***** No instrument is worthless :) But if she wants to play for a crowd in a casual setting, she has every right to. A true musician's skill and passion doesn't let itself be limited by the instrument they play.
I love it how at 0:04 she cringes like "omg this is so out of tune" but immediately smiles and keeps on playing nonetheless. A true display of humility, different from so many presumptuous musicians who would have promptly refused to play. So much respect for her.
@thesix107 Well she wasn't a famous solist before being famous thx to RUclips. Her carreer was quite hard at the beginning if you compare to some other pianist who are already famous at 22 years old.
@@pankillheure . That's funny because in the link below is performing with an orchestra back in 2008. I think you're full of shit. ruclips.net/video/MD6xMyuZls0/видео.html
I think it is wonderful she's playing untuned piano!!! Valentina shows she's not a primadonna! She plays any piano she can find everywhere! Not just the perfect ones. That makes her my greatest idol and prototype!!! Not just a wonderful pianist! She's a wonderful woman and human being!!!!
I don’t have anything near perfect pitch and my soul still died when she played the first couple of notes. Holy crap that is the most out of tune piano I’ve ever heard.
What? They don’t even sound like they’re on the same level. Even based on speed(usually what normal people base their judgement of the difficulty of a piece on), there’s no way anyone would be like,”That was cool, but are you good enough to play fur elise?”
@@japaneseger lol I guess you are implying that fur Elise the whole way through is difficult lol. I have heard this too many times before. Even the 2nd and 3rd parts are elementary. It is a grade 2-3 even if you play the whole 3 minutes. It's simple it just can look and sound difficult.😂
***** You answered the question yourself with "Of course they are all musically inept wandering street dwellers" who of course do not understand who Valentina is. The comment by Kenneth I took to mean that no one listening had the good fortune to have been educated or in a circle to be able to appreciate this piece. This is not quite Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini ( since we are on Rachmaninoff) that has such a beautiful melody is it ? I was not judging anyone instead just stating the truth, it was a dumb question, you have serious issues my son !!
Many lesser concert pianists wouldn't go anywhere that wildebeest of a "piano", much less play it, and in front of people with video cameras to boot. Yet Valentina's ego seems so healthy and so well balanced that she actually appears to be having fun with that un-tuned rent-a-wreck.
Bravo Steve, je ne me lasse pas de regarder et écouter Valentina, elle est vraiment au firmament des plus grandes, avec en plus une gentillesse et une sympathie touchantes. Un immense moment de bonheur.
A perfect performance....A perfect metaphor for how life works: Do the best you can with what you have to work with. Do it with all the passion you can muster up: Strive for perfection. Release the outcome. ENJOY YOURSELF AND HAVE FUN!
So, let's figure out the scene... you're passing through this place, fully crowded, with an ear at your cellphone listening to the last crappy bull about your work, or whatever, then you hear someone playing the piano in a different way from the usual street artists.... you get closer, and you discover Valentina Lisitsa who's having fun on an piano (somehow poorly tuned), just for the joy to do it... When you recover from the shock, what is your first thought ?
Ой спасибо. Если бы я не прочитал, что какой-то "Вася" ее уважает, то и не знал бы, как к этому всему относиться ))) Нужно пойти еще к алкашам, толпящимся у магазина спросить, уважают ли они такое ))
wavetuning Its a street piano you imbecile! Its not going to be a piano of significant value it is after all there for people passing by to play, they're hardly going to roll out the imperial and leave it for people to play.
@@awe331 hope you know that when I said highest difficulty I mean as in level 1-9. It's in the group of highest difficulty. You're 1 extra chromosome is really paying off lol
It is general knowledge that classical musicians have transcedenting talents at their fullest, therefore pointing out how good the playing is unnecessary and is already known. Or perhaps I am wrong
She deserves respect for not stopping after finding out the piano was out of tune, she completed this piece (very difficult tune for ordinary pianists) despite the piano being out of tune.
