As broadcasted by ARTE TV. Lucerne Festival 2018. Played as an encore after playing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3
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Just reflect, she performed this as AN ENCORE - after completing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3! It is astounding.
@briancuthbertson64484 жыл бұрын
It's a good warm-up 😉
@paulmetdebbie4473 жыл бұрын
Good point. Such power. Sometimes when I watch Yuja Wang perform, I think that the piano is just suddenly going to burst into flames. 🔥 🔥 😁
@pianomanhere3 жыл бұрын
תודה רבה
@allakyuseva26253 жыл бұрын
She s amazing 🔝
@Hadri_ART3 жыл бұрын
That's the best time!! After the original program, the fingers are in prime shape
@PianoBangBang3 жыл бұрын
U know you‘re good when the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra watches you play in awe
@bestermann83874 жыл бұрын
@Harry Prager I'm not sure how/why someone would rank pianists, but Yuja is definitely not 31 and she definitely isn't the wealthiest pianist in the world. Your fanaticism might have gotten the better of you there :D
@th3wing3dpaint3r3 жыл бұрын
Harry Prager Again, who/why/how do people rank pianists? On what basis? Speed? Virtuosity? Lyricism? Cuteness? Also, not that net worth has anything to do with how good you are as a pianist (rock pianists are, on average, much richer than classical musicians), but a quick google search will show that she really doesn’t have the highest net worth and that she’s not 31. I’m sorry if this upsets you, but try to remember that net worth and age have nothing to do with how well pianists play unless that’s how you choose to value pianists.
@th3wing3dpaint3r3 жыл бұрын
Harry Prager incorrect on both accounts
@th3wing3dpaint3r3 жыл бұрын
@Harry Prager Yuja Wang was born in feburary 1987, that makes her 33 years old.
@jeffreylebowski49273 жыл бұрын
PTS thanks for letting me know she doesn’t have an international career yet
@pietdegeling46963 жыл бұрын
I felt guilty watching this for free...she's so outstanding👏👏👏
@miramayhem3 жыл бұрын
I felt guilty that I watched this without practicing
@ruthsalgado67753 жыл бұрын
@@ruthsalgado6775 hello!
@qalaphyll2 жыл бұрын
We all have a good world, enjoy
@jt50412 жыл бұрын
@Mira you can send a payment to me, I'll give you my paypal address. Sounds like that'll assuage your guilt.
@prometheusrex12 жыл бұрын
what a capitalist way to see Art
@ilona78822 жыл бұрын
Ive only recently discovered her and I am gobsmacked at her amazing accuracy and virtuosity, shes on another planet. Love her!
@twamley4 ай бұрын
No matter how many times I watch Yuja she still amazes me every time.
@simondalton3726 Жыл бұрын
yeah yuja ftw
@haiya603511 ай бұрын
The cleanest, most precise version of this fiendish piece that I have ever heard!! She actually accelerates towards the end, yet the final right-hand octaves are of pristine clarity and accuracy. This verges on the superhuman... Incidentally, it was played as an encore!!!
@fredsharp74194 жыл бұрын
She makes mistakes in that part, and you are meant to accelerate at this part as per sheets instruction. Having said that she is a force of nature and a technical marvel, a true virtuoso.
@markfowlermusic4 жыл бұрын
Yuja can play the fastest octaves
@michaelprozonic3 жыл бұрын
@@markfowlermusic I think of them not really as mistakes, but the stray notes that have to happen when executing passages at that tempo which kind of adds to the cacophany of it all, which is what you're going for when you decide to play at that tempo. That said, I just heard Prokofiev's own version of it, and he plays it much slower, and he really brings out the melodies and lyricism present in the Toccata. He also doesn't play it in a typewriter fashion, either, adding a little bit of light swing but also tightening up as necessary, and he doesn't particularly bash it, either. I want to hear more people attempt it that way.
@mbvglider3 жыл бұрын
@@mbvglider yes i agree actually, im certainly not bashing Yuja for want of a better word.
@markfowlermusic3 жыл бұрын
@@mbvglider With all due respect to Prokofiev, who was a brilliant composer, he would have been quite incapable to playing his Toccata as Yuja does. He lacked the technique. Yuja deliberately plays this with as much virtuosity as she can while keeping the piece intact. Prokofiev intended this as a show piece, and Yuja obliges.
@timothybolshaw3 жыл бұрын
I heard her play the Prokofiev Toccata as an encore at her solo recital in San Francisco in February 2020 (just before the Corona virus shut everything down). My jaw dropped to the floor. I believe it’s still there. 😎🎹
@marshallartz3953 жыл бұрын
i was at the herbst theatre ... but i hear you re yuja have yet to hear her live !
@lotusbuds200011 ай бұрын
Wow. I feel the lactic acid burn in my forearms just watching.
@jlolson534 жыл бұрын
Take more citrulline. Go to the oxygenated path of righteousness.
@da961034 жыл бұрын
Biochemically, putting in more citrulline as a substrate doesn't do fuckall. We're talking ATP here, not more nitrogen load than I know what to do with.
@musical_lolu48114 жыл бұрын
The lactid acid is not the cause of that burning feeling but the mycrofractures in muscle fibers. What you said is a myth.
@publiovirgilio22384 жыл бұрын
@@da96103 lolol
@rakeshkrishna77924 жыл бұрын
I have the same problem with my right hand at the moment.
@playbackvintagehifihunter96694 жыл бұрын
When Yuja was still at Curtis, she was called, "Queen of Broken Strings". Every time there's a student recital and Yuja was participating, the school made sure there is a piano tuner on standby because when she plays, she breaks a string or two. She still holds the school record of broken string up to the present day.
@rolandoreyes31443 жыл бұрын
Yes - and did you know they always had a fire extinguisher handy because often pianos caught fire when she played.
@adrianwright8685 Жыл бұрын
@@adrianwright8685 🤣
@therainbowsurf Жыл бұрын
Reincarnation of Liszt.
@patriciagiannattasio9180 Жыл бұрын
I don’t believe this. She doesn’t play in a way that breaks strings. Nor have I ever seen her break a string in any concert or video. I’m sure she has done at some point, but she doesn’t play in a way that would cause strings to break frequently.
@mcintertz5593 Жыл бұрын
@@mcintertz5593 Think it was just a joke or tongue in cheek. There are many hundreds of hours of Ms Wang playing here on KZhead and I don't think there's a single incidence of a string breaking!
@adrianwright8685 Жыл бұрын
When jaded members of the orchestra are that interested, you know you're watching something special.
@gfweis4 жыл бұрын
hahaha so true
@TheJayindc4 жыл бұрын
Gregory Weis The Berlin Philharmonic, probably the greatest orchestra in the world. They are playing at the Lucerne Festival. I know several of the players by sight.
@mckavitt134 жыл бұрын
Jaded. Really. Perhaps you are projecting?
@pauljohnston38844 жыл бұрын
Paul Johnston I knew there must be a good reason why I couldn’t Like that "jaded" comment. PS. Are you by chance related to THE Paul Johnson? British Mozart expert, author, journalist, politician & religious critic?
@mckavitt134 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile the audience couldn't be bothered to stand up. Wtf!
@kidlatazul4 жыл бұрын
Saw Yuja live in London a few years back. She did this as an encore after a technically demanding recital of Chopin and Brahms. It was one of the most intense and thrilling concert experiences ever. She got up and bowed so quickly and casually afterwards like it was nothing. Her stamina is simply unbelievable. She still had so much energy at that point, I’m sure she could have played all night.
@sacrilegiousboi9783 жыл бұрын
She is getting a lot of sex, I heard.
@VicenteMReyes-vs9nh Жыл бұрын
Work for many, recreation for Yuja.
@neiladlington9509 ай бұрын
ah youth, seet it is. she is simply one the best ever.
@navyjax11288 ай бұрын
I am very jealous.
