

you are the youngest person on youtube I have seen to play this song. you were awesome!!!!! Yundi Li has some competition.

[Gabrielalahodova]

Great great great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maldevideoteatro]

Ti amo.

[originaldarrkon]

I had never heard this song until beautiful katamari on xbox 360 and it really stood out.

This sounds awesome even without all the backing of the orchestra from the version i heard! Well done :)

[ElitebladeX]

awesome dude!!! Ur the best piano player I have seen!

[ChrisWatch]

Lovely performance:) it seems you worked out some sharp twists and turns in this piece. Although Liszt himself made this piece in the heart of Paganini's success and praise. I like a heavier approach to this piece. As we know Liszt broke cords in many live performances and wanted his music to be made for a large scale concert not just music for orchestra. My favorites are, Andre watts, Hofmann, Busoni's version, David helfgott, The Grande etudes by liszt, Yund LI, Kissin, Hemalins versionECT

[itsanthonyhere]

I love how you talk like this to someone who's like 8 years old..

[soigotbze]

Appassionata...

[ChrisWatch]

oh sorry.

Forgot about the grammar police. ;P

[soigotbze]

Hahaha...I just felt like correcting that one ^_^

George, as always - awesome.

[morvensky]

it was a little dry. but technically good.

[rayazn9]

seriously, the next Yundi Li

honestly, I like George better than Li, but whatever

LI makes a really weird face, like there's too much emotion in him and he doesn't know how to let it out and it stays bottled up inside him. i ono.

[carebearxo3]

Fabulous =]

You play so cleanly, and the sound is great.

[EatHotLead4Ever]

THe next Yundi Li

Every time i listen to this i cry its so buiful

[ijkanov]

an excellent performance! played with much spunk and clarity. now for more spontaneity. and give the bells (ie. high repetitive notes) more melodic shape... you would be a true child prodigy :)

[MusicDoLove]

Hi George!  Beautifully played and well done, as always. *****

[zamyrabyrd]

Very accomplished and spirited performance. To broaden your interpretation, you might have a listen to the original Paganini work for violin. One should keep in mind that the meter here is 6/8 that in general has a lighter feel about it, so the phrasing could have longer lines and not divided up into three beats all the time. The name of the piece means itself "little bell" taken from the handbell of Paganini's b minor concerto.

Liszt turns a small bell at the outset into a gong at the end.

[concerto35]

George, this is a great performance and you have done it again. What consistency with such challenging pieces!! The sound quality of the piano is also very attractive.

[christiaan457]

good do im not as good ,know not what a key is. lol

[bozka000]

pięknie  :)

[iwantamocha]

prodigy!! :D amazing. simply amazing.

[angel30fr]

Les mots me manquent..... Cette légèreté, cette rapidité, cette fluidité...... Un régal des sens..... Des frissons à l'écoute de cette interprétation...!

Bravo et Merci beaucoup !!!!

[caocao8u]

i think li yundi has left quite an impression on you. ^.^

[similarman]

very very excellent, but this is more kissin style then yundi li

[bjoartec]

Valentina Lisitsa has a very good one too check it, stunning, your's is pretty good too :) :) ^_^ !.....

[bjoartec]

Beautiful, Amazing George, Thanks

[rnjaka]

I love

[kbio1200]

Very impressive !

Many thanks for your videos !

[MagicOceanflower]

Great!

[aerocutiegirl87]

Simply AMAZING! Wow.

[abdkl]

crazy boy!

[Debussy20]

Really nice George... one of the best speeds I've ever heard this piece taken at.

AWESOME!

[mateomo]

BRAVO!! IMPRESIONANTE!! GRACIAS!!

[abhikmazumder]

George, you are a maestro already!

[EatHotLead4Ever]

Another breath taking performance by george li.

I cant wait to see andrew li this good but it willl happen in a few years i cant wait. AMAZING repeat

[renemama]

very very moved.

[Phi1618033]

Needs a little work, George. But you got this.

[maloneysandwich]

I think we have been past this years ago.

[occy8]

Bravo!!

[DeathbyChocolatez]

excellent :DDDD

[UncleNathan]

Very good work!! Incidentally, I would tend to disagree with Aul1kki about your technique; it occurs to me that you may be having to fight with the piano to produce the particular tone you have in mind for this piece, so any problems here might be laid to an intractable instrument rather than a guilty George ;)

[dchogwarts5]

Great George!

You're amazing!!

[WandaStan]

Super, George!

[DCWWCD9]

Great interpretation and execution George!! You captured the essence of this piece quite dynamically!!

[piano6861]

Wow! Undoubtedly the audience was flabbergasted once again! That was so amazing! I bet that scholarship fund is bursting! Breathtaking performance!!!

[conejolua]

George fantastico,

my congratulations

a warm greeting

Raul ...

[Kvadich]

That's incredible! Is there a way to make one's hands don't tire when you play so highly technique works? My right hand usually gets tired too quickly...

[Aul1kki]

You have wrong technique. It's hard to say how to do that, but relaxing your hands when they are unused is one important part and also use only that much of power as you need to play something. Also after you have pushed the key down, then you use only that much power as you need to keep it down. Also watch your pinkys and 4th fingers, because sometimes those fingers are pointing up causing unnecessary tense.

You are amazing George! Keep it up!

Was there some sort of filter in that camera?

[Pianoloverok]

Thanks for your valueable suggestions. I will try to minimize the unneeded tense.

[Aul1kki]

I often notice that I have unneeded tense when I'm playing and when I'm concentrating on that the musical side will suffer. So it's a little bit complicated thing. But you already got one of the finest technique I've ever seen. For example this and bumblebee are very good examples of your technique and musical side. I can't wait to see how your playing will improve in the future.

[ytfarmer90]

have you ever heard of the alexander technique? it's pretty interesting, could be a good thing to look at.

[tiggxtreme]

Excellent.

[pianogirl98]

This is fabulous, George!

[BocaFriend]

I was SO happy you did this showstopper, George! It's an irresistibly dynamic piece and you brought it home beautifully! I hope you enjoyed playing it as much as we enjoy listening. Something tells me you are happy to be performing this! And how nice that it was for a good cause in fundraising!  Bravo from SoFL,

~Terry

[brodiger]

George I have to say I love your piano Playing your better then me rock on

[MayadaJeffery]

If I had done this in 8th grade (I actually did in 5th grade 30 minute assembly, although admittedly not this difficulty) my "friends" would have taken me out back and broken my fingers. :(

Good for you Sir George. Hope you raised a ton of mulah.

Dad of MayadaJeffery

[ANTONIVSLVCIVS]

George*****

Great rendition my friend!!

Antonio

[blastbomb123]

Amazing technique George!! You played this piece beautifully.