Anyone who does'nt see the display of emotion must be blind, deaf &...... She is one of the most emotional performer of our time and she displays it by intrepeting the music to a level of emotion that mesmerizes the listener.
There is something deeply satisfying about Hilary Hahn's playing. Is it the mellow sweetness of that special violin, the wondrous precision of those inner melodies or that scintillating technique? We are so lucky to have these performances available on You Tube.
Bingo! Indeed! Watching a performance adds immeasurably to the pleasure of a performance. There is still a golden rule - "Watch with your eyes. Listen with your ears."
i think her studio rendition of Paganini’s Violin Concerto no. 1 on Deutsche Grammaphon (2006) has lots of emotion. made me cry the first 7 times I listened to it. perfect pitch, timing and vibrato too!
Listening to her interviews, she is incredibly well spoken, thoughtful on many subjects, and very confident in her abilities, yet humble at the same time. She has been performing her whole life and continues to keep up a tireless schedule. I am very impressed with her. If my daughter grew up to be so wonderful, I couldn't get any prouder. Brava Hilary!
She has incredible focus. A couple of decades of hard practice , learning & a touch of genius does that to people. The general idea is that we are supposed to listen to the music. Just the same, watching her closely for hundreds of hours instead of just thirty seconds does show a woman with lightning fast reactions and very quick changes of expression. Watch for those fast smiles when she nails a really difficult piece. She also has great situational awareness of the music around her and the conductor. Hahn is one cool cat who probably would also have made an extraordinary sniper. Love her works. I am someone who is rarely moved by many musicians. Hahn's playing leaves me transfixed.
To the conversation about whether a musician should show 'emotion' or whatever there is to show, just really listen to the depth and complexity of her playing, there’s so much going on there, it’s all covered if you want to list the things go ahead but don’t forget she's also searching for the inspirations available to those who are so well prepared as she is. In a way that’s what artists really crave and strive towards, she does that with incredible consistency and success! I’m just bummed I didn’t go to a 'rock' or 'punk rock'gig she sat in on in SF a good 10 years or so back, she invited folks at an Amoeba Records solo performance and 'lecture' to attend after hours and after a classical music concert at Davies Symphony Hall that same day/evening. I had a injury or I’d have been there, gladly I’ve seen her live many times including once with Valentina Lisitsa in a duo performance on my birthday no less!!
I have heard a LOT of people play this song. I have Never heard anyone play it as well as this chick plays it. Absolutely Impressive!!!! Job Well Done!!!!
If the people complaining about her perceived lack of emotion it's because many in the U.S.have issues with real deep emotion and only can see/accept emotion rendered in gross materialistic facial expressions and physical body movements. There's deep spiritual emotion in her music-making.
When your technique is flawless, it always looks easier than it really is. After all, that's the whole point to achieve physical ease so you can focus on the interpretation.
@huntrichardson that recording is the most technically perfect thing ever accomplished in the world of music without the aid of pitch correction or quantizing. holy crap it's incredible. her tone on that album is so well captured and perfect i can listen to it forever.
Acho Hilary Hahn uma violinista perfeita superando até violinistas de peso do passado mais em certo ponto ela é acusada por muitos de ser muito tecnica e ser sem emoção falavam mesma coisa do Heifetz. Vocês devem escutar o som e parar de olhar o video e vão ver quão grande emoção ela transmite.
@artcalight13 you are absolutely correct. music like this is made to be deep and you just have to listen to understand how deep it really is. she puts so much emotion in, it's amazing!
Na minha opinião a melhor violinista mulher de todos os tempos pelo menos das que ja ouvi, gostava muito da Sarah Chang mais depois que ouvi Hilary Hahn mudei de opinião totalmente ela tem um som tão firme e claro onde por mais rapido que seja vc consegue escutar todas as notas uma por uma e ela não deixa seu virtuosismo ser destrutivo e exagerado a ponto de sair até vamos dizer feio como dizia Menuhin, mas seu virtuosismo se mostra de uma maneira delicada como a voz de anjos.
Just because Hilary Hahn does not contort her face or practice histrionics while preforming does not mean that she doesn’t feel the music. Hilary was the last student of Jascha Brodsky who was the last student of Eugene Ysaye . Brodsky thought her not to practice histrionics on or off stage because it detracts from the music.
He wrote it for Thibaud who couldn't memorize the Bach E major partita, so the interruptions are like him messing up. Usually people play it a little more noticeably like musical swearing but I like her interpretation anyway :) He also adds the day of the dead theme which repeats in the other movements as a sort of joke. Ysaye was just screwing with his colleagues.
I didn't know that story. I thought there might be a more dramatic one :D This is actually too funny regarding how serious this music is taken sometimes....
