Maxim Vengerov | 5 Most Difficult Violin Pieces | Classic FM

Virtuoso Maxim Vengerov, Classic FM's Artist in Residence, names the five violin pieces he judges to be the most difficult of all time... 🎻⚡️
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[@jumpeduppantryboy23]

Vengerov: It's almost impossible Also Vengerov: *Plays it perfectly*

[@allsmiles6538]

and I make the possible songs impossibly imperfect 😂

[@Ysmir.]

1.hence "almost" 2. one of the best violinist in the world, who could play it if not him?

[@PulcinellGyE]

@@allsmiles6538 patience and practice will take you there

[@LGTVQHD]

let's be real here, it's almost impossible to reach that level, some people are just born to be there. I am not saying that no one can is better, someone out there, if worked hard and got the opportunity, could possibly be better, but that's rare@@PulcinellGyE

[@magdielburdiles.2000]

Plot twist: this was Vengerov warmup, the editor got confused and they will soon release the hardest pieces for Vengerov.

[@NicoNotPig]

@Alan Deutsch It’s a plot twist lol

[@User0resU-1]

@@NicoNotPig lol. This is KZbin, people are confused by plot twists and other challenges.

[@NicoNotPig]

@Alan Deutsch Yeah, but it was a plot twist and not them not knowing how hard the pieces are

[@foxtrotfelix9086]

This is such a nice break from how the world portrays fast pieces as the hardest in the world. The difficulty comes in making your instrument sing delightfully.

[@violinchick25]

I really appreciate that he chose pieces that are musically difficult, not just technical.

[@a.gabrielarchibald5291]

My shaky bow in the beginning of Schubert's piece would turn the piece into Darude Sandstorm....

[@ElieElKhoury19]

😂😂😂

[@lordvader6615]

You sir are a man of culture

[@robergarcia11]

I know, it looks super nerve-wracking

[@davidlicea9192]

JAJAJAJAJAJJAJ

[@violinlounge]

00:10 Schubert fantasy in C major 03:01 Beethoven concerto 04:37 Brahms concerto 07:10 Rachmaninov Vocalise 12:40 Mendelssohn concerto I think the choices are interesting. He plays all the Paganini and Ernst stuff since a young age, so the musicality is where he still can find challenge. I mean, try to add something special to pieces played so often... he can! To those critiquing him for his choices, I’d say try to play the Vocalise just as beautifully as he does 😉.

[@sospiroso]

You're right and his choices are spot on. People often relate difficulty to loud and fast passages but musicality is something else! All to often you hear mechanical performances without due consideration to the phrasing and the feeling inherent in the piece. We are talking, in the end about music not a circus performance. 😉

[@violinlounge]

@@sospiroso exactly 👍🏻

[@ariella2658]

I enjoy watching your tutorial violin videos!!!! Keep it up!! 🤗😁👍

[@TheYgds]

Personally, as a cellist, I'd love to be able to play all of the Piatti caprices, but I simply don't have the superhuman motor skills required. Practice can't give you everything, even if you have the hundreds of hours necessary to practice. However, I love Vengerov's choices. He has successfully identified that the purpose of being a musician is to convey some unutterable truth, meaning conveyed deeper than language can express. His level of control, understanding and recognition of why notes are placed the way they are is stunning, as even notes on a page can't always completely convey a composers intent. It requires intuition and sensitivity that I know I'll never have, but I can at least try.

[@gabrieldweik6842]

You’re right

[@sharlottafalls]

How my teachers say I rush: you should quit violin you have no sense of rhythm! How Maxim Vengerov says you are rushing: you are a king that is not willing to share space

[@kushgroover54]

I think he meant that he was playing the solo subject too exhibitionally and not properly integrating with the converse flute theme

[@sefaemreilikli]

The hardest thing is creating beauty with what you have.

