Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #3 at Age 14, Sean Bennett, piano

Sean Bennett in a live performance of the fiendishly difficult Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto #3 recorded May 16, 1993 when Bennett was 14 years 3 months. Performance prompted a generous benefactor to purchase Bennett a concert grand Steinway. Excerpt of 3rd movement. This is the piece that was repopularized by the movie Shine, where it drove David Helfgott to insanity. Other recordings of Sean Bennett available by clicking on "slambennett" and please click "subscribe" because more new ones are on the way!

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[gphilipsparks]

Bennet, did you play the Ossia cadenza in the first movement or the original cadenza?

[slambennett]

@gphilipsparks A hybrid of the two -- the original then at the diminished section I switch to the Ossia, then back to the original when the A dominant resolved to d minor again.

[rvn10rvn17]

younger and younger people star to play hard stuffs like this one..

probably, in the next 20 years, there will be a piano lesson for fetus

[tjtheplay]

Wtf?!

Dang... Now I feel like I gotta step it up now!

[abmsghost1]

@Mikeznation That what you write about Sgouros is not true. Ever examined the hand of a a 11 eleven year old child and consequently looked at the score? I simply dont believe all these hypes.

[treeboz]

Too much emphasis on age... a good pianist is a good pianist and when you emphasize their young age so much it distracts from talent and makes it seem like a novelty act.

That aside, this kid is pretty good.

[DANGJOS]

@slambennett Bennett, would you say this piece was very difficult for you to learn or not very hard at all?

[Mikeznation]

I really don't understand people who say...he's too young...not enough power in his fingers. This technical carp is for 100year old deaf judges who think they understand music.

Dimitris Sgouros was only 11 years old when he learned this piece and he did it in only 6 days. At age of 13 he made his debut with Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Symphonic Orchestra and until today it surpasses many performances of the rach3 by leaps and bounds.

Great performance Sean, all the best!

[afertyus1000]

@rvn10rvn17 yea i wonder what his music lessons at school were like?

[makemusic008]

5:46 - 5:58 was a bit fast for my taste but it still was amazing.

[cosmicjazzer]

Respect.