You can talk about it all you want but have a go on the violin and try this and I wish you all the best. I play professionally all my life but this is magic!
If the people complaining about her perceived lack of emotion it's because many in the U.S.have issues with real deep emotion and only can see/accept emotion rendered in gross materialistic facial expressions and physical body movements. There's deep spiritual emotion in her music-making.
@artcalight13 Thank you. I fully agree. Just like people used to say that Heifetz was "cold" because he showed little emotion when he played. All one has to do is LISTEN to him to discover "emotion." Some people are just too dense to understand music, and they think you have to do facial contortions and acrobatics to get the "emotions" of music across to an audience.
@artcalight13 you are absolutely correct. music like this is made to be deep and you just have to listen to understand how deep it really is. she puts so much emotion in, it's amazing!
@artcalight13 If facial expressions equaled emotion, then Leila Josefowicz's recording of the Bruch Violin Concerto would indisputably be the best and most emotional. While I find it very much to my liking, I know some don't.
I think that, perhaps, instead of ridiculous facial expressions, such as Ms. Josefowicz's, Ms. Hahn instead chooses to put her concentration fully into her playing.
Anyone who does'nt see the display of emotion must be blind, deaf &......
She is one of the most emotional performer of our time and she displays it by intrepeting the music to a level of emotion that mesmerizes the listener.
@ilkolli I have a Cd from the Suzuki book three playing Bach's Bourree, in a couple of places the performer on the record plays an Eb instead on E natural, sometimes it happens, no one is perfect, although in my opinion, Hilary is as close to perfect as anyone can get, lol
I think the thing with her playing isn't that she shows no emotion, because she does, but that one never really gets a sense of difficulty. She plays the most difficult repertoire like a good teacher playing something out of one of the earlier Suzuki books. As well, she doesn't force her own personality through the music. Basically, if she wanted to convey fiendish intensity, she'd likely have to fake it, and that would be something of an abomination. Better to let Hahn be Hahn.
@MerlinTheDraconic Dunno... sort of the difference between calculated emotionality and spontaneous expression, which Galamian describes in Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching. I will always prefer someone like Ricci for that reason.
i think her studio rendition of Paganini’s Violin Concerto no. 1 on Deutsche Grammaphon (2006) has lots of emotion. made me cry the first 7 times I listened to it. perfect pitch, timing and vibrato too!
@huntrichardson that recording is the most technically perfect thing ever accomplished in the world of music without the aid of pitch correction or quantizing. holy crap it's incredible. her tone on that album is so well captured and perfect i can listen to it forever.
@huntrichardson yeah, she actually performed the brahms with an orchestra i was in when she was about 14. i knew at the first note i heard that i would be having youtube conversations about her and how famous and incredible she was. well, youtube wasn't around yet. but you get the drift
@ggalexhutchings must have been exciting. what orchestra were you in? also, for anyone out there who thinks HK doesn't emote because she doesn't contort her face or writhe around like Jennifer Koh or Joshua Bell (whom I have seen/heard play live), consider Itzhak Perlman, arguably the greatest living classical violinist: he can't writhe. the passion HK's artistry is heard - just close your eyes and listen.
Brilliant. Absolutely beautiful. Not sure why some criticize her for "showing no emotion" while playing. Obviously Hilary has extreme passion for her violin which I can hear as she's playing. To me that's emotion!
@1212surface oh... well thanks for the insight! in my opinion, Josh Bell is the greatest of the young virtuosos (perlman has most experience, however) as he plays with the greatest feel for the piece and emotion for what he plays. almost as if the music is coming out of him and not his instrument. sad to say i'm not really a fan of Vengerov... he seems comercialised to me. like he shows emotion, but it seem like he's intentionally doing it and it's not by default. either way, they're all superb
The worst crime and musician can commit is to play their instrument even once without emotion. I lost a tiny grainule of respect for her because of this.... still love her though!
Hilary, Thank You for transforming my life. Mr. Brodsky lived down the road from my Grandparents in the Ukraine. You are an Angel. Love, Michael Glenn
Na minha opinião a melhor violinista mulher de todos os tempos pelo menos das que ja ouvi, gostava muito da Sarah Chang mais depois que ouvi Hilary Hahn mudei de opinião totalmente ela tem um som tão firme e claro onde por mais rapido que seja vc consegue escutar todas as notas uma por uma e ela não deixa seu virtuosismo ser destrutivo e exagerado a ponto de sair até vamos dizer feio como dizia Menuhin, mas seu virtuosismo se mostra de uma maneira delicada como a voz de anjos.
You can talk about it all you want but have a go on the violin and try this and I wish you all the best. I play professionally all my life but this is magic!
violinguitarplayer 1 month ago
I can not believe how great this is !!!
violinguitarplayer 1 month ago
she's absolutely incredible!
mcfriz123 1 month ago
she's awesome. another incredible version of this piece is here on the tube, it's ilya kaler's version. it's absolutely mind blowing.
ggalexhutchings 1 month ago
If the people complaining about her perceived lack of emotion it's because many in the U.S.have issues with real deep emotion and only can see/accept emotion rendered in gross materialistic facial expressions and physical body movements. There's deep spiritual emotion in her music-making.
artcalight13 2 months ago 8
@artcalight13 Thank you. I fully agree. Just like people used to say that Heifetz was "cold" because he showed little emotion when he played. All one has to do is LISTEN to him to discover "emotion." Some people are just too dense to understand music, and they think you have to do facial contortions and acrobatics to get the "emotions" of music across to an audience.