@huntrichardson yeah, she actually performed the brahms with an orchestra i was in when she was about 14. i knew at the first note i heard that i would be having youtube conversations about her and how famous and incredible she was. well, youtube wasn't around yet. but you get the drift
Ysaye has a book of Preludes, each prelude is with a multiple stop, First Unisone, Second, Seconds, Third, thirds, til Ten in tenths, i hat the sheets but i will like to know how sound.
Hahn is great as usual. Perhaps it is just the fact that this recording is not very loud, but I find myself missing the intensification on the low notes around 2:10. She keeps hers short but I really like Kaler's interpretation where he really pounds on those notes. His recording is here:
Maybe not, but isn't that also part of the gift we enjoy here. We get to hear her play, as well as be interviewed. We get to know her as an artist, though it's in a selected and controlled manner. Hilary does have a wonderful presence and she is very beautiful, but first it's her competence and love of the music, then her presence that draw you. I thought she was only a child, but after listening more and more, I couldn't believe she wasn't only a teenager. To me she is a wonderfully grown up child. As her fan, her presence is understated. She's competent in any discussion, yet with an almost child like demeanor that make her presence even more endearing. Much like Janine Jansen. It's musical competence and artistic appreciation that are the core of their performances, as though suspended in time and alive in the music.
@ggalexhutchings must have been exciting. what orchestra were you in? also, for anyone out there who thinks HK doesn't emote because she doesn't contort her face or writhe around like Jennifer Koh or Joshua Bell (whom I have seen/heard play live), consider Itzhak Perlman, arguably the greatest living classical violinist: he can't writhe. the passion HK's artistry is heard - just close your eyes and listen.
@artcalight13 If facial expressions equaled emotion, then Leila Josefowicz's recording of the Bruch Violin Concerto would indisputably be the best and most emotional. While I find it very much to my liking, I know some don't. I think that, perhaps, instead of ridiculous facial expressions, such as Ms. Josefowicz's, Ms. Hahn instead chooses to put her concentration fully into her playing.
Lol I looked through the comments and there is exactly one person who made a complaint about her lack of emotion. Maybe change "the people" to "the person"? And of course that person is american....
If all of your mistakes , ideas, hypotheses, etc are due to your Nationality then we can assume a generic personality based on legal papers.Your comment is quite funny really.Learn to except differences without feeling threatened.
I think the thing with her playing isn't that she shows no emotion, because she does, but that one never really gets a sense of difficulty. She plays the most difficult repertoire like a good teacher playing something out of one of the earlier Suzuki books. As well, she doesn't force her own personality through the music. Basically, if she wanted to convey fiendish intensity, she'd likely have to fake it, and that would be something of an abomination. Better to let Hahn be Hahn.
Anyone who does'nt see the display of emotion must be blind, deaf &......
She is one of the most emotional performer of our time and she displays it by intrepeting the music to a level of emotion that mesmerizes the listener.
There is something deeply satisfying about Hilary Hahn's playing. Is it the mellow sweetness of that special violin, the wondrous precision of those inner melodies or that scintillating technique? We are so lucky to have these performances available on You Tube.
To anyone criticising Hilary Hahn for lack of emotion, I'd like to quote Vladimir Jurowski: "Don't listen with your eyes".
Bingo! Indeed! Watching a performance adds immeasurably to the pleasure of a performance. There is still a golden rule - "Watch with your eyes. Listen with your ears."
i think her studio rendition of Paganini’s Violin Concerto no. 1 on Deutsche Grammaphon (2006) has lots of emotion. made me cry the first 7 times I listened to it. perfect pitch, timing and vibrato too!
She is not expressing her "personality", at this level its about the music...pure music.
Why does Hilary have such a luminous quality about her playing? I just kind of stop and be in the moment with her -- it's kind of breathtaking.
Listening to her interviews, she is incredibly well spoken, thoughtful on many subjects, and very confident in her abilities, yet humble at the same time. She has been performing her whole life and continues to keep up a tireless schedule. I am very impressed with her. If my daughter grew up to be so wonderful, I couldn't get any prouder. Brava Hilary!
She is a miracle!!
she is making ME cry with her music... that is enough emotion for me!
Kudos to you, Miss Hilary!
Your music is such an inspiration.
Thank you for it ~
she's absolutely incredible!
I was always a big "HEIFETZ" - fan, now I'm a big fan of "Hilary Hahn"
wambui37 a lot of Hilary’s inspiration came from Heifetz you can really see the similarities in style
The music is doing the expression of emotion, that is its purpose.
