Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No.8 in C minor, op.13, Alexandra Dovgan, Basel, 26.10.2020

[@caltamino]

Alexandra Dovgan, this marvelous artist, born in 2007, is without a doubt the greatest talent I have ever seen or heard in my life. I discovered her playing the Mozart piano concerto 23, in A major when she was only 9 years old. Here she was this tiny little girl playing Mozart. Her sensitive, highly musical, marvelous playing brought tears to my eyes, for all I could think of is that she was the female reincarnation of Mozart himself, who as we all know was a prodigy just like Alexandra. I watched her facial expressions as she was playing this extraordinarily beautiful piano concerto. When she finished playing to thunderous applause, which she shyly acknowledged, I wanted to just hug her, to thank her for her wonderful artistry, and the miracle of her very existence. I never met Alexandra in person, but I can say that I love her, as if she were my own daughter.

[@fiziwig]

I remember it like yesterday: It was 1967 when I first heard Daniel Barenboim's Beethoven Sonata no. 8. In all the years since then, Barenboim has stood out in my mind as the finest Pathétique I'd ever heard, and the standard by which all others were to be judged. Today my mind has been changed. Alexandra Dovgan's Pathétique is the finest I've ever heard. I'm simply blown away by her performance.

[@Philippepencet]

👍🏻 😊

[@watutman]

There are going to be commenters who pooh pooh your kind of comment, but I totally agree. She is becoming my favorite living pianist.

[@raywood1136]

I just "discovered" Alexandra a few days ago. Now I have been listening every evening non-stop to everything she has on line. Getting to bed late, sleepy the next day at work. Oh well.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

😊

[@lilydorfman2241]

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[@jimkost2002]

Genius. Absolutely pure and ego-less playing. I have not heard this caliber of artistry since Richter. What a future you have ahead of you, Miss Dovgan!

[@violinhunter2]

YES!!!!!!

[@andrewdronsson9028]

"and ego-less playing" Yes. I did not realize why I love this playing, after these words I do.

[@priyasebastian9491]

I came here to agree about "pure and ego-less playing". I see a couple of others already have :) This young woman is a rare pianist.

[@MrRobertfittler]

=​@@violinhunter2

[@AlbertCanil]

Impossible not to have tears streaming when confronted with such transcendence, in all possible senses. There's something so so beyond words in Her playing....

[@willlawrence8756]

Not just me then.....yes, astonishing beauty in her playing!

[@camilofuentespena7348]

Amen. It's magic when she plays.

[@melquiadesbeitia1631]

And me too, it's something divinely magic in her playing that pulse the strings of the soul and bring tears from heavens!!!

[@autumnleaves2766]

Very impressive performance. Not many 13 year olds can interpret Beethoven as well as that. Alexandra is still only 15 but is already an established concert pianist. She was taught by Mira Marchenko in Moscow. The Russian system certainly produces plenty of superb young pianists. Alexandra combines great technique with a real feeling for the music and a maturity beyond her tender years. She must have worked so hard to get this good so soon.

[@stephanemetens9810]

Alexandra Dovgan's conception and interpretation of this magnificent Beethoven sonata is absolutely remarkable. Whatever her age, she's simply extraordinary, and I'm totally won over by her genius, unquestionably one of the greatest musicians of the 21st century. Many thanks to you.

[@hervegilles7941]

A.Dovgan est La pianiste du 21ème siècle. Elle transmet la flamme. Ca n’a rien à voir avec sa technique, son âge, son humilité, ou la douceur qu’elle dégage. C’est un don, une grâce, ou une mission qu’elle a, qui ne s’explique pas, et qui la rende déjà inaccessibles pour toutes les célébrités actuelles, auxquelles on pourrait vouloir la comparer. Eux jouent, plus ou moins bien avec leur personnalité et la musique qu’ils transmettent, parfois extraordinaires, inspirés, fulgurants, puissants, subtils, impressionnants, ou sur jouant, ou même superficiels… Avec Alexandra Dovgan, on est sur un autre registre, une autre dimension, car elle n’est pas vraiment dans une action démonstrative, une prestation ou une posture, un procédé. Elle ne représente pas vraiment un style, une école, une tradition ou un pays. C’est à la fois plus simple et plus inexplicable. Dès qu’Alexandra Dovgan se met au piano, il se produit un miracle, de l’ordre du constat, de l’évidence. Elle est LA MUSIQUE. C’est tout. Demanderiez-vous au tigre de faire le tigre, au soleil de faire le soleil, ou au ciel de faire le ciel ... ? Ici c’est pareil ; on ne va pas demander à la musique d’être la musique ! …

