i don't know if this baby,now he's a boy,had a normal childhood....maybe he's a genius but i think he studied many hours a day...i don't agree with the "enfant prodige"...let him play and have fun with the other children...i hope he did...
Oliver is not so little any more. He is 17. Currently in Tanglewood and going to Curtis in the fall. Check his website for more videos on cello, piano and conducting.
what i can't forgive however is that cut in the song that occurs at 4:40. I don't care WHAT time constraints someone has, that change that took place in the song was just unforgivable to my ears.
Besides that though, this kid is basically a prodigy, awesome playing!
Kids like him make Yo Yo Ma look like crap. I mean this kid for instance plays good, yet had rudimentary teachers and didn't practice all that much, yet can play practically as good as Ma. It makes the Julliard school of music look like a joke. Heck when he's 18ish out of high school, he could attend Julliard and correct the music teacher constantly. I would like to see that, LOL!
@celloprof to be fair mate yo yo ma played to the president of the united staes when he was like 5 and his 12 year old sister accompanied him! haha so common... give ma a break ;)
@Batman6564 I'm just trying to say, doesn't it seem crazy if you can already play like a pro, yet go to a school like Julliard? It kind of seems insulting to me.
@celloprof well as little as they are there are things about this his playing that need to improve and he has it naturally inside him, its the inspiration from teachers and pupils and facilities of places like the julliard that really help to unleash these talents within,
@jmk2031 That sounds arrogant, lol. Its arrogant to think that a college professor could teach a already talented musician, then the teacher takes the credit later. Look at Julliard or whoever, aren't we wonderful... PSHHHH! Can't people just be famous or recognized without going to one of those schools? Maybe some of the most experienced most talented musicians in the world care NOTHING for fame and are known by practically no one.
god damn tuning should NEVER take this long!!! You should tune before you come on stage and not waste time, (and more importantly lose the audience), with tuning on stage!!!
I think, if somebody wants to play a cello concerto in 11yo, have to learn the whole concert, not only the fast parts. He plays a good voice, and so clearly, but its terrible, that he plays only the 1. and the 3. mouvement. The peace have a 2. beautiful part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@paronka90 Oliver played the full concerto, all three movements. In this performance, unfortunately, the conductor has cut a few sections due to time limitations.
he is rushing alot and needs to slow down the whole piece in order to make it more precise. trust me i play this concerto too and it is very easy to get out of hand with tempo but it is alot more pleasing to hear stark contrast between triplets and eighths
@FelipeValen You make that sound soo funny. Thats one of the reasons why its a joke for kids like him to join Julliard when they are older. Why would you need to when you are that good... when you have beed practicing that long, for that many years and hours a day. lol XD
bourré de technique et dépourvu d'oreille et de musicalité ... voila la nouvelle generation de violoncelliste. on est censé s'accorder au debut et pas l'inverse^^
et pour finir merci pour le montage plus que bidon de ce st saens... bravoo
Seriously guys, how much more emotion and "love of music" do you expect a 11yr old boy to put into a music? I think he's doing a great job for his age. As time pass and he gains more musical experience, he will be amazing. I'm just jealous at how amazing he is with cello AND piano D: I feel so shamed of myself..
the techniques and rythm is amazing. however, i do believe that if you put more feeling into the music into the piece, the audience would be moved much more...i'm sure you will blossom into a great cellist. just think of what the conductor is looking for beneath each piece.
ya...i agree with mewleri, he plays the notes and rhymes spot on. it just seems that he has no love behind the music. its very stiff to me only seems like talent. only my opinion though.
I dont know why when you see a young child play at this level you need to pick them apart. Its a wonderful thing that he takes the cello this seriously at this age. obviously he is not perfect but we need to appreciate all of the hard work he has done, not criticize him for his lack of interpretation. His musical interpretation will develop as he gains life experience.
I do agree it isn't really fair to pick him apart, but there is validity in what they're saying. He has great technique for his age but doesn't seem to understand what he's playing in a purely musical sense. But as you said, give him a few years to mature musically and he'll probably produce some great things.
he's now 15 I think, do check out his other performances. I think he's remarkably poised for an 11 year old. And remember, he was playing a small cello, so it doesn't have the resonance of a full size instrument.
holy frickin' crap i didn't start till i was 12 and this kid is in thumbs positions and he's ELEVEN! woooow he's really good...three words future juilliard student....
why on earth do people put thumbs downs when they see a language they don't understand?? let me translate lu19900213's comment:
"really fantastic! i almost cried listening to it - it's really moving. it's incredible that such a young boy can play such moving music. it's practically perfect! and very good application of strength."
please understand what people are writing first before putting thumbs down alright...
Brilliant cello and piano. Not sure about home schooling. A risk is in breeding an elitist self image, and less interactive skills - giving prime place to an ideology rather than the surety that accompanies the standard pathway. To discard norms that seem boring and perhaps beneath a gifted child plays Russian roulette with his psyche. My medical training has led to a respect for the golden mean and a caution re experiments with human experience. I've seen unfortunate results, and great ones.
