Former Child Prodigy Gives Younger Self a Piano Lesson (ft. Aristo Sham)
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- 0:00 Introduction
0:13 Mozart Cadenza (7 years old)
3:27 Chopin Mazurka (8 years old)
5:38 Chopin Waltz (8 years old)
10:30 Liszt Etude (8 years old)
11:21 Interview
This video was filmed at the Prager Family Center for the Arts in Easton, Maryland, as part of a four-day residency with the Gabriela Montero Piano Lab presented by OAcademy, an initiative of the Orchestra of Americas Group offering elite training to talented young musicians from around the world. For more, visit: oacademy.live
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One day I will play as good as a six year old!
I prob won’t lol
Well, not good.
As good as a six years old prodigy. You can do it.
Welcome to being alive
😂
I love how he talked in a respectful way to his younger self as if that was an actual student, especially how he always praised the kid before criticizing him... Usually when many people look at their younger/weaker self we tend to degrade ourselves a lot.
But most people are nowhere near this level
@@buk1733 that doesnt mean you cant find something nice to say about yourself. it sucks when all you try to notice is the bad things
Aristo Sham's dad is my physics tutor😂
What a wonderful, wonderful idea 😁to be able to "go back" and give your younger self a piano lesson - I love it 😁
Cool video concept. What I liked the most about it, was the interview towards the end where Mr. Sham talks about his personal experience growing up as a prodigy. I don't think most people understand what that's like.
Also interesting is for adult Aristo to explain how 8 year old Aristo is even possible. What allows for this level of sophistication at such a young age? Can you remember what you were thinking? Feeling? How you processed so much information so thoroughly?
i guess just an absurd amount of practice
if you're born that way where you can focus a lot, practice a lot, and keep up, ig that's how
A lot of constant support from parents.
it’s just feeling and intuition. No ‘thinking’ or ‘processing’.
Not thinking at all except maybe phrasing. It's all fairly robotic just a few cue notes from a young age good teaching regular practice etc but also latent talent
@@pleasecontactme4274 no thats pure innate talent, that is really hard to replicate across the population through sheer practice only
I was barely conscious at 8yo...! Remarkable.
You're not alone on this one lol
Grown-up Aristo, your voicing in the Chopin mazurka was very beautiful, please don’t retire this idea as it was great to hear it. I was surprised that you dismissed it so promptly as it was one of my favourite things in the performance!
Aristo I really enjoyed your performance at Chopin competition! Make what's left of Hong Kong proud!
What's left of Hong Kong? Are people leaving en masse, or is it getting physically smaller? Inquiring minds want to know...
@@SeaDrive300 Given the geopolitical context I guess it’s the former. Beijing Communist government led by Xi tightened up the grip on Hong Kong by passing the National Security Act, which has substantially stifled the freedom of speech in the territory. Dissident voices are blatantly silenced. People either leave, fleeing elsewhere such as the UK, or stay, subjected to authoritarian rule, to my limited knowledge.
@@SeaDrive300 probably china doing something ig...
@@SeaDrive300 In one sense, many have already left (i.e. to Singapore or SEA), but also, in another sense, the original spirit of HK isn't what it used to be (re. the recent changes in politics there)
What a joy! This 7 year cadenca! Wow!
I love the concept of this video. More of them, please.
Of course this is beyond impressive but that home video with your mom is so great! Thanks so much for sharing.
What a lovely little genius boy!
Inspiring stuff. Just more proof that we have a lot of work to do in reaching our goals.
This is incredibly helpful and wholesome, thanks!
I really enjoyed the self-compassion he shows his younger self. He’s still very critical of himself but allowing himself to accept that this was the past is empowering.
I also like how expressive he is outside of playing. Aristo’s reactions were just as entertaining as the videos
What a courteous young man!
This is totally so cool, much thanks and more!
Wow. That was well done. There are obviously levels to this.
Lots of fun! I remember those early videos very well. I have been following Aristo ever since that time, and have listened to every video of his I can get my hands on. I've really enjoyed seeing his development. One new thing: This is the first time I have detected a little trace of a Cantonese accent in his English! Too bad he probably won't see these comments, since this is not his channel.
Awesome vid! I’ve always wanted to know how do child prodigies learn such complex music. Now I finally hear from one.
what a brilliant video!!
Extremely enjoyable.
Thank You.
Exquisitely entertaining... and elematarianly educational hahaha. (I LOVE Chopin...and this replay is the best ever... :-)
What a great video!
Love this video!
Born to be a pianist!
Inspirational 👍
I always liked to give lessons to my younger self. It makes me feel like the younger self is improving, and cubits by vivid dreams, it studies the Christmas Tree And.
I feel like this is good practice for these artists in how to give a masterclass and how to provide feedback
Woooooooooooowwwww!
