bien vrai le violon est un instrument fabuleux et si il est bien métrisé c'est le soleil le printemps la vie le rire de l'etre aimé du chocolat du miel et plus encore
@lesliep133 I, personally, prefer to perform with limited movement and theatrics... the idea being that if I centre and focus all of my mental energy internally, I could produce a far more sincere and intense performance. I find that I don't play as well when I waste my energy externalizing it... somewhat like a lightbulb wasting most of it's energy by having it become heat, far brighter and more beautiful if it works efficiently. :)
@lysss27 that may work for you, but I must argue further...moving to the music serves two main purposes: 1) personal expression of what one feels through the music and 2) delivering those feelings to the audience. Neither Joshua Bell nor Hilary Hahn perform the Saint Saens Violin Concerto No 3 in Bminor nor any other piece of repertoire standing stock still. One can express the music through standard dynamics, technique, etc. but body movements are another crucial extension of musicality.
you know, honestly, if he had a better violin he'd sound better. that sounds mean, i know, but what i mean is that i think he deserves a better violin, and this would sound better... orrrr it's a crappy recording. i like barber.
I first heard this concerto when the Boston Philharmonic under the baton of the fantastic Benjamin Zander performed it at Sanders Theater at Harvard University.
I thought the top of my head was going to come off with joy! What piece. I love Barber, and this is one of my favorites.
@youvegotsyd Get your facts straight. Giora has worked and performed with Itzhak since he was a teenager. I doubt there would be any pressure at all. It's as natural as it ever was.
I simply love this piece.. I don't think I've heard any other 'harmful' variations of Barber- harmful meaning I really get that desired feeling, that you're listening to various notes running together smoothly, and on top of that, you have a wonderful musician who portrays this so well.
I adore this piece. First time I heard it was when the youth orchestra I'm in performed it with Midori Goto. Greatest musical experiance i've ever had.
I adore this piece. First time I heard it was when the youth orchestra I'm in performed it with Midori Goto. Greatest musical experiance i've ever had.
No,no,NO!!!!There should be a huge,crystal,clear GLISSANDO in the upper note just before 0:31!!!!!I don't listen any rendition far from that point if the violinist don't do that.For me is like killing the sense of the piece.Without the glissando,accompanied with a kind of echo the music means nothing.Sorry.I have the Gil Shaham recording and it's so perfect and moving that I can't listen any other violinist playing the barber...
@awesomeman19 Oh..I see...you are one of the youtube bad-mannered people who vomit an insult to the people whose opinions disagree with yours....Learn from the other response I had..at least it's a different opinion without being...well...like you...you call yourself "awesomeman"?..well,I think you'll have to work on that if you want to make it true...
Okay I know I already commented, but no one else seems to have mentioned that he's also frikin' handsome! (On top of producing one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.)
@universalexprts funny...do you know he actually have a Facebook that he answer questions to fans. He answered two of my questions already. He makes videos of himself answering questions.
This sounds like...transcendental. I had the pleasure of listening it live once, and this experience is one of the things everyone should do in a lifetime.
When I listen to both him and Perlamn, my soul seems to feel like it opens, and I feel my emotions, and my spine to render uncontrollable from the musical beauty, and the Tambre of such a piece like this, is absolutely exquisite.
if you want a great Violin Concerto listen to that by Alban Berg. There can be no doubt that Barber is a master of his art, that there is a strange mixture of Romantic pathos and Neo-Classicism, but in the long run it becomes monotonous. There is neither real development of material nor an absence of it. it must be rewarding for a violinist. It does not tempt me to listen to anything else by Barber. Sorry about the negative response, but it takes all types.....
One time,i got to work with Giora,and im only 13. not very many kids in the symphony i was in relized how much of and honor it is to work with him.Thankyou Giora :)
I love the deliberateness of his playing, but it's utterly too slow, that may have been Perlman's choice.... Also, as with all intelligent musicians, it seems as there is too much space in between his notes. This is common when musicians imagine the notes before they play them instead of letting their instrument express the music. It's not quite over-playing, he's far too talented for that... I bet you he could deliver the Korngold flawlessly. Hmmm.. He's probably pretty good with Brahms...
