Chopin Variations Op 2 (2) Valentina Lisitsa

[@carlhopkinson]

What an unbelievable dexterity you have, Valentina!!! Watching this is like seeing an true miracle being performed right before your eyes with no magic trickery.

[@brianbernstein3826]

Chopin is such an insane genius to have written this

[@Scarognato1]

The secret of playing so nice. Simple, she makes the piano singing. Fantastic Valentina!!!

[@ungava100]

Unimaginable ! Valentina is the greatest living pianist today. There ! Somebody had to say it.

[@musicfanBRA]

Valentina, one of the greatest artists of our time.

[@GoldenMusician]

I absolutely love the way chopin wrote his pieces. I also admire the she performs them. Well done.

[@leongatha6]

I just listened to Ashkenazy play this. I've liked his playing since the 60's. With all respect, I think Val makes his playing seem like that of a child. she is so accomplished, so heads and shoulders above other pianists of note. Just incredible playing. Thanks so much for the hundredth time for all the superb videos Val.

[@vanea99]

@ValentinaLisitsa YOU ARE A DELIGHT. Not only a terrifying great piano player, but a very beatiful girl. God Bless you. A writer from Romania

[@treebuck]

30 minutes ago I didn't even know you existed, Valentina. My God, what have I missed. The world just got a little more beautiful.

[@thrippleton]

Beautifully played,accurate crisp and sharp. A very gifted pianist. Bravo!

[@uhartchristian]

this piece is not often performed by pianists as it is not one of Chopins masterpieces. But Mrs Lisitsa does interpretate it so well that it gets an interesting work..... I think soon it will be very difficult to find a ticket for one of her recitals as her name will grow more and more.... lucky those who con hear her life in a concert....

[@Dubickimus]

that finale polacca was so clean.

[@vampierkill]

It is unbelievable. Gentlemen. Hat off......

[@AlexPashkov]

Запредельно!! Спасибо Вам огромное!

[@qivory]

Thank you for posting this! One of my fav Chopin pieces. Quality music, quality playing.

[@Johannesbaerli]

Thank you, Valentina! You are the greatest! We love you!

[@PumpaBeno]

Thank you for posting this :) Some of your performances are really the best I've ever heard!

[@612curtis]

I love when you discover pieces that you have never heard of before and your favourite pianist of all time plays them an makes that piece part of you =D Valentina = Winning!

[@Madflyhalf]

Somewhere... "somewhen"... Chopin is applauding this, with joy...

[@brtsabmetube]

Mi pieza favorita !!!, gracias Valentina !!!, mi admiración hacia ti es total, eres mi pianista suprema favorita. Ojala algún día puedas publicar también el Rondo a la Krakoviak, otra de mis favoritas. Mis saludos desde Caracas, Venezuela. Adolfo Blanco.

[@uhartchristian]

this is a major breathtaking performance. with all chopin etudes as preparation the base is done to play this in this perfection. Well I don t think there is any other pianist out there to give us a better lesson how to ply Chopin.....

[@gsp1810]

It's so beatiful, awesome, I love chopin, always.

[@gianpaga11]

Grandiosa Valentina! Grazie per l'eccellente video!

[@HnodriHudson]

I know that this comment will probably look a bit like all the other comments but anyways this is simply wonderful! I play the oboe myself but watching performances like this one (all most) makes me wish I had chosen the piano to play.

[@pwelchster]

Thank you for this, Mrs. Lisitsa!

[@Asgoodasgod]

Fabuloso. Hermosa ejecución Valentina!

[@cookingprof]

Her hands remind me Rubenstein. There is a genus in her head that drives her fingers. AWESOME !

[@42621946]

Unglaublich .. Wunderbar!!!

[@gameworldimperialentertain4225]

Huh ! I love you :D !! Nice job ! Thank you Valentina Lisitsa !! Hmm, alredy not cry :)

[@JOELPARAIBANO]

Oi Valentina, sou seu fã aqui do Brasil. Você é a nº 1 do piano e, além do mais, linda!

[@jackylen57]

Jolie vidéo, j'aime voir les mains courir sur le clavier. Bravo

[@ReturnOfTheStienway]

Bravo! This is my favorite video out of all which you have uploaded!

