wonderful. gives you a rush of adrenaline. the techinque and speed are both amazing. it may not be my place, but just a piece of advice - playing the allegro ma non troppo gives the presto coda more excitement, but it's up for individual interpretation.
I first watched this in utter disbelief - it's about the most astonishing performance of this dramatic work I've ever heard, and certainly the most competent and effective. Superlative sense of form, phrasing and progression with perfect expression at an impatient tempo. If only we could have the coda too - preferably soon!
@FrenchLanguage i do agree, it does make the performance kind of funny when a pianist starts moving around. but i don't think its a bad thing. i do the same thing i play piano. pianist " wiggling " around is like when a football player slaps a team mates but, its just what you do. it's how you show expression that your into the game/ music.
Torso movement is an indispensable tool in playing the piano as it allows you to shape the music more. Movement at the hips is a wonderful source of power and control of larger volume shapes, while the arms, wrists and fingers provide more of the details.
@tsazar While what you say is true for those who move unconciously while playing, it is not true for those doing it purposely to achieve a certain show effect. Some are such "ballet dancers" while playing instruments that all their expressiveness goes into there torso movements and the music they play sounds lifeless and automated. I love Asian cultures, my partner is Japanese. But I do see this happening much more in East-Asian musicians than in any other.
@Seleuce I know exactly what you are describing. However, torso movement is a wonderful tool in a complete piano technique. What you are describing is a disconnect from the conception to the execution. This is a problem more with the mind than the body, one must learn to recognize how their movement affects the music. Only then can they sculpt the phrases and execute their interpretation.
Why can't Asians be still when they play? They always wiggle around like they itch, or being tickled. So what happens is you pay more attention to their movements than the music. It must be a cultural thing. They must have been taught this for show. Have you ever seen that crazy guy Lang Lang, or Blang Blang, or whatever? What a circus clown. I like the discipline Asians have and I'm not a bigot, but they just crack me up with all the wiggling and jiggling at the piano. Mon dieu!
@FrenchLanguage I doubt it has to do with being Asian. (If anything most of her wiggling would be because she's a child, and I would imagine that keeping in constant (practiced) motion helps her to not loose her place in the song.) Everybody wiggles or does something weird when they're concentrating. I used to stick out my tongue when I was younger while trying to write essays. *^_^*
This piece is one of the most challenging sonata beethoven wrote, how is it not hard?It is challenging in for anyone, not just technical but also musically, and she did a very goood job.
You admit you make mistakes on Chopin's Nocturne In C sharp minor and yet you claim that the appassionata is not a very hard piece? I hope this is a joke.
otra marciana, una mas de las personas que no tiene vida de niño, nacen adultos y moriran ancianos... prefiero tenrr una vida normal y disfrutar ser niño , ni pensar enser un bicho de circo como estos puaj.
this is so hard there are like 8 different themes and those left hand passages wear me out but the presto is not the hardest part idk why everybody thinks so
i think if you practise it very slowly and get all the rythems and counting then change the rythems but same fingers then slow again the speed it up and repear works really well. the hard pit is putting in the romanticness of beethoven
To all those people bitterly complaining about her tempo, I for one prefer it fast. I don't want to hear this movement slugging along. I want to hear it race! Some of our minds can process sounds quicker than others. That doesn't mean musicians should pander to the ones on a slower wavelength. This is a wonderful performance!
The speed...which seems to be discussed previously...is open to interpretation and it's amazing that you play it at such speed and still communicate the passion Beethoven expresses
JULY 2000, AGE 13, She´s 21 yrs old so I think she can play this so much better now, with more dynamics, although her technique is great in this video, you can imagine her now, 2008
"Allegro" is a quite fast speed, but "ma non troppo" means not too fast. It is a serious indication of not to take this movement so fast like she does.
You re really an idiot, you re watching a 12 yo girl playing very well a very difficult piece and your pretend her to play it like arrau or rubinstein and all what you have to say is "too fast, too fast, non troppo" I think you are jelous because at your age im sure you cant play it that well.
