Evgeny Kissin plays Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 11 - video 1985

The full video of 13 year old Evgeny Kissin playing Chopin's Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 11, with the Moscow PO under Andrei Chistyakov, live on 23 May 1985 (probably.....there is some confusion over the date because of how young he looks. However the conductor is not Kitayenko). Kissin enters at 04:40. Even as a boy he knew how to charm with flowers.
Евгений Кисин - Шопен - Андрей Чистяков

[@hacohenitay]

Unbelivable that a 13 years old child can play like that. This is a gift from God.

[@ninadasilva1867]

Baby Kissin with his beautiful child's face, soft wavy hair and limpid eyes with which he occasionally glances at the conductor, looks and sounds like an angel.

[@叫爸爸-u6x]

Baby kissing indeed looked like an angel and his fine touch and music making make this combo even more amazing

[@fazergazer]

Unlike many child prodigies, Kissin has continued to mature and expand with each passing year. Now a staggering force in the world of music.

[@punkpoetry]

Nah sadly he got boring

[@叫爸爸-u6x]

@@punkpoetry unfortunately not ever person has the taste good enough to appreciate his growth and more matured interpretation. Clearly you don’t have

[@infinitekeys1603]

Agreed. His Chopin has only gotten better and better. His technique is out of this world good too.

[@raymondgood6555]

@@punkpoetryyou are not musical

[@mariarosapellegrino7829]

Por favor... Kissin se ha convertido en un exquisito intérprete o en todo lo caso siempre lo fue.

[@hanseongyapdr609]

His prodigious technique and interpretation of the music is clearly seen. It's amazing to see and hear him carry the melodic line in such a mature way. But the most precious element in his performance (to me at least) is his "child-like simplicity", sincere and transparent in his approach. After all, he was only 13. Way to go, Kissin. God bless :)))

[@miltonmoore8369]

Can you name a pianist whom you have ever heard give an insincere and non-transparent performance?🤔😬😳🥺😫😟

[@woyeshinibaba]

i've watched this video a few times. these days during the 18th Chopin Competition the final stage, after watching a lot of the new blood performing this work, i decided to watch 13 years old Kissin again. Every century or so, we might see two or three pianists like him if we are lucky. That's how I feel about Kissin. He's more than a genius.

[@raymondgood6555]

Yes, I classify him as a super genius. He is a finished pianist at age 13, as was Clara Schumann. By that I mean there was little if anything left to teach them. They were ready at 13 to amaze the world.

[@Moscu177]

Incredible ! 12 years old and to play Chopin like that ????prodigy indeed ,genius..

[@themsous]

Anca Balian With not even looking at the keys...

[@lucymascarenhasbotto9030]

Oi Nelsonl

[@user-md1od2vf1n]

please try to find dimitris sgouros

[@graciatames6369]

Simplemente un Niño prodigioso y maravilloso, me a. Emocionado al máximo

[@annikan.351]

He is 13 here. But still you are right.

[@nanii9139]

천사가 내려와서 피아노를 연주하는것 같아요! 12살의 어린나이에 이토록 성숙하고 완벽하게 연주한다는것이 놀랍고 어린 키신의 우아한 몸짓과 그윽한 표정이 너무나도 사랑스럽습니다. 더욱 음악의 깊이가 더해져 원숙해진 현재 키신의 공연도 정말 가고싶습니다😊

[@GabrielGarcia-ip2hs]

yes, that manner of expression and execution says it all, an Angel among us. ✨🍀

[@liliaaliciaduhaldebruz6712]

❤

[@quaver1239]

Am so happy to have found this after 35 years! Had no idea a video still existed. Can scarcely believe the child’s genius and musicianship, and solemnity! After these 35 years I still feel the same about him. His innocence and honesty remain even in the face of all the fame.

[@aristotle736]

Its cool enough to read that he started playing on a professional level at age 7 or so, but to actually see it is absolutely captivating. He'll be 50 this year and the passion is still burning as intense as ever .

