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Maestra! Thank Life for you, your art, and for sharing it with the rest of us. I’m working on a paper for my class on your opera, Cinderella. I’m writing it with the deepest affection and admiration.
It was a great privilege for me to conduct the works of Alma Deutscher with the Israel Philharmonic and accompany her when she played the piano and the violin. I believe that we'll be hearing her music and a lot about her, and right now we are witnessing the creation of historical episode in the music world
+Roni Porat I heard your lecture on your homepage. I`ve never thought of the way you compare Beethoven and his 5. sinfoni but it is so true.--I`m also very happy to see the way you conduct Alma Deutchers music and that you have praised her version of K.V. 246. I`ve heard many versions of that piece, but hers is simply the best. -- I am playing the guitar myself, but that is not important, but the way you are helping that young talent or miracle as Leopold called his son -- that is important.And so you do. :-)
What a wonder to find someone like Alma that, at her young age, is fearless when facing the agenda of "modern classical music", and all the intelectuals that love writing complicated empty stuff. As a composer myself, I admire her courage and her will at such a young age. Brava!
I've always found that moving along with the music helps with timing. Instead of just counting, "1-2-3-4", in repetition, you move along with the melody. It is much less distracting I find.
Well this is a problem for smart people generally. People not as smart think of things to suggest and the smart(er) person has already considered it. It's frustrating for both sides I assure you, but thankfully not an insurmountable obstacle in most endeavors.
How is it even possible to rationally explain such a talent... There's no end to her inspiration! She is such an ancient soul in a young body, and that is magical to witness!
The cadenza is genious. It feels deeply rooted in the tradition but is definitely not just a rehashing of existing similar cadenzas: one can spot, at times, subtle but very personal choices. I love it!
The best part of it is that it remains true to the spirit of the piece - - it's her own cadenza, but she keeps Mozart right at the center of it, while nevertheless re-combining the movement's themes in delightfully new ways. She's clearly not just showing off here: she clearly has mastered the movement's themes and has carefully planned how to re-visit them. She's the real deal. We'll be seeing more of her.
What an extraordinary CHILD!?! Alma is as old as the hills. As evinced by Sir Simon Rattle, she really is a force of nature. He is SO right. Alma's grasp of MUSIC enables her to stand out head and shoulders above all other contenders. Alma REALLY IS Nannerl Mozart, It simply cannot be any other way. I have just listened once more to her Cadenza to her new Piano Concerto and it is so stunningly beautiful. Please, please Alma should you ever read this, don''t stop now but keep right on composing. You have so much to give to The World.
A stunning performance by this little genius. And she still has time to compose! As a 60+ year music lover I have never of late been so stirred as I am by watching this young master at her art! Thank God for this gift to the world!
I absolutely love watching and listening to the bright shining Alma. Can't get enough. She's a miracle and a gift in these difficult times. Thank you for making these fantastic videos available.
INCREDIBLE. What a truly beautiful human being, content and humble in her genius. She is a light in a world, characterised by daily acts of darkness and destruction. Shine on, Alma, gift from God.
Welch ein naives Bild dieser Welt. Ein weiteres Exempel der Ignoranz gewisser pseudo-ästhetischer Menschen für den vollen Umfang der uns angehenden Welt...
How can a human brain contain all those music, rhythms, melodies all together! Alma you are beyond amazing! Im lost for any good superlatives to describe you! Wooh!
She totally knows how to play Mozart. Perfect technique, clarity, and incredible musicianship. The piano sings. Beautiful phrasing that emphasizes what's inherent in the music rather than superimposing something over the top. Her cadenza is awesome further demonstrating a complete understanding of the music that seems to vibrate in every cell of her body...
Alma, that was a beautiful crafted cadenza, true to the music, incredibly mature and restrained. brava This is the difference between a composer playing and just a pianist playing.
Alma Deutscher your cadenza does this movement of Mozart's piano concerto no.8 K.246 much justice. You have taken all the important subjects of the movement & combined them to make an absolutely incredible cadenza section. Brava Alma Deutscher!!!
The problem with her cadenza is that it drifts away from the home key (which is forbidden in cadenzas). It also goes above the top note of Mozart's piano.
@@GSHAPIROY Irrelevant as regards the musicality. I don't expect Wolfie would have anything but praise for it. And he didn't always stick to the "rules" either.
I was privileged to be in Vienna in late December for the premiere of Cinderella, which was utterly gorgeous to see, and received a standing ovation that lasted literally for ten whole minutes. Afterwards, Alma signed programmes, did interviews, and generally met people. Meeting Alma in person was a beautiful moment I will never forget. If you have the opportunity to see Alma perform live, then go for it. You'll be glad you did.
She was invited back to play again with the orchestra. I can understand why. She plays beautifully both the violin and piano and has made great progress in just months. A skillful pianist and violinist.
Alma, I've been following you since I was little, you're simply sensational, Bravo, very Bravo, I'd applaud you a thousand times, you're very expressive. The Orchestra, the singers, are fantastic, it was a meeting of .....
Indeed. She is wonderful. Also parents can encourage their children with their music. I sat down every day with our 5 (despite working full time) to accompany them at the piano during practice etc and to enjoy music and singing with them as a family. Unless we bring classical music to children and encourage them to practise (none of this is just luck -it comes of hours of practice) then there will be no others.
Superb! Astounding! That cadenza was amazing! Can't wait until she writes some more music in this style! (some more sonatas, or a couple symphonies perhaps?) Alma is exactly what classical music needs! A prodigy that continues to play and produce music in the styles of all the old greats and gets exponentially better and more popular every year, adding in a style of her own!