His sister is a trumpet major at my school and he came and played the Bruch concerto with our orchestra. i got to see him for free! AND get his autograph. also, he came out for an encore and placed Kreisler's Recitative and Scherzo and i could have died! the best live music i have ever heard
How breathtaking. How beautiful. How moving. This violinist is certainly on the rise and will become a very noteworthy player. If i were to be there in person, i would have been crying. certainly better than vengerov, not at the calibur of itzhak, hahn, and chang, but nonetheless incredibly talented, more than 99.9% of violinists. I'd have to give giora the award for the best looking celebrity violinist though :)
I love how critical everyone is. This concert was 6 years ago when this artist was just breaking onto the scene. I can't even imagine how nervous he must have been standing on stage at the Mann Auditorium, with the Israel Phil and Perlman conducting. To be honest, this is pretty damn good performance for someone so young and under so much pressure. I have heard him play this more recently and it's astounding the violinist he has become. He'll be one of the greats, no doubt.
AAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!!! SOOOO out of tune at 4:36! You should be able to hear the resonance with the D string, and he didn't even fix it!!! He just kept playing the pitch which hurt my ear so.
@catherineistoocool He's fine at 4:36. It's that he's really flat at 4:32. The amazing thing is that he doesn't even bother to gradually vibrate into it.. He holds the note there out of tune for like a whole bar. It's generally an uninspiring performance... Play all the notes though... except that one.
Where is the emotion? The passion! Its so SLOW and theres absolutely nothing there except the notes! I mean, he is impressively talented but he could have the courtesy to entertain us at least a little bit! All he is doing is making this "Oh my god its Iztzhak Pearlam behind me!" face and ruining this piece for me.
@EPCJ2010 You don't have to be entertained. the passion is there just not where you can see it listen to the music and just feel it yourself and you will see his passion.
Thank you @benyman2. I don't understand this business of having to physically entertain an audience. The old schoolers just stood and played. The music spoke for itself. Now we see musicians with all sorts of flailing around onstage giving the impression something is happening, when more often than not it isn't. I much prefer a subdued physical approach. If the talent is there....a musician doesn't need anything else.
He has a very relaxed look about him, his fingers, basically his whole upper body. Which reminds me of Shlomo Mintz, although their sound is completely different, I still enjoy Gioras' playing.
i guess it will sound stupid but ill say it tho .. i kinda of dont like the sound of his G string.. but anyway his performance it outstanding, the concerto suits him great !!!
A truly magnificent and original performance tonight of the Tchaikovsky Vln Concerto!!! It was, as davidjb100 just said, "a truly wonderful experience"!! BRAVO!
Just got back from the concert! He was fabulous. The Tchaikovsky was nearly perfect all the way through, and he played Bach's Prelude from the Partita No. 3 as an encore. It was truly a wonderful experience.
@bigsis314 Some of the people you are referring to include Maggini, the Amatis, Guadagnini, Goffriller, Bergonzi, the Gaglianos, Stradivari, Stainer, and Guarneri. Vuillaume came a little later; about 150 years ago. As for what constitutes an 'amazing' sounding violin, many modern violins are surpassing older ones, and only the best instruments produced by the aforementioned masters' (and their contemporaries) works can compare favorably with today's best. Giora now uses a violin made in 2000.
@bigsis314 Have you seen his Facebook page? He recently got a new violin, a contemporary one made in 2000 by a as the lease on his Guadagnini (which, to be honest, I think personally did sound sweeter by a little but was not louder and would be better for this piece) expired. Leases are sick things.
although the author best known work is his too beautiful adagio for strings, this work gives the opportunity to get close to his music, this concert was composed in 1940 and premiered on february 7th, 1941
I live in the city where he was raised. His father is a very good violinist and violin-maker and I've taken my instrument to him before, but I never realized he was Giora's father. . . .somehow, I just never made the connection between the two until now. But wow. What beautiful playing.
I miss the glisando-portato-vibratto in the note in second 0:31...!!! gil shaham does it and in his recording and is night and day,really... just ONE note...
Yeap, Dover beach. it's a great piece. i had a chance to play it with a wonderful singer while i was in a music festival. definately underplayed, and worth checking out.
Although the performance is gorgeous, I couldn't bear to watch his face. Sometimes it looks as if he's being forced to eat something he particularly doesn't like. But a good performance nonetheless.
You have to be impressed with these people. Just imangine how much time they've all had to put into this! I'd be sick of the same song if I had to play it all the time, but they are all able to bring out their emotions as they each play...
This quite beautiful. I'll agree with some people that the performance lacks a little heart, however, at the same time, it's quite difficult to understand exactly the person is trying to convey. To each his own I suppose.