[@TheMudkipTrainer]

First reply hiiii

[@andstr4150]

some would say that's the easiest (at least most natural part)

[@fdr100100]

Id say expressing love not beauty as one is objective and the other is subjective and expressing the truth is a huge challenge for a conscious being naturally selfish

[@ibealgoody8524]

Its a little harder when you have Bartok violin concerto instead of Meditation from Thais though.

[@henrybilling9174]

Beauty with what you have: a violin worth millions and a finest musician

[@pv3400]

Twoset: these are the most difficult pieces Vengerov: hold my violin

[@San-lh8us]

i see, because he can play it perfectly even without a violin

[@alech9418]

They are using a different standard of measurement. Vocalise is an intermediate level piece for most violinists, but to play it like Vengerov is nearly impossible.

[@reepicheepsfriend]

He has a different standard of difficulty, no doubt. Evidently he thinks mostly about challenges of musical expression. He’s just beyond the level of technical difficulty being a thing 😂

[@ibealgoody8524]

@@reepicheepsfriend He does not. This was meant to make clicks. And clicks it got.

[@daniellongo7873]

This comment made me burst out loud😂😂

[@macleadg]

Hilary Hahn and Maxim Vengerov: two amazing musicians who are also gracious, humble, and kind.

[@ibealgoody8524]

Lying about which pieces are difficult is not particularly gracious or humble

[@macleadg]

@@ibealgoody8524 There’s always a petty, childish hater who cannot give credit where it’s due. That person is you.

[@ibealgoody8524]

@@macleadg I give credit when its due. I complement Vengerov on his playing. But on this particular video, credit is not due. Not because of his playing - but because of the click-baiting title and disingenuous approach. You can believe, if you ask Vengerov privately what the hardest pieces are, he will not mention any of these. No professional violinist would.

[@fabriceclement6587]

@@ibealgoody8524 yeah flight of the bumblebee and other really fast pieces should be first right? What a lack of integrity from Vangerov to just naming random pieces for clicks.

[@DanaKot336]

@@ibealgoody8524 hmm.. I'll ask him this Sunday just to be sure, but it'll stay in the family sry 😜 also, I bet I already know the answer to it, due to our ethnicity, so yeah , you'll have to wonder untill forever 😄

[@TheYgds]

I find it so interesting how Vengerov's maturity about this subject didn't have him automatically going for the same selection of Paganini, Ysaye and Kodaly pieces. It is evident, that Vengerov values control, musicality, phrasing and yearning beauty over strings of complicated double stops, harmonics and left-hand pizzicatos. When I was a teenage cellist that was the mark of difficulty (and for an amateur like myself still is), but as I've grown older I've learned to appreciate the depth and complexity of well woven legatos, bow control and tempered subtle vibrato. While I could play the Vocalise with nary an error when I was 15, it takes a lifetime to master all of the subtle nuances of such a piece and truly deliver on what the music is trying to invoke. Bravo Vengerov, I've truly learned something today.

[@quaver1239]

Nice. Beautifully written. Thank you.

[@henrybilling9174]

"Hello, my name is Maxim Vengerov"... Maxim, do you really have to introduce yourself?

[@henrybilling9174]

I suggest a beginning, video game style: "Hey! It s a meeee, Maxim"

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

A man who "needs no introduction", I agree, but he has to remain humble in the public eye :)

[@mq9demo]

Does Coca Cola have to run ads? There is never enough promotion.

[@User0resU-1]

Don't be so insular. This is KZbin not the concert hall.

[@SG-2999G]

Shows how humble he is

[@juliafreitas8362]

I really appreciate how he says the pieces are difficult but then he plays it like it was nothing

[@TheAsianTree]

That first note in Schubert right there is shaky bow real estate.

[@celineangelalin5239]

Violinists: get shaky bow Me, a pianist and violinist: I can and can’t relate at the same time 😜

[@heifetzcollection]

right hand vibrato !

[@sailormoonfan5705]

@@heifetzcollection Hahaha, thanks for this hilarious comment and a great laugh before bed 😄

[@rraftapapirpp]

the 4th note is actually way more difficult cause downbow

[@fevre_dream8542]

@@celineangelalin5239 As a vocalist, I both can/can't identify with shaky bow. Something similar happens when singers are super nervous, just with vocal cords.