She has incredible focus. A couple of decades of hard practice , learning & a touch of genius does that to people. The general idea is that we are supposed to listen to the music. Just the same, watching her closely for hundreds of hours instead of just thirty seconds does show a woman with lightning fast reactions and very quick changes of expression. Watch for those fast smiles when she nails a really difficult piece. She also has great situational awareness of the music around her and the conductor. Hahn is one cool cat who probably would also have made an extraordinary sniper. Love her works. I am someone who is rarely moved by many musicians. Hahn's playing leaves me transfixed.
Not all Americans think she lacks emotion, just sayin'. She won a freaking Grammy, which is an American award.
To the conversation about whether a musician should show 'emotion' or whatever there is to show, just really listen to the depth and complexity of her playing, there’s so much going on there, it’s all covered if you want to list the things go ahead but don’t forget she's also searching for the inspirations available to those who are so well prepared as she is. In a way that’s what artists really crave and strive towards, she does that with incredible consistency and success! I’m just bummed I didn’t go to a 'rock' or 'punk rock'gig she sat in on in SF a good 10 years or so back, she invited folks at an Amoeba Records solo performance and 'lecture' to attend after hours and after a classical music concert at Davies Symphony Hall that same day/evening. I had a injury or I’d have been there, gladly I’ve seen her live many times including once with Valentina Lisitsa in a duo performance on my birthday no less!!
Best representation of classical violin playing I ever saw
She is just simply mind-blowing...............
I have heard a LOT of people play this song. I have Never heard anyone play it as well as this chick plays it. Absolutely Impressive!!!! Job Well Done!!!!
If the people complaining about her perceived lack of emotion it's because many in the U.S.have issues with real deep emotion and only can see/accept emotion rendered in gross materialistic facial expressions and physical body movements. There's deep spiritual emotion in her music-making.
When your technique is flawless, it always looks easier than it really is. After all, that's the whole point to achieve physical ease so you can focus on the interpretation.
She's the greatest of all time. Period.
2:31 The immense bow control and command of voicing throughout this entire "Malinconia" movement is incredible.
So etwas Schönes hören zu können, war es wert, gelebt zu haben.
Und vieles Mehr...
So beautiful--I got the Shivers. Thank you for posting.
Hermosa!!! esta mujer me encanta.
Maravillosa
@huntrichardson that recording is the most technically perfect thing ever accomplished in the world of music without the aid of pitch correction or quantizing. holy crap it's incredible. her tone on that album is so well captured and perfect i can listen to it forever.
She often sounds better in concerts than in recordings x)
Acho Hilary Hahn uma violinista perfeita superando até violinistas de peso do passado mais em certo ponto ela é acusada por muitos de ser muito tecnica e ser sem emoção falavam mesma coisa do Heifetz. Vocês devem escutar o som e parar de olhar o video e vão ver quão grande emoção ela transmite.
@artcalight13 you are absolutely correct. music like this is made to be deep and you just have to listen to understand how deep it really is. she puts so much emotion in, it's amazing!
very clear, beautiful ! :) (y)
@ggalexhutchings that's awesome! i saw her live in october, and she's absolutely wonderful! she's got the most wonderfully clear intonation.
Well said, I've been getting tired of all the comments on her videos that proclaim she's "all technique, no emotion"... what BS.
she's awesome. another incredible version of this piece is here on the tube, it's ilya kaler's version. it's absolutely mind blowing.
By the Way Beautifully played by Ms Hahn, Ysaye would be proud listening his Sonata with Hahn performance.
Thank you so so so much!!!!!!
Na minha opinião a melhor violinista mulher de todos os tempos pelo menos das que ja ouvi, gostava muito da Sarah Chang mais depois que ouvi Hilary Hahn mudei de opinião totalmente ela tem um som tão firme e claro onde por mais rapido que seja vc consegue escutar todas as notas uma por uma e ela não deixa seu virtuosismo ser destrutivo e exagerado a ponto de sair até vamos dizer feio como dizia Menuhin, mas seu virtuosismo se mostra de uma maneira delicada como a voz de anjos.
Just because Hilary Hahn does not contort her face or practice histrionics while preforming does not mean that she doesn’t feel the music. Hilary was the last student of Jascha Brodsky who was the last student of Eugene Ysaye . Brodsky thought her not to practice histrionics on or off stage because it detracts from the music.
@ggalexhutchings yes and she is a sweet, down to earth person. a real lady with talent in spades
wow nice and im ffrom the us and why is people say that she is not showing any emotion? yes her body but not the music its show alot of emotion.
Why do I feel as if ysaye stole from Bach a little?
