Edvard Grieg - Piano Concerto in A-minor No. 1 - Shane Lu

[@slbrooks13]

These guys are extrememly talented!! My Mom used to play this piece all the time, but I never knew what it was called. Very glad to have come across this, since Mom's not around to ask anymore!

[@wgnoyes]

I studied this as a teen, too, and liked the performance. It's also the first time I've actually heard it done with 2 pianos, and my old professor was right. They tend to blend together and if you don't know the music, you lose track of which is playing what part. Cadenza very well performed; I never could do it that smoothly!

[@infomercialGT]

I always get chills when listening to this. My Dad plays it a lot.

[@PaulO-gx2bn]

Absolutely, Awesome - What Talent - You Cool Dude, Mr Shane!!

[@dfgdhvhf]

Grieg is amazing and that preformance is brilliant!

[@bleger814]

So passionate. True to its form. Wonderful piece and wonderful video. Thanks.

[@GuinnevereB]

Good arrangement, sensitively played. I love this interp of one of my favorite pieces of music.

[@doublepolk]

This piece is the most fun to play of all of the ones I've played. Grieg is a brilliant composer.

[@ann03071874]

When you practice a piece of music enough this comes naturally, you can almost do it with your eyes closed!

[@fenaIaar]

one of my favorite pieces

[@Fantazybookz850]

Currently learning this piece, I wish I could play that well. Bravo!

[@spanishpianist]

Extremely good!a great arrangement and performance!

[@krazyjApAn]

3 Words...A-Maze-Ing! Bravo & Encore!

[@caocao8u]

woah. he's my old piano teacher's son. crazy. and for some reason he's majoring in some technology field.

[@Takatuker]

Sounds great. I know this is a difficult piece, especially without an Orchestra. But you two played it very good.

[@pablopiano]

Hey man.. I'm learning to playing this concert now, it's good to take u as reference... i like your way of playing... ur music has your own style... congratz....

[@netsna]

Nice work. I enjoyed your consert!

[@poefanatic]

Shane - excellent interpretation and musicality. Don't listen to the idots who make absurd comments. Your accompanist is wonderful as well. Keep up the good work.

[@rtgjeg]

Beautiful!

[@VassagoX66]

Damn! I was gonna write that! Good one, my friend.

[@IngridSalaSantamaria2021]

Wonderful! very talented!

[@simonjones3506]

stunning

[@helenarichard]

Wonderful.

[@mradaChris]

This is fantastic! c.

[@YiqingSun]

wow really good!!!

[@nbambi1990]

Fair enough, everybody is open to their own interpretation fo the music, just for my taste there were parts that could have been faster. However, I dont think you sacrifice clarity with a slightly increased tempo, and if you do then that is a result of not being able to play it at that tempo, not the fault of increasing the tempo.

[@Wildrage101]

@bebebobo683 Its from Bill Bailey and his examination of cockney music in the classical repertoire

[@bukwoyad12]

Конечно, совершенству нет предела, но, и впервые услышанное для 2- ф-но в хорошем исполнении, меня порадовало, особенно тот, что помоложе. Звук не исполнителя , а рояля (да, надо уметь заставить не просто бегать пальчики по клавиатуре, а заставить звучать инструмент., это не всем удаётся, даже мастерам-исполнителям). Спасибо за доставленную радость. Жаль что мало!!! Как бы ещё послушать исполнение молодого исполнителя (имя мне его неизвестно и информации этой я не увидел). Буквояд

[@pianogirl98]

Bravo!

[@darksidepianist]

Well I'd have to say that anybody can be the best at anything if they start at it as early as 3 years old. Its part of Asian culture to start off the younglings at a young age so to benefit from that advantage of said starting at a young age. Shane did a great job on this piece and my hats off to him. I need to update a decent vid of myself. Perhaps a mazurka in a minor by Chopin.