All of the "Awws" when he criticizes his seven-year-old self really crack me up. 😂😂
More Aristo. Anytime. Playing anything.
Yes, the teacher of this amazing kid could have encouraged much more Nuanced performance
Aristo be kind to yourself. Remember the little boy only had little hands and fingers and it is difficult to articulate like an adult!
BROOO THIZ GUY MAN IMPROVISES SO WELL
I love how he said he took a step back and how important that was…i BEGGED my parents starting at age 3 for piano lessons (yes, I was a very early talker/singer and my parents are very musical😂), but they made me wait till I was 4. I played straight through until 12 and then said I wanted to stop lessons. My parents were cool with that, even after all the work they had put in-mostly mom driving me for lessons and endless trips to the music stores for new music- but if they had made me keep taking lessons I wouldn’t have wanted to make it my major in college. I never stopped playing altogether, just broadened my horizons from what my “classical” teachers were teaching and that was an important time.
Thank you for this amazing video !
Soooooo interesting!!!!!!
The Chopin Mazurka was very beautifully played and yes it would have needed to be more "linked" but musically for whatever was there it was heaven!!!!
Yes it's because his comments on his younger self's performance are coming from a mature point of view, albeit they are still *subjective*, true or not. Even if it's because of lack of experience or maturity, his younger self simply interpreted those pieces differently at that time and that's all there is to it, there's nothing wrong about it in my opinion.
You should now play these pieces, so we can see the difference. I would love to hear it
Do you ever look back and wonder how you were able to do it at that young age?
Wonderful. H
This was 'his' baseball playing 😄
You are so naturally good in everything. I am so naturally bad in everything. And that sucks. Name Randy so nicely goes with your voice . You are so adorable and talented.
Wonderful . Just shows anyone can move their fingers but good teaching makes for better hearing . I'm amazed at Sham's exposure and good training .Most of us have never heard of many of these elements.The waltz I also incorrectly do it all in a single phrase .That division he shows is so wonderful but the music is so fast it can be difficult to achieve. I learned more here than 20 years of lessons and 50 of listening to piano records.! Viennese school had many stylistic traits traits .Sad that so many teachers never tell (Many do know. I wonderwhy I was never told and both my teachers had students who went to Julliard and Indiana )their students the things they should know. I was 2o before anyone told me how to correctly balance voices in an Alberti bass . I've never heard anyone talk about the natural counterweight of the palm .
Yea that's The problem especially pre internet age where everything is set out. You can type in say a chopin etude and find ten vids for the relevant techniques which help immediately. Before you just had a local useless teacher who only knew the notes and a bit of theory
Hardly any technical information. Just a few technical exercise books like the onnce much vaunted Hanon which is now fairly obselete
No wonder many gave up?
No advice on rotation. Physicality of hands. Relaxation free fall octave work etc etc
Aristo is such an amazing person. When i grow up, i wanna play like him.
Plot twist: in one year older than him. Hahahahaha.
Now wait-a-minute-matured- genius. Look at those little baby hands and then look at your 'giant' hands ! His walz was rock and roll. 😊 Have you watched the performances of Alexander Malofeev when he was a child with baby hands and his baby feet could hardly reach the pedals?! (youtube) It is all so lovable. ❤🩹 (Holland)
I notice my piano teacher does the same thing. Says something good about what I just did before hitting me with the improvement hammer. :)
Just to soften the blow, lol.
imagine going back in time and do this lesson person to person
I started to play the piano since I was six, but I don’t think I could ever play like 6-year-old Aristo.
You're too hard on you're younger self plus your tiny younger hands sounding so large is amazing.
A 7 year-old plays an amazingly expressive and intuitive interpretation of these pieces. With such tremendous facitlity and flow that it seems technically impossible for someone so young . Then, as a 26 year old he says things like "should be more stylistically correct", "excess movement that's uneconomical" and "you're actually standing up!" Saying exactly the kinds of things his teachers in the following years probably said to him. Everything has to be a certain way., this is the only way, in other words.
It's as if he has had some of the expression. musicality and original talent drained out of him in some way, by over-training and a focus on "correct" technique. In some way, maybe unconsciously, he's probably really thinking to himself "if only I could do that… NOW" … 12:50.
I see this same observation with Tiffany Poon. Her childhood videos are so much more freer and adventurous. But her older videos seem filled with some self doubt.
No! The world is highly competitive . He's doing spontaneity and individualization and personal music making along with the insight. Seems to me you want a reason to stay lazy and untutored .Every artist has to refine himself. You don't lose talent just because you gain technique , performance practice. Like saying the more words you learn the less you can structure or catch your ideas . Foolishness . You better kill these anti-work anti-intellectual urges. It's why Americans write poetry but are too stupid to read Shakespeareand why we never get very far at competitions!The anti-intelligence Factor is so darn Stron in American culture . Noone has time to watch you re-invent theWheel.
