Improvising on notes chosen by the audience

Recorded live on June 28, 2023, Konzerthaus Vienna.
The concert was sponsored by Viking.

[@labradortea7873]

I was at this concert! I so happened to be visiting Vienna when she performed so I bought tickets. It was so much fun and definitely my favorite concert I’ve been to!

[@johnmavin7501]

Oh, what a wonderful event!! What else did they play?

[@sabbess3049]

Ooh you'are so lucky

[@louisegogel7973]

What a treat to hear the whole piece in its proper timing… and to be there with Alma. One day….

[@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet]

Damn, this improvisation sounds like a well-polished and finished music of an actual genius classics era. I want the whole piece!

[@NarendraU23]

Sad that the middle part was sped up, I want to listen to all of it. That was beautiful! The future of Classical music is in good hands 😊

[@StuartSimon]

Yes. Once Alma gets to work on those four notes, and the Waltz in C-Sharp Minor takes form, it draws you in.

[@NEWDOR1A]

I have seen her do this years ago. She literally could do that as a little girl. You don't encounter such talent often.

[@warrengwonka2479]

It’s a classic music school game. She’s great at it.

[@user-pq2nv7lt8n]

SHE'S IMPROVED A TON

[@saullandiof5768]

she's gotten much better

[@Tal__Shachar]

​@@BobbyFischer0000yes...

[@merricc6911]

It’s talent but it’s also training in partimenti. Beautiful that she’s helping resuscitate that practice.

[@bornaerceg9984]

And this is why you are a REAL classical musician - continuing classical tradition in a true way - by improvising, composing and performing your own music! Brava, brava, brava! ♥

[@carolinamoraes3175]

I can only thank God for allowing me to live in the same age as Alma Deutscher...

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

I salute the lady who picked the high e, it made the piece so unexpectedly beautiful!! ❤

[@johnbethell1952]

This is why you are a maestro

[@modalmixture]

Alma’s brain is like a generative AI trained on the entire Classical and early Romantic period, she’s completely assimilated common practice tonality at this point and can speak it fluently and remix it at will. I mean, girl is doing sonata form with full development on the fly and still keeping it tuneful and melodious. It’s gonna be fascinating to see what new worlds she will explore within the classical tradition and what other influences she might bring into it.

[@albal156]

As good as AI is right now it can't convey the feeling and emotion that Alma can.

[@melissacannon5311]

It's called Real Intelligence, people, and it's irreplaceable.

[@claire-zzz]

GenAI is trying to copy Alma's brain, but not even close.

[@musicfanBRA]

Great comment.

[@GratzRides]

Took the words outta my mouth

[@handyvickers]

Mere mortals like us cannot really comprehend how insanely talented this young lady is. Few are gifted with this type of ability... I think she's up there with some of the great composers of yesteryear. Bravo!

[@marciasmusic3010]

Exquisite and amazing.. wonderful Alma .. wish you hadn’t sped it up.. but such incredible beauty!!!❤🎶🎶🎹👏🏻👏🏻🩷

[@cfthompson]

Holy cow this is incredible. Turning a motive like that into a polyphonic romantic fantasy so convincingly and genuinely. Can't wait to see where she goes!

[@lindaclairesartori]

She's already been!

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

She's already arrived.

[@louisegogel7973]

❤🎵💚🎶

[@justinlaboy6837]

we're literally watching history being written in this young maestro ❤

[@christianeyazdani1340]

so ein zu liebendes Wesen- wie freundlich, erfreulich, - ein Herz, spaziert durch den Garten der Musik, und nimmt uns mit, die Schönheit zu erleben. Ich wünschte mir sehr , für die Pfeifenorgel etwas herzlich wunderbares aufgeschrieben zu bekommen, Alma Deutscher in Rohrflöte, Posaune, Subbaß und auch Mixtur🤗

[@darrellverse]

This was incredibly amazing!!! Her talent has really grown since she was featured on 60 minutes years ago. Awesome!🎉💐👏

[@classiclife1662]

This somehow reminds me of Brahms and is the most beautiful improvisation I've ever heard🌺🙌 also such a good piece, can't believe that you can just...improvise this! Its like music waited for Alma to come and play with it

[@louisegogel7973]

I love how you said that… as if music was just waiting for Alma to come play with it. I think Alma would agree!