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

Very fine sensitive solo playing & well considered interpretation.Boomy sound lets u down a little,of course and, in my experience the piano2(orchestra)part always needs some re-writing to blend better,as in most concerto "accompaniments".Enjoyed it. Bravo!

[@doublepolk]

try downloading this video with TubeTV and open the file with Quicktime. I haven't tried, but you might be able to save the file as an mp3. Good luck!

[@shanelu87]

You're right. I should have adjusted my chair beforehand. However, the floor on that performance hall is very slippery, and I kept scooting back when I hit some powerful moments. I would rather take some time to adjust my chair than suck the rest of the competition. I'm sorry you didn't like my interpretation, but the judges did!

[@jinjacales6817]

Look, We all are human being as a global citizens. We have the same feeling you have and 6 senses, ear( hearing), nose( smell), taste, thoughts,touching, consciousness----

[@Missingo32]

They played this piece at the Charlotte Youth Festival.

[@dulcinaandgnome]

I like this arrangement, something different without the orchestra. Maybe your technique is not perfect, but you play with a lot of passion and feeling. I always prefer feeling to technique. It´s like beauty: sometimes the features of a person are not perfect, but the whole is very beautiful. You touched my soul. Congrats!

[@1203456789]

@birdiaction its not that asians r more talented than others, its just a matter of practice and hard work thats all.

[@shanelu87]

I think I was 16 or 15. It was a while back. And you're right. I shouldn't have been adjusting the height now I look back on it. It's too bad I've given up piano for engineering :) I do, although, still play somewhat when I have free time.

[@6onthetop]

cool performance! Have u noticed that the soloist made an awesome dancemovement with his shoulder at min 1:20 ? : D

[@ciliaspippi]

it's all good! Liszt was great in any case. Im ATTEMPTING to learn his Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 at the moment actually. So hard!

[@bonnie43uk]

not many people know this, but Edvard Grieg composed this originally on the banjo.

[@jimbobjimminy]

You, sir, have just won the internets Those buggering classical composers stealing from cockney like that...

[@LietSayri]

Nice performance! Maybe it could be a little faster but it was clean throughout, which is pretty amazing already. :)

[@asusfoods]

yeah, he played this in one of the black book episodes!

[@mariusz1860]

cool , super GRIEG to GRIEG ekstra!!!!!

[@violintviolinist]

that's really good...i'm learning this right now for an audition with my youth symphony and it's pretty fun. how old is this kid?

[@amriyazusman]

Awsome

[@FourthSpell]

i wish i could play as good as them

[@Heldarion]

I guess you were singing them the intro of the lead pianist :D

[@AlphaNumeric123]

I was expecting a high five at the end

[@slawek315]

hmm for me...very good work!

[@Wakookaka]

@HawlHeed You are prolly thinking of Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 by Liszt

[@shanelu87]

I didn't record over it. There's just a time lag.

[@bebebobo683]

@birdiaction I thank you for the comment. But its just that our parents make us work hard *Grins*

[@krystle3110]

i want to play this song!! but i just can't do it now.. it is soooooo hardd.. i can't reach the octave..

[@javinorc]

benissimo!

[@gmckennon]

Don't worry about the Chinese. When Western Civilization was still in "cave man" mode, the Chinese were performing extremely complex pieces on highly sophisticated instruments. I had the honor of seeing a group of four non-westernized Chinese musicians perform at a Boston Early Music Festival. They were paired with a French quartet (with sheet music?). Guess who won.....? If these Chinese could play quartertones, etc., surely they can tackle a mere keyboard.

[@RiscTerilia]

Honestly, it's true about the banjo

[@ChristopheW88]

only once - as far as we are aware

[@SynysterGates93]

Really? Because I've heard a wonderful rendition of his Piano Sonata in E Minor from a guy I know that goes to Belmont.