John Kiunke Alma Debut at Carnegie Hall last night. With her new loaner ten million dollar Stradivarius, her Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, two duets from her CINDERELLA Opera, and a new Viennese Waltz. Three minute, 15 second standing ovation. The concert is available on Medici.tv
Alma Deutscher you are England's greatest treasure. You seem able to express every type of human emotion in your music and playing, amazing for your age.
I am still stunned, and will always be overcome by the the playing, the mind behind the playing, as though a thousand-year-old mind has somehow found new life in Alma Deutscher. I hope the world becomes a kinder, less threatening place where Ms Deutscher can unbound her gifts and let us feel a bit more how humans might become. I am at a loss for words. She is magnificent.
Magical!! A joy to watch and listen to. A very very talented performer (violin as well as the piano) and a leading composer in her own right. The cadenza is outstanding. Greatness beckons.
John Byatt Alma has been playing a Steinway for years. She has one at home that has been in her family since1913. For her recent recital at the Konzerthaus in Vienna she had two pianos to choose from upon which to perform, a Steinway and a Bosendorfer.
Alma, you are a TRUE gift to this planet! You breathe music, you ARE music. I can tell you've got a sense of understanding music that only a few can - as a composer and singer it would have been amazing to play or make music with you!! :) hugs from Christine from Norway
Une enfant prodige est née !!!Alma compose ,interprète magnifiquement des concertos au piano ,au violon ,accompagne des chanteurs !Hors du commun !!!Sensibilité ,grâce et beauté cette petite !!BRAVO de nous partager ce si grand talent Alma!!!!🎶❤🌞
La réincarnation n’existe pas ... quoique Mozart est actuellement dans l’esprit d’Alma pas besoin de partition, elle l’a composé dans une vie précédente.
It is if there is some kind of interface between the external music and the music that fills her soul. When the orchestra plays she is that sound and is an instrument of that music. The music that comes from her hands reflects the inner connection of the music to her soul.
I have heard this piece played by many, and most just sound too fast for my taste. Alma gets the tempo just right, the difference between a composer playing a piece and a performer. MOZART wrote this when he was 20 on a very different piano, without the sustain and depth of sound of modern pianos, hence his slightly faster tempo I am guessing. But on the modern piano slowing it down a fraction as Alma does I think gives it the feel that Mozart intended. The piece sounds so much better and has much better feel at this tempo, than the harpsichord tempo that a lot of pianists use. And I must say...Excellent cadenza Alma.
Actually it is assumed most pieces from the classical period were played much slower back in the day because the meaning of Italian speed markings slightly changed over the years.
@@joanneaugust6611 interesting comment! just to be controversial, we might not be sure how they were played before recordings? Yours is one of the few comments I liked, thanks, Don
I know she has had some ballet classes but what she does comes totally from her soul. I may be biased but I think she is the most exciting person in the classical music world this century. Long after I have gone folk will refer to just Deutscher in the same way they refer to Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsy and Beethoven. What a gift to mankind.
Thanks to a dear friend, I am seeing a recording of this young artist here, on youtube, for the first time. I feel that offering my glowing appraisal should not occur on anything as pedestrian and "facebook". Regardless, I am speechless. Clearly, this young lady expresses music with the entirety of her very being. Even when not playing the piano, as during rests, her body performs with the orchestra, then her forearms descend in a sort of ballet to the keyboard. She plays as if taking dictation from the composer in real time, two souls in one. Then, with an innocence so precious and young, she completes her part with another lilting flight of feminine forearm and draws back slightly to allow her body to again play with the other musicians. She is the embodiment of that which she hears. Her stunning performance is magical. Thank you for coming to the humble Earth in the early 21st century and for sharing the gold you have brought with you.
The cadenza was worth waiting for! I like how you kept to the theme, but brought out some interesting facets and emotions in the music of Mozart. It's good to think that he would have very likely approved of what you did. Thank-you!
Yes, much on this earth is terribly wrong: Grief, poverty, suffering and death on the one hand and ignorance, jealousy, envy and hatred on the other. But this world, and also the people who live on it, also bring touching beauty and exciting joy, so that we still hopefully look to the future. For me, Alma Deutscher is a hope-star that shines brightly in the dark night of the 21st century.
A lovely performance and a brilliant cadenza! I usually prefer to listen to music without watching, but Alma's performances are the exception. The joy she takes in making music just radiates from her to be shared with her fortunate audience.
Alguien cree que este nivel de interpretación a tan corta edad es algo casual, o cuestión de ejercicio? Nó. Estamos ante una niña extraordinaria para quien interpretar a Mozart es un juego más. Y si vemos algo de forma mozartiana en sus composiciones, es porque a través de él se vinculó a la expresión musical, nó porque pretenda imitarlo, sino sólo porque usa el mismo idioma musical...criticarlo sería como criticar que alguien que ha viajado por un camino polvoriento, traiga los zapatos empolvados... o como criticar que alguien nacido en alemania tenga acento alemán... la libertad, la espontaneidad y la genial cantidad de contenido de la mente de esta niña preciosa y la profundidad de sus sentimientos como la genial expresión de ellos, queda evidenciada en la rápida y colosal evolución musical de sus obras, y evidencia cómo rápidamente se va sacudiendo del polvo mozartiano de su andar, y del acento clásico de su expresión, como una mariposa saliendo de su envoltorio de crisálida y ya comienza a volar sola. Para comprenderlo nada mejor que disfrutar de su (ruclips.net/video/NSvZuV-A8ik/видео.html) para comenzar a asombrarse de ante quién tenemos el privilegio de estar! Libercapitum
Alma's musical skills are breathtaking! She is truly a virtuoso at a very young age! Naturally, that makes her a prodigy - and I might add, one of the first rank!