[@portraitbyelise2309]

"Then enters the flute : the Queen of another kinkdom." Why do I love that so much ?

[@thearem4035]

Wherever I go, other Twoset Fans are already there....

[@a-troubleshooting4761]

Ling Ling wannabe >:D !

[@madilynntoomey3959]

I'm just glad this ain't one of those 'Flight of the Bumblebees' guys! But I'm suprised there's no Paginini on here! Ling Ling 40 hrs! No Sacreligious things happening here!

[@olgatortillaaa]

@Shostacovid-19 LING LING 50 HOURS A DAUYYYYYY

[@NightLunaLia]

Hiiiii

[@hauthot287]

WE T EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME

[@edith6993]

This man has been my musical crush for over 20 years❤ I've been to so many concerts of his, yet he still amazes me.❤

[@damshek]

Sustaining a very long quiet note is to a violinist what making an omelet is to a chef- supposedly basic and not very flashy, yet requires a surprising amount of skill to really get right.

[@Asmr_kungfu]

I’m a beginner and I can’t play quite.

[@PulcinellGyE]

Absolutley right👌🏻👏🏻

[@violaisreallycool]

Extremely difficult to do it as perfectly sustained and convincing at the right speed alongside crescendo in the vibrato intensity and sound. It would take hours for me to be convinced I could repeat that small line exactly how I’d want it!

[@mmn958]

It's always a great privilege to listen to these conversations. Thank you, classicfm, and everyone involved in the making of these videos!

[@jacisantos1849]

It feels like a privilege indeed...

[@fgorlando]

What a gorgeous violin! Obviously maestro Vengerov gives it life through sound with his incredible talent. Just so visually stunning, too. 😌 I love the close-ups during Vocalise 😍

[@paularnold9009]

The Kreutzer Stradivarius.

[@fgorlando]

@@paularnold9009 no wonder it is so beautiful

[@Lulu-jl5zd]

I think the Strad maybe in love with him... just sayin'

[@fgorlando]

@@Lulu-jl5zd hehe very possible!

[@mcig98]

This goes to show that technicality is not the real challenge for Vengerov

[@labota249]

I've only played the Vocalise and can only dream of playing any of the other pieces. The musicality is definitely one of the most difficult parts of playing. Beautiful playing as always from Maxim!

[@momcilomatic3991]

Thank you Mr Vengerov to share with us! It's honor listening and watching you!

[@argeev2013]

As a non-musician fan of classical music, I really appreciate this. I t really adds to the understanding and enjoyment of the music. Thank you.

[@PaperGrape]

I just love Maxim. What a master. I first saw him on my Dad's video of the Israeli Phil's 60th Anniversary Gala. Fell in love with his playing immediately.

[@ArtificialPerson]

Vengerov playing Schubert: * Shaky bow has left the chat *

[@benjaminerringtonviolist]

:D

[@andremonteiro1867]

Impressive the sound he takes from the impeccable tuning, without a doubt the best violinist of today. I am very fa .... thanks Maxim Vengerov.

[@bachopinbee5991]

Mrs Hillary Hahn a.k.a "violin case" says hold my beer

[@IsterixKkK]

@@bachopinbee5991 technically speaking hahn is awesome but musically vengerov is probably better- more interesting, at least. Anyways, it's always a matter of opinions and we're indeed talking about gods here but it's legitimate to think that vengerov is the best today as well as it is to think the same about hilary hahn (or jansen, and many others)

[@helmiviolin5674]

"5 most difficult violin pieces" But . . It looks easy when he plays :')

[@JustFiddler]

yes... it is 😄

[@L3ster_]

You have to be in an other lvl to understand why he says that (not my case hahahaah)

[@ninnusridhar]

Lol! That's probably coz these are more "difficult piece to play perfectly" than "difficult to play"(I'm looking at you pag)

[@geraltofrivia7823]

I think Vengerov is saying that mixing the solo with everyone else (musicality) is very difficult. Especially for certain movements. The woman made a mistake and Vengerov noted that, then the latter performed a difficult movement in sync with the rest. Noticed the difficulty with the piano as well.

