[Full Version] Yeol Eum Son - XIV Tchaikovsky Competition Round I (18 June 2011)

Beethoven Sonata No. 32 in c, Op. 111 / 베토벤 소나타 32번
I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato 01:32
II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice cantabile 11:08
Tchaikovsky 12 Pieces of Moderate Difficulty, Op. 40 No. 8 Valse / 차이코프스키 12개의 어려운 소품 중 8번 왈츠 29:50
Tchaikovsky Nocturne in F, Op. 10 No. 1 / 차이코프스키 녹턴 작품 10-1 33:09
Tchaikovsky Children's Album, Op. 39 No. 14 Polka / 차이코프스키 어린이 앨범 중 14번 폴카 38:08
Tchaikovsky/Samuil Feinberg: Scherzo from Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" / 차이코프스키 교향곡 6번 비창 중 스케르초 (사무일 파인베르크 편곡) 39:19

[@ravenstrobe]

The whole recital is absolutely captivating, but the Feinberg-Tchaikovsky Scherzo has to be one of the most astonishing examples of piano playing that I can ever remember hearing.💕

[@lucasamory7056]

The Tchaik-Feinberg Scherzo has never been played better.

[@nickk8416]

Extraordinary! This just might be the best op 111 I've ever heard! I fell in love with this piece 50 years ago listening to Wilhelm Kempff and have heard all the greats play it. Her ability to communicate the beauty of the piece thru her mastery of the keyboard is astonishing to me. And to think this was 12 years ago when she was so young!? Everything I hear her play leaves me touched and so musically satisfied. Wow!

[@mmbofjc]

Jaw-dropping technique and interpretations, especially the Scherzo

[@himalayanlensman9087]

She is a genius

[@willieretief5109]

Absolutely Stunning. She do not play the piano. She lives the music. Wish I could see her live performances

[@marekvollach7831]

Beautiful words re her living the music. I hear you… I agree with you and I feel the same way.

[@photo3642u]

How easy it is to get lost in this programme...not Ms Son, never, what a performance.

[@sopkd]

Bravo! She played the hardest beethoven sonata too! What a talented woman....

[@TheJonagold]

Yes.

[@paolobozano4125]

How can someone not fall in love after watching and listening this angel playing the sonata n.111, the most terrific and difficult to play but in the same time so beautifull!! Every times Mrs Yeol Eum Son she tickles the yvories she give us a magic. She is the most talented and charming pianist in existence. Thanks so much for sharing with us your music!

[@hisukserjeant5204]

I feel exactly the same what u r saying! I truly love her interpretation unbelievable perfect skill as well such brilliant clarity such details emotions.... all so amazing

[@Paroles_et_Musique]

There is nothing exceptional she does. Technically ok, but a lot of clichés, text inaccuracies (where are the sforzandos?), not enough dramatic, too feminine in the sense she tries to do nice things but then it loses natural and raw power. It's a tough sonata, maybe she was too prudent because competition environment. Then Tchaikovsky scherzo so fast that is totally lacks clarity, rather Asian style - sorry for pun. It takes years to understand slavic soul, and is not about speed or brilliance.

[@hisukserjeant5204]

@@Paroles_et_Musique sbsolutly disagree ! Her clarity is just supreme its unbelievable! Let alone her interpretation, her play is so unique!!!

[@ravenstrobe]

​@@Paroles_et_Musique It never ceases to amaze me how two different people can listen to the same performance of a piece, or pieces, of music, and yet hear two quite different interpretations. 🤔

[@tristano3]

i'm going to comment on the arietta only, as for me this movement is possibly the most sublime expression of humanity in the history of civilisation. Yeol Eum Son's performance , which I came across during a random bit of browsing, is truly wonderful, the most riveting I have come across in many many years (I have been captivated by the work since obtaining Barenboim's HMV disc when it came out in 1967). Although she is not the weightiest of players, the perfect balance, utterly flawless pulse, ability to maintain the flow of the music and also encompass the giant arc of the whole, are almost unrivalled. She manages to to attend to the most intimate poetry of the writing without losing the underlying lilt or overemphasing detail or emotion (just listen to variations 2 - 4). The sublimity of this work must never be sacrificed to the many moments of tenderness or exhalted spirituality. Her fundamentally pure and straightforward account encompasses a myriad of subtleties. Only once ( around 20-21 minutes) does she stray for a moment from the onward pulse of the music, and this can be excused in the circumstances of a competition setting. Her rendition will join the short list of those that I have lived with and will always need to return to: Schnabel, Barenboim (1967, and the last video from the 1983 set of the complete sonatas, starting at 2hours 47 mins), Pollini (1976) and Uchida. Stunning!!