Wow, he plays with such feeling for one so young, and his intonation is perfect. Motivation for me to practice!!! I had a difficult time believing that he was actually playing that! Such a big sound out of such a small cello!
Actually, Oliver practices only two hours a day and has plenty of time for other things. He is home schooled. And, at the time of this recording he was practicing an hour and a half a day. Plus 20 minutes piano.
oh that's cool i play the cello too, and i as well study with lynn harrell. i recently played this piece with orchestra, and i have uploaded the video if you want to check it out. oh and very good playing! your intonation is amazing!!
Oliver is currently the student of Lynn Harrell but no videos are on youtube since. At the time of this recording he studied in Victoria BC and in NEC.
He has to tune to the orchestra and was not given the opportunity in advance. His half size cello was also hard to tune. His perseverance has been praised by professionals.
whoa whoa whoa! hold it! im working on this piece right now! and so i know! this kid skipped like, 2 pages! is that part of the cut u were talking about?
It is pretty common to hear these exact cuts of this concerto in student recitals, concerto competition winners concerts like this etc. Not unusual at all to save time on a long program...
congratulations to the young boy!!!He is playing fantastic for his age and he is very good i think that he feel the music and he like it a lot and believe because and i am a cello player that concerto it is veri very difficult
Nice intonation! I always hated the double stops in the the section around 4:18 because I could never get them in TUNE! But bravo! This definitely is a difficult concerto and nice phrasings.
his techniques & intonations are simply amazing!! but i somtimes feel like he's playing.. just pretty. he's still young and i can definitely see he has a very bright future ahead of him! :)
i agree, the kid got a bright future, but he didn't finish te 1st movement, went right to 2nd. plus, where's te rest of 3rd movement, but I guess it's alright, he IS just 11 years old.
He played the whole thing with another orchestra. The conductor cut this performance for his own reasons. Watch him play the Schumann concerto. No cuts.
with or without your son is still a superb musician. i am 23 and i play this and i think he plays it better than i do! he has a very successful career ahead of him!
Yes, he's good, but it's really not that amazing for an eleven-year-old to be playing this piece. He probably started when he was three or so. A few weeks ago I heard a nine-year-old girl play the Boccherini Cello Concerto in Bb Major PERFECTLY — it was pretty amazing.
Here is the information: He started lessons at age 6. Gave his debut recital at age 7 and fist solo with orchestra at age 10 on both cello and piano. He has just won USA nationals for strings.
Wow- ok, I've just been handed this piece by my teacher and the senior at my highschool has played this for our last concert of the year, but the kid, Oliver. He's absolutely amazing and the way he interprets the piece. It's absolutely amazing. Mindboggling. Can't wait to see how it goes as he grows up.
A senior from my school just played this for our concerto concert. Your son has blown my mind away at playing this at only 11!!! I am amazed, Mrs. Aldort. Your son is a prodigy, and you should "over-brag" about Oliver. I can't wait to see how he grows musically!
Oliver is just amazing. Im working on the same peice as him now. Im still trying to figure out the 3rd movement. Im just so amazed to see a person, i mean rather a child play something with such flare. He truly is a prodigy. Good luck oliver im sure you family is very proud of you. Im going to watch out for you in the near future. Dont forget to always have fun while playing your cello. Not like you need any advice from a lowly cellist like me...haha
He has had a few. He was done with his first teacher after one year, the next after two etc. He had some free lessons with famouse major teachers. When he played this concerto he studied with Laura Blustein and got a couple of lessons with Larry Lesser and Paul Katz. He is now 13 and has won state and divisional, going to national playing the Dvorak concerto and Bach prelude #4. His current teacher is Amos Yang.
This kid is eleven. He has the concerto memorized? Perfect intonation? This confuses me. Oh, well. I like the Elgar cello concerto and the Vivaldi concerto for 2 cellos. Those are fun to play.
What confuses you? The boy playes whole lessons, up to three hours, without music. The teacher can say, "Lets work on the transition to G minor and Oliver is right there. Same with conductor. This kid is a prodigy. He wins every compeition and has been on TV and radio. So you don't need to be confused.
A little modesty, please. I do understand that he is a prodigy but I am pretty certain that CelloFiend was pointing out the child's gift, not the opposite. He was confused that a boy so young could be so good. I have been around hundreds of musicians as a musician myself, and although I am impressed by people who can play well, the ones that have helped me the most and have stuck in my mind the most are the ones who could play the best and were the most humble.
1. There has been a long standing problem with cello concertos; The fact that the cello is not very loud and gets easily drown out by the orchestra. This is why Saint-Saens made it so that the orchestra rarely plays and the cello is very often unaccompanied. Modern tradition has it to play these sections as if they were cadenzas, which is unintended. I believe that it is okay to take a little freedom during this piece.
dude, cellos not quiet, used to drown out piano when it was replacing the harpschichord probably spelled that wrong dont really care. play towards the bridge man
wow, great job (if your not a fraud). I'm 14 and am playing the same concerto which I practice to hell and still am nowhere near as good as you/person performing.