Go listen to James Ehnes' recording of this. I find it far more interesting. I don't need to back up beliefs. They are simply part of my opinion. I'm not about to go having a debate over video comments. I just wanted to comment to say, I don't find this to be very emotionally gripping. Sure, it may be when he was younger, but I still think he is a funny character, not so much an amazing artist...yet, I could be wrong in time!
Clearly Belay Pat hasn't listened very closely. This was 4 years ago and clearly a preview of a talent still maturing. I heard him recently and was blown away by his sound.
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I am sorry, but this performance is not anything special. He plays with a clear sound, that sounds just like any other violinist. There is nothing original or gripping about his style. I can't stand to watch this man. The same facial expression the entire time, looking as though he is constipated.
you probably have no room to talk. can you play with such perfect intonation, sound, and technique? i don't think so. when a musician is into the music they can't help what they're doing
To be honest..Ive never listened to Barber's music. Having listen to Akiko Meyers and this guy playing his violin concerto...Ive become hooked with the fine nuances of his orchestrations...and as someone so well put it here, he can compose a wonderful melody! In many ways he's so American..u can hea
bien vrai le violon est un instrument fabuleux et si il est bien métrisé c'est le soleil le printemps la vie le rire de l'etre aimé du chocolat du miel et plus encore
MsVerlinden 1 week ago
Every time I attempt to write a comment about this video I can never find a word to express how much I enjoy this performance..
sneaker453 2 weeks ago
the more i listen to this song, the more i like it.
Hakurox5 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
That is a HUGE bass section.
offrhode92 2 months ago
Anyone playing this piece for their diploma exam thumb this comment up...i wanna know
TheComedydude1 3 months ago 5
6:36 BEST.FACE.EVER! he really gets into his music
1231noosie 4 months ago 3
גיורא הבן של מיכל ודב, שני מוסיקאים משכמם ומעלה
אין פלא שהתפוח נפל קרוב כל כך לעץ
הידד !
שלכם
ג'מיל - נצרת
jamalalkindy 4 months ago
I love it so much, but nobody is following Itzak Perlman's beat. COME ON, IT'S ITZAK PERLMAN!!!!!!!!!
TheComedydude1 4 months ago
Is it normal for a teenager to enjoy this ? O.o A.k.a me
paralola124 4 months ago 9
@paralola124
the best of normal..... and extraordinary as well.
kukunu 2 months ago
Your violin makes me cry. <3
MissCupcakeYuna13 4 months ago
Lovely playing, but I wish the camera person would stop zooming in to his face so much. I want to see his left hand darnit!
akschauer 5 months ago
how i envy that pure sound of his...
wholegrainfirefly 5 months ago
I wish he was more passionate! Visually, he's not very exciting... this piece deserves every bit of expression...
lesliep133 5 months ago
@lesliep133 I, personally, prefer to perform with limited movement and theatrics... the idea being that if I centre and focus all of my mental energy internally, I could produce a far more sincere and intense performance. I find that I don't play as well when I waste my energy externalizing it... somewhat like a lightbulb wasting most of it's energy by having it become heat, far brighter and more beautiful if it works efficiently. :)
lysss27 5 months ago
@lysss27 that may work for you, but I must argue further...moving to the music serves two main purposes: 1) personal expression of what one feels through the music and 2) delivering those feelings to the audience. Neither Joshua Bell nor Hilary Hahn perform the Saint Saens Violin Concerto No 3 in Bminor nor any other piece of repertoire standing stock still. One can express the music through standard dynamics, technique, etc. but body movements are another crucial extension of musicality.
lesliep133 5 months ago
Perlman + Schmidt!! how come that i missed this... I love them both!! my favorite violinists!! :O WOW
ricachu0125 6 months ago
A triumph!
flingit55 8 months ago
you know, honestly, if he had a better violin he'd sound better. that sounds mean, i know, but what i mean is that i think he deserves a better violin, and this would sound better... orrrr it's a crappy recording. i like barber.
Coolcat607 8 months ago
I first heard this concerto when the Boston Philharmonic under the baton of the fantastic Benjamin Zander performed it at Sanders Theater at Harvard University.
I thought the top of my head was going to come off with joy! What piece. I love Barber, and this is one of my favorites.
