Classical Pianist reacts to Piano in ANIME (Day 1 as an Anime Noob)

[@xujumica87]

The way she plays in nodame cantabile has a context. You need to watch previous episodes so you can understand why she played it that way and why he says what he says. But I haven’t watched most of these! So now I have new ones to watch! Thank you!

[@davidkadouchpianist]

Did not know that! Will watch the rest!

[@greenrosebluebird]

Please try not to criticize any scenes of anime without knowing the story!

[@lila44411]

@@greenrosebluebird Going to respectfully disagree, mate. Blind anime reactions are becoming more common, especially as fans of channels request raw reactions to anime related to their channel. I don't know whether your warning is for anime videos in the future, but I think his criticisms were very honest and polite in this video.

[@NdxtremePro]

@@davidkadouchpianist Yep, basically the whole story revolves around her play style being so unrestrained that no one can keep pace with her, she is all over the place, changing tempo mid piece, changing to a different note if she forgets because she can't read from the start, etc.

[@naomioba]

Can never listen to Chopin Ballade No 1 again the same way since Your Lie In April. Also Liebesleid by Kreisler. I think both were done really well.

[@jorgesinmas2265]

SAMEEEEEEEE

[@sleepy4205]

I love ballade no 1 a lot, after your lie in april I love it MORE

[@kaicu1]

real

[@glad57]

I decided to finally start learning the piece after hearing it in YLIA. About half way done learning it, it's very difficult.

[@chemislife]

@7:35 funny you say that😂 The guy playing piano in that clip of "kids on a slope" (the English title for it) is also a classically trained pianist. Throughout the show it shows him learning jazz to get close to a girl lol

[@mayarimarjorie5624]

La Corda D' Oro is one of the anime that got me interested in listening to classical music. I love the music choices. I also ended up learning how to play the clarinet and one of the characters do play clarinet.

[@liuzh1han]

sakamichi no apollon's medley is probably my favorite jazz piece in all of anime

[@LieshaCichol]

Just to add context to everyone raving about Nodame. Do note that Jp VC for Nodame, Ayako Kawasumi has been playing piano since age of 3, and some of the tracks in Nodame OST is played by herself and she played some on live concert too. 2002 rom com(?) "PIANO" is pretty much built around the fact that Kawasumi-san is a piano player (she composed couple of pieces for OST too)

[@captainannie322]

Nodame cantabile is an older anime so it could be that the animation couldn't keep up yet with the playing, but the story is so good. I've watched all of the anime you shown and i would recommend them all.

[@TomSir79]

I also recommend giving Nodame Cantabile a *real* Chance. 😉 It's honestly worth it. I watched, some many Years ago, the very first Season of it and was immediately hooked and right-away bingewatched all three Seasons (+ Extra Content ) of it! Basically it's a Love-Story between Chiaki, who's a great Pianist, but wants to become an Conductor, who can't leave Japan because of his Fear for Planes and Megumi Noda (aka NoDame) who is also a great Pianist, but hides her Fear of becoming a Professional, because of an Incident in the Past. They both slowly slowly melt their Fears and overcome their Struggles, get together as an odd Couple and the Viewers get presented with a funny, heartwarming, musical and dramatical Story from Beginning to the End. It's seriously worth it. In Terms of Music-Genre in Anime, it's a *Must-Watch* 😉 PS: Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto nr.02 op18 is nowadays my most liked Classical-Piece because of that Anime. Chiaki plays it and it sounds frikkin awesome! Unfortunately, i couldn't find any Anime-Content on KZbin to show you. Bummer....😞

[@lila44411]

Completely agree. Nodame Cantabile is one of my all-time favourite anime, it is so,SO well done. Both for it's musical accuracy as well as it's actual story, it's unmissable.

[@andreap2320]

For who's interested: Story wise, "Nodame Cantabile" is a very good anime and manga, it has been among the most sold manga and anime in Japan for several years and for a reason. It's light but it's very entertaining, a plethora of funny charactes and deep perspectives, it's also probably the first classical music themed manga and anime around. "Sakamichi no Apollon" is a very good anime, more stylish and elegant also animation-wise, more of a aesthetic coming-of-age-story. I've always found "Carole and Tuesday" a bit canned and forced, despite the good animation. "You lie in April" falls a tad too much in the category of young sentimental kind of story, so I'm probably not the right audience for it.

