Cyprien Katsaris plays his Fantasy on “Happy Birthday to you” for Yehudi Menuhin’s 70th birthday

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    Bonn (Germany), 1986. Cyprien Katsaris plays his own Fantasy on “Happy Birthday to you” (1st version) in various styles: Mozart, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Tango, film music, Brahms, Chopin…
    You can watch the complete show at • Cyprien Katsaris plays... . It includes a presentation by Cyprien (dressed as Liszt) who speaks German with a Hungarian accent introducing his performance of an excerpt from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” transcribed by Liszt.
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Комментарии • 151

  • @jacklin3587
    @jacklin3587 7 лет назад +253

    Rare genius !
    In the era of Liszt , every pianist on the stage was expected to create improvisation like jazz in the modern time. But this kind of classical musicians already disappeared in this century.

    • @Santosificationable
      @Santosificationable 7 лет назад +28

      You're right. We must bring back what is fundamental in music - creativity and spontainety.

    • @user-sr4gb9zd8g
      @user-sr4gb9zd8g 6 лет назад +1

      Go watch KYLE LANDRY'S live improvs on twitch

    • @paulbu6003
      @paulbu6003 4 года назад +7

      They're still plentiful of them around 😂

    • @tuetran7464
      @tuetran7464 3 года назад

      But did Liszt play Bach as well as Glenn Gould?

    • @hyseo1121
      @hyseo1121 3 года назад +1

      World class level pianist can improvise with every material and motive.
      All they are genius. The more difficult and artistic thing is to interprete masterwork properly.

  • @aldoringo439
    @aldoringo439 Год назад +68

    Its difficult to appreciate how incredible this composition really is and how many hours would have gone into making it.

    • @paolotaglia1
      @paolotaglia1 Год назад +10

      That's an improvisation

    • @JesseDavis7373
      @JesseDavis7373 Год назад +5

      ​@@paolotaglia1 still is prepared. Great improvising takes great preparation

    • @marinadela1361
      @marinadela1361 4 месяца назад +1

      Jazz pianists improvise all the time!

  • @Santosificationable
    @Santosificationable 7 лет назад +171

    Loved it. I find this to be both entertaining and highly informative. Of what I know in the old days of Liszt classical piano music was much like this. Performances during that time didn't have the standardization and formalistic detachment we have in many concert halls today. And people LOVED the music. It manifested their sentiments. Music was not just "appreciated", it was really experienced. And you can see how Mr. Katsaris simulates the master - a performance by music of a great composer (Beethoven) followed by his own exciting variations/improvisations on a familiar tune. Today all classical music is objective and everybody already knows how it's gonna sound like. I prefer it like this. The setting isn't too big, there is someone to dedicate the music to as an act of friendship, and there is REALLY a connection to the audience. This is why I like even Liberace, despite his over-the-top grandiosity. In the past music was A THING OF THE PEOPLE. Now it's just FOR STUDY. The only flaw in the past is that classical music was highly exclusive, listened to large only by the elite few (aristocracy, clergy, etc.). But if we could somehow emulate the way music was seen and felt before - coupled with today's accessibility to any form of music - then that would be awesome. That's just what I think.

    • @flashedarden1060
      @flashedarden1060 10 месяцев назад

      You absolutely nailed it with the “Music was not just appreciated, it was really experienced”. As a piano and composition student at a superior conservatory, it really makes me sad how people listen to music “analyzing” it instead of just letting the music move through their soul and feelings. It seems most of my colleagues listen to music looking for and referring to different, innovative or cohesive terms - listening through the knowledge they’ve acquired from their musical education, which is a lot and makes them very cultured people. And that’s just in the piano part - the composer’s listening, in my opinion, has lost all meaning of what music once was.
      But then again, who am I to judge how people enjoy music? I’m just thoughts of what I see on my day to day life.

  • @seanstmd29
    @seanstmd29 8 лет назад +83

    That's a nice gift for an old friend. Very clever performance

  • @metteholm4833
    @metteholm4833 10 месяцев назад +5

    Now, I have enjoyed this SO many times, that my brain replays it, when I am half asleep in the night.