This is a great performance of it.
ngoat2009 8 months ago
"Hey, so you're going to play a violin concerto with Itzak Perlman as your director- no pressure."
youvegotsyd 8 months ago 43
@youvegotsyd luckily he's Perlman's protege :)
GeorgeMaj15 3 months ago
@youvegotsyd Actually, I don't think he would have much pressure. Giora Schmidt has been working with Perlman since he was 14. :)
USMCnBNSFdude 3 months ago
@youvegotsyd Get your facts straight. Giora has worked and performed with Itzhak since he was a teenager. I doubt there would be any pressure at all. It's as natural as it ever was.
Hamgammy 2 months ago 2
Lovely - but isn't giving Perlman conducting duties a slight waste of his talent?
firestartertwistedfi 8 months ago
the second movement with the oboe intro.....
greenxioprsusolglsos 8 months ago
I knew this was going to be a wonderful performance after hearing only the first 2 measures! Beautiful...
rstarjones 9 months ago
2:56 Whoa.
FinlandKun 9 months ago
I simply love this piece.. I don't think I've heard any other 'harmful' variations of Barber- harmful meaning I really get that desired feeling, that you're listening to various notes running together smoothly, and on top of that, you have a wonderful musician who portrays this so well.
kehj0131 11 months ago 14
I adore this piece. First time I heard it was when the youth orchestra I'm in performed it with Midori Goto. Greatest musical experiance i've ever had.
aleksavortis 11 months ago
@aleksavortis mee too she sat infront of me i was sceard that if i played the wrong note she would turn around and slap me
darkangelxl 11 months ago
I adore this piece. First time I heard it was when the youth orchestra I'm in performed it with Midori Goto. Greatest musical experiance i've ever had.
aleksavortis 11 months ago
i want to cry. but im man. i can't cry, can i? maybe just this once. nobody is watching. :)
hyeonj315 11 months ago 4
@hyeonj315 If you are a man, and you cry from listening to this kind of music, then you are ALL man, and the kind that awesome girls would fall for.
musicAL722 9 months ago 5
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RuxsaraAkbarova 1 year ago
No,no,NO!!!!There should be a huge,crystal,clear GLISSANDO in the upper note just before 0:31!!!!!I don't listen any rendition far from that point if the violinist don't do that.For me is like killing the sense of the piece.Without the glissando,accompanied with a kind of echo the music means nothing.Sorry.I have the Gil Shaham recording and it's so perfect and moving that I can't listen any other violinist playing the barber...
wooskru 1 year ago
@wooskru I think he keeps it simple! Effortless, anyway sliding can be overrated
rebecsound 1 year ago
@wooskru youre fucking stupid lol
awesomeman19 1 year ago
@awesomeman19 Oh..I see...you are one of the youtube bad-mannered people who vomit an insult to the people whose opinions disagree with yours....Learn from the other response I had..at least it's a different opinion without being...well...like you...you call yourself "awesomeman"?..well,I think you'll have to work on that if you want to make it true...
wooskru 1 year ago
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FinlandKun 10 months ago
It seems that everyone who listens to classical music is like "oh, it so beatiful", what's with beautiful? why not AWESOME? (:>)
EmulatorDX 1 year ago
This piece of music is what America should be proud of
yangsta72 1 year ago 3
Okay I know I already commented, but no one else seems to have mentioned that he's also frikin' handsome! (On top of producing one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.)
ktm64 1 year ago 5
@ktm64 Completely agree. He's totally hot.
universalexprts 1 year ago 2
@universalexprts funny...do you know he actually have a Facebook that he answer questions to fans. He answered two of my questions already. He makes videos of himself answering questions.
kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo 1 year ago
*sniffle* *sniffle* WHY IS THIS PIECE SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL!!!! XD
afrodude103 1 year ago 2
I got shivers down my spine at least 5 times, and cried at the climax around 3:00. This entire piece is love in the form of music.
ktm64 1 year ago 3
A great fiddler!
naumandolphin 1 year ago
with out a voice in this song, it tells a whole story
BulletsAreBlind 1 year ago
This sounds like...transcendental. I had the pleasure of listening it live once, and this experience is one of the things everyone should do in a lifetime.
BellatrizLestrange 1 year ago
this is sooooooo beautiful- its given me goosebumps!
Dazzlingbabe19956 1 year ago
When I listen to both him and Perlamn, my soul seems to feel like it opens, and I feel my emotions, and my spine to render uncontrollable from the musical beauty, and the Tambre of such a piece like this, is absolutely exquisite.