+Vishnu Halikere yes the very first part is in one of Bach's partita
He wrote it for Thibaud who couldn't memorize the Bach E major partita, so the interruptions are like him messing up. Usually people play it a little more noticeably like musical swearing but I like her interpretation anyway :) He also adds the day of the dead theme which repeats in the other movements as a sort of joke. Ysaye was just screwing with his colleagues.
I didn't know that story. I thought there might be a more dramatic one :D This is actually too funny regarding how serious this music is taken sometimes....
Best is hilatry
I see and say that it is because she plays from her center
@huntrichardson yeah, she actually performed the brahms with an orchestra i was in when she was about 14. i knew at the first note i heard that i would be having youtube conversations about her and how famous and incredible she was. well, youtube wasn't around yet. but you get the drift
Ysaye has a book of Preludes, each prelude is with a multiple stop, First Unisone, Second, Seconds, Third, thirds, til Ten in tenths, i hat the sheets but i will like to know how sound.
Hahn is great as usual. Perhaps it is just the fact that this recording is not very loud, but I find myself missing the intensification on the low notes around 2:10. She keeps hers short but I really like Kaler's interpretation where he really pounds on those notes. His recording is here:
If ATHENA had played the fiddle...(thank the GODDESS for Hilary Hahn ! )...from a
57 year old male fan.
Very,Very Nice SugarPlum Fairy! Thanks for the music! Hope You like the videos. Lots of Love & Prayer Dan See You Some where Over thr Rainbow.
Fluidity and grace. 'Nuff said.
Would you have come to the same conclusion if there was no video, only audio?
Maybe not, but isn't that also part of the gift we enjoy here. We get to hear her play, as well as be interviewed. We get to know her as an artist, though it's in a selected and controlled manner.
Hilary does have a wonderful presence and she is very beautiful, but first it's her competence and love of the music, then her presence that draw you.
I thought she was only a child, but after listening more and more, I couldn't believe she wasn't only a teenager. To me she is a wonderfully grown up child.
As her fan, her presence is understated. She's competent in any discussion, yet with an almost child like demeanor that make her presence even more endearing. Much like Janine Jansen. It's musical competence and artistic appreciation that are the core of their performances, as though suspended in time and alive in the music.
@ggalexhutchings must have been exciting. what orchestra were you in? also, for anyone out there who thinks HK doesn't emote because she doesn't contort her face or writhe around like Jennifer Koh or Joshua Bell (whom I have seen/heard play live), consider Itzhak Perlman, arguably the greatest living classical violinist: he can't writhe. the passion HK's artistry is heard - just close your eyes and listen.
Only the US? AGAIN WE'RE #1!
@artcalight13 If facial expressions equaled emotion, then Leila Josefowicz's recording of the Bruch Violin Concerto would indisputably be the best and most emotional. While I find it very much to my liking, I know some don't.
I think that, perhaps, instead of ridiculous facial expressions, such as Ms. Josefowicz's, Ms. Hahn instead chooses to put her concentration fully into her playing.
No emotion? Do you even HEAR the music?
excenent
how old is she now? im so amazed damn..
Why nobody record the Ysaye Preludes, i will like to heard them.
Qué buena es
Lol I looked through the comments and there is exactly one person who made a complaint about her lack of emotion. Maybe change "the people" to "the person"? And of course that person is american....
ysaye preludes
What about Isaac Stern?
lol...She plays B flat at 2:24 - 2:25 instead of B natural :P Anyway she is perfect!!
If all of your mistakes , ideas, hypotheses, etc are due to your Nationality then we can assume a generic personality based on legal papers.Your comment is quite funny really.Learn to except differences without feeling threatened.
can you email me those??????????????
I think the thing with her playing isn't that she shows no emotion, because she does, but that one never really gets a sense of difficulty. She plays the most difficult repertoire like a good teacher playing something out of one of the earlier Suzuki books. As well, she doesn't force her own personality through the music. Basically, if she wanted to convey fiendish intensity, she'd likely have to fake it, and that would be something of an abomination. Better to let Hahn be Hahn.
This is actually quite nice. But as a fan of Hahn you should better not compare this to Kremer or the late Shumsky.
Who wastes their time comparing? I spend my time enjoying.
They love Joshua Bell's sweet facial expression : P As you have said, there are some stupid yankees
wow she finally missed a note
What is the woman meant to do? Cry her eyes out to show she 'feels' a piece of music. Talk about ignorance of the philistines.....
You really are an ass.
That awkward moment when Hilary Hahn is American.
th,
The recording is so bad, sadly
I can' beleive how stupid some of these comments are.
Welcome to the youtube....where stupidity is abundant and logically reasoning no longer exists
Oh come on! Her playing lacks no emotion!
technically was very good but i couldnt really get the emotion from this performance...