88 Minutes of Piano Excellence for World Piano Day 2024

Since 2016, artists and music aficionados all over the world have celebrated World Piano Day on the 88th day of the year, an homage to the piano's endlessly adaptable 88 keys. To mark the occasion in 2024, we've curated a special medici.tv video compilation for all you piano lovers out there: 88 incredible minutes in the company of history's most celebrated pianists! Revisit timeless works by the likes of Chopin, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Bach, Beethoven, performed by legendary names: Vladimir Horowitz, Martha Argerich, Glenn Gould, Yefim Bronfman, Yuja Wang, Igor Levit, Maria João Pires, Yunchan Lim, and dozens more…
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00:00 Yuja Wang
01:02 Alexandre Malofeev
03:09 Khatia Buniatishvili
06:03 Mao Fujita
08:44 Lise de la Salle
10:48 Daniel Barenboim
13:38 Maria Joao Pires
15:17 Alexandre Kantorow
18:07 Elisabeth Leonskaja
21:06 Evgeny Kissin
23:05 Beatrice Rana
25:57 Van Cliburn
28:52 Alexandra Dovgan
31:40 Lucas Debargue
34:34 Mitsuko Uchida
37:27 Juan Pérez Floristán
40:06 Arielle Beck
42:39 Daniil Trifonov
44:21 Martha Argerich
46:56 Yunchan Lim
49:47 Hélène Grimaud
51:17 Grigory Sokolov
53:17 Lahav Shani & Martha Argerich
55:24 Tsotne Zedginidze
58:02 Nobuyuki Tsujii
1:00:57 Fazil Say
1:03:13 Yoav Levanon
1:05:50 Kevin Chen
1:08:27 Yefim Bronfman
1:11:24 Vladimir Horowitz
1:13:31 Igor Levit
1:16:11 Arthur Rubinstein
1:18:37 Lang Lang
1:20:35 Nicolas Namoradze
1:23:12 Glenn Gould
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[@medicitv]

Happy World Piano Day 🎹🥳

[@LaurentPingaultLyon]

Thank you Medici Please add the pieces' names

[@sweetcherry8594]

❤

[@everyhee]

yunchan lim❤❤❤

[@vespertine27]

it would have been appropriate to pay homage to the memory of maestro Pollini

[@viola8012]

Agree.

[@republiccooper]

Agreed. What a faux pas!

[@Pablo-gl9dj]

Perhaps, but this is not about him

[@stravinskyfan]

​@@Pablo-gl9dj bitter much

[@boaz1353]

indeed madame, how very unseemly

[@user-dq3te4mq1c]

Lach p3 of my heart, Pianist of my heart, YCL🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@haroldlabrique608]

So happy to see that Alexandra Dovgan, one of the greatest pianist of all times, appears in this selection !

[@natashadimitrovagyaurova4855]

Yunchan Lim🥰🥰Sokolov💜, Katia Buniatishvili, Yuja!! ❤️

[@heathermelodia]

Yunchan Lim!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Draw_the_music]

Yunchan Lim 46:56🩷😍😍 Congratulations World Piano Day!!👏👏👏👏

[@user-hj6bf7jd4b]

YunchanLim Bravo🎉❤😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@quiri574]

Happy piano day! You are all Great!! Love YunChan ❤❤

[@mitchelllazore8433]

Pollini and pogoeelich deserve recognition

[@graceped1]

Magnificent Rach 3 indeed! Bravo, Yunchan Lim!

[@ricaflorsalonga566]

A day of piano excellence! What joy to listen and to watch the best piano artists.Thank you World Piano Day 2024!

[@judyhopkin5106]

The sublime Alexander Malofeev…..🎶💕

[@gn2864]

Yunchan Lim❤🩷💛

[@smile-lz4mj]

Congratulations!! World piano day~🥳 Be happy~ Yunchan Lim!! ❤🍀👍🎹

[@ishrust1]

Thank you Medici for the wonderful piano greeting!

