F. Chopin - Ballade No. 4 in F minor, op. 52 / Nikita Shestakov

[@gunnarbuster2610]

Thank you very much for this beautiful Chopin interpretation. It is a real pleasure to be able to listen to your piano playing.

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you so much!

[@azrainal389]

I´ve been watching your perfomances for a while and I can surely say that you are incredible. This is my favorite from Chopin and you ate it!

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thanks!

[@davidpescod7573]

Many thanks, Nikita, for you wonderful playing and interpretation of Chopin’s F minor Ballad. A magnificent performance

[@bethallan9928]

Just beautiful…exactly as the maestro would play it

[@mimiradjab5359]

Thank you for posting this, amazing ballade, played wonderfully by an amazing pianist ❤

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you so much!

[@emilyhutjes]

Thank you Nikita, that was superb. 🌷🌷🌷 (Netherlands)

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you!! Glad to hear

[@GraceNoora]

I listened again 3 times already and I think you have the best interpretation of Ballade 4 🥰👏👏👏 I hope to hear more of your Chopin in the 2025 competition 👍👍

[@Alexander_Tibenko]

Rousseau worse?

[@tatjanalu]

Beautiful performance and interpretation!! 👏👏👏

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you!!🙌🙌

[@leonardodelyrarodrigues3752]

5:12 this chord, wow, beautiful line. 5:26-6:07 Very cool these strategic Stacatto in the left hand, the bass line is very clear. 6:18-6:32 How delightful to be able to perceive these three voices so distinctly so easily. 7:54-8:00 That's really cool, that voice in the middle. Do you have any tips on how to do these things? I would like and love it.

[@friedshrimpsareusuallybland]

Binge watching your performances recently. You're incredibly talented! Way to go!

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you! I try my best.

[@rosane.opus20]

Espetáculo!👏👏👏👏👏

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you!

[@nicao_o]

So beautiful! Thank you very much 👏

[@nikitashestakov.]

Glad you liked it!

[@BARATTI99]

wow this is amazing

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you:)

[@stevenb4249]

classical music is man's one and only gift to the world worth something and Chopin, well. ....🙂

[@nikitashestakov.]

Very well said!

[@luismoranarancibia4190]

🎉🎉🎉 maravillosa interpretación

[@nikitashestakov.]

thank you!

[@cecilia_art_music]

👏🏻👏🏻

[@nikitashestakov.]

🙌

[@iulialicaguitar]

Bravo!

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you

[@FernandamariaGonzalezhernandez]

No puedo ser objetiva, me gusta demasiado ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you!

[@musa.piano8713]

Beautiful！Amazing💫

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you!🙏🏻

[@gloriafung4640]

bravo!

[@nikitashestakov.]

thank you!

[@GraceNoora]

Bravo 👏👏👏

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you!

[@wolfram9669]

Amazing, thank you.

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you!!!

[@sagivorzach]

Amazing performance

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you!

[@sagivorzach]

Again, thank you for your amazing preformance. I would like to share with you a piano concerto I wrote. If u are interested, the first part is a 7 fast part fugue it would be an honor if you would like to preform it

[@nikitashestakov.]

You can send it to [e-mail]. I could give a look to it!

[@sagivorzach]

Sent it, thank you 😊

[@kakasvk]

This is my absolutely favourite performance of this piece, very cantabile, Chopinesque, melodic, beautiful inner voices, feels like it expresses the Chopin's message the best. Incredible playing! I just feel like Coda lacks a bit of smoothness in some parts (I know it's super difficult), I was wondering why was it like that? Were you nervous and tensed during the performance or didn't practice Coda to its best possible (like the rest of your performance)? Or is it just the way you play the piece normally?

[@nikitashestakov.]

Thank you so much!!💛🙏🏻 I don't like excusing the way I did something, so I believe I could have practiced more to make the coda more stable, even though it was warking quite smoothly on the day of the concert. But I think there is one fact that could have shaked the stability of the coda - I have diabetes, and it was unlucky enough that my sugar went extremely down towards the end of the performance (it almost never happens during the concert, but sometimes you cannot prevent it). Immediately after I went off stage I had to grab some food😂 and was happy that I managed to finish the performance. But I believe if it was more ready, the effect of this would be less noticable! We can always practice more;)

[@kakasvk]

@nikitashestakov. that's not excuse at all! I have type 1 diabetes too, so I can totally understand that! Once your hands start shaking and brain stops from working optimally, it's not easy to play well. I've experienced hypoglycaemia during my lesson and it was impossible to play at my normal ability. So you did a great job being able to keep playing like that

[@nikitashestakov.]

I'm sorry to hear that. I have the type 1 too. Yes, it went below 50 that time so I wondered how I could finish the coda😂 just physically more work. During lesson at least we can (and should) stop and fix ourselves first, I think any person will understand. Take care! Nikita

[@kakasvk]

@@nikitashestakov. That's way too low for performing a hard piano piece! Or any, actually.😅 Good luck👊

[@НастяПиуто]

👍👍👍❤️

[@nikitashestakov.]

Спасибо:)

[@christian3558]

🎉

[@nikitashestakov.]

🙌

[@AnneRollot]

Chopin était français par son père qui était venu travailler en Pologne dans une riche famille de ce pays

[@lablous]

😃👏👏👏

[@nikitashestakov.]

🙌

[@lucapianist67]

8:25 ! 😮😅 tastyyy

[@nikitashestakov.]

Was luck:D but i like how this place turned out too

[@걍봄]

와 개잘치네ㅋㅋㅋ

[@nikitashestakov.]

감사합니다! :)

[@scottboland870]

you play your ass off !

[@nikitashestakov.]

Ahaha, thanks!

[@Cryptofanbtc]

Спасибо