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Something tells me she really twisted her teacher's arm to let her play this piece, as it was not ready for prime time.

Typical example of biting off more than you can chew, although that is something you do when you are young (a man's reach should exceed his grasp, etc.., or the big ice cream s...

8:12: to 8:22 Whoa! Great job on the left hand pizzicato! Just about everyone, and I mean everyone, flubs that part. The only two people I have heard who played it cleanly were Heifetz and Perlman. Yours was a little slow, but I would rather here it clean than a rush of muddy half plucked notes. ...

Good interpretation as always, but somehow she doesn't seem as happy playing.

I could be completely wrong but I saw something like this myself among friends who went to conservatory. They had been playing the fun flashy stuff like Sarasate, and then met some older teacher who made them go back an...

@bluestickman1

We all envy her. Very few of us have that kind of talent.

search: Aimi Kobayashi chopin concerto

for a look at how she plays now, five years later.

@bjoartec

Isn't this before, or shortly after she started studying with Ninomiya? So shouldn't the credit, aside from her incredible innate talent, go to whoever was the first teachert the local music parlor who recognized her extraordinary talent?

Nice advertisement between 0:32 and 0:34

I bet the tea is very good!

And thank's for the clip. It is a shame that some of her recent more formal concerts have not been placed on the Internet. I saw her play the Appassionata this summer, and I have to say her expressiveness was truly overpowering...