[@Shinjan007]

u missed one of the gems "the forest of piano"

[@mossie18]

​@@Shinjan007a real gem

[@tanakaasuka]

I don’t typically cry in concert, but last time I heard the most beautiful trumpet sound in a concert and tears were just rolling down my face

[@blackcyril]

Nodame cantabile is an anime to watch absolutly (the others as well) And the way they play Rachmaninov so fast there is a reason 😊

[@holdeenyo8914]

I love your commentary! you had me laughing quite a few times, you called out so many things that I was thinking that it just made me laugh

[@Lawlekzi]

classical music or instruments always makes me cry when its sooooooo beautiful like it jst touch my heart and soul.

[@mossie18]

Same!!!

[@oscarrivasflies9680]

nodame cantabile is the best music anime i've seen ever, it's awesome

[@FlyMeUpSoHigh]

Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope) will always make me cry.

[@susieplog4434]

I cry in concerts but for a different reason. My daughter sang with Gwinnett Young Singers, who sang with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as their Children's choir, from time to time. They did a few concerts with them a year with them. Anyways, she passed away during appendicitis surgery when she was visiting in Hong Kong when she was 16. So, I love going to concerts, it is just a memory for me, though. I am usually the one who falls asleep in concerts, so I sit back around row MM, so I don't disturb anyone. Classical musical is so relaxing.

[@Fishweed]

If David watch "You lie in april" there will be a flood of tears ^_^

[@mossie18]

I cried for days after that anime😥

[@iashakezula]

Sakamichi no Apollon made my hair stands up . Is my all time favorite.Because of its very High quality animation, work overall I agree with his rating on this . It’s inspired me since Jazz is totally different genre and very difficult. You have to have the piano skill and the improvisation skills.

[@nightmare-cp8th]

A BIG YES

[@mossie18]

Listening to piano music at home makes me cry and watching performances in animes like this so I think I would be in complete pools of tears at a real life concert. I'm happy the first two got a 10/10

[@greenxiale]

I hope you guve Nodame a chance. There's a reason why she's playing it like that. But if you watch the Rach 2 while the guy (Chiaki) is playing piano with orchestra. Ive been rewatching all Nodame Cantabile animes and live actions since 2008. I keep one repeating watching every year.

[@isaacgonzalez9354]

Amazing video. The first two animes you fell in love and cry like a baby not only by the music the background story touch you harder. Piano no mori (the forest of piano) makes me enjoy at higher level Chopin's pieces because the intro of that Anime is waterfall. Give a chance to those animes you'll really enjoy them.

[@RudiTheMan]

I'd recommend Carole and Tuesday just because it's for newbies and music lovers in general,

[@mossie18]

Is that Shinji as your profile pic?

[@pug987]

If I remember this right in the anime Nodame is very talented but very undisciplined. The protagonist is a very good pianist and a skillful violinist but he wants to be a conductor. He finds that it is far harder than he anticipated. I think the comment about him thinking only of himself is spot on for why it is so difficult for him to transition to conductor.

[@gentlewhalepiano]

No way! it's you from that famous Barenboim masterclass! Where you say you play it loud because you like it I am surprised I haven't stumbled upon your channel earlier :D

[@calebkinman5302]

I went to a concert featuring the composer Eric Whitacre’s piece The Sacred Veil. It’s a piece for choir and orchestra based on the composer’s friends wife who died from cancer. In one movement the text is taken from the dying women’s last email. At the end of the piece, the whole audience was balling. I do. It know if there was one person left without a tear in their eye. It was beautiful! Yes, let’s normalize this!

[@renefrijhoff2484]

Your lie in april (original Japanese title 四月は君の嘘 : Shigatsu wa kimi no uso) was also highly praised by TwoSetViolin for the animated violin play.

[@mossie18]

When you put your face over the girls I just burst out laughing, I'm never going to be able to unsee that now🤣

[@Imevul]

Only been to one concert ever, but watching some online, I can definitely get teary eyed sometimes. Music can be extremely beautiful, and some performances just contain so much feeling that it resonates with you. I would love to hear Gheorghe Zamfir play in person for example. There are several songs from anime that also produce the same effect, mostly because of how they were depicted in the anime. The Greensleves cover in the anime "The Anthem of the Heart" is a perfect example of this. Same for the music during the one of the final scenes of Chrno Crusade (though I don't know the name of it.). It's like how when you smell a familiar scent, and it brings up old memories that you didn't even know you had. The same is true for music to some extent.

[@applegreen1277]

I wonder how accurate the Chopin competition is to the real life in the second season of Piano no Mori. I feel like a real pianist will appreciate that season more because the author gain inspiration to create this series after watching the real Chopin competition.