@alanc67818 ай бұрын
A friend once asked me, Where is Yuja from? I said, she's not of this Earth. She's from another planet, in a galaxy far far away. She came here to amaze and make us happy. The friend didn't believe me; then he watched this video...
@timshank33283 жыл бұрын
HAHA OMG UR SO RIGHT
@riachhabra20492 жыл бұрын
Oh my friend, you're absolutely right!
@yzhang20082 жыл бұрын
She’s from Beijing, China. ❤ China has a long list of exceptional pianists that seem to be not of this world, they included not only Yuja but also Lang Lang, Yundi, Fou Ts’ong, Sa Chen, Liu Wei, DI Xiao, Ding Shane, to name but just a few, many of these names may be unfamiliar especially to those still living in some galaxies far far away. Peace.
@mjmf1430 Жыл бұрын
@timshank3328 She’s simply a human who has practiced diligently. Stop being so fucking over-dramatic about hard-earned virtuosity. Jesus.🤦♂️
@spanqueluv9er Жыл бұрын
@@riachhabra2049No, they aren’t. Settle down.🤡
@spanqueluv9er Жыл бұрын
Her expression is the best part. She is so intense. The orchestra sits in awe.....
@grampinator4 жыл бұрын
Peter Francis she is placed in number what? Haha
@nooramrunhasanuddin90414 жыл бұрын
Remember that this is written music. Each and every note. No less amazing than the fact that she has put it to memory and can perform it so flawlessly. The handshake and mutual respect with the first chair violin was great to see.
@gerardguitarist4 жыл бұрын
I've heard that people have checked her note for note on many full recitals, and found that she was note perfect. Doesn't seem humanly possible, with the stuff she plays and the way she plays it.
@MrJdsenior Жыл бұрын
@@chopholtz4950YJ is good but blurs the crisp details because of the speed. It is good to hear every good version. But who is best?
@josephhapp97 ай бұрын
@@chopholtz4950 I guarantee you she learned piano in the traditional way.
@golden-636 ай бұрын
Genius, discipline, and beauty....all wrapped in one person!!!
@geraldoliver81098 ай бұрын
I've listened to a recording in which Prokofiev himself played his own piece - he came NOWHERE near to this excellent interpretation. I wish he would have lived to see Yuja's genius playing.
@csongorhajna570211 ай бұрын
Tragic story about this piece: in another life, I was a videographer and had the duty of shooting this beauty pageant in the South. They had a talent competition, and one of the contestants played this piece. Not as flawlessly as Yuja (of course!), but pretty well. While we were setting up, she was practicing in the hall, going over various passages, trying to warm up and get her technique as polished as possible for the big moment. She was the only one who showed up to practice for the competition. Now - this was the American South. The judges were local business leaders and minor politicians, not people who knew anything about music. During her performance, I could see them grimace and shake their heads at what they probably regarded as the cacophony of the piece. No consideration for what it took to even attempt it, much less do it passably. Only disgust that she wasn't playing "real" music. Something by Hank Williams, maybe. She didn't even place. The f***ing baton twirler won. God Bless America.
@wingflanagan Жыл бұрын
Such a shame, I know exactly what you mean, by the face is starting to grimace. They probably thought, " what the hell is with the piano". Baton twirler was probably someone's niece, that's always how that stuff turns out
@erichfischer8064 Жыл бұрын
North, South, East, or West, Amerika is a nation of boors who know nothing of music, art, food, or literature.
@Matty88K Жыл бұрын
Absolutely tragic - she might have done better if she had played Flight of the Bumblebee 🙄
@cooldebt Жыл бұрын
yes people who dont know music think it is a mistake and trash, when in fact this piece is the hardest solo piece for piano
@jtotheulian70810 ай бұрын
Ya kaint fix stupid! 😂
@jlind009 ай бұрын
The level of difficulty of this piece is 11 out of 10...and she just killed it...live! Wow!
@user-cr7mm8ol1f4 жыл бұрын
This one goes to 11.
@skipmatsey83529 ай бұрын
it's definitely hard, but it's not quite as hard technically as it perhaps looks when you see it played, lots of repetitive patterns in the writing (which is why it's a classic encore piece!)
@buckachiddy6 ай бұрын
She ran over all 88 keys on the piano like The commondor of a great battle! She is a piece of rare art from top to toes, the world can only admire her from a distance, I do hope she finds true happiness, I love her so much !
@eleenhendy Жыл бұрын
I've heard Horowitz, Argerich, and Haochen, all wonderful and flawless, yet, I find this still the best of them all.
@birdybanks58194 жыл бұрын
I also heard all of these and more - Gilels, Malofeev. To me Argerich was the best player ever. More than technique it needs to put your *interpretation*. And this way I love the way of Argerich plays. Not so fast, but notes more clear, the second voice. Even Prokovief didn't play in this time. My turn.
@sergiovicente76183 жыл бұрын
Try Claire Huangci
@brozors2 жыл бұрын
@@sergiovicente7618 Martha's Toccata is good but not that good. It lacks this absolutely accurate rhythm at that speed from the beginning to the final part when she deliberately begins to accelerate
@mikepis12 жыл бұрын
Heard Yakov zak version. It was slow and uninteresting.
@Naples-Florida2 жыл бұрын
@@mikepis1 Agreed.
@birdybanks58192 жыл бұрын
I am so glad we can see how the orchestra is reacting to her talent and execution.
@boblowney Жыл бұрын
Wonderful silence from the audience throughout the performance. Not a single cough, not a shuffle.... Her speed and dexterity are amazing. The keys barely reach their resting position before they are struck again. Splendid performance!!
@banshanlyngdoh75453 жыл бұрын
I´ve seen the same.
@shadedness Жыл бұрын
@@shadednessalso !
@alainspiteri5028 ай бұрын
Can we marvel at what a genius PROFOFIEV was when he composed this? The dude's genius level is insane! Who would have thought of such a complex piece?
@empireentertainmentevents13533 жыл бұрын
well, he is a soviet era Russian...lack of freedom inspires the mind
@FlorentNoirot3 жыл бұрын
@@FlorentNoirot He wrote it in 1912...
@brkahn3 жыл бұрын
@@brkahn A revolution is defined by more than its inherent singularity, there has be very significant change in society beforehand and vast amount of people converted to an idea for a revolution to be triggered...So I'll argue that soviet thought had already become prevalent back then
@FlorentNoirot3 жыл бұрын
@@FlorentNoirot 1912 is definitely not Soviet era, and he was not inspired by lack of freedom (from that era, at least).
@brkahn3 жыл бұрын
@@brkahn the revolution happened just like that...some unfortunate random event...Maybe instead of being so cryptical, why dont you enlighten us on what was his inspiration
@FlorentNoirot3 жыл бұрын
I'm speechless. She just takes my breath away.❤
@vidividividi Жыл бұрын
Prokofiev is one of my absolute favorites from the 20th century. I don't think he gets quite the recognition he deserves.
@ivankaramasov Жыл бұрын
Where have you been for the last 70 years?
@josephhapp97 ай бұрын
Entire orchestras and performances dedicated to him seen by millions (as evidenced by this video) “I don’t think he gets the recognition he deserves”, lol
@LiquidTurbo3 ай бұрын
@@LiquidTurbo Obviously, he is recognized as a great composer. That was not the point, but I see that is hard to understand. To spoonfeed you "not getting quite the recognition he deserves" does not mean "is completely ignored."
@ivankaramasov3 ай бұрын
@@ivankaramasov Please quantify how much recognition he deserves? What needs to happen in the world for you to say "Ah yes, Prokokiev finally gets the recognition he deserves"?
@LiquidTurbo3 ай бұрын
@@LiquidTurbo Don't insult your own intelligence
@ivankaramasov3 ай бұрын
The orchestra just watching her in awe!