@@MrInterestingthings you are a legend z da musician
Yin and Yang in balance. Also I agree with ZJMartin. If you start losing your creative fire just because you have more knowledge, you simply aren't the artist you thought you were. Sometimes it can be easier to create when you have fewer options, but a true artist is always seeking to expand the possibility space of what they can create.
Well not for any sense of competition or being better than someone else. But I guess I've never experienced having my livelihood depend on the artistic appreciation of others.
Talking a lot but not saying much. 7 years old him would probably very happy to hear such constructive criticism and progress more. It's such advice that led him there so young. Do you think great players do not take all of this into consideration ? lol
"I'm a former child prodigy"
"Hmmm, former?"
"I'm no longer a child :)"
What a flex and a half, goddamn
I didn't know Eddie plays piano so well
even if it's a joke
you still need better glasses
As an Asian, they do have a resemblance
@@ndalae2322 yeah, I don't say it because they are both Asian. They have similar hair style, glasses and face shape
Everyone's self-esteem: **critical hit**
Only a prodigy could critique like this. Bravo. I am an ambitious retiree learning to play the piano. What tips would you suggest for sightvreading and finger dexterity?
For sight-reading, learn your theory to develop your ability to recognize patterns like scales, chords, arpeggios, broken chords, Alberti bass etc. Oh, and practice all these patterns on the piano as well. They develop finger dexterity.
omg this is just too cute
Amazing! How did you play with that technique with those small hands?
Let's just all agree to stop using the term "child prodigy" so we don't have to resort to using the even worse term "former child prodigy."
Ok. Thanks for making us…feel low because we can’t play like this 7 year old. How…is it possible! How! :)
Chopin's Waltz in F sharp maj sounds familiar to Brahms in A maj tho!
former child prodigy. current adult prodigy
bro had a rebirth and became back normal
I didn't know asian prodigy dying inside while watching old mistakes of himself was a porn category I'd be into, but here we are.
Great video, but the “ahhh” sounds tagged to critiques are annoying.
Is he Eddy’s brother?
This is so funny 🤣🤣🤣
Sforzando is a verb (gerund), so cannot be pluralized like a noun. In other word ‘sforzandi’ doesn’t exist. That would be like saying ‘exertings’.
I started learning and playing piano at 7🗿
well there goes my self esteem
Collab with TwoSet when ?
I’ve studied music all my life but I really really wonder what kind of training a kid must undergo to play like that at that age. Anyone? 🤔
Genius perhaps
@@temitope6830 for sure, but what kind of training I wonder, what steps..
@@vibrukacomposer3522 I have taught students like this. They usually take at least 3 lessons (1 hour each) a week. These kids usually have parents who also play the piano. I have the parents who play the piano observe the lessons. They take notes and record the lessons. The parents will then supervise their kids’ practice sessions at home. These parents also take their kids to catch solo recitals, orchestral concerts, operas, ballet etc at least twice a month.
@@PassionPno this makes sense, thanks. Definitely not the usual parents, the ones you talk about 😅 all the best!
@@vibrukacomposer3522 It’s quite common here in Asia. At least 50% of my students have 1 parent who plays the piano.
I TAPPED ON THIS BECAUSE HE LOOKED LIKE EDDY I DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WAS REAL OR NOT
Me: that sounded beautiful
Aristo: *displeased expression*
Me: that sounded awful, get better young Aristo
As a 18 yo that wants to become a pianist but only started 2 years ago. This video is... Sad.
Naaah man, you don't realize how young you are. I started at 32.
@@jordanm2984 But I want to become a professional pianist.
@@DanielSilva-gc4xz Then it is too late. Sorry.
You can still become a very good musician, maybe become a piano teacher, get freelance paid work and do accompanying of choirs and stuff like that. It’s becoming an international concert pianist that is probably out of the question...
Then again there are a few exceptional counter examples to this, most notably Lucas Debargue, Albert Frantz and Arcadi Volodos so never say never
@@sacrilegiousboi978 and Richter, who started taking lessons at 21
'As an unemployed, I'd blew my old job. This is how I blew it.'
Super cool concept!
If you slightly elongate the length of the notes, does that mean you are changing the sheet music
I don't think so, because the composer didn't intend for it to be followed precisely in a regimented fashion. Part of it is conveying the themes and message of the piece sometimes requires slowing down or speeding up specific notes (or crescendo/decresc.) that happens so fast the composer may not even write it in.
Other times there is just an unspoken expectation that if you are doing short notes set at Allegro tempo they should be crisp. How crisp? That is left up to the interpretation of the performers and the sheet music isn't expected to tell you everything about the style in which it should be played.