You guys are pathetic. You are so obsessed about the tuning. Perhaps he bumped his cello or something happened on the way to the stage. Does it really matter? It was excellent playing. You would think people could get past the first minute of the video and focus on the spectacular 7 minutes. Jeez people. Would you have rather him played with an out of tune cello? I don't think so.
Heh, repotoire beyond my limits, I'm only starting to work on the Haydn C Major 3rd Movement, and the Saint Saens 2nd Movement.
I remember Yo-Yo Ma saying that all you need is a 'fire in the belly'. It's interesting how people like your son are highly motivated, whereas I'm not, since I have to cope with high school pressure =)
All the best for your son, and I hope I get to hear him one day =)
this guy takes, like, an hour to tune!!! And the begining could have a more demanding and expressive character - I strongly, strongly recommend watching Jackie Du Pre's performance.
Oliver's currecnt teacher is Amos Yang in Seattle. He also recieved lessons from Eugene Osadchy, Larry Lesser, Paul Katz, Ronald Leonard and Richard Aaron.
I have a strong accent which he has been affected by. None of his concerts are organized by me. None. Teachers put him in recitals and competitiongs, he wins, conductors call us and pay him to play. He only complains that he doesn't get to perform enough. He wants more. You are making up stories to your own delight. Enjoy your fantasies. Just realize it has nothing whatsoever to do with reality. Nothing to do with my book either. I am well known and most of my readers never heard of Oliver.
Dr. Aldort seems to be taking this gift, this endowment, this prodigy from God whose propensity can only limited by the circumference of the Universe itself, and throwing it out in the public as if it were a marketable product, a flesh and blood musical Einstein milked into the superficiality and the apparent ostensibility of the Internet age. Thrown into the mix are feeble attempts through the fame of this young man to advertise her book, however well written it might be.
was in no way shape or form yelling at his mother. I was simply stating the more or less indisputable and unmistakable fact which in actuality could very well be either misconstrued or contradicted.
one can ascertain from this video, the fledgling, though cultivated, adolescent, is no doubt a stroke of genius. His aptitude and endowment of and through the music can only been witnessed as a gift, and the John Hancock of God can be seen written all over his audible sonority and resonance, that almost of a sexual prowess, disputable it may be for such a young age.
Just out of curiousity, will Oliver be concentrating his studies on the piano or the cello? I've seen many kids who can play the hell out of the piano at an early age, but not many who can handle a more sophisticated instrument like the cello. It's easy for prodigies to play brilliant technically, but not interpret the music with maturity. I believe Oliver does both already. As a fellow cellist, I'm obviously hoping he will pursue the cello.
It is a half cello from Germany, maybe 80 years old, unknown maker. It is awarded to him as a loan by the Carlsen Foundation and he will keep recieving the next size up as he grows.
It is a half cello awarded to Oliver as a loan by the Carlsen Foundation. It is about 87 years old, made in Germany. Not much known about it. Oliver has recently got a three quarter cello. These videos are old.
Yes, he has offered us the link and I could tell it was fake. He is not smart if he thinks one can fall for it. He also asked Oliver for his opinion on his own Paganini playing which is pathetic... We are new at this and your continual support is appreciated.
Its a good start. Take some lessons to work on playing musically, shaping, intonation need lots of work note by note, left hand possition, shoulders, opening up your body and expression. I hope this helps.
hes very talented, but no emotion was put in to it. He has a very bright future if i do say so myself
ojl97 2 months ago
He's taking some time to sit on his chair.
0felex01 2 months ago
I'm 11 and i' just starting to learn this piece!!!
boritopies 3 months ago
He had a wonderful childhood and did not practice very much. He was home schooled and played most of the day with siblings and friends. Music was
his passion, his choice and with his talent he didn't need much practice.
NaomiAldort 5 months ago
i don't know if this baby,now he's a boy,had a normal childhood....maybe he's a genius but i think he studied many hours a day...i don't agree with the "enfant prodige"...let him play and have fun with the other children...i hope he did...
cellotalent93 5 months ago
37 people only watched until 1:36
Rickyfffff 5 months ago
i would of taken that screaming kid away for ice cream so that we could hear the performance!!!!!!!!!!!
posh1961 5 months ago
Oliver is not so little any more. He is 17. Currently in Tanglewood and going to Curtis in the fall. Check his website for more videos on cello, piano and conducting.
NaomiAldort 8 months ago
11!?!?!? I am learning this right now and i am 16 :(
Anyways, go little kids!
HyunAZN 8 months ago
DAMN. kid can rip 10 times harder than i can.
what i can't forgive however is that cut in the song that occurs at 4:40. I don't care WHAT time constraints someone has, that change that took place in the song was just unforgivable to my ears.
Besides that though, this kid is basically a prodigy, awesome playing!
glowingdevil 1 year ago
@glowingdevil Read other comments. I already clarifited that the cuts were not Oliver's choice.
It was the conductor's, for shortage of time in the program.
