Hilary Hahn - Interview in French Part 1

[@IcedOatmilkMatchaLatte]

I dont see why everyone's hating on her french. My god, if she knows english, french, german, and now working on japanese, thats A LOT more impressive than these people posting on youtube. anyhow, she's amazing. +1 for Hilary Hahn

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Calm down, everybody! In all seriousness, it is always good to see native English speakers making the effort to speak a foreign language. Classical music definitely requires an awareness of foreign languages, particularly Italian, Latin, French, and German. Hahn has said that she would like to continue her study of languages, which is great! I cannot play the violin like Hahn (obviously), but I can speak French and German (very nervously).

[@TheFrancescaViolin]

It is truly amazing how intelligent she is. Fluent in French, German, English, and an AMAZING violinist!

[@marsarium]

I'm french and it's obvious that she speaks better french than Ribery :D

[@xXAdAbsurdumXx]

i can hear the whole heaven singing when she is speaking.

[@mm_k08]

Her French is actually very good. Unlike most english speakers she doesn't have much of an accent. Most importantly- she is speaking comfortably and not just practicing with a teacher but actually talking to a French person on an interview that hundreds of people are going to see and that takes a lot of courage to do!

[@manishsigdel824]

I don't understand a word of French. Just here to Marvel at how amazing Hilary Hahn is

[@edouardpatricemontagnon4852]

C'est parfait, merci..❤

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

Beyond amazing. I am in awe. What a talent. Fantastique Hilary. Human perfection and excellence.

[@monsieur8793]

impressionnante même quand elle parle français, c'est une grande dame des temps moderne.

[@renzarrubio1839]

i love the language of france so much

[@vaskenkantardshieff]

TOUTES LE MONDE AIME HILARY!

[@foucachon]

Yup, her french is not "native" but it's good! I understood all she said - that's very good for a second language!

[@edouardpatricemontagnon4852]

Cette interview en français est remarquable, les réponses en français si précises et si instructives.

[@ginsuchop100]

@musique234 This interview is dated in 2006 so it was a while back. But yes, even now she still looks very young!

[@christianguignard9980]

Hilary Hahn, une grande violoniste, unique à mon sens; un esprit, une âme, une conscience, pour tout dire une grande dame. C' est un honneur de l' entendre parler, et le Français nous laisse entrevoir la tendresse de sa voix naturelle, celle de l' âme. L' entendre jouer nous laisse entrer au ciel dont elle reçoit assurément la bénédiction , bien au delà les icônes convenues. Une telle personne une telle artiste ne peut que susciter les plus grandes et belles émotions, les sentiments les plus profonds, puisque elle nous offre le creuset de la vie , l' intime des partitions, et le seuil du paradis ! Hilary Hahn est née pour exprimer tous les instants, les degrés de la vie à travers sa musique, on peut aussi penser aisément que la musique est toute entière dans l' expression et l' être fondamental de Hilay Hahn.

[@vivaelparaguay]

her french is not impressive at all BUT i'm french and I understand everything she wants to say... IMO it's enough, she's an artist not C3PO ! It's already amazing to see such a young and talented artist who tries to make an interview in french...such a dificult langage

[@organboi]

how the hell did she get to speak french so well? did she live in france? is she from canada? that's amazing.

[@ginsuchop100]

Pretty impressive that she at least has a basic grasp of several languages. I only barely know a 2nd language. Also amazing how here she looks more like a 13 year old than someone in their 20s.

[@glennosmansdeiros]

Formidable! :-))

[@UTubeSL]

Awesome. Didn't understand much of this video; it still makes me want to marry her though :)

[@BigFatCode]

I am in love!

[@JackInTheBox1616]

wow shes 31? i thought she was like 16 wooow

[@amesbancal]

Les musiciens sont naturellement doués pour les langues étrangères. Son niveau n'est pas intermédiaire comme l'a écrit quelqu'un dans un commentaire précédent mais très bon et potentiellement excellent si elle pratiquait. L'anglais est une langue difficile contrairement à une idée généralement acceptée. Simplement il est facile d'y être médiocre. C'est une la langue qui comporte peu de règles et se parle un peu "par instint". Seuls les "natives" peuvent maîtriser par exemple la place de l'accent tonique et l'usage des prépositions. Je traduis en espérant ne pas faire de fautes. I am translating the above text hoping not to make mistakes. Musicians are naturally skilled for foreign languages. Her level is not intermediate as someone wrote it in a previous comment but very good and potentially excellent if she would practice. English is a difficult language contrarily to a generally accepted idea. Simply it is easy to be mediocre about it. It's a language that encompasses few rules and which is spoken somehow "by instinct". Only natives can master for instance putting the stress on the right syllables and using the right preposition after the verbs.