[@mgoksoy]

This kid is unbelievable

[@happypiano4810]

I tried this. It was not nearly this well-structured. That takes not only a good understanding of improv, but also a steel-trap memory. Bravo.

[@PianoGesang]

What on earth is a steel-trap memory?

[@fayefayelou4093]

It's from the expression "mind like a steel trap." It means the person is very mentally sharp​@@PianoGesang

[@antonioalexandrexviii]

Alma, I'm an brazilian fan of your work and talent. I watched, got emotional and cried with emotion the premiere of his opera Cinderella. From that moment I met you, I was so enchanted with your music that I became your fan. You, Alma, are the future of true classical music. That music that enchants and moves, that music that conveys the true affections of the soul, the true beauty of the heart fellings. I ask God to bless you and multiply your gift, so that in the future humanity will remember you as it remembers Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi and Puccini. And may we all learn from his example of dedication to art.

[@randylazer2894]

Amazing is truly an understatement, and Chopin and Scriabin would have been proud of Alma's composition and playing.

[@jimwinchester339]

Mendelssohn & Clara Schumann, too, methinks.

[@muncangel5993]

AND Wolfi!!!!!💕

[@simone1827]

Great dear Alma, I really like your Improvisations on the piano 💖 🎹 🎵 🎶, you never know what to expect and listen carefully 😃. Thank you very much. Wishing you all the best 😊 !!! 🌷🌻🪻

[@neshkavirdure8289]

🌄🙋‍♀️😊😃👏👏👏👏😊👍👍That Was Just Beautiful Alma🎶🎶🎶🎶!!!!

[@kindbergbill3723]

amazing wonderful great Alma

[@SinanAkkoyun]

Unbelievable... I can't even express how intellectually impressing that is

[@uteenderweit6779]

Liebe Alma, das war phantastisch 👏👏👏👏👏👏ich wäre auch gerne bei so einem Konzert dabei. Bin fasziniert. Ich wünschte, ich könnte das auch. Alles Gute für Dich und vielleicht kann ich ja bei einem Deiner Konzerte einmal dabei sein 💕💕💕💕💕🇩🇪

[@angelo1962]

Wenn Sie in Europa leben, wird es eventuell passieren. Viel Spaß

[@Bernard_Lee]

The universe has blessed this amazing person. I'm a huge fan! ❤

[@tatjanalehnhardt-niederste9987]

Sehr musikalisch❤

[@erwinmeza2826]

*Alma Deutscher...WELL DONE...*

[@Carbondan]

Protect this woman at all costs!

[@Itzz_Mimi_cool]

Genius

[@AlessandroSistiMusic]

1:51 start of piece I absolutely loved this; thank you for sharing!

[@kenboydart]

I’m so glad that Alma is here in this world today. Something wonderful to look forward to for years and years to come.

[@rosebud1958]

All round beautiful talented. Amazing amazing career in front of her just talented, beautiful musician. We’re so blessed to have you love light to you and your family.❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@ccpun3790]

I am so blessed to be alive to see this vid.👏

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

Brilliant! I hope to me you when I move to Europe. Your Cinderella is brilliant

[@TheBunduBallerina]

Incredible beyond belief!!! ❤❤❤

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Oh BunduBallerina, nice to see you here! I‘m one of your subscribers. Keep it up 👏

[@jjaammee11]

She is up there with all the greats. WOW!!

[@tritonusgesang]

Großartig! 👍🎼 Ein absolutes Gehör zu haben ist nicht immer vorteilhaft, ja kann sogar eine Qual für das Ohr sein. Aber die Kunst des Improvisierens ist eine Gabe Gottes. Weiter so. 🎹

[@classyclassical7407]

Alma...a true genius !