Miss Duetscher, I just discovered you. I am utterly floored. A blessing upon you. Though you have Mozart's Gift, you are indeed *The First Alma*. CHEERS! BRAVO!
Dear Alma! I will be turning 30 soon and last several years I have been very lucky to do music professionally. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I experienced a burnout, but lately I have been asking myself qestions, why do I do it, what's the point, why don't I enojy music as I used to. Until a few years ago I don't remember a moment when I wouldn't enjoy music immensely. As soon as I was able to sit, I spent as much time at the piano as possible! Then I started singing and that's what I do now. While your talent is unmatched, I can see the joy and passion for music in you that remind me of what it felt like for me. Almost every time I watch your performances, I get tears in my eyes, because you are helping me to find again what I loved so much about music. Thank you for that. My depest respect to all that you do and bring to the world!
Alma's cadenza is as fantastic as anything Mozart himself wrote! Who would know that this little girl wrote it and not Mozart? And not a piece of paper in front of her! Wow, wow, wow!! And early on, I thought how difficult this is for a pianist, any pianist, to perform!
I really enjoy her cadences added to this piece. Wonder what Mozart's sister would have created. Couldn't be any better that Alma. She is beyond amazing, beyond awe inspiring. To think she isn't even in full bloom yet! Mozart fits her playful personality. That is what I always enjoyed about his music. Such fun to play. Blessing to this bright star in our midst. We are so fortunate to be able to witness her and all of her growth.
Thank you Alma - I came here through Amira's site and am so glad she recommended you - It is so refreshing to witness your immense talent and to hear your work - you are an integral part of the new and vibrant culture of young people who are re-shaping a future for life on our amazing planet.
Congratulations Alma, thanks for coming to this world to give your beautiful compositions to humanity, i am very honored to live in the same time-espace with you. You play like magical angel, i wish to play some of your works and enjoy your musical soul as i enjoyed this Mozart cadenza. You inspired my life same as the great musicians from history. Best wishes, love and bless.
she really is an amazing young woman. you can feel how she loves the music and the piano. such clear, musicality playing. her hands are like ballet dancers on the keyboard. the orchestra is one of the best i’ve ever heard. 🌷✨🌿🌸🌱🌼🌷
Alma you took me to a different world with your music - a world full of joy, kindness and warmth of heart. May you continue to give to the world and make it a better place with your music.
Wow, after hearing both the quality of her violin and piano performances as well as a few of compositions, I can say with near-certainty that Alma Deutscher is the most brilliant young musician and/or composer living on Earth right now (and perhaps the greatest prodigy since Felix Mendelssohn). It is a great privilege to be alive to see what impacts she will have in the near future. If she continues on the path she is on right now, she may become the "Mozart of our time" - and for Western classical music to do more than just survive, we need someone like her to take modern composition out of the trappings of atonality or exoticism (e.g., the use of melodies from "exotic countries") for the sake of trying to be avant-garde, and instead bring it into the realm of melody for the purpose of writing beautiful music.
Hey Matthew, I'm not in the classical music world so I don't know how intense the pressure is on composers to be modern and etc.. but I do think that with Ms. Deutscher's music we can recognize that one of the many peaks of our cultural and musical heritage is aligned directly with our biological predispositions. I don't believe that classical music should be forced to survive if we've moved beyond it, but I think with Ms. Deutscher we can see that our neurology is particularly fit for classical composition and as such it *should* survive in some form if even as merely a springboard for something more worthwhile (if that is even possible). If we should abandon the classical, let it only be because we've made best use of our classical impulses in creating something even more worthwhile. It's possible in theory.
The greatest child prodigy since Mendelssohn was probably Erich Korngold; both of whom had astonishing emotional and intellectual as well as musical maturity. Alma isn't quite in that league but she is developing quickly.
I love watching you play. You always look as though you are having a grand time. Watching you moving with the music during the overture told me that you were saturated with the music and that this concerto was going to play you. The cadenza was absolutely marvelous, without straying from Mozart's music yet with enough Alma to make it unique. Bravo!
A totally great talent all stored in that beautiful little soul. This should be a great inspiration to many young people. I'm 72 and she is an inspiration to even me. TOTALLY LOVE LISTENING TO ALMA, THANKS, C.W.
If you're as good as you say I hope you play with her! She clearly is a gift to musicians everywhere and we should all delight and as eagerly as you. Music is music; If you love it first then you'll drop any other concern to have the most and the best of it.
For those interested the Tempo Alma is using sits between Valdimir Ashkenazy and Daniel Barenboim. Seconds from the first note of the piece to the first note of the Cadenza - Alma 6.17 Pletnev 6.01 Antonioli 6.37!!! Engel 6.03 Perharia 5.52!!!(way too fast) Latte 6.03 --- Vladimir Ashkenazy!!! 6.12 - Daniel Barenboim 6.23!!
I have heard dozens of interpretations of this from mature seasoned pianists.. remember ..Mozrt was quite young still a young teenager when he wrote this...such phrasing and sensitivity and most of all joy and play! mozart love to play and to play...his keynote..
I live in a retirement Village in Johannesburg South Africa and am a great admirer of Alma's musical accomplishments I love playing piano and find her quite inspiring!! I hope her future will be one of Joy and thankyou for the Hope hope with your beautiful song "Star of Hope" for this sad time the world is going through. BRAVO ALMA 👏🙏🌻🌻
Fantastic would not even begin to describe it. Unbe----lievable. I feel privileged and honored to live in the Deutscher era and witness history while it happens.
It's mesmerising! To see her total self assurance; her complete confidence that the piano and orchestra will all make her vision a reality, and to be so endearing at the same time. Thank you for this wonderful experience.
