She didn't come to compete, she came to play music
@hjchoi20637 жыл бұрын
If Chopin heard her playing, he would be really satisfied. While she is playing the piano, it seems that she is in her own world in the heart. Her nocturne makes me fall into deep thought.
@ambercai9799 жыл бұрын
wow that opening is breathtaking
@seongtaek848 жыл бұрын
second that!
@gil-evens7 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. So much space
@sm304055 жыл бұрын
a wide and clear opening
@RolandHuettmann4 жыл бұрын
She makes the piano sing, no -- melt. She became my favorite Chopin interpreter. She is in another sphere.
@danielche23493 жыл бұрын
Ooh melt is a good word
@PieInTheSky93 жыл бұрын
She's an angel, there's no other explanation to how beautiful this is..
@joycelee25689 жыл бұрын
Best performance of this nocturne in the competition.
@liceous9 жыл бұрын
+Joyce Lee best performance of this nocturne EVER!
@RollinRocker4 жыл бұрын
@@liceous Avdeeva was pretty good. Totally different sounding than Kate's version but also worth listening to.
@elias77484 жыл бұрын
@@liceous Listen to claudio arrau play.
@kyoungpyohong43872 жыл бұрын
@@liceous agreed
@sakuradays983 жыл бұрын
"Music is the silence between the notes" - Claude Debussy Kate Liu embraces each and every note which warms my heart whenever I listen to her. The amount of feelings and emotions that go into the piano makes it resonate which can make people sway.
@alfredoparamo31394 жыл бұрын
Those of us who love Chopin's music are proud of Kate Liu
@klavieremily68709 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful playing I have ever heard.
@pauld81567 жыл бұрын
Some people play the piano, Some people complete themselves with the piano music. I now live in a better world. Thank you Kate Liu.
@ChiKitWong4262 ай бұрын
I can kind of understand why Cho won the competition but Kate is my winner. I'll always come back to her playing. Especially this, and the grand polonaise
@fransterbeek9148 жыл бұрын
Here also her playing is so unreally beautiful that it is impossible to catch it in words. No tone is routine, no tone is less inspired, everything is totally unrestricted and only the spirit of Chopin is speaking here. One cannot think here on technique anymore because everything is perfect and full of heavenly beauty. What a gigantic talent!
@xenasloan68592 ай бұрын
this performance reveals so much: no need to thump the life out of the keyboard; take your time in expressing the emotion...the audience seems to have lost its compulsive mania to cough throughout; seriously a lovely way to express another's thoughts. Superb
@ghuinink2 ай бұрын
"the audience seems to have lost its compulsive mania to cough throughout" finally someone addresses this. It's an annoying disease in most performances. together with the compulsory stiffness and posh behavior it takes away some of the fun of going to concerts
@Someonece8 жыл бұрын
I am stunned by this interpretation. The spacing she uses to draw out every note, every emotion, is so inspiring. She has achieved the highest potential of expressing the eternal spirit of Chopin. 2:48 to 3:30, as well as 4:26 to 5:03 is like reaching the absolute depths of the human soul. Unbelievable what Chopin wrote here, and how Kate interprets it. Hopefully she ends up recording all of the Nocturnes the same way she played this, or any of his works really.
@Maijn2345 Жыл бұрын
Perfectly said
@gregoberski58972 ай бұрын
Unbelievably good playing of one of Chopin's best pieces. Wow.
@philphil29457 ай бұрын
Kate Liu played this piece beautifully with so much sensitivity and emotions. This is by far my favorite performance of this nocturne. Others may play with more power and speed but Kate`s playing was almost flawless in her ability to connect music with the listeners hearts.
@keipidesu8 жыл бұрын
So beautiful.. I'm always moved whenever she plays. I hope she makes an album of Chopin Nocturnes (or any repertoire). I'll buy her works in a heartbeat.
@gardenphoto3 жыл бұрын
I would too... but major record labels are far too busy promoting "great talents"... like the insufferable Lang-Lang! THIS is the real deal; Rubenstein reincarnated in the heart and soul of one Kate Lui... magical!
@binglebinglebingle4 жыл бұрын
Whenever I come back to this video, I find this still amazing and absolutely beautiful. I'm learning this piece, so now I see more in Kate's interpretation. One may say, in several spots, it is different from the score, only if one understands the score in a literal sense. However, what she does here is freeing the music from the score while keeping its own style, letting it sing, dance, and fly through the air. I wouldn't claim that she is better than someone, but I've never seen what I see in Kate's performance in others' performance. Comparison is meaningless, but she is truly exceptional.
