Evgeny Kissin plays Liszt La Campanella

Evgeny Kissin plays Paganini - Liszt Grande etude no.3 La Campanella, St. Peterburg Conservatory.

[@yfzhou8074]

The difference between a good pianist and a great pianist is what they make you few. The good pianist makes you go wow, but beneath that there is not much else. The great pianist makes tears fall, and Evgeny is one of the greatest.

[@cody55909]

3:06 Priceless dude who doesn't know when a classical piece ends..

[@ariayuan9231]

lol, it happens sometimes .

[@kpeterson2011]

This is neither a classical piece nor does it end in a manner typically observed in classical pieces.

[@legalalien1396]

What is more hilarious is that he really wanted to show off he knows when it ends. Actually if he knows when it ends doesn't matter. I hate people doesn't wanna appreciate the complete end of any kind of performance.

[@Qee7en]

Well, I LOVE the silence right after the end of a beautiful piece of music, so I hate people who start screaming right after a performance anyways.

[@hschnabel3055]

The Moonwalker if it were me i‘d have called out after that particular bit myself. I mean the way Kissin plays the Legato with a Crescendo made me laugh with joy when I first heard it. Don’t think i could have resisted any better if I had heard seen it live on stage. Screw the establishment. Hooray for Kissin

[@charlenehui6451]

His accent is so cute and his performance is simply bravo!

[@dancingdan1118]

Evegny played this UNDER 4 MINUTES! Nobody has ever accomplished that with the dexterity level of this performance! And for the guy at 3:06... I don't believe he thought that was the end of the song. It sounds like he said "GO!" which would make sense figuring the song was about to go from 10 to 100 real quick. Evegny hadn't missed a note, and his fingers were about to take off from earth. That little moment struck adrenaline into the audience and Kissin himself to flawlessly annihilate the ending of La Campanella. Brilliant performance !!!!

[@espetodeflango1]

the guy clapped (i think)

[@chester6343]

​@@espetodeflango1he said bravo

[@espetodeflango1]

@@chester6343 and clapped (i still think)

[@emakhanov]

its just so fresh and so clean (seriously)

[@juniorvicepresidentofzimba4946]

clean clean

[@cuteshox]

he hits the piece in all the right places! Truly an artist!!!

[@beatrusa]

really beautiful, excellent playing, I saw him live, he is the best of all the young pianists!

[@feschber]

For everyone who has never played this piece: A time of 4:00 straight is COMPLETELY INSANE!! I've been practicing for 3/4 of a year now and I can barely scratch 4:30. (And at that point it becomes rushed and not clean at all) There is no other video on youtube I can find with a time below 4:30 - it really is incredible.

[@cobberwebb]

The reflection says: 'Help! I can't keep up!' I remember hearing this piece for the first time and was convinced it was played by two people. Then I saw this. Then I threw my keyboard out the window.

[@alexanderbrown1954]

So glad you included him among the top - this man will go on to join the all-time greats (Rubinstein, Horowitz, Busoni, etc.), in spite of some of the ludicrous, ignorant and plainly malicious criticisms I read below!!!

[@davidjp1567]

the quality of the sound, the clarity with which he plays and his way of not putting too much pedal on the first part of the etude makes me really like this performance

[@TheWynlyn]

kISSIN IS SO YOUNG AND HANDSOME IN THIS PERFORMANCE. HE IS A DARLING TO WATCH HE IS THE BEST WHAT A TECHNIC.I SAW HIM WHEN HE WAS IN TORONTO WHEN HE PLAYED SCRIABIN THEN WHEN HE WAS IN HIS TWENTY'S AND THE LAST TIME WITH MY GRANDSON LAST HERE in his 40's.

[@alphaoxytocin5106]

Calm down.

[@user-wx4vf5gj2f]

so lucky that u had a chance to watch his twenties

[@oeirjoejrogoeirjgoierjg6449]

Lol when old people turn on caps and don't realise

[@enaralva]

I think that this kid with his birdy nest hair style, plays like an angel, so fine, so tender, he is marvelous and so elegant. lang Lang is something else, cannot compare.

[@watduheaw8941]

Evgeny makes my soul cry tears of joy. Lang Lang makes me wanna find a rusty shank.

[@MrStrav81]

I can't believe someone shouted in the middle of it, and this is at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. That's something that would happen in America (I'm American).

[@unidentifieduser5346]

His playing is so smooth and light

[@MrSupernova111]

Wow!!!!!! How can anyone move their hands and fingers so fast and so precisely!

[@watduheaw8941]

Perfection. No other way to describe this. It's perfection.

[@morphling1008]

the audience...ruined this perfection. It's impossible to find another one now.

[@farismostafa3110]

there is another recording where the audience isn’t disrespectful

[@vladimirhorowitz6646]

@@farismostafa3110 but the sound is not as good as this one

[@youtubecommenter2]

Also the strange cutting at the end of the video.

[@claudionogueira9836]

Only ruined if you paid attention to it. I loved it, and the 'bravo' didn't bother me at all.Thank you for this. He is extraordinary.