[@eternalfearless4532]

I too like his solemnity, purity of character and distinct lack of showiness or the overly dramatic facial expressions one sometimes sees in soloists.

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes indeed🎶👏 He is miracle and great 👍😀and very cute now😊

[@HumanGoodOne]

В последние годы Кисин заявил о себе и как композитор. Его сочинения публикует мюнхенское издательство G. Henle, к настоящему моменту выпустившее четыре наименования. Кисин работает в жанрах фортепианной и камерной музыки. Его перу принадлежат фортепианные пьесы, струнный квартет, виолончельная соната, вокальные миниатюры. Творческая натура музыканта нашла проявление также в сфере словесности. Кисин выступает как автор стихов и прозаических сочинений, которые пишет на русском языке и на идише. Фонды Российского национального музея музыки хранят материалы, запечатлевшие, главным образом, начальный этап блестящей международной карьеры пианиста, когда для всех он был ещё Женей Кисиным.

[@hophmi]

Playing like this would establish anyone as a first-rate Chopin player. It's almost impossible to believe that a 12-year-old could play with this kind of soul.

[@bogotana1990]

Kissin is a miracle................................a gift of Lord

[@Kougeru]

Not impossible at all. Happens every day somewhere in the world. There is no God

[@flouz2]

start believing .........his name is KISSIN

[@joshz6236]

@@Kougeru lmao you think someone like Kissin happens everywhere in the world? you're dreaming

[@Whiteowl116]

@@joshz6236 imagine how many kissins born in less fortunate lands, where they never live to the age of 12, never lay their eyes on a piano.

[@PeliculaGal]

I was browsing at a record store back in the 90s and came upon a cassette album of him playing this piece at age 13. I decided to buy it and I'm glad I did. Very gifted child

[@baruchhoffman7186]

He must be an incarnation of Chopin. How else can you explain his mastery both on a technical and spiritual level. Bless him!

[@WCtrainer1]

Exactly, there is something in his playing that's beyond just running his fingers on the keys playing a song, he's actually telling a story and taking you back to the 1800s. I honestly feel it every time I listen to his playing it's like meditation. It's just unexplainable how his delivery touches your most inner senses and takes you on the journey.

[@francoisetardy952]

The best interpret of chopin !

[@ltbrooklynny]

I'm speechless! This is pure beauty and goes beyond music...

[@georg2740]

5:17 begins the most beautiful part of any classical masterpiece I have heard!

[@TheMerryPup]

What's even _more_ amazing is that Chopin wrote this piece at nineteen!

[@mikekevitt1322]

Chopin had to hurry up. He only lived 37 years.

[@4ever_mo956]

@@mikekevitt1322 cause He knew that at the age of 19 😂🤦‍♂️

[@user-ls4zy5zg1g]

Mike Kevitt 39 years..

[@mariusfelixlange6709]

Thank you for this comment.

[@darkhafgor]

@@4ever_mo956 Well he was sick his entire life, so its not a stretch to think that he thought about this kind of things from time to time

[@elly9022]

His music, especially this piece, saved my difficult life times 10 years ago. Since then, I've been listening to his music till now. His young and clear minded music cured me. I'll never forget it.

[@sneakertoes1]

All the practice in the world cannot produce the love and feeling he did and does manifest.

[@raquelholt1009]

Of such innocent face and quiet demeanor come out mature musicality and expressiveness! What a blessed gift. Now that Mr. Kissin is close to being 50 years old, he continues to enthrall and thrill his audiences with his gift and integrity. Thank you for this video.

[@jueho47]

Still unbelievable. How can such a young boy "understand" that music. And he really does.