Holy f
twosetviolin is this you
Stupid me thought that former child prodigy means he is no longer prodigy
..he’s no longer a child
"AS" is a 26-year old pianist, presenting ☝️🤨 to the emergency room with burning fingers
is it a fact that some difficult passages require maybe 300 repeats while the rest of the piece needs much much less. i am up to 150 repeats of a kapustin sonata tough part and i m not even at half tempo.
In my experience, it comes down to what’s being repeated rather than how many times. With many of my students I’ve observed how repeating a passage that is sub-optimally phrased or with unhealthy technique for even a short period of time may yield a sort of programming that is hard to break and may stand in the way of getting something up to speed. There’s also such a thing as practicing a passage too slowly rather than too quickly. I think that the key to mastering a difficult passage is approaching it with intention. Focusing on a particular transition in which phrasing or continuity breaks down rather than repeating the entire phrase over and over again can preserve your physical health while yielding a quicker solution in general. Best of luck with your continued musical exploits.
It's not about quantity! It's about quality! You have to learn lots of different ways of practicing a passage, and figure out just what the very hardest spots are and what makes them hard, then start working out solutions. Maybe you've already done that - and I freely admit, I'm not brave enough to attempt ANY of Kapustin's sonatas (though I've played a few preludes, the sonatina and the suite in Ancient style) - but don't get obsessed by numbers of repetitions. Doing so is likely to lead to mindless, mechanical practice rather than mindful, thoughtful practice.
@@zenonorth1193 Kapustin’s Sonatas are quite daring aren’t they? When I first listened, they came off quite intimidating. I second your advice.
@@zenonorth1193 indeed, quality...i started using metronome more to keep good rhythm and no mistakes at slow speeds, it has helped a lot. Kapustin sonata1 which i am working on has tons of fast runs, it might be way out of my comfort zone but it sounds so damn cool.
@@bjornviir3333 Wishing you much success! The metronome is your friend - even when you want to throw it across the room!
So, what if I do not care about the composer or what he is saying?
Interesting! Please next time without the cheering and disappointment-fx 🙄
My feeling is that piano playing is like language. Your accent and manner of speaking is established when you are very young. Later on it's very hard to develop a proper accent in a foreign language such as French or Chinese if you are an native English speaker. Likewise, these cultures have difficulty speaking English. American English is different from British and so forth. If you start piano later in life it is going to be difficult to gain the fluidity that a young child has. Naturally as you age your playing will become more refined. Another thing is that certain people are just naturally gifted at certain things. Not everyone can become a Yuja Wang.
I agree apart from the yuja part she's a bad example and not a great pianist. The Russian school is best. But best pianist technically is Marc Andre Hamelin
A child practiced for 40 hours a day. This is what happened to his future self.
Arima kousei irl
What were his socks like at 7??😂
This was a good video but it's missing the part where the little kid cries, quits playing piano, and resents his parents.
the little kid is literally the same guy commenting on the performance
why do i get the feeling that he's actually just dying inside while listening to his younger self lmao (especially during the waltz)
He probably is. That's what teachers do when they're sensitive.
I doubt it, he was brilliant and would feel both proud and impressed.
I don't think so. Ffs, he was 8! 😍😍😍
@@toonsster you never know with prodigies, sometimes they will find the measliest of details to criticize themselves with even after they play brilliantly
im not a pianist, how was he cheating in the paganini caprice?
i think he was using his right hand to play a note which his left hand was supposed to play by crossing over
Aristo - the old Romans had this saying, in Latin: "nomen omen (est)", meaning that someone's name would predict something about them. As "Aristo" must be taken from Greek "aristos", it means "the best".
Imagine parents giving that name to their child, it then becoming a prodigy.
There must have been a very clever tiger parent that was able to rear their child into this brilliance.
Aristo was a classmate of my son back in primary school. I used to talk to his mom when we were waiting to pick up our kids after school. I do not think his mom was a tiger mom although she was so dedicated to help her children whenever needed. According to his mom, Aristo had a younger brother but he was not so keen on playing piano so his mom would not urge his younger brother to do too much on that. I think Aristo was a real prodigy and was given a lot of support from his family. Aristo's parents were very supportive to him and his brother cos I often saw them attend school activities together with Aristo and his brother.
I actually play worse now than I did when I was 7... 😅 not that I was great then 😜
Were you beat with a bamboo stick if you missed a note as a kid. I’ve heard so many horror stories of children being abused into mastering stuff like from evil parents.
Too bad this music only lives in colleges
I think I will burn my piano!
fml
Former child prodigy... pretty pretentious huh? But then after seeing 0:08 I just told my mind to shut up.
The sound effect when he criticised something is so annoying
How we know its you and not just a random asian kid ???!!!