[@ericrouach]

it s amazing, you may like kissin or not, but after searching the web for something getting close to this (lang lang, trifonov, any ideas...??), you just get to the conclusion such a thing doesnt exist, we guys are lucky to live at the time of the greatest pianist ever on earth...i think even liszt himself wouldn't have slept for weeks if he heard and saw that...

[@luciferlyset7543]

either I'm better than I thought or everyone over estimates la campanella, but I find relativity speaking la campanella to be easier than a lot of liszts other pieces

[@potatopotato0715]

@@luciferlyset7543 it is but playing it like this can be viewed as superhuman

[@luciferlyset7543]

@@potatopotato0715 Fair

[@13hehe]

oh he is simply adorable, most amazing hair ever :)

[@HanlinSG]

03:06 = Eargasm

[@kybo61]

I just find it amazing that he does this with no backup, no sound crew no nothing. Wow.

[@gurakkokkoify]

OMG soo amazing!!

[@FutureAbe]

evgeny is super human..

[@davidmbola106]

Google Kissin La Campenalla, you will find an up to date one he did for the BBC PROMS, Kissin is the greatest technical pianist.

[@mc3newsmcocconcierge504]

I think saying he's one of the greatest technical pianists is fair. For certain pieces he does not have the interpretive depth as someone like Martha Argerich however.

[@bastien31000]

if i could play it, i would want to play it like that. just perfect for me.

[@Iwin333]

His fingers are flying... Wow...👍

[@egenchev]

Love the shout "Bravo" at 3:05!

[@handofchaos5735]

nah he is a wookie

[@danydruzy]

This is not Saint Petersburg Conservatory, this is the great concert Hall of Moscow's Conservatory. Amazing Performance!

[@jrichardsontenor]

lol I couldn't even begin to play this. But I sure can appreciate an amazing artist like him.

[@k-ta251]

音の歯切れのよさが凄い 素晴らしすぎる

[@hikarufuego]

No sweat dripping and no hair hair falling! Hahaha! I love you, Evgeny Kissin! ^_^

[@SomeDudeOnline]

lol, the guy at 3:06 sounds like a wookie to me

[@eduardomirandalazo9965]

SomeDudeOnline yo tambien dije que raro y ese sonido de donde salio y era del mismo video

[@marwanannouri2693]

+SomeDudeOnline I think he screamed "Bravo", but Im not entirely sure

[@helloitismetomato]

+Marwan Annouri well, it is st petersburg, there's got to be one or two drunk people in the audience

[@henrikpettersson2886]

Maybe Cheewbacka felt for some classical music that night

[@Fildoggy]

SleepyE "i feel that was a good time to scream yarr" lmao

[@schneiderfamily111]

Это потрясающе!!!!!и какое вдохновлённое лицо!!!

[@kanekokazuko7034]

どの曲を聴いても、ゾクゾクするほど素晴らしい‼️奇跡的‼️🙆🎊世界一好きなピアニストです😆🎵🎵❤️❤️🎶🎶

[@poconyannnyann]

キーシンのカンパネラ初めて聴きました。さすがです👏👏

[@k-ta251]

Magic

[@jc2971]

It simply doe not get any better than this rendition.

[@lilyjoo1169]

i love kissin

[@kanekokazuko7034]

Me too❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@smileybrotherslawncare9599]

3:40 for the win

[@unagondolaunremo]

lovely!

[@BlueSteve]

Bro plays the repeated notes faster than my brother drag clicking

[@emerybarbeddiene]

A great master.

[@shenkeey]

@carnobau He said Paganini - Liszt, which means that it's composed by Paganini and arranged for the piano by Liszt..

[@sambo258]

Someone shouts I love you in Russian halfway through at 03:06.

[@MrStrav81]

@TheMagicBolt It's not a matter of them trying to be funny, it's a matter of them being stupid. I've been to several concerts at Orchestra Hall in Chicago where phones started ringing, people started clapping early, people nearby started snoring, etc.

[@Atlas65]

What a fucking genious Liszt was!

[@osriris4000]

@marinoandtanya Cziffra's version is quite perfect aswell

[@ferrancullell]

that's Moscow Conservatory, I know because I studied in St Petersburg conservatory lol

[@joselinemars]

El mejor!

[@hunterjohnson9861]

Sí!

[@johndoe917]

This is like a whole branch of mathematics, or one complete style of martial arts. The fun part would be the discovery, by yourself, of how it should be played. And since everybody plays it differently, I think it's more like martial arts, because you can be a grandmaster at it. But the hard part is finding passion to fight it and play it, without actually fighting anybody, but your emotions, because if you did fight somebody, you'd be able to fit your style with another style. You don't caredou

[@knarfor]

The guy who yelled in the middle of the performance sounded EXACTLY like Boris Yeltsin. Seriously. Look up the video "Boris Yeltsin's Finest Moments" and go to 1:02.

[@RufioRouge]

@sirshitsalot007 if i'm interpreting your question accurately, it is beneficial to play with relaxed wrists (especially with pieces that have fast tempos). Tension in the muscles inhibits the ability to play at faster speeds and is detrimental to the physical well-being of your muscles in the long term.