[@euterphia]

I really love this piece and your execution Valentina is superb! Certainly one of my favourites! I really admire you and I hope to hear you personally in a recital!

[@Klaposmirmu]

The transcription for piano solo can be found on IMSLP.

[@soranB55]

This is a dream by itself!! Thanks for sharing.

[@danielperkins3905]

How the heck did he compose the HARDEST piece he would ever compose when he was 17? Most composers produce harder and harder music as they get older

[@benz1436]

The technique required for this piece to sound the way it should is probably some of the most Chopin ever used, rivaling his op 46 and op 16 rondo

[@johnsonzelop4259]

I believe his op.52 and op.22 were harder. And his concertos

[@stanelli]

Thanks for introducing me to chopin !

[@pianotuner101]

Schirmers always has the orchestral part, be it a piano concerto or other solo work already transcribed for anyother person to play on the second piano.

[@RolaciusD]

Agree!!

[@vess1028]

It's amazing. I really do admire you. Its really fast. Yesterday i went to watch this concert. & the performer played the same thing. But not as fast. It's perfect :D

[@Liszt31]

Che maestria......Non ho parole. Nel finale avrebbe potuto aumentare un pò tutti i toni accellerando crescendo e così via creando un effetto più scenografico. Però ha preferito mantenersi anche alla fine con toni tutto sommato soft. Questa é l'ennesima dimostrazione della professionalità della Lisitsa.

[@riceboii101]

Amazing!!!Beautifull!!!

[@cleaverchristmas]

Amaaazing. Thank you

[@Gabriel_Hudelson]

Very nice. Never heard this before, but I like these variations.

[@codonauta]

It's good to know that. I thought you could get a little annoying with that. I think is really amazing you have an own channel in you tube, and share with all of us, you tubers, your work. The other good new is that your DVDs can be getting in amazon. Because I live in South of Brazil, and sometimes the international products don't arrive here, simply. Brazil is not the Lost World! :o) , but sometimes that happens, the purchase are denied to here. Amazon delivers here very well, my luck.

[@Anders039]

The ending was cool!

[@garyescobar6831]

emotionless...

[@K43TOC]

Notice how relaxed her hands are. Yet she gets a very strong sound. Relative to the keys, her hands are dense and heavy, that is, the bio electric field emitted from her hands (is denser than the field of the wooden keys). This is the secret of piano technique. The secret is not in the fingers, since the movement of the fingers is the end result of a process that begins deeper inside the body from the organs, bones and blood. When you learn how to improve your body, this will increase the electrical output. If you are trying to play this piece and it seems unattainable, it is because your body does not have enough energy in it.

[@samuelishmedia]

@ValentinaLisitsa Of course Valentina likes praise! Everyone likes praise, and someone as talented as she is deserves it very much! Valentina, have you any intention of making recordings of some of Chopins other works, such as the Ballades, Scherzi, Sonatas and Concerti? :) I think you would be wonderful at playing them and I would look forward to hearing them very much!

[@222mozart]

großartig, edel

[@DEMIAN-NAIMED]

YOU ARE THE BLONDE GODDESS....

[@ultrage4]

that is so impressive, are you a professional already? i have been looking for someone who plays flawlessly like you do for quite sometime, and even many professionals around youtube just don't please my ears as you do, rare found.

[@kyuubinokitsune13]

Pre-liked it because I already know how it'd play out :D

[@mundorganic]

Holy cow!!!!! 3:26 remindes me of another piece and I can't figure out what it is. Maybe it sounds like op 10 no 4 or something else by chopin.

[@MochiNyoki]

I mean, shes -okay- ... brb gonna cry because i can't play piano

[@Greekpeople1]

wow! O.o And I am happy I play Bach .. :P Amazing performances =)

[@natevizzi2901]

having played piano in several competitions when I was a grasshopper it makes me question, and I'm sure she wouldn't want to gloat in it, but it makes me wonder if she ever lost a single piano competition in her entire life, I kind of feel like maybe she was not "in to" competing but if she was I am sure after like age ten she probably never lost a single one like the judges probably didn't even know how to write comments for her pieces because they had never heard such precise performances live with their own ears. I would really love to hear a comment from her about this just for curiosities sake.

