a UNIQUE Paganini's Caprice No.24 in A minor

Chinese Violinst Li Chuanyun plays Paganini's Caprice No.24 in A minor

[@PierreAlexandrePheulpin]

The best talent now days... His imagination goes straight to realisation, no technical barrier... I played with him in Beijing, Ravel Tzigane, it was fantastic full of colors and emotions yet perfectly in style... Just open your ears and don't judge what you see.

[@hoolala35]

Yes totally totally agreed...i attended his concerts before and even witnessed his practice in Hong Kong Academic of Performing arts when i studied music. His talent is way too good to be appreciated...people just mocked him back then. Now we can only be rewinding all his performance available online sadly....since he’s facing mental breakdown these years and not much of his appearance can be seen. we can’t afford to lose talent like this. I hope he would reach out and find someone to help him out and be back soon

[@MisterSurr]

What I love about this guys is he look at all the rules and formalities of the violins, and say, "fuck you".

[@Simo-hc6fi]

He invented a new SUPER CAPRICE!

[@dsherm91]

He really can play the original version. Just look at any of the other videos of him. He's one of the most talented violinists alive. Moreover, the way he plays here is much harder than the original. It's not "awful" but outstanding.

[@yangyang5773]

It seems he could play the original version when he was 11. Now he just add a lot of spices in it.

[@lakatos1683]

This is what people mean when they say the violin is just an extension of his body. Everything is so natural and flexible. Always great to watch him play.

[@tipinwings]

I burst out laughing so hard at the Jazz flavor part. That was just great!

[@petyang3327]

Paganini: this is the true notes I want to write in the caprices

[@edwinhuifai]

I want to see him playing a normal paganini Yet, he's no longer Li Chuanyun if he plays normally....

[@maxwellkarmazyn]

Paganini's 24th Caprice in the style Ysaye

[@jwesterlund]

huh

[@songsabai3794]

Like Miles said; "don't play whats there,play what's not there" - Bravo!

[@milstein91]

I love this,i love his playing,everything he does!People are tired of listening the same 24 caprice 500 times,finally somebody does something new! And what he does is extremely difficult, first you have to have the finest ear and then you must have perfect technique,imagination and talent!He is a rare talent you should now to recognize it and not criticize.

[@lastday8046]

One of the greatest if not the greatest violinist of all time.

[@joseperz2384]

last day paganini is the greatest

[@carloslaran]

this guy should be out there playing concerto with the berlin philharmonic etc. hes phenomenal

[@Josefowiczfan]

I just love it !!! He's total free with his violin :)

[@ianloco100000]

Yooo this guy is like a real live virtuoso...he isnot only playing at a ridiculous speed but also creating his own harmonies etc etc u kno...like this is what paganini was doing..sarsate...like he is killing shiiiiit daaaammmnnn

[@frost333444]

I LOVE THIS GUY - AMAZING

[@萨爾格]

Absolutely amazing !

[@BenChanViolin]

Some of the best technique I've seen/heard.

[@empoleon9999]

He looks like he doesn't like his improvisation by the way he shakes his head at the end but the crowd loved it. And I loved it too.

[@templeH81]

i totally agree with you! i'm a purist in music i guess, when i hear people frig with 'artistic interpretation' it bothers me. it would be one thing for him to play the original and juxtapose it with a 'variation' of his own. oww.. my ears hurt..

[@celloguy]

Is there sheet music for this version? Thse last two variations are just extraordinary. Great stuff!

[@KevosMagic]

Truly unique

[@BFGUITAR]

Haha nice. He really put his own touch into things.

[@kosaikab6447]

Let him play jazz, he like it jazzyy!!

[@BABAORILEY282]

Wonderful...

[@chinggggggggg]

good job

[@jhftang]

DAMN HE IS GOOD

[@marcelonepomuceno5785]

Wow!

[@michelecherchi154]

A genius!

[@mrviolinman]

wow

[@WorldBestPlayer]

He is a very genius!!!!

[@Scrufftar]

Temple, most of the time I would agree with you, but I think Paganini himself would've had a ball with this. Were this, say, the Glazunov concerto, or Massenet's "Thais" meditation, I'd agree with you, but the original point of this caprice was to show the hell off, and it's obvious that this violinist can play the original backwards and forwards. He just added a few new variations and twists. Plus, he was using the caprice as an encore, so it wasn't like it was part of the program.