[@photo3642u]

I totally agree. I also came across this by scrolling & found yet again another brilliant performance by Ms Son. In Part III of the competition 30.06.2011. she played the Tchaikovsky & I think they are still applauding her! Thanks for your insight Dan, adding more to my overall enjoyment of the piece.

[@nickk8416]

That was very beautifully written Dan. I couldn't agree more. Her playing so touches my heart. I loved Schnabel too. The great pianist Jorge Bolet never played 111 after hearing Schnabel play it live. He was so taken with it.

[@alfredobessa7377]

❤😮😢

[@alfredobessa7377]

Um toque perfeito ❤❤❤❤😊

[@wimkellaert4710]

Music brought out from the deepest stirrings of the soul of Beethoven that unfolds like a beautiful flower.

[@user-vo4my5xq7c]

손열음님의 암보능력과 표정, 몸짓 하나하나에 담긴 뜨거운 열정과 완벽함에 경의를 표하며 큰 박수를 보냅니다.

[@brucegauthier2003]

Finally a decent audio and video of this!

[@Will67267]

She should have won first prize.

[@ravenstrobe]

Is there nothing this wonderful young woman can't play? She seems to have the ability to completely captivate her audience, especially in quiet passages: I could listen to her all day.

[@user-oo2lx2lj7c]

Amen

[@luisfernandosierracoba3128]

I love yeoleum

[@hisukserjeant5204]

Yes !!! Indeed!!!

[@fdawei]

A stunning performance as though Beethoven had composed it expressly for her.

[@waangtangscook]

신의 선물 입니다~! 👍

[@danielscheinhaus5210]

What a magnificent execution of this scherzo!

[@user-sq7ee9sv6m]

섬세하고 부러운 터치 아름답고 황홀한 연주 우수한 한국의 젊은 연주자 아름다운 한국인

[@user-oo2lx2lj7c]

천재

[@jonipello5932]

She is Genius ... I like she is performens.. She is always amazing...

[@user-eq9qm4tq1h]

@@jonipello5932 Thank U 😊🙏❤

[@fieroluke]

Fantastic!

[@josecamacho15169233]

Me emociona sobremanera poder ver a una chica interpretar tan inigualable concierto en este tiempo tan decadente en la música, apreciar que una joven te transporta con tan grande destrezas con que se desenvuelve con tan complicado instrumento. Cada vez más, creo en la existencia de la naturaleza divina.!!

[@GDT908]

Comment peut-on atteindre une telle beauté, une telle perfection ? Merci.

[@octavian9400]

l'annee prohaine 2021 a la philharmonie oui desole j'ai pas l'accent sur mon clavier

[@michaellaconte8338]

Very beautiful music ❤ Very beautiful pianist

[@davidw6936]

Beethoven was beautifully played. Soulful.

[@ootamanabu6254]

Great architecture !!!! Amazing perform !!!! 素晴らしいの一言。 And YAMAHA !!!!

[@goripak]

I can just shake my head.

[@parkskenny6826]

Bravo

[@user-ib4bi3du2s]

우아하고, 세련되고, 멋진 백조 한 마리가 유유히 연못 위에서 스르르 헤엄치는 것 같다. 손열음^^❤ (오석환^^♡)

[@timsmith6675]

I'm very new into this music, but I know what I like. This is beautiful and can be sad, as is for all life.

[@chaconomy]

끝없는 박수에 세번이나 인사하네요~~~ 악보없이 50분을 연주하다니....ㅠㅠ

[@LuizFidelis-cz4ts]

Ela suspira música , transpira música e transmite paz .🌹🌹🌹

[@claudioparrella183]

straordinaria

[@kanemochi1973]

Great architecture

[@lightofawareness108]

Applause for four hands 🥇♥

[@user-mc7no9ee2t]

Талантище!!!

[@inraid]

superb!

[@user-oo2lx2lj7c]

천재

[@michaelangell2317]

Just wow

[@mawgateway]

If I was the pianist, I would want to make sure my bench was adjusted to the correct height before I walked onstage. All that cranking with my right hand just before performing doesn't seem like a good idea.