[@keithtinkler4073]

Superbly expressed - and, yes, she stands entirely apart from any of her contemporaries, in everything she plays.

[@melquiadesbeitia1631]

Completement d'accord, elle e superior et unique. Je l'ame!!!

[@varvara6455]

❤

[@LouiCH]

Et bien il n'y a personne qui puisse s'exprimer mieux que vous l'avez fait et c'est étonnamment presque parfait !.. Je n'en reviens pas moi-même, quand et si cette nature et le don gracieux de la splendide artiste que voici, continue ainsi tel un miroir de son âme, il se peut que lorsqu'elle, je le souhaite véritablement ! Sera probablement auteur compositrice de ses œuvres ♡♡♡ Elle sera inévitablement l'une des nouvelles fleurs tant attendue ; il se voudrait qu'elle soit une seule femme des meilleures pour notre universel bonheur ! Son miroir ouvrira si c'est le cas l'écoute et le pôle d'une telle ampleur, que je le désire véritablement, voire effacer les larmes et réconcilier les nos mondes qui sont en conflit d'erreurs car il y a trop de malheur ☆☆☆☆☆ Mais ma joie serait de voir son bonheur, comme à cette heure. C'est l'espérance la meilleure qu'approuver les cœurs des grands maîtres les meilleurs, sachant qu'il y a des douleurs réconciliant dans ce jeu, entre terre et cieux

[@thepianocornertpc]

Zlata Chochieva.

[@strangenoise-mt2zf]

Мне всегда казалось, что восьмую Сонату все играют неправильно, а игра Александры меня убедила. Просто нет слов. ❤

[@richardwillford2418]

It's like hearing this piece for the very first time. The clarity, the purity, the ingenuity, the control, the emotional maturity. 13 years old!

[@FernandoHerreroSalas]

You will be soon one of the best pianist in the world. You have all the qualities required. I admire and love your playing.

[@joelmacinnes2391]

I'd say she is one of the best, and soon will be _the_ best

[@carlhahn3851]

What do you mean "soon"?

[@watutman]

I don't know if she is the best pianist, but I know she is my favorite pianist. And I've heard the others for 45 years.

[@joedays94]

The most impressive thing about this girl is the mixture of personality, seriousness and mature expressiveness that she transmits, apart from her technical mastery. A serious lyricism in someone so young is something very unusual. I hope you have a long and fruitful future as an artist and as a person.

[@veronikakalaitsidis8948]

Моя любимоя соната самое лучшее исполнение спасибо Мира ты лучшая и конечно труд Алексанндры

[@FernandoHerreroSalas]

Sublime performance. My sincere Congratulations.

[@annam.maristany5438]

Magnífica!!! Tocat per ella, el piano... Canta!!!

[@ilmaestro6582]

This girl is something else... known her for quite a while it is mesmerising to see how she takes one step after the other. All the best for your future. I am looking forward to your upcoming „steps“.

[@gildaoswaldocruz3610]

Alexandra, you are a worthy follower of the great Sokolov. Thanks for your depth of understanding great music, humility, and capacity to transmit beauty!