Aldort 1 year ago
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aflg1 1 year ago
so talented for such a young boy! :) i hope we bump into each other in our careers :)
Batman6564 1 year ago
Kids like him make Yo Yo Ma look like crap. I mean this kid for instance plays good, yet had rudimentary teachers and didn't practice all that much, yet can play practically as good as Ma. It makes the Julliard school of music look like a joke. Heck when he's 18ish out of high school, he could attend Julliard and correct the music teacher constantly. I would like to see that, LOL!
celloprof 1 year ago
@celloprof to be fair mate yo yo ma played to the president of the united staes when he was like 5 and his 12 year old sister accompanied him! haha so common... give ma a break ;)
Batman6564 1 year ago
@Batman6564 I'm just trying to say, doesn't it seem crazy if you can already play like a pro, yet go to a school like Julliard? It kind of seems insulting to me.
celloprof 1 year ago
@celloprof well as little as they are there are things about this his playing that need to improve and he has it naturally inside him, its the inspiration from teachers and pupils and facilities of places like the julliard that really help to unleash these talents within,
Batman6564 1 year ago
@celloprof don't be silly. i doubt you can play at that level, and if you could you wouldn't be talking out of your ass like that.
a fantastic talent, but there's no way that in seven years he'll be correcting some of the most experienced, talented musicians in the world.
jmk2031 1 year ago
@jmk2031 That sounds arrogant, lol. Its arrogant to think that a college professor could teach a already talented musician, then the teacher takes the credit later. Look at Julliard or whoever, aren't we wonderful... PSHHHH! Can't people just be famous or recognized without going to one of those schools? Maybe some of the most experienced most talented musicians in the world care NOTHING for fame and are known by practically no one.
celloprof 11 months ago
@celloprof you think this was better than yo yo.... lol
triviumlambofgod 11 months ago
@triviumlambofgod Yeah sure, LOL!
celloprof 11 months ago
god damn tuning should NEVER take this long!!! You should tune before you come on stage and not waste time, (and more importantly lose the audience), with tuning on stage!!!
tatormellow 1 year ago 3
What happend to saint saens concerto?!?!?!
Mstislav rostropovich play the concerto the best!!!! what happend to the video?!?!?!
ARIandINBI 1 year ago
takes him so long to tune i want to fucking kill him.
that said, i'm jealous of his talent.
aznboy131 1 year ago
he's eleven. he's better than you. it's called appreciation, and respect.
zurikinss 2 years ago
I think, if somebody wants to play a cello concerto in 11yo, have to learn the whole concert, not only the fast parts. He plays a good voice, and so clearly, but its terrible, that he plays only the 1. and the 3. mouvement. The peace have a 2. beautiful part!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
paronka90 2 years ago
@paronka90 Oliver played the full concerto, all three movements. In this performance, unfortunately, the conductor has cut a few sections due to time limitations.
Aldort 2 years ago
he is rushing alot and needs to slow down the whole piece in order to make it more precise. trust me i play this concerto too and it is very easy to get out of hand with tempo but it is alot more pleasing to hear stark contrast between triplets and eighths
Eito87 2 years ago
chin like everyone else these kid is the shit. i hope you success alot of wishes for you...
nykretus 2 years ago
amazing? yes!
pure tones? yes!
too young? YES!
like felipe said: what a wasted childhood..
lennmusicman 2 years ago 5
wow.
animegirlx15 2 years ago 2
when I was 11 I was watching cartoons.
god, what a wasted childhood....
FelipeValen 2 years ago 23
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you think that learning music since childhood is a waste of time???
fercha90s 2 years ago
I think he means his own childhood was wasted.
ZaneKaminski 2 years ago 15
@FelipeValen You make that sound soo funny. Thats one of the reasons why its a joke for kids like him to join Julliard when they are older. Why would you need to when you are that good... when you have beed practicing that long, for that many years and hours a day. lol XD
celloprof 11 months ago
This is very fine music played and I enjoy listening. Where is the rest??
Violinissimo 2 years ago
For 11, this is amazing.
King9Dante 2 years ago
for 50 this is amazing...
Mizzles240 2 years ago 2
Amazing at 11.
TobiramaSenju 2 years ago
This is an amazing performance!
It's a shame that baby cried at the beginning!
panztrix840 3 years ago
i wondering if those guys that say things about this child, played a concert like that with 11 years old...
shut fuck up n go make some scales..
billprokofiev 3 years ago
bourré de technique et dépourvu d'oreille et de musicalité ... voila la nouvelle generation de violoncelliste. on est censé s'accorder au debut et pas l'inverse^^
et pour finir merci pour le montage plus que bidon de ce st saens... bravoo
pogodu59 3 years ago 6
il y a quand mème des exeptions(pour la "nouvelle génération"
et quand au "bidon de c st saens",vous ne critiquez pas l'oeuvre j'espère?
sinon vous navez rien compris...
Lucie ,15
crazyart13 2 years ago
Seriously guys, how much more emotion and "love of music" do you expect a 11yr old boy to put into a music? I think he's doing a great job for his age. As time pass and he gains more musical experience, he will be amazing. I'm just jealous at how amazing he is with cello AND piano D: I feel so shamed of myself..
theantikikyo 3 years ago 4
Why do all of you feel ashamed like we can all get as good as that right jus practice harder and devote your self to it
ludocresh5 2 years ago
Amazing.
