Yuja Wang - Ravel Left Hand Piano Concerto

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  • Опубликовано: 1 янв 2017
  • Yuja Wang plays Ravel's left hand piano concerto with Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in June 2016. Lionel Bringuier conducting.
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  • @kevinchen8325
    @kevinchen8325 3 года назад +366

    “hey yeah you busy tonight?”
    “nah, in the middle of a concert”

    • @samt0080
      @samt0080 3 года назад +6

      do you mean like, she’s calling in the middle of her own concert with her right hand?

    • @segalanicolas5608
      @segalanicolas5608 3 года назад +23

      @@samt0080 Yes that is the joke, and you understood it.

    • @mv848
      @mv848 2 месяца назад

      @@segalanicolas5608
      Honestly I think she was *answering* a call (not making one!), for the person who called says the first line in the joke to which she responded "nah, just a regular night, playing..."

  • @somerandomguy3604
    @somerandomguy3604 4 года назад +2845

    Welp, at least i can play the right-hand part.

    • @TalesKursped
      @TalesKursped 4 года назад +81

      at least i can play right-leg part.

    • @super999999
      @super999999 4 года назад +52

      Until you forget to turn the page because you forgot where you are in the music and get the death stare from Yuja Wang for not being prepared to turn pages for her.

    • @Balakirev_
      @Balakirev_ 3 года назад +13

      At least i can play the left-leg part..😌

    • @wjcm8883
      @wjcm8883 3 года назад +10

      @@Balakirev_ ... and I can play the right hand part FLAWLESSLY without having to look at the music or my hand!

    • @GhilledApallo
      @GhilledApallo 3 года назад +3

      Lmaoooo I can’t stop laughing ima tell my friends I can play a ravel concerto now 😂

  • @paullazz
    @paullazz 5 лет назад +2138

    I just learned, that Ravel wrote this to a pianist, who lost her right arm during the World War, and since then I really wanted to see this concert. It just so happened to pop up on my RUclips feed. And I must say that Im really impressed!
    Edit: ok, my bad, it was a man, not a woman. Thanks for the correction!

    • @irtap404
      @irtap404 5 лет назад +78

      Thank you . I was thinking what kind of nosense is this, a piece where you can't use one hand. But it makes perfect sense now

    • @SteveDrury88
      @SteveDrury88 5 лет назад +155

      he wrote it for Paul Wittgenstein, brother of the philosopher Ludwig. three of the other brothers committed suicide -

    • @melissaq8854
      @melissaq8854 5 лет назад +21

      A pianist at my uni is entering a concerto competition with this pieve and i hope she gets the piano slot

    • @michaelwinters4741
      @michaelwinters4741 5 лет назад +37

      I actually heard of this piece of music on an episode of MASH. A GI, who happened to be a concert pianist - unbeknownst to the surgeons, lost the use of his right hand during surgery. The surgeon, Dr. Winchester who was a snob and fan of classical music found this piece of sheet music and gave it to him. ruclips.net/video/ijEiwBLCXeo/видео.html

    • @catholiccrusader5328
      @catholiccrusader5328 5 лет назад +5

      Paula you said HER right arm during which world war? WWI I don't think so since to my knowledge no woman went 'over the top;' WWII is another story.

  • @Princessalicekawaii
    @Princessalicekawaii 5 лет назад +1216

    I dont understand why some people complain about her dress. Like hell when she walked out I was amazed by how fabulous she looked. I want that dress.

    • @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713
      @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713 4 года назад +189

      people are jealous that someone so gorgeous can be so talented. that’s all.

    • @chickennuggetlover5560
      @chickennuggetlover5560 4 года назад +121

      I'm not complaining about it, but am amazed that this was allowed to be worn, when most orchestras cannot have glitter or skin showing. I have been told that my dress was to short when you could only see my collarbones, wrists, abd ankles... She looks stunning, but the dress is different from what most people are used to seeing. Maybe it is because she is a soloist.

    • @albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797
      @albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797 4 года назад +52

      Not only do i want that dress, I wanna be that dress

    • @ayumehirano1894
      @ayumehirano1894 4 года назад +3

      I was literally thinking the same

    • @pianoonparade
      @pianoonparade 4 года назад +6

      seems a bit too long for her if she needed to hold it up as she was walking. trip hazard, maybe?

  • @aydnozturk704
    @aydnozturk704 7 лет назад +3615

    Concerto for left hand and right leg

    • @pilouetmissiou
      @pilouetmissiou 7 лет назад +16

      :)))) very kind

    • @Qual_
      @Qual_ 6 лет назад +186

      right hand for me.
      Alright I shouldn't have said that :D

    • @tomasl4965
      @tomasl4965 6 лет назад +3

      Qual Q'Prod

    • @user-md3li9hx8g
      @user-md3li9hx8g 6 лет назад +12

      Aydın Öztürk nice joke, LMAO

    • @griselidis1
      @griselidis1 6 лет назад +8

      Brilliant! I wish I'd thought of that!