[@JustFiddler]

@@geraltofrivia7823 i think so

[@locngo]

Wow.....just wow.....Maxim Vengerov is my hero. His performance is always genious

[@ludwigamadeusbach8363]

You know its an accurate list when it doesn't sound all that difficult.

[@davidekdal7190]

And this comes from a man who has played "The last rose of summer", really proves a point doesn't it? This list shows what is the most difficult in the long run and not the apparently most mechanically showoffy pieces.

[@violinlounge]

Exactly 👍🏻

[@mozemonster]

When I lived in Vancouver and Toronto, I went to see you. I live in a small town now, and really miss hearing amazing musicians' performances... You're truly an amazing violinist and musician. Thank you for your amazing works... I used to be an oboe player (which you had mentioned to me at a master class that your dad was an oboist... ) You lifted me up when I was at the lowest. Be safe and looking forward to see your show again someday.

[@federicovitale3451]

Truly one of the most professional violinists nowadays, truly awesome

[@Jinxsuxyo]

I played viola for 10 years starting in high-school and I just remember how freaking DIFFIULT it was for me to sustain a long, quiet note with an up-string. Like I could not do it. It took SO much skill lol. This man is so masterful and makes me miss playing.

[@alisalegato]

Здоровья вам , дорогой и Прекрасный Венгеров.......Вы - Достояние МИРА ...

[@seanhallahan14]

Such a blessing to be afforded access to your generous sharings. Thank you so very much. Love 'n Light best & cheers, Sean

[@skhcara]

I thought he couldn't make a full eye contact with the camera because he was shy but then i realized he is reading the lines next to the camera. Nice.

[@christost.4457]

11:13 That bow change...

[@y.u.r.i7452]

Yeah wait what the heck. He’s so smooth

[@y.u.r.i7452]

Or is it....

[@sheetmusicsadra5887]

IKR

[@yamiashigaru]

Yeah feels like some sort of dark magic...

[@jenniferannewerezak6897]

I know nothing about music, but even I know what you mean!! WOWZA!

[@182mdavi]

I have NEVER heard violin played so sweet but also melancholy with a touch of darkness. He is both the yin and yang. Wow, just wow, my speakers could only hope to recreate what this must truly sound like with how I saw that bow touch those strings

[@sirkkakyromies-anttila3273]

Dear Maxim Vengerov, thank You for this. I don’t play any instrument but I sing. Still I think that the most beautiful, heartbreaking works are written for violin And cello (Dvorak cello concerto). How can You play Beethoven’s, Sibelius’s, Tsaikovsky’s, Mendelssohn’s , Brahm’s violin concertos without Your heartbreaking? Soshtakovitsy’s Romance/ Gadfly also is so beautiful that my heart breaks And sometimes I can’t bear to listen. Thank You for bringing such lovely moments when I am able to receive celestial virtuoso and composure.

[@lu-cipher]

I absolutely LOVE the emphasis on playing with an orchestra, not just on top of one

[@kevin136100]

What a nice day to pay attention to Mr. Vengerov

[@scuunjieng]

many thanks my favorite active violinist and my all time favorite together with David Oistrakh and Perlman.

[@Cristian_Conducts]

These videos are such high quality thank you so much!!!

[@josephsantos1576]

Better title for this video: “5 Most Difficult Violin Pieces for you, not me”

[@jessicael.t]

That bow change at 11:14 ... Simply amazing and gracious.

[@iliagueorguieviliev5047]

PARABÉNS MESTRE!!!VIVA MÚSICA CLÁSSICA!!!GRANDE ABRAÇO!!!

[@yeeserntan4764]

The most violin-dense work selections I've heard in quite a ... long while. Salute to this Russian master.

