Eugene Izotov plays Mozart Oboe Concerto (III mvt, Rondo)

[JAMFIO]

the best

[Tchaikovskyfanable]

that is the best cadenza i have ever heard for this piece!

[shirleyandpearl]

wowwee....definitely not a Walmart instrument picked up on aisle 7 by the Barbie display, but it's also the years of practice and talent behind it and a great reed!

[Oregonoboe808]

@shirleyandpearl duhhhhh.....

[momcata]

Briliant...shock...I am oboist and never hear like that...SUPER BRAVO

[sr14225]

Anyone know what make oboe this is?

[rachellol43]

@sr14225 It's probably a Loree

[theothercanadian]

@sr14225 He told me he plays Loree oboes.

[TheOboeNerd]

Holy schnitzel, what a great cadenza.

[theothercanadian]

@TheOboeNerd Holy schnitzel, is that another Keithism?

[izzles369]

music meant for gods.

[izzles369]

beautiful!

[twolfg06]

@eet73 so i play oboe and bass guitar and i actually took a course on jazz improve on bass and then on oboe (yeah jazz oboe, not my best chioce) It's not as hard as people might think it is. 3 weeks into the class and I could improvise with no problem. This piece is much harder to preform than improvise. In addition classical music evolved from centuries of brilliant composers in Europe. Jazz evolved from African music which they composed while on the toliet.

[TannerOlivas]

@twolfg06

Gtfo fag.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

It's easier to improvise "this piece" than to perform it?!

What the hell are you saying? You're saying it'd be easier to compose this piece on the run with no prior knowledge of the melodic phrasing of the piece?! The melody IS ALREADY COMPOSED YOU FOOL! How are you going to improvise a classical piece?!

Please. You are an idiot. Leave this area.

[theothercanadian]

@TannerOlivas It was a typo, and you're taking what he's saying out of context. He is telling someone that thinks jazz is the hardest thing in the world and thinks classical musicians are untalented and overpaid that it is much easier to improvise than to perform this piece.

[94obie]

This guy is my template for becoming a professional oboist

[maestrojimbo]

Exquisite, refined and intelligent playing - BRAVO! from a reformed oboist.

[mikiprof65]

Semplicemente.... BRAVISSIMOOOO....!!!!!!!!!!

[mikiprof65]

Semplicemente.... BRAVISSIMOOOO....!!!!!!!!!!

[rabidkoreann]

i have to play this... and im soo screwed :X

[cadetplayin4Him]

He is a beautiful, beautiful man...

[Chelloboe75]

Nada que decir, excelente sonido y proyección del mismo dentro de la acústica. Excelente!...

[smoothbabic]

One of the 'best' 3rd Mvt Mozart Cadenzas ever written!!

[BetaPaizy]

@ichiniisankurosak - don't let anyone influence your dreams, especially people of questionable manners, education and intelligence whom you've never met outside of YouTube! Don't worry about their opinions and follow your dreams with all your heart!

[eet73]

yeah, but can this guy improvise? jazz is way better. 

[ichiniisankurosaki]

@eet73 what you don't realize is that much of the playing in this piece is improv; the cadences (especially for that full minute at the end) were improv, the trills and flurries of notes were improv. Don't judge a musician or style of music without researching it yourself. As a fellow oboist, I can tell you that we do our fair share of improvisation.

[eet73]

@ichiniisankurosaki yeah, but the key word in your comment is "were." People that perform this music today do not come anywhere close to keeping the performance practices of Mozart's time alive. It's all a museum now. I have researched this style of music quite a bit, I can assure you. Jazz players, performing the music of our time, are far better musicians than the elitist, overpaid, and insular performers that work in symphonies today, particularly in the U.S.

[ichiniisankurosaki]

@eet73 ouch, that kinda hurt, considering it'smy dream to be one of the 'elitist, overpaid, and insular performers' you talk about. Actually, there is a Union movement in which performers are getting their salaries cut in half, and is initially driving people out of the music business so they can find better jobs. Performing improv with Mozart's music also doesn't have to fit the performance level of his time; it only matters that the performer feels the music and plays it the way they see fit.

