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liszt mazeppa!! played by mikhaïl bouzine at the 64th busoni competition 2023, first round of the solo finals
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[@m3r3l3j]

hi everyone, thanks so much for the 1k likes 🥰, i've never expected it, (honestly) i just wanted to say a few things: first of all, please check out my other videos on the channel, as well as the both CDs. i've recorded a lot of very different stuff and this is just a tiny glimpse of my output. and the second thing, please consider buying a CD or supporting me in any other way available (the bandcamp link / donate button is in the channel info). i still ain't got my DG contract and right now I'm broke asf as every true artist (no joke, i literally can't buy myself food at the moment) thanks again!

[@alessandroceretti2290]

Allow me to tell you something and I also apologize. You play too high and your back will suffer when you are old: Also ask someone you trust maybe. For the rest, since you are young, you will change your mind a thousand times. 

[@da96103]

Probably how Liszt would play on a drunken Saturday night at the local piano bar.

[@NN-rn1oz]

Best thumbnail ever.

[@Cardstacker]

Yes, I needed preparation that this would be different.

[@raginbakin1430]

So this is what Peter Parker does when he’s not fighting criminals

[@TheExarion]

As much as I want to dislike this performance (I don't think the musicality achieved warrants this much physical showiness), I really really admire the confidence to completely throw yourself into the piece and make it your own. Also, not enough people experiment with their own physicality to bring new sounds/colors/expressions out of the piano. Many professionals will say "If your technique is good enough, you don't need to move from the bench", but it's not like many people have tried to prove that wrong. I'm happy this performance exists even if I may not agree with the musical outcome.

[@stefaniavirgili697]

Fede: a drunken pianist very keen in Liszt was Lazar BArman !!! LOL

[@xx133]

But he skipped over several parts of

[@willgraham8878]

But he was fully invested in this performance!!! He's a young man full of testosterone and wild, daring adventure-somness!!!! You don't want to bridle this too much!!

[@antiiczzz5671]

0:05 one of the rare pianist to really do it ad libitum really innovative interpretation on all of the piece even if everything is not at my personal taste you play with passion and that is what matters you really got the liszt spirit and this is refreshing

[@speedyx3493]

Yeah, I honestly hate the fact that ad-lib and improvisation in general have died out in the classical word. It was so important back in the day and now you pretty much don't see it at all. I'm not saying nobody cares about it anymore but it's rare to see nowadays

[@PetitBlackRose]

@@speedyx3493 we should bring back that ad-lib and improvisations!

[@docc1]

Poor guy. Apparently he realized that he lost his car keys at 6:05, and he's furiously searching for them for the next 30 seconds or so. (Yes, the tight pants can be problematic). Hopefully he found them! And yes, I enjoyed the performance as well; a bit on this histrionic side, but the piece benefits from that,

[@maksimryslyaev4794]

😂

[@AnotherediS]

Love the use of ‘histrionic’ here

[@Alessandro_da_Rimini]

1 point to Griffindor for the courage demonstrated standing in front of the black beast.

[@calebkinman5302]

This man is just having loads of fun with this piece. Gotta love it 😂

[@Highinsight7]

and that's what I'm sure Liszt did... and we need MORE improvisation in this type of music... BEETHOVEN use to "improvise" in his own Sonatas...

[@hj.playspiano]

I love the humor in the title and the thumbnail, while also bringing out the difficulty and challenge of playing this piece! This is great!!!! You interpetation is wonderful! The dynamic contrast is also stunning! Tempo is also consistent too!

[@MadridistaDeCono]

3:32 the "aint reading allat" of piano

[@aceleitlpokeri2826]

He has the skill to perform it faster, but smoother and showing its sentiment! Nice one

[@giovannib27]

Awesome, I loved the big contrasts and unique interpretation!

[@Themlgd]

One of my favorite performances of this piece comes from you my friend! Keep up the amazing work and I love to listen. ❤👍

[@morganmartinez8420]

My piano teacher: you gotta fix your posture! Me asf 5 seconds later: 5:39

[@francescoelia.marino]

very interesting how the young generation of Pianists are also entertainers with their performances like Yuja, Trifonov, Ling Ling, Buniatishvili, etc. The old generation of pianists like Horowitz, Argerich, Michelangeli, Rubinstein, Pires, etc, were/are impassible in their playing but yet able to communicate passion and emotions.