  • @artisuryavanshi7785
    @artisuryavanshi7785 5 лет назад +163

    0:20 Mozart
    0:44 Beethoven
    1:04 Tango
    1:23 Brahms or Prokofiev
    1:36 Film Music
    2:22 Chopin improvisation on Chopin's "Fantasie impromptu"
    3:24 Chopin Waltz op.64 No.2

    • @marvinwarkentin5765
      @marvinwarkentin5765 4 года назад

      Thanks. Do you know Name of the Tango ?

    • @paulbu6003
      @paulbu6003 4 года назад

      @@marvinwarkentin5765 tango is a style, I don't think there's a specific piece

    • @marvinwarkentin5765
      @marvinwarkentin5765 4 года назад

      Paul Bu okay thank you

    • @John-thinks
      @John-thinks 4 года назад +6

      At 3:24 it's Chopin's Op 64 No 2

    • @itegil
      @itegil 4 года назад +1

      tango is not a style; it is a genre.

  • @karon8537
    @karon8537 2 года назад +13

    He is a true musician indeed 🙏🎶✨💞
    Perfection

  • @erick-gd7wo
    @erick-gd7wo 5 лет назад +46

    Simply genius, Lisztian style.

  • @SpontaneityJD
    @SpontaneityJD 4 года назад +47

    Wow I have no words.. there is no one on the planet alive today who could arrange something so special.

    • @86Leinad
      @86Leinad 2 года назад

      Have a listen to Ivan Bessonov, I think you'll like it:
      ruclips.net/video/DBj-9dph-vA/видео.html

    • @sprunzloffio
      @sprunzloffio 11 месяцев назад

      Maybe Stefano Bollani.

    • @LoGStein
      @LoGStein 11 месяцев назад +6

      He's still alive though.

    • @desarguesbaptiste5577
      @desarguesbaptiste5577 8 месяцев назад

      @@LoGStein that's what I was thinking 😂😂

    • @jordan._.07
      @jordan._.07 5 месяцев назад

      Marc Andre Hamelin could, but you are right, very few pianists can do what he can.

  • @TinyMaths
    @TinyMaths 2 года назад +14

    I wanted to comment on so many parts of this, the dramatic playing at 0:44 with the very serious (almost angry) look he had on his face even though he's playing 'happy' birthday; hilarious.
    Then I really, really enjoyed the Tango, it was so delicious, played in minor, but seemed so jolly; sweet and sad at the same time. This seemed to be much more than just music being played, but rather, a story being told.

  • @inazuma3gou
    @inazuma3gou 8 лет назад +65

    I want a b-day song from Katsaris

  • @RiccardoBonci
    @RiccardoBonci 4 года назад +13

    Stunning! True musicianship at work!

  • @marinegrasselli2779
    @marinegrasselli2779 2 года назад +7

    Katsaris is fantastic !!!

  • @onigirimagmag
    @onigirimagmag 4 года назад +11

    Bravissimo! 天才に失礼かもしれないけど、お二人ともかわいい。いたずらっぽい百面相カツァリスさんの、音楽の歴史総出のバースデーソングの仕掛けに、うれしそうに目を輝かせて反応したり、次は何かなと小首を傾げるメニューインさん。最後のお二人のかわいすぎる笑顔。とっても素敵。

  • @Benjamin3344
    @Benjamin3344 5 лет назад +10

    I love his wonderful performance!

  • @axelcanu9012
    @axelcanu9012 6 лет назад +22

    Wonderful ! This is absolutely amazing ! Bravo, Mr Katsaris !

  • @retf054ewte3
    @retf054ewte3 Год назад +6

    this is the best arrangement on happy birthday.

    • @e.conboy4286
      @e.conboy4286 Месяц назад

      @@retf054ewte3 : Victor Borge had arranged a clever ‘Happy Birthday’ . RUclips has the performance.

  • @malakchelligui4885
    @malakchelligui4885 4 года назад +8

    What a talented musician , this is rare nowadays...

  • @SmeagolTheBeagle
    @SmeagolTheBeagle 8 лет назад +9

    Truly Magnificent - Mind blown.