[@olivetree1836]

Excellent, and so willing to help.

[@izharfatima5295]

It's amazing I never thought that violin could be that wonderful. Because the change of string was always making it hard to like as other instruments which have smooth transition.

[@sospiroso]

People often relate difficulty to loud and fast passages but musicality is something else! All to often you hear mechanical performances without due consideration to the phrasing and the feeling inherent in the piece. We are talking, in the end about music not a circus performance. Rare is the musician who can combine both technical skill and genuine musicality (not learned ) in their playing.

[@ВикторМальков-е8н]

I love how all af the list is pieces which are technically not so hard to play if you are not thinkinng too much about phrasing and expression yet for a more experienced musician they become harder and harder due to the need of expressing, vibrating etc. them properly

[@AnishNair09]

Always very grateful for all the videos featuring sir vengerov 🙏

[@mari_records]

He aways got me in tears, I love u, Maxim

[@leventimbenlast4971]

Thank you, Maxim and team. I am amazed by your talent.

[@sabrinasviolinchannel]

I studied these pieces with Max Rostal and later with Zakhar Bron... Maxim is right! Technically difficult = simplicity = expressing the music = transporting the emotions... Goes as well very much so for Mozart!

[@justaninsider9213]

Perfectly said .... and played in these regards!

[@sellingenglandbythepound5255]

Hi Sabrina! I’m already subscribed to your channel and left s few comments already on your wonderful videos, I hope you can remember! Did you study with Maxim because I think I read he studied with Zakhar Bron too right? He’s one of my favourites 😊

[@sabrinasviolinchannel]

@@sellingenglandbythepound5255 Yes, you’re right, we both studied with Zakhar Bron. I often listened to Maxim’s lessons with Bron during his masterclasses in Lübeck. And thanks for subscribing to my channel and enjoying my videos! 🎻💝

[@sellingenglandbythepound5255]

@@sabrinasviolinchannel Oh! Well, that's kinda incredible! Just out of interest, what are your own 5 choices of most difficult pieces? Do you agree with Maxim here?

[@marymarimarie4017]

Gratidão por publicar. Gratidão a Máxim Vengerov por existir.

[@Musicnyc777]

Thank you for your detailed explanation and beautiful playing.

[@AndreusMcH]

I'm impressed... I've got no words.

[@PaperGrape]

The pianist on the Rach.... magnificent.

[@Lulu-jl5zd]

Beautiful... just beautiful.

[@polakhomie]

Greatest Of Them All. Love you, Mr. Vengerov. #1!!!

[@DCBfanboy]

I think Vengerov's violin is really singing in the vocalise. I mean look at the subtitles

[@bachopinbee5991]

This is by far the most hilarious comment

[@makhenry7242]

Dude I was enjoying so much with his playing until I saw this comment and actually turned on the subtitles 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lanotaquebrilla4149]

That's truth

[@sandiicalifornia]

😂😂

[@idroppedmychicken]

At one part, it was just “hey”

[@김도연-t2d4c]

존경합니다. 건강하세요! ^^ I respect you!!!♡♡♡♡♡ please stay healthy!

[@espresso9826]

How come there is no Bach? The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin are not only difficult on a technical level but even more so on a musical level. Especially the Chaconne. The Sonatas and Partitas are some of the greatest works ever composed for Violin and most definitely deserve a spot on this list.

[@ginettemelody1035]

Most beautiful. Thank you. Blessings

[@LuizAntonioNogueira]

thank you for everything you have done for the music, inspiration and exemplo to folow

[@ipekdag4618]

He played those songs! He said five HARDEST and then he played it wonderfull!!

[@j.t.9442]

You said songs :O sacrilegious!

[@alvarolondo]

Thank you, thank you for share your mastery!

