Amazing & Incredible Yunchan Lim

Love the piece! Beautiful!

should consider doing a raffle some time.

do we know historically what the piano used by Władysław Szpilman in the true story of the movie the Pianist?

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It sounds like mine.

Wow! I bought my Baldwin / Kawaii grand around the same time ~ 1976.

Baldwin Piano 🎹 company since 1862. Ellington-Howard-Monarch-Hamilton

Sviatoslav Richter makes all the names you mentioned look like a bunch of mushrooms huddling under a giant oak tree. Your musical vacuity is stunning.

I got number 1 as Steinway. I have Steinway Model A. So picking Steinway was not a problem. But that Chinese was impressive, I would say.

Since you mentioned that the piano could be an issue in trouble playing softly, could you do a video talking about how to tell if one's piano is well-regulated? Well-regulated is a term much mentioned but little explained in detail

I love the fullness of the Steinway but I dislike the 'overtones' in the bass section. (It's why I wound up swapping the mapes bass wires out for Hellerbass) The Baldwin SD6 and Steinway are both close not as full as the Steinway but a nice brighter sound with a fat tone. and the bass notes don't have too much 'overtones'!

An incredible sound!

It's interesting how much he sings when he talks. Music is always happening.

What plays on video?

The Steinway sounded slightly out of tune (just a couple of notes). The Baldwin (maybe closer to the mic?) sounds louded to me. I would say those factors impact.

Never hear Grigory Sokolov's name mentioned. Blown away by his articulation and his Chopin Etudes sound orchestral.

I don't imagine you remember me commenting on your videos, years ago, how much I loved seeing you play your signature theme, when you switched to using standard pre-recorded intros... but if you do, maybe you can understand how much I appreciate this Christmas gift, even though I stopped celebrating Christmas years ago. Merry Christmas, to you and yours! 😻

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There's nothing more disappointing than thinking your piano has a Pianodisc in it only for it to just be a Dampp-Chaser 😂

What piano is this? Sounds distinctly American! :D

It's wonderful to hear Chopin on an instrument made more like something he would have played.

A great teacher and a little composer.

I can definitely hear the influence of Chopin Etude No.1 in C Major 😊

Omg take a day off its Christmas 🎉 I love your channel thank you here's to another year You sound amazing 👏 bravo

Merry Christmas for you and your support. Wish you the best for 2025.

Really cool seeing this theme that we've been hearing for years being developed into a full work!!

Merry Christmas! 🌟 Loved it thanks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

no pianist is great unless they have composed a major acclaimed piece of piano work . all others are merely great piano technicians.

I missed it! I thought the Hilun sounded better!

If pianist A plays piece x better than B and B plays y better than C who plays z better than A who is the best?!

Diedre Irons, Michael Houstoun, Richard McMahon, Philip Mead.... don't you know nobody??🤗

Sir, can you make a documentary video on Muzio Clementi, who is the father of the piano????

Definitely Martha, Azkenazy and Kissin for top 3 but you missed Arcadi Volodos.

Thank you Robert for asking about single note jumps for super-fast Ragtime or stride etc. That was a big reveal to me and fantastic little trick that I will add to my stock of techniques : ) Both of you are awesome pianists and teachers.

I've found that my sight reading has improved a lot since I started transcribing music from recordings.

Marc Andre Hamelin

Beautiful piano! Playing pieces like that Chopin Nocturne at night by candle light with the candle light sticks must add a whole new dimension to the experience of hearing the live performance. That gold inlay probably shimmers enhancing the experience of the music. Robert, I’d love to see you play this piano by candle light!

I was wondering: if you don't look at the keyboard but have your eyes closed or you are looking at the score, do you imagine the keyboard in your head? And if so, how clear can you see it? I have great difficulty doing this. Then I started looking at chords on the keyboard, pressing down all the keys in a chord at once spanning 2 octaves. This improved the ability to visualize the keyboard a lot, and improved my sight reading.

My ear isn't great, but im think major keys for Mozart and minor keys for Beethoven.

I played for 5 years and surprisingly was kind of good. im in band now, i just need to relearn how to have my hands in the “spider” position my piano teacher taught me to use

Amateur classical guitarist here. YES to everything. I really need to get myself to play Happy Birthday. Can’t do it. I need some sheet music for that.

Nice instrument. Clever place to put a music rack. And the intersting candle stand on both sides at a time before people use electric light. The ivory keys all intact with no chips. Probably not played very much in the past. The other day came across a unique Steinway grand "the Egyptian" (probably from 1924) in a piano store. The color is dark oak. In the middle was the logo "STEINWAY & SONS NEW YORK" in gold with a rectangle around it. On both sides of the logo is a small Sphinx. On the corners and the cover were Egyptian looking designs to decorate the piano. Designs hand painted by the American artist A Blackmore including the Temple of Karnak.

Love this piano that is in tune

There are some young FEMALE classical pianists making quite a difference as well - have a listen to Isata Kanneh-Mason and her younger sister Jeneba Kanneh-Mason.

My favorite one is Khatia Buniatishvilly

Excellent advice, thank you! 👍

Who knew this video was released when I started playing piano and now here I am.

Beautiful playing….

That is one of my favorite pianos that you have featured here on the channel. It's just bursting with personality. It's got the looks, it's got the sound and it's got the character. She's a beauty!