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  • Thats the best version i've heard of in the hall of the mountain king!

  • Piano level: savant

    Piano level: asian

    Piano level: pro

  • 14:23 the video starts to mess up because of how amazing this guy is

  • Play Aphex Twin or Squarepusher please! cheers!

  • Truly world class. Most talented musician on the planet!

  • This guy is genius. Saw a documentary not long ago about him. What a brain.

  • Hi. I was at the concert that you performed at in Newport last night and thought you were fabulous, you have an Amazing talent! X

  • Whats Derek's favorite song to play?

  • Derek, I wanna be just like you when I grow up! Too bad for me that I'm already 21. Hahaha :)

  • Wow!! Derek you are simply amazing. Amazing is too small an adjective! Thank you for sharing your talent. I could watch you fingers fly over the keys for hours.

  • ... yesterday evening, my whole family sitting afore comp and we watched you playing. My ten-year old son don't even do a blink with his eyes while he listen and watched you playing, my twenty-days old son stop crying when he heard you playing ... you are most amazing person ! Greetings from Croatia. I would like tto hear you playing "into my arms by nick cave and the bad seeds" ... all the best to you Derek

  • He always makes me smile.

  • how this video only has 30k views is beyond me

  • in the hall of the mountain king was amazing=]

  • @dncviorel Yeah, enjoying music and being creative and happily playing requests form people that adore you is disgusting. You have quite an outlook on life.

  • @dncviorel Does it not occur to you that this is an artist who otherwise finds communicating such a challenge, and therefore playing the piano is the best way he is able to express himself? As a prolifically talented musician, it is clear that he enjoys performing and displays no resent in taking suggestions. It is your comment which is both disgusting and offensive.

  • @atromner This is not about his talent, it's about exploiting the gift of someone that can make the difference between 2 and 3 or know his own name.He likes to play?Let him play, help him to play, but don't record him and air it using his name and the power of his will, because it isn't the case.I am disgusting and offensive?If you avoid the truth I am.I'm representing the truth in this matter, not someone's point of view.

  • First of all, one of the single most impressive things I've ever watched in my life. Second, How long do these songs take to prepare? And can you please do and record the entire Moonlight Sonata 3rd as Art Tatum!!!! That was better than the original!

  • @colinedwardkelly I'm pretty sure he doesn't prepare them at all. Most of what you see him play is allegedly after having him only heard it once or twice.

  • You have brought so much joy to so many people. Please don't ever stop doing what you are doing. You should be very proud of all you've achieved. I'm very glad to have discovered your music today. Much happiness to you!

  • This changes and improves everything.

  • This really inspires me. I'm tempted to send you all my unfinished songs and wait for them to come back as masterpieces!

  • The music you make and the happiness on your face brightens up my day. Thank you so much!

  • Inspiring

  • this gives me goosebumps!

  • There are so many people living for no reason! You are NOT one of them!

  • You are incredible...Nuff Said!

  • You are an amazing human beeing! Thanks for sharing your talent with us

  • Thank you for the concert! Absolutely wonderful!

    

  • dude this is what i call talent

  • The way you played "Cry Me a River" just about broke my heart. It was absolutely lovely and a joy to listen to. Thank you so much.

  • You are amazing, I can listen to you for hours and Hours

  • Given the chance to meet anyone in the world there is no contest. You, Derek, are at the top of my list. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. I do not think I've ever used the phrase 'awe inspiring' without a hint of exaggeration. Not one iota of exaggeration here. I do hope to someday see you in concert. I wish you all the best. Keep it coming man. Keep it coming.....

  • I'd love to hear Dereks' rendition of Frühlingsrauschen by Christian Sinding. I've searched all of youtube and cannot find anyone that does it real justice. I know you could man!

  • pra mim é o melhor do mundo concerteza

  • Sorry for flooding with comments, but it's just my train of thought as I listen to his music.

    It's not about notes, rhythm, piano theory for him. He just transfers his raw feelings into the piano, through his fingers...

  • I just realized he is probably not approaching this how normal musicians approach music. Somehow his autism unlocked his hidden potential made him a true genius in piano.

    I have a question for Derek, and I would appreciate if I could get an answer to this burning question. How often does Derek practice? I mean, for someone to be that good, normally that person would have spent thousands of hours at the piano...

  • To be honest, before I saw your vid, I said to myself if I had an autistic child I would be severely depressed. But seeing your amazing inhuman talent, I realize God works in mysterious ways, and I shouldn't judge just because someone has autism, and I shouldn't give up on the child when he/she was born.

  • every time i hear you play a song a big smile comes across my face ;)

  • hall of the mountain king was absolutely unreal

  • Why doesn't EVERYONE know who this piano GOD is ?!?

    This man literally brings me tears of joy WOW ... Where's the tissues , I must wipe my eyes ! Ha ! Ha !

  • my brother is autistic as well and has been able to play the piano by ear since i can remember. he is nowhere near as talented as derek at piano, but he can listen to a song (mostly cartoon songs and stuff, loves the tiny toon theme song) a couple times and figure it out.

