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  • Dear Valentina,

    This is a fabulous performance. I've been so passionate about Chopin, and now even more because of the way you play. I would be most grateful if you would, please, play Ballade n°4 en fa mineur, op.52. It's one of those pieces that brushes my heart with such delicacy. I wish you the best of luck, madam. Never stop fascinating us because you never cease to amaze :)

  • I dont have any word to explain this .... is wonderful!

  • Just amazing.. Keep up the good work!

  • Perfect, you are very talent

  • Beautiful... Thanks Chopin...Thanks Valentina..Thanks Youtube...Thanks God.

  • this is just so beautiful. my grandmother used to play this on her piano, and you are just so emotionally involved in the song, that when i close my eyes, its almost like i can hear her playing it.

    Superb job!! BRAVA!!

  • Divine!!!

  • Perfect! Thank you.

  • oh gosh / perfect

  • Damn. This is astonishing.

  • incrediible, she plays with such velocity and passion.............and yet such a light touch.........her fingers are literaly dancing on the keys

  • I am trying to learn this piece....going OK! The first page is manageable, after that it just gets more tricky. I don't think I will be able to do the key change though - too confusing!!

  • @bcerochford in my opinion, the DETAILS in the first page are a bit more difficult than those easier other pages...i was procrastinating so that i wouldnt have to play that major area...

  • waouuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!just amazing!!

  • przepieknie....masz talent-kolezanko...moja pra-pra- Babcia- Chopina sluchala na Galicji w Polsce...jego muzyka plynie w moich zylach..razem z krwia.

  • perfect...przepiekne!!!

  • i started drooling... then i snapped out of it.

  • I have practiced this beautiful piece...but I can't play it the way you play it...amazing :)

    a musician differs from another musician, they are not all the same

  • This is THE perfection!

    Great job!

  • She makes it look so easy..

  • you will help me get into OSCHA

    :)

    Thankyou

  • Best version!

  • loveable song

  • This piece made me cry.

  • 0:48 - 0:55  <3

    That part is just amazing

  • Талант. Труд. Мастерство. Красота. Спасибо, Валентина!!!

  • Une interprétation très bien sentie. Je trouve que le tempo est un peu trop forcé par moments, mais cela reste beau.

  • I wish you would stop playing, so I can get on with my homework.

  • @ReubenD99 lol haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • manhands reak girl

  • Truly lovely. Amazing control. Would I ever love to hear Mrs. Lisitsa's Mazurkas.

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    Search "Lisitsa Chopin" on Amazon and you will find it :) Not available anywhere else...

  • @ValentinaLisitsa bought!

  • @ValentinaLisitsa

    I love your playing so much, you have changed my life with your otherworldly passion. I only wish that I could reach such fantastic levels with my playing. I think it would be great if you could play Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto because to hear you playing it would be amazing. Also how many hours of practice a day do you think that I should practice piano for a 15 year old aspiring concert pianist. Thank you

  • @piano1996No1 Hi! I am also 15 years old and I am very much inspired by this piece and many others played by this musician. I would personally recommend around 2 hours a day, considering you go to school... God bless.

  • @piano1996No1 if you want to be concert pianist then play about 4-5 hours a day if you can, but if you want o be good pianist, play maybe 2 hours a day

    valentina practices 12 hours every day

  • Absolutely gorgeous.

  • She FEELS the music, doesn't simply play it!

  • Where's Valentina Lisitsa VEVO?

  • QUESTIONS regarding on Pedaling for this piece, my piano teacher didnt want to teach me this.

    On the 2nd bar of this, the one that starts with a C sharp, then G# C# E x2. I see that the LED goes with the Csharp and a sign that goes at the 2nd G#C#E Do i let go of my sustain pedal at the point before i play the 2nd G#C#E ?

    And also, how do i use the una corda pedal for this piece?