Mike7718 1 year ago
if you want a great Violin Concerto listen to that by Alban Berg. There can be no doubt that Barber is a master of his art, that there is a strange mixture of Romantic pathos and Neo-Classicism, but in the long run it becomes monotonous. There is neither real development of material nor an absence of it. it must be rewarding for a violinist. It does not tempt me to listen to anything else by Barber. Sorry about the negative response, but it takes all types.....
felixdevilliers1 1 year ago
One time,i got to work with Giora,and im only 13. not very many kids in the symphony i was in relized how much of and honor it is to work with him.Thankyou Giora :)
bigsis314 1 year ago
I love the deliberateness of his playing, but it's utterly too slow, that may have been Perlman's choice.... Also, as with all intelligent musicians, it seems as there is too much space in between his notes. This is common when musicians imagine the notes before they play them instead of letting their instrument express the music. It's not quite over-playing, he's far too talented for that... I bet you he could deliver the Korngold flawlessly. Hmmm.. He's probably pretty good with Brahms...
NathanaelSaintCyr 1 year ago
i met itzhak tonight.
2cello 1 year ago
hm...only person i can think of who can play this more beautifully is gil shaman
careinn10 1 year ago
His sister is a trumpet major at my school and he came and played the Bruch concerto with our orchestra. i got to see him for free! AND get his autograph. also, he came out for an encore and placed Kreisler's Recitative and Scherzo and i could have died! the best live music i have ever heard
retoricalanswers 1 year ago
I feel this has to be part of God's wonderful work that a piece of music with such pathos can be composed...simply divine.
Phil Evans 2010.
mediumband1 1 year ago
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mediumband1 1 year ago
mazallll tovvv
ydelspatz 1 year ago
Mazal Tov!
So beautyful
ydelspatz 1 year ago
Beautiful. Wish my playing was as good as this.
SurreyViolinHero 1 year ago
WOW. That's all I can say. :)
ElfRulerFromTheLake 1 year ago
PEOPLE. STOP BASHING.
How many people do you know in THIS DAY AND AGE that play THAT great? No, not great, BEAUTIFULLY. Probably not many.
Food for thought.
HanHanFilms 1 year ago
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
dadasopher 1 year ago
How breathtaking. How beautiful. How moving. This violinist is certainly on the rise and will become a very noteworthy player. If i were to be there in person, i would have been crying. certainly better than vengerov, not at the calibur of itzhak, hahn, and chang, but nonetheless incredibly talented, more than 99.9% of violinists. I'd have to give giora the award for the best looking celebrity violinist though :)
sibelvio1 1 year ago
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sibelvio1 1 year ago
I bet none of you guys criticising this great player can play as well as him.
Mr Schmidt is amazing.
TheKazdog 1 year ago
I love how critical everyone is. This concert was 6 years ago when this artist was just breaking onto the scene. I can't even imagine how nervous he must have been standing on stage at the Mann Auditorium, with the Israel Phil and Perlman conducting. To be honest, this is pretty damn good performance for someone so young and under so much pressure. I have heard him play this more recently and it's astounding the violinist he has become. He'll be one of the greats, no doubt.
universalexprts 1 year ago 3
srry i meant over the fingerboard in line 4
andyyuwen 1 year ago
nice performance
but some comments to make:
at 2:50 maybe less arm motion
and at 5:46, his bow actually goes right over the bridge.
I kno he uses a "rounded bow" technique, but you just cant hit the fingerboard right in the middle of the bow
overall,great performance+interpretation
and the note at 4:36, it was actually in tune
andyyuwen 1 year ago
I have to admit I admire his ability to make a string sound like another one, allowing for the best possible fingering.
Steroid0Strad 1 year ago
AAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHH!!! SOOOO out of tune at 4:36! You should be able to hear the resonance with the D string, and he didn't even fix it!!! He just kept playing the pitch which hurt my ear so.
Steroid0Strad 1 year ago
@Steroid0Strad That was a C#, it was only a few cents flat.
wefasdf23 1 year ago
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@Steroid0Strad That was a C#, it was only a few cents flat.
wefasdf23 1 year ago
@Steroid0Strad It's in tune at 4:36. Just listen to it again, I think you might have misheard it.
catherineistoocool 1 year ago
@catherineistoocool He's fine at 4:36. It's that he's really flat at 4:32. The amazing thing is that he doesn't even bother to gradually vibrate into it.. He holds the note there out of tune for like a whole bar. It's generally an uninspiring performance... Play all the notes though... except that one.