What a wonderful surprise to find this! Glorious playing all round and a truly inventive and delightful cadenza. Crisp and clean, and a very sensitive touch, but no lack of resolution in other passages. Sir Simon Rattle played a Mozart concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at the age of ten - Alma is close on that now, and I expect we will see her conduct at some point in the next few years. "Cinderella" perhaps!
+Keith Tinkler How very odd that I should have mentioned Sir Simon Rattle - the same agent that "spotted" him and signed him up for the Askonas Holt agency (a LONG time ago), has spotted Alma - and she is signed up with them. They are said to be working towards and English staging on "Cinderella"!!!
+Keith Tinkler By way of some correction to the above, I gather from reading the interview with Alma in Facebook, (substantial parts that have been translated from a German newspaper,) that the Deutscher's are being advised by the Agency, and facilitated in getting public performances of her work, but she is not formally signed with them.
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Mozart piano concerto no.8 K. 246, 1st movement
Cadenza by Alma Deutscher. Alma Deutscher, piano
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Roni Porat, conductor
Concert from 2.6.2015
Maestra! Thank Life for you, your art, and for sharing it with the rest of us. I’m working on a paper for my class on your opera, Cinderella. I’m writing it with the deepest affection and admiration.
Miss Alma Deutscher, how old are you or were you during this performance? Thanks for sharing this video with all your fans here on RUclips!
@@d.schoepflin2247 Alma Deutscher was 10 years old at the time.
@@d.schoepflin2247 If you take a closer look at her comment, i think you'll find the where.
Thank you so much for sharing !
It was a great privilege for me to conduct the works of Alma Deutscher with the Israel Philharmonic and accompany her when she played the piano and the violin. I believe that we'll be hearing her music and a lot about her, and right now we are witnessing the creation of historical episode in the music world
+Roni Porat
I heard your lecture on your homepage.
I`ve never thought of the way you compare Beethoven and his 5.
sinfoni but it is so true.--I`m also very happy to see the way
you conduct Alma Deutchers music and that you have praised her
version of K.V. 246. I`ve heard many versions of that piece, but hers
is simply the best. -- I am playing the guitar myself, but that
is not important, but the way you are helping that young talent
or miracle as Leopold called his son -- that is important.And
so you do. :-)
+Roni Porat She is an absolute gem, will she come to USA?
+Roni Porat Agree. Alma and Amira are unique and great. The musical future is very very very bright, with super talented ladie,s like these two.
Such an honor huh? She is... she is divine... God's greatness.
What a wonder to find someone like Alma that, at her young age, is fearless when facing the agenda of "modern classical music", and all the intelectuals that love writing complicated empty stuff. As a composer myself, I admire her courage and her will at such a young age. Brava!
Look how Alma is rocking back and forth in time with the music during the orchestral introduction. She is clearly enjoying it too.
SHE IS TOTALLY IMMERSED IN THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE, SHE LIVES IT.
Yes, but not necessary. No movement at all, as w singers, does not mean every note is not felt.
I've always found that moving along with the music helps with timing. Instead of just counting, "1-2-3-4", in repetition, you move along with the melody. It is much less distracting I find.
@@ScarabKovaire The American singer Ray Charles did this technique as well. He was his own metronome, and it worked pretty well for him.
@@mckavitt13 totally agree. However, Alma cannot hide her excitement 😊 Children are generally not very good at hiding emotions
You can tell Alma actually gets it. She understands the piece, at such a young age, and isn't just 'playing by numbers'.
People have said she is hard to teach (her father included) because they get the feeling she has been there before!
Well this is a problem for smart people generally. People not as smart think of things to suggest and the smart(er) person has already considered it. It's frustrating for both sides I assure you, but thankfully not an insurmountable obstacle in most endeavors.
Very true, it sounds like she is putting all her interpretation/soul into the piece whilst she is emanating music
What can one say? I am filled with awe, and hope that the world will be gentle with this beautiful child.
How is it even possible to rationally explain such a talent... There's no end to her inspiration! She is such an ancient soul in a young body, and that is magical to witness!
Agree 100%
fun fact: alma means soul in Spanish :D ...
Hermetic Kitten I
HOW ON EARTH DOES SHE MEMORISE ALL THOSE NOTES WITHOUT SHEET MUSIC ?
Impro better than real sheet music, this is what gifts are about :) 5min11 a little mistake ^^
Alma doesn't play the music. She IS the music. Beyond understanding. Brava!
Einstein apparently said something similar about Mozart, namely that Mozart didn't write the music - it was there all the time -he merely found it.
The cadenza is genious. It feels deeply rooted in the tradition but is definitely not just a rehashing of existing similar cadenzas: one can spot, at times, subtle but very personal choices. I love it!
The best part of it is that it remains true to the spirit of the piece - - it's her own cadenza, but she keeps Mozart right at the center of it, while nevertheless re-combining the movement's themes in delightfully new ways. She's clearly not just showing off here: she clearly has mastered the movement's themes and has carefully planned how to re-visit them. She's the real deal. We'll be seeing more of her.
I am the same age as Alma and it's an absolute pleasure growing up alongside her music, even if my skill doesn't even compare.
She went to public school for one day. And came home and became a professor of music. We are all so very fortunate to have Alma Deutscher.
What an extraordinary CHILD!?! Alma is as old as the hills. As evinced by Sir Simon Rattle, she really is a force of nature. He is SO right. Alma's grasp of MUSIC enables her to stand out head and shoulders above all other contenders. Alma REALLY IS Nannerl Mozart, It simply cannot be any other way. I have just listened once more to her Cadenza to her new Piano Concerto and it is so stunningly beautiful. Please, please Alma should you ever read this, don''t stop now but keep right on composing. You have so much to give to The World.
