V. Shimkus plays J. Haydn Piano Sonata No.54 in G major

[barbosamurilo]

Você e ridículo!! não sabe o que está fazendo!

[barbosamurilo]

Você e ridículo!! Deixa de babaca!

[noahbodys]

1:54 epic fail

[hellboyreloaded]

@noahbodys Wh-, Wh-, I me-, I mean.... Why?

[MrEbaby2010]

Oh, I love him as well as his music. He really enjoys and respects his career.

[hellboyreloaded]

@New4785689 He is not improvising at all.

[farah73]

intelligent pianist!

[buffuzo]

It is still a horrible performance. 

[buffuzo]

but I do like his performance of the Rach 3, his Haydn is much to romanticized.

[wellsounds]

It's a performance, so what if he makes faces. In a music style where there is absolutely no improvisation, it could be his way of expressing himself. Even if it's a bit over the top, it probably adds to how he is feeling while he's playing (i.e. it might not have sounded the same way had he not been "acting"). Just my take on it.

[MrEbaby2010]

Very Handsome and interesting. He really enjoys the music he plays. I love it.

[ambientIdeal]

I think people being critical of his performance exemplify one of the most natural and important parts of art: critical commentary. As a global society, we are still discovering the best ways to be critical of commentary itself.

Expressive professional performance. Bravo!

[Matteo7419]

I've nothing with musicians that express their feeling with face expressions, but actually it seems he's acting. By the way is redention of the Sonata is everithing but good.

[Mozeroscar]

he reminds me that drake bell jajaja even plays like him he should get a guitar, virtuosso but not too much grace on it

[fratman2003]

Jesus when the fuck did you all become classical critics.. first the guy is obviously loving what he is playing and so what if he expresses it?.. Haydn was not virtuoso and since there probably no real recording of this piece by Haydn then who really knows how the song is expressed? One of the main ideas of playing earlier works in concert is to add your own feeling. Just look at Glenn Gould that guy pretty much danced in his seat while he played classical.

[TylerFullStick]

@fratman2003

....while not the most eloquently expressed, thanks for having the balls to respond most appropriately to this and all the others who offer their so valuable expertise...in other words, I couldn't agree with you more! Amazing how willing people are to betray their ignorance in the form of opinion.... and no one is twisting their arms to show off their own stupidity - they just serve it up piled high on their own platter. Skairrrrrrr y!

[mbialoncz]

Awfull performance - full of exeggeration, hysterical.

[sclyfes1212]

This guy is full of himself... His sound is so mechanical.

[comprehensiveboy]

Yes ,different opinions reflecting the degree of cynicism and jealousy of the writer. This guy is wonderful and life affirming which is what Haydn is about.

[1ddbb1]

man, you cant give the missing feeling with your face, piano is not acting... ok? oh my god since this lang lnag every bodya thinks piano is an acting show,,, acutally ears is what matters!!

[Boriska2008]

real very good man!great pianist!he was SUPER!!!!

[musicFL94]

@Boriska2008

his mimik is cool. you're right!

[leomulder]

Where was it? He looks funny.

[klinsha8]

Very, very good, as always. I love his mastery, his intimacy whith the authors he plays, his self-confidence in all his renditions( he is only 24 now).

Thank you Mr. Vestard Shimkus, and thank for you too LAYKRAADIS.

[buffuzo]

Listen to Brendel play this, or Richter if you want to know what artistry is. Shimkus, while technically accurate and somewhat creative is immature and silly by comparison. I think most knowlegable critics would discount his sustainability as a popular classical artist based on this performance. Perhaps he would be better suited to playing parlr music in the Women's Department at Macy's.

[katkula]

agreed!

[pianoboyo]

Richter's Haydn - is NOT to my taste, virtuosobut totally misses the point of Haydn. Brendel is better, a master in fact, but he often misses the depth of humour and warmth and exhuberance that undeniably characterised not only Haydn but his vast output. I have some issues with the hardness of Vestard's tone occassionally, but that could be the recording rather than him per say. It's wonderful to see a young pianist with imagination!

[thelightisahead]

He plays amazingly, such a control over touch. But I am sort of on both sides of the fence - there's nothing wrong with physical expression, but there is rather a lot of it... :/ it ought not distract from the music, since music is about what you hear, and the trouble with a video of this guy is it does distract a bit. It's great that he's enjoying it and all! And like I said, he plays AMAZINGLY. But sometimes it's just a little much, I'd say. And Haydn wasn't childlike, just good humoured!

[RenoRaider]

The people criticising this guy for enjoying what he's doing are idiots.

[horses1]

Just a note of correction regarding the number: this is sonata XVI, No. 40, one of three written for Princess Marie Esterhazy. Thanks for posting.

[GeniusHaydn]

Childlike? Get a clue.....Haydn is all about happiness and the good nature of the human spirit.....Mozart learned all he could from the old master. Yes, he is one of the greatest of all time....and this piece proves it............

[clubsandwedge]

@GeniusHaydn

damn straight

[Holl7y]

Amazing musician, great attention to score and style. It's nice to hear someone improvise at fermatas and on repeats. Bravo!

[HornungMoeller]

Mr. Bean on Piano... Would look like him..

[kitkat0517]

Haydn was a childlike musician,

i think Shimkus plays it the right way.

it's the right way to express this composition.

not like what you said.

[bicsc7]

I think he completely misses the mood of the first movement. It's something much more intimate and playful, but he pulls it off as a cutsey cakewalk. The tempo marking even states allegretto innocente.

[buffuzo]

agree with you entirely, this performance is intellectually dry and out of character. agree with okiou456 as well. He can play the piano, very well in fact. But I do not like this interpretation, it is just silly, it is a charicature of Haydn, not Haydn.

[okiou456]

Good,but nothing special.And he doesn't have to act so horrible way.He looks like an idiot.Sorry,but it's totally unacceptable,and totally unprofessional.

[alicealiceKARLie]

This video has inspired me to play much better and faster.

[scribeuisum]

vestard je veux faire l'amour avec toi... sur un piano

[Arcanist1337]

He plays good

[antoinezygfryd]

Un bain de fraîcheur..

Quel plaisir aussi d'échapper aux conventions viennoises...

J'aime beaucoup les enjolivements,ce que faisait aussi Landowska dans Mozart...après tout.

Raffiné et intelligent.

[AurinkoSunshine]

he needs to date me

[inthemajorkey]

AHAHHA i love him.

[tita4569]

He is cute! Handsome Hahaha I know it's out of place, but I just couldn't help it..

Nice performance

[dralodralo]

It's amazing!!! perfect

[firebreathone]

when was this performed? (what year?)

[meervieniiba]

The performance took place on December 26th, 2006. National Theatre, Riga

[GeniusHaydn]

Laikraadis-This is Sonata No. 54 in G major. Get it straight..........

[1courage]

cool! funny, and technically brilliant! great perfomance. Haydn rules:)

[DaRandomCommeAlt]

HAHAH RANDOMLY WIKID ZON

[dragons454]

You've just made your own version....

[dragons454]

you've just made out your own version....

[marmin74]

A spirited performance! very nice

[milady8]

ummmm...I would say, he is not young and promising anymore. Despite his age, he is a value in the world of pianism. Enjoy :)

[sebastyaniceq]

exactly....his face expressions are little bit silly but it is necessary when someone feels music like him...

[mcgiver02]

NOT as silly as Lang Lang's

[Toofairy]

is he very famous?

[jjiiyyoooonn]

LOL! nice face expressions! :]