[@pianodude5426]

if you've been playing since age of 2 like he has and play over 6 hours every day since age 10, it's really not that hard anymore. same goes for every other child "prodigies" who only adhere to what's already written. The true child prodigies were Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven and Mendelssohn (and every other composer) who were so monumentally gifted that they were already composing incredible masterworks as children and teens. Today millions of Chinese children play as well as Kissin, not because of talent, but because of similar rigorous working methods as him since the earliest of ages. (Often their parents force them)

[@kreatorkrazy2423]

@@pianodude5426 It should be noted that most of the composers you named did not compose 'masterpieces' until early adulthood, but I think that title is a bit preposterous in this case as they were composing amazing music as teens anyways (e.g. Mozart wrote the Cum sancto spiritu fugue in KV 66 at age 13). It should also be noted that Kissin has composed music at age 12. e.g. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnqTqJSGqciVrpI

[@romakii7601]

@@pianodude5426 that's true however!!! he has a really mature tone for his age.

[@misschocoholic82]

@@pianodude5426 you forgot Chopin as well he was a child prodigy as well.

[@afriendlymusician3829]

@@pianodude5426 While I do think that a lot of young pianists are quite talented today, playing virtuoisic material at a young age, I find that most of them are not prodigies. A prodigy is a musician that is young, but inteprets as though they have been living for a long time.

[@ninil47]

He is wonderful. At that time he was 12 years old. Incredible.

[@natalievandenblink7802]

He is just fabulous, wonderful, prodigious. What a talent !!

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍He was miracle angel😇and so cute😍❤

[@stephenestall9044]

Phenomenal playing from such a young musician. The intensity of feeling in the close-up shots beginning at 7.20 gets me tearful every time I play this

[@petersnell3128]

A genius who was to play to an audience of over 6,000 in London's Royal Albert Hall some 11 years later. Kissin - his playing only tackles the ivories in an impeccable fashion.

[@user-yq8dn4lv4l]

Happy Birthday Jenechka Kissin- we all remember your concerts in Moscow Chopin Concertos!

[@김아름-b4m6o]

so beautiful. so is young Kissin.

[@kanekokazuko7034]

He is miracle and angel‼️

[@user-pb1oy8ck5t]

@@kanekokazuko7034 공감100% !! 그냥, 에인절!!

[@norahdealmeida5847]

He is so touched by the music! How not to be moved too, looking at his eyes! Great, great emotion!

[@consueloperez7578]

Angelic !

[@kanekokazuko7034]

H is miracle🎉🎉🎶❤️

[@코난장인]

Been enjoying this legendary performance only by CD so far 😥 Didn't know the actual video clip existed. It is even more thrilling!

[@scottadelman5907]

A most amazing and humble young man at this early stage in his career. Bravo

[@kanekokazuko7034]

He was miracle angel😇Now he is great pianist🎶💐🙆

[@789armstrong]

This incredible child is heaven sent. Priceless video, thank you for posting.

[@gardenerkatecarter5911]

It isn’t just about listening to beautiful music it’s also watching a beautiful soul evolve...... xoxoxo

[@kanekokazuko7034]

He is miracle angel😇💖

[@quaver1239]

Gardener Kate Carter : It’s true that he is a beautiful soul. I recently read his memoir: He has a deep love for his family, his lifetime teacher, and not one single negative word about any of the many people he knows. Most unusual in the ultra-competitive world of classical music. A deeply good person.

[@timotot123]

The first time i heard this performance was 20 + years ago as an audio recording only and that was a miraculous musical moment for me. I don't think even Evgeny Kissin himself could imagine his technical capacity on the piano at such an age looking back

[@norahdealmeida5847]

Happy Birthday , my dear Evgeny!! You look much younger!

[@kanekokazuko7034]

He was miracle angel😇❤️

[@alexgomez2]

It’s so fascinating to watch this video when he must have been 11 years old or something like that and then watch him playing the same piece in Israel under the baton of Zubin Mehta several decades later and see the growth and maturity acquired over the years.

[@angelob.1089]

My idol. Always was and always will be. I will never love another pianist more than Kissin. Watched his concert in Tokyo last November and will never forget it. Take some time off and watch him! You won't regret it!