@Sparky824 жыл бұрын
ADG82 Who is this orchestra, by the way?
@mckavitt134 жыл бұрын
@@mckavitt13 It says Berlin Philharmoniker at the end of the video.
@chengyang93994 жыл бұрын
@@chengyang9399 Thx. I finally figured it out on my own... the hard way, but I got much more info that I also wanted. You are kind.
@mckavitt134 жыл бұрын
Ah ur pfp hurts my eyes...
@christianneisler29623 жыл бұрын
First chair violin looked like he had seen this before. He had a knowing smile on his face the whole five minutes.
@garymoore87112 жыл бұрын
Extraordinaire. Très technique, mais Yuja a toujours le sourire et s'amuse. Quel bonheur de l'écouter et la voir.
@rche91313 жыл бұрын
Yuja kак-будто из другой нам неведомой планеты Фантастика!!!🎉
@sgmsgm706224 күн бұрын
She's a gift from God to the world...!!! We all get to see and enjoy her amazing talent ...!!! ❤🎉😊
@user-tt5mq2ht3z Жыл бұрын
This 'gift from God' is nonsense... She is a young lady who has worked tirelessly over thirty years to perfect her playing
@Mitcherooney7 ай бұрын
Saying she is a gift from God completely dehumanizes her and conveniently ignores she has probably practiced her entire like something like more than 30,000hrs in her life to hone her skills and rise to the top.
@LiquidTurbo3 ай бұрын
This tocatta is extremely difficult to play and yet Yuja Wang does it with flawless musicality. In under 3:44 minutes, one of the fastest on record. I assume this piano responded well because this is the best of her own recordings.
@RichardDavidBrooks4 жыл бұрын
And this was an encore.
@rachelkim36524 жыл бұрын
Actually it was a Little more than 3:44 more like 4:06
@danyanlin75912 жыл бұрын
@@danyanlin7591 um, no? 3:44 precisely, from 0:21 to 4:05
@ash7363 Жыл бұрын
@RichardDavidBrooks ^*toccata, never tocatta ^*her own recordings? Wtf does that mean?🙄🤦♂️🤦♂️🤡🤷♂️💩
@spanqueluv9er Жыл бұрын
This is NOT the first time that soul has played piano. The way she whispers to herself and the innate understanding of all the music she plays. I’m literally blown away
@bsusak093 жыл бұрын
@bsusak09 Why would anyone mistake this performance for someone’s first time sitting at a piano? Additionally she’s not whispering to herself you fuqwit, it’s involuntary movements. What is wrong with your brain?
@spanqueluv9er Жыл бұрын
Wow Matthew you need serious help. Before you troll people, you should probably make sure you comprehend what you read. I talked about her soul. You’re an angry angry person. Go for a walk and get a fucking life.
@bsusak09 Жыл бұрын
she‘s without a doubt one of the best out there.
@BjoernTempl Жыл бұрын
Wow! This is magnificent. Doesn't get any better than this. Yuja you are a great pianist. Only the best could play this.
@lightspeed1742 жыл бұрын
This young woman is a genius. Thank you.
@jefsimpson81292 жыл бұрын
It is always interesting to see how the people sitting behind the pianist behave while the pianist performing the solo part.
@helenyang5317 Жыл бұрын
Don't let the visual distract you. You have to close your eyes to feel her touch. This is the most musical version I ever heard.
@lwinhtoophaw78393 жыл бұрын
I want to keep my eyes open and watch her hands, fingers, expression, the members of the orchestra, the audience, concert hall - where I've been. Her dress is an added surprise; always colourful and glamorous.
@Julia-fo4tk Жыл бұрын
Kinda sick how clean and musical it was... grossly talented player. Jesus Lord....
@listenmusic98115 жыл бұрын
But what has she composed?
@camsun73265 жыл бұрын
Camsun what have YOU composed
@jslrsn5 жыл бұрын
jslrsn dude, I still go to school. I like a few of my own compositions though. Anyway, I just hope this woman decides to be an actual musician one day
@camsun73265 жыл бұрын
@@camsun7326 Jesus, She has to compose something to become "actual musician"? :)
@riochii73865 жыл бұрын
Riochii Yes, exactly! A hundred years ago it was self explanatory that musicians also compose, or can you think of anybody in the 19th century who got famous just for playing? I’m not saying Yuya isnt musical, she has to be so to play like the way she did here. All I’m saying is that composing is the higher art and being an interpreter like her is a thousand times easier than being a composer. So I wouldn’t praise her as much as “Listen Music” did here
@camsun73265 жыл бұрын
it is out of our world !!!!! sensacional !!!
@telmamendes18553 ай бұрын
I have watched this for so many times I can't remember and most of the available versions on KZhead, I gotta say there are several that came close to this on some levels, but this remains to be by far the best interpretation out there today both technically and aesthetically.
@Lukethesavior4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂... I rewind so many times
@lijuaboykins45762 жыл бұрын
This is more than world-class! That's a class on its own!
@imlandehessen4 жыл бұрын
Best version of that piece I've ever heard.
@MikePulcinellaVideo4 жыл бұрын
Martha Argerich ( kzhead.info/sun/nJp6mKx6rJF3ko0/bejne.html ) is the standard I judge this piece by, Yuja seems to be in a hurry to get out of there: a little fast, but still stunning.
@aaronsmyth79434 жыл бұрын
@@aaronsmyth7943 I know a few other ones, all recordings. But doing this live ! It's a bit fast, I agree ... but still, with camera on. And the paranoïa feel fits the piece
@VerMaarte4 жыл бұрын
@@aaronsmyth7943 I love Martha as well of course. I agree this version is a bit too fast but I think that's appropriate for a live encore that is meant to WOW the audience.
@MikePulcinellaVideo4 жыл бұрын
@@MikePulcinellaVideo Have to agree, I keep coming back to this one, and wow them (and me) she does: her talent is verging on disturbing.
@aaronsmyth79434 жыл бұрын
@@aaronsmyth7943 I agree. But for a live performance, that speed is appropriate.
@keplergso83694 жыл бұрын
Yuja is all one with that piano. I hope to see and hear much more of her in the-near future. What a performer. She is the whole package.
@ivannvillanueva62943 жыл бұрын
Do you mean she needs even more revealing outfits??
@jockmoron2 жыл бұрын
Easily the most lucid, tuneful yet high-kicking, heart-racing performance of this barn-storming number that I have ever heard - or am ever likely to hear! Who needs roller coaster rides?
@nogatram13 жыл бұрын
Love watching the concertmaster watch Yuja. That says it all.
@leighfuller3511 Жыл бұрын
I finished the video and then I remembered I actually attended this concert in person haha. Such a good memory
@carlosadurt61532 жыл бұрын
I didn't know I could hold my breath for 4 minutes 49 seconds. Pew..
@philipleung6533 жыл бұрын
I would faint if I ever met her...she isn't human, she is a Goddess
@kendallevans40794 жыл бұрын
Can you believe this beautiful lady who can play anything, play it indescribably perfect, and have a sense of humor about herself and her abilities. That smile says it all! She rules the world! I would also like to pay tribute to Serge Prokofiev who was a genius and wrote so much good music that was considered "advanced" at a time when classical music was in transition. His piano concertos were a formidable contribution to piano literature and were not written to be easy nor immediately accepted. To play his "Toccata" as it should be played was for pianists at the level of Yuja. How alone one is when you "live in the land of giants!"
@leoinsf4 жыл бұрын
If you look at her lips closely, you can see that she was actually summoning a demon the *whole* time.
@adrianbik33663 жыл бұрын
I think she called Prokofiev a "bastard" at the 1:00 mark...
@ny109803 жыл бұрын
That's not a serious comment was it ??
@Eric-ye5yz3 жыл бұрын
@@Eric-ye5yz And are you serious Eric?