[@fiberfancies]

Ach, das is sehr shoen! Du bist wunderbar, Alma!

[@RobertOrgRobert]

Alma’s music is incredibly emotional & spontaneous ! Pure genius .

[@CodeHappy01]

Beautiful!!! I’m always impressed by your talent ❤

[@josvahalseide221]

Beautiful and lovely! God bless you, and God bless everyone!

[@famusiconaute]

❤🫂🫶🌋💓🎶✨ Absolument géniale !!! 🪄✨🎶🙏 Tellement ravie d'avoir découvert cette vidéo !! Elle circule dans le continuum musical de la musique classique comme une déesse qui peut voir tout l'ensemble en 4 notes !! 🥰 Je suis époustouflée !! ^^ Elle est géniale !! Au sens fort du terme .. 🙏✨🕊️🌹

[@andersonpocosdcaldas]

knowledge and creativity, practice and inspiration... wonderful and just incredible.

[@ksenijavojisavljevic2034]

Amazing and very beautiful

[@Smaug1]

She’s the Mozart of our time, no doubt about it. Why shouldn’t she be? She has the talent and she has the environment that nurtured it.

[@luthfianurrahmi]

she's just Alma. We are living in her era. Let Mozart and Alma alone.

[@muncangel5993]

We all know this...nevertheless...Alma has the genoius of Mozart in every cell...we all know this too😊

[@haroldlabrique608]

Marvellous improvisation ! Thank you Alma for sharing this GREAT moment of music !

[@erichunt4253]

been waiting since i saw this on instagram...thank you!

[@highpriestess5998]

Now I need to book a trip to Vienna. It’s been too long since I’ve been there.

[@sofieada]

😵 woow... no (other) words

[@Nonconform14]

Genius Alma , amazing and wonderful as ever , improvising is important ,it shows the true talent of a musician...

[@weswright3187]

Wow, she’s a clever girl. 🙂.

[@return2earthvideochannel]

Beyond A.I. - no limitations in the mind of Alma!

[@alienorabrowning8920]

Wonderful - and how lovely to see Alma again. xxx

[@yunawong8119]

Always absolutely astonishing and a treat to watch her do this.

[@AquilaCat]

Less than a minute to formulate such a beautiful and smoothly-transitioned melody! I've been following your work for a few years now and your talent is just so impressive. It looks like you have fun with it, too, which is so important. I look forward to every new video and seeing what you do in the future. You are incredible and amazing!

[@linlasj]

Wow! Wow!!

[@procrastinationgod6654]

Absolutely incredible! I love hearing your improvisations.

[@AdelineCowgirl]

When she got that high E, I laughed with the audience and thought there's no way she can get such an awful string of notes and make anything pleasant out of it. But of course, this is Alma, so of course it was absolutely beautiful 💕💛

[@louisegogel7973]

Yes. Amazingly beautiful!

[@louisegogel7973]

Oh my God! Awesome! 🦋🎶🎵😊🎶✨🎵🌟

[@tomten8663]

OUT OF THIS WORLD STUNNING.

[@Egarrido]

Gracias Alma por mostrar tu talento y arte a todo el mundo. Me gustó escuchar algo de Chopin en esa improvisación

[@4500alfonso]

Fantastic and increíble improvisation 😮😮😮😮😮

[@walterbenjamin1386]

I knew it would be beautiful.

[@chrisgoff6544]

Nice treat on a Sunday afternoon . I'm sure Alma has every note in her head so it can be preserved .

[@warrengwonka2479]

She has claimed in the past that she doesn’t held these in her mind.

[@PieInTheSky9]

Alma has said in an interview she uses her perfect pitch to improvise, and doesn't have the improvised notes in her head unless she writes them down or records herself.

[@RobertDawson100]

Beautiful! You make it look so easy. 🎉

[@fffffffun]

Какая умница, браво, браво, браво

[@ER-je3fd]

I hope I can see you live one day, I am always amazed at the talent you display and how you can compose beautiful melodies out of thin air. I was not alive to see Mozart, Chopin or Beethoven, but I am happy to see you play.

