Rafał plays way that's hard to define .......the key is that he's one of us , truly Polish understanding history of our country ,which he's brushing with the piano ....no doubt he feels same emotions as Chopin
This guy really is a cut above all the other "brilliant young pianists" out there--who can play for hours without missing a single note, but who seem unable to actually create emotional and artistic expression.
One thing amazing about this pianist is that he seems to have his notes flying harmoniously, rather than fighting for its spot, like some people who played in Chopin Competition...
He explains why second prize was not awarded during the 2005 competition!!! His interpretation of Polonaise Op.53 Heroic and Waltz Op. 64 No.2 some of the best versions I have heard! For Polonaise Op. 53 Heroic, Horowitz's was very elegant and Argerich's was very powerful and passionate, Blechaz stands in between and I love it. Thanks for sharing
Considering, that his father came to Poland when he was 16, fought in the Polish national uprisings, raised his children as polish citizens, did not return to France, I'd say he felt quite at home in Poland. Knowing letters etc by Chopin and his music, so inspired by the slavic sense of melody, he's very polish.
I don't think one can be nervous and play like that. Nervous people don't become successful stage artists. Nervousness is destructive. More likely he is excited or focused and full of adrenaline before an exceptionally difficult task. But that's a completely different thing.
@@MalwinaJasinska There are numerous pianists who state that stage fright has been a companion for their entire lifetime of being a concert pianist. Even Seong-Jin Cho answered in an interview that he doesn't think competitions make pianists play better as it made him extremely nervous.
I don't understand how he doesn't have more videos here on YT other than his Chopin Competition. Has he not fully booked by concert tours in Europe or Japan? He is the one of the most remarkable young pianist out there right now and a worthy winner of the competition (the same can't be said to other recent winners). And the only one who received a personal congratulatory note from Zimerman (which is saying a lot).
Given enough time, I believe this young man will surpass even the great Artur Rubinstein. Technique and feeling beyond his years. How altogether fitting that he should be Polish, the native land of Chopin himself. I've never heard sustained applause like this for his Polonaise in A-Flat Major in my entire life, and I'm 72-years old.
gra mnóstwo koncertów w różnych krajach, zdobywa nagrody a 24 lutego będzie w Warszawie w filharmonii narodowej. Wszystko jest na jego stronie albo na facebook
As it was until a few years ago, the Polish had been under the dominion of Russian influence for over almost two centuries. And having the misfortune of being between two giants, Germany and Russia, that were constantly carving out Polish territory for themselves. That was the reason why Chopin, in part, never returned to Poland, because of the domination there. So even Frederic felt that melancholy for his homeland that he so aptly expressed in much of his music, i.e. Polonaises, Mazurkas.
I can Say without doubt he's te Best Chopin interpretar ever even over zimmermman and Rubinstein but unlike other Chopin experts he can play perfectly other composers themes such as Mozart Beethoven rachmaninif Brahms shubert etc and he dos flawless as if he were playing Chopin
@sara994 Comment from @nindotani isn't in polish. But I can write something for you. When I say: "Rafał jest geniuszem. Nie tylko gra muzykę, ale i stał się nią" I meant "Rafał is a genius. He's not only palying music, he became music". Greetings from Poland!
Rafal is one of my favorite pianist. I went to his recital in Madrid this year. And let me tell you that I discovered a new pianist, a russian one, his name is Alexander Lubyantsev. He is competing now in Moscu (Tchaikovsky Competition 2011). He is extraordinary, watch and listen his interpretations...Support and disseminate new talent, they deserve it.
@dontzenyourselfout fuck bang bang, hope he disappears soon, so annoying and desecrating classical music with his grotesque pomposity. It's incredulous that he is held higher in his country than Yundi Li even or Yuja Wang! Ridiculous!
Tutaj zagrał fajnie, ale jak byłem na jego koncercie to tak średnio ;| ale nieważne. Na konkursie to aż miło posłuchać ;) tylko jedna rzecz mnie odraża... Piąte palce ;D
Too bad the broadcast stopped there. I have the CD of the winner's recital, and Mr. Blechacz actually says a few words after this and plays an extra Debussy piece (Clair de Lune). I wonder if that has ever happened in the history of the Chopin competition (a piece not by Chopin being played)?