@ny109803 жыл бұрын
@@ny10980 It was a serious question if that is what you are asking.
@Eric-ye5yz3 жыл бұрын
@@Eric-ye5yz I always get sucked into replying to worthless rebuttals. Did you see her mouth something that looks like "bastard"? Not really! Me neither. But if you go back to the first thread he was joking about her summoning up a demon. Now Eric...why would that be (even in humor)? Because of the difficulty of the piece and all it's wild dissonant tones? Lighten up Pal...
@ny109803 жыл бұрын
And she has only 10 fingers like us.
@archie119414 жыл бұрын
Yes but she works very hard !
@sergerostucher61654 жыл бұрын
@@sergerostucher6165 Obviously and love it as well.
@archie119414 жыл бұрын
as someone on youtube comments once said, "I couldn't even play the wrong notes that fast"
@lodovicoconrado32974 жыл бұрын
I saw more than ten. Man I am so old.
@justinwang75824 жыл бұрын
She has body parts I don't always notice on pianists.
@wingnutofcoolness4 жыл бұрын
What confidence,ability and technique in this most happy ,bouyant and lovely individual. She's nothing short of being called a bionic pianist- incredible performance and execution. I'm amazed at her entire repertoire. She can play anything.
@williammotta62574 жыл бұрын
My favorite solo performance. What a wonderful human beast. Her brain is in a high speed wavelength. I got hypnotized. Congratulations.!🙋♀️
@judithrivera4705 жыл бұрын
"What a wonderful human beast." She is a robot, serving in the PR and entertainment industry! The main thing is to entertain the bored audience and make millions! Classical music does not play any role here!
@mariodisarli10225 жыл бұрын
@@mariodisarli1022 i totally agree with you My first thought when i first saw her was " music robot" Also No moment of centering herself, going at it automatically. On Prokofjev, he did compose an enough melodical music for the ballet Romeo AND Juliet, some parts even have a beauty to them like the pas de deux of Romeo AND Juliet, AND with the right dancers it flows well. But I listen only to high quality Classical music from baroque, Classical AND romantic era.
@karennoble11685 жыл бұрын
@@karennoble1168 Sorry that you are completely unable to appreciate the brilliance of this performance. The intensity is amazing. I roared at the end of this.
@carolynzaremba5469 Жыл бұрын
The dude at 2:47 with his eyes closed is either high as hell absorbing the music or just straight feelin it hahaha
@PorscheGT-yj2me3 жыл бұрын
I am not sure, but wasn't this guy Prokofiev's grandchild? I saw that guy a couple of months ago in a TV show.
@zzambezi19593 жыл бұрын
@@zzambezi1959: How interesting! I assume you’re referring to Gabriel Prokofiev, who is in fact a composer himself. I looked him up, and judging from online photos, it certainly *could* be him. Can anybody confirm? 😎🎹
@marshallartz3953 жыл бұрын
I watch this at home so people don't think I'm mad. When I suddenly burst out of my seat as though launched from a 🚀.Miss Wang brings that out in her performances and this is no exception here. To think I used to call classical music boring lol. Another magnificent performance here bravo!! :b
To consider "virtuosity" as the main virtue of a pianist is stupid and unprofessional! On this occasion, there is a joke! Question: What's faster, pianist or sewing machine? Answer: The pianist is faster, but the sewing machine is more musical!
@georgescancan75035 жыл бұрын
@@georgescancan7503Perfection to my ears. Taste is a personal matter.
@carolinadubeux14255 жыл бұрын
@@carolinadubeux1425 "Perffection to my ears." Wooooooow! < You know an ass by his ears> Latin translation: English term or phrase: This apparently was a Roman saying.
@georgescancan75035 жыл бұрын
@@georgescancan7503 Nowadays, by his rude comments on KZhead
@Carolina579535 жыл бұрын
Yuga Wang has the pen-ultimate performance of this piece, and she does it all without breaking a sweat! I so wish Horowitz and Rubenstein could watch this clip. I'd love to see the look on their faces as she plays. She makes it look effortless. WOW!!!
@DGonz-dr1fl Жыл бұрын
From memory - incredible. And the complexity and ease which she plays - not forgetting the passion!
@KiatHuang2 жыл бұрын
She combines real artistry with great facility. Technique never gets in the way of the music. Bravo, Yuja.
@charleslyall58573 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!!! As someone who has wrestled with this piece for months on end myself, I am absolutely in AWE of this performance! Words fall far short of an apt description of this performance! Stunning lady, too!
@CraigRodmellMusic3 жыл бұрын
Marvellous , technically, musically, can’t really express with words how fantastic to listen .
@Zer0_po1nt4 жыл бұрын
Yuja Wang : " You came ; you saw ; you conquered "!!! The entire symphony listening to your performance so quietly and amazingly .... so much in owe , to say the least !!! Congratulations!!!
@user-tt5mq2ht3z Жыл бұрын
Wow, mesmerizing version of this Toccata!
@baoluan12883 жыл бұрын
You know her playing is like, totally unimaginable and great. Like her technical control and her overall raw strength and passion to the piece is incredible. Wow, yuja
@danyanlin75912 жыл бұрын
To do this after the Concerto is amazing! What technique!
@vickiw33353 жыл бұрын
Yuja is an iron lady. She played Bela Bartok's three piano concerts in one night several years ago.
@hugowoods19863 жыл бұрын
Восхищен исполнением!Браво! Спасибо. Ким.
@user-jl2pj3db4dАй бұрын
The marvelous pianist Yuja Wang. Cannot express in words about this artist.
@verygood92063 жыл бұрын
Я не музыкант, хотя закончила музыкальную школу по классу фортепиано очень давно, но глядя на исполнение этой фантастической пианистки, у меня самопроизвольно дёргаются пальцы! 😊Это магия!🫶🏻
@zritel5834 ай бұрын
Exquisite! Beautiful! Perfection! Mesmerizing! The piano playing was pretty good as well.😍
@j.t.3798 Жыл бұрын
Powerful as well as delightful. Her playing is more crisp than others. Like her interpretation too. Perfect.
@certainperson98692 жыл бұрын
Yuja Wang, awesome pianist. I must have watched her playing this piece of music around 40 times on various KZhead videos. For me, she is way out as the best pianist in the world.
@lovemetu4 жыл бұрын
Prokofiev Toccata is a devilish piece to play -- almost humanly impossible. But Yuja Wang is more than up to the task. She is amazing.
@lonavandenheuvel21823 жыл бұрын
Physically this requires so much training to be able to play this fast without straining a muscle. Yuja is really something.
@Fanchen4 жыл бұрын
The human body in an incredible machinery. Those 10 fingers hitting the keys at exactly the right time, with the right intensity. At that speed. While controlling every other muscles and breathing 😊 thank you.
@Angelo_Botta Жыл бұрын
Such masterful perfection! It is always a pleasure to watch and hear Yuja play.
@michelleflick19372 жыл бұрын
WOW WOW WOW! This gorgeous young lady is an amazon at the keyboard. I am in total agreement with the concert master--we love her.
@stephenjablonsky19413 жыл бұрын
OMG, Prokofiev wrote a very beautiful piece of music. Yuja Wang knows how to perform it perfect! Thank you both!
@nl126893 жыл бұрын
The orchestra is the Berlin Philharmonic. Apart from being some of the world's best musicians themselves, they are used to watching the very best pianists. But even they are blown away by Yuja Wang.
@NYSkylark3 ай бұрын
I cant find words to compliment this. Any word is weak for this genius performance.😭😭
@HuangShang0103 жыл бұрын
this is what I call full potential.
@driggerfireon57605 жыл бұрын
The level of difficulty on PROKOFIEV's Toccata is off the charts and still so musical. Incredible.
@VeganChefRon4 жыл бұрын
Ronald Russell - compounded by the fact that she plays the piece at twice the speed of everyone else - is still accurate ( apart the the last glissando!! ) and still managed to play every note staccato. Her skill is just unbelievable !