[@weaccompany669]

Hardest violin pieces if you consider pure technique: 1. Schoenberg Violin Concerto 2. Ernst Erlkonig 3. Sauret Cadenza for Paganini concerto no.1 4. arguable

[@iananderson2777]

Love watching him read from the teleprompter! 😊

[@ClassicMmediaGroup]

See more materials on the website maximvengerov_com

[@nicoleanneveracruz7838]

8:52 Close your eyes and listen. Try to determine where the bow changes are. I was guessing that he was playing at the tip, when I opened my eyes, he was playing at the heaviest part of the frog. Wow.

[@maryamksh1094]

Can you please type the name of this piece? 😊

[@晴-e5t]

@@maryamksh1094 Vocalise by Rachmaninoff

[@maryamksh1094]

@@晴-e5t thank you

[@mushroom4713]

The Vocalise! What a treat!!

[@mutisiab]

Beautiful...at all! 🎻

[@dianal.1279]

What a wonderful gift! Thank you so much for sharing!🌻 Joy in the music!🌞

[@Ponsdaniel]

Gracias Vengerov por demostrar y explicar que la dificultad no está en la velocidad o número de notas por segundo, sino en la interpretación.

[@sauloh9896]

me, a violinist, reading this title: the 5 pieces you will never dare to learn

[@ryujinzzz6050]

_but if you can play sl-_ *Ok I’ll stop*

[@brooke3084]

SACRELIGIOUS 💀

[@kushgroover54]

Thank you for exhibiting some form of self-control

[@ksil5721]

Lamentable

[@_rstcm]

SACRE-MENTABLE!

[@sarithom]

Awesome playing.......great sound...your violin quality is great...I would b lucky to have this quality of violin.....

[@mywednesday5487]

If ling ling was a real person then maxim vengerov must be their father

[@PaperGrape]

'Ats right, tell them who their Daddy is..

[@babygirl4169]

What about Heifetz?? 🤨🧐

[@glyphicon330]

What is ling ling? I've seen so many of this lately

[@Liskafm352]

@@glyphicon330 insiders joke by twosetviolin (youtube channel). They are popularizing classical music I think

[@glyphicon330]

@@Liskafm352 I still dont get the joke 😪

[@xochj]

Fantastic!

[@michelepesci1201]

Grande violinista Grande maestro Grazie Maxim!

[@S66129]

Bravo👏

[@paulstorm86]

Not technically (indeed easy) but "musically" difficult

[@thevector384]

Exactly ..... He can do everything with the violin ....

[@sasssssa6565]

That's why sometimes the easier is the harder !

[@2204JCM]

That has to be what he’s referring to. None of this is overly technically difficult.

[@oliverbaily9302]

The schubert is extremely difficult technically

[@pacocello6349]

define technique?

[@micheleandreoni4078]

Great video! Love maxim

[@izharfatima5295]

It's beautiful!

[@reinaldoramalho]

Outstanding!

[@ardaheo1352]

Fantasie is truly one of the most difficult things ever.

[@opip_]

Man, I really wanted to be friends with Vengerov, he is so nice that it hurts me

[@germangarciamartinez4097]

The hardest thing is to find somebody with the discipline required to master such pieces in a timely manner.

[@germangarciamartinez4097]

I guess anybody could learn any of these pieces perfectly in less than 3 years from having no idea about playing violin. (After practicing 40hrs a day)

[@fgbowen]

3:05 - that was outstanding. Just Outstanding.

[@gabrieladelgadillo7170]

I LOVE MAXIM VENGEROV.

[@simonwright2476]

Great music playing

[@coloraturaElise]

Vengerov always knows WHY he is playing....he is always speaking to you with his music.

[@dianagendova]

Verry interesting and usefull!

[@fredfrond6148]

Learning at the feet of the master.

[@1cleandude]

Awesome brilliant and whatever!!😘🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ibealgoody8524]

5 Most Difficult Piano Pieces - according to Vengerov and Classic FM 1. Mozart piano sonata no.1 in C 2. Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, 1st movement 3. Bach Prelude in C major 4. Mozart Turkish March 5. Mendelssohn Song without words

[@nonakilgore1449]

Brilliant! Bravi!!