  • @jkkay477
    @jkkay477 7 лет назад +2040

    The first time I've seen an iPad being used in a concert. A cool mix of old and new.

    • @bloodgrss
      @bloodgrss 7 лет назад +66

      I do worry tho'-what if the battery flames out?

    • @user-dp1lb3lt3y
      @user-dp1lb3lt3y 7 лет назад +131

      bloodgrss I think it's likely it's just there to show that right hand is not needed in this concerto, given Yuja can play some dozens of concerti from memory 😆

    • @georgescancan7503
      @georgescancan7503 7 лет назад +17

      martha jane: "+Don Maguire I am far from a prude but she looked like she leads a double life, like she had to go back to the red light district after the concert, someone needs to school her on etiquette, you can be super sexy w/o looking like a Chinese hooker, she has some serious self esteem issues. She said she can wear long skirts when she's 40, really? thanks for the confirmation, being a lady has nothing to do with age." Bravo martha!!

    • @josefgorling7862
      @josefgorling7862 7 лет назад +103

      +Georges Cancan
      Cretin

    • @chankwaichoi1
      @chankwaichoi1 7 лет назад +13

      gosh, even a 'hooker' could play this, what else d chinese couldnt do?

  • @crmurph10
    @crmurph10 4 года назад +590

    having worked on this piece substantially, i can personally say that cadenza is hard as nails from a phrasing standpoint, balancing the lyricism of the theme and squeezing in the accompanying patterns, and she just NAILS it. very few do. it sounds so natural and as effortless as if she were playing it with two hands. ugh, she's just flawless.

    • @everettamador9885
      @everettamador9885 3 года назад +6

      Thank You...I used to play piano from age 4& 1/2 to I was 11...what she has to do is NOT easy...Ravel was great in Composing but when performed by Ravel he had the intuition in multi-tasking...But When people interpret Marice's Works most people who conduct Symphonies earlier years were tweaking Ravel's works to assure the quality of each piece...Again Ravel is still highly underrated and underestimated..

    • @everettamador9885
      @everettamador9885 3 года назад +5

      There is a piece for right hand? And rumor has it that someone has attempted to correlate these two works into a Finished Work...Be nice to know...Thank You...

    • @Vincent-ig2cb
      @Vincent-ig2cb 3 года назад +8

      I could quite happily live with that cadenza on a remote island, it has a complete orchestral score written within it, a true work. of art.

    • @Chachboon1
      @Chachboon1 2 года назад +6

      Hear hear! She makes it so effortless and musical. The tempo is perfect throughout. My favourite version by miles! :D

    • @tufsoft1
      @tufsoft1 2 года назад +5

      @@everettamador9885 no, the right hand part of this concerto was buried with Paul Wittgenstein's right arm :(

  • @dankg55
    @dankg55 6 лет назад +389

    Thanks IMSLP

    • @edwardchen9619
      @edwardchen9619 5 лет назад +8

      (Credits)

    • @skoto8219
      @skoto8219 5 лет назад +3

      Hahaha a lot less trouble to get it there than to scan all the pages so yeah, quite likely.

    • @ezequielstepanenko3229
      @ezequielstepanenko3229 4 года назад +6

      That was the 10 seconds waiting at the beginning

    • @EFHmusic
      @EFHmusic 3 года назад

      Most underrated comment 2020

    • @EFHmusic
      @EFHmusic 3 года назад

      Oops written 2 years ago but still timeless

  • @huhehiho9892
    @huhehiho9892 3 года назад +93

    So much for my career aspirations of being a page turner.

  • @Mosotti
    @Mosotti 6 лет назад +696

    Ravel - Concerto for iPad and piano

  • @Jlemmer1
    @Jlemmer1 3 года назад +114

    RUclips, interrupting a masterpiece like this with an advert is really not a good idea.

    • @misterbonzoid5623
      @misterbonzoid5623 Год назад +2

      The rest of us installed AdBlock long ago and don't suffer that like you.

    • @KawaiiStars
      @KawaiiStars Год назад

      @@misterbonzoid5623 on mobile?

    • @flowerpower9541
      @flowerpower9541 Год назад +2

      @@misterbonzoid5623 some of us literally can't afford it.

    • @juliee593
      @juliee593 Год назад

      @@flowerpower9541 adblock is free!