    Appreciate if anyone can advice me =), im just a total noob

  • @TheAshKane well theashkane i can't find that part you are asking for help is. but i can tell you this i don't care where the pedal marks are i just make my own pedal marks it feels better when i make my own pedal marks.

    but if your teacher said not to you are going to have to. but if you can tell me where it is like on the second staff or third measure that would help alot. and you r not a total noob

  • @MegaCooler12345 Thank you but everything seems not right when im playing the piece, i am talking about the 3rd staff at the 2nd measure and so on, i understood that most of the pedalling style goes the same as the 2nd measure. But am confuse whether i should let go immediately after i play the 3rd staff?

    Thank you for your kind guidance

  • @TheAshKane no a picture

  • @TheAshKane well it looks like you pick up the pedal every three notes most of the time

    but i'm not sure please provide a pic if you can to make sure i'm looking in the right spot

    ok.

  • @MegaCooler12345 hmm... a video ?

  • 7 people are jealous

  • @jekaroxssss of the msot generic of all time pianists? nah.....

  • @MadamDoolally you - despicable hater... Shame on you, idiot!

  • @Hobott valentina, it's amazing how much fake accounts you have to talk good about you and struggle with non hypocritical users like me.... you seems to be a wonderful person and your rachmaninoff wolf and lamb etude is the best, but in other thing, hmmmm..... no....... maybe are not you who creates fake accounts and reply, maybe is your horrible huband, who is an horrible pianist too.....

  • After being harassed by justin bieber on the radio or on TV this piece and this interpretaion is a true gift from god .. thank you a thousand times to continue to live music!!!

  • She waltz through the song beautifully. Amazing interpretation!

  • Holy Crap.... o_O

  • This girl and Kissin kill me!!!!!!! Is there a composer in our time that we are missing? I feel possibly that our pop cultrure composers are our beauty that we need to spend our time with and be absolded in.

  • amazing!

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  • This 7 people shouldn't have a soul for dislike this..

  • it felt a little rushed toward the main chorus but other than that it was great.

  • I thought she could have played a bit faster. I felt as though the piece was being dddddddddrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaa­aaaaaaagggggggggggggeeeeeeeeee­eeddddddddddd along. But overall, this was a fine performance.

  • Who dislike this is a selfish...

  • ich bewundere bei jedem stück fingerpräzision, und mit welche leichtigkeit sie spielen können ,wunderbar .Liebe gruss violetta

  • Faster doesn't necessarily equal better. I think that this piece deserves more time than she spends on it. Although I applaud her skill.

  • Amazing.

  • now i have to learn this song, fantasie impromptu, and black keys...

  • i listen to this video with all my soul and heart . It really touch my heart ^^

  • There's Koeran Fan's here , makes my feel having peaceful

    Thanks God be made like this lovely melody under the sky :)

  • shes awesome.

    

  • Нельзя так играть Шопена. Где душа? Где чувства? Это же не упражнение в виртуозности.

  • @sperk1968 ты- обычный маньяк. Где ТВОЯ душа, если не сумел почувствовать замечательную задушевность этого исполнения? Глухой, что ли.

  • @Hobott Не знал, что исполнение классической музыки можно обсуждать в таком тоне. Лисица - красивая женщина, виртуозная пианистка. Но. Шопен - не ее. Листа и Бетховена она играет гораздо лучше.

  • Не знал, что исполнение классической музыки можно обсуждать в таком тоне. Лисица - красивая женщина и виртуозная пианистка. Но. Шопен - не ее. Она гораздо лучше исполняет Листа и Бетховена.

  • @sperk1968 Да, я полностью согласен с вашей точки зрения~~

  • slow motion button please...

  • @DNatz369 Pause the video, then hold the spacebar ;)

  • @shenkeey XD

  • This makes me swoon. Valentina, you are by far my favorite pianist working today.

  • @claudius631 And you're one to judge. Yes her technique is spot on, impeccable precision, but only a jealous troll would reject to hear the soul in this performance.

  • @drelldm what soul?

  • @xAnonymousss Exactly my point. Ms. Lisitsa's interpretation is full of it and you are too ignorant to perceive it. Take it from someone who can play the piece.

  • ^_^ i love it...

  • No dejo de repetir el minuto 0:48 al 0:58

  • No recordaba que esta es una de mis favoritas de Chopin...

    Bravíssimo!!!!