@muggy1yahoo4 жыл бұрын
She is the greatest! Unbelievable artistry.
@vinnywa2 жыл бұрын
A very memorable performance worth rehearing again and again. High energy pieces in classical have often stolen my attention from more subtle compositions, the prelude is definitely high energy.
@Metasisic4 ай бұрын
If Argerich is "The Lioness", I submit Yuja is "The Leopard"; as the young folks say, she absolutely "SHREDDED" this piece.
@josephdavis31793 жыл бұрын
And Valentina is tigress ;) (Queen of Rachmaninoff)
@vedantthanki7452 жыл бұрын
@@vedantthanki745 I heard she disliked Rachmaninoff
@deedum11622 жыл бұрын
@@deedum1162 I heard she told that to her teachers just so she wouldn’t have to compete using his pieces because his music is special to her.
@happypiano48102 жыл бұрын
@@deedum1162 no she really, really, seriously loves Rachmaninoff..... Did see the full video? After all she literally mortgaged her house in order to pay for her Rach project.
@vedantthanki745 Жыл бұрын
“Shredded this piece” - can’t be said any more accurately! Love Yuja!
@jaycai4925 Жыл бұрын
it is mind blowing that it’s an encore!
@misheel11474 жыл бұрын
It’s almost as if Yuja is saying ‘how quickly can I get through this encore?’ Amazing skill and artistry.
@supersplash1002 жыл бұрын
She's saying something while playing. For me it's like she's summoning something Love you Yuja Wang
@user-or2lu5sh8d3 жыл бұрын
Prokofiev Goddess
@verslaflamme6665 жыл бұрын
Goddesssssss?! To consider "virtuosity" as the main virtue of a pianist is stupid and unprofessional! On this occasion, there is a joke! Question: What's faster, pianist or sewing machine? Answer: The pianist is faster, but the sewing machine is more musical!
@georgescancan75035 жыл бұрын
@@georgescancan7503 can u please shut the f up😡
@hosongsen35114 жыл бұрын
@@georgescancan7503how about u are u something like the so called "sewing machine" do u know music?😡damn people,get lost hater
@hosongsen35114 жыл бұрын
Stunning, cannot stop replaying and chuckling to myself when she's finished. I'm in awe of her sublime talent. Love her whole persona.
@martinforrester82493 жыл бұрын
Eblouissant de technique, virtuosité, musicalité, maîtrise du tempo. Bravo
@didierleroy63483 жыл бұрын
Her talent and skill is superb and that gown is kind of stunning as well.
@anotherNYer3 жыл бұрын
it's great that people no longer talk about her beautiful clothes, but concentrate on her astounding performances.
@MrFpam4 жыл бұрын
how does the dress stay on tho
@ragecandy4 жыл бұрын
@@ragecandy It is as astonishing as her playing!
@MrFpam4 жыл бұрын
it's so shiny
@newyorkslim20013 жыл бұрын
My first thought when I opened this film was that this is one of her better outfits, bold and daring, yet not tacky at all. Suits Yuja Wang and this piece perfectly.
@Ilona__3 жыл бұрын
Incredibile
@gennarotufo5342 Жыл бұрын
prokofiev always claimed the piano is a percussion instrument and must be played as such- and that shows through his works. i love that yuja wang never forgets that when playing his pieces.
@touminggan11 ай бұрын
Superb playing by YUJA HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING SO FANTASTIC?
@veronicaguerrero69753 жыл бұрын
Incredible performance! Pure perfection! Thanks a lot!
@laughinloveforever67075 жыл бұрын
To consider "virtuosity" as the main virtue of a pianist is stupid and unprofessional! On this occasion, there is a joke! Question: What's faster, pianist or sewing machine? Answer: The pianist is faster, but the sewing machine is more musical!
@georgescancan75035 жыл бұрын
"Incredible", ....pure perfection!"
@mariodisarli10225 жыл бұрын
@@georgescancan7503 Now you feel better? You are sooooooooooooo great!
@laughinloveforever67075 жыл бұрын
@@mariodisarli1022 You are such a genius! Thanks a lot for your words! Great, great, great!
@laughinloveforever67075 жыл бұрын
@@laughinloveforever6707 You think that the greatest composers of our planet created the greatest pieces of music so that mediocre pianists sexually entertain the bored crowd! Remove the vulgar pianists from the stage!!! Money, Money, Money ABBA "...Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man's world Aha aha"
@mariodisarli10225 жыл бұрын
merveilleuse YUJA! la partition est dans sa tête et l'agilité dans ses doigts: elle nous régale!
@christiangallion3424 Жыл бұрын
I wish my a Dad was alive to see this one...stunning!
@tonimuzzinprobe48164 жыл бұрын
She's So Amazing! One of the Most Talented Pianist of the XXI Century!!! (And she's So Beautiful and So Lovely Too!!!)
Just reflect, she performed this as AN ENCORE - after completing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3! It is astounding.
It's a good warm-up 😉
Good point. Such power. Sometimes when I watch Yuja Wang perform, I think that the piano is just suddenly going to burst into flames. 🔥 🔥 😁
תודה רבה
She s amazing 🔝
That's the best time!! After the original program, the fingers are in prime shape
U know you‘re good when the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra watches you play in awe
@Harry Prager I'm not sure how/why someone would rank pianists, but Yuja is definitely not 31 and she definitely isn't the wealthiest pianist in the world. Your fanaticism might have gotten the better of you there :D
Harry Prager Again, who/why/how do people rank pianists? On what basis? Speed? Virtuosity? Lyricism? Cuteness? Also, not that net worth has anything to do with how good you are as a pianist (rock pianists are, on average, much richer than classical musicians), but a quick google search will show that she really doesn’t have the highest net worth and that she’s not 31. I’m sorry if this upsets you, but try to remember that net worth and age have nothing to do with how well pianists play unless that’s how you choose to value pianists.
Harry Prager incorrect on both accounts
@Harry Prager Yuja Wang was born in feburary 1987, that makes her 33 years old.
PTS thanks for letting me know she doesn’t have an international career yet
I felt guilty watching this for free...she's so outstanding👏👏👏
I felt guilty that I watched this without practicing
@@ruthsalgado6775 hello!
We all have a good world, enjoy
@Mira you can send a payment to me, I'll give you my paypal address. Sounds like that'll assuage your guilt.
what a capitalist way to see Art
Ive only recently discovered her and I am gobsmacked at her amazing accuracy and virtuosity, shes on another planet. Love her!
No matter how many times I watch Yuja she still amazes me every time.
yeah yuja ftw
The cleanest, most precise version of this fiendish piece that I have ever heard!! She actually accelerates towards the end, yet the final right-hand octaves are of pristine clarity and accuracy. This verges on the superhuman... Incidentally, it was played as an encore!!!
She makes mistakes in that part, and you are meant to accelerate at this part as per sheets instruction. Having said that she is a force of nature and a technical marvel, a true virtuoso.
Yuja can play the fastest octaves
@@markfowlermusic I think of them not really as mistakes, but the stray notes that have to happen when executing passages at that tempo which kind of adds to the cacophany of it all, which is what you're going for when you decide to play at that tempo. That said, I just heard Prokofiev's own version of it, and he plays it much slower, and he really brings out the melodies and lyricism present in the Toccata. He also doesn't play it in a typewriter fashion, either, adding a little bit of light swing but also tightening up as necessary, and he doesn't particularly bash it, either. I want to hear more people attempt it that way.
@@mbvglider yes i agree actually, im certainly not bashing Yuja for want of a better word.
@@mbvglider With all due respect to Prokofiev, who was a brilliant composer, he would have been quite incapable to playing his Toccata as Yuja does. He lacked the technique. Yuja deliberately plays this with as much virtuosity as she can while keeping the piece intact. Prokofiev intended this as a show piece, and Yuja obliges.