    • @flowerpower9541
      @flowerpower9541 Год назад

      @@juliee593 really!!?? I've been miserable for nothing lol

  • @gy123321
    @gy123321 4 года назад +198

    *No pageturners were hurt during the concert.

  • @Ezlivin
    @Ezlivin 7 лет назад +587

    The perfect intersection of art, technology and fashion.

    • @belarminobolito
      @belarminobolito 5 лет назад +9

      ...and money…!!!

    • @eddyvideostar
      @eddyvideostar 4 года назад +3

      Marty Davis: Multitasking to the core.

    • @Davi_Caires
      @Davi_Caires Год назад +1

      Perfeita descrição

    • @NoreenHoltzen
      @NoreenHoltzen 2 месяца назад

      Fashion is one way of expressing it, but a good choice given the RUclips censoring.

  • @garthly
    @garthly 11 месяцев назад +43

    My favorite piece of music, full of anger, tragedy and beauty, played by my current favorite pianist! Wonderful.

  • @TheIkaika777
    @TheIkaika777 3 года назад +114

    Wow, she’s playing piano with one hand and with the other she’s playing Call Of Duty on her iPad. Amazing!

    • @juliee593
      @juliee593 Год назад +11

      And she's winning

    • @mackiceicukice
      @mackiceicukice Год назад +1

      That is what pianists who play Ravel left hand concerto with a score do !

  • @jkkay477
    @jkkay477 6 лет назад +1198

    5:00 Catching up on her WeChat messages

  • @johnschlepperman1572
    @johnschlepperman1572 2 месяца назад +5

    The most beautiful virtuoso I've ever seen. The brilliance and genius of this woman is staggering. Admittedly way beyond my comprehension.

  • @Sgt_Bill_T_Co
    @Sgt_Bill_T_Co 6 лет назад +634

    I used to play that all the time, then I lost the CD.

    • @hikerjif
      @hikerjif 5 лет назад +12

      😅

    • @michaelpackwood639
      @michaelpackwood639 5 лет назад +6

      Well get another one. I recommend Jean-Phillipe Collard with ONF (Maazel)

    • @GhostNight666
      @GhostNight666 5 лет назад +8

      @@michaelpackwood639 Woooosh. 😜

    • @minhtrungle9117
      @minhtrungle9117 5 лет назад +10

      @@michaelpackwood639 The joke flew right across you.

    • @hasikore0309
      @hasikore0309 5 лет назад +1

      Michael Packwood は

  • @ArmatekAutomation
    @ArmatekAutomation Год назад +13

    She is so precious that she should be declared one of the world's wonder.

  • @astridvallati4762
    @astridvallati4762 3 года назад +27

    Ravel, besides composing the piece for a mutilated officer, served as a French Army Truck driver 1916-1918, during the Battle for Verdun, taking up Ammo and stores, and bringing back wounded, all whilst under German Artillery fire...la Voie Sacree ( the Sacred Way) where hundreds of truck drivers were KIA.
    Ravel was no slouch!

  • @Yadeehoo
    @Yadeehoo 7 лет назад +179

    It's cool how she makes the musicians in the orchestra smile in awe

  • @jsleamer2046
    @jsleamer2046 5 лет назад +708

    Ravel composed this because he was sick of saying “HOLD MY BEER”
    So he could play holding his beer

    • @gracepei2115
      @gracepei2115 4 года назад +14

      This is creative!

    • @guillll
      @guillll 3 года назад +15

      I have a pianist friend who always complains that he can’t drink and play at the same time. Seems like the perfect piece for him.

    • @clavis_voveo
      @clavis_voveo 3 года назад +6

      The best comment I've ever read!

    • @jpdj2715
      @jpdj2715 3 года назад +4

      The jazz musician scene has this joke. Q: how do you recognize a bar pianist?
      A: from the 'strong' left hand, because he frequently needs the right hand to toast a drink.

  • @parthoroy9141
    @parthoroy9141 11 месяцев назад +75

    Concerto for left hand and right leg 🦵
    She is amazing 🎹
    And that cadenza rocks 🎵

  • @itspapaho7898
    @itspapaho7898 4 года назад +43

    You just know she has the whole thing memorized and has the iPad there to show she can.

  • @music_pillow3246
    @music_pillow3246 7 лет назад +238

    I had goosebumps the entire performance. How amazing she is and how a great composer Ravel was!

  • @lewiswereb8994
    @lewiswereb8994 6 лет назад +1475

    Anyone who can play like that can dress any way they want, and screw anyone else who doesn't like it!

    • @spb7883
      @spb7883 5 лет назад +49

      Quite true, though given that logic your point begs the question: why would she choose to wear THAT?