  • @satokomatsubuchi6661
    @satokomatsubuchi6661 Год назад +1

    I fell in love after watching this video…!💓💓💓
    What a wonderful friendship, kind humor, and service mindedness…✨🍀🎶
    I respect Mr.Cyprian Katsaris from the bottom of my heart…!💓💓💓💐

  • @eurooscar1
    @eurooscar1 4 года назад +3

    Não é para qualquer um! Katsaris é um grande improvisador, de magistral técnica e senso musical.

  • @tropicjam7343
    @tropicjam7343 4 года назад +4

    You are a genius in poetry!

  • @irenecarputo1280
    @irenecarputo1280 8 лет назад +5

    I love him!!!!!!!

  • @metteholm4833
    @metteholm4833 11 месяцев назад +1

    This shows an incredible pianistic and musical excess!

  • @frederikesavary2155
    @frederikesavary2155 8 лет назад +8

    Wunderschön

  • @clavis55
    @clavis55 10 лет назад +24

    Great!!!

    • @brittlindgren
      @brittlindgren 10 лет назад +1

      Great, entertaining and fun! I will check the link and watch the complete show later. Thanks Piano21Label! And thanks for the share, Markus! /Britt Sweden :-)

    • @marianancyborgesmarques9013
      @marianancyborgesmarques9013 10 лет назад

      Excelente criatividade !

    • @marianancyborgesmarques9013
      @marianancyborgesmarques9013 10 лет назад +1

      Adorável apresentação das obras de Shumann.

  • @vikingprincess68
    @vikingprincess68 4 года назад +5

    Love it!

  • @esauponce9759
    @esauponce9759 Год назад +1

    One of a kind! ❤🎹

  • @hypernefelosk2055
    @hypernefelosk2055 6 лет назад +6

    ΤΟ "ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΟΣ" ... ΕΙΝΑΙ ΛΙΓΟ. ΘΕΙΟ ΧΑΡΙΣΜΑ !!!!

  • @pianoplaying-kblee1262
    @pianoplaying-kblee1262 5 лет назад +6

    He shows me there are lots of improvization
    With same melody 👏

  • @maximoalbertowongfajardo6358
    @maximoalbertowongfajardo6358 2 года назад +1

    Espectacular Happy Birthday, con unos geniales y originales arreglos.

  • @metteholm4833
    @metteholm4833 11 месяцев назад +1

    Only a genius could do this!🤩 - at this level.

  • @DrMarileneTeixeiraBalbi
    @DrMarileneTeixeiraBalbi 6 месяцев назад

    Very, very beautiful!

  • @paero5947
    @paero5947 6 лет назад +6

    Perfekte Liszt-Adaption!!

  • @user-je6xx2mb1y
    @user-je6xx2mb1y 9 лет назад +8

    すばらしい!

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 3 года назад

    His performance is the culmination of joy

  • @tiagooliveirapreludios-imp9682
    @tiagooliveirapreludios-imp9682 3 года назад

    Wow!! It's so good to hear and to watch this..!

  • @Musicforever3000
    @Musicforever3000 6 лет назад +4

    Genius Katsaris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @dwacheopus
    @dwacheopus Год назад

    If this was an actual improvisation, i'm so excited

  • @pianoplayer2516
    @pianoplayer2516 Год назад

    Wow! I love this.😊

  • @gahero31
    @gahero31 2 года назад

    Fantastic!

  • @ANTONIVSLVCIVS
    @ANTONIVSLVCIVS 10 лет назад +1

    Wonderful!

  • @qiyang1714
    @qiyang1714 7 лет назад +1

    how lovely 😄

  • @angelobonacci461
    @angelobonacci461 Год назад

    Molto bravo esegue con facilità cose molto difficili

  • @Varooooooom
    @Varooooooom 3 года назад +4

    Modern day Liszt, in every sense of the word.

  • @tula7141
    @tula7141 3 года назад

    Wow. Wow wow wow wow. All I can say is wow.

  • @victoriafernandes5599
    @victoriafernandes5599 3 года назад

    Great Artist

  • @piano-dtm
    @piano-dtm 2 года назад +3

    This video reminds me of Victor Borge's great performance.