@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries4 жыл бұрын
Where does it differ from the score?
@jisyang87812 ай бұрын
@@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries 1) at the very end of the first section she arpeggiated the chord (at 3:03). Many pianists do that mainly because of smoother transition to middle section and possibly small hands. 2) in the middle section she chose to play the version with couple more notes in one bar in the middle (At 4:07) Afaik urtext is the one without these notes.
@genis_piano2 ай бұрын
7:30 end is just from an other universe ✨️
@alfredoparamo31394 жыл бұрын
I mean it with all sincerity: Kate Liu is the best interpreter of Chopin's music that I have met in my long life, which is now over 86 years old.
@mattdugan20003 жыл бұрын
It’s interesting when someone says someone is the best. Kate is wonderful but implying she is the ‘best’ simply isn’t possible, no one is the best... simply great. No art artist or interpretation can be graded by anyone except to themselves.
@Roach323 жыл бұрын
I would listen to a playlist of Rubenstein playing Chopin's nocturnes too!
@JoyAndWhimsy173 жыл бұрын
@@Roach32 Well, that is just your opinion. Alfredo’s opinion is his, not yours. He can think Kate Liu is the best, he doesn’t need your permission.
@Roach323 жыл бұрын
@@JoyAndWhimsy17 What? I didn’t say anything like that at all. I simply recommended it because Rubenstein’s recordings are very well done. I’m not downplaying anybody’s opinion. I have no way of knowing whether Alfredo has listened to them or not, so I suggested it.
@zuhairbakdoud13603 жыл бұрын
@@Roach32 l agree wholeheartedly. Rubinstein is practically a reincarnation of Chopin. Kate is most sensitive, and makes it appear that the piano is playing itself. She rare looks at the keys.
@marshallartz3953 жыл бұрын
She takes us to another world.
@rcai77742 ай бұрын
There is a certain effortless and natural feeling that she imparts upon the listener, which makes this Nocturne all the more organic and pleasing to the ear.
@retrocules3 жыл бұрын
This deserves a million views.
@N1CK_B9 ай бұрын
Wow this actually happened. I feel that it’s the most advanced and heart felt piano music I’ve ever heard
@HappyGoLuckyPanda2 ай бұрын
She can just play one key over and over and still sounds divine I suspect
@yarnover2 ай бұрын
Her trills even seem to be thought out and expressive.
@Peter_47125 жыл бұрын
Listening her is an unbeateable joy, one can immerse totally into Chopin's enchanting music.
@skydream48698 жыл бұрын
Personally it feels like she let her fingers do their job freely but I can feel some deep understatement in her playing..love it! And Her playing Chopin Ballade no.4 is exceptional!!!
@hannastaszak16843 жыл бұрын
Fryderyku będziemy Pana kochać aż do końca świata.
@tomaszpopielicki89128 жыл бұрын
Wherever Ms Liu plays a concert or a recital in Poland, she always, I repeat, always, gets a standing ovation.
@liceous8 жыл бұрын
concert can refer to a performance with an orchestra (e.g. playing a concerto with the berlin philharmonic). a recital can refer to performing solo pieces without accompaniment.
@NoahJohnson18108 жыл бұрын
Never heard one this slow, but you know what the judges are looking for - uniqueness! They need something to remember the performer by. And because this is a very musical and unique interpretation she got great marks for it. Great job!
@themoroccanpianist89533 жыл бұрын
the last minute of this nocturne is the pinnacle of Chopin's art! no doubt he is the king of composers for piano !
@keescanalfp51433 жыл бұрын
True, so true! and then us hearing how someone like mr. horowitz, well, eh, literally, eh, as good as disposed of this ending - such a pity in respect of that great job he did before, in the same piece. strange impression, as if he couldn't find an access to these peace bringing motives.
@alfredbooth68543 жыл бұрын
Perfect control and an incredible talent for voicing.
@davidchase33302 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, sensitive heart music- so personal.
@Peter_47125 жыл бұрын
Just like a beautiful dream, from what one doesn't want to awake at all.
@op.28no.173 жыл бұрын
케이트 연주 듣고 이 곡에 반해버림..너무 아름다운 녹턴.