I love her ..can't help it..I have noticed in public playing it is very difficult to both get the public's attention and respect. Especially with classical piano...People are so busy and caught up in their own heads. that they miss their opportunity to stop and listing to a wonderful part of life very strange...I could never understand why so many people just pass by and do not even look towards the piano.. probably a lot if people do not even know who Valentina is .and that is sad .
WHO GAVE THIS GENIOUS WOMAN AN OUT OF TUNE PIANOOO?!?!?!?!
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) Sorry, I'm Spanish and still make some mistakes in english. Thanks for correcting!
I WAS GNA SAY THAT HIGH D SHARP WAS KILLING MY EARS COZ HOW OUT OF TUNE IT WAS BUT VALENTINA IS EXCEPTIONAL !!!
Me
María Matmos Because its a street piano, stop asking. I see this exacr comment on every fucking vid
That's baroque piano or maybe 1800s piano!
I love the reaction in the beginning when she heard how much out of tune the piano was.
Mattias Högberg yes. And the casual audience has no idea it’s out of tune and thinks it’s her.
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@@pokerworld No shit.
Yes someone notice it in the comment... I thought I was the only one hahaha
@@pokerworld yes xD
I can only imagine how much this piano hurt her ears....
+Typical Gamer As soon as she starts playing she jokingly cowers from it. It has a charm to it though ;)
+J583 hahahah yes :D She's like: ouch... nah, gonna play it anyways!'' :D
It's not that bad compared to the one she played at St Pancras train station!
***** No instrument is worthless :) But if she wants to play for a crowd in a casual setting, she has every right to.
A true musician's skill and passion doesn't let itself be limited by the instrument they play.
very well said!
The out tuned piano sounds like transposed. 😂
Ikr! Its almost a half step out of tune.
The tuning of the piano is at 415 Hz while fully tuned pianos are tuned at 440 Hz
@@BlendedMozart okay perfect pitch ling ling
@@zackiechan2601 twoset ayyyy
Blended Mozart
It wasn't 415 Hz. It is impossible to tell due to there are more than one string producing the oscillation.
Playing: 10/10
Piano: 0/10
Playing 10/10
Piano -10/10
Do you agree @RS Gaming Cars
@@ZabdielSostre The piano was like a half step out of tune. The Eb at the beginning was a D. I have perfect pitch.
+
It’s a different key so it sounds interesting
@@evanreynoso6342 Or you could just transpose it.
the LOOK. on her FACE. when she STARTED.
Yep. Not exactly in tune...
That was the look on all our faces lol
Almost a quarter step out of tune 😂
@@SamJ_1980 Piano's tuning...an underrated job.HENCE!!!!
@@zackiechan2601 Not the most important thing. Main thing remains the touch,the regulation of the action.Has been my profession.for years.
Poor piano, everybody hates it so much... I'm sure it's trying its best
Siema Mogda XD nie wiem jak to znalazłam XD
@@wiktorialatos1157 wtf
@@magix8009 hi hi ho
It’s out of tune!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@icyw8607 so what!
So many difficult techniques used in this pieces, esp. the repeated notes.
So true
Oh man, I had to practice for SO LONG just to get the main melody with repeated notes down lol
the octave part are much harder you need to locate it faster than 0.25 seconds
For sure
Lmao especially the trill with 4 and 5th fingers
I love it how at 0:04 she cringes like "omg this is so out of tune" but immediately smiles and keeps on playing nonetheless. A true display of humility, different from so many presumptuous musicians who would have promptly refused to play. So much respect for her.
Very true.
Plays La Campanella
Everybody Around : Meh whatever
*Plays River Flows In You*
OmGggg Pro PiAnIst SOoO Good
can relate 😑 i played a fuga from the well tempered clavier and later River flows in you... everyone were like AMazinG
Imagine playing the most difficult of Liszt's pieces and that song is more "difficult" and "better".