Every child should be exposed to the talent and degree of personal excellence Alma has achieved at such an early age.
What a thrill it must have been for members of the orchestra to accompany such a talented young musician!
A stunning performance by this little genius. And she still has time to compose! As a 60+ year music lover I have never of late been so stirred as I am by watching this young master at her art! Thank God for this gift to the world!
Hear Hear
I absolutely love watching and listening to the bright shining Alma. Can't get enough. She's a miracle and a gift in these difficult times. Thank you for making these fantastic videos available.
Alma is a merry little thing... and her music reflects the fact. Brava!!!!
She is a gift from the creator to our ears, eyes, and hearts. The focus she has when playing is almost as amazing as the music itself.
INCREDIBLE. What a truly beautiful human being, content and humble in her genius. She is a light in a world, characterised by daily acts of darkness and destruction. Shine on, Alma, gift from God.
Welch ein naives Bild dieser Welt. Ein weiteres Exempel der Ignoranz gewisser pseudo-ästhetischer Menschen für den vollen Umfang der uns angehenden Welt...
I like the way you put that.
Lorraine Brandle i agree with for 1000 %!!!
A reminder that He has not forsaken us.
moral d....schmarrn
Her Cadenza is FANTASTIC, perfectly summarizes the piece and yet, it is also other-worldly and all Alma's... FANTASTIC.
Never never in my more than 50 years of concious music listening I have heard such a masterful candenza...
That cadenza is beyond breathtakingly beautiful! Brilliant child, I salute you! A star in our musical firmament.
"Pulls jaw off of floor, then takes a deep breath." That was me after this! What an amazing talent and a natural musical prodigy! Beyond impressive!
How can a human brain contain all those music, rhythms, melodies all together! Alma you are beyond amazing! Im lost for any good superlatives to describe you! Wooh!
There was another personality who had that ability. His name was WA Mozart. She is a true young genius, a gift to us all.
and without sheet music for prompting, that's what beats me. No matter how well known the music.
Maybe we are being invaded by children from another planet, there are several yung pianists, violinists, guitar players, etc.
AlMADEUtScher co incidence or what?
@@robertsoskis264 - It's all up here in my noodle --- the rest is just scribbling and bibbling - Amadeus
She totally knows how to play Mozart. Perfect technique, clarity, and incredible musicianship. The piano sings. Beautiful phrasing that emphasizes what's inherent in the music rather than superimposing something over the top. Her cadenza is awesome further demonstrating a complete understanding of the music that seems to vibrate in every cell of her body...
Alma, that was a beautiful crafted cadenza, true to the music, incredibly mature and restrained. brava This is the difference between a composer playing and just a pianist playing.
A supremely gifted child, born with the gift of music 10 times over. The cadenza is 100% genius.
when she started playing it was like as she was in her own music world. Amazing!!!!!!
Alma Deutscher your cadenza does this movement of Mozart's piano concerto no.8 K.246 much justice. You have taken all the important subjects of the movement & combined them to make an absolutely incredible cadenza section. Brava Alma Deutscher!!!
John Jarvis intresting
The problem with her cadenza is that it drifts away from the home key (which is forbidden in cadenzas). It also goes above the top note of Mozart's piano.
@@GSHAPIROY Irrelevant as regards the musicality. I don't expect Wolfie would have anything but praise for it. And he didn't always stick to the "rules" either.
WOW! ... Another Angel has arrived .... What a wonderful gift to us all!
She is a Magnificent multi instrument Prodigy !
She's also written an opera called Cinderella. Amazing child with a personality to match.
Yes, I saw that also.... What a gifted little Angel! May God bless her future and keep her safe from all harm :)
I was privileged to be in Vienna in late December for the premiere of Cinderella, which was utterly gorgeous to see, and received a standing ovation that lasted literally for ten whole minutes. Afterwards, Alma signed programmes, did interviews, and generally met people. Meeting Alma in person was a beautiful moment I will never forget. If you have the opportunity to see Alma perform live, then go for it. You'll be glad you did.
Richard Deschenes (7
Ahhhh why can’t I be like her :(((
I don't care who you are, or what you do; if you appreciate classical music, you cannot help but love Alma. What a sweet young lady!
A Maestro, violinist, pianist, and a composer. Hat tip. Bravo, Alma :)
Agreed!!
Louis Rodrigues m
Brav**a** Alma.
Whatt a Genius Young Talented...
Beautiful girl!!
Maestr*a*
So amazing no words to describe what this little girl has inside of her. Only God can give gifts like this
She was invited back to play again with the orchestra. I can understand why. She plays beautifully both the violin and piano and has made great progress in just months. A skillful pianist and violinist.
+pianorandi And let's not forget *composer* as well.
I'm watching this for homework and for once I love this homework
Well I must commend your teacher for the choice
Alma is just ...i cant find the words...beyond amazing. I was mesmerized throughout the whole performance. Incredible...Wow
Alma, I've been following you since I was little, you're simply sensational, Bravo, very Bravo, I'd applaud you a thousand times, you're very expressive. The Orchestra, the singers, are fantastic, it was a meeting of .....
So happy to see kids like Alma.......there is still hope that the World will survive if there is such children :)) Wish you all the best, Brava !!!
"kids like Alma"? Alma's no kid. Alma's a young woman!
in your eyes maybe a three year old is also a young woman........
Indeed. She is wonderful. Also parents can encourage their children with their music. I sat down every day with our 5 (despite working full time) to accompany them at the piano during practice etc and to enjoy music and singing with them as a family. Unless we bring classical music to children and encourage them to practise (none of this is just luck -it comes of hours of practice) then there will be no others.