[@CHK1924]

Yunchan Lim❤

[@duartevader2709]

Just makes me sad that Pollini was not included, would be a nice tribute to the deceased genius

[@republiccooper]

Agreed.

[@Pablo-gl9dj]

Maybe next year when you get to make the list. Or make your own list today.

[@duartevader2709]

@@Pablo-gl9dj its not asking much to include a recently deceased pianist who was one of the greatest alive, im not asking them to include someone like Sofronitsky

[@lenoblechantal326]

Che sbaglio....Pollini !

[@238assante]

bah, the whole thing is just a mumble jumble of random pianists . They probably drew them out of a hat, lucky we didnt get a rabbit. It's almost click bait.

[@tpqls6575]

Yunchan Lim❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-gi6gy6cw9y]

super star ~~~Yunchan Lim !!!

[@semrabahcivan8627]

Happy World Piano day, thanks to Medici TV❤️

[@user-fu6tt8qq4v]

아름다운 피아노 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎹🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤수고 많으셨습니다~☕

[@adriandegraaf2444]

Congratulations Alexander Malofeev❤.

[@user-hc9oc6ub8h]

thank for that variety of beauty and emotions. cream de la cream

[@user-wg7pi5es4w]

역쉬. 윤찬님 짱

[@koseogluem]

Its not understandable not including Zimerman and Lugansky...

[@lkmeo3756]

if I'm not mistaken, Zimerman is very strict about being recorded when he is on the stage. Maybe that's why there is few movies of his on the internet

[@semrabahcivan8627]

True❤️

[@heipark6622]

Where is Zimerman? Agree.

[@nikb6176]

It's all about contracts and agreements with the individual pianists. You need permission from them to include them... Sokolov, Zimerman and Schiff for example are all very reserved with the use of their recordings.

[@davidmalloch]

Many fantastic performances.

[@laurafriday4834]

Beautiful. Also needed Arrau and de LaRocha

[@julianwu4061]

Nobuyuki 😳 So incredible

[@user-yw6ry5yj2b]

Фейерверк позитива! С П А С И Б О ! ! !

[@slavamosm5477]

What about Sviatoslav Richter and Mikhail Pletnev?

[@monicabrondo4149]

Muy Feliz Día del Piano!!!!...❤

[@user-nj1wx6dv2j]

내가 애정하는 조성진이 있을줄 알고 들어왔는데...너무 슬프네요 내년에는 꼭 함께 하길 기대합니다~❤ ❤❤ 많은 연주자 분들 음악도 잘 들었습니다 감사합니다

[@MiScusi69]

Yunchann Lim's is the best Rach 3 ever!!!

[@sideki]

😅

[@GTXTi-db5xu]

no it isnt

[@MiScusi69]

@@GTXTi-db5xu What's your favourite interpretation?

[@aznliquid]

@@MiScusi69 Has to be Lugansky.

[@bluepaledot2047]

Yunchan Lim ❤

[@BlackHermit]

This is the world of piano.

[@Yi-jn1oh]

피아노의 날을 축하합니다🌹🌹🌹멋진 연주와 아름다운 피아니스트들❤❤❤

[@soozb15]

I know there isn't room for everyone, but I can't help feeling a little sad when these 'greatness' lists miss out very exciting, great performers. Kocsis? Cziffra? Michelangeli?

[@duartevader2709]

Im really surprised that they didnt include Cziffra, he was truly one of a kind, i think if they took even like 2 seconds from everyone they would have space for at least one of the greats, could also include Hoffman or Richter

[@koseogluem]

Totally agree. I was expecting Zimerman and Lugansky as well as Kocsis...

[@virtuosiproducoes2591]

It's because those people are already dead and can't be exploited anymore...