@@AnatoArchives no it is not liszt more difficult piece. although most websites say so if u play piano u know that
I can river flows in you and this song is too easy and so overrated 😑 while la Campanella is like 10x as harder.
*sad pianist sounds with Piano Concerto performances tomorrow*
Only a technical genius can play such complex compositions like La Campenalla with that ease. Valentina has been underestimated for way too long.
m echiguer bruh how is she underestimated
She is actually a very very good pianist
@thesix107 Well she wasn't a famous solist before being famous thx to RUclips. Her carreer was quite hard at the beginning if you compare to some other pianist who are already famous at 22 years old.
@@pankillheure . That's funny because in the link below is performing with an orchestra back in 2008. I think you're full of shit.
ruclips.net/video/MD6xMyuZls0/видео.html
Supernova you really think one orchestral performance means that the pianist career is going well!!! And you dare to call him full of shit
The piano is so perfectly out of tune that it sounds like it's pitched down to avoid copyright
JAJJAJJAJA
Hahahhhahaahaa
Talking Seriusly, the first two notes should be a d#, but its actually a d😂😂
Pablo mingorance I know, but it's dropped over an octave, it's ridiculous
@@Ikusei. really😂😂😂😂
Sadly no everyone realizes how hard this is.
She makes everything look soo much easier than it actually is.
I do realize how hard it is. It is a mind screw.
I was thinking exactly about that...
Nobody realizes the Bill Cosby with sunglasses on the piano
+Owen Web lel
Her first reaction to the untuned piano is priceless, she is perfect, love her enthusiasm and dedication she has for her work.
I think it is wonderful she's playing untuned piano!!! Valentina shows she's not a primadonna! She plays any piano she can find everywhere! Not just the perfect ones. That makes her my greatest idol and prototype!!! Not just a wonderful pianist! She's a wonderful woman and human being!!!!
And then the piano is now officially de-virginized.
Haha! That's funny.
This is the best comment in the world.
Shante Monroe in the netherlands we call that ontmaagd
Lol....thank you. This comment made my day. Cheers
Haha just like you after your uncle visited your house for the first time after you were born
I respect for Valentina... Although that piano was old, still play great..
I do not think the piano is old, or that age could be to blame here. It's the fact that this piano was probably never tuned as it is a public one
@themanofbread lmao
Baroque tuning?
Lewis Bae hahaha maybe... xD
Lewis Bae 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
If it's not baroque, don't fix it...
BudhaXIII took me a second lol
A=415
I don’t have anything near perfect pitch and my soul still died when she played the first couple of notes. Holy crap that is the most out of tune piano I’ve ever heard.
SquiDragon OMG YES
Ikr XC
I have perfect pitch. I almost screamed, the Eb at the beggining was almost a half step out of tune (almost a D)
Lmao I have barely any music knowledge (but I do listen to a lot of classical), and I still cringed
Only thing they hear is out of tune!!! What about the rest???
the audience probably can’t even tell the difficulty gap between this and fur elise lmao
What? They don’t even sound like they’re on the same level. Even based on speed(usually what normal people base their judgement of the difficulty of a piece on), there’s no way anyone would be like,”That was cool, but are you good enough to play fur elise?”
Kwadens Its funny cuz non of you can even play fur elise
@@japaneseger lol I guess you are implying that fur Elise the whole way through is difficult lol. I have heard this too many times before. Even the 2nd and 3rd parts are elementary. It is a grade 2-3 even if you play the whole 3 minutes. It's simple it just can look and sound difficult.😂
@@getmad9199 Not implying its hard, ive learned it in 2 days. Just saying that yall cant.
@@japaneseger ok then you're obviously some sort idiot then lol. so you are not implying it is hard but you are saying that people here can't play it.
Ah, her gesture at 0:04 when she finds out that that particular string is out of tune...