[@BeckyMesser]

@birdiaction I didn't see extremelymodest's comment, but it is true that many Asians are extremely talented. I know plenty of them! Most in music, though a good portion in math, and some in other areas as well. I think it's great. Sometimes I wish I were as good at the piano (or other things) as they are, but hey, good thing it's not like you have to have a certain background to be talented! or I'd have no musical ability at all :)) haha. Love this song!!

[@shanelu87]

Yeah it was the awesome haircut. You should try it sometime :D

[@ieronim2003]

COOL :D

[@bluerabbitvine]

@HawlHeed yup

[@unklewink]

Wonder if the woman's name is Paige Turner? ;)

[@88888888BBBBBBBB]

This sounds like Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor, well it sounds similar anyway.

[@dazetec2]

Sorry i figured out too late. How can someone compose a Piano Concerto on a Banjo?: )

[@Heldarion]

damn about 11 minutes the sound is faster than picture and it's quite disturbing :o

[@jolifred]

Mooi

[@ahuachapan2]

totally agree. This is fucking normal.

[@kat1989]

'...have a banana!' bill bailey, anyone, bill bailey? och nevermind

[@51698271]

@bebebobo683 Did i ever say he didn't compose the piece? i said he didn't compose it on a damned banjo!

[@chibichan18]

honestly, you two, was that entirely necessary? by the good job^^ I wish could play that well *looks wistful* curse the munchkin hand syndrome

[@bebebobo683]

@yaintime5001 I know right? For Gods sake, couldn't I enjoy some classical music without having people arguing in the comments? And, yes, we Chinese people are quite talented. Just Kidding! :p

[@urbanbushing]

cockny influence, its in all music

[@kafir1mw2quick]

1:00 -ave a banana- 0.o

[@angerock49]

@birdiaction Oh, I just read your last comment (about cultural factors). Then, I know you're not stupid :-) even though I still don't see the point about all this ASIAN LVL stuff ;)

[@vinnyd91]

Because they don't use a CD player, that's why.

[@BBoyPure]

haha. i dont think its wrong to say who's better :D

[@ciliaspippi]

liszt was hungarian

[@FanatecSystem]

i know the 14 years old guy who can play this son exactly the same

[@bebebobo683]

@Wildrage101 What???

[@BoobyMcDoogle]

Verrry cool. Very Bugs Bunny methinks.

[@RJrules64]

I was joking coz he was complaining about youtube ranters...

[@bellsbtw]

it was ok

[@Wildrage101]

@1:00 --have a banana :P

[@bluerabbitvine]

@TVMonitoringPMS Did you seriously believe that...you're kidding right?

[@31nar288]

consciousness is not a sense...

[@sumimimi0]

Una corda last part he did not do it

[@timm4y5]

a la bill bailey? lol

[@nbambi1990]

Is it me or is this a touch slow?

[@jennaostroff3563]

The accompanist takes away from the performer with all the wrong notes.

[@bobhiggins6403]

LOL

[@DorothyShelley]

greig did comopse this and stop arguing you lot and just listenmythras90x

[@Shaktidej]

Very interesting... Too bad the sound is awful, impossible to really hear the notes, furthermore because of the second piano playing the orchestra part. Still impressive !

[@bebebobo683]

@51698271 Um, this is not a joke. Maybe YOU should check on some history! Grieg DID compose this! And that is sorts mean, because of insulted the Norwegian people.

[@jasonfu6699]

You're asleep?

[@lamp-wick]

and only that russian kid can play rachmaninoff and only that english chap can play elgar?

[@lnicoll100]

@birdiaction i gotta disagree. it's untrue that due to race or racial background, any person has an innate musical talent, or indeed other talent, nonexistent in other races. it may be true that there are more asian pianists/musicians, and if there is any causative factor behind this statistic, it is probably more of a cultural/socio-economic factor, than anything to do with genetics. i personally think no-one is really 'musically talented'- they just work hard to get where they are.

[@Huiman]

It was really good until that guy coughed @ the very end (-__-)"