@Viktorvelat952 ай бұрын
One of the top 3 performances of this nocturne that I have ever heard (along with Bozhanov and Moravec versions)! Kate Liu is a rare gem amongst the world of piano and I wish that she did more concerts unlike some other pianists who are a bit overrated, yet they keep performing everywhere….
@fredfeinberg39952 ай бұрын
Bozhanov and Kate are the standouts for me in the last 40 years of this competition. So different, yet both utterly transcendental. [Yet neither won.] I'd travel far to hear either of them, and don't understand how they are not filling up Carnegie on a regular basis.
@PieInTheSky9Ай бұрын
Rubinstein has the best recording of this ever made imo
@p1st0ls442 ай бұрын
I listened to this all day yesterday. Cant get it out of my head!
@alfredocastaneda14747 жыл бұрын
Each key touch and pause, reflects Kate's passion and presence when playing Chopin's compositions!
@bestofclassicalmusic44553 жыл бұрын
3:53 Such great dynamics contrast
@jean-mariedethier54954 жыл бұрын
Ce qui fait de cette jeune pianiste une "grande" musicienne, c'est son incroyable faculté d'habiter chaque détail du discours musical sans jamais perdre le sens sublime et cohérent de l'oeuvre. Magnifique !
@meredith2184616 жыл бұрын
Arguably Chopins finest nocturne.
@themoroccanpianist89534 жыл бұрын
op 48 also and op 72
@smikkelbeer63524 жыл бұрын
@@themoroccanpianist8953 I would personally say this one has more depth
@marshan12264 жыл бұрын
His op 27 set...
@themoroccanpianist89533 жыл бұрын
@@smikkelbeer6352 yep
@aliceko46953 жыл бұрын
And op.62-2 too
@wydiachandra40369 жыл бұрын
Beautiful , very beautiful. Stunning !
@alanjohnson59945 жыл бұрын
My Word! I was blissfully unaware that one could reach an almighty 'HIGH' in Chopin's music until I heard this amazing performance. Kate's interpretation of this nocturne is truly inspiring, spellbinding and deeply satisfying. Excellent stuff.
@Schubertd96011 ай бұрын
1:35 is simply one of Chopin's most inspired moments.
@neilkilleen3911Ай бұрын
It’s the space that makes this so glorious
@meredith2184618 жыл бұрын
Divinely beautiful playing.
@jeremychoe26088 жыл бұрын
This is one of the great Nocturne Op.62 No.1 I have ever heard. Her nocturne gives me so much impression and makes think. also very sensitive
@darcsaster6 жыл бұрын
exquisite...extraordinary. The whole piece is sublime, including 6:45 when heard in the entire context. What a revelation.
@angelinemapiano25437 жыл бұрын
by far my favourite interpretation of this nocturne. so glad i stumbled across this when trying to figure out how to interpret it
@katieliu38063 жыл бұрын
same here my friend
@angelinemapiano25433 жыл бұрын
@@katieliu3806 that’s crazy bro
@josejavierminguez27379 жыл бұрын
The best performance of this nocturne i never eard. Tanks miss liu.
@alfredoparamo31395 жыл бұрын
I love Chopin's music. I love this Nocturne. I love this pianist.
@lagunagreg9 жыл бұрын
The playing might be as misty and vaporous as can be, but that girl is all business. Nothing is wasted, every note means something, she is completely there every instant.
@kyungho_seong4 жыл бұрын
what an astonishing interpretation!
@solbriller19 жыл бұрын
This is pianoplaying at its very best
@DiaVaza4 жыл бұрын
God, this is beautiful. Impeccable. I barely have the words for it.
@isakhungnes89767 жыл бұрын
After listening to Liu, every piece she plays become my favorite!
@giligalagulugala44698 күн бұрын
damn. shocked at how well she could control the piano and make it sing
@movielover123ish2 ай бұрын
Absolutely stunning.❤
@cmcase8 жыл бұрын
I contacted Kate after hearing this on the live broadcast, and mentioned Gould's remarks about playing from a state of ecstasy. She responded that what was important to her was being "in the zone", something she also mentions in one of the interviews. I've never heard a more poetic nocturne than this, not even from Friedman, Lipatti, Moravec or Horowitz. Had she not made a few mistakes in the concerto and elsewhere, she might well have got the gold medal she deserved.