[@XxKidnoffxX]

At first I was like, oh god I don't want to be her on stage right now..... But god.... Yes I want to be her on stage right now lol.

[@jimwinchester339]

That's how I felt after hearing that 4th note. :P

[@BlackHermit]

Thank you so much for improvising!

[@FadingRosesBluesTristeza]

Chopinesque elegance.....

[@elliottmarchand4873]

Simply astonishing

[@albertosimon5341]

It sounds like a Chopin’s waltz

[@eva7801]

Yep, that's exactly what I was thinking. So beautiful

[@RWBHere]

Thank-you.

[@claudinecornert8581]

absolutely amazing!!!!

[@patrickrwhite8354]

Wonderful Improvization. Bravo!

[@davidhertzberg]

My hope for humanity has been somewhat restored.

[@PianoGesang]

I'm hopeless, hardly anyone knows Anna in my spheres of activity. In fact I'm the only one.

[@citizencain454]

WOW!!! just wow... I heard the minor triad right away, but what Alma does with it is amazing... It's like she started with the 2nd movement and was able to create 1st movement from the 2nd... It's to bad the strings couldn't have joined in.

[@louisegogel7973]

I hope she goes with this melody and creates a bigger piece including strings from it. This is such a wondrously beautiful piece I could listen to daily.

[@gustavoc.novillo6695]

what a miracle you are!

[@user-fe9hx6zh1i]

Bravo!

[@MarianneHMiettinen]

Great, loved it!! If a next treat comes, there is no need to speed up the piano!

[@etrayos6845]

Alma, you are a genius. Please, record your new opera sooner as possible, I want to hear it.

[@borisreitman]

2:05 a beautiful turn, and then again at 2:15 the repetition but in a minor variant. At 20:21 a beautiful descent.

[@ClandOp]

Alma, I'm sure it's hard for you to understand what it's like for mere mortals to watch you compose -- "improvise" is by no means the correct term -- such a brilliant sonata in a matter of minutes. I know you hate the Mozart comparisons -- and in this performance, it's much more like Liszt! -- but the experience of watching you since childhood is the equivalent for me of going back in time and watching a musical genius become more and more and more sophisticated. The ability to compose at this level in your head is one in a million; the ability to translate what you hear in your mind to the keyboard is another one in a million. As a statistician I can tell you, that makes you almost unique.

[@benmore2067]

That's absolutely bonkers

[@ralphwagenet852]

Very very impressive!

[@amandadangerfieldpiano]

You're a gift. This was so enjoyable to watch and hear!

[@wolfunplugged]

hinreißend schön und kreativ gemacht🌻!

[@meta5175]

Now I can comprehend how Mozart could finish stuff in half an hour before the show😂😂😂

[@NNNNNNNNNNNNNNl]

C# minor, love it. Sounds reminiscent of the second movement of some of the Beethoven piano sonatas.

[@LucBoeren]

Got more of a Chopin feel to it if you ask me. Either way, pretty amazing

[@tiffcat1100]

No words! 💕💜🥰💜💕

[@Visitkarte]

This is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@chanijacob5781]

Wowww😮😮😮😮 amazing 👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@papahaydn295]

Wow, just wow. There we have "Impromptu no 1 for solo piano op. X by Alma Deutscher". When can I get a hold of a recording with the full set of Impromptus 1-4???

[@JimmyTheBoomer]

Brilliant. As always :-)

[@lht1966]

❤

[@nobysroehre]

It‘s nice to hear from you again on youtube. I‘m a fan of you since your first appearances and often I think (listening to mozart’s flute concert) it would be wonderful to hear a flute concert from you.

[@adrianvarela8890]

Pure genius!!!

[@Tisha.SaludIntegrativa]

I absolutely love these improvisations! I've listened countless times to the little tune in the BBC interview from years ago. This was beautiful!