This kind of child just puts me to shame. :S
AreejObeid 3 years ago
the techniques and rythm is amazing. however, i do believe that if you put more feeling into the music into the piece, the audience would be moved much more...i'm sure you will blossom into a great cellist. just think of what the conductor is looking for beneath each piece.
kimmster94K9 3 years ago 3
Agreed. Everything is so precise and well played, but the emotion just seems to be lacking a little. Great job however.
DarkPsycotix 3 years ago 2
No emotions,
Hewleri 3 years ago
Are you deaf?
Hemyola 3 years ago
No a cellist!
Hewleri 3 years ago
ya...i agree with mewleri, he plays the notes and rhymes spot on. it just seems that he has no love behind the music. its very stiff to me only seems like talent. only my opinion though.
tovd55 3 years ago
yeah, i do also agree with mewleri!!!
joschigirl22 3 years ago
I dont know why when you see a young child play at this level you need to pick them apart. Its a wonderful thing that he takes the cello this seriously at this age. obviously he is not perfect but we need to appreciate all of the hard work he has done, not criticize him for his lack of interpretation. His musical interpretation will develop as he gains life experience.
josephsamuelappel 3 years ago 2
I do agree it isn't really fair to pick him apart, but there is validity in what they're saying. He has great technique for his age but doesn't seem to understand what he's playing in a purely musical sense. But as you said, give him a few years to mature musically and he'll probably produce some great things.
Kwert 3 years ago 4
he's now 15 I think, do check out his other performances. I think he's remarkably poised for an 11 year old. And remember, he was playing a small cello, so it doesn't have the resonance of a full size instrument.
CarolJWright 2 years ago 3
Criticizing the emotional depth of an 11 year old; A true mark of an insecure person.
medtrava 3 years ago 3
holy frickin' crap i didn't start till i was 12 and this kid is in thumbs positions and he's ELEVEN! woooow he's really good...three words future juilliard student....
peachyFLOWER 3 years ago
is there something this kid DOESN'T play? :)
awesome.
beckerpwnsyou 3 years ago 2
Incredible.
GotEve22 3 years ago 3
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i play better than that
TheSweetest96 3 years ago
no you don't
Lezzaz 3 years ago
What kind of instrument is that? Is he playing a 4/4 already? What luthier?
andreacello 3 years ago
Oliver is playing here a simple half cello. He is a small child playing a small cello.
Aldort 3 years ago
THAT WAS AMAZING! I would never have been able to play it as well as him at that age!
I think he changed the song or something at 4:42... he didn't finish the first movement.
parrydocks 3 years ago
Yes, the conductor asked to cut the length. This was designed by the conductor.
Aldort 3 years ago
yea your right i see that now
kmbeeech14 3 years ago
真的太棒了!!我聽了都快哭了真的很感人
沒想到這麼小可以拉出這麼動聽的音樂
幾乎可以說是完美的!
而且非常有力道
lu19900213 3 years ago 4
why on earth do people put thumbs downs when they see a language they don't understand?? let me translate lu19900213's comment:
"really fantastic! i almost cried listening to it - it's really moving. it's incredible that such a young boy can play such moving music. it's practically perfect! and very good application of strength."
please understand what people are writing first before putting thumbs down alright...
duhhh86 3 years ago 3
nice job.i like the pivot shifts
kmbeeech14 3 years ago
Brilliant cello and piano. Not sure about home schooling. A risk is in breeding an elitist self image, and less interactive skills - giving prime place to an ideology rather than the surety that accompanies the standard pathway. To discard norms that seem boring and perhaps beneath a gifted child plays Russian roulette with his psyche. My medical training has led to a respect for the golden mean and a caution re experiments with human experience. I've seen unfortunate results, and great ones.
sjperelman 3 years ago
Five Stars!
MatthewJohnIgnacio 3 years ago 2
PRODIGY!!!!!
actin123 3 years ago 3
BEAST.
sthinatheasianone 3 years ago 2
Wow, he plays with such feeling for one so young, and his intonation is perfect. Motivation for me to practice!!! I had a difficult time believing that he was actually playing that! Such a big sound out of such a small cello!
cellochickcoco 3 years ago
lolz, im 13 and im only on the 3rd page of this song!
drakeiii44 3 years ago
oh...my....god! i can barely play anything without getting that god awful squeak! i envy and admire this boy SO much!
RainbowBarf7589 3 years ago
wow he's great
but honestly, does he have much of a life outside his cello? o_O
gr1m4ce 3 years ago
Actually, Oliver practices only two hours a day and has plenty of time for other things. He is home schooled. And, at the time of this recording he was practicing an hour and a half a day. Plus 20 minutes piano.
Aldort 3 years ago
i see..
gr1m4ce 3 years ago
2 hours a day is more than enough time to get him to that level.. provided he started atleast like at the age of 8 or something.
If I had gotten my act together when I was that young, I would've been able to play the saint-saen by the time I was 11
SomeMEAccount 3 years ago
I completely agree. Especially since he probably started at about 4 or 5 years old.