@gonzalojosevb just checked out Lubyantsev and wanted to say wow!!thanks for telling about him he's really great!I still prefer Rafal's chopin though,but Lubyantsev plays like nobody's business :-)
Paris had an influence Chopin in terms of access to the European Intelligentia, but French music (not at its prime yet) certainly did not influence Chopin, while the Polish Mazurkas certainly did. As I said, Chopin's Ballades, apparently, were inspired by the Polish patriotic poetry of Mickiewicz. FYI, since you dismissed my comment on the origin of the nocturnes, as a musical form, they were invented by the Irish composer John Field and Chopin got across his work. Cheers
@TheLittlegrenade rafal is the only one who won all the categories of the competition, ever. plus, judges considered that he outperformed so much all the other contestants that they didn't give a second prize that year. you may like yundi li playing more, but you can't say he is way better than rafal.
la version de Argerich, plus vivace et enflammée était meilleure... je vois ce qui justifie tant de prix... il est excellent, de la à dire exceptionnel... euh
BTW he first chose to move to Vienna and spent there some years until it became a hostile environment. The title Ballade does not necessary come from the French 15th century poetry, but most likely from the ballades of Goethe. Chopin and all the romantics (especially his dear friend Liszt,who worte the Faust Symphony, the Mephisto Valses etc) were heavily influenced by the writings of Goethe. Mendelssohn (also friend of Chopin) even orchestrated a goethe ballade! (continued)
Austrians too. But in its day the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania was a vast empire in its own right, and mixed it up with the Turks as well as clobbering the Germans and the Russians from time to time.
This guys playing is fantastic; however, the editing is making me sick! They wont show his hand for more than 2 seconds and the jumping around of camera angels is nauseating!
Well, I think if the Soviet Union had been ruled by Deng-hsiao Ping instead of Gorbachev, Poland would still be a Soviet satellite and you would have a Chinese-style synthesis of Communist dictatorship and capitalism. Solidarity ultimately succeded (like the Marshal in 1918) by an accident of history: there is no doubt that the great powers could always do what they wanted to Poland. Anyway, you're right that this is the wrong place for politics.
I don't get it, what's with the hair? most of the pianists have those bushy hair-does... what for? they don't use them for headbanging then why? Do they wanna also LOOK like Chopin?
Of course it's not about silly arguign "he's 100 perc. polish", don't get me wrong, he clearly felt quite at home in France as well :) But it just irritates me when people try to say he's French, just because they hear he has a French surname and because he had to flee to France, like so many Polish Emigrants after 1831.
Rafal Blechacz should record the complete piano works of Chopin. It would be absolutely incredible and he has proved to be more than capable.
Brawo Rafał Blechacz. Genialny pianista i wielki mistrz.
Wspaniały niepowtarzalny Rafał Blechacz.Tak tylko on potrafi oddać muzykę Chopina
Rafał plays way that's hard to define .......the key is that he's one of us , truly Polish understanding history of our country ,which he's brushing with the piano ....no doubt he feels same emotions as Chopin
This guy really is a cut above all the other "brilliant young pianists" out there--who can play for hours without missing a single note, but who seem unable to actually create emotional and artistic expression.
Without Chopin, Poland wouldn't have become so famous. His influence in piano music is overwhelming.
Absolutely gorgeous! Deep sensitiveness, faboulous technique, He reach both pianissimo and fortissimo with a dynamic scale astonishing!
Chapeau ;-)
Wielki, wspaniały Rafał Blechacz !!!
One thing amazing about this pianist is that he seems to have his notes flying harmoniously, rather than fighting for its spot, like some people who played in Chopin Competition...
his fingers look so tense but his tone is goldddddddddddd :0000
He is just GREAT!
He explains why second prize was not awarded during the 2005 competition!!!
His interpretation of Polonaise Op.53 Heroic and Waltz Op. 64 No.2 some of the best versions I have heard!
For Polonaise Op. 53 Heroic, Horowitz's was very elegant and Argerich's was very powerful and passionate, Blechaz stands in between and I love it.
Thanks for sharing
wow, such a good technique and perfetionism, he never hit wrong notes. and a very expressive and sensitive playing. Congratulations Rafal Blechacz
Tak sobie myślę że nikt nie jest w stanie pobić Rafała. I dobrze 🤩💕
Just saw him perform last night. man he is amazing
Considering, that his father came to Poland when he was 16, fought in the Polish national uprisings, raised his children as polish citizens, did not return to France, I'd say he felt quite at home in Poland. Knowing letters etc by Chopin and his music, so inspired by the slavic sense of melody, he's very polish.
Although he looked even more nervous at the recital than at the competition, he played gorgeously. My favorite artist ever!
I don't think one can be nervous and play like that. Nervous people don't become successful stage artists. Nervousness is destructive. More likely he is excited or focused and full of adrenaline before an exceptionally difficult task. But that's a completely different thing.