[@ateliermailart3371]

Such a refreshing interpretation. What I enjoy about it is that she is takings risks, and at the same time everything is perfectly humble and full of harmony ☀️thank you, Alexandra ❤️

[@JonEdwards]

Impeccable precision and clarity in every note, and musicality and expressiveness that revitalizes the piece as if hearing it for the first time. Truly outstanding performance. 👏

[@saswald]

Great rendition. One of the best ever. What a playing technique, what musicianship and sense of style. Exactly the youthful Beethoven. Wonderful Sasha, when I listen to you the world seems better to me, colorfully painted. Thanks a lot!

[@maxlever9196]

Beautiful performance Miss. Dovgan. Technically, artistically, and musically. Thank you so very much.

[@BernhardMaierPhD]

Alexandra is the incarnation of musical beauty. The elegance and technical perfection of her play is fascinating.

[@blanchegreen8369]

Your playing is like a tender kiss to the soul 💋💞🌺 You light up my heart like a candle🌹

[@Csantos1941]

Ahhh, my little Alexandra is all grown up!!! and she is now a phenomenal pianist as I predicted a few years back. Thank you for the joy you have brought into my life and may the World always appreciate you for the miracle you are.

[@melquiadesbeitia1631]

Completely in agree with your appreciation for the quellities of this adorable girl, no doubt she's a gift from heavens, I could appreciate her excelence and uniqueness from the first moment i saw her performance, God bless her forever!!!

[@joelmacinnes2391]

She was a phenomenal pianist years ago, but she just keeps getting better

[@КсенияФедорова-и8е]

К сожалению,с возрастом пропала трепетность в игре..Нельзя таланту почивать на лаврах!!.Нужно расти духовно дальше,иначе останется только виртуозность исполнения и всё..😢

[@limitstoprogress]

Best interpretation of Pathétique EVER! The beauty of this should make everyone weep, tears of joy. Alexandra, live long and prosper!

[@LHAN-rr4kv]

I'm south korean Alexandra dovgan.. you are exactly genius pianist. When i heard your playing Rameu-L Egyptinenne, i totally charmed your performance. Please keep your playing😊🙏🙏

[@leo32190]

Yes her performance of L Egyptienne was very good! And so is this also very nice too!

[@clariolaelx]

Yes,near perfection.Great artist.Beautiful Soul.Thank You.

[@vesnapodrug8551]

One of the best ˝Pathetique˝ I´ve ever heard! Bravo Saša!!!!

[@2010Anatoli]

Потрясающе!!! Спасибо Вам и Мире Алексеевне!!!!!!

[@veronikakalaitsidis8948]

Скажите пожалуйста Мира Алексеевна это учитель Александры.

[@2010Anatoli]

@@veronikakalaitsidis8948 ДА.

[@veronikakalaitsidis8948]

Александре повезло очень сильно я сама пианит

[@МамаМама-ъ3э]

Всё продумано, прочувствовано, каждый звук, каждая пауза. Спасибо Сашеньке, очень светлое видение, без трагедии, без надрыва

[@ЛадаВасилькова]

Бетховен без трагедии...

[@ЛадаВасилькова]

Ново.

[@larisayansonene7378]

Вот, да...

[@АлександрРуденко-в6м]

Нет слов, невозможно оторваться от этого звучания!!!

[@keithtinkler4073]

Absolutely!

[@connylemmens2353]

Thank you God for leading me to Alexandra again. I felt so miserable these last days, but listening to Alexandra let me cry from joy. God bless you Alexandra. Thanks 🌷🌷🌷🙏❤️

[@l.w.paradis2108]

How are you now? ❤

[@chorizoalegre7387]

Oh my.... I love Beethoven, and I love you, Sasha. Greetings from México.

[@galinavoskoboynikova5763]

Какое зрелое и осознанное исполнение! Браво!

[@gxvvbhjghxxxvj9415]

Здесь просто НЕТ СЛОВ. Почему то я всегда чувствовала,что так должно было бы звучать у молодого Бетховена. Спасибо

[@КсенияФедорова-и8е]

Раньше девочка невероятно здорово играла сложнейшие произведения, например,Фантазию Шопена,но теперь,кажется,она стала почивать на лаврах своих успехов..