[@Alix777.]

M.Bouzine is not Buniatishvili or Lang Lang...He's an amazing artist and he's real. After a few minutes you know he's not there to please an audience, or showing-off, or being "an entertainer". He's here to make music with a true ARTISTIC VISION, unlike many others. His repertoire is very large and his programms are truely unique. To see him live is probably the best concert experience of my life, (I saw Pires, Badura Skoda, Sokolov...) he plays with such intelligence but so lively at the same time. His playing is radical and uncompromising. He's absolutely captivating, fascinating... He's one of the greatest young pianist of his generation.

[@francescoelia.marino]

@@Alix777. mine was not a criticism but just an observation. It seems that young pianists are not composed like the old generation ones….

[@Alix777.]

@@francescoelia.marino Horowitz not an entertainer ? Come on...Liszt, Paderewsky, Horowitz and many others were very excentric. Nothing to do with old or new generation. Today it's worse because some of them are more into business than into music

[@francescoelia.marino]

@@Alix777. Horowitz was always focused on his playing no facial expression, no movement around the piano. He was the same person who said in an interview that he could have never been that type of pianist who does facial expressions and contortions around the piano. Everybody is different of course. Unfortunately from my point of view I can't really focus on the playing when I see too much movement around the piano. One day I went live to a Trifonov performance and it was so distracting he was jumping (literally) in the seat all the time 😂

[@MathieuPrevot]

There are artists in the new generations also. I think it's just the social media factor kind of promoting excentricity on stage with sexy dresses and weird grins.

[@pianomaker7610]

Nice!! I love your passion!

[@vladimirkotliarenko7422]

awesome!

[@colinlevins4110]

okay... you deserve a subscriber for this one, i'm so happy this came on my suggested feed

[@AVIDEOGAL]

WELL THAT WAS THEATRICAL, DUDE REALLY PUTS ON A SHOW, I LOVE IT !!! AND SUPERB PLAYING TO BACK IT UP !!! I THINK HE THOUGHT THE 👿 devil WAS SNEAKING UP BEHIND HIM TO TAKE HIM AT ONE POINT !!! MY INTERPRETATION OF THE THEATRICS !!! LET HIM SIT DOWN WHEN HE GETS OLD, I LOVE SEEING THE YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE !!! 🔥 🔥 🔥 🚒

[@MOtt-hp3yk]

Unique yet tasteful interpretation. Love it!

[@kikuo4life107]

my man is so dramatic i love him

[@k16cuslav]

Fresh and inspired performance. I love your unique approach to this piece. Thank you for your originality!

[@OE1FEU]

Want to hear your Feux Follets right after that circus stunt.

[@alejandropolanco5997]

Music is a lot more fun this way! Thank you for this interpretation

[@RinasSam]

An absolutely fantastic performance! Dynamics and tempi are phenomenal, and the improvisations add a lot to the character of this performance. Love it!

[@ShineRey]

Holy cow this deserves more views, it was insane !!

[@Fy37-Piano]

3:32 … I love it. This performance is different, very different. But i absolutely love it. Also your sense for humor made my day!

[@wallie963]

The scale in the beginning sounds so delicious!

[@eenayeah]

Never in my life have I ever seen someone stand up in these 🤔 Interesting

[@chriso9338]

Oui c est très très rare on lui a mis du poil a gratter 😂

[@Dolmangss]

3:45 chill out bro lmaoo

[@utvpoop]

Little did you know until 5:37

[@Dolmangss]

@@utvpoop😂😂😂😂😂

[@katttttt]

😂😂😂😂

[@giovannimarcomarco1918]

😂😂😂😂 you hadn't see the coda at that point !

[@giuliozumerle816]

Extreme performance and extreme etude!! Also extreme developed technique🎵💪🏻

[@immortily1673]

you are so so good!!

[@OrbiliusMagister]

A touch of shomanship is perfect when it is consistent with the music. In this performance I may infere that an arcane ritual let F. Liszt's soul use this pianist's body to play his Mazeppa once again. Scary but very Romantic.