    • @goldfrequency1441
      @goldfrequency1441 5 лет назад +156

      spb 78 cause she feels good in it. And she looks great lmfaooo, you hating for a reason?

    • @spb7883
      @spb7883 5 лет назад +51

      Gabriella Villa it’s not hatred to question something. You’re right: she’s a great musician. You’re right: she’s attractive. What I question is why make music about fashion? Why make it a contest about nice legs? People think this is about women’s empowerment, which is understandable. For so long women have had to play a role, and it’s been no different in music. But is this really progress?
      A person goes through many hurdles to clear something, to get to a point of great fame. And so much of that clearance comes through record companies who in this case look at this woman, don’t give a shit about her musicianship, and think “she’s hot. People will buy her records because she has great legs. Sign her.” THAT’s the clearance. That’s what you are supporting. And then the equally talented musician who is ugly as sin doesn’t get a shot because she doesn’t look like a model.
      It used to be that people didn’t defend the elites. That all changed because people got hoodwinked. And the sad thing is they don’t even on realize it.

    • @spb7883
      @spb7883 5 лет назад +8

      Gabriella Villa “musicianship, ambiance, and aesthetically pleasing visuals”. I agree with one out of the three, which is why we won’t see eye to eye on this. And I’m neither belittling this musician nor intimidated by her. I question why she’s dressing the way she is. Ravel didn’t compose the piece for left hand and mini-skirt.

    • @ncinaah
      @ncinaah 5 лет назад +84

      @@spb7883 She just wants to? You say all this crap about record companies not caring about her musicianship yet you're the one making a fuss about her fashion. You're just part of the problem. You question why she's dressing that way? That's already been answered 4 times above. End of story.

  • @jvanacker
    @jvanacker 3 года назад +114

    Wittgenstein who commissioned Ravel for this composition would be proud of this performance. Yuja Wang has the technical perfection to express the emotions phenomenally. I am 80 years old and happy to have lived long enough to still experience this pianist

    • @beckerhanshermann8372
      @beckerhanshermann8372 3 года назад +1

      You will also find voices on youtube that think that the Chinese woman is by no means technically perfect and that this concert is rather superficial.

    • @aidanguy2182
      @aidanguy2182 Год назад +19

      Wittgenstein himself didn't like this piece much, scribbling out things from pages and revising it. So I bet he probably wouldn't care for this performance.

    • @christianvennemann9008
      @christianvennemann9008 Год назад +4

      ​@@aidanguy2182 Yeah, Wittgenstein was incredibly ungrateful and rude towards Ravel

    • @laurentdumont452
      @laurentdumont452 Год назад +1

      @@christianvennemann9008 He was improvising a lot and Ravel hated that.

  • @naoseidenada4502
    @naoseidenada4502 6 лет назад +349

    This girl accepts every challenge and succeeds amazingly every time. Watching her with an orchestra is matching the beauty of sound and vision.

    • @mimipie
      @mimipie 5 лет назад +6

      Não sei de nada she is a woman thank you very much. We in the whamen society would never call any woman a girl!!!

    • @luisdavidllense2293
      @luisdavidllense2293 5 лет назад +2

      Orchestra + maestro have to catch up with her insurmountable virtuosity!

    • @gracepei2115
      @gracepei2115 4 года назад +2

      Very nice comments, I like it.

    • @Gaish
      @Gaish Год назад +16

      people need to stop calling grown women "girls"

    • @jponz85
      @jponz85 Год назад

      @@mimipie vc nao sabe de nada mesmo. Woman, girl... who cares. Yall complain about THE dumbest shit lol

  • @sandramyer7081
    @sandramyer7081 7 месяцев назад +13

    So full of emotion and combinations of tremendous instruments in orchestra! Her Left hand is beautiful sound and explicit with Yuja’s left fingers and hand- clear! Well done !

  • @BruceBoschek
    @BruceBoschek Год назад +25

    The cadenza alone in itself is an amazing work of art. Ms. Wang and this orchestra under Mssr. Bringuier are in perfect balance and a thrill to experience.

  • @olgaolivia3687
    @olgaolivia3687 8 месяцев назад +13

    Masterly technique, expression, strength and power of Yuja Wang's playing is mesmerizing! She is incomparable and extraordinary!

  • @clintonjurgens7239
    @clintonjurgens7239 Год назад +7

    Around 1969, while attending the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, I sat in on a master class taught by Leon Fleisher. He had at that time suffered the loss of the use of his right hand because of a neurologic disorder. In looking for his performance of this concerto, I was surprised to find a video of his master class with a young Yuja Wang from 2004. He was a wonderful teacher. Brilliant, beyond words, both of them.

  • @boriss.861
    @boriss.861 Год назад +7

    Ravel's Phenomenal orchestrations and the virtuosity of Yuja a stunning combination.