@jimkeller38686 жыл бұрын
MISTAKES??? lol. Goes to show the unbearable pretense of classical performance competition. Her body is completely immersed and at one. Technique has become the means towards that end. I feel bliss when I hear her. When it comes down to a few "mistakes" it becomes laughable.
@szekei-ct6 жыл бұрын
totally agreed
@bgates2755 жыл бұрын
@Jim Keller That just goes to show how fierce the competition is at this level. Yeah, a few mistakes, seems like no big deal. But consider something like the 100 meter finals at the Olympics, where the difference between first and last is often only a few milliseconds. Or consider an admissions test, where only a couple of points may separate the 99th percentile from the 99.9th, but the difference actually means a rarity of 1/1000 instead of 1/100, and say, getting into Harvard or not.
@Fritz_Maisenbacher5 жыл бұрын
What is this silly discussion about mistakes ? You are the mistakes , bloody people ..... thanks to Frans ter Beek , Christopher Case and Jim Keller for their answers . When someone is playing the piano like that , there are always some pigs like John Smith hearing the mistakes , and unable to listen to the music . Poor dirty world ....
@ThePianoTester5 жыл бұрын
What it the problem of pointing mistakes? They make us humans. You people should relax a bit more. Making mistakes is ok, but it may have costed her the gold medal. But that is okay, What matters is how she makes you feel. She made me feel blessed just by hearing her playing, throughout the entire competition.
@margusriimaa329424 күн бұрын
I have waiting some something like that for so long.
@antoniotoscano6225 Жыл бұрын
Come può la mente umana concepire una sequenza di tale bellezza? 5:18 Mi sento un privilegiato solo per il fatto che Chopin sia esistito, che abbia composto capolavori meravigliosi e che, fortunatamente, posso ascoltarli.
@wendy7884 жыл бұрын
beautiful.....breathtaking
@sonholee57692 ай бұрын
Garrick Ohlsson was correct...
@kituxplo52 ай бұрын
What about?
@sonholee57692 ай бұрын
@@kituxplo5 He really loved her playing during this competition. He was on Ben Laude's channel.
@kituxplo52 ай бұрын
@@sonholee5769 I watched that video recently. Now I understand.
@nobe86522 ай бұрын
"I was in a dream state". Oh, truly yes.
@flexaeterna3 күн бұрын
I am here because of him 😂
@benjamincuevaseninde9 жыл бұрын
-- Délicatesse, aisance & légèreté. Une merveille. --
@ronl71313 жыл бұрын
KL, wonderful Artistry…..nice touch here
@WitoldBanasik6 жыл бұрын
Kate embodies music all by herself.. The Angel..
@normanlee43225 жыл бұрын
She played so naturally like an angel in the sky, not a manufactured pianist.
@cmk48213 жыл бұрын
very sensible interpretation... wonderful...
@peanutbutter15304 жыл бұрын
The first 50 secs sounds so ethereal, thinking someone dances to the sound hopelessly. Shes givin up
@GunFriedericiSvantessonart8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful music! She knows how to convey the music's beauty!
@humanbean32 ай бұрын
thank you for showing me the guy scratch his head. that was marvelous
@hurricane_hazel2 ай бұрын
🤣 What a bizarre moment.
@humanbean32 ай бұрын
@@hurricane_hazel i think they hired someone who went to film school to film. "time for one of those focus shots i learned" "oops i focused on someone scratching his head"
@xenasloan68592 ай бұрын
Wish I lived in your village. My humour to a tea
@matthewbaker59724 ай бұрын
So lovely, brought me to tears
@karolpawlowski53682 жыл бұрын
Pan Fryderyk Chopin jest dumą Polski! Cały naród jest z niego dumny! 🇵🇱
@benbroverman51508 жыл бұрын
Stunningly gorgeous interpretation
@evelynminnick32698 жыл бұрын
Beautifully performed, thank you...
@bachopinbee59917 жыл бұрын
Very graceful playing.
@alfredoparamo31394 жыл бұрын
Kate Liu es uno de los mejores interpretes, hombres y mujeres, de la música de Chopin que he conocido en esta vida mía que ya se acerca al noveno decenio.
@TheKanakusumoto7 жыл бұрын
I almost cry when it's starting
@MrBobspiano2 жыл бұрын
Kate is breathing in exquisite rose petals - but the wind must blow now and then. Fear not, linger. All is well.
@samuelmusic48364 жыл бұрын
So, so beautiful !!!