@@MalwinaJasinska There are numerous pianists who state that stage fright has been a companion for their entire lifetime of being a concert pianist. Even Seong-Jin Cho answered in an interview that he doesn't think competitions make pianists play better as it made him extremely nervous.
Thanks...Best Chopin interpreter
que c'est beau de jouer les œuvres de Frédéric Chopin !!! splendide interprétation merci
his legato is so fluid... i love it.
Perfekcja nad Perfekcją , Niewyobrażalny Talent który sie zdaża raz na milion lat . J
I don't understand how he doesn't have more videos here on YT other than his Chopin Competition. Has he not fully booked by concert tours in Europe or Japan? He is the one of the most remarkable young pianist out there right now and a worthy winner of the competition (the same can't be said to other recent winners). And the only one who received a personal congratulatory note from Zimerman (which is saying a lot).
ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=rafal+blechacz+gilmore I'm fortunate to have experienced his artistry several times in Kalamazoo MI USA.
Given enough time, I believe this young man will surpass even the great Artur Rubinstein. Technique and feeling beyond his years. How altogether fitting that he should be Polish, the native land of Chopin himself. I've never heard sustained applause like this for his Polonaise in A-Flat Major in my entire life, and I'm 72-years old.
Thank you very much for posting this video!!!!
Great!!
this guy is amazing, i have his complete preludes cd that was released a few years ago. Incredible stuff!
22 years old
fenomenalnie gra!!!!
słuchanie Blechacz jest przyjemnością. Czy ktoś wie co się z nim teraz dzieje.
gra mnóstwo koncertów w różnych krajach, zdobywa nagrody a 24 lutego będzie w Warszawie w filharmonii narodowej. Wszystko jest na jego stronie albo na facebook
oh my god can someone tell me how the octaves in the polonaise is possible with THAT speed. unbelievable.
ambrosia for the ears!
fantastic fantasia!!!
STREPITOSO!!!
Thanks from share
Long Bloody standing ovation. Jesus Christ. Wonderful Performance, truly.
@nousernamewhatsoever Both are extraordinaries pianist. They are very young and they have a wonderful future with our support.
He is goooooood.. :)
Fantastic.............. !!!!!!!!!
Jestes super!
Gostei bastante da performance, lindo de ver e ouvir
thx for the upload, greatly appreciated!
Well, from the ratings of this video, it looks like 20 people were eliminated from the competition! Blechacz is awesome.
As it was until a few years ago, the Polish had been under the dominion of Russian influence for over almost two centuries. And having the misfortune of being between two giants, Germany and Russia, that were constantly carving out Polish territory for themselves. That was the reason why Chopin, in part, never returned to Poland, because of the domination there. So even Frederic felt that melancholy for his homeland that he so aptly expressed in much of his music, i.e. Polonaises, Mazurkas.
I never forget they are trying to approach to what Chopin meant in every interpretation I hear.
Nice!
I can Say without doubt he's te Best Chopin interpretar ever even over zimmermman and Rubinstein but unlike other Chopin experts he can play perfectly other composers themes such as Mozart Beethoven rachmaninif Brahms shubert etc and he dos flawless as if he were playing Chopin
Rafal Blechacz is a freakin' beast! O.O
the waltz was the best imo
Piękne video
excellent pedalling.
@sara994
Comment from @nindotani isn't in polish.
But I can write something for you. When I say: "Rafał jest geniuszem. Nie tylko gra muzykę, ale i stał się nią" I meant "Rafał is a genius. He's not only palying music, he became music".
Greetings from Poland!
Rafal Blechacz is an excellent pianist. I was in a concert in Madrid. Also, I like Alexander Lubyantsev, I strongly recommend you.
Polish soul
We talk about Blechacz, Rubenstein, Argerich, Pollini, Ashkenazy and all the others. But we forget Chopin in all this. No Chopin, no party.
Rafal is one of my favorite pianist. I went to his recital in Madrid this year. And let me tell you that I discovered a new pianist, a russian one, his name is Alexander Lubyantsev. He is competing now in Moscu (Tchaikovsky Competition 2011). He is extraordinary, watch and listen his interpretations...Support and disseminate new talent, they deserve it.
Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Chopin just answered Lizt, no more no less!!!
is it only me but the sound is very low, i had to turn everything up so i could hear it (on headphones)
bang bang can't compare to this
@dontzenyourselfout fuck bang bang, hope he disappears soon, so annoying and desecrating classical music with his grotesque pomposity. It's incredulous that he is held higher in his country than Yundi Li even or Yuja Wang! Ridiculous!
Well, yeah, that's because bam bam is pop.
He is macho.