[@user-oo2lx2lj7c]

감동적인

[@lightofawareness108]

나는 그녀를 만질 수 있는 살아있는 피아니스트를 알지 못합니다. 이상적인 해석으로 그녀의 온 마음과 영혼에 닿을 수도 없습니다. naneun geunyeoleul manjil su issneun sal-aissneun pianiseuteuleul alji moshabnida. isangjeog-in haeseog-eulo geunyeoui on ma-eumgwa yeonghon-e dah-eul sudo eobs-seubnida.

[@TomHawk640]

Yikes! Incredible.

[@whoisthispianist01]

Wow.

[@MichaelAlexander1967]

I had no clue or idea that Tchaikovsky had that ragtime jazz thing going on - WHAT!! ❤ OMG - The trills at "26:47" ❤❤. Remarkable.

[@davidw6936]

That's not Tchaikovsky, that's Beethoven, believe it or not. His Op 111 is astonishing.

[@youngchu4485]

얼마나 긴장될까요? 씩씩하게 걸어와 의자 높낮이 맞추는 모습도 졸귀.

[@user-qz3kj1qc8e]

소름돋았다 ♡♡

[@lim3982]

저 어려운 베소32번을 여유있게 치네... 모르는 사람이 들으면 베소인지도 모를듯...

[@user-uz3zo4fh6z]

여자 피아니스트님은 손열음님뿐이요. 연주 소리가 날 못떠나게 합니다...

[@asalj4014]

Do you have Sara Daneshpour’s 2nd round from 2011? She played Corelli and Franck Prelude Chorale Fugue. It would be INCREDIBLE if you post it

[@asalj4014]

@@neige8278 were you able to find it? Thank you!

[@neige8278]

@@asalj4014 I uploaded Sara Daneshpour. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZalmIGPqtyHg5I kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX_IiZSbgrppbMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/opimiGaon71gd5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZneqfntmatV5r8k

[@Kkknhyusl]

1:27

[@user-tg8tn8xy9o]

👤

[@HerbertHoover69]

Most pianists check out the piano before playing This lady checks out the height on her chair. I need to do that also . Maybe my playing will improve C:) Again another Asian, again another really attractive woman. Love to see a Food Fight between her and Yuju Wang , in a red dress, of course

[@HerbertHoover69]

Very astute obersvatioin Mr Hoover

[@ravenstrobe]

Comparisons are odious, so they say, and I've no desire to compare the incomparable Miss Son with Yuja Wang, or any other pianist. Since 'discovering' YES she has become my ,'go to' pianist, and - so far - she's never let me down.💕

[@agnipur2485]

А каков её результат на конкурсе?

[@jixuis]

2nd

[@apz202]

is tchaikovsky 6 as hard as hard Liszt's version of beethoven 5,7 or 9 ,

[@leandrolacerda473]

Duas horas só pra ajeitar a cadeira kkkkk....

[@evamezzo]

если бы они хотели поставить кондиционеры - они бы уже там стояли😁 пианистка N1 и этим уже всё сказано. А всякие получившие первые места это просто плоский юмор. Пусть слушают, как надо играть на рояле в 21-м веке.

[@hisukserjeant5204]

Russia need to be updated wt good AC!! Place looks steaming hot sauna!!! Russia need to be updated

[@user-zb8jt4zl4c]

39:18

[@vlalimir3333]

Кто нибудь ,сделайте электропривод регулировки стула, .....вот они там накручивают эту ручку, стыдоба, 21 век на дворе !

[@joungkim2561]

einzige klavier spieler ist sie wer ueber kommt zwiesen mann und frau.

[@felmusik5043]

??

[@HerbertHoover69]

Someone tell these sophisticated Concert Halls, that America invented AIR CONDITIONING. It appears that so far noone has informed them This is crazy that the artist seems to be in a SAUNA Enough contact Trump, he'll get the A/C quickly

[@HerbertHoover69]

Most excellent response, Mr Hoover I give it a 9 ( old American Bandstand joke )

[@hjhseo1114]

광고 너무 많다 ㄹㅇ 양심 없네

[@jkennis9]

Not really relevant to her performance or skills…..but she is quite beautiful!

[@user-mc5bm6bv9h]

일부 관객들 매너보소.... 참나..

[@unpark6463]

Bravo! Браво🎇🦌!