[@duartevader2709]

@@virtuosiproducoes2591 what the hell no, there is people here that died some time ago already, rubinstein, horowitz, gould, etc Cziffra actually died after these 3 aswell, your argument makes no sens

[@matildebufano729]

Yunchan Lim ❤❤

[@marciahill4591]

Thank you, Medici! 💕

[@golfprochen]

What a party!

[@Paganini-Liszt]

Happy Piano Day guys

[@LoveSong_Hanriver]

18:07 듣다보니 나도 모르게 숨참고 있엇음.. 너무 아름답네요

[@ukdavepianoman]

Many great pianists. I suppose no list can be complete but must include Lugansky, Schiff, Pollini (RIP), Aschkenazy...

[@Pablo-gl9dj]

No list has to include your favorites except your list

[@espressonoob]

@@Pablo-gl9djno schiff is a shame though, he's contributed so much.

[@ukdavepianoman]

@@Pablo-gl9dj They're not my favourites - but they are great pianists

[@infinitewisdom9619]

Denis Matsuev is incredible, too.

[@katalinszentmiklossy8312]

Köszönöm ezt a csodálatos felvételt a kiváló müvészek tolmácsolásában

[@tamjg]

Thank you! Wish Babayan had been included!

[@ddestiny44]

This is like a buffet~~ ❤

[@Soloist-be5wx]

Was Yunchan assigned to the 20th position because it was his 20th birthday? 🥰

[@PolajLive]

Team Glenn!

[@user-choosa2022]

Merci ! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@AyseSogutlugil-tf7ez]

Van Cliburn🌟

[@momoryu4130]

Nobuyuki Tsujii is a wonderful pianist！♥ There is no piece he cannot play

[@msparkucla]

Happy Birthday YoonChan, 순서 20th 번째 @46:56 에 넣은것 보니 무척 깊은 생각을.... B46 Allele in the 6th chromosome 은 오직 Asian ....hahaha

[@marclopezgisbert6787]

the fact that pollini is not included and other pianists i've never heard of are is just criminal

[@marclopezgisbert6787]

nor did you include zimmermann, Michelangeli, Richter, Cortot,...

[@Sahasrarasmi-Sancodite]

N​@@marclopezgisbert6787 they are all either dead or too old to want to travel far from their beds.

[@marclopezgisbert6787]

@@Sahasrarasmi-Sancodite theyre still some of the most iconic pianists

[@brent3522]

Didn't know that had to consult you on which pianists you know about for this video

[@marclopezgisbert6787]

just an opinion, they're choices are also really good but I wanted to point that out just because they're pianist that seem better and that'd been really influencial in the 20th century, my statement's never been superior to no one elses so you don't have to consult just understand Pollini was one of the most important pianists of 20th and just passed away few days before this video was published, I would never say such a thing as this video is wrong or that I am the one that knows good pianists but just commenting a thing as if what I said was something bad (which was to talk about the importance of Pollini in this moment) was probably unnecessary@@brent3522

[@pierre4386]

LUCAS DEBARGUE 😻😻😻😻😻

[@wailam503]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood

[@exceptionalideas2947]

Yoav Levanon even has the Liszt Hairtcut going😂

[@Timytc1]

You missed an opportunity to pay homage to Maurizio Pollini who just left our world …. RIP one of the most respected pianists of our time.

[@aderbalsoares1988]

How come I was not included? I can play Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

[@phpn99]

Discovered Arielle Beck and grateful. She's destined for greatness

[@andream.464]

Piano day 2024 compilation without Pollini (RIP)…

[@Fryderyk522]

Without Rubinstein 😢

[@Souls_p_]

@@Fryderyk522he is in there

[@kaniakowalski6605]

KB plays like a lumberjack without any changes after many😮

[@worldcitizen9202]

there is something about Martha Argerich that stands out for me ....

[@werneraumann894]

Смотря на Фазила можно испугаться на всю оставшуюся жизнь.

[@carlosjavierguzman1509]

Hermosa esa musica para piano de Sibelius, no la conocía.