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Jelaous? Why? This piece is not so difficult as it sounds. I played it at the age of 7 after 2 months of practise. Maybe that's why I am a very well known concert pianist. I love children that play very well but I love it more when they try harder. Ciao.
oh yes, i know, you re one of those pianists that belive you re god. You can be a concert pianist but you are an idiot. What about "very well, done, its a little fast, remember that is allegro ma non troppo, but keep on practicing, you re doing it well". If you re really a concert pianist you re a stupid posting a comment like that.
I listened to the other version by Valentina Lisitsa. She is supposedly a famous concert pianist. Your playing has more sparkle and oomph. That is what this piece is about. It is not called the Appassionata for nothing. I think you are great!
What is her name?
amberbbv 6 months ago
much better musicality than Fazil Say's ridiculous circus music that i just watched before this
pgbollig 9 months ago
How did she get that big piano in the bathroom? Who is she and what is she doing now.
davidburnett2 9 months ago
How did she get that big piano in the bathroom?
davidburnett2 9 months ago
@davidburnett2 i think it's a classroom. i think that's a chalkboard in the back. unless you're kidding?
AvidHobbyist 5 months ago
How old is she? 11? 14? She is amazing.
metteholm75 1 year ago
wonderful. gives you a rush of adrenaline. the techinque and speed are both amazing. it may not be my place, but just a piece of advice - playing the allegro ma non troppo gives the presto coda more excitement, but it's up for individual interpretation.
monkeydude512 1 year ago
I first watched this in utter disbelief - it's about the most astonishing performance of this dramatic work I've ever heard, and certainly the most competent and effective. Superlative sense of form, phrasing and progression with perfect expression at an impatient tempo. If only we could have the coda too - preferably soon!
Gulfstream005 1 year ago 2
congratulations! beautiful
andreablade 1 year ago
Wow
Truzel40 1 year ago
@FrenchLanguage i do agree, it does make the performance kind of funny when a pianist starts moving around. but i don't think its a bad thing. i do the same thing i play piano. pianist " wiggling " around is like when a football player slaps a team mates but, its just what you do. it's how you show expression that your into the game/ music.
GrungeBetty00 1 year ago
Torso movement is an indispensable tool in playing the piano as it allows you to shape the music more. Movement at the hips is a wonderful source of power and control of larger volume shapes, while the arms, wrists and fingers provide more of the details.
tsazar 1 year ago
@tsazar While what you say is true for those who move unconciously while playing, it is not true for those doing it purposely to achieve a certain show effect. Some are such "ballet dancers" while playing instruments that all their expressiveness goes into there torso movements and the music they play sounds lifeless and automated. I love Asian cultures, my partner is Japanese. But I do see this happening much more in East-Asian musicians than in any other.
Seleuce 7 months ago
@Seleuce I know exactly what you are describing. However, torso movement is a wonderful tool in a complete piano technique. What you are describing is a disconnect from the conception to the execution. This is a problem more with the mind than the body, one must learn to recognize how their movement affects the music. Only then can they sculpt the phrases and execute their interpretation.
tsazar 2 months ago
Wow! Although, it sounds kinda hectic sometimes...I'd love to hear more clarity, more dynamics, a steadier tempo, and also...the rest of the piece :)
mycatateawildebeest 1 year ago
Wonderful job, but where's the rest?
lllllllllllllll88 2 years ago
cool
PianoTHIS 2 years ago
Now how young are you? About 8? 9? 7? lol Marvelous playing. Absoutely stunning. Now I'll have to tackle this one. You've inspired me. lol
ILoveThePiano1 2 years ago
Why can't Asians be still when they play? They always wiggle around like they itch, or being tickled. So what happens is you pay more attention to their movements than the music. It must be a cultural thing. They must have been taught this for show. Have you ever seen that crazy guy Lang Lang, or Blang Blang, or whatever? What a circus clown. I like the discipline Asians have and I'm not a bigot, but they just crack me up with all the wiggling and jiggling at the piano. Mon dieu!