I heard her play the Prokofiev Toccata as an encore at her solo recital in San Francisco in February 2020 (just before the Corona virus shut everything down). My jaw dropped to the floor. I believe it’s still there. 😎🎹
i was at the herbst theatre ... but i hear you re yuja have yet to hear her live !
Wow. I feel the lactic acid burn in my forearms just watching.
Take more citrulline. Go to the oxygenated path of righteousness.
Biochemically, putting in more citrulline as a substrate doesn't do fuckall. We're talking ATP here, not more nitrogen load than I know what to do with.
The lactid acid is not the cause of that burning feeling but the mycrofractures in muscle fibers. What you said is a myth.
@@da96103 lolol
I have the same problem with my right hand at the moment.
When Yuja was still at Curtis, she was called, "Queen of Broken Strings". Every time there's a student recital and Yuja was participating, the school made sure there is a piano tuner on standby because when she plays, she breaks a string or two. She still holds the school record of broken string up to the present day.
Yes - and did you know they always had a fire extinguisher handy because often pianos caught fire when she played.
@@adrianwright8685 🤣
Reincarnation of Liszt.
I don’t believe this. She doesn’t play in a way that breaks strings. Nor have I ever seen her break a string in any concert or video. I’m sure she has done at some point, but she doesn’t play in a way that would cause strings to break frequently.
@@mcintertz5593 Think it was just a joke or tongue in cheek. There are many hundreds of hours of Ms Wang playing here on KZhead and I don't think there's a single incidence of a string breaking!
When jaded members of the orchestra are that interested, you know you're watching something special.
hahaha so true
Gregory Weis The Berlin Philharmonic, probably the greatest orchestra in the world. They are playing at the Lucerne Festival. I know several of the players by sight.
Jaded. Really. Perhaps you are projecting?
Paul Johnston I knew there must be a good reason why I couldn’t Like that "jaded" comment. PS. Are you by chance related to THE Paul Johnson? British Mozart expert, author, journalist, politician & religious critic?
Meanwhile the audience couldn't be bothered to stand up. Wtf!
Saw Yuja live in London a few years back. She did this as an encore after a technically demanding recital of Chopin and Brahms. It was one of the most intense and thrilling concert experiences ever. She got up and bowed so quickly and casually afterwards like it was nothing. Her stamina is simply unbelievable. She still had so much energy at that point, I’m sure she could have played all night.
She is getting a lot of sex, I heard.
Work for many, recreation for Yuja.
ah youth, seet it is. she is simply one the best ever.
I am very jealous.
A friend once asked me, Where is Yuja from? I said, she's not of this Earth. She's from another planet, in a galaxy far far away. She came here to amaze and make us happy. The friend didn't believe me; then he watched this video...
HAHA OMG UR SO RIGHT
Oh my friend, you're absolutely right!
She’s from Beijing, China. ❤ China has a long list of exceptional pianists that seem to be not of this world, they included not only Yuja but also Lang Lang, Yundi, Fou Ts’ong, Sa Chen, Liu Wei, DI Xiao, Ding Shane, to name but just a few, many of these names may be unfamiliar especially to those still living in some galaxies far far away. Peace.
@timshank3328 She’s simply a human who has practiced diligently. Stop being so fucking over-dramatic about hard-earned virtuosity. Jesus.🤦♂️
@@riachhabra2049No, they aren’t. Settle down.🤡
Her expression is the best part. She is so intense. The orchestra sits in awe.....
Peter Francis she is placed in number what? Haha
Remember that this is written music. Each and every note. No less amazing than the fact that she has put it to memory and can perform it so flawlessly. The handshake and mutual respect with the first chair violin was great to see.
I've heard that people have checked her note for note on many full recitals, and found that she was note perfect. Doesn't seem humanly possible, with the stuff she plays and the way she plays it.
@@chopholtz4950YJ is good but blurs the crisp details because of the speed. It is good to hear every good version. But who is best?
@@chopholtz4950 I guarantee you she learned piano in the traditional way.
Genius, discipline, and beauty....all wrapped in one person!!!
I've listened to a recording in which Prokofiev himself played his own piece - he came NOWHERE near to this excellent interpretation. I wish he would have lived to see Yuja's genius playing.
Tragic story about this piece: in another life, I was a videographer and had the duty of shooting this beauty pageant in the South. They had a talent competition, and one of the contestants played this piece. Not as flawlessly as Yuja (of course!), but pretty well. While we were setting up, she was practicing in the hall, going over various passages, trying to warm up and get her technique as polished as possible for the big moment. She was the only one who showed up to practice for the competition. Now - this was the American South. The judges were local business leaders and minor politicians, not people who knew anything about music. During her performance, I could see them grimace and shake their heads at what they probably regarded as the cacophony of the piece. No consideration for what it took to even attempt it, much less do it passably. Only disgust that she wasn't playing "real" music. Something by Hank Williams, maybe. She didn't even place. The f***ing baton twirler won. God Bless America.
Such a shame, I know exactly what you mean, by the face is starting to grimace. They probably thought, " what the hell is with the piano". Baton twirler was probably someone's niece, that's always how that stuff turns out
North, South, East, or West, Amerika is a nation of boors who know nothing of music, art, food, or literature.
Absolutely tragic - she might have done better if she had played Flight of the Bumblebee 🙄
yes people who dont know music think it is a mistake and trash, when in fact this piece is the hardest solo piece for piano
Ya kaint fix stupid! 😂
The level of difficulty of this piece is 11 out of 10...and she just killed it...live! Wow!
This one goes to 11.
it's definitely hard, but it's not quite as hard technically as it perhaps looks when you see it played, lots of repetitive patterns in the writing (which is why it's a classic encore piece!)
She ran over all 88 keys on the piano like The commondor of a great battle! She is a piece of rare art from top to toes, the world can only admire her from a distance, I do hope she finds true happiness, I love her so much !
I've heard Horowitz, Argerich, and Haochen, all wonderful and flawless, yet, I find this still the best of them all.
I also heard all of these and more - Gilels, Malofeev. To me Argerich was the best player ever. More than technique it needs to put your *interpretation*. And this way I love the way of Argerich plays. Not so fast, but notes more clear, the second voice. Even Prokovief didn't play in this time. My turn.
Try Claire Huangci
@@sergiovicente7618 Martha's Toccata is good but not that good. It lacks this absolutely accurate rhythm at that speed from the beginning to the final part when she deliberately begins to accelerate
Heard Yakov zak version. It was slow and uninteresting.
@@mikepis1 Agreed.
I am so glad we can see how the orchestra is reacting to her talent and execution.
Wonderful silence from the audience throughout the performance. Not a single cough, not a shuffle.... Her speed and dexterity are amazing. The keys barely reach their resting position before they are struck again. Splendid performance!!
I´ve seen the same.
@@shadednessalso !
Can we marvel at what a genius PROFOFIEV was when he composed this? The dude's genius level is insane! Who would have thought of such a complex piece?
well, he is a soviet era Russian...lack of freedom inspires the mind
@@FlorentNoirot He wrote it in 1912...
@@brkahn A revolution is defined by more than its inherent singularity, there has be very significant change in society beforehand and vast amount of people converted to an idea for a revolution to be triggered...So I'll argue that soviet thought had already become prevalent back then
@@FlorentNoirot 1912 is definitely not Soviet era, and he was not inspired by lack of freedom (from that era, at least).
@@brkahn the revolution happened just like that...some unfortunate random event...Maybe instead of being so cryptical, why dont you enlighten us on what was his inspiration
I'm speechless. She just takes my breath away.❤
Prokofiev is one of my absolute favorites from the 20th century. I don't think he gets quite the recognition he deserves.
Where have you been for the last 70 years?