Beeffyviolin 1 year ago
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YesIPlayThePiano 1 year ago
At 2:43 I prefer the sound of open E string.
Steroid0Strad 1 year ago
What´s Itzhak Perlman conducting...also!!!
I loved!
MrRafaelTelles 1 year ago
First time seeing this guy,it was very good..good job man
rawautube 1 year ago
looks like he's trying to steal the title for "silliest face while playing" from vengerov
but that is impossible.... maybe joshua bell is the closest
246trinitrotoluene 1 year ago
I like it.
peachfuzz0523 2 years ago
Where is the emotion? The passion! Its so SLOW and theres absolutely nothing there except the notes! I mean, he is impressively talented but he could have the courtesy to entertain us at least a little bit! All he is doing is making this "Oh my god its Iztzhak Pearlam behind me!" face and ruining this piece for me.
EPCJ2010 2 years ago
I agree very much; I noticed he didn't do his cresc's or decresc's very well =\
joe2010ccc 2 years ago
Everyone of us have our highlights and lowlights..maybe this was his lowlight ( for YOU) ....I personally loved it !!!!
vlhere 1 year ago
@EPCJ2010 You don't have to be entertained. the passion is there just not where you can see it listen to the music and just feel it yourself and you will see his passion.
benyman2 1 year ago 2
Thank you @benyman2. I don't understand this business of having to physically entertain an audience. The old schoolers just stood and played. The music spoke for itself. Now we see musicians with all sorts of flailing around onstage giving the impression something is happening, when more often than not it isn't. I much prefer a subdued physical approach. If the talent is there....a musician doesn't need anything else.
universalexprts 1 year ago
I absolutely adore his playing.....maybe if you could play like that than you could comment. He's done a wonderful job
vlhere 1 year ago
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EPCJ2010 2 years ago
He has a very relaxed look about him, his fingers, basically his whole upper body. Which reminds me of Shlomo Mintz, although their sound is completely different, I still enjoy Gioras' playing.
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JUAKPROD 2 years ago
@JUAKPROD Fue alumno de Perlman, es por eso. Y buen alumno.
paulyps 2 years ago
oo lo siento pero no se de que hablas mi hermano comento con mi cuenta ¬¬ xD
JUAKPROD 2 years ago
very beautiful. oh my gosh. I'm scared to learn this piece now because it wont sound like that. :( haha
tridentshafted 2 years ago
and just think, playing with Itzhak Perlman conducting. ITZHAK PERLMAN. Must be worrying.
tridentshafted 2 years ago 3
he's probably used to it... Perlman was his teacher.
sean4730 2 years ago
i guess it will sound stupid but ill say it tho .. i kinda of dont like the sound of his G string.. but anyway his performance it outstanding, the concerto suits him great !!!
ivancheviolin 2 years ago
Perhaps he moved the bass bar towards the E-string, since this piece mostly features the violin's upper register.
wefasdf23 2 years ago
i feel the same way about the g string lol.
violin1158 2 years ago
He plays so naturally, it's amazing
evil2salad 2 years ago
i could see y he is playing the solo. he definately has the passion that Perlman does =]
TheViolinProphet9 2 years ago 3
A truly magnificent and original performance tonight of the Tchaikovsky Vln Concerto!!! It was, as davidjb100 just said, "a truly wonderful experience"!! BRAVO!
HalWeller 2 years ago
Just got back from the concert! He was fabulous. The Tchaikovsky was nearly perfect all the way through, and he played Bach's Prelude from the Partita No. 3 as an encore. It was truly a wonderful experience.
davidjb100 2 years ago 2
I'm so excited to see him in concert tonight! I can't wait to see how he tackles Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
davidjb100 2 years ago
Jewish people are blessed with so many gifts. God has really chosen them to be his people. Go Israel and Giora Schmidt. !!!
vlhere 2 years ago
Certainly, that is true. But the Israelites too! Not all Israelites are Jews!
wefasdf23 2 years ago
his violin seems to cry
sijas 2 years ago 52
@sijas his violin was made from one of those people that made amazing violins,his instrument is like 300 somethin yrs. old. :O
bigsis314 1 year ago
@bigsis314 Some of the people you are referring to include Maggini, the Amatis, Guadagnini, Goffriller, Bergonzi, the Gaglianos, Stradivari, Stainer, and Guarneri. Vuillaume came a little later; about 150 years ago. As for what constitutes an 'amazing' sounding violin, many modern violins are surpassing older ones, and only the best instruments produced by the aforementioned masters' (and their contemporaries) works can compare favorably with today's best. Giora now uses a violin made in 2000.