TheTucsonJeff 2 months ago 2
@artcalight13 you are absolutely correct. music like this is made to be deep and you just have to listen to understand how deep it really is. she puts so much emotion in, it's amazing!
mcfriz123 1 month ago
@artcalight13 If facial expressions equaled emotion, then Leila Josefowicz's recording of the Bruch Violin Concerto would indisputably be the best and most emotional. While I find it very much to my liking, I know some don't.
I think that, perhaps, instead of ridiculous facial expressions, such as Ms. Josefowicz's, Ms. Hahn instead chooses to put her concentration fully into her playing.
cjh37878 1 day ago
Anyone who does'nt see the display of emotion must be blind, deaf &......
She is one of the most emotional performer of our time and she displays it by intrepeting the music to a level of emotion that mesmerizes the listener.
Pashatube 2 months ago
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Bflat was intrepretation :P
dreamov2D 3 months ago
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dreamov2D 3 months ago
lol...She plays B flat at 2:24 - 2:25 instead of B natural :P Anyway she is perfect!!
ilkolli 3 months ago
@ilkolli I have a Cd from the Suzuki book three playing Bach's Bourree, in a couple of places the performer on the record plays an Eb instead on E natural, sometimes it happens, no one is perfect, although in my opinion, Hilary is as close to perfect as anyone can get, lol
hugemitts 1 month ago
I can' beleive how stupid some of these comments are.
fredhainen 3 months ago 9
I think the thing with her playing isn't that she shows no emotion, because she does, but that one never really gets a sense of difficulty. She plays the most difficult repertoire like a good teacher playing something out of one of the earlier Suzuki books. As well, she doesn't force her own personality through the music. Basically, if she wanted to convey fiendish intensity, she'd likely have to fake it, and that would be something of an abomination. Better to let Hahn be Hahn.
MerlinTheDraconic 3 months ago 2
@MerlinTheDraconic Dunno... sort of the difference between calculated emotionality and spontaneous expression, which Galamian describes in Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching. I will always prefer someone like Ricci for that reason.
IcarusDrowning88 3 months ago
Qué buena es
cualquie 3 months ago
i think her studio rendition of Paganini’s Violin Concerto no. 1 on Deutsche Grammaphon (2006) has lots of emotion. made me cry the first 7 times I listened to it. perfect pitch, timing and vibrato too!
huntrichardson 3 months ago
@huntrichardson that recording is the most technically perfect thing ever accomplished in the world of music without the aid of pitch correction or quantizing. holy crap it's incredible. her tone on that album is so well captured and perfect i can listen to it forever.
ggalexhutchings 1 month ago
@ggalexhutchings yes and she is a sweet, down to earth person. a real lady with talent in spades
huntrichardson 1 month ago
@huntrichardson yeah, she actually performed the brahms with an orchestra i was in when she was about 14. i knew at the first note i heard that i would be having youtube conversations about her and how famous and incredible she was. well, youtube wasn't around yet. but you get the drift
ggalexhutchings 1 month ago
@ggalexhutchings must have been exciting. what orchestra were you in? also, for anyone out there who thinks HK doesn't emote because she doesn't contort her face or writhe around like Jennifer Koh or Joshua Bell (whom I have seen/heard play live), consider Itzhak Perlman, arguably the greatest living classical violinist: he can't writhe. the passion HK's artistry is heard - just close your eyes and listen.
huntrichardson 1 month ago
@ggalexhutchings that's awesome! i saw her live in october, and she's absolutely wonderful! she's got the most wonderfully clear intonation.
mcfriz123 1 month ago
Brilliant. Absolutely beautiful. Not sure why some criticize her for "showing no emotion" while playing. Obviously Hilary has extreme passion for her violin which I can hear as she's playing. To me that's emotion!
JillyTanner 3 months ago
So etwas Schönes hören zu können, war es wert, gelebt zu haben.
Und vieles Mehr...
Johannesbaerli 4 months ago
@1212surface Yes! :D i love when people are nice on youtube like you!
JazzBluesClassical42 5 months ago
@1212surface oh... well thanks for the insight! in my opinion, Josh Bell is the greatest of the young virtuosos (perlman has most experience, however) as he plays with the greatest feel for the piece and emotion for what he plays. almost as if the music is coming out of him and not his instrument. sad to say i'm not really a fan of Vengerov... he seems comercialised to me. like he shows emotion, but it seem like he's intentionally doing it and it's not by default. either way, they're all superb
JazzBluesClassical42 5 months ago
The worst crime and musician can commit is to play their instrument even once without emotion. I lost a tiny grainule of respect for her because of this.... still love her though!
JazzBluesClassical42 5 months ago
technically was very good but i couldnt really get the emotion from this performance...
DualThunder 5 months ago
Hilary, Thank You for transforming my life. Mr. Brodsky lived down the road from my Grandparents in the Ukraine. You are an Angel. Love, Michael Glenn
xenawolf 6 months ago
Na minha opinião a melhor violinista mulher de todos os tempos pelo menos das que ja ouvi, gostava muito da Sarah Chang mais depois que ouvi Hilary Hahn mudei de opinião totalmente ela tem um som tão firme e claro onde por mais rapido que seja vc consegue escutar todas as notas uma por uma e ela não deixa seu virtuosismo ser destrutivo e exagerado a ponto de sair até vamos dizer feio como dizia Menuhin, mas seu virtuosismo se mostra de uma maneira delicada como a voz de anjos.
jeffersonfsoares 6 months ago
thank you
wertyu311 9 months ago
Great clip! Do you have more from this show?
chrismcgovernmusic 11 months ago
Thank you so so so much!!!!!!
TheFrancescaViolin 11 months ago