She's still a child.
What a wonderful musician this very young lady is. Young in numbers but an old soul inside. I will look forward to hearing her on the violin.
I listen to this peace all the time i love this little child so much she is world class
Superb! Astounding!
That cadenza was amazing! Can't wait until she writes some more music in this style! (some more sonatas, or a couple symphonies perhaps?) Alma is exactly what classical music needs! A prodigy that continues to play and produce music in the styles of all the old greats and gets exponentially better and more popular every year, adding in a style of her own!
John Kiunke Alma Debut at Carnegie Hall last night. With her new loaner ten million dollar Stradivarius, her Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, two duets from her CINDERELLA Opera, and a new Viennese Waltz. Three minute, 15 second standing ovation. The concert is available on Medici.tv
Alma Deutscher you are England's greatest treasure.
You seem able to express every type of human emotion in your music and playing, amazing for your age.
Had to come back to listen to that cadenza again, Alma's own invention. There just aren't words to describe this level of talent.
I am still stunned, and will always be overcome by the the playing, the mind behind the playing, as though a thousand-year-old mind has somehow found new life in Alma Deutscher. I hope the world becomes a kinder, less threatening place where Ms Deutscher can unbound her gifts and let us feel a bit more how humans might become. I am at a loss for words. She is magnificent.
Love listening to this! Thanks for this beautiful music! And I'm so impressed with Alma! She's loaded with talent! ❤
Magical!! A joy to watch and listen to. A very very talented performer (violin as well as the piano) and a leading composer in her own right. The cadenza is outstanding. Greatness beckons.
Wow! Absolutely incredible. I was in tears before Alma even played a note. It's lovely also to see Alma playing a Steinway at last.
63rdwho The piano Alma played in her "Variations in E flat major by Alma Deutscher" video was a Steinway as well.
sadams12345678 Ah yes, of course, I'd almost forgotten.
Her Facebook has a picture of her choosing the piano to use for the concerto with the conductor.
John Byatt Alma has been playing a Steinway for years. She has one at home that has been in her family since1913. For her recent recital at the Konzerthaus in Vienna she had two pianos to choose from upon which to perform, a Steinway and a Bosendorfer.
Alma, you are a TRUE gift to this planet! You breathe music, you ARE music. I can tell you've got a sense of understanding music that only a few can - as a composer and singer it would have been amazing to play or make music with you!! :) hugs from Christine from Norway
I'll never get over Alma's talent! Incredible! The whole panel is :)
Une enfant prodige est née !!!Alma compose ,interprète magnifiquement des concertos au piano ,au violon ,accompagne des chanteurs !Hors du commun !!!Sensibilité ,grâce et beauté cette petite !!BRAVO de nous partager ce si grand talent Alma!!!!🎶❤🌞
Elena GANTCHIKOVA Right !!
J'adore entendre et regarder cette enfant prodige!BRAVO!!!!!⛄🐧🎄🎶💗🎹
La réincarnation n’existe pas ... quoique Mozart est actuellement dans l’esprit d’Alma pas besoin de partition, elle l’a composé dans une vie précédente.
INCREDIBLE! What a refreshing talent. . . !
It is if there is some kind of interface between the external music and the music that fills her soul. When the orchestra plays she is that sound and is an instrument of that music. The music that comes from her hands reflects the inner connection of the music to her soul.
I have heard this piece played by many, and most just sound too fast for my taste. Alma gets the tempo just right, the difference between a composer playing a piece and a performer. MOZART wrote this when he was 20 on a very different piano, without the sustain and depth of sound of modern pianos, hence his slightly faster tempo I am guessing. But on the modern piano slowing it down a fraction as Alma does I think gives it the feel that Mozart intended. The piece sounds so much better and has much better feel at this tempo, than the harpsichord tempo that a lot of pianists use. And I must say...Excellent cadenza Alma.
Actually it is assumed most pieces from the classical period were played much slower back in the day because the meaning of Italian speed markings slightly changed over the years.
@@joanneaugust6611 interesting comment! just to be controversial, we might not be sure how they were played before recordings? Yours is one of the few comments I liked, thanks, Don
Agreed indeed!
Watch carefully this little lady, Her facial and body movements turn an orchestral piece into ballet, she truly lives every phrase, pure beauty.
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She has had (and may still have) ballet classes
I know she has had some ballet classes but what she does comes totally from her soul. I may be biased but I think she is the most exciting person in the classical music world this century. Long after I have gone folk will refer to just Deutscher in the same way they refer to Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsy and Beethoven. What a gift to mankind.
GREAT ANALOGY---AND SHE HAS SUCH A SWEET AND CHARMING DISPOSITION TOO.
Yes Les.
Very Classical ....So wonderful...Beautiful talented.....enjoyed. . Joirus accompanied Bach music.
She is marvelous. Her talent is a gift from God!
Her cadenza is extraordinary! True musicianship.
Thanks to a dear friend, I am seeing a recording of this young artist here, on youtube, for the first time. I feel that offering my glowing appraisal should not occur on anything as pedestrian and "facebook". Regardless, I am speechless. Clearly, this young lady expresses music with the entirety of her very being. Even when not playing the piano, as during rests, her body performs with the orchestra, then her forearms descend in a sort of ballet to the keyboard. She plays as if taking dictation from the composer in real time, two souls in one. Then, with an innocence so precious and young, she completes her part with another lilting flight of feminine forearm and draws back slightly to allow her body to again play with the other musicians. She is the embodiment of that which she hears. Her stunning performance is magical. Thank you for coming to the humble Earth in the early 21st century and for sharing the gold you have brought with you.