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍He is miracle and great👍My favorite pianist🎶🎶💓💓

[@yanaabramova6234]

Me too!!! I Love Kissin above everyone else!!!!

[@叫爸爸-u6x]

Same here. Went to his concert earlier this year. He will always be my favorite pianist

[@raymondgood6555]

Kissin is the greatest living pianist

[@reubenlahav6327]

Fantastic ,I think that Evgeny Kissin is one of best pianist in the world .

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes indeed ‼️🎵 He is miracle and great👍👏😀🎶💐💐🎉

[@reubenlahav6327]

@@kanekokazuko7034 Dear Kaneko thank you very much for your response 😀.

[@DavidSmith-ki2we]

He definitely is. Love his dedication and style. Cho Sung Jin is younger, fabulous, genius pianist

[@norahdealmeida5847]

Rien ne me touche plus au monde, visuellement, que l'introspection et la sensibilité de ce jeune garçon, qui réfléchissent tellement bien dans son visage.

[@bogotana1990]

Je pense el crois la meme chose.................bien Norah de almeida

[@SuperMegguy]

Je suis également émerveillée

[@victoriadobrova7315]

Tout à fait d'accord avec vous !

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes indeed 🎵He miracle❤❤🎉🎉and too cute🎉❤❤❤

[@sharonesway]

Oh gosh. That innocence. That light and simple truth that shines through those fingers. Of course there are sections that speak of depths only an adult can comprehend. Nonetheless, to hear it through a child's ears and fingers is utterly refreshing. And freeing. Bravo.

[@TheAG59]

Unbelievably such a special talent, 12/13 years old to be able to play in this way.

[@bb8319]

Beautiful, masterful work - this is no "child"...

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍He is miracle and too cute😍

[@assafazaria]

This is so amaziing, litteraly takes my breath away. A concrete evidence of the magic spread across this planet, and gracefully touches some of us

[@АрияРубина]

The great perfomance of this concert!

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes indeed 🎵👏He is miracle🎵🎶❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AVIDEOGAL]

HE'S NOT EVEN LOOKING AT THE DANG KEYS............DAMN IT !!! I HAVE ALL HIS CD's SINCE THE 80's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@matthewthomasjames]

AVIDEOGAL looking at the keys for any advanced pianist is totally optional. Most could play blind. They know where everything is and looking is sometimes a distraction.

[@youtubeaccount1718]

@@matthewthomasjames for advanced only? I (like most) learn pieces by looking at the sheet music not my hands so you end up learned to paly them by not looking at keys

[@user-yenmingchu]

What a genius's performance, Chpon's no.1 Piano Concerto like especially for Evgeny Kissin composed.

[@IKIRU2]

It's a treasure to have this. Thanks! It's good to see him play it at this age as well as hear him in the famous first concert recording of - a year? - before. An astonishment, even after seeing the Yokohama concert video. If there was any doubt that he was one of the great piano prodigies of the century, this is the answer.

[@АрияРубина]

absolutely marvelous

[@EstherGP100]

¡Maravilloso!

[@vivvcat]

5:20 So cute and talented!

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍❤️❤️

[@garudagal23]

Sooo amazing--Kissin is beyond belief. thank you for sharing this glorious music ADGO

[@airXJAPAN]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@jeanniecampbell1374]

I will never forget the day he popped up on the screen .....love love the talent and than then Man and whoever posted it ...sublime

[@kanekokazuko7034]

He is miracle and too cute😍💖💕

[@ericmoore5679]

How are you doing today my name is Eric

[@berlinzerberus4279]

Absolutely marvellous! Thank you very much for posting this wonderful document!

[@isabellllee]

A lot of pianists start the piece with forte, but I love how Kissin started with soft sounds. It was not to show off but to show the true music!

[@elmiramuradova561]

Это невероятное исполнение,насыщенное такими чувствами. Гениальный ребенок!!!!!!

