Gabrielle Chou (12yo) - Scherzo Op.20, No.1 by Chopin

[AlexanderInDisguise]

Is someone crying in the background?

[KidMusician]

@AlexanderInDisguise

I guess I played too loud to the sleeping baby :)

[curtis133]

humm born for the keys huh, cant wait to see how she sounds when she's in her 20's hopefully she enjoys it and isint forced into this! silly to say I know, that aside one word for you lil missy "Wow" and keep up the hard work! greetings from canada ^^

[music2Hisears95]

Gabrielle, you're wonderful! I hope you place again here today and hope to see you! Keep it up!

~Jordan

[ccpi9rools4295]

i am so effin jealoous..... (escuse the language) i thought i played so well for my age too, its jus because i havent met my match. and i gave up on piano 2 yrs ago for personal reasons

anyway, it was jus not meant to be for me

*sniffle*

keep up the good work!

[PianoPlayer07]

Just fantastic! You also look very good as well. Very Lady like. Keep up the good work.

[Sepharite]

Wow. Great pianist and violinist. So jealous D=

[pianolover1004]

So wonderful!

[dzeljpiano]

Bravo maestro ^^

[Interpolerater]

This is insane. I've tried playing the song and it's freaking hard. How the hell..? And to think of even memorizing it. She's just incredible!

[HeartbreakerMax]

aimi kobayashi plays this better.

that's my opinion.

[KidMusician]

Aimi Kobayashi is wonderful and she already has concert tour. Rachel Cheung and George Li are great too. You can find them on YouTube.

[HeartbreakerMax]

okay. anyway, thank you for sharing this video. I appreciate it.

[kestellekif]

bravo quel talent si jeune kissou

[OldRabit]

Congratulations and Bravos to you, Gabrielle!

[melo1223]

Immmmmpressive, however, I wonder if she has a life. To play as well as she does on both instruments requires a looooot of hours of practice.

[KidMusician]

If you wants to be a musician, music has to be a very big part of your life and it could the best part of it too.

[silencerainbows]

@melo1223 This is her life! You mean does she have time to be a child right?

[kireikeikoo]

wow. like wtf. why is that when when an asian person plays well on the piano everyone is like "asians are smart/nerdy/" or "nice asian job". when white people play they don't say "nice white job". try going to japan and being excluded for being a foreigner there. stop thinking you're so above asians.

[pafcio0]

yeah, nice asian job, but lacks of musicallity, especially the slow carol-part.

[tamarahisk]

Extraordinary technique for 11 years old child, but all the rest such as musicality, expression and maturity are certainly ordinary fir for her age (she is just a kid!). So lets not place a remarks such as "asian job"! It's not nice! So if a kid has technical abilities he automaticly obliged to be a great musician at all respects?! It will come to her later. Besides, she's very gifted: plays violin and composes. Can you say more about yourself?

[pafcio0]

No, I won't say more about myself. I like to be "incognito" here. I can say, that I'm a musician.

Yes, 11 year old perfectly technically-trained girl, won't be mature musician at her age, but i think she should focus her work on musicallity. And try to play not so technically-absorbing pieces, because it's like "oh, she can make it so fast" - like in circus. Music is not circus.

Or we will have another pianist with "plastic soul" like Yundi Li.

(sorry for my english)

[tamarahisk]

Yes, I agree with you - "she should focus her work on musicality" but as I said she's still so young and unmatured. Besides, isn't it natural for a human being trying to show the best of his abilities? And maybe the problem is in her teacher.

What angered me is this lable "asian job"! I don't like lables! Have you heard Aimi Kobayashi playing? She is the most sensitive and musical and mature 12 years old ASIAN pianist I've ever heard! Try Mozart's concerto(10 y.o.) and Chopin's Impromptu .

.

[LarsenPiano]

You don't have kids and don't know anything about kids if you think this is normal expressiveness for an 11 year old.

[karlbry37]

superbe

[bekahbekahbear]

o.O

i envy you...im not that good...yet...

[cartinapazza]

niente di speciale io l'ho studiato in 3 elementare

[fayt420]

insaneee.

[ThePianistZ]

Great performance of this Scherzo. I played this Scherzo in the Majestic theatre last weekend. Its such a fun piece to play. My only suggestion is to loosen up a little. It sounds a little rigid. Other wise, great performance.

[hgprtase]

Nice accomplishment, I never knew Chopin had that fast pieces. How long did you play Piano?

[unalegeli]

bravo superb

[ayekahu]

i hope that ican more closer to lookat her hands.....

[PhilippeLernould]

fantastic

much nuances a emotion

Great job

[Limoentj]

wow!! good job!

How long did you practice on this piece?!

[MayadaJeffery]

Holy Cow.

You're amazing. And hard to try to keep up with. Sheesh!

This is just plain beautifully played. Period.

[TLoveland4692]

why can't there be any non-asian virtuosos this good! -.-

[boreale33]

look for SAra shirvani,she's not asian and she's very good too

[123mortimer]

To me, what's most impressive is the intellectual and musical insight you have into this difficult piece that so often is played without sufficient differentiation. You bring out the voices and you structure the passages so it all makes sense and has a clear logic. Few can do that. You engage in no histrionics - just honest musicmaking. This reminds me of Hilary Hahn's approach to music: honest, intelligent, crystal clear, letting the expression emerge from the music itself.

[KMD942]

oh my gosh you're amazing!

I play the piano and the violin too and I could only dream of playing as well as you...

you are absolutely stunning...

great job!

[Musicman180]

Holy God that's not fair.... All I can say is well done!

[OldRabit]

'thumbs up'!!

[HelveteKeiser]

sorry but i need to know...How many hours per day do you practice the PIANO...just the piano...

[KidMusician]

Two hours daily on average.

[HelveteKeiser]

well,you must be playing since you were NOT born yet!I'm kidding!Way to go...I hope once I'll see you performing one of my pieces!("yeah you wish!"):P:P....anyway...Keep on,you rock...'thumbs up'

[bloodfangz]

Whoa, she's all grown up

[watraj]

Congratulations! You are really amazing!

[juliaCSL]

gosh my heart skipped a beat... amazing you could play this piece so well! do you have a performance diploma cert or something very high?

[mayablanca]

Gabrielle, you are amazing! Congratulations! :)

[pianogirl98]

Bravo!!! Congratulations on winning the Award!