[@ЗояТонких]

Спасибо. Замечательно. Храни Вас Бог.

[@VSV659]

Some people come into this world to brighten the lives of billions with sheer genius. This child is one such rare talent - she must have been 12 or possibly 13 years old! Amazing!

[@adrianwright8685]

Billions? - think you might be slightly over estimating the popularity of classical music!

[@YenneyRossi]

Ti faccio i miei complimenti di cuore cara Alexandra Dovgan per condividere questo bellissimo pezzo strumentale di Ludwig van Beethoven 🌟 No. 8 🎹🎶 straordinaria interpretazione ✨Bel modo di suonare il pianoforte 🎹✳️ Ottimo videoclip 🎬🤳 Complimenti e un meritato applauso 👏🎶 Ciao 🇮🇹✔️🤗🌃🌒

[@marktahu2932]

Not being a classical music fan in particular - I came across your music by accident and the quality of your playing stands out as unique - irrespective of whatever genre you come from.. Then looking back at your very earlier ability - like many others, I'm lost for words. Treasure your gift! and thank you very much Miss Dovgan.

[@keithtinkler4073]

Beautiful beyond belief - thank you.

[@alexrrd5512]

She is the future , her touch is so clear , keep working with the master Sokolov and you ll be amongst the greatest !

[@quaver1239]

This is just totally wonderful. Have never before heard this Sonata played with such light, shade, power and stillness as Miss Dovgan puts into it. 🙏 💐

[@Desireyso58]

The Great ALEXANDRA DOVGAN! I follow her in every Rendition on KZbin!!! Stunning Little Lady!!!

[@tencipierluigi]

Alexandra, Beethoven is here among us expressed with feeling and sweetness by your excellent performance!

[@mauriziosorelli9566]

Quando avrà maturato esperienze di vita sarà certamente una delle migliori interpreti al mondo

[@davidjgburnett]

In fact the whole piece makes more sense now I have heard her play it. Wonderful performance!

[@ric55]

Yes! My thoughts too. A really great artist such as this is able to open new musical and spiritual perspectives within music.

[@keithtinkler4073]

I find myself hearing singing inner voices I had no idea were there - astonishing volume control

[@marktahu2932]

You summed it up perfectly, even for a classical music novice.

[@helibergen9985]

Спасибо за подарок нам в день рождения Бетховена. Вдохновенно и филигранно,браво!

[@elzbietaseidel1449]

Na kanale MURAT RENA jest też piękna, dojrzała interpretacja tej samej Sonaty,także z okazji 250.urodzin BEETHOVENA. Proszę posłuchać i porównać! ❤ Ta sonata nie może być grana tak filigranowo!! W niej jest wiele cierpienia, wewnętrznych zmagań z losem, zmagań Beethovena że sobą samym, rozczarowania w miłości...

[@AlexTin]

@@elzbietaseidel1449 Przepraszam, ale tylko dzięki bezbłędnej grze można zrozumieć cały ból i dramatyzm tego utworu muzycznego

[@БорисНомеров]

Филигранно,и в тоже время мощно,браво!

[@richardwillford2418]

In an age when the likes of Yuja Wang and Lang Lang are hogging all the applause, it is so incredibly gratifying to see a true artist get up on the stage. This 13-year-old approaches every piece with impeccable taste and intellectual maturity. From Bach to Schubert, from Rachmaninoff to Beethoven, from Chopin to Mendelssohn... She examines them, grasps and proceeds. No theatrics or sequins, just an inexhaustible curiosity and love of music.

[@nadiadesimone8645]

Ludwig told me to thank you for the magnificent birthday present... 😉 BRAVISSIMA Alexandra!!! 🌺🌺🌺

[@Philippepencet]

💜🙏

[@jenningscampbell5342]

Such clean delicate precision

[@watutman]

Exactly

[@Irenam_art_yn]

Happy birthday to Genius Beethoven! 🌟 Congratulations, Alexandra 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌹🌹🌹

[@haroldlabrique608]

So nice, so perfect ! Thank you Alexandra for this beautiful moment !