[@user-lt9jy7xr2k]

Женя Кисин- лучший!!!!!! Необыкновенно чисая душа и такое же исполнение! Гениально!!!!!!

[@christophetessier704]

Je comprends que vous n'avez jamais entendu jouer ce jeune homme ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnS6Z5audtWCeMk

[@henryzorrilla5711]

Let's assume he took a year to learn this. He plays piano concerto number 2 right after this (I have a recording of this entire concert) which means that by the time he had been invited to play this concert he could play AT LEAST 2 full Chopin piano concertos (or they probably wouldn't have invited him). That means he started learning this at most 9 years after he was born. My mind hurts.

[@majaparoski]

This is impossible. What a feeling of music. He is only 12-year-old !

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes He is miracle angel😇💖

[@bryancooker175]

How are you doing today my name is Bryan

[@kanekokazuko7034]

@@bryancooker175 大好きな、Kissinのpianoをきいています🎵🎵🙆🙆

[@SuniG-me7xo]

A young genius on his way to a brilliant career. God bless him.

[@PhilipChristian]

I have been waiting for this upload for ages!! GEM

[@AVIDEOGAL]

IVE BEEN WAITING SINCE THE 80's TO SEE A DECENT COPY OF THIS, THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD, AND THANKS TO THE POWERS THAT BE FOR NOT BLOCKING IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hannastaszak1684]

CUDOWNA MUZYKA GENIALNEGO CHOPINA, BOSKIE WYKONANIE. DZIĘKUJĘ.

[@culturehorse]

Extraordinary -thank you A!

[@filalileila]

Thank you , ET. You are so brilliant.

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes He is miracle🎶and so cute😍💕

[@consueloperez7578]

Good Heavens !! this is someone send by God with a mission. Stunning ! thank you for sharing it ...absolutely magical !

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes indeed 🎵👏He is miracle‼️🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️🙆

[@gazdamitkeii432]

Thanks, Dear Antonio ..What a Jewel ..

[@КонстантинПопов-ю2п]

в этом зале было счастье!

[@SuniG-me7xo]

What heavenly talent! I was so lucky to witness this performance-played by an angel of 12.

[@zinniamilburn2980]

He is awesome a prodigy, a genius to be playing such at an early age just a child not even a teenager for such capacity. Thank you for this video just incredible to watch Kissin play. As he states he thrown to the musical word at this age so he does not have any experience to compete in the international music competition according to him in one of his interviews.

[@isola5738]

Kissin never needed to compete. :)

[@yuripo78]

Браво! Видел его на нескольких концертах в разных странах и каждый раз в восторге! Вершина пианизма.

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes indeed🎵He is miracle and great 🎉🎉and so cute😍❤❤❤❤

[@RP-kn3rw]

It's incredible to watch this video and then his performance in 2011. Talk about refinement, and not saying this performance is bad by any standards.

[@tatjanasiljeg2429]

13 year old?! 😮 And so profound interpretation and brilliant technique?! WHAT?!

[@sergepaloyan]

Un ange 👼 tomber dans le piano 🎹de Chopin , quelle merveille ! Aujourd'hui quelle prodigieuse carrière !

[@kanekokazuko7034]

He is miracle 🎉and too cute😍❤❤❤❤

[@gloriabowen8419]

Simply wonderful and amazing to have such soulful maturity and talent at such a young age.I am spellbound,❤

[@marinakvaskov4674]

genius!It is impossible to break away from this concert.Hes face is music

[@huberandre8996]

je n'ai jamais vu d’enfant aussi doué pour le piano de ma vie! C'est tellement beau, que c'est à en pleurer.

[@SuperMegguy]

Je suis également émerveillée !

[@user-rl2xr6pw7g]

❤

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Me too ❤❤❤😢😢😢❤

[@jing036]

Wonderful! Thanks for the uploading!

[@luzlu1199]

Kissin, te queremos mucho. ¡Gracias por tanto! Un lujo

[@zhaozhenify]

this is so precious!