[eet73]

@ichiniisankurosaki maybe you'd be wise to re-evaluate your dreams then.

[ichiniisankurosaki]

@eet73 excuse me, but who the hell are you to tell me what I can and can't do? I don't remember attacking your dreams, but rather pointing out facts that you're oblivious or just ignorant of. You're taking this debate to a whole new level to the point where I'm getting offended (not that you really care, since you're basically telling me to drop out of college and start new)

[eet73]

@ichiniisankurosaki Just calling it like I see it man. Sorry.

[jrosen66]

@eet73 It could not be more clear that you do not know what you are talking about. Are all 25,000 people who showed up at millennium park for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra elitist? Also one could easily make the argument that conventional Jazz is as antiquated an art form as classical music. Except atonal Jazz. Except that atonality in music pioneered by classical musicians like Alban Berg, decades before Atonal Jazz came into common practice, or any practice. Fire your music history teacher

[theothercanadian]

@eet73 Music of our time is very vague. It includes jazz, pop garbage, "rap music" which I find to be an oxymoron, and contemporary classical music. Why does it matter when something was composed? Good music lasts forever. Mozart has definitely lasted 250 years. How did Bach improvise back in his day? He wrote down chord positions and played. Is that really too different from jazz musicians? How much jazz is actually written down today?

[maestrojimbo]

@eet73 You are an ignorant and pretentious fool! It's obvious you have NO knowledge or love of classical music, so why not go crap on some other non-classical channel? You have no credentials - just a big mouth and a desire to put others down - a loathsome combo!

[theothercanadian]

@ichiniisankurosaki I'd have to say the tradition of improvising cadenzas was phased out in the romantic era. In my opinion musicians in symphony orchestras are NOT underpaid, their pay is NOT high in any way, the Toronto Symphony has a minimum pay of about 60k, but considering oboists pretty much have to wait for someone to DIE for a position to become available... I myself am a high school classical oboist, making my Carnegie Hall debut in May. It's not about the money, its about the music.

[ichiniisankurosaki]

@theothercanadian the amount of pay really depends on what orchestra you're in and what position you play; true, oboists generally make a pretty decent amount by the end of the year, but it is also true that symphonies across the US are receiving upwards of 17 to 33 percent pay cuts. Also, I never said anything about music being about the money. Being able to perform is my life and dream, but I also need to be realistic about what jobs I get so I can support myself and a future family.

[theothercanadian]

@ichiniisankurosaki Sorry my mistake, I meant to say "are NOT overpaid". The figure I produced for you, was after a 30% cut. I think salaries for musicians with permanent positions in professional orchestras are irrelevant because most musicians are freelance, self employed entities. I personally would rather be an underpaid musician, than an accountant with enough money.

[theothercanadian]

@eet73 You clearly are not mature enough as a musician to understand that professional musicians should know how to play ALL styles of music. A real musician does not pick, choose and hate. I admit I am not fond of jazz, but i can recognize and appreciate good jazz, and I can play jazz.

[willliamwelterii]

by far the best recording of this movement out there

izotov rocks!!!

[iLoveOboe3]

GORGEOUS TONE!!!!!!!!!!

[Mpaka]

Just Great! Bravo !

[aquastar2008]

isn't there a version of this song but instead of an oboe, it's a flute?

[CJSweatt]

@aquastar2008: There is a version, the Mozart flute concerto in D major, which was composed after this oboe concerto. Both are considered staples in the repertoire for each instrument.

[GGefter1]

Bravissimo!

Trully mastery playing! Singing Oboe!

Sincere and pure!

[nextalexklein]

holy crap...

[MsVrednaya]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

[japanesesen]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.....!! :D

[BassetHoundTrio]

Excellent sound, sure - but his articulations are amazing - such refinement and control. A stellar musician.

[omega0zigma]

Wonderfull...!! Exellent Sound.. Bravo!!

[bmwski0507]

Ah! Mr. Izotov's tone is wonderful and refreshing.