Logan2192 3 years ago
He started at age six
Aldort 3 years ago
The Cello sounds fantastic considering it isn't full size.
ZutroyPeter 3 years ago
Now this kid is good. Much better than that Hess kid. He takes it a bit fast for my taste, but still a talent none-the-less. Good job.
raine0211 3 years ago
the next Mstislav Rostropovich...
Groovedoove 4 years ago 2
Wow! It's amazing what he can do at such a young age...
I heard him on 'From the Top'!
Coldstone411 4 years ago
what the hell is wrong with this guy? is he somekind of a genius or what??
echipafantoma 4 years ago
he studied in victoria? under who? i live there...
wooooooooooka 4 years ago
Paula Kiffner. That was till two years ago. Oliver is currently a studnet of Lynn Harrell.
Aldort 4 years ago
oh that's cool i play the cello too, and i as well study with lynn harrell. i recently played this piece with orchestra, and i have uploaded the video if you want to check it out. oh and very good playing! your intonation is amazing!!
ghyo1 4 years ago
Where did he study? or where is he studing?
Victory108 4 years ago
Oliver is currently the student of Lynn Harrell but no videos are on youtube since. At the time of this recording he studied in Victoria BC and in NEC.
Aldort 4 years ago
another very good young cellist playing this concerto is Ben Solomonow search him on youtube
ElenaSnow 4 years ago
why didn't he tune before he came out. no one wants to hear that. he does it in all his videos
celloismyforte27 4 years ago
He has to tune to the orchestra and was not given the opportunity in advance. His half size cello was also hard to tune. His perseverance has been praised by professionals.
Aldort 4 years ago
how about u enjoy the immense talent this boy has
ElenaSnow 4 years ago
whenever you move those large stringed instruments they have to be re-tuned.
graigsmith 4 years ago
Bull shit it all depends of the cello. My own cello is a miracle. It can keep tuned up for ages.
But it isn't a big deal since i have chamber music every week so i have to tune it any way all the time ;D
pwhax 3 years ago
such a little fingers... but how strong :) I'm working on this concerto right now and I know how much strength and work it requires.
Marychha 4 years ago
wow!
Marychha 4 years ago
whoa whoa whoa! hold it! im working on this piece right now! and so i know! this kid skipped like, 2 pages! is that part of the cut u were talking about?
18Kairi18 4 years ago
Yes. It was not his choice and he played the full concerto with other orchestras.
Aldort 4 years ago
It is pretty common to hear these exact cuts of this concerto in student recitals, concerto competition winners concerts like this etc. Not unusual at all to save time on a long program...
lovesilenceempty 4 years ago
Wait....wtf happened at 4:40? Isn't he supposed to rest for like 10 measures? I'm so confused.
Jangof3tt 4 years ago
Yes, the conductor did some cuts due to time limitations. Oliver played it fully with other orchestras but we recorded this one.
Aldort 4 years ago
started playing cello when i was 8 but i was no where NEAR his standard at his age!
xxC3LLOxx 4 years ago
Very impressive
AbsoluteZ3R0 4 years ago
simpley WOW
cawate92 4 years ago
i started playing the violin when i was 6, but i was never THAT good as his age...wow. bravo.
xivoryviolinist 4 years ago
oh. my. god! =O it's amazing! i love it! he plays really VERY good! bravo! =]
Drakoniuxte 4 years ago
lol fuck...im 15 and working on saint saens...oh well i beat all u 17 and 18 year olds lol.
x0nlyfears 4 years ago
Hey! I only started when I was 13
kooljapanese 4 years ago
Im 18 and damn. I really dont think I'll be able to play the Saint Saens in a while... I need to go practice...
kooljapanese 4 years ago
Fuck, this makes me feel so inferior!! lol, I'm 17 and just started learning this! This kid is something special, makes me want to practice!
TheTradge 4 years ago
congratulations to the young boy!!!He is playing fantastic for his age and he is very good i think that he feel the music and he like it a lot and believe because and i am a cello player that concerto it is veri very difficult
Astor41 4 years ago
daniel hass i wold say may be better.still good though!!
cellogirl55 4 years ago
I would love to see this kikd tackle either the Shostakovitch Concerto No. 1 or the Gliere Cello Concerto
hsgualekili 4 years ago
Is this kid like drilled like a soldier when he's practicing?
Decimotox 4 years ago
Absolutely not. He practices by himself.
Aldort 4 years ago
We can see this kid lives what he plays. He loves music I think and eveyone can see it in his play...
It's quite breathtaking to see someone who have as much expression as ha has at 13 (here 11 years old)!
I'm cellist myself, and I'm totally fan of all these awsome performances...
RenardTaquin 4 years ago
Nice intonation! I always hated the double stops in the the section around 4:18 because I could never get them in TUNE! But bravo! This definitely is a difficult concerto and nice phrasings.
bridgetchang 4 years ago
his techniques & intonations are simply amazing!! but i somtimes feel like he's playing.. just pretty. he's still young and i can definitely see he has a very bright future ahead of him! :)
nextamericanidol 4 years ago
Yesss ! This young boy is a splendid instrumentist !!! Musician ? Think he's too young to know that. I mean it's LIFE which makes musicians...