[@pianoprodigy987]

I tried looking for a solo piano transcription, but couldn't :P I think she took the original orchestral version, and transcribed the missing pieces herself for a complete solo performance...it is my understanding that this is solely her transcription, and cannot be bought anywhere.

[@kaleidoscopio5]

Try at IMSLP

[@ZbygniewNajmrodzki]

ALE MEGA

[@doogiedog1234]

ur beautiful and so is your playing

[@MrTrueseventh]

Beautiful touch , time , dynamics , tone , chops , deep deep in there. Wow ! Valentina , i'm curious to know if you enjoy any of the great pianists known more for playing jazz , such as Keith Jarrett or Chick Corea ?

[@lovepeace20]

of course it's chopin :) listen to his Polonaise , you'll figure out !

[@GlennMagusHarvey]

...a blonde goddess who pwns you with her musical ability.

[@justlooseit8567]

Are these variations on the appassionata because it sort of hints to it.

[@giogiorn]

dove sei stata durante tutta la mia vita?

[@KancerStick]

i admire you, i wish i could get your autograph :(

[@pianoprodigy987]

True, but it is no different than the original arrangement. It simple doesn't have the orchestra. Lisitsa has transcribed the orchestral parts, and made one complete arrangement.

[@geoaspide]

Are you really Valentina, the pianist? I can't believe I'm talking to a great artist. When seeing your videos I've read some comments where some people want to find mistakes to perfection. I used to play piano myself with some public exhibitions. I know how difficult is to play in a certain way. I can say I like a pianist more than another one, based on personal opinion, not that someone is better than another one. I wish I could have your technique. I wish I could play like this. Thank you.

[@ZacharyNeumann]

Where were you able to find a transcription for piano solo?

[@SELLTECH2008]

VALENTINA estara hoy a las 7:30 p.m dando un recital WESTMINSTER SANTUACRY ESPERO QUE LO DISFRUTEN , yo estoy en el otro extremo del atlantico

[@SamLamingMusic]

I only recently found out that you are Украински (I think...). Do you have any interest in/have you ever played a Бандура? I'm in love with their folk music =)

[@masahirokawasaki8131]

אני, מלחין זה, אני אוהב. העם הזה, בבקשה לנגן את השיר. אנחנו מצפים לזה. אני גם לשחק.

everything is possible with practice. (or to be a bit genious)

[@leongatha6]

I think Robot stand-in for 3:00-4:49, humanly impossible.

[@bernardgoossens]

Strange if I say the sound reminds me of Glenn Gould?

[@andreathompson1376]

+Bernard Goossens ...yes, she, like Gould, is one of my very favorites....an intuitive connection with composer, and a technique able to seemingly-accurately replicate the young composer's uncanny abilities of fluidity and emotional conveyance.

[@FrederikMikkelsen]

Probably very good. many good pianist are good at chess :) I want to play against her someday :p heh..

[@yanivnik]

here is a refreshing remark : you are an amazing pianist, and i know that one day you'll be recognized for it in an appropriate....and here is the refreshing part - your interpretation for beethoven sonatas is not my favourite. i was wondering if you believe that you fully understand those sonatas? (its not that i claim to fully understand it) sincerely, yaniv

[@K43TOC]

@geoaspide study/practice chi kung, tai chi and meditation (internal energy cultivation). Transform your body and you will discover a whole new realm of potential for your piano playing and your life.

[@cacasi222]

I wonder how strong she was at chess

[@piano361]

lol wait guys i will post my own interpretations of this piece after 10 or 20 years too haha

[@Asbiss]

It's time! Let's hear it!

[@shevansilva]

@lellovaira There could have been no reason for this unless you are or have been ignorant of the many great female pianists of the 20th (and of course present) century. Let me know if you need some names and evidence or do your own research. You might be astonished.

[@GlobetrottingMusicologist]

Only a prodigy can play like this later in life. Is the March 1 mass e-maiingl to Deutsche Grammophon going ahead? I will certainly participate! As one woman to another, it's tough out there in a man's world, isn't it? How many female vs male pianists have recording contracts? It would be interesting to know...

[@codonauta]

Maybe can be a little boring to the person getting praises,praises and more praises all the time here in the comments, isn't it? A little tiring, I mean.

[@f.p.2010]

I think the first variation in this video was way too fast and sluggish