  • @Hailey_Paige_1937
    @Hailey_Paige_1937 5 лет назад +80

    My favorite piece, written by my favorite composer, played PERFECTLY by my favorite pianist/performer...
    *Pinch meeee, I’m dreaming!!!* 😍👏🏻

  • @stevepethel6843
    @stevepethel6843 Год назад +7

    Dynamic conductor Orchestra and amazing pianist...thank God for the writer and the production crew of this video gift.

  • @andrewv.9142
    @andrewv.9142 6 лет назад +518

    I'm almost more impressed by her reading the music off the iPad... seriously, how tf are you playing that fast and powerfully without even looking at your hands????
    also I would be HELLA scared of that thing shutting off or deciding it needed an update in the middle of the concert x.x

    • @ukdavepianoman
      @ukdavepianoman 5 лет назад +99

      95% of the time she doesn't look at the iPad. She knows the notes by heart, but maybe there's the odd passage where the score acts as a reminder. I'm sure she charged it to 100% before the concert!

    • @deusexmachina1421
      @deusexmachina1421 5 лет назад +4

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ikr! Or what if someone called?

    • @amesakurako1
      @amesakurako1 5 лет назад +107

      Andrew V. Funny that you mention this, I saw her in London this Jan and saw the low battery reminder pop up twice in the 1st half! The first time it appeared she tried to press OK to get rid of it and missed it the first time. My heart almost skipped a beat! She did not look impressed at all at the end of the first half. During the break a staff came on to charge the iPad and for the whole of the second half it had a white cable hanging off it😂 you'd have thought someone would check that it was at 100% before a concert but apparently not!

    • @YodaSW2
      @YodaSW2 5 лет назад +6

      deus ex machina airplane mode?

    • @imaginebrasil4036
      @imaginebrasil4036 5 лет назад +31

      @@amesakurako1 I think, soon the conductor will manipulate the scores on the tablets that all musicians will have in the front of their noses...pressing every time a button in the baton, when turning the page or reaching a certain compass. A software will adapt the score for each instrument and turning the respective page when proper....Is this already being developed or already in use?If not, this would be a prospective big business!

  • @markirvin2809
    @markirvin2809 6 лет назад +84

    Is there anything this wonderful young pianist cannot play? She is absolutely amazing!

    • @pjbpiano
      @pjbpiano Год назад +1

      Seems the answer is “No. Nothing”.

    • @gbarthg
      @gbarthg 10 месяцев назад +1

      Yes. She can't play Beethoven. She tries, but it just doesn't work. It's technically fine, and her wardrobe and makeup are excellent, but it doesn't measure up to Schnabel, Rosen, Solomon, Pollini, or Brendel. And I haven't heard her Goldberg Variations. There are college pianists throughout Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea who are better, but they lack her skill at self-promotion. Exciting!

    • @dwacheopus
      @dwacheopus 9 месяцев назад

      Le preux

  • @harryboggon2608
    @harryboggon2608 7 лет назад +36

    I cant describe the elation I feel watching this Beautiful Young Lady play the piano
    GENIUS.

  • @luisbreva6122
    @luisbreva6122 4 года назад +84

    Can you imagine just playing a solo part reading from ipad and your friend video calls you when you're just about to turn the page, so instead of turning you accept the call, and then your friend just yells YOOOO WASUP.

  • @garyjohnson2182
    @garyjohnson2182 5 лет назад +19

    Wonderfully performed by a very talented and beautifully independent pianist, thank you Peace !

  • @michaelschefold3299
    @michaelschefold3299 7 лет назад +80

    Artist of the year! The most breathtaking performance of Ravel's masterwork! I was so lucky to see and hear it in Rome last year. Bringuier and Yuja Wang - Ravel's "clarté française" as it should be!

    • @simerhy
      @simerhy 7 лет назад +2

      Ela é a única pianista que consegue preencher todas as expectativas que se possa ter em relação a esse concerto

    • @mimipie
      @mimipie 5 лет назад +3

      Yes I was so privileged to be that guy playing the oboe! Amazing!

    • @thepianocornertpc
      @thepianocornertpc 8 месяцев назад +1

      Altough technically a stunning performane it lacks the drama and electrifying cataclysm of the Cluytens- Francois or Boulez-Zimerman pairings or Alicia Delaroccha...Not even close.

  • @JDS0409
    @JDS0409 7 лет назад +92

    Piano Goddess!!

  • @maneltenor2997
    @maneltenor2997 Год назад +15

    Que suerte hemos tenido de ser contemporáneos de esta genio de la música.