cjh37878 1 year ago
@cjh37878 but when i did work with him,he told us that is how old his violin is?
bigsis314 1 year ago
@bigsis314 Have you seen his Facebook page? He recently got a new violin, a contemporary one made in 2000 by a as the lease on his Guadagnini (which, to be honest, I think personally did sound sweeter by a little but was not louder and would be better for this piece) expired. Leases are sick things.
cjh37878 1 year ago
@cjh37878 o i have him on fb but i didnt see that! o wow thats cool!? i hope he always keeps his old one tho. :)
bigsis314 1 year ago
@sijas And I cried listening to it. He's amazing, this is the best version I've heard. There's a beautiful ballet that was made to this music too. <3
Catulli00 9 months ago
although the author best known work is his too beautiful adagio for strings, this work gives the opportunity to get close to his music, this concert was composed in 1940 and premiered on february 7th, 1941
beethomozart 2 years ago 4
actually it was composed in 1939 on commission, and then already unofficially premiered by Herbert Baumel
Righard88 2 years ago 2
he plays beautifullllllly!
pianolitguy 2 years ago 4
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vampiiee 2 years ago
You probably liked it because you didn't have to listen to it.
rhaynesherway 2 years ago 2
oops im sorry i ment that i like the comment!
wingy158 2 years ago
I live in the city where he was raised. His father is a very good violinist and violin-maker and I've taken my instrument to him before, but I never realized he was Giora's father. . . .somehow, I just never made the connection between the two until now. But wow. What beautiful playing.
lamusicappassionata 2 years ago 2
i want a viola from him..... too bad
wingy158 2 years ago
Bravo!
ArrestedWords 2 years ago
hes HOT...volcanic Hot in appearence n vituosity!!!!!
vlhere 2 years ago 3
I miss the glisando-portato-vibratto in the note in second 0:31...!!! gil shaham does it and in his recording and is night and day,really... just ONE note...
wooskru 2 years ago 2
I'll play this piece in this summer, and I hope I can play well
MeawViolin 3 years ago 3
Bravo!!!!!!!!!
Tilopatico 3 years ago 4
a stunningly beautiful piece; well played! I enjoyed very much! Thank you!
OriginalMoonbeam 3 years ago 3
Very sweet tone. I didn't like this interpretation at first--thought it was devoid of emotion. Silly me. It was lovely after all.
waxenwings89 3 years ago
haha i agree with you, he is a good player but is not the best performer i have seen.
jgpg14 3 years ago
i bet he gets loadsa poon tang
Tomslucky7 3 years ago
ugh...i wish that didn't sound abusive
LACEANGEL1 2 years ago
beautiful performance :)
electronicnun 3 years ago 2
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closetviolinist 3 years ago
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closetviolinist 3 years ago
Probably. He wrote a piece titled "Dover Beach."
waxenwings89 3 years ago
Yeap, Dover beach. it's a great piece. i had a chance to play it with a wonderful singer while i was in a music festival. definately underplayed, and worth checking out.
mtava002 3 years ago
His violin has such a broad and powerful beauty to it.
I love it! From the high notes to the low notes....he also uses his vibrato well. It doesnt hurt that he's cute too. lol
iceessence09 3 years ago
Very good interpretation !!!!!!
I play the same piece and it's a very beautiful song !
Bravo !
florenceviolon 3 years ago
i am playing this song right now for a concerto competition. it is such a beautiful peice! barber is one of my favorite composers
worldclassviolin 3 years ago 2
wonderful !!!
florenceviolon 3 years ago
I love the melody at 1:32 and 3:25 and 5:38 and 7:24 and 9:30. It seems so eerily sad yet beautiful.
hegemon7 3 years ago
Although the performance is gorgeous, I couldn't bear to watch his face. Sometimes it looks as if he's being forced to eat something he particularly doesn't like. But a good performance nonetheless.
klavier88 3 years ago 2
facial expressions and body movements add to the passion of the piece :D
xXLeafXNinjaXx 3 years ago
I prefer not to look at the facial expression...