I’m gonna start learning this song will anyone wish me luck please😅😦
@@strengthisabsolutestrength8215 the fact you called it a song means you aren't ready
Irodragon I couldn’t have put it better myself lmao
Irodragon lol this piece sorry 😐
@@strengthisabsolutestrength8215 😊
Transposed to G minor on the fly! How impressive.
No, the piano is out of tune lol
I think he's joking XDXDXDXD
Lol
Dylan Clayton The piano is out of tune, she's hitting the correct keys and there would be no reason to transpose it to G minor.
Too Lazy To Make A Username it was a joke hahahahaha
those people don't know just how lucky they are!
Youre right
you'r really really right!
***** Is seems you know very little to ask such a dumb question
***** You answered the question yourself with "Of course they are all musically inept wandering street dwellers"
who of course do not understand who Valentina is. The comment by Kenneth I took to mean that no one listening had the good fortune to have been educated or in a circle to be able to appreciate this piece. This is not quite Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini ( since we are on Rachmaninoff) that has such a beautiful melody is it ? I was not judging anyone instead just stating the truth, it was a dumb question, you have serious issues my son !!
not luck, years and years and years of incredibly hard work
She’s able to be completely seem relaxed and express emotion with the hardest piano piece in the world she’s literally beyond skill
oh i remember being on her concert when she arrived here at donetsk
my violin teach was playing with her
she's a cool woman and easy to chat with)
People saying how much this piano is out of tune just proves her genius even more getting that sound out of such a crappy piano. Just amazing!
Great!! Thanks for your kind concert on the street for people Valentina!!
Many lesser concert pianists wouldn't go anywhere that wildebeest of a "piano", much less play it, and in front of people with video cameras to boot.
Yet Valentina's ego seems so healthy and so well balanced that she actually appears to be having fun with that un-tuned rent-a-wreck.
Elle a dompté le piano à la perfection. Elle est sublime!
Лисичка умничка! всегда в форме. потому что музыка у неё в душе, а пальчики просто её слушаются)) обожаю её
Bravo Steve, je ne me lasse pas de regarder et écouter Valentina, elle est vraiment au firmament des plus grandes, avec en plus une gentillesse et une sympathie touchantes. Un immense moment de bonheur.
The piece wasn't g minor, it's because of the piano
Ben Kim genius
Why
The piano was way out of tune
Why?
federico saviano g minor is the tonation, the sound, and that piano made such an awful sound that Ben joked that the tonation changed
Do people even know who is she omg
世界一難しいピアノ
من نمیدونم
They might not because lisitsa is a classical musician, and not many people listen to classical music
Took a while for me to remember her name, but very easy to distinguish her from others by her music. She just plays so perfect...
do you know classical music is not something people care about or follow right :D it is basically non popular thing
こんなに音がズレてるピアノでも弾いてくれるリシッツァのおおらかでお高くとまってない性格がほんと好き。
Her playing brings me endless joy, you can tell how she really enjoys the music and that she plays for the people. That’s what makes her so special!
Concert for free，lucky peoples！
This woman is a force of nature!
Someone tune that poor piano.
This is not a studio-recording. This is a street piano.This is the REAL LIFE!
Brilliant playing and kudos to Valentina for giving her time.
A perfect performance....A perfect metaphor for how life works: Do the best you can with what you have to work with. Do it with all the passion you can muster up: Strive for perfection. Release the outcome. ENJOY YOURSELF AND HAVE FUN!
steve a Well said.
Perfect words to describe this miraculous event.
Deep.
amma write that one down
So, let's figure out the scene... you're passing through this place, fully crowded, with an ear at your cellphone listening to the last crappy bull about your work, or whatever, then you hear someone playing the piano in a different way from the usual street artists.... you get closer, and you discover Valentina Lisitsa who's having fun on an piano (somehow poorly tuned), just for the joy to do it...
When you recover from the shock, what is your first thought ?
+Sergio Bonfiglio the first thought of mine would be, for sure, "what a wonderful world"....