  • @brianthompson4480
    @brianthompson4480 Год назад +20

    Ah Ravel, the sublime master! He moves me in ways that Bach, Beethoven and others never could. Well, all are unique and wonderful in their own ways! Kudos to Yuja!

  • @checallo
    @checallo 6 лет назад +53

    I attended in person the concerts (in the same performance, Yuja played also the Piano concerto in Sol yet from Ravel).
    This is one of my favourite pieces ever. Listened to it tenths of times (and more tenths I will).
    Ravel composed it commissioned from a good Austrian pianist at the time, who had his right arm amputated after participating in an action of the World War I.This time, listening at the final cadence here on youtube, I have come my eyes glossy. A sort of Stendhal syndrome.
    Many thanks Yuja Wang :)

    • @messrtwinky
      @messrtwinky 6 лет назад +1

      bruno biondo Thanks for interesting history !

    • @mimipie
      @mimipie 5 лет назад

      Copy and pasted from Wikipedia. Exposed

    • @RomanPiter
      @RomanPiter Год назад

      Лучше не участвовать в боевых действиях..

    • @checallo
      @checallo Год назад

      @@mimipie Maybe, I wasn't there at the time Ravel composed this piece :D

  • @joovmusic6817
    @joovmusic6817 7 лет назад +1243

    She is probably playing Candy Crush

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz 3 года назад +207

    She plays the piano with 1 hand better than most people playing it with both hands!

    • @FranciscoCunha2004
      @FranciscoCunha2004 3 года назад +21

      More like better than everyone with both hands

    • @henryji6636
      @henryji6636 Год назад

      should said he play with left and better than most people's right hand

    • @ronb6182
      @ronb6182 Год назад +4

      She didn't get that good playing video games. It took years of hours of practice times. When I went to UCF I had to practice four hours a day just to get by. I knew piano majors that would practice all night long for a forum performance. Some were too good for me to compare to my level. I had a long journey ahead of me which ended not long after I never went back and took electronics instead. 73

    • @jponz85
      @jponz85 Год назад +4

      @@ronb6182 looking back do you regret it or do you think you made the best decision?

    • @dennispearson871
      @dennispearson871 Год назад +2

      Yup !!..

  • @georgealderson4424
    @georgealderson4424 4 года назад +15

    I have heard of this concerto for years but never heard it until tonight.
    It is much appreciated by those of us with only one arm and this performance is appreciated by those of us blessed with sight

  • @Khloeevanspiano
    @Khloeevanspiano 2 года назад +5

    Yuja Wang plays this so beautifully! I’m sure Ravel would be happy!

  • @konoha4ever83
    @konoha4ever83 3 года назад +16

    This was great! I have recently developed a love for Ravel, and this is another great one, I don't always like piano concertos, sometimes the piano and the orchestra just don't blend, but this was a masterpiece. I think that Ravel's unconventional use of the piano plays perfectly with the rest of the orchestra. Bravo!

  • @delphinoaleon6436
    @delphinoaleon6436 4 года назад +19

    Piano goddess. Excellent description. What a great piece of music, so playful. And her hands look so powerful like she could break a two-by-four with one finger.

  • @nickfanara8538
    @nickfanara8538 5 лет назад +88

    Don't need to hold my beer for this one

  • @elias0420
    @elias0420 Год назад +3

    I also listened to this concerto in person several times and this is definitely the greatset performance.

  • @ericbillouard9339
    @ericbillouard9339 9 месяцев назад +4

    Yuja wang ,soliste formidable en concert .Mais gardez à l’esprit que cette merveilleuse artiste provoque une véritable addiction du plaisir d’écouter grâce à sa technique et sa musicalité exceptionnelles dans les plus grands concertos.❤😅

  • @dianarutherford6593
    @dianarutherford6593 2 месяца назад +2

    Oh, this is just lovely Yuja!

  • @nancywilson377
    @nancywilson377 Год назад +6

    Yuja Wang...absolutely brilliant!

  • @cihuacoatl1887
    @cihuacoatl1887 3 года назад +45

    She looks great. Stop the hating.

  • @lipinxiao4090
    @lipinxiao4090 3 года назад +8

    So hard challenge even for a great pianist!!! But she made it! 👏 👏 👏
    Lang lang also practised this piece a few years ago, unfortunately he hurted his arm and fingers due to over-practising in a shorter time, then he took one year and 7 months to recover......

  • @christopherhopkins4265
    @christopherhopkins4265 18 дней назад

    Everything about this young woman is perfection. Her attitude in style. How the height of the boot heal brings her leg length up so she can sit taller at the keyboard and her forearms can lie horizontally to the floor. How the halter neckline narrows the shoulder line. How the slit allows her movement and freedom to pedal. The haircut is perfect. A beautiful and talented young woman.