[@richardtendyke3422]

Written by a genius, played to perfection.

[@kedemberger8773]

Transcendent musicianship and artistry.

[@bellousik]

Сашенька- ты чудо! Не передать словами эмоции, которые испытываешь, когда слушаешь и видишь эту талантливейшую девочку!!! Исполнение прекрасное- тонкое, грамотное!

[@37mayanne]

Невероватно лепо, осетљиво, дивно. Веч толико велика!

[@ЮлияМышак-о9щ]

Какое неожиданное прочтение сонаты.Особенно понравилась 1часть.Какая драматургия в главной теме.Очееь глубоко.Совершенно Шекспировские интонации.А в побочной теме 2части ощущается надломленность души.Необыкновенно.Большое спасибо.

[@pianodar]

Настолько проникновенно и искренне! Дорогая Саша, поздравляю! 🤍🎹🖤

[@stanleychang8609]

I have been waiting for this ever since your 11th birthday. I taught myself to play this 70 years ago during my summer vacation. When I went back to university in the Fall, I played it for my piano teacher. She told me she could not teach me anymore. It became my show piece the rest of my life. Thank your so much for your playing it. Of course, your playing is infinitely better than mine. God Bless You.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

You are great, too.

[@ЛюдмилаСухина-д6ъ]

Удивительно просто, искренно, но оч проникновенно! Какой-то человечный, душевный Бетховен! Спасибо большое!

[@KlausKocher-rw9sc]

Plainly impossible to comment such a giftet talent! Ein Talent von diesem Ausmass zu bewerten ist direkt anmassend!

[@ТатьянаАбрамова-и7о]

Прекрасное исполнение!!! Такая Глубина, искренность, каждый звук- волшебство!!!Играет- Сама Душа!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mk2k10]

Once in a century talent. Looking forward to see her grow as an artist.

[@Дмитрий-г4й]

Есть что слушать и есть как жить ... Спасибо детям нашим ...🎉

[@q.e.d.9112]

I have never heard a more expressive interpretation of this piece. The second movement moved me to tears. I felt as if the music simply flowed through her arms, hands and fingers straight to my ears. I wasn’t aware of the piano as instrument, at all, it was simply the receiver of the perfect music flowing from this amazingly gifted young woman. I feel she may astound us with increasingly sophisticated, new interpretations of classic pieces, perhaps setting the style for a generation or so. My gut tells me they only come this good, once or twice in a lifetime.

[@ИнессаКудлович]

Потрясающе! Чудо, необыкновенная музыкальность, каждый звук на своем месте!

[@katt_matt]

Любим тебя, Саша! ❤️

[@garix51]

So beautiful! Crystal clear and dramatic, little pedal... Pathos comes out from the notes (and you can hear all of them), from the structure and harmony... not from sonic mud. Steady tempos, so well mantained, add to the suggestion of fatality. Greetings from Italy! Marco

[@daniandres3211]

Extraordinary performance! A total and extremely deep understanding of the piece, something very rare. You are an incredible musician, Alexandra. Molodets!

[@snegurka42]

Спасибо за искренность, страсть и труд души , ума и рук!

[@linfablancovasquez4612]

Desde Argentina , quiero felicitar a Alexandra , por su hermosa música , que nos Taca alegrando nos el corazón 🌈🌺🌼💞🇦🇷

[@fantasyworld9633]

Саша, я восхищаюсь Вашей совершенной игрой и зрелостью в понимании Бетховена. Спасибо Вам.

[@keithtinkler4073]

Transcendental playing - thank you.

[@Philippepencet]

simply amazing I enjoy every once. Ich kann immer wieder diese wunderbaren Aufnahmen hören und genießen. Danke! 💐 💜🙏

[@williamdeng1870]

An outstanding young pianist!

[@constantinqueins9313]

Dovgan bleibet meine Freude.