[@robertflynn6686]

Besides being one of chopins most eloquent pieces for orchestra, all together with conductor and Kissin, it was 'mesmerizing' to me.

[@aznivmovsesyan2338]

Kissin was born to play Chopin

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍He is miracle🎶

[@ericmoore5679]

How are you doing today my name is Eric

[@789armstrong]

A child sent by the Gods to this Earth to let us know how Chopin's music should be played.

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍💝🙆

[@franzliszt1221]

He is genius...

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍so cute😍

[@SergeyYaklichkin]

wow, brilliant

[@tilmanseide4673]

Genius, so good.

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍and so cute😍

[@oliviaedralin1436]

This is amazing mastery of art at an early age with such maturity and dynamic excellence! What a rare find ! Just compellingly beautiful

[@mamifuke7715]

He is born to play the piano. What a genius !

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍He is miracle‼️

[@alevalenzuela2756]

Absolutamente maravilloso!!! Un prodigio. Es el mejor pianista del mundo y hasta la fecha (con sus 46 años de edad), sigue siendo el mejor.

[@bryancooker175]

How are you doing today my name is Bryan

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes indeed 🎵He is miracle🎉❤😮and too cute❤❤❤❤

[@alevalenzuela2756]

Yo soy Alejandra Valenzuela. Soy de la Ciudad de México. Y tú? De dónde eres?​@@bryancooker175

[@user-mb1hq2vz7s]

Ангел, талантище, дар от Бога всему человечеству!

[@ОльгаАбросимова-з3у]

Гениальный ангельски прекрасный мальчик, такие добрые глаза. Уже тогда он понимал музыку всей душой, чудесные звуки льются из под пальцев, настоящее волшебство.

[@nairamuradyan3087]

This is so Devine and out of this world ! What a gift to humanity!! I’m really speechless ❤❤

[@cstoreyqc]

What is quite wonderful about this is that he does not hurry . It takes real bottle in this era to regard musicality as more important than technique, though of course he has that in spades

[@AnGeLodF58]

MARAVILHOSO!!! OBRIGADO

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes indeed 🎵👏He is miracle and great👍‼️

[@dankg55]

Genius

[@ГалинаМатюшина-ц3с]

Какие трогательные отзывы и единодушное признание таланта !

[@andygato2452]

The perfect pormance when you are a genious!♡

[@kanekokazuko7034]

He is miracle🎶and too cute😍💖

[@danielp822]

Allegro maestoso (0:35) Romance. Larghetto (20:15) Rondo. Vivace (28:40)

[@vitiachao9765]

Thank you. 🌹

[@aarnaudova]

Yes, he has always got it.

[@kanekokazuko7034]

I agree👍‼️ He is miracle man‼️💐💐💐❤️

[@kanekokazuko7034]

可愛過ぎます。演奏は素晴らしすぎます。こんな孫がいたら、目の中にいれちゃいそう。

[@berthadeffenbaugh4668]

I am in love with Eugeny Kissin. Much more than a virtuoso, he is an angel playing the piano like no one else.

[@mariocerioli6893]

Suonava già tanto bene come ora: una emozione vera ascoltarlo.

[@danschmeidler9795]

I love the whole flower exchange in the end

[@magusl9628]

He was so fiery when he was young and his Chopin was refreshing. Not the usual melancholic Chopin and probably not the best, but it was refreshing!

[@alainnicolas9869]

Ce jeune prodige était déjà habité par une passion qui n’a jamais cessé de l’animer pour notre plus grand bonheur !

[@landos6901]

C'est beau, si beau, pur et tellement humain pour un petit garçon ... Chopin dans sa dimension la plus mystique, la plus douloureuse, la plus tendre, "Quand tu joues Evgeny je pense que tu as du génie" comme dirait Michel Legrand. Juste merci !

[@esteliatru7489]

I adore

[@rodrigoalvarenga1358]

GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Yes He is miracle angel😇❤