Gabriela Montero improvises on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

"La Divina del Piano" improvises on this popular cradle song.

After giving a deep and thrilling version of Grieg's Piano Concerto, Gabriela asked the public to give her a theme to improvise on, then a brave lady in the audience inmediately replied "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

Gabriela started playing on a baroque style. But that wasn't all folks, as the classical melody started to dicrease she tossed the piano with a superb melody in which, at least, I detected some reminicenses of brazilian folk music, similar to the music composed by the great Ary Barroso or Zequinha de Abreu.

Simply superb.

I'm sorry ma questa donna e molto brava. Una prima donna
Brava Gabriela!!!

Gracias Gabriela, un enorme abrazo y todo mi cariño desde Caracas.

Taken from a live performance at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on September 3rd, 2008. (Live broadcast - Australian ABC Classic FM)

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[janiscortese]

This woman stuns me repeatedly.

[avjf17]

We also have no recordings of Mozart. However, Beethoven and Mozart left excellent examples of what their improvisations were like, in the sets of variations and the sonatas which they published, and in their cadenzas. Beethoven won many tough improvisatory battles over such rivals as Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Joseph Woelfl. There is much more evidence of Beethoven's great improvisational skill in the written memoirs of his contemporaries and his musical rivals.

[TheVictorgall]

Friends and Pupils of Chopin wrote that His improvisations were better than his published works.

Gabriela Montero gives us plenty of examples that this is true!

[LittleBabyBum]

wow! now this is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star! amazing!

[jeanlucchapelon]

INCROYABLE IMPROVISATRICE!!!!

Comment est il possible d'avoir 1 telle imagination

L'exécution est en plus parfaite!!!

Il est vrai qu'avec 1 formation de concertiste + 1 oreille absolue ...........

[WhiteMaskPianist]

Nice counterpoint!

[PengaFerg]

Thumbs up if this made you think of Next to Normal.

[ScisMacGillicutty]

I just discovered her today. I definitely have to hear her next time she's in my part o' the states. Jaw dropping (hey, mine did!) technique, vast musicianship (i.e., she's not just a high-precision note playing machine), remarkable warmth and interaction with the audience—Wow, just Wow!

[bekacynthia]

how many hands does she have? wait...actually, I think she has two hands but two brains.

[catwoooman]

Amazing!