[@_shimaari]

It would be so cool if you reacted to Animenz Piano Sheets, he does covers of anime ost's ^ ^

[@Jpifr]

Not giving Nodame Cantabile a 100 out of 10 is crazy it's the best anime ever and the animation is most often better than any other music related anime 😳

[@Torby4096]

Have you watched "Forest of Piano?" Particularly the second season Chopan festival. First season ends tragically. Second season, heroically.

[@cloudclown3134]

I lovee your commentary so muchh!!!!! pls do this kind of vid more often youre so funny!!

[@Kishuy]

In concerts yes, in anime concerts no, but yes in anime scenes that arent particularly animes about classic music itself but just scenes that use music. There is a very old anime called corda d'oro which anime is bad but I love the performances. Another, which is jazz, is Kids on the slope. Also amazing piano, a classic pianist learning jazz

[@Zephyr314]

If you are going to do another episode, I would recommend looking at blue giant, another jazz one but some amazing piano solos

[@jerrodschumacher9844]

Just signed up to Tonic for a beginner electric guitarist gonna be fun. At least I know 2 Aeolian scales and some other things.

[@PSXDarquewynter]

I never watched "Piano no Mori" or "Sakamichi no Apollon" but the other anime I seen and loved the music, and yes, I know the animation is off at times. My fav. songs from anime is "God Knows..." by Haruhi Suzumiya/Aya Hirano and "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" by Yoko Takahashi. I like OxT, Myth and Roid, and Ho-kago Tea Time for bands who perform for anime opening and ending credits.

[@Charlesguqin]

FYI, strings breaking on a stringed instrument is a classical East Asian trope/plot device in novels and literature referring to a disruption of concentration in the mind of the player, via external distraction or being mentally disturbed by something.

[@kazuhikoaichan6826]

Subscribed Sir! Great start up content!

[@mndlessdrwer]

If the violinist doesn't want the pianist to steal their thunder then they have to try even harder to make their own performance outstanding so it can stand up to the piano. Because the piano has the inherent advantage of being able to pull off more complicated chords and it projects better due to the sheer size of the instrument.

[@yvespaulmontero2163]

Ray's video brought me here and became your subscriber!

[@IKronosI]

Your lie in April is for sure one of the best animes ever made and without a doubt the best music themed one. So, I would recommend to give it more light next time. It went through it so fast.

[@Summer_and_Rain]

It is not a piano anime, but it is an amazing music anime: "Kono oto Tomare!" It is about teenager learning to play Koto, to try to keep the school team alive. They want to compete in the nationals and show what they can do, even though most of them have never played a koto before. It is a great anime that just makes you passionate about music and friendship

[@lila44411]

I agree, I think he'd like that too

[@stuurlintje3393]

I remember I cried when my piano teacher played for me after a piano lesson Nunn komm der Heiden Heiland (arr. Busoni). I love this video

[@kinslayerauthor4051]

Kids on the slope! Hellz yeah. Same director as Carole and Tuesday. And... Cowboy Bebop. Sure, they didn't play any music on screen, except during Jupiter Jazz, but music is such a huge part of the show that it's integral. It's Bebop, baby.

[@simontide6780]

Nodame Cantabile is a classic anime for anyone who like piano music.

[@vedransohinger6541]

Fantastic video! Really eye-opening! Fellow (occasional) concert crier here.

[@t.e.j8480]

I just saw you in Ray's video, like your collaboration👍

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

The ad break on your lie in April is smart xD

[@RodrigoFierroHernandez]

I loved watching this! ❤

[@sontungle9058]

Now, it’s time for you to react to Animenz 😊

[@Sobbleboy27]

The anime music pianists out there are amazing. I love Fonzi M, he did the entire Your Lie In April Soundtrack.

[@rashido]

This is great! Would absolutely love for your videos to dive down the rabbit hole of anime piano compositions. I’m sure you’ve heard of animenz :D

[@kiselevsergey6327]

In the anime Blue Giant there is also a piano, but there it is classical, and there jazz or blues is played.

[@franciscociruela8177]

Music intros from Tokyo Ghoul , "Tank" cowboy bebop, all intros from Jojo´s Bizarre Adventure and Haikyuu just a good volleyball anime 10 / 10 always recommend

[@telanos2492]

"They're not lonely, they're together..."🤣

[@jorgesinmas2265]

Your lie in april is the best anime of classic music

[@sabrinai]

Oh YES! Thank you for watching more anime and react to it!!!!

[@peterkim359]

Second movement from the moonlight sonata is my favorite among the three

[@amadartificer2743]

Its ironic how he says "as a classic pianist I'm not trained to jazz", thats the premise of episode 1 of that anime

[@kame_xeneize]

Funny thing that Sakamichi no Apollon is about a classic piano player discovering jazz piano

[@brendancobb9414]

The rach 2 sounds a lot like Stephen Houghs recording. He takes it insanely fast but honestly it's one of my favorite recordings of all time.