[@shadowboxer2024]

ALL JAZZED UP!!! Needed more flatted fiths :)

[@pebbli94]

W.O.W

[@bullymaguire6937]

Twoset?

[@juliusdeme9543]

Interesant :-)

[@mdeethegreat]

he inserted fun and new things to the song.....but i still loved the song...even though it so far from the original!

[@zqqwqq3056]

1:17likes jazz

[@tamasstrasser2352]

over the top---but this guy can play...explore him...

[@kyrie2121]

no mames como para matarlo violentamente en nombre de paganini.

[@alexanderparfirov2942]

Виртуозное издевательство))

[@templeH81]

now, because i will likely receive criticism for my comments, allow me to clarify - i an not saying that i don't think this guy has talent - he clearly does. I am just saying that i prefer my classical music to be played as it was originally written. There's nothing wrong with artistic interpretation.. but don't say you're playing paganini's caprice and then play something that you've written. it's a bit of a disgrace and i would think insulting to the composer

[@deanclark9951]

I think he has a screw lose

[@Rinhos]

:D:D wow, what the hell is this? sort of chinese arrangement. however he plays it veeeeeeery good

[@eleninamyers]

btw, if you think he rocks here, check this out: /watch?v=dsKYzBVVn5U He rocks with more intensity than most metal bands I've seen.

[@raoultak]

Paganini difficult? Nooooooooo. let's make it even more difficult :-)

[@ВладимирЧебышев-с7д]

Четкости нет. Хотя старается.

[@celloguy]

lol!

[@Jyhwei0507]

even better yet, call it a Paga-ccag-Li-a...

[@jhftang]

He just O.W.N.E.D the song. If Paganini is alive, he would be crapping his pants.

[@김민수-s7b7n]

0:35 womans face on the right

[@JOSMAKADO]

Original

[@amrosik]

HighSkilled

[@gnatural]

darn that rock music, see what it does to kids lol

[@claus93Sethsen]

@Jyhwei0507 i think they meant he is improvising to the 24th, but what do i know? the chinese to do alot engrish mistakes :P

[@shookie2002]

I think he has great talent. But I don't know if he can play things like Brahms or Beethoven, which require a great deal of maturity..

[@Scrufftar]

If it was part of the program, I would take issue with it not being the original, much like you did, but the purpose of an encore is to wow, amaze, amuse and entertain and NOT to pay tribute to long-dead composer-virtuosi. You may be a purist, but every now and then, you should loosen up and try to have some fun. Paganini caprices aren't the violin Bible: The Bach sonatas and partitas are, and I've even heard the allemande from the 2nd sonata smoothly shift into Irish jig & that was great

[@jakersd]

that was cool but it was not heiftz

[@elfslay]

Congratulations on being an entrepreneur, but I can't help it if I like the original better... Very good job, though.

[@Jyhwei0507]

jazz Paganini? weird...some of the variations are a bit farfetched, but a great violinist nonetheless...he is very much the Chinese version of Apap xD

[@xPatriarch]

wow this is so ridiculous...the way he looks while playing it makes me wonder if he's just improvising on the spot

[@eugenew0521]

@douggta6 He is not playing this for paganini

[@infernus54]

the fuck...

[@Violincrazy]

Should be on crimewatch playing crap like that

[@김민수-s7b7n]

theme 1 is good till there.

[@mdeethegreat]

he looks like he's bored as hell.....maybe that's why he did that VERY unique caprice....

[@annajeehee]

Great technique but I think he needs to stick just performing and not composing - - some chords and notes were just crazy 😜

[@frederikbeelen459]

I know he’s trying to make it harder for himself, but a lot of it isn’t even what Paganini wrote!!!!

[@abelardoavendano2529]

Poor Paganini.

[@Aymeric_Bonhomme]

Abelardo Avendaño poor idiot

[@abelardoavendano8962]

Not the original version.

[@snrntpa]

lol he's playing like a clown xD

[@JEESherazi]

...I don't know for you guys, but I didn't like that.