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  • Derek is proof that music is truly an art, not something that is taught, but that comes from the heart, his playing is inspirational!

  • Incredible.

  • Derek- you are one of the most amazing people I've ever seen! I LOVE seeing your videos and TV appearances. Much love from Milwaukee, WI! :D

    PS; If I can make a request, will you play "John 19:41" from "Jesus Christ Superstar"? Thanks so much!

  • @ShadowPoet174 Oh, I have a second one. The "Legend of Zelda" theme. Either one of those would be amazing to hear you play! :D

  • If heavens really exists and if I end up there ill spend half of my time listeing to you playing piano, just wonderfull.

  • I've never heard anyone play the piano like this before! Amazing.

  • Derek, you are an amazing human being! This is all utterly incredible.

    I suspect you would be a huge hit on the site Reddit.com if you did some songs from popular movies or video games, and in different styles.

  • @TheLolologist My god. That's a perfect idea!

  • Derek you make the world a better place with what you do. Thank you!

  • My favorite was In the Hall of the Mountain King. I could tell you liked that one too.

  • Universal absolute pitch. Check out his documentary.

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  • he is absolutely phenomenal! I am stunned. what talent:)

  • Amazing amazing amazing. You astound me!

  • Bravo sir

  • And Derek, I would love to hear your own take on "Vienna" by Billy Joel :)

    -Paul

  • Fantastic as always Derek! Keep up the great work and thanks for the inspiration!!

  • Thank you to everyone who has made such lovely comments about Derek - every single one is read to him and he loves to hear your feedback! :-)

  • @derekparavicini So wonderful! I absolutely love your playing.

    If you are still taking requests, I'd love to hear a beautiful rendition of "Still Alive" by Jonathan Coulton. I think the piano would do it great service.

    Keep up the beautiful work.

  • @scubabbl I would like to hear still alive too. Derek you are very talented and have liked hearing you play piano for a long time.

  • @derekparavicini Derek is absolutely fantastic. Every different song he plays on this video makes me smile, and I'll now take a good look at his other music. A true inspiration to anyone! Thank him for me :D

  • thanks for the upload, amazing

  • That's fantastic, but my special congratulations to the "Angry" Flight of the Bumblebee. The emotion there was totally accurate. Massive kudos to everything else, too! Well done!

  • Hahahaha its great Sir!!! Exciting music!!!

  • Finally, a pianist that knows how to play without pedal!

  • i can't believe he's autistic and blind. This man is simply amazing.

  • WHY DOESNT THIS AMAZING VIDEO HAVE MORE VIEWS?!?! ....and justin biebers has 300,000,000+ more than the population of the US. WTF?!?! lol. wow.

  • I'm speechless. This is amazing.

  • saw him on a tv show where they made a completely new song and it was a very complicated song, he heard it once and he managed to play it almost perfect:D

    Truly amazing and impressive!!

  • autism didnt hinder u to be a genius..maginficent, just amazing..

  • magnificent..its juz amazing..

  • need a microscope to see the dislike bar

  • great stuff.. bye derek!

  • Wow..mesmerising!

  • Fantastic. Don't ever stop showing the world your incredible talents.

  • yeeee

  • Some serious talent!

  • Id like to request Turkish March (Beethoven version, and please put your own spin on it!)

  • You are amazing ! I would pay to see you in a live concert !

  • Your Hall of the Mountain King improvisation is amazing!

  • If only i could enjoy something I am good at, I end up getting to frustrated. Keep it up Derek you are one of the greatest pianists I have seen!

  • If you don't ask for anything, what does Derek play of his own accord? I understand Derek can compose his own music from small requests. Also has Derek ever used electronic pianos, messing with pitch and beats etc?

  • Where can I buy tickets?

  • 14:02 Mind=Blown

  • I like that he talks like a bingo announcer.

  • This is brilliant. Thank you. I would very much like to request Art Tatum

  • Holy.. I'm absolutely speechless. I was smiling through the whole video. Wow.

  • I would love to hear him do some Joe Hisaishi

  • GT5 GT5 GT5 !! haha

  • Buuuut, The Entertainer was written by Scott Joplin.

  • MORE IMPROVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV SOO GREAT PLSSSSSSS

  • Wasn't he on Stan Lee's Superhumans? This guy is the shit.

  • Damn, Derek! You play the piano like the sun shines!

  • House of the rising sun by the animals

  • does he know any asian musician like Joe Hisaishi?

  • dance of eternity - dream theater

  • 1 person is totally jealous.

  • Next time play "A Fuoco".

  • Absolutely other worldly talent. Tremendous job. I love very minute of it!

  • !prty good LOL!

  • His enthusiasm is only bettered by his incredible skill. What a human being.

  • why am i not doing anything with my life.

  • Was this guy on discovery channel?