The sound is all I care about. Just the pure sound...
chromaticglissando 3 years ago
This was played at a concert I went to last night and I was absolutely mesmerized by its haunting beauty. It is gorgeous in a very ethreal way.
diegeiga 3 years ago 3
other than a few ugly notes this is a great, emotional performance. shame on whoever put it down
FireViper92 3 years ago 4
Well put.
MomSaysImCool 3 years ago
This has plenty of emotion. Jesus, sometimes I hate this site.
MomSaysImCool 3 years ago 4
You have to be impressed with these people. Just imangine how much time they've all had to put into this! I'd be sick of the same song if I had to play it all the time, but they are all able to bring out their emotions as they each play...
popshopgirly 3 years ago
lmao i love this piece
but i can't play it (yet!)
xXLeafXNinjaXx 3 years ago
This quite beautiful. I'll agree with some people that the performance lacks a little heart, however, at the same time, it's quite difficult to understand exactly the person is trying to convey. To each his own I suppose.
limegreennoise 3 years ago
people on youtube are fuckin dicks....this was a great performance
hentaiwarrior16 3 years ago 4
Ironic that people should make fun of his faces. Have you ever seen Perlman's faces when he plays?
universalexprts 3 years ago
Go listen to James Ehnes' recording of this. I find it far more interesting. I don't need to back up beliefs. They are simply part of my opinion. I'm not about to go having a debate over video comments. I just wanted to comment to say, I don't find this to be very emotionally gripping. Sure, it may be when he was younger, but I still think he is a funny character, not so much an amazing artist...yet, I could be wrong in time!
BelayPat 3 years ago
so many people bashing his performance :(
xXLeafXNinjaXx 3 years ago
Clearly Belay Pat hasn't listened very closely. This was 4 years ago and clearly a preview of a talent still maturing. I heard him recently and was blown away by his sound.
universalexprts 3 years ago
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I am sorry, but this performance is not anything special. He plays with a clear sound, that sounds just like any other violinist. There is nothing original or gripping about his style. I can't stand to watch this man. The same facial expression the entire time, looking as though he is constipated.
BelayPat 4 years ago
you probably have no room to talk. can you play with such perfect intonation, sound, and technique? i don't think so. when a musician is into the music they can't help what they're doing
xXLeafXNinjaXx 3 years ago 3
did itzahk perlman permenantly stop playing and now conducts?
xXLeafXNinjaXx 4 years ago
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Technique and intonation are both quite good but the performance is heartless.
iSkylla 4 years ago
then learn to appreciate subtlety. His performance is incredibly heartfelt, but.... to each his own i guess.
mtava002 4 years ago 3
WHAT!
how come i've never heard this piece?!
so beautiful :)
deffinetly one of my favorite concertos
xXLeafXNinjaXx 4 years ago 2
winrx, shut the f*** up. You obviously know nothing about music.
battleblades 4 years ago 3
Look at 05:46, what does the timpanist have for a technique? So weird!
We're playing this now with our orchestra (the youth orchestra of the netherlands) and our soloist is 15.. it's amazing.
blahtkhip 4 years ago 2
I just realised...i need to thin my bridge...lol
dagdas01 4 years ago
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Very coarse tone and generic way of playing - kind of like Shlomo Mintz on a really bad day...
winrx 4 years ago
Giora is my chamber teacher! He's a really great guy and really funny too.
I love this song. [:
kaibasaid 4 years ago 2
Are you serious!? Giora is my hero!
kaliyarivet 4 years ago 2
Lol yup I'm serious!
And yeah he's a really great violinist and generally a great guy. [:
kaibasaid 4 years ago 3
Kaibasaid, you love this "song"? No offense, it is a beautiful piece, but I can't hear anyone singing! It's not a song...=S But it is beautiful;)
sephiroth999999 4 years ago 2
Lol yeah you're right.
It's a beautiful piece. [:
kaibasaid 4 years ago 4
Song doesn't just apply to the voice... look up "cantabile" sometime.
walshamite 4 years ago
это очень круто. Вообще-то так играется в России
santisalse 4 years ago
Hello. Who has Giora's e-mail adress? Please tell me... Thank's... ))
ElenaPro 4 years ago
To be honest..Ive never listened to Barber's music. Having listen to Akiko Meyers and this guy playing his violin concerto...Ive become hooked with the fine nuances of his orchestrations...and as someone so well put it here, he can compose a wonderful melody! In many ways he's so American..u can hea