[@sunnydale22]

This man..

[@jorgebarbosa8682]

Gostei muito!!!!!

[@carnobau]

it's Paganini, not Liszt, he himself says so... Liszt did the piano arrangement

[@unicursalhex]

Daaaayyyyuuuuum!

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Standard version here as we ever knew. Now, see Lang Lang version IN LONDON ( dressed on Black ) he achieves perfection in all senses.

[@tapaddtiiiii]

@tjtheplay Whoa..really?! Well whoever played that version was amazing! I loved it! Any idea who it might be? There are 2-3 videos on KZbin. And hey btw how do you know A.R. never played La Campanella? Where did you read that? Just curious. Thanks for the info. :)

[@officeaddict33]

@nowayitskevin - THIS is the best comment.

[@user-bp2dm8ev1w]

조성진이 라캄파넬라 치는 느낌이 너무 좋아서 키신키신해도 난 꿋꿋이 조성진조성진했었는데 오늘 키신한테 치이고 갑니다.

[@육이사]

ㅋㅋㅋ

[@user-pu1ux3ku1l]

Фортепиано и Кисин - это и есть музыка...

[@alexfelker2361]

1:30 OMFG

[@wanderer2234]

nice

[@Vorotur]

@geertdehoux Distraction from what exactly?

[@IbrahimIceCold]

We need a better sound quality 😭😭

[@inazuma3gou]

Can't decide if his hair style rocks more than his playing.

[@MrStrav81]

@vlnvlaclogbaerhpno Um, clearly I haven't. However, I think there was a feeling of awkwardness in the room when the guy shouted. You could almost hear the people turning to look at him.

[@CLASSICAListheWAY]

A rare gem! Thank you for posting. What year was this?

[@Jlan0151738]

I guess the guy at 3:06 couldn't wait to applaud!

[@Spilly42]

@MrStrav81 Depends on the audience, most performances i go to in America people are well behaved, if it was shown in a free public display, then yeah there would always be those group of guys who think its funny to disrupt.

[@Anfxyz]

Dstrukt2k2 hits the nail on the head. This was a mechanical rendition, and it didn't help that the video ended half way through the last note. Or perhaps it did help.

[@bastien31000]

@geertdehoux maybe for you, not for me and a lot of people. Now, reading all your previous commentaries, that will be my last answer to you.

[@tapaddtiiiii]

Arthur Rubenstein's rendition of La Campanella is my favourite. Check it out peepalz :)

[@JobLadruhner]

Lang Lang is a robot, Kissin a musician. That is the difference.

[@marcofsw]

Has he ever done a recording of the Clochette “version”?

[@tapaddtiiiii]

I love Evengy Kissin's performances, he is truly excellent, but I really don't like the trills he does here. Those notes are meant to be sounded out more

[@guitarfreak23397]

i think that the guy who shouted thought that the piece is over and then he said "bravo"

[@worras2007]

This piece is insanely difficult (well, this is Liszt), but he plays it with such an easy like I'd play a song "yanke doodle went to town" with one finger...

[@lehetekakarki7969]

OMG AMAZING BUDAPESTRŐL FIBI

[@worras2007]

@presa1200 anyway, it looks something like a miracle for me...

[@youngpianist]

The other KZbin video of Kissin playing this piece is a lot better than this one. Is this video of a younger Kissin?

[@suyeonlee3873]

Someone please note me about the information of this performance.

[@Musicownz1997]

This, is true virtuosity.

[@nowayitskevin]

i guess when you're this good, you don't have time for haircuts

[@johndoe917]

I knew where the repeat was before I made my comment.

[@siminadora]

❤

[@arminesh70]

A Steinway piano? But I like this song a lot and I try it on my piano but...

[@zzzzzzzzzz202]

@MrStrav81 sad but true

[@geertdehoux]

@3101paulkim Del Pueyo said to de Staajort en 't janneke: "J'ai connu beaucoup de fous que avaient raison!" So, perhaps I'm not the "crazy" one and "idiot"...

[@bminorwaltz]

Why is the ending cut off? Can you repost with the complete video? Thanks!

[@florenceyt]

second fav version, the best is Yundi's live in Japan 2002

[@geertdehoux]

@tjtheplay Rubinstein's daughter once invited me to play concerts together in Brasil.

[@geertdehoux]

@MrStrav81 A male fan shouted: "You're the FIRST IN THE WORLD, Elvis!!" "Without a microphone!"

[@geertdehoux]

@gildardo801 A la orden, dotor!

[@uladzislaukhandohi2591]

это было гениально!

[@magik603]

what's "i love you" in russian? i only heard something like "bravo"

[@nicatnebiyev3497]

true

[@YanzhaoYang]

the repeating e..listen...it like sorta quiets down and stops a little in this like he forgot to keep it going...drag it back a few secs if u have to.

[@prudenceocs27]

Nobody could seriously believe that the Yundi Li version is better than this! Seriously???

[@lucasmanassess]

rock is the guy at 3:49