[@emcg4131]

You like crying? Watch all of Your Lie in April.

[@diazvanmoerzeke8536]

React to more Your Lie in April please! 🙏🏻

[@Shaharalyn1977]

Well not sure if you take requests but there is a solo piano piece from Gundam Seed called Theme of Tears or Namida no Theme. It's a classic in the Anime world .

[@ytaiku]

i've been listening to classical music playlist like "classical for gentlemen", "classic if you are villain" 🤣 etc

[@ardidsonriente2223]

I cry listening music in youtube. Concerts with noisy people don't affect me too much. Concerts with quiet, respectful audiences yes, often make me cry.

[@brozy.9609]

continue les vidéos comme ça il en faut plus !! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@hashrivers9773]

Loved this 🎉

[@kyrshanborlang998]

You should watch 'your lie in April ' . Highly recommend.

[@yanoHull]

You may want to do KZbin collaboration with another pianist creator called Charles Cornell. He's a jazz pianist - usually brakes up harmonies of piecies that he investigates

[@ReiAyasuka]

I may be crying during concerts when I don’t feel observed

[@Rhiogh8462]

2:44 my boi going full Glenn Gould here :P

[@mossie18]

Yeah that posture😬

[@nurfathiahadnan]

Anime La Corda D'oro please!!!

[@8MINNE]

I love 'Kids on the Slope". Some other anime about music you might like: 'Kono Oto Tomare!', 'Blue Giant', and 'Given'.

[@Hareemakun]

Nodame cantabile is quite good .

[@oxoelfoxo]

only ever cried during tragic operas, not instrumental music but i guess there's always a first time!

[@weldernick3750]

I believe there is an amazing jazz session is gundam thunderbolt!

[@ជួងសុវណ្ណគីរីរាជ្យ]

Why I have never seen this video I love it’s

[@somatempest927]

Ouaaaiss plus de vidéo svp🎉

[@maximegiwerc6407]

Vous devriez vraiment regarder Your Lie in April, par contre préparez le stock de mouchoirs. 😅 Super video :)

[@CoolCalmCoop]

Very cool

[@ガスナー栄郎]

evangelion Q has good piano scene too

[@mossie18]

I was about to say that!!!

[@fluff3425]

Im telling you man give Your Lie in Apirl a watch and also react to its other performances its life changing trust me

[@fairyxia1123]

Check the piano play on game Love and Deepspace. Recently it's on the new card (memories) Silvery Polyphony.

[@illyasvielgoddenflash2340]

FYI , Nodame cantabile and Your lie in April have Live Action Movie, i mean real life real person acting.

[@datoland]

Don't forget to check out video game music to. Final Fantasy 14 is a favorite of mine to listen to.

[@brikix-f4m]

『坂道のアポロン　KIDS ON THE SLOPE』の文化祭は、私の観た日本の商業アニメーション作品のなかでも、もっとも印象的な演奏シーンのひとつです。

[@koz6seth997]

I ve cried a lot even not in the concert tho just a good record is enough!

[@Coconut2-d]

PIANO NO MORI NATION RISE

[@mossie18]

Hey, do you like the manga too?

[@Coconut2-d]

@mossie18 Yes!! I very much do!

[@NgocAnhNguyen-1501]

Very nice ❤️❤️❤️

[@ondol22]

I like this ❤, from indonesia🇮🇩

[@seiran158]

のだめカンタービレ大好き😘

[@SOS_Photography]

Cool 🌺

[@louhawk7361]

Great video!!! Now that you are slowly getting pulled to anime piano, i think it would be a great idea for you to react to imo the best anime composer/pianist Animenz. He self-composes songs from many anime and you can really tell he came from a classical background. This one is the one that had impressed me the most kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqrNmHqJiaZjh7Msi=bWZilbUE7ALiLFXp And this is i think his most famous one kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXa0l2iimNOdldEsi=8Z7GFK4i_lSq70Uh Enjoy!!!

[@SlimeThe1st]

React to Blue Giant

[@ashleepe_]

La Corda D’Oro please, it’s old but good

[@matsiee]

more please

[@コアまあこ]

日本には第二次世界大戦直後（1945年）から米兵が多く駐留していた為に米国のジャズ文化が広まりました。 だから日本人はジャズを聴きなれた音楽として好ましく思っています。

[@miqdadalfatah7266]

Try unravel piano

[@Edenxx1]

great video XD please react to more your lie in april episodes