@the_musical_zebra53546 жыл бұрын
Yep. Definitely going to learn this one✔
@themoroccanpianist89534 жыл бұрын
did you learn it ?
@hurley3000gt9 ай бұрын
I did
@melkithierry928911 ай бұрын
..... je reste sans voix.... littéralement habitée par la musique et la grâce 🙏🙏❤️
@zivauri8 жыл бұрын
This is a miracle, revealed layers of delicacy ,linking time and sound and emotion ,touching something more than ears- as you listen, your mood opens and relaxes, especially near the end. It is the best performance of this piece that I have ever heard.
@yeetthebeet11 күн бұрын
The performance feels so alive and warm divine tone
@CarlSanchious6 ай бұрын
The lightness of her passages almost seemed as if the notes were diaphanous. The a tempo is genuine Chopin craft perbasive in many of his pieces ; the Ballads particularly.
@christinesenior58232 жыл бұрын
Stunning a beautiful beyond words 💗
@leonardodelyrarodrigues37524 күн бұрын
6:06-6:34 Vibes moment of the Polonaise in D minor middle section in this Nocturne.
@jc9552Ай бұрын
Breathtaking. ❤
@michaelj12375 жыл бұрын
Too bad the video was cut short. I wanted to see her hands leave the keys and her eyes open and how she probably felt after that remarkable interpretation.
@marshallartz3955 жыл бұрын
Michael Gaborni: Here is a link to the unedited video of Kate Liu’s performance from the Stage One, Oct 4, 2015, 5 pm-9 pm session of her complete program. The Nocturne starts at 2:54:59 kzbin.info/www/bejne/babYZ6yPrJd7m8k 😎🎹
@lifestyleastherapyafterstr94233 жыл бұрын
Personal timestamps: 5:04 beginning of trill section, so elegant(play on 1.25x)
@joebone872 ай бұрын
Where are the albums? I want more, we need more .
@simon_melomano2 жыл бұрын
She gave me a tear.
@andrewlee13363 жыл бұрын
How did she develop her own voice (sound) at such a young age.
@LucBoeren Жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Very talented
@liceous9 жыл бұрын
the best.
@sgut19478 жыл бұрын
As everyone's saying, this is the very best. Anyone know if there's a recording of Kate playing the Chopin Barcarolle? It could have been written for her.
@liceous8 жыл бұрын
I don't think there is but I agree I would've loved to hear her play the barcarolle
@marshallartz3954 жыл бұрын
sgut1947: Your wish has been granted! Kate Liu played the Barcarolle at the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium. Here is the Barcarolle link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3-3aGx_rad9qqs And you can also hear the rest of her program, which includes music of Bach, Beethoven, and Ligeti, on a separate KZbin video. Here is that link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZvEfYSgadlrers Happy listening! 😎🎹
@marshallartz3954 жыл бұрын
@@liceous: You can now hear Kate Liu perform the Barcarolle on KZbin. She played it at the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Competition, and the audio is now uploaded to KZbin. The rest of her program features Bach, Beethoven, and Ligeti, and is available as a separate video on KZbin. Enjoy! 😎🎹
@sgut19473 жыл бұрын
@@marshallartz395 Thanks! I just found it, and as you say, it's beautiful. Way back in 2013 Kate already had that balance of delicacy and passion that makes her one of the greatest.
@esauponce9759 Жыл бұрын
There's just too much beauty in this! ❤️
@Hopkidnow2 ай бұрын
The Chopin Podcast brought me here…!
@mrsunshine1512 ай бұрын
Same!
@staroft26 күн бұрын
Nobody cares what brought you here!
@miguelfontesmeira68997 жыл бұрын
Sublime
@shivang152 жыл бұрын
Much love. During the trills there was no background noise from the audience.
@danafadler8 жыл бұрын
Phrasing is intuitively communicated in the way it was heard as Chopin conceived this work. In fact the pianist is conveying Chopin's work as he intended it to be articulated.
@peterbohdanko8 жыл бұрын
How do you know exactly how he wanted to interpret it? I don't agree, only he knows how it should exactly be played. The majority of pianists play the same piece differently.
@alfredoparamo31398 жыл бұрын
Cuando preguntaron a Claudio Arrau qué obra de Chopin le conmovía mas, dijo "Alguno de sus Nocturnos". Me parece que estas piezas cuentan, en efecto, con el Chiopin mas profundo. Y que bien intterpreta Kate Liu, a nuestro bienamado compositor.