FrenchLanguage 2 years ago
@FrenchLanguage i think most pianist like professionals ones do that its like they have to in order to be takin seriously or sumthing
mattkunq 2 years ago
@FrenchLanguage I doubt it has to do with being Asian. (If anything most of her wiggling would be because she's a child, and I would imagine that keeping in constant (practiced) motion helps her to not loose her place in the song.) Everybody wiggles or does something weird when they're concentrating. I used to stick out my tongue when I was younger while trying to write essays. *^_^*
utterchaos247 1 year ago
@FrenchLanguage what the hell are you talking about?
majornewb 1 year ago
@FrenchLanguage she's "wiggling around" because she's emotionally into the music and whatever helps her play better than let her be
majornewb 1 year ago 3
Man I wish I was this young when I learned to play this. Just think of what she'll be able to play in her 20s if she keeps up with it.
L0zz0 2 years ago 8
very good indeed. and good to know you. Congratulation.
musicxg 2 years ago
true virtuoso right here
AvidHobbyist 2 years ago 4
holy CRAP!!!!!!! YOU ARE AWSOME
megakamkam111 2 years ago 4
Wonderful! What an amazing rendition! Greetings from Scotland.
ArchieWW 2 years ago
are u korean or chinese or wateva
ekdus9720 2 years ago
tescrachoporlojusto, eres un imbecikl ignorante e inculto.
no te amargues tanto y deja a disfrutar a la gente que tiene talentos de lo que sabe hacer.
pobre de ti....ajjjj
pakko89 2 years ago
Where's the Coda?
JimiHendrixANDVADER 2 years ago
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not a very hard piece but impressive performance.
flubberdubber 2 years ago
This piece is one of the most challenging sonata beethoven wrote, how is it not hard?It is challenging in for anyone, not just technical but also musically, and she did a very goood job.
Desmonddd2002 2 years ago 10
and she is only thirteen...
turistomar 2 years ago
You admit you make mistakes on Chopin's Nocturne In C sharp minor and yet you claim that the appassionata is not a very hard piece? I hope this is a joke.
curzmg 2 years ago 2
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youre stupid you play it if its not so hard
anonymousQ45 2 years ago
flubberdubber, you're playing baby stuff and you're not very good at it, and you're saying this is not a very hard piece? PLAY it. I DARE you. lolz
PianoTHIS 2 years ago
otra marciana, una mas de las personas que no tiene vida de niño, nacen adultos y moriran ancianos... prefiero tenrr una vida normal y disfrutar ser niño , ni pensar enser un bicho de circo como estos puaj.
tescrachoporlojusto 3 years ago
no se ha envidioso...y creo que en este mundo es demasiado dificil definir lo que es "NORMAL"
franconce 2 years ago
asi o mas celoso... cada quien esta loco a su manera y esta forma esta genial a que si? ya quisieras ser "diferente"!
analizzzxD 2 years ago
dude this song is grade VIII! that's as difficult as you can get!!
differentmoods15 3 years ago
actually is the highest level music diploma which you could call grade 11
magicman234561 2 years ago
this is so hard there are like 8 different themes and those left hand passages wear me out but the presto is not the hardest part idk why everybody thinks so
anonymousQ45 2 years ago
i think if you practise it very slowly and get all the rythems and counting then change the rythems but same fingers then slow again the speed it up and repear works really well. the hard pit is putting in the romanticness of beethoven
magicman234561 2 years ago
Aaaaah, the perfect tempo ! Congratulations !!!
chiminox 3 years ago
is not difficult liszt la campanella is more difficult
NodameSpecial 3 years ago
The introduction needs a little work but everything else sounds great! Keep up the good work!
ebkie 3 years ago
in your opinion ?
dude, do u know that this sonata is one of beethovens difficultest pieces
Wamboldi 3 years ago
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sit up straight. you play good but you should also look good playing too. but hey i cant play this.
anonymousQ45 3 years ago
great technique, ugly interpretation.