So very true.
@@BonfiglioSergio Mine would be : " i want a freaking piano now", even though i already want it.
You commented this on the video of her playing El Contrabandista at a train station. The exact same thing Imao.
Sergio Bonfiglio I’ve seen you comment this on so many videos
Лучшая в мире пианистка современности игает на улице на пианино с посредственным звучанием! УВАЖАЮ!!!!!!!!!!
Ой спасибо. Если бы я не прочитал, что какой-то "Вася" ее уважает, то и не знал бы, как к этому всему относиться ))) Нужно пойти еще к алкашам, толпящимся у магазина спросить, уважают ли они такое ))
Let's take a moment to appreciate Valentina of how much effort she putted in that
She plays this at 200 BPM with thirty second notes. One word to describe that. Amazing
She played with fIfTeEn nOtEs A sEcOnD. 2setviolins fans will get that.
Это что, можно однажды просто пойти по улице и увидеть блистательную Валентину Лисицу, играющаю на пианино?!
こんな、調律狂いまくってるピアノで演奏してるのがとてももったい無い。でもピアノが悪いわけではありません。それにしてもvalentina lisitsaさんの演奏は素晴らしいです…
はい
草
我喜欢乌龟
やっぱり音くるてますよネ(^^)
Душевные исполнения, потрясающая техника! Вы излучаете красоту, талант, человечность, честность, справедливость!
I wish I were there ...Thanks to Steve for sharing and to Valentina Lisitsa for her kind gift to all music enthusiasts 💐
A true joy to watch
존경합니다....
손은 정말빠른데.. 표정은 내가 학교종이땡땡땡 치며 기교부리는 여유로움이 곡 끝나는 내내 한결같으십니다..
감히 범접할 수 없는 신이십니다
개빠름
The piano sounded kinda off but she still managed to play it and make it sound great, absolutely amazing
Браво!!! Какая техника, какое исполнение!!!
👏👏👏👍💐💐💐💐💐
This requires much more Talentina than most people think.
It huuuurts so much that the most used key is so out of tune 🤯
ahahahaah indeed! I saw this video like 8-9 times but this is the first time I saw your comment Bruno!
True though
What more can be said? The woman knows how to PLAY! I wish her nothing but joy ever day of her life!!!!!
please tune the piano next time before.
***** The best
wavetuning Maybe the sound's sample rate of the video is down... or maybe not :P
Da Hu not bad piano, it is tuned half step down, and palying on the street with a poor michro, so thats what u have
wavetuning Its a street piano you imbecile! Its not going to be a piano of significant value it is after all there for people passing by to play, they're hardly going to roll out the imperial and leave it for people to play.
Andrew Smith exactly
Her smile... Is always epic!!! REAL MUSICIAN
Bravo, this is what 12 hours of practice a day bring. Perfection
Wonderful! Like the way you were playfully touching the keys.
Браво, Лисица! Вот это техника исполнения! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💐💕
The high keys are in need of repair. Did you see the look on her face when she started?
No shit
Extremamente fantástico!👏👏👏👏👏
It's like trying to hit a home run with a cracked bat! This was still worth listening to anyway! I'm a big fan, Valentina ! благодарю вас!
do those people even realise how blessed they are to hear her play like. i would literally die
She is one of the best pianist I've heard in quiet some time.
i thought i was fasting forward at the end!
fantastic...no there is no word that can express her
So much skill. I can't even imagine.
I like the transpose so much 😍💖
Valentina's smile just lights up the entire area. She strikes me as a lovely soul. :)
ここまで狂うと逆に味があるw
調律よね笑
Same
Here is the exact moment that an ANGEL came down to Earth!
The look on her face when she started bahaha
derek xiao haha that was ecause of how out of tune the piano was
Really beautiful piano
Beautiful Job!!!
Amadísima VALENTINA!!! Bravo!!! La mejor pianista de la historia!