We're just fortune enough to walk this earth with her.
Sustayne - you have described what I feel about Alma in such a perfect way in words. Thank you!
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sustayne you’re not speechless. You just wrote a whole paragraph
The cadenza was worth waiting for! I like how you kept to the theme, but brought out some interesting facets and emotions in the music of Mozart. It's good to think that he would have very likely approved of what you did. Thank-you!
Yes, much on this earth is terribly wrong:
Grief, poverty, suffering and death on the one hand and ignorance, jealousy, envy and hatred on the other.
But this world, and also the people who live on it, also bring touching beauty and exciting joy, so that we still hopefully look to the future.
For me, Alma Deutscher is a hope-star that shines brightly in the dark night of the 21st century.
Beautifully said!! Thank you>
altemusik daaaang you are really good at poetry
altemusik teach me Senpai. Also I want pizza.
A lovely comment. Thank you.
Well put. As it was said, “Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things.”
A lovely performance and a brilliant cadenza!
I usually prefer to listen to music without watching, but Alma's performances are the exception. The joy she takes in making music just radiates from her to be shared with her fortunate audience.
Absolutely brilliant as was your Cinderella 😊. I hope to meet you in Europe in the next year or so
Alguien cree que este nivel de interpretación a tan corta edad es algo casual, o cuestión de ejercicio?
Nó. Estamos ante una niña extraordinaria para quien interpretar a Mozart es un juego más.
Y si vemos algo de forma mozartiana en sus composiciones, es porque a través de él se vinculó a la expresión musical,
nó porque pretenda imitarlo, sino sólo porque usa el mismo idioma musical...criticarlo sería como criticar que alguien que ha viajado por un camino polvoriento, traiga los zapatos empolvados... o como criticar que alguien nacido en alemania tenga acento alemán... la libertad, la espontaneidad y la genial cantidad de contenido de la mente de esta niña preciosa y la profundidad de sus sentimientos como la genial expresión de ellos, queda evidenciada en la rápida y colosal evolución musical de sus obras, y evidencia cómo rápidamente se va sacudiendo del polvo mozartiano de su andar, y del acento clásico de su expresión, como una mariposa saliendo de su envoltorio de crisálida y ya comienza a volar sola.
Para comprenderlo nada mejor que disfrutar de su (ruclips.net/video/NSvZuV-A8ik/видео.html) para comenzar a asombrarse de ante
quién tenemos el privilegio de estar!
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Alma's musical skills are breathtaking! She is truly a virtuoso at a very young age! Naturally, that makes her a prodigy - and I might add, one of the first rank!
How come only now I hear her? A lot of gifted pianist, but not like this special girl. I don't listen to operas, but she makes me listen. Amazing.!
All what Alma makes is filled with Soul/Love
I think this is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. So moving.
Miss Duetscher, I just discovered you. I am utterly floored. A blessing upon you. Though you have Mozart's Gift, you are indeed *The First Alma*. CHEERS! BRAVO!
Dear Alma! I will be turning 30 soon and last several years I have been very lucky to do music professionally. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I experienced a burnout, but lately I have been asking myself qestions, why do I do it, what's the point, why don't I enojy music as I used to. Until a few years ago I don't remember a moment when I wouldn't enjoy music immensely. As soon as I was able to sit, I spent as much time at the piano as possible! Then I started singing and that's what I do now. While your talent is unmatched, I can see the joy and passion for music in you that remind me of what it felt like for me. Almost every time I watch your performances, I get tears in my eyes, because you are helping me to find again what I loved so much about music. Thank you for that. My depest respect to all that you do and bring to the world!
She really is incredible, and she has her whole life ahead to make such beautiful pieces of her own. I cant wait to hear more.
Alma's cadenza is as fantastic as anything Mozart himself wrote! Who would know that this little girl wrote it and not Mozart? And not a piece of paper in front of her! Wow, wow, wow!! And early on, I thought how difficult this is for a pianist, any pianist, to perform!
What a cadenza! Phenomenal.
I really enjoy her cadences added to this piece. Wonder what Mozart's sister would have created. Couldn't be any better that Alma. She is beyond amazing, beyond awe inspiring. To think she isn't even in full bloom yet! Mozart fits her playful personality. That is what I always enjoyed about his music. Such fun to play. Blessing to this bright star in our midst. We are so fortunate to be able to witness her and all of her growth.
an absolute amazing and clean performance, breath taking, bravo !
Thank you Alma - I came here through Amira's site and am so glad she recommended you - It is so refreshing to witness your immense talent and to hear your work - you are an integral part of the new and vibrant culture of young people who are re-shaping a future for life on our amazing planet.
Her joy is so evident in her music & playing, and even while she is sitting on the bench awaiting her turn.
Alma's performance is worthy of a seasoned musician. So glad I added this video to my "Go-to" playlist. :)
Mozart would have been absolutely delighted in this lovely brilliant young woman
Congratulations Alma, thanks for coming to this world to give your beautiful compositions to humanity, i am very honored to live in the same time-espace with you. You play like magical angel, i wish to play some of your works and enjoy your musical soul as i enjoyed this Mozart cadenza. You inspired my life same as the great musicians from history. Best wishes, love and bless.
Quite lovely throughout. A precious treasure to music is young Alma and long may she continue to amaze and delight her audiences.
Staggering. Delightful...as the world seems ever darkening, this bright flash of brilliant goodness finds us all. BRAVA, Alma! Merci!