  • @neiladlington950
    @neiladlington950 10 месяцев назад +2

    Love this concerto and I love how a composition for the left hand begins with a Bassoon in the low register and ends in a glorious finali at the low end of the piano. Very appropriate especially knowing the context of this wonderful composition.

  • @mlight6845
    @mlight6845 3 года назад +5

    Ah Ravel. The evolving melodies, harmonic overlays and resolved tensions that open like blossoms.

  • @IsabelMakesMusic
    @IsabelMakesMusic 6 лет назад +89

    I would need about 5 hands to play this

    • @xYonowaaru
      @xYonowaaru 5 лет назад +7

      You'd rather try 5 years of practice, I think it works better than flailing around 5 hands that don't know what to do.

  • @hectoralmeidaduran3061
    @hectoralmeidaduran3061 5 лет назад +7

    The perfect unión of the great french composer , the superb direction of a great orchestra,and the Prodigy al the piano of yuja Wang ,makes this recording a history of this Century ...!

  • @xaverk
    @xaverk 2 года назад +15

    Yuja is a millennium talent, that‘s for sure. I own the CD-Box with Ravel‘s orchestral work where Yuja plays the piano parts, and it is phenomenal.

  • @hey_richard_this_is_tony
    @hey_richard_this_is_tony 3 года назад +153

    And that was the moment Ling Ling decided he wanted to play the violin instead.

    • @aishamuratova2671
      @aishamuratova2671 3 года назад +13

      Ling Ling can play all instruments

    • @LILy-ry3fd
      @LILy-ry3fd 3 года назад +5

      @@aishamuratova2671 and compose and improvise like a god

    • @johnny_eth
      @johnny_eth 3 года назад +1

      To play this concert you only need to practice 20 hours a day.

  • @insultantable
    @insultantable 4 года назад +9

    Fantastic piece of writing, and performance or a very difficult piece making a huge demand from the left hand. Great idea from Ravel and a great success.

  • @arthurwilding5829
    @arthurwilding5829 Год назад +2

    Heard many top pianists live and recorded in a long musical life.Discovered her comparatively recently.. Absolute musical class.
    Such poise and so calm in all departments. Wonderful!

  • @JeanCharlesVersini
    @JeanCharlesVersini Год назад +3

    Quel génie d'une main seulement se fut un moment extraordinaire de l'entendre sans futilité , alors je suis toujours impressionné par son talent que j'apprécie énormément , alors merci madame ! 🤘🤘✌✌👍👍🌷🌷🍀🍀!

  • @catholiccrusader5328
    @catholiccrusader5328 5 лет назад +45

    Yuja is one person that I hope will never age; I like her whole persona.

    • @mrsblue3011
      @mrsblue3011 Год назад

      You are talking foolish.

    • @erikarutz7455
      @erikarutz7455 3 месяца назад

      ​​@@mrsblue3011you are mean spiteful and jealous!

  • @lbanana2003
    @lbanana2003 5 лет назад +38

    Love how Ravel composed this for a pianist who lost his right arm during WW1

    • @ezekielwillerson9204
      @ezekielwillerson9204 5 лет назад +9

      On commission. And they had a falling out after because he first played it radically differently than it was written.

    • @tomkent4656
      @tomkent4656 4 года назад +7

      @@ezekielwillerson9204 Fact is, it was too complicated for him and he was forced to cut chunks of it!

  • @Desireyso58
    @Desireyso58 2 года назад +2

    AMAZING Rendition!!! Best on youtube! Love YUJA!!!

  • @sandracid4987
    @sandracid4987 2 года назад +2

    Ravel most most impressive piece of art. GRADE: GENIUS! And then, Ms. Wang appears, making the best combination of a music author and the magestuosity of this amazing piano girl.

  • @grahamwevans9383
    @grahamwevans9383 3 года назад +11

    Fantastic performance! Fantastic girl! Wonderful music! Thank you.

  • @LakesouthTiger-tw6es
    @LakesouthTiger-tw6es 5 лет назад +5

    Absolutely love it!

  • @braintreecat
    @braintreecat 3 года назад +13

    Such passion!!! Such musical clarity and emotion. She shows it facially and plays with such force and delicacy. unbeleivable1

  • @davidferretti8773
    @davidferretti8773 3 года назад +3

    A beautiful piece, written for a pianist who lost his right arm in WWI...moving and beautiful, showing how man evolves to overcome adversity. Still as beautiful as the day it was originally composed. 😊

  • @bloubear2557
    @bloubear2557 4 года назад +16

    11:44 principal violinist having fun

  • @johnp162
    @johnp162 6 лет назад +5

    Great performance all the way around ‼️ Leave it to Ms Wang to take on a challenge like that... WOW‼️

  • @jimgott119
    @jimgott119 Год назад +1

    An amazing piece, the way Ravel makes the piano emerge from the orchestra in the beginning, and then the orchestra emerges from the piano in the end.