  • @semprebrio
    @semprebrio 4 года назад

    charming !

  • @drkInxgud
    @drkInxgud 7 лет назад +26

    wait yehudi's 70th birthday means that its 1986 and cyprien is born in 1951 ... so he is 35 in this video???? he looks way older wtf...

    • @alexandersonmei
      @alexandersonmei 4 года назад +2

      @@zackl7467 but his hands tho

    • @fierywomanpacnw7004
      @fierywomanpacnw7004 4 года назад +5

      @@zackl7467 It's his real hair. He was prematurely grey.

    • @tonedeafprd
      @tonedeafprd 4 года назад +2

      @@fierywomanpacnw7004 wow probably musician getting old faster

    • @fierywomanpacnw7004
      @fierywomanpacnw7004 4 года назад +7

      @@tonedeafprd I worked with him in the late 70s, hung out a bit and chatted -- he was going grey then. It was a charming look because his face was so young.

    • @tonedeafprd
      @tonedeafprd 4 года назад

      @@fierywomanpacnw7004 wow hello veteran, i'm newcomers at piano world, this august will be 1 year i had a digital piano, and now i'm learning chopin ballade no. 1, can you give me a tips to deal with that piece ?

  • @222mozart
    @222mozart 3 года назад

    outstanding Beethoven's playing

  • @PLeighG
    @PLeighG 3 года назад

    Genius!

  • @simonesorella226
    @simonesorella226 10 лет назад +1

    genio!!

  • @Zero-bu5ry
    @Zero-bu5ry 2 дня назад

    0:47 Not only does Mr Katsaris very obviously sound like Beethoven here, he also LOOKS like Beethoven.

  •  5 лет назад +1

    April 22nd, 1986.

  • @41_balisingh20
    @41_balisingh20 4 года назад +3

    1:26 is that the starting of Pastoral symphony ?

    • @bw2082
      @bw2082 4 года назад

      Bali Singh yes

  • @martinposavec5255
    @martinposavec5255 3 года назад +1

    i like this thing he does fom 1:51 to 2:05 , anyone knows where he got that from?

    • @calebhu6383
      @calebhu6383 3 года назад +1

      It's just a Liszt style cadenza

  • @eberhard9039
    @eberhard9039 2 года назад

    Da traf Menuhin auf einen nicht minder Würdigen. Genialer Katsaris!

  • @steinwaygrande9736
    @steinwaygrande9736 5 лет назад +4

    For the record, Victor Borge started his own variations on Happy Birthday way back in the 1950s. Since then many pianists have tried to follow in Mt Borge,s footsteps, but none have ever come close . Sure there are some good performers such as Cyprien who does an incredible performance. But the winner is still Victor Borge

    • @brent3522
      @brent3522 5 лет назад +3

      Cyprien's Mozart variation sounds like Borge's Mozart

    • @CK-kd5pn
      @CK-kd5pn Год назад +1

      There's no way you're saying Borge's variations of Happy Birthday is better than Katsaris' fantaisie... in terms of musicality, technical ability, and creativity, we're shown a better performance here. Borge's strongpoint is his humor that was able to be easily understood by the masses, but humor is not the only factor you should be considering.

  • @u357me8410
    @u357me8410 5 лет назад

    ファンタスティック! fb友さんから ご案内いただきました(笑)。

  • @MultiTutsie
    @MultiTutsie Год назад

    😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @mataneasutenan316
    @mataneasutenan316 2 года назад +1

    he was the man who re-incarnated of beethoven+chopin+liszt 😳

  • @neonorbjer9735
    @neonorbjer9735 4 года назад +1

    Beethoven style lowkey bangs

  • @Svetlana_gusli
    @Svetlana_gusli 2 года назад

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @sungjinlee2835
    @sungjinlee2835 6 лет назад +1

    Such a splendid trascription...Is there any sheet music of this?

    • @SpontaneityJD
      @SpontaneityJD 4 года назад +1

      He made it from scratch. Ask him for it haha

    • @am-ir2bx
      @am-ir2bx 9 месяцев назад +1

      Train your ear

    • @sungjinlee2835
      @sungjinlee2835 9 месяцев назад

      @@am-ir2bx I wouldn’t have commented like this if that was possible.