[@Steven679]

You may not but I do....Yet ANOTHER piece ruined by this so called musical genius...I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'll give respect for being a great player. But I'm not a fan.

[@GLXLR]

I think he butchered it a bit too much...

[@LudwigvanBeethoven2]

Unwanted massacre

[@davinogueiraaraujo3298]

Sacrilegious...

[@artedoviolino]

Horrible!

[@mirbek8818]

Paganini is turning in his grave

[@ステハゲ-o3h]

👎

[@untitledclassical]

this is hilarious! He's got great talent...but somehow his playing doesn't pull the tugs of my heartstrings...

[@shinto1er]

Quelques variations douteuses de sérieuses fausses notes, puis au final quelque chose d'assez horrible, dommage car cet instrumentiste a un certain talent, mais pas de goût ni de mesure !

[@laikwaisan2]

音準都拉不好，少作炫技了

[@FaithEqualsCowardice]

wow.... a massacre of a great song

[@theqquintessential]

*fun fact: He already recorded all 24 Caprices by the age of 14*

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Paganini would have loved this.

[@viniciuspessoa3872]

this guy is a real genius, he does what paganini did in his era: something completely different from the common, he makes the other internation top class violinists look like a bunch of repeated copycats

[@violinfootball]

He didn't mess up! He took a classic caprice, and improvised at the end, making it contemporary. He just has a quirky stage presence. But a lot of artistically gifted people are like that. And he is really gifted! He just sails through very difficult stuff. The people are laughing because he really went outside of the lines in his variations. And then the jazz version was nothing like they'd ever heard.

[@frogling777]

His muыlo looks like an attempt to improvise by painting a copy of "Portrait of Dr. Gachet". [facepalm]

[@metestingdude]

as a classic violinist myself, im sick of all the recordings of the same pieces. 24 has been done by every pro violinist under the sun, and to the average listener they all sound the same. imo, this is way better than any recording of pag 24, sure it strays like crazy from the original, but this to me is 100000000X better

[@teoviolin]

For you yes,but for me he is a sick boy....

[@SimonStreuffViolinEducation]

He is a great artist, I think he suffers quite a lot under the chinese mentality. Most chinese people are so stereotype in their thinking and in society money counts more than creative ideas and artistry. He should go to New York and form a crossover band or just be a Jazz violinist right out. If someone could give gratitude towards Stephane Grapelli, it is this guy. I really hope, that he grabs his violin and emigrates.

[@bohuiliu3053]

Simon Streuff Violin-Education Simon Streuff Violin-Education It’s not just because he’s in China though, I mean, whenever someone tries to reinterpret the best classics of classical music, there’s always a lot of critiques, just because those pieces are classics already, difficult to make them sound even better. Also, I think.. he’s not as great as Grapelli :D but worth the try, perhaps

[@ummbanana]

Simon Streuff Violin-Education I think your views on Chinese is REALLY STEREOTYPE!

[@hoolala35]

@@ummbanana as a Chinese I agree with Simon! We are still very old school....

[@Ryoko1011]

I very much like his rendition..he stays true to himself and to hell with what others think...People like this need our support so that we don't have cookie cutter musicians....

[@bohuiliu3053]

Li seriously should have become a jazz violinist rather than a classical one, much more room for his improvisation and his own interpretations, as that’s what he enjoys the most.

[@pmiahky]

Wow. Sick bow control, chops, and an amazing rendition.

[@semperwifi1]

Inhuman technique, improvisation skills. This guy is the closest thing to a violin rocker: those are some mad riffs. True artist.

[@ryanzarmbinski7446]

I hear a fair bit of jazz violin influence in there. I love everything about this ❤

[@8841572]

I like the fact that he is incorporating some elements of jazz or blues into his version especially at the end. It shows us that musical styles do not necessarily have to be rigidly if they are seamlessly matched and done in a tasteful manner.

[@robinmiric2027]

I don’t think so!

[@SLWing]

this is rock n' roll

[@andrewyu9731]

Twoset should react to this

[@monster0129]

Might I also add that those who know Li, know he is incredibly humble and will never own up to being good himself. He always calls himself the bottom of the pile and is constantly working to catch up with the others.

[@fiddleric326]

Try to accomplish that yourself before you criticize, friend.