    ='}

  • @claudius631 The arrogance of that statement made me nauseous. "You are not able to interpret Chopin"? Who the hell are you to decide how Chopin should be interpreted? If you don't like the way she plays, fine, you're entitled to your opinion. But how *dare* you presume to be be the one who solely knows how Chopin *should* be interpreted. There is no "should be interpreted". There is only how you wish him to be interpreted.

  • @claudius631 you are full of bullshit. how could you be the one to decide how Chopin could be interpreted? I don't think you have any knowledge whatsoever. go back to school

  • beautiful. I'm playing this for my hsc and i'm not sure whether or not to play the soft parts with the una corda pedal on... thoughts?

  • @RodneyDalpadado I would never use the soft pedal. It mutes it and takes away the beauty of the notes. Just play as quietly as you can.

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  • Wooooooooowww!! Wonderfullll!!!

  • There are not words to describe the way you feel when you watch this kind of videos... <3

  • Chaque fois que je visualise une nouvelle interprétation de cette valse, je reviens vers votre version. Chaque fois, le miracle se reproduit, rien que de voir (et écouter) vos doigts semblant effleurer seulement le clavier relève de la révélation. Merci Valentina, il y a dans votre jeu une sensibilité d'aucun autre pareil.

  • Beautiful.

  • everytime i turn on my pc i go straight to Youtube, type "Chopin Valse Op.64 No,2" and click on this video, and listen till' i end my work. It's haunted !!!

  • @agirlwholovesrain2 I do exactly the same !! It's imposible to get bored...

  • Maravilhosa execução!!!!!!!!!

  • Me pregunto si las 5 personas que No les gusta esto tienen mejores versiones interpretadas por ellos mismos en Youtube.

  • Just perfectly awesome

  • this have to be true art !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i'll prob play the same way as you.. as my technique is not as good as the masters.. so this will prob be the best i can give.

  • @apfelchiang you wish!

  • i love the way your hands dance on the piano. Very beautiful... acoustics.. interpretation. But.. i still like Rachmaninoff better. sorry.

  • @ValentinaLisitsa I really admire your work, and I am going to play this piece this year. I go to the music CONSERVATORY of Istanbul and this is my 7th year. My hand is large like yours which is a good thing but i really have difficulties playing as fast. I practice 3 hours almost everyday, I know it's not enough but I do everything my teacher says but i just can't get my fingers as AGILE as i want them to be. I would be utterly glad if you gave me some tips :) It would help me morally too ! :))

  • she should slow the middle part -.- hate that

  • @95sven95 agreed! though it's still one of the best interpretations I've heard.

  • If she slowed down at the end it would have been perfect

  • this song sounds so much better slower you have time to actually catch the emotion

  • a seu fosse metade dela

  • magic...

    

  • Amazing recording, and faithful interpretation. 

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  • ah Valentina......amazing

  • just wondering, is she not using the pedal as much as shes supposed to or is it just the piano?

  • I absolutely love when she plays! She plays with so much emotion. Hearing her play definitely motivates me to play and practice harder on the piano.

  • You know, New York is cool. It has some nice pianos and people who love classical music and piano performances. If I was a concert pianist, that's where I would want to go. Just saying. :)

  • I believe the section marked piu moso should be rather allegretto than allegro or presto. It is graceful and should have a lilt to it, but should not be feverish. When it is played very quickly I miss the intimate nature of it which I feel is so important.

    I realize many, probably the majority, disagree with me. I played this section slower than the majority, but still flowing.

  • @YashaYakhnisPiano

    It is a good point I have been debetaing myself. I first played this piece at 17(started the piano at 3) and now after a couple decades later I am revisiting to play. I am at Juilliard evening division with Pianist/faculty Assaff Weisman and am going to ask his opinion. Thank you for a nice comment!

  • @YashaYakhnisPiano

    I agree with you. I mean, the technique is obviously there, but somehow it just doesn't feel right. Or maybe I've listened Rubinstein interpretation too many times ;) Cheers

  • Her hands move as gracefully as a mermaid's tail fins, unbelievable... You can turn the volume off and it's still worth watching.

  • simply fantastic!