“-applause, some polish guy talking” 😂
He killed that Polonaise!
Chopin is from poland, is polish. His name is French, becouse his dad is French. His love polish and hear in his music.
Tutaj zagrał fajnie, ale jak byłem na jego koncercie to tak średnio ;| ale nieważne. Na konkursie to aż miło posłuchać ;) tylko jedna rzecz mnie odraża... Piąte palce ;D
Too bad the broadcast stopped there. I have the CD of the winner's recital, and Mr. Blechacz actually says a few words after this and plays an extra Debussy piece (Clair de Lune).
I wonder if that has ever happened in the history of the Chopin competition (a piece not by Chopin being played)?
his fingers seem surprisingly stiff..im not used to seeing this kind of technique..very well played!
no, actually that´s the german school, the russian focuses on making music since the begining
But his heart was returned to Poland (Holy Cross Church in Warsaw) on his wishes...
Rafal is the Polish spelling, period.
13:52
Reminds me of Zimerman
1:43
how old is he?
@gonzalojosevb just checked out Lubyantsev and wanted to say wow!!thanks for telling about him he's really great!I still prefer Rafal's chopin though,but Lubyantsev plays like nobody's business :-)
Is it this particular Steinway to which you refer?
How'd you get a video up that was longer than ten minutes?
GOSPEL TRUTH
I hate it when the cameramen get too creative for classical videos, especially during the polonaise
"She'll have ya baseball..."
I would learn to speak Polish just so I could go to this competition.
ONLY Polish !!!!! nobody copy this SOUL
"some polish guy talking" lmfao
i guess it was just a typo. 16 instead of 61 my dear (:
Paris had an influence Chopin in terms of access to the European Intelligentia, but French music (not at its prime yet) certainly did not influence Chopin, while the Polish Mazurkas certainly did. As I said, Chopin's Ballades, apparently, were inspired by the Polish patriotic poetry of Mickiewicz. FYI, since you dismissed my comment on the origin of the nocturnes, as a musical form, they were invented by the Irish composer John Field and Chopin got across his work. Cheers
u mean chords right?
@1023george Leave the old man alone!!!
@TheLittlegrenade rafal is the only one who won all the categories of the competition, ever. plus, judges considered that he outperformed so much all the other contestants that they didn't give a second prize that year. you may like yundi li playing more, but you can't say he is way better than rafal.
la version de Argerich, plus vivace et enflammée était meilleure... je vois ce qui justifie tant de prix... il est excellent, de la à dire exceptionnel... euh
@tuxdcat
I think you have your years mixed up there, Rafal is only 25.
@AuppaWappa
you think the Chopin would sound better if you knew Polish?
... Polish soul? (right ending of your question).
BTW he first chose to move to Vienna and spent there some years until it became a hostile environment. The title Ballade does not necessary come from the French 15th century poetry, but most likely from the ballades of Goethe. Chopin and all the romantics (especially his dear friend Liszt,who worte the Faust Symphony, the Mephisto Valses etc) were heavily influenced by the writings of Goethe. Mendelssohn (also friend of Chopin) even orchestrated a goethe ballade! (continued)
Polonez zaczyna sie w 13:54 min
Austrians too. But in its day the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania was a vast empire in its own right, and mixed it up with the Turks as well as clobbering the Germans and the Russians from time to time.
This guys playing is fantastic; however, the editing is making me sick! They wont show his hand for more than 2 seconds and the jumping around of camera angels is nauseating!
No it isn't Polish, or any language I recognize.
gorgous interpretations!but he must insert one nocturne, one ballade, one prelude and one etude at least!
@1023george What in the hell are you talking about
Well, I think if the Soviet Union had been ruled by Deng-hsiao Ping instead of Gorbachev, Poland would still be a Soviet satellite and you would have a Chinese-style synthesis of Communist dictatorship and capitalism. Solidarity ultimately succeded (like the Marshal in 1918) by an accident of history: there is no doubt that the great powers could always do what they wanted to Poland. Anyway, you're right that this is the wrong place for politics.
I don't get it, what's with the hair? most of the pianists have those bushy hair-does... what for? they don't use them for headbanging then why? Do they wanna also LOOK like Chopin?
@tuxdcat when you were 8, Rafal's father was not even able to walk yet...
Of course it's not about silly arguign "he's 100 perc. polish", don't get me wrong, he clearly felt quite at home in France as well :) But it just irritates me when people try to say he's French, just because they hear he has a French surname and because he had to flee to France, like so many Polish Emigrants after 1831.
How does he play the minute waltz so awesomely good? It's like he's touching the keys...does he use a soft pedal?