Entire orchestras and performances dedicated to him seen by millions (as evidenced by this video) “I don’t think he gets the recognition he deserves”, lol
@@LiquidTurbo Obviously, he is recognized as a great composer. That was not the point, but I see that is hard to understand. To spoonfeed you "not getting quite the recognition he deserves" does not mean "is completely ignored."
@@ivankaramasov Please quantify how much recognition he deserves? What needs to happen in the world for you to say "Ah yes, Prokokiev finally gets the recognition he deserves"?
@@LiquidTurbo Don't insult your own intelligence
The orchestra just watching her in awe!
ADG82 Who is this orchestra, by the way?
@@mckavitt13 It says Berlin Philharmoniker at the end of the video.
@@chengyang9399 Thx. I finally figured it out on my own... the hard way, but I got much more info that I also wanted. You are kind.
Ah ur pfp hurts my eyes...
First chair violin looked like he had seen this before. He had a knowing smile on his face the whole five minutes.
Extraordinaire. Très technique, mais Yuja a toujours le sourire et s'amuse. Quel bonheur de l'écouter et la voir.
Yuja kак-будто из другой нам неведомой планеты Фантастика!!!🎉
She's a gift from God to the world...!!! We all get to see and enjoy her amazing talent ...!!! ❤🎉😊
This 'gift from God' is nonsense... She is a young lady who has worked tirelessly over thirty years to perfect her playing
Saying she is a gift from God completely dehumanizes her and conveniently ignores she has probably practiced her entire like something like more than 30,000hrs in her life to hone her skills and rise to the top.
This tocatta is extremely difficult to play and yet Yuja Wang does it with flawless musicality. In under 3:44 minutes, one of the fastest on record. I assume this piano responded well because this is the best of her own recordings.
And this was an encore.
Actually it was a Little more than 3:44 more like 4:06
@@danyanlin7591 um, no? 3:44 precisely, from 0:21 to 4:05
@RichardDavidBrooks ^*toccata, never tocatta ^*her own recordings? Wtf does that mean?🙄🤦♂️🤦♂️🤡🤷♂️💩
This is NOT the first time that soul has played piano. The way she whispers to herself and the innate understanding of all the music she plays. I’m literally blown away
@bsusak09 Why would anyone mistake this performance for someone’s first time sitting at a piano? Additionally she’s not whispering to herself you fuqwit, it’s involuntary movements. What is wrong with your brain?
Wow Matthew you need serious help. Before you troll people, you should probably make sure you comprehend what you read. I talked about her soul. You’re an angry angry person. Go for a walk and get a fucking life.
she‘s without a doubt one of the best out there.
Wow! This is magnificent. Doesn't get any better than this. Yuja you are a great pianist. Only the best could play this.
This young woman is a genius. Thank you.
It is always interesting to see how the people sitting behind the pianist behave while the pianist performing the solo part.
Don't let the visual distract you. You have to close your eyes to feel her touch. This is the most musical version I ever heard.
I want to keep my eyes open and watch her hands, fingers, expression, the members of the orchestra, the audience, concert hall - where I've been. Her dress is an added surprise; always colourful and glamorous.
Kinda sick how clean and musical it was... grossly talented player. Jesus Lord....
But what has she composed?
Camsun what have YOU composed
jslrsn dude, I still go to school. I like a few of my own compositions though. Anyway, I just hope this woman decides to be an actual musician one day
@@camsun7326 Jesus, She has to compose something to become "actual musician"? :)
Riochii Yes, exactly! A hundred years ago it was self explanatory that musicians also compose, or can you think of anybody in the 19th century who got famous just for playing? I’m not saying Yuya isnt musical, she has to be so to play like the way she did here. All I’m saying is that composing is the higher art and being an interpreter like her is a thousand times easier than being a composer. So I wouldn’t praise her as much as “Listen Music” did here
it is out of our world !!!!! sensacional !!!
I have watched this for so many times I can't remember and most of the available versions on KZhead, I gotta say there are several that came close to this on some levels, but this remains to be by far the best interpretation out there today both technically and aesthetically.
😂😂😂😂... I rewind so many times
This is more than world-class! That's a class on its own!
Best version of that piece I've ever heard.
Martha Argerich ( kzhead.info/sun/nJp6mKx6rJF3ko0/bejne.html ) is the standard I judge this piece by, Yuja seems to be in a hurry to get out of there: a little fast, but still stunning.
@@aaronsmyth7943 I know a few other ones, all recordings. But doing this live ! It's a bit fast, I agree ... but still, with camera on. And the paranoïa feel fits the piece
@@aaronsmyth7943 I love Martha as well of course. I agree this version is a bit too fast but I think that's appropriate for a live encore that is meant to WOW the audience.
@@MikePulcinellaVideo Have to agree, I keep coming back to this one, and wow them (and me) she does: her talent is verging on disturbing.
@@aaronsmyth7943 I agree. But for a live performance, that speed is appropriate.
Yuja is all one with that piano. I hope to see and hear much more of her in the-near future. What a performer. She is the whole package.
Do you mean she needs even more revealing outfits??
Easily the most lucid, tuneful yet high-kicking, heart-racing performance of this barn-storming number that I have ever heard - or am ever likely to hear! Who needs roller coaster rides?
Love watching the concertmaster watch Yuja. That says it all.
I finished the video and then I remembered I actually attended this concert in person haha. Such a good memory
I didn't know I could hold my breath for 4 minutes 49 seconds. Pew..
I would faint if I ever met her...she isn't human, she is a Goddess
Can you believe this beautiful lady who can play anything, play it indescribably perfect, and have a sense of humor about herself and her abilities. That smile says it all! She rules the world! I would also like to pay tribute to Serge Prokofiev who was a genius and wrote so much good music that was considered "advanced" at a time when classical music was in transition. His piano concertos were a formidable contribution to piano literature and were not written to be easy nor immediately accepted. To play his "Toccata" as it should be played was for pianists at the level of Yuja. How alone one is when you "live in the land of giants!"
If you look at her lips closely, you can see that she was actually summoning a demon the *whole* time.
I think she called Prokofiev a "bastard" at the 1:00 mark...
That's not a serious comment was it ??
@@Eric-ye5yz And are you serious Eric?
@@ny10980 It was a serious question if that is what you are asking.
@@Eric-ye5yz I always get sucked into replying to worthless rebuttals. Did you see her mouth something that looks like "bastard"? Not really! Me neither. But if you go back to the first thread he was joking about her summoning up a demon. Now Eric...why would that be (even in humor)? Because of the difficulty of the piece and all it's wild dissonant tones? Lighten up Pal...
And she has only 10 fingers like us.
Yes but she works very hard !
@@sergerostucher6165 Obviously and love it as well.
as someone on youtube comments once said, "I couldn't even play the wrong notes that fast"
I saw more than ten. Man I am so old.
She has body parts I don't always notice on pianists.
What confidence,ability and technique in this most happy ,bouyant and lovely individual. She's nothing short of being called a bionic pianist- incredible performance and execution. I'm amazed at her entire repertoire. She can play anything.
My favorite solo performance. What a wonderful human beast. Her brain is in a high speed wavelength. I got hypnotized. Congratulations.!🙋♀️
"What a wonderful human beast." She is a robot, serving in the PR and entertainment industry! The main thing is to entertain the bored audience and make millions! Classical music does not play any role here!
@@mariodisarli1022 i totally agree with you My first thought when i first saw her was " music robot" Also No moment of centering herself, going at it automatically. On Prokofjev, he did compose an enough melodical music for the ballet Romeo AND Juliet, some parts even have a beauty to them like the pas de deux of Romeo AND Juliet, AND with the right dancers it flows well. But I listen only to high quality Classical music from baroque, Classical AND romantic era.
@@karennoble1168 Sorry that you are completely unable to appreciate the brilliance of this performance. The intensity is amazing. I roared at the end of this.