Tyranosauruxrex 4 years ago
i agree, the kid got a bright future, but he didn't finish te 1st movement, went right to 2nd. plus, where's te rest of 3rd movement, but I guess it's alright, he IS just 11 years old.
lilgk123 4 years ago
He played the whole thing with another orchestra. The conductor cut this performance for his own reasons. Watch him play the Schumann concerto. No cuts.
Aldort 4 years ago
with or without your son is still a superb musician. i am 23 and i play this and i think he plays it better than i do! he has a very successful career ahead of him!
gajda1984 4 years ago
I thought that this video was very tastefully and wonderfully made. It's always nice to witness such young talent.
lisagoddard 4 years ago
thx, truly an inspiration.
mattgasm 4 years ago
Yes, he's good, but it's really not that amazing for an eleven-year-old to be playing this piece. He probably started when he was three or so. A few weeks ago I heard a nine-year-old girl play the Boccherini Cello Concerto in Bb Major PERFECTLY — it was pretty amazing.
manofthehoff 4 years ago
Here is the information: He started lessons at age 6. Gave his debut recital at age 7 and fist solo with orchestra at age 10 on both cello and piano. He has just won USA nationals for strings.
Aldort 4 years ago
the next Yo-yo Ma!
violinzar 4 years ago
Wow- ok, I've just been handed this piece by my teacher and the senior at my highschool has played this for our last concert of the year, but the kid, Oliver. He's absolutely amazing and the way he interprets the piece. It's absolutely amazing. Mindboggling. Can't wait to see how it goes as he grows up.
BuyingSoulsOver 4 years ago
Who IS that dying in the background at around 3 minutes?? SHUT UP - YOU'RE RUINING THE PIECE....and wow! How amazing is this kid?
Kaliteli06 4 years ago
A senior from my school just played this for our concerto concert. Your son has blown my mind away at playing this at only 11!!! I am amazed, Mrs. Aldort. Your son is a prodigy, and you should "over-brag" about Oliver. I can't wait to see how he grows musically!
bailey312 4 years ago
i...love this kid.
Elidude2 4 years ago
Oliver is just amazing. Im working on the same peice as him now. Im still trying to figure out the 3rd movement. Im just so amazed to see a person, i mean rather a child play something with such flare. He truly is a prodigy. Good luck oliver im sure you family is very proud of you. Im going to watch out for you in the near future. Dont forget to always have fun while playing your cello. Not like you need any advice from a lowly cellist like me...haha
wafa1253 5 years ago
Who is this guy's teacher?
ErinHunter101 5 years ago
He has had a few. He was done with his first teacher after one year, the next after two etc. He had some free lessons with famouse major teachers. When he played this concerto he studied with Laura Blustein and got a couple of lessons with Larry Lesser and Paul Katz. He is now 13 and has won state and divisional, going to national playing the Dvorak concerto and Bach prelude #4. His current teacher is Amos Yang.
Aldort 5 years ago
This kid is eleven. He has the concerto memorized? Perfect intonation? This confuses me. Oh, well. I like the Elgar cello concerto and the Vivaldi concerto for 2 cellos. Those are fun to play.
CelloFiend 5 years ago
What confuses you? The boy playes whole lessons, up to three hours, without music. The teacher can say, "Lets work on the transition to G minor and Oliver is right there. Same with conductor. This kid is a prodigy. He wins every compeition and has been on TV and radio. So you don't need to be confused.
Aldort 5 years ago
A little modesty, please. I do understand that he is a prodigy but I am pretty certain that CelloFiend was pointing out the child's gift, not the opposite. He was confused that a boy so young could be so good. I have been around hundreds of musicians as a musician myself, and although I am impressed by people who can play well, the ones that have helped me the most and have stuck in my mind the most are the ones who could play the best and were the most humble.
Best wishes to you and your son
mimib1230 4 years ago
Totally agree. I mean... please! Some people become agressive for nothing, we all have a brain and are able to see how smart he is.
SonaTaInCsHarpMinOR 3 years ago
1. There has been a long standing problem with cello concertos; The fact that the cello is not very loud and gets easily drown out by the orchestra. This is why Saint-Saens made it so that the orchestra rarely plays and the cello is very often unaccompanied. Modern tradition has it to play these sections as if they were cadenzas, which is unintended. I believe that it is okay to take a little freedom during this piece.
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FafsaTheElf 5 years ago
dude, cellos not quiet, used to drown out piano when it was replacing the harpschichord probably spelled that wrong dont really care. play towards the bridge man
mattgasm 4 years ago
wow, great job (if your not a fraud). I'm 14 and am playing the same concerto which I practice to hell and still am nowhere near as good as you/person performing.
I have a few comments.