  • The Entertainer 00:10 , Maple Leaf Rag 00:51 , Your Song 02:06 , With or Without You 03:10 , Cry Me a River 03:46 , James by Pat Metheny 04:40 , In the Hall of the Mountain King 05:51 , Moonlight Sonata (3rd mvmt) 07:21 , Sailing in the style of Erik Satie 09:10 , Bohemian Rhapsody 10:09 , Ski Sunday 11:28 , Dr. Who 12:25 , Flight of the Bumblebee 13:59

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  • 0__0

  • So clean pianist. Incredible.

  • UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!

  • I want to see him and Sungha Jung together in Moscow

  • Great job Derek!

  • I could listen to this man play forever...

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  • is maple leaf rag the man theme for thomas the tank engine lol?

  • It sure is STING...

  • Without a doubt, one of the most amazing human beings alive.

  • Can you play fur elise like mozart would it right it (sorry my bad english) i just saw a video where you play the begining i dont know if it possible you play the hole song

  • @Javiers363 I've been wanting this since I saw the documentary almost 10 years ago (i think). I want the whole composition of it too...

  • This is the single most brilliant piano performance I have ever listened to. The only reason one might not be able to say that he is better than Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, etc., is that they were all born first.

  • @ralphM1114 I daresay if he was born in their time, he would smoke them all. Seriously. I just can't comprehend the complexity that he displays, with both hands, SPONTANEOUSLY, and in different styles, all while being faithful to the original melody. Oh my goodness.

  • the essence of genius!!

    

  • utter utter UTTER genius...

    that is all.

  • it makes me want to cry, you have some shooting stars out there but not like this one

  • wwoow, I really wanted to listen some pat metheny by derek, that was amazing. I'll never stop being amazed by him

  • i just love to see Derek play

  • Which is his favorite song?

  • @neaionqwe Derek doesn't really have a favourite song - he loves so many pieces, for so many different reasons and often he chooses whichever piece he has been working on at that time as his favourite, or he'll choose a piece that reminds him of a particular event or of the person who asks him to play. :-)

  • @derekparavicini

    Can he play I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi ?

  • ...Amazing

  • And, finally.. Can you improvise with Ludovico Einaudi''s style ? Hoping you'll give us more chills : )

  • Hmm.. I think that the end of "Scary monsters and nice sprites" is definitively the most inspiring part of the song ^^

  • ".Hack//SIGN OST Bear (06)" as if it was meant to express boredom and rebellion ?

  • Can you also play on the beginning part of "Skrillex - Scary monsters and nice sprites"

  • "Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall" with a funky style. Is that possible ?

  • Now.. "The Sacrifice - Michael Nyman" as if he felt in a wide and precise love.. And switching to Pirate of the Carribean style ! = )

  • And on the piano part of.. "Guitar vs piano 1.2", around 1:50-2:10 with a smooth and slow style ? That would be great !

  • Please can you play on "Shpongle-Falling Awake" ? :D

  • I agree ! Cantina Band would be so much fun to hear+see Derek perform ! ^_^

  • That's one mad angry bee Derek! Love your style! Keep it up buddy!

  • watch?v=wTSu1jjKpgI please

  • You are awesome Derek!

  • Thats is really good performance, i liked it a lot. But i think you've misse a song, in the description of the video is "With or Without You" what i belive is from U2. So i would like to make a request asking if you could play that song. Thanks

  • @viniciussuic he did

  • There's obviously something wrong with our society if people like Lil Wayne is heard/appreciated by more people than David. So many people are missing out to true musical genius and it saddens me.

  • @yfm192 I Meant Derek! Whoops

  • The rainman of piano,thumbs up with you agree.

  • Thank you Derek for the great interpretations. A request: Cantina band.

  • Super awesome! All of it! Glad to see my request got in there awesome! So cool. AND SOMEONE REQUESTED DOCTOR WHO?!? SO MUCH AWESOME.

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  • BUMBLE BOOGIE "Hannes Otahal" ARRANGEMENT PLEASE!!!!

  • Please play Kapustin's Etude no. 3! It is excellent

  • Amazing.

  • Please play Ribbon in the Sky by Stevie Wonder.... You ROCK, Derek!

  • Superb, Derek. I thoroughly enjoyed that. Well done, Kudos, and much respect.

  • @deakcutwinkle SO true

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  • Thank You Derek!

  • My hero!!!

  • @Pistolav abildgaard

  • I love to watch you play, you amaze me Derek!!

    Very well done!!!!

  • Derek, you are an amazing musician.

    If I could make a request, Rhapsody in Blue. One of my favorite pieces.

  • i wasn't expecting pat metheny. made me smile.

  • OMG That angry Beethoven Flight Of The Bublebee was insane!!! I love it! And the improvisation on Hall of The Mountain King blew my mind! Thank you Derek!

  • Wow -- this is absolutely amazing! I'm so happy to see and hear that you were able to accommodate my request! I really enjoyed hearing it, as well as many of the other requests you were able to play! You truly are an amazing person with an extraordinary talent! That, along with your heart of gold, is what makes you such a favourite amongst your fans!

  • Excellent!