[@pneron2032]

Very true. I am a native English speaker. We are so used to people from all over the world speaking English idiosyncratically, that we don't get upset when we hear something unorthodox. In my experience, the French leap on you if you make an error!

[@amesbancal]

@@pneron2032 yes ! For French French people a langage mistake is an "offense " against French culture. That the way it is...

[@sophelet]

As a singer and conductor, I agree completely. Having a trained musical ear helps a great deal in learning pronunciation, too. And her fluency in several languages demonstrates her brilliance, her motivation, and her full education that she brings to her understanding of language. This is much more difficult in general for Americans because we only have direct geographical connection to two countries, whereas in Europe you can see that many people are multi-lingual and have the opportunity to use more than their primary language.

[@amesbancal]

@@sophelet it is nice to receive, after 8 years, a so intelligent answer.

[@cameronkyau]

But cmon Ling Ling can speak everything

[@Guitcad1]

@peachyfedora I can detect her American accent a lot more in German. I don't hear much of it in her French at all.

[@antoinezygfryd]

moi je regarde le ballet de ses mains magiques!mais les questions sont vraiment alambiquées pour quelqu'un qui manie peu le français(fort bien,au demeurant)

[@povholo]

Conceder una entrevista en un idioma que no es el propio y realizar el esfuerzo por aprender no hace mas que aumentar mi admiracion por esta persona. Aquellos que puedan codearse con ella en todos los ambitos que abarca, son los unicos cualificados para criticarla. Sencillamente un bellisimo talento para admirar, disfrutar e intentar emular.

[@saadmll]

Please put the MIC UP

[@BerlinerStadtschloss]

I do underline every word - she should be the idol of million of young people and not Lady Gaga or Bushido.

[@kellbellwon]

she has perfect technical skills on the violin AND in french? omg.

[@ampsandguitars]

She's amazing. Thats all!

[@Volgeblanc]

Mais si! A little american english intonation in some words in French, but very articulated. French is my native language.

[@MrHbc3]

@maxiceska I think she was ten when she started at Curtis.

[@killerecho]

Great, as if I needed any more reason to feel like I'll never be worthy of her.

[@Ave88]

She finds Paganini both very beautiful and dramatic. SHe finds it very deep, even though most say that it's not serious

[@musique234]

@ginsuchop100: Actually I think she's 31 now! I must agree that she looks very young!

[@franker69]

She is from Boston, but has Germen roots. I think she also wants to learn asian languages. A great talent !!!

[@akintomeatloaf]

...and she speaks German too!

[@piquedard]

let's put it this way; hilary speaks french! it's ok, but it's just that... that said, qui pourrait citer le nom d'un (e) autre violiniste aussi doué(e) - et - mais aussi polyglotte? pour tout dire, elle est unique, cette grande dame de la muisique classique!

[@pneron2032]

Ivry!

[@raulalvan3283]

je crois qu elle parle bien le francais , et elle super avec le violon

[@etojhoakaeergear]

不覚にも、 すげー英語もフランス語も両方しゃべれるんだ!! と思ってしまった。

[@saltag]

ドイツ語も話すと思う

[@kurd55]

They're just jealous--AND idiots, of course. I'm a 56-year-old Nebraskan and I still don't speak my own language as well as I'd like--let alone all of those other cool languages out there in the world. In fact, I think I "speak" music much better than English. I know my music copying abilities are a 100% better than my penmanship.

[@lynxuscesarus5526]

Elle se débrouille plutôt bien en français...

[@honungsklubba]

Despite crappy "french" (Superb compared to mine), as some anonymous person/s implies here... she makes more money than any of us in here in a life-time...

[@TheSocietan]

She seems more comfortable speaking German, too bad... French suits her more... don't know why...

[@scottsanett]

Her last name is actually of German origin

[@DudulleMaster]

Frenglish ^^

[@PaulLeevoiceactor]

WOW beautiful, great player, and multilingual...will you marry me?

[@hymnofashes]

Well she ain't paid to speak French on stage. Her french is intermediate. Not great. So what?