  • @nanipanini
    @nanipanini Год назад +4

    makes me tear up and full of emotional energy.

  • @JA-zs7fw
    @JA-zs7fw 7 лет назад +23

    amazing!

  • @garyjohnson9037
    @garyjohnson9037 6 лет назад +17

    Probably my favourite Ravel, so excellently performed by Ms Wang...who most likely is ambidextrous, such talent is rarely fully appreciated, I doubt there's but a handful of pianist capable of playing this. Thank you!

    • @geoffstemen3652
      @geoffstemen3652 4 года назад +2

      but a left handful

    • @ogthekingofbashan333
      @ogthekingofbashan333 3 года назад

      "I doubt there's but a handful of pianist capable of playing this." Sorry, but that is certainly false. For example, I am currently learning this piece. However, if you changed it to "I doubt there's but a handful of pianist capable of playing this so well," then you would probably be right.

    • @superbeingp-vortex8610
      @superbeingp-vortex8610 11 месяцев назад

      @@ogthekingofbashan333 Jealousy of people's praises and compliments. This also you can't overcome. You NEVER can't be even ⅒ as good as Yuja Wang. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️😂🤣

  • @paulkim6692
    @paulkim6692 4 года назад +44

    Yuja’s musical talent is absolutely impressive. Also, I am always impressed by her physique. She is in excellent shape.

    • @tomkent4656
      @tomkent4656 4 года назад +6

      So is the piano!

    • @FleuveAlphee
      @FleuveAlphee 2 года назад

      @@tomkent4656 by the way

    • @Fomites
      @Fomites Год назад +1

      She is indeed. And beautiful skin too.

  • @adrianomondini8795
    @adrianomondini8795 5 лет назад +5

    Bravissima e bellissima !!!

  • @tomjohn8733
    @tomjohn8733 2 года назад +4

    Beautifully performed by the incomparable Yuja Wang, interesting the music sheet was on iPad, making page turning easy…very nice!!

  • @ilyasozurakov2393
    @ilyasozurakov2393 3 года назад +20

    Probably one of the best recordings of this concerto!

  • @catherinejones9396
    @catherinejones9396 5 лет назад +5

    You'd feel a bit discombobulated by the challenge of this one. Wonderful concept. Liked the electronic score too. Great idea. Thanks Yujia., Cathy

  • @LudwigvanBeethoven2
    @LudwigvanBeethoven2 6 лет назад +12

    I run out of breath just by watching her hand moving like that

  • @stuartwise5709
    @stuartwise5709 7 лет назад +10

    Great performance but also a great video of this performance

  • @giocosovelasco
    @giocosovelasco 3 года назад +3

    Finally, a concerto I can practice while doing something else!
    *watching twoset, that is.*

  • @nicholasschroeder3678
    @nicholasschroeder3678 4 года назад +2

    When we classical lovers end up in the 9th circle, we will spend eternity listening to an endless loop of our favorite works interspersed with these commercials.

  • @stuartdryer1352
    @stuartdryer1352 10 месяцев назад

    I have never heard this concerto before. I am glad my first time was performed by this incredible artist.

  • @lucaslaw9164
    @lucaslaw9164 3 года назад +4

    Wow she’s amazing!!!!

  • @EuniceCChina
    @EuniceCChina 5 лет назад +5

    I really enjoyed that cadenza!

  • @ardsonneveld
    @ardsonneveld Год назад +2

    Watching a stunning bareback female asian pianist playing a classical concert with only one hand is the most sensual thing I've seen in quite awhile.

  • @ValBrindilles
    @ValBrindilles 3 года назад +7

    Au réveil c'est parfait ! 🖤
    Merci RUclips qui m'a fait découvrir il y a peu cet être humain qui sort vraiment de l'ordinaire. Du coup je savoure à petite dose pour faire durer le plaisir...
    Quelle femme Yuja Wang !
    * pour moi elle incarne tout simplement la perfection.

  • @hflivares1824
    @hflivares1824 6 лет назад +5

    I have an old recording by Samson François. Love it so much. But this one is really staggering.

  • @satrickptar6265
    @satrickptar6265 3 года назад +6

    People are complaining about how she dressed but I'm here enjoying the music.

  • @jodypalm303
    @jodypalm303 Год назад +1

    She is amazing! Such fluidity!

  • @l3st4rins98
    @l3st4rins98 4 года назад +3

    This is so awesome 😍