  • @ViolinStimme
    @ViolinStimme 5 лет назад

    can we get rid of this irritating web advert? This mouther seems to have hijacked a number of good videos. It is a great nuisance to have to switch onto mute and time it until we can get to something worthwhile!

  • @cloud-dv1wb
    @cloud-dv1wb 3 года назад

    Please someone link the sheet music if you have it I'm begging

  • @espressonoob
    @espressonoob 4 года назад +1

    what did he do from 1:57 to 2:05 to get that sound? I'm lost.

    • @chinija71
      @chinija71 4 года назад +1

      It reminded me of the Aquarium of Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals.

    • @SpontaneityJD
      @SpontaneityJD 4 года назад

      Magic.

    • @laurentp.2086
      @laurentp.2086 3 года назад +2

      It's a succession of diminished seventh. Three chords in several positions.

  • @user-bd8si8cu4b
    @user-bd8si8cu4b 4 года назад

    ЛЕСК с любой точки зрения!!!!!!!!!

  • @TheCactuar124
    @TheCactuar124 8 лет назад +1

    Does anyone know the name of the song starting at 4:00?

    • @notomeradini8201
      @notomeradini8201 8 лет назад +2

      Chopin valse op 64 no 2

    • @03data
      @03data 8 лет назад +1

      The 30 seconds before that were of the same piece. As the other person commented, it's Chopin's Valse Op. 64 No. 2

  • @maxwellchin9642
    @maxwellchin9642 7 лет назад +1

    At 1:05 what's the piece he's improvising?

    • @Artemusicstring
      @Artemusicstring 6 лет назад +1

      Tango from Argentina

    • @kasajizo8963
      @kasajizo8963 3 года назад

      It isn't a piece. It's happy birthday in the style of tango.

  • @user-dx6nz5qw3l
    @user-dx6nz5qw3l 4 года назад

    I actually see several habits of chord using vary from classical musicians to new age,with a blend of creative arrangements whilst the rythm matches to each other,of course,theres no way to get a glimpse of his trainning day after day...

  • @goktugblack
    @goktugblack 5 дней назад

    Katsaris looks 50 here (he is 35)
    Menuhin looks 90 (he is 70)

  • @m.erubik
    @m.erubik Год назад

    1:57

  • @timetosleepnow6677
    @timetosleepnow6677 6 лет назад

    fantastic performance but i do think the end is relatively weak.

  • @wigwagstudios2474
    @wigwagstudios2474 3 года назад

    8D

  • @BrianPaick
    @BrianPaick Год назад

    Menuhin looks so happy, it's a shame he also looks 95

  • @rogermuraro1013
    @rogermuraro1013 Год назад

    Au début s'est la chanson d'anniversaire mai après s'est quoi n'importe quoi

  • @chrisbelay4389
    @chrisbelay4389 4 года назад +2

    70th? Menuhin Looks like a 80 Old man.

  • @burnsport1
    @burnsport1 3 года назад

    is Cyprien of the Diaspora?

  • @CaseyRocky
    @CaseyRocky 2 года назад

    Liberty without the printed score. Best Katsaris performance.

  • @ousejamais1vezousejamais1vez
    @ousejamais1vezousejamais1vez 3 года назад

    Not from this world 🙆👑

  • @valeriehitier9026
    @valeriehitier9026 2 года назад

    Il s’éclate!!!!! Excellent

  • @tavo2040
    @tavo2040 4 года назад

    Para mi que es trampa,,,, cgi

  • @Paganini-Liszt
    @Paganini-Liszt 3 месяца назад

    3:23 That was dirty

  • @miltonmoore8369
    @miltonmoore8369 2 года назад

    THE ARTISTRY WAS
    SENSATIONAL.👏👍🌠
    (HE WAS DRESSED AS EITHER A GRANDMOTHER OF
    ANTIQUITY, OR A "DRAG QUEEN."🙈🙀😩😖🤔)

  • @kaspianocz6330
    @kaspianocz6330 4 года назад

    Denis Matsuev is better xxd