FafsaTheElf 5 years ago
You guys are pathetic. You are so obsessed about the tuning. Perhaps he bumped his cello or something happened on the way to the stage. Does it really matter? It was excellent playing. You would think people could get past the first minute of the video and focus on the spectacular 7 minutes. Jeez people. Would you have rather him played with an out of tune cello? I don't think so.
musicislove1230 5 years ago
thank you.
CelloFiend 5 years ago
Congratulations to Oliver! Definitely a flying start!
inaned 5 years ago
Heh, repotoire beyond my limits, I'm only starting to work on the Haydn C Major 3rd Movement, and the Saint Saens 2nd Movement.
I remember Yo-Yo Ma saying that all you need is a 'fire in the belly'. It's interesting how people like your son are highly motivated, whereas I'm not, since I have to cope with high school pressure =)
All the best for your son, and I hope I get to hear him one day =)
DeafCellist 5 years ago
that is wonderful performance.well done oliver
cellistdeniz 5 years ago
The only problem with the tuning was that it was included in the video. At the time, better to take too long than not enough.
For what it's worth, I think his intonation is admirable, regardless of his age.
joeferry1 5 years ago
I'm not a cellist but damn. this kid rocks faces.
mtava002 5 years ago
Im trying to learn that song, i probably wont be able to play it as well as you. but awesome
Trekke1119 5 years ago
this guy takes, like, an hour to tune!!! And the begining could have a more demanding and expressive character - I strongly, strongly recommend watching Jackie Du Pre's performance.
JefferyOu 5 years ago
oh cool! quite an impressive list of tutelage! i look forward to see where he goes :)
Faure45 5 years ago
well done! glad i ran across this. where is Oliver currently studying, and with whom?
Faure45 5 years ago
Oliver's currecnt teacher is Amos Yang in Seattle. He also recieved lessons from Eugene Osadchy, Larry Lesser, Paul Katz, Ronald Leonard and Richard Aaron.
Thanks for your compliments.
Aldort 5 years ago
Hey, Jiyangc, you should listen to the "prodigy" talk! He can't even pronounce correctly!
Bernardo2 5 years ago
I have a strong accent which he has been affected by. None of his concerts are organized by me. None. Teachers put him in recitals and competitiongs, he wins, conductors call us and pay him to play. He only complains that he doesn't get to perform enough. He wants more. You are making up stories to your own delight. Enjoy your fantasies. Just realize it has nothing whatsoever to do with reality. Nothing to do with my book either. I am well known and most of my readers never heard of Oliver.
Aldort 5 years ago
Dr. Aldort seems to be taking this gift, this endowment, this prodigy from God whose propensity can only limited by the circumference of the Universe itself, and throwing it out in the public as if it were a marketable product, a flesh and blood musical Einstein milked into the superficiality and the apparent ostensibility of the Internet age. Thrown into the mix are feeble attempts through the fame of this young man to advertise her book, however well written it might be.
Jiyangc 5 years ago
was in no way shape or form yelling at his mother. I was simply stating the more or less indisputable and unmistakable fact which in actuality could very well be either misconstrued or contradicted.
Jiyangc 5 years ago
one can ascertain from this video, the fledgling, though cultivated, adolescent, is no doubt a stroke of genius. His aptitude and endowment of and through the music can only been witnessed as a gift, and the John Hancock of God can be seen written all over his audible sonority and resonance, that almost of a sexual prowess, disputable it may be for such a young age.
Jiyangc 5 years ago
Just out of curiousity, will Oliver be concentrating his studies on the piano or the cello? I've seen many kids who can play the hell out of the piano at an early age, but not many who can handle a more sophisticated instrument like the cello. It's easy for prodigies to play brilliant technically, but not interpret the music with maturity. I believe Oliver does both already. As a fellow cellist, I'm obviously hoping he will pursue the cello.
RagingBull777 5 years ago
what kind of cello does he play?
ellegin88 5 years ago
It is a half cello from Germany, maybe 80 years old, unknown maker. It is awarded to him as a loan by the Carlsen Foundation and he will keep recieving the next size up as he grows.
Aldort 5 years ago
It is a half cello awarded to Oliver as a loan by the Carlsen Foundation. It is about 87 years old, made in Germany. Not much known about it. Oliver has recently got a three quarter cello. These videos are old.
Aldort 5 years ago
Mrs. Aldort, pbaron23 is a fraud and a liar. Consider this recording of the Rococo Variations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J96f6W-eeUw
It is the exact recording pbaron tried to pass off as his own playing. Just goes to show how pathetic some people can be.
RagingBull777 5 years ago
Yes, he has offered us the link and I could tell it was fake. He is not smart if he thinks one can fall for it. He also asked Oliver for his opinion on his own Paganini playing which is pathetic... We are new at this and your continual support is appreciated.
Aldort 5 years ago
Hy Oliver queck this out, what do you think? please answere. Thx
pbaron23 5 years ago
Its a good start. Take some lessons to work on playing musically, shaping, intonation need lots of work note by note, left hand possition, shoulders, opening up your body and expression. I hope this helps.
Aldort 5 years ago
yeah, it did take a while to tune but omg, it was so worth it. You just killed my self esteem rofl
asylumzero 5 years ago