  • I get lost within this piece. It is so etherial.

  • Absoloutley incredible. Easily one of my favorite Chopin pieces, you played it how it should be played. Could listen to this all day.

  • Beautiful.

  • Esta chica toca genial, pero...enseguida coge el tubo. Hay composiciones que hay que tocar más despacio.

  • So good...

  • Well, i found my favorite interpretation.(*-_-*)

  • @arfsg123 Agreed!

  • I like how you play !

  • Comment ne pas aimer cette vidéo ?!

  • i love youuu

  • Im not a musician but it is indeed a tru blessing to have people as talented as you in this day and age when music has been turned into nothing more than a freak show.

  • 2 глухим которым не понравилось это исполнение - играют лучше???

  • JAW DROPPED!i think you are chopins reincarnation! :O

  • Wonderful interpretion in sense of chopin...!

  • It will be cool if you would play Debussy sometine :-)

  • It's difficult to imagine that other videos gain so much attention when the beauty of this music deserves a higher recognition. Thanks for posting this, it is truly lovely.

  • who would dislike this???????? 0_o

  • @tyj1020 some Justen Bieber fag fan !

  • I love you !

  • The more of Valentina's videos I watch the more convinced I am she's the real deal as concert pianists go. Valententia, if you're monitoring this, come and play St Georges in Bristol UK. We've a decent Steinway, a nice acoustic and BBC Radio 3 record here frequently - plus the piano stool looks really comfortable........

  • @matsnotfat Love that last bit of your comment

  • good (((((((

  • Прекрасно) мне очень понравилось. Хорошо сыграно и снято) успехов, Валентина.

  • One of the most beautiful waltzes of Chopin. Beautifully and elegantly performed. Thank you - I need to work on this one myself to make it sound so light and transparent. Valentina, is there going to be a DVD with all Chopin's waltzes played by you?

  • I can't stop watching.

  • I love this piece and don't get me wrong she plays it exquisitely but it sounds a little speeded up;o

    who knows it might just be me.

    Still great work!!!

  • I really like this performance. Won't you tell use your secret one day ? More seriously, where does your inspiration come from to play this piece ?

  • I've liked this piece from the first time that I had heard it. Thanks for recording it, as I enjoy almost everything that you have so graciously shared with the world on Youtube. You bring a great deal of joy to this us with your performances!

    Sincerely...Scott

  • I look forward to your interpretation of the impromptus.

  • che meraviglia !! grazie !

  • Diese Hände setzen ein Instrument in soche Art wundersame Bewegung, wie nur die Seele auszudrücken vermag...

  • I always watch your videos and then learn the pieces :) I love you Valentina

  • I believe it can be played both fast and slow at the same time.

  • I'm learning this at the moment. It's very beautifull.. :)

  • I don't like the b part she's playing in this version. Her technique and the is so sharp it cuts through the sound. I always imagine this waltz in particular to sound like something played out of an old piano in a living room. Guess everything in a concert hall has to be grand. Just my oppinion.

  • @Ianthe22...your 'oppinion' is wrong.

  • @sweetcharlie63 Well, it's just an oppinion. So you think her technique is very unsharp? How so? Which makes you think her technique is not very good? Why would you think such a thing sweetcharlie67???

  • @Ianthe22..."opinion"

  • @sweetcharlie63 oh, i c. thx...

  • @Ianthe22 I freakin lol'd xDDD

  • @arcturian627 I guess you are entitled to:S.

  • It's steinway or your own bosey?????????? :D

  • @MegaTomco i would have guessed at Bosendorfer.

  • I LOVE pianists who play this waltz with vigor and energy. The slow recordings bore me to tears. Rubinstein played it this way as well. Your middle/ending sections were incredible to listen to! Thank you so much for uploading this for us.

  • Wonderful!!!!!!!

  • Absolutely beautiful :)

  • My favourite Chopin waltz, excellently performed.

  • sounds really really good!

    .. although i like it slower.. more of a dancing waltzy speed... how can i dance at this pace?? :-)

  • Love it! Absolutely amazing!!! 

  • I can feel like if I were in Paris in a cloudy day.