Ankaboot25 3 years ago
Wow, I'm very, very impressed!!! Keep it up!
pianochick1 3 years ago
Brava
decimaquinta69 3 years ago
Very expressive and impressive.
bobon47 3 years ago
To all those people bitterly complaining about her tempo, I for one prefer it fast. I don't want to hear this movement slugging along. I want to hear it race! Some of our minds can process sounds quicker than others. That doesn't mean musicians should pander to the ones on a slower wavelength. This is a wonderful performance!
puck981 3 years ago
impressive, very emotional, keep playing :)
orleomarty 3 years ago
This is incredible; well done.
The speed...which seems to be discussed previously...is open to interpretation and it's amazing that you play it at such speed and still communicate the passion Beethoven expresses
shmem01 3 years ago
Wonderful. Another budding great pianist.
stephenTGV 3 years ago
elle est tres douée bravo!!!!!!
quanterbrau 3 years ago
holy shit, this girl is great!
davidweiner23 3 years ago
JULY 2000, AGE 13, She´s 21 yrs old so I think she can play this so much better now, with more dynamics, although her technique is great in this video, you can imagine her now, 2008
javino777 3 years ago
Stop to say "too fast" !!! Omg this is the speed this sonata has to be played and the girl plays it very well...
MoseMendelssohn 3 years ago
"Allegro" is a quite fast speed, but "ma non troppo" means not too fast. It is a serious indication of not to take this movement so fast like she does.
civilbb 3 years ago
you're quite right. anybody should have ears to hear that this speed spoils the music, not enhances it.
englishplayer40 3 years ago 2
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toooooo fast, you'll benefit your technique!
and Lekkerbekje, you're right that she plays too fast and I also like that kids like me (11yrs) plays
ChipmunkForEver 3 years ago
Amazing but slow down, your technique would benefit.
3hlang 4 years ago 3
This is one of my favorite Beethoven pieces, so I have heard it interpreted a number of ways.
I find yours delightful. It is my opinion that Beethoven would feel the same.
mn82c 4 years ago
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To Fast !!! You play so fast that all notes and sound go up in air.....Pleas read the book!It says: Allegro
Ma non troppo!!!!!!!
lekkerbekje 4 years ago
You re really an idiot, you re watching a 12 yo girl playing very well a very difficult piece and your pretend her to play it like arrau or rubinstein and all what you have to say is "too fast, too fast, non troppo" I think you are jelous because at your age im sure you cant play it that well.
lilmemnonlil 4 years ago
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Jelaous? Why? This piece is not so difficult as it sounds. I played it at the age of 7 after 2 months of practise. Maybe that's why I am a very well known concert pianist. I love children that play very well but I love it more when they try harder. Ciao.
lekkerbekje 4 years ago
oh yes, i know, you re one of those pianists that belive you re god. You can be a concert pianist but you are an idiot. What about "very well, done, its a little fast, remember that is allegro ma non troppo, but keep on practicing, you re doing it well". If you re really a concert pianist you re a stupid posting a comment like that.
lilmemnonlil 4 years ago 2
wow~r u sure ur very well known concert pianist??? i've never seen that very well known concert pianist who post a comment on youtube!!!
astarte23 3 years ago
Wow !!!! and who would you be???
A name? A place? A little about the "you".
blueyoyi 4 years ago 2
I listened to the other version by Valentina Lisitsa. She is supposedly a famous concert pianist. Your playing has more sparkle and oomph. That is what this piece is about. It is not called the Appassionata for nothing. I think you are great!
swanningaround 4 years ago
Excellent! Expect to see you in a concert in a few years' time. :)
swanningaround 4 years ago
AMAZING I LOVE YOU WILL YOU MARRY ME
michaelasdf 4 years ago
WOOW!! ur amazing :D keep on good work :D
lNellyl 4 years ago
very good!
seahyimin 4 years ago
asettica...ma è normale a quell'età...cmq è un robot...tecnica eccezionale... O_o
eMyZeTa 4 years ago
Beautiful, but I wanted to hear the effing ending!!!
BrianStalobo 4 years ago
WOOOOOW! brilliant! =D keep playing & posting more!!
g0rge0usgurl 4 years ago