The dude at 2:47 with his eyes closed is either high as hell absorbing the music or just straight feelin it hahaha
I am not sure, but wasn't this guy Prokofiev's grandchild? I saw that guy a couple of months ago in a TV show.
@@zzambezi1959: How interesting! I assume you’re referring to Gabriel Prokofiev, who is in fact a composer himself. I looked him up, and judging from online photos, it certainly *could* be him. Can anybody confirm? 😎🎹
I watch this at home so people don't think I'm mad. When I suddenly burst out of my seat as though launched from a 🚀.Miss Wang brings that out in her performances and this is no exception here. To think I used to call classical music boring lol. Another magnificent performance here bravo!! :b
This performance is beyond perfection!
He-he-he-he!!! kzhead.info/sun/nbmlYLOGlpiua5E/bejne.html
To consider "virtuosity" as the main virtue of a pianist is stupid and unprofessional! On this occasion, there is a joke! Question: What's faster, pianist or sewing machine? Answer: The pianist is faster, but the sewing machine is more musical!
@@georgescancan7503Perfection to my ears. Taste is a personal matter.
@@carolinadubeux1425 "Perffection to my ears." Wooooooow! < You know an ass by his ears> Latin translation: English term or phrase: This apparently was a Roman saying.
@@georgescancan7503 Nowadays, by his rude comments on KZhead
Yuga Wang has the pen-ultimate performance of this piece, and she does it all without breaking a sweat! I so wish Horowitz and Rubenstein could watch this clip. I'd love to see the look on their faces as she plays. She makes it look effortless. WOW!!!
From memory - incredible. And the complexity and ease which she plays - not forgetting the passion!
She combines real artistry with great facility. Technique never gets in the way of the music. Bravo, Yuja.
WOW!!!!! As someone who has wrestled with this piece for months on end myself, I am absolutely in AWE of this performance! Words fall far short of an apt description of this performance! Stunning lady, too!
Marvellous , technically, musically, can’t really express with words how fantastic to listen .
Yuja Wang : " You came ; you saw ; you conquered "!!! The entire symphony listening to your performance so quietly and amazingly .... so much in owe , to say the least !!! Congratulations!!!
Wow, mesmerizing version of this Toccata!
You know her playing is like, totally unimaginable and great. Like her technical control and her overall raw strength and passion to the piece is incredible. Wow, yuja
To do this after the Concerto is amazing! What technique!
Yuja is an iron lady. She played Bela Bartok's three piano concerts in one night several years ago.
Восхищен исполнением!Браво! Спасибо. Ким.
The marvelous pianist Yuja Wang. Cannot express in words about this artist.
Я не музыкант, хотя закончила музыкальную школу по классу фортепиано очень давно, но глядя на исполнение этой фантастической пианистки, у меня самопроизвольно дёргаются пальцы! 😊Это магия!🫶🏻
Exquisite! Beautiful! Perfection! Mesmerizing! The piano playing was pretty good as well.😍
Powerful as well as delightful. Her playing is more crisp than others. Like her interpretation too. Perfect.
Yuja Wang, awesome pianist. I must have watched her playing this piece of music around 40 times on various KZhead videos. For me, she is way out as the best pianist in the world.
Prokofiev Toccata is a devilish piece to play -- almost humanly impossible. But Yuja Wang is more than up to the task. She is amazing.
Physically this requires so much training to be able to play this fast without straining a muscle. Yuja is really something.
The human body in an incredible machinery. Those 10 fingers hitting the keys at exactly the right time, with the right intensity. At that speed. While controlling every other muscles and breathing 😊 thank you.
Such masterful perfection! It is always a pleasure to watch and hear Yuja play.
WOW WOW WOW! This gorgeous young lady is an amazon at the keyboard. I am in total agreement with the concert master--we love her.
OMG, Prokofiev wrote a very beautiful piece of music. Yuja Wang knows how to perform it perfect! Thank you both!
The orchestra is the Berlin Philharmonic. Apart from being some of the world's best musicians themselves, they are used to watching the very best pianists. But even they are blown away by Yuja Wang.
I cant find words to compliment this. Any word is weak for this genius performance.😭😭
this is what I call full potential.
The level of difficulty on PROKOFIEV's Toccata is off the charts and still so musical. Incredible.
Ronald Russell - compounded by the fact that she plays the piece at twice the speed of everyone else - is still accurate ( apart the the last glissando!! ) and still managed to play every note staccato. Her skill is just unbelievable !
She is the greatest! Unbelievable artistry.
A very memorable performance worth rehearing again and again. High energy pieces in classical have often stolen my attention from more subtle compositions, the prelude is definitely high energy.
If Argerich is "The Lioness", I submit Yuja is "The Leopard"; as the young folks say, she absolutely "SHREDDED" this piece.
And Valentina is tigress ;) (Queen of Rachmaninoff)
@@vedantthanki745 I heard she disliked Rachmaninoff
@@deedum1162 I heard she told that to her teachers just so she wouldn’t have to compete using his pieces because his music is special to her.
@@deedum1162 no she really, really, seriously loves Rachmaninoff..... Did see the full video? After all she literally mortgaged her house in order to pay for her Rach project.
“Shredded this piece” - can’t be said any more accurately! Love Yuja!
it is mind blowing that it’s an encore!
It’s almost as if Yuja is saying ‘how quickly can I get through this encore?’ Amazing skill and artistry.
She's saying something while playing. For me it's like she's summoning something Love you Yuja Wang
Prokofiev Goddess
Goddesssssss?! To consider "virtuosity" as the main virtue of a pianist is stupid and unprofessional! On this occasion, there is a joke! Question: What's faster, pianist or sewing machine? Answer: The pianist is faster, but the sewing machine is more musical!
@@georgescancan7503 can u please shut the f up😡
@@georgescancan7503how about u are u something like the so called "sewing machine" do u know music?😡damn people,get lost hater
Stunning, cannot stop replaying and chuckling to myself when she's finished. I'm in awe of her sublime talent. Love her whole persona.
Eblouissant de technique, virtuosité, musicalité, maîtrise du tempo. Bravo
Her talent and skill is superb and that gown is kind of stunning as well.
it's great that people no longer talk about her beautiful clothes, but concentrate on her astounding performances.
how does the dress stay on tho
@@ragecandy It is as astonishing as her playing!
it's so shiny
My first thought when I opened this film was that this is one of her better outfits, bold and daring, yet not tacky at all. Suits Yuja Wang and this piece perfectly.
Incredibile
prokofiev always claimed the piano is a percussion instrument and must be played as such- and that shows through his works. i love that yuja wang never forgets that when playing his pieces.
Superb playing by YUJA HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING SO FANTASTIC?
Incredible performance! Pure perfection! Thanks a lot!
To consider "virtuosity" as the main virtue of a pianist is stupid and unprofessional! On this occasion, there is a joke! Question: What's faster, pianist or sewing machine? Answer: The pianist is faster, but the sewing machine is more musical!
"Incredible", ....pure perfection!"
@@georgescancan7503 Now you feel better? You are sooooooooooooo great!
@@mariodisarli1022 You are such a genius! Thanks a lot for your words! Great, great, great!
@@laughinloveforever6707 You think that the greatest composers of our planet created the greatest pieces of music so that mediocre pianists sexually entertain the bored crowd! Remove the vulgar pianists from the stage!!! Money, Money, Money ABBA "...Money, money, money Always sunny In the rich man's world Aha aha"
merveilleuse YUJA! la partition est dans sa tête et l'agilité dans ses doigts: elle nous régale!
I wish my a Dad was alive to see this one...stunning!
She's So Amazing! One of the Most Talented Pianist of the XXI Century!!! (And she's So Beautiful and So Lovely Too!!!)
Such a fiery encore!!!
Yuja blows me away everytime. just Perfection