이 기교가 난무한곡을 저렇게가볍게치시다니..역시피아니스트!
love how you communicate with your street fans.
Amazing pianist! Bravo Valentina!
So lovely
Фантастично,супер великолепно!!!
*Plays a song that is on the highest difficulty on the piano perfectly*
everyone: oh that was mildly alright I guess :)
Taco048
It is hard, but it isn’t on the highest difficulty
@@awe331 I mean obviously.
@@awe331 it's one of the technically hardest pieces ever written. What are you talking about?
I have an extra chromosome
It really isn’t. Even though I can’t play it, there are many more pieces harder than la campenalla
@@awe331 hope you know that when I said highest difficulty I mean as in level 1-9. It's in the group of highest difficulty.
You're 1 extra chromosome is really paying off lol
Лучшая! Гордость за таланты наших людей !
Maravilhoso ❤❤ a Valentina é incrível.
Great Valentina!!!
Haha how unlucky that top D# is so out of tune, rip Valentina's ears
Sir Blobbington Eb*
@@syerensung4242 I think there are also other keys that are out of tune..
syeren sung are you stupid?
RFGaming Eoin Are you stupid? He’s joking
SkySkreeAnimations that doesn’t sound anything like a joke
*Wonderful performance ツ❤♬ ♪ ♩ ♫*
90% of ppl are complaining about the piano! Everyone heard it. Can we now talk about her talent?
It is general knowledge that classical musicians have transcedenting talents at their fullest, therefore pointing out how good the playing is unnecessary and is already known.
Or perhaps I am wrong
Skill, not talent. Please don't downplay the time and effort musicians spend in order to get to this level.
@@Jenny-xe4gt Sorry, my bad. The beauty of the performance is what we need and the appreciation of the performer whose hard work had payed off.
Just find a word to define Valentina playing this work of art, and this word is "lightness".
Great touch...
와 저런환경에서 진짜.. 역시 리시차ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 너무 멋지고 아름답다
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ진짜 장인은 도구를 탓하지않는다는게 여기서.. 피아노상태가 저런데 저기서 이런음악이 나올수가있구나
트릴..ㄷㄷ
제발간절히 쯧쯧 ..
just goes to show, it's the pianist, not the piano.
Milford Cubicle ???????????????????????
+Gabriel Maisonet An amazing pianist can sound horrible on a bad piano, and mediocre pianist can sound amazing on a Bösendörfer or something like that
+David Bussell that's not at all what i meant....
LOL these ppl misunderstood ur comment so bad it's hilarious
Milford Cubicle true.. she amazing
She deserves respect for not stopping after finding out the piano was out of tune, she completed this piece (very difficult tune for ordinary pianists) despite the piano being out of tune.
She is amazing!
これはピアノが整備されていないため、全体の音が低い。
均等に下がっているだけならまだいいけど、
困ったことに最も頻出する高音のE♭が特に狂っている。
0:05で右手で耳を遮ったのを見ればわかる通りだけど、
弾いている本人が一番気持ち悪いはず。
それを、演奏を止めず弾ききっているのが
たくましい。演奏家として賞賛！！
寺島礼美 バレンティーナさんが可哀想でした…
寺島礼美 well said bro
寺島礼美 I absolutely agree with every Word of yours
2:13 magnus carlsen as photographer
I saw it in the thumbnail and I immediately thought that too
LMFAO
Hahahah side job from chess ig
I wish I can see her one day when I am strolling on the street :D
I love her ..can't help it..I have noticed in public playing it is very difficult to both get the public's attention and respect. Especially with classical piano...People are so busy and caught up in their own heads. that they miss their opportunity to stop and listing to a wonderful part of life very strange...I could never understand why so many people just pass by and do not even look towards the piano.. probably a lot if people do not even know who Valentina is .and that is sad .
Essa mulher é a melhor. Toca mto fácil. Flutua sobre o piano e é uma simpatia. Fantástico