What a wonderful gift. A joy to watch and listen to.
she really is an amazing young woman. you can feel how she loves the music and the piano. such clear, musicality playing. her hands are like ballet dancers on the keyboard. the orchestra is one of the best i’ve ever heard. 🌷✨🌿🌸🌱🌼🌷
Alma you took me to a different world with your music - a world full of joy, kindness and warmth of heart. May you continue to give to the world and make it a better place with your music.
Wow, after hearing both the quality of her violin and piano performances as well as a few of compositions, I can say with near-certainty that Alma Deutscher is the most brilliant young musician and/or composer living on Earth right now (and perhaps the greatest prodigy since Felix Mendelssohn). It is a great privilege to be alive to see what impacts she will have in the near future. If she continues on the path she is on right now, she may become the "Mozart of our time" - and for Western classical music to do more than just survive, we need someone like her to take modern composition out of the trappings of atonality or exoticism (e.g., the use of melodies from "exotic countries") for the sake of trying to be avant-garde, and instead bring it into the realm of melody for the purpose of writing beautiful music.
Hey Matthew, I'm not in the classical music world so I don't know how intense the pressure is on composers to be modern and etc.. but I do think that with Ms. Deutscher's music we can recognize that one of the many peaks of our cultural and musical heritage is aligned directly with our biological predispositions. I don't believe that classical music should be forced to survive if we've moved beyond it, but I think with Ms. Deutscher we can see that our neurology is particularly fit for classical composition and as such it *should* survive in some form if even as merely a springboard for something more worthwhile (if that is even possible). If we should abandon the classical, let it only be because we've made best use of our classical impulses in creating something even more worthwhile. It's possible in theory.
Biomirth you remind me of Raskolnikov
Check out Amy Beach too
The greatest child prodigy since Mendelssohn was probably Erich Korngold; both of whom had astonishing emotional and intellectual as well as musical maturity. Alma isn't quite in that league but she is developing quickly.
I love watching you play. You always look as though you are having a grand time. Watching you moving with the music during the overture told me that you were saturated with the music and that this concerto was going to play you. The cadenza was absolutely marvelous, without straying from Mozart's music yet with enough Alma to make it unique. Bravo!
A totally great talent all stored in that beautiful little soul. This should be a great inspiration to many young people. I'm 72 and she is an inspiration to even me. TOTALLY LOVE LISTENING TO ALMA, THANKS, C.W.
A prodigy in every sense of the word, and a lovely girl with it.
Amazing - overused but not when it comes to Alma. Absolutely magnificent performance 💜
Alma is just amazing! Glad there is still amazing people like her, being an amazing musician myself, I must meet her in the near future!
If you're as good as you say I hope you play with her! She clearly is a gift to musicians everywhere and we should all delight and as eagerly as you. Music is music; If you love it first then you'll drop any other concern to have the most and the best of it.
Divinely done Alma!! You always make it seem effortless & FUN!! God Bless!!!
For those interested the Tempo Alma is using sits between Valdimir Ashkenazy and Daniel Barenboim. Seconds from the first note of the piece to the first note of the Cadenza - Alma 6.17 Pletnev 6.01 Antonioli 6.37!!! Engel 6.03 Perharia 5.52!!!(way too fast) Latte 6.03 --- Vladimir Ashkenazy!!! 6.12 - Daniel Barenboim 6.23!!
to which you can add Ingrid Haebler 6.48! but an Alma-like performance
I have heard dozens of interpretations of this from mature seasoned pianists.. remember ..Mozrt was quite young still a young teenager when he wrote this...such phrasing and sensitivity and most of all joy and play! mozart love to play and to play...his keynote..
thanks lord for keeping me alive to witness her playing the way even a layman like me could understand the essence of music .
O, dear Alma, you are the light in our lifes! Never grow tired of your talent, so soothing :) Beautiful!
I live in a retirement Village in Johannesburg South Africa and am a great admirer of Alma's musical accomplishments
I love playing piano and find her quite inspiring!!
I hope her future will be
one of Joy and thankyou for the Hope hope with your beautiful song "Star of Hope" for this sad time
the world is going through.
BRAVO ALMA 👏🙏🌻🌻
Fantastic would not even begin to describe it. Unbe----lievable. I feel privileged and honored to live in the Deutscher era and witness history while it happens.
It's mesmerising! To see her total self assurance; her complete confidence that the piano and orchestra will all make her vision a reality, and to be so endearing at the same time. Thank you for this wonderful experience.
What a joy to be able to see & listen to Alma’s performance!
Much love & gratitude🙏🏻❤️💐
very beautiful alma. Mozart would be very proud of u. u are astonishing. and thankyou for playing for us. and for ur music. sweetheart..
Her music brings healing to a hurting world. Sounds of heaven sending medicine to mankind's pains. God speaks through her music.
Usually it's one or the other. To do all at this level is nothing short of spectacular.
What a wonderful surprise to find this! Glorious playing all round and a truly inventive and delightful cadenza. Crisp and clean, and a very sensitive touch, but no lack of resolution in other passages. Sir Simon Rattle played a Mozart concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at the age of ten - Alma is close on that now, and I expect we will see her conduct at some point in the next few years. "Cinderella" perhaps!
+Keith Tinkler How very odd that I should have mentioned Sir Simon Rattle - the same agent that "spotted" him and signed him up for the Askonas Holt agency (a LONG time ago), has spotted Alma - and she is signed up with them. They are said to be working towards and English staging on "Cinderella"!!!
+Keith Tinkler By way of some correction to the above, I gather from reading the interview with Alma in Facebook, (substantial parts that have been translated from a German newspaper,) that the Deutscher's are being advised by the Agency, and facilitated in getting public performances of her work, but she is not formally signed with them.
Well, conducting is the subject of her university studies in Vienna, although I wonder if her professors can keep up with her!