Leonidas Kavakos - Paganini Concerto no.1(3rd movement)

amazing performance of 1st Paganini concerto by Leonidas Kavakos after winning the paganini competition in 1988 at the age of 21!

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• leonidas
• kavakos
• paganini
• concerto

[cellosail]

sorry guys for the low quality of video....!

[horozcorc]

Kavakos changed all my mind regarding the violin. From now on, in my opinion, He is more impressive than both heifetz and oistrakh. I'm so sorry to say that but he is less famous just because he isn't a jew...

[demosj]

The man's name is Leonidas, you just know he means business.

[jeffersonfsoares]

Acho que dizer que ele é melhor que Heifetz Oistrakh e Kogan acho um pouco de exagero pra mim esses 3 são os melhores de sempre mais pode se dizer que ele se encontra num nivel quase igual aos 3.

Mais pra mim o melhor continua sendo David Oistrakh onde ele combina sua perfeita tecnica com sua musicalidade com seus fraseados perfeitos que nunca vi em nenhum violinista

[horozcorc]

@Flylikenaigel1 First of all, I didn't insult jewry. I'm talking about something else idiot! Unfortunately all your insult will never change the truth of my words about kavakos :) you are too stupid to accept any criticism about judaism, even if they are not insult..hehehe.and lastly, I don't think you have enough cock to fuck me, what I gathered from your words is that because you can't fuck, you are just insulting people in youtube in your free times :)

[Flylikenaigel1]

@horozcorc since when has religion got anything to do with Music you Ignorant Racist Bigoted Piece of SHIT . People like you are a Waste of Space. Kavakos is a supremly gifted Virtuoso and I speak as a Proud Jew so Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.

[janeseads]

@fullargon

I don't know why Oistrakh is up there in your comparison of techniques, lol.

Technically, I think Heifetz was still better overall, and more secure. Kavakos can play fast, but he seems to make more mistakes than he should. In his Paganini caprice 24, he went going off-tune, accidentally hit an extra note, and had uneven left-hand pizzicato--all in that one short piece.

In this particular performance of the cadenza, however, he is nearly perfect. No obvious errors.

[SkrPchr3]

@horozcorc

He is pretty famous, but today there are lots of good violinists. More competition. Seriously, everywhere I look some random violinist I've never heard of before pounds out Paganini like it's nothing. Where did they all come from?

Paganini is now too easy to show off all their techniques. We need something much harder in order to distinguish between them. Playing faster isn't an option because lots of violinists CAN play fast, but too fast sounds bad.

[SkrPchr3]

@guyincognito84

That was my first opinion of Mehuhin, when I heard his crappy Mendelssohn concerto. I wondered: "why is this guy considered a legend? why is he famous at all?"

Looking back, I suspect that was recorded when he was old. Then I watched some videos of him when he was young, and damn he was godly. In his prime, I'd say his technique was up there with Heifetz, Kogan, Milstein, etc... Kavakos looks equally good, but I can't decide who is better. They are all godly.

[fullargon]

@horozcorc: I think this guy now is pretty famous and very well known and worldwide recognized as the best among the best. The Strad magazine called him "the violinist of violinists." That statement says it all. In my humble opinion, his technique is superior than Heifetz's or Oistrakh's. Kavakos rules!!!

[violin614]

@horozcorc

Are you sure?

Most violinists today don't get as much fame as they used to get.

I don't think Hillary Hahn is Jewish, nor Sara Chang, nor some other tops of today. There are not many young jewish top names today. It's a different generation.

Kavakos is extremely great in technique, otherwise, i think he is average great, and his technique helps his musicality too.

[crazy77town]

maybe yes, but he is worldwide famous as one of the 3 top! Anywhere he will be playing the tickets are getting sold out in a few days!! A few months ago, in berlin with the berliner philharmoniker, 3 concerts on a row in just a weekend, all of them soldout!!

So...he is just a famous violonist worldwide!

[blichilde]

@guyincognito84 Obviously I knew it's a fruit.. I just wanted to point out that mango has nothing in common with violin and violinists.