[@InSurrealDesign]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Yunchan Lim ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@janny23]

❤❤❤

[@lisatutunjian3555]

Next year you must have 88 pianists…..every year new ones!! Even unknowns…..🎉🎉

[@taeseongkim6000]

OMG❤

[@JLoable95]

Ending on Gould's Goldberg is just... *chef's kiss*

[@AnaAna-so1zt]

Felicidades a todo el mundo del piano: Grandes y pequeños intérpretes y compositores, ingenieros de sonido, afiadores, técnicos, alumnado y profesorado, público, personas que cuidan de todos ellos, feliz día. ❤🎹

[@user-ck6io2xb9x]

Khatia just paints the keys, so delicate and absolutely beautiful

[@surkova_a]

💐👏👏👏

[@ludmilamelzer5312]

волшебно!!!! A почему бы не упомянуть при исполнении с оркестром и легендарные имена Дирижеров вкупе конечно и с оркестром...!!!!

[@t_mm_r]

Where is Schiff and Pollini?

[@user-fb4cp8on2z]

Where is Richter?????

[@katieparker9811]

How come there is no Seong-Jin Cho???

[@le_ch4t_N0ir]

Ms Beck, Mr Trifonov! ❤

[@werneraumann894]

Забыли ещё,что есть великий пианист монах Авель,у него поклонников больше ,чем у всех вместе взятых.

[@DactylicHexameter]

Thank you for the wonderful video, but is it possible to get a list of what piece each pianist is playing? Thanks again.

[@ArgoBeats]

Che dù pallette l’excellence…

[@Kat-zj5kd]

alexandre kantorow - poetry 15:45

[@horiaganescu3948]

03:09 Khatia Buniatishvili (not Buniastishvili)... 53:17 Lahav Shani & Martha (?!)...

[@Pablo-gl9dj]

Oh horrors. Kathia, the breast pianist in da world.

[@horiaganescu3948]

@@Pablo-gl9dj Definitely! Khatia is the "breast" lady pianist in the world...

[@richardkastlemusic]

I saw Pollini play Beethoven's Appasionata at Carnegie Hall. He was great! I posted a video on my KZbin channel that explains Beethoven's massive increase his capacity to process variables between his Symphony #2 and #3. This is why the Waldstein Sonata and the Appasionata Sonata are such brilliant works. I'm working on a new video about what virtuoso development is necessary for a pianist to be able to "hammer" the descending octaves as Liszt directed at the end of his famous Hungarian Rhapsody #2. This is important information for any virtuoso piano student.

[@finistere87]

Don't you thing someone is missing? Like an italian pianist who dies a couple of days ago?

[@rotsteineva]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@yosserc]

No Benjamin Grosvenor? Why on earth not?

[@hiddenrivals]

Are we all aware of the fact that Alexandra Dovgan is a true prodigy, such as one that is born only once in a few decades? I'm not talking about highly talented children who have reached the top, but about a pure prodigy like Evgeny Kissin was. Alexandra is exceptionally musically gifted!

[@tetsukoba8412]

ラストがグールド！！よかです。

[@blscksholz]

🎉

[@eliott5121]

It was an irreparable mistake that they did not provide a place for Polini.

[@furughkarimi1438]

🌷🙏🙏🌹❤❤❤❤

[@myless789]

Andre Watts is the greatest black classical pianist to date who died just last year. I’m sad he didn’t make the list:(

[@Blair262]

Where is Seong-Jin Cho?

[@renataj8305]

🙃👏👏👏👏

[@LaurenceMcCue-mu8hs]

Andre Watts?

[@bilrobilbo]

How about Sviatoslav Richter?

[@kimsahl8555]

Also Arrau + Ashkenazy ....

[@pelarros]

Faltan tantos... Benedetti Michelangeli, Larrocha, Lupu, Achúcarro, Perianes, Chamayou, Anderszewski... Afortunadamente ha habido y hay grandes pianistas

[@mikesierra8156]

Why not Valentina Lisitsa?