[@alsenwulf]

Die Sonate spielte ich zu meinem Musik-Examen vor über 40 Jahren ... ich bin sehr erstaunt, wie sehr sich eine männliche von einer weiblichen Interpretation unterscheiden kann. Alle Achtung, Alexandra, Du hast ein göttliches Talent (Y)

[@watutman]

That is true. Alexandra is the first female pianist I like, and in fact she is my favorite pianist.

[@bobon47]

Это так "по-бетховенски", что нешуточно вышибает слезу восторга! Не знаю даже, с кем сравнить безупречнейшее исполнение Александры, да и не надо сравнивать. Особенно меня восхищает точнейше выдержанный темп и динамика.

[@ggualtieri_artworks]

Très belle performance, très inspirée... belle interpretation. Bravo!

[@elmiramuradova561]

Превосходно,грандиозно,красиво! Восхищаюсь !!! Сашенька,Блеск.

[@stavrosefremidis6127]

Congratulations for this absolutely precise and matured performance, nothing having to do with her age!

[@manfredherrig7522]

She can play everything.

[@charlesjules9569]

Prodigious, astounding, wonderful, extraordinary and all the synonyms, just got here through You tube, thank you!

[@Alexagrigorieff]

Наконец то! Давно ждал этой сонаты полностью!

[@katt_matt]

:)

[@maribell3117]

Браво, Саша! 👏🥰👍💐🎁

[@solangefecarotta]

Parabéns Alexandra! Acompanho você há tempos. Beethoven deve estar sorrindo para você 💝 👏👏👏

[@Joe1935429]

She is just extraordinary! Beyond my experience.

[@ceciliapaularicomarzocchi67]

You remind me old times in of my teenager’s sixteens. Beautiful performance, Alexandra! Truly beautiful to hear you!!

[@carmelascamardella2391]

Grandissima Alexandra. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹💐❤

[@ritajones3473]

I love this music...and Alexandra Dovgan plays it well.....

[@linezone]

огромное спасибо)

[@oxanakoppers9622]

Превосходное и очень особенное исполнение!!!! А девочке всего 14 лет! Браво👏👏👏👏👏🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

[@willlawrence8756]

Beethoven must be dancing with joy!

[@김지령-z8g]

Wonderful !👍💖

[@Sasha0K]

Браво! Молодец!

[@dinagalustyan9900]

Это событие!!! Такие искренние интонации! Театральный надрыв начала сонаты звучит у всех пианистов, а у Саши искренние чувства. Рада за всех кто услышал такое исполнение . И за Бетховена рада.

[@olgavedenko]

"Все пианисты", играющие с театральным надрывом, - это кто?

[@Starnislav_]

@@olgavedenko Присоединяюсь! Чесать пальцами без души по клавиатуре - удел Мацуева. Зачем нужен ещё один????

[@ДмитрийМаликов-с8г]

@@Starnislav_ Сравнивать Сашу с Мацуевым???

[@ДмитрийМаликов-с8г]

Мне кажется Мацуев это где то очень далеко от Саши.

[@olgavedenko]

@@ДмитрийМаликов-с8г а при чём здесь Мацуев? Есть много других пианистов. Рихтер, Гилельс, Софроницкий, Соколов, Вирсаладзе, Луганский, Березовский... Саше Довгань ещё далеко до них. Она ещё просто ребёнок, да, гениальный, но она пока только ученица. . Зачем сравнивать и ставить в противовес?

[@imanolamundarainayala9727]

Amazing, Superb... Maravilloso....Loving greetings and Blessings... Yesterday I heard her play masterfully in San Sebastián/Basque Country/Spain..... It was wonderful... I cried with happiness... Thank you very much and may you continue to give us so much artistic beauty that elevates us and heals our Souls.

[@francescopiras5124]

Brava. Suoni Beethoven in modo straordinario.

[@melupiano7118]

Alexandras use of both (!) pedals is superb and extremely refined.

[@davidjgburnett]

Yes, that's how it should be played. Bravo!

[@ЛюдмилаОвчинникова-г6я]

Спасибо, Александра! Мы очень ждали твоего выступления. Браво !