[@matthewchang7252]

What a unique and yet inspiring performance, and doing what no one these days has guts to do!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@rubenmartin4172]

Me encanta la pasión y la actitud que le da a la interpretación❤

[@user-jx2rs5be5j]

Чересчур эффектно😅 Не в укор, конечно. Я так понимаю, что в эпизоде со спуском в начале второй части произведения вы использовали "ossia".Всегда хотел услышать другой вариант этого спуска, но всегда ленился его разобрать. Спасибо Вам, что дали такую возможность (прослушать эту версию...)

[@JSJ0012]

I saw genius of piano today.

[@dreuvasdevil9395]

Holy shit I love Liszt's Mazeppa so much

[@ohrenhoehe]

🔥

[@Wkkbooks]

Rock star!

[@Sayeedur123]

Lol this is great

[@snorefest1621]

omg bro is here

[@yat_ii]

Sayeedur omgg

[@BrinaSun]

coob

[@Marta-7]

Wow❤❤❤

[@Maranatha1968]

Hervorragende Oktavparallelen

[@yeetthebeet]

nice

[@sprit7350]

great

[@vodkat07]

why is blud standing up 😹💀💀

[@alessandroviola2705]

A real joker 🎉

[@KIRA-RARARARA]

この人が弾いているマゼッパが一番好き

[@user-dn9ei3eu5m]

СУПЕР !

[@JuanSantos-yq1jn]

Incredible playing bro

[@Prometeur]

Lol love the thumbnail

[@JeffKwak221]

This video was really funny😂😂

[@beethovenberlioz]

Grande!

[@Pianissemo]

he looked like he was standing at 1st ngl

[@meszarosmate4257]

wow, great perfomance, congrats! Liszt was such a mondern-partybreaker in the classical world.. The musicality of Yours is excellent and passionate. :)

[@MYSTRO-jl1vj]

와......우......

[@Xzy_158]

Nah that face 💀

[@someoneelse68605]

Many of people hate him for doing that, but he actually is genius! He adds his own spirit into this piece!! Dude great work!!!!

[@anastasis2183]

Your technique is awesome, i think you kind of overdid it in expressiveness as i do sometimes (rit, acc, extra notes, adding removing stacato etch) XD. Still you have some really good elements in your playing, which i enjoyed. For example the slow second part (p-pp), which you played pretty amazingly around 2:06 you know. I am also young, and i do stuff like this often (trying to control it somewhat, as i am getting older). Anyway, it was fun overall and i was happy to listen to it. Your dynamics are great!

[@marcinkucharzewski2419]

U nas w Polsce na stojaco grają muzycy wykonujacy muzyke na weselach. Ciezko sie na Pana patrzy ale podoba mi sie muzyka i wykonanie. Gratuluje muzykalnosci.

[@harunotter9905]

damn is he sitting high

[@F.Adebiyi]

Wonderful.

[@Isegawa2001]

The liberties taken remind me of Horowitz's 15th hungarian rhapsody, though I'll be frank, the standing up is corny.

[@ekaterinamaslakova5356]

Einfach großartig 👍🏻 super gemacht!

[@scherzomazeppa726]

I'd pay to see you in an octo MMA match against Yuchan Lim. Yeah, he does play Mazeppa a little better, but not with a broken finger or two. Well, actually, Yuja could probably kick his butt too. Have you ever thought of maybe putting up dukes with Trifinov? That one could be a good PPV for piano and fight nerds!!!

[@JaxDaBest]

Beautiful preformance! Just out of curiosity, how big are your hands and how tall are you? You look very tall.

[@m3r3l3j]

thanks for the comment! i'm 180 cm tall, my hand can grab a tenth pretty consistlently

[@JaxDaBest]

@@m3r3l3j Okay, so then my hands should be big enough to play this piece haha

[@m3r3l3j]

@@JaxDaBest just do it ✨

[@darktatsujin]

first time when I hear this, I wonder what happened to liszt when he wrote transcendental etude... 😅

[@jiamingyao9930]

oh my god. You rent the card to practice from me in Nürnberg. And then you start to practice mazeppa…. I should come and see how you play it personally haha

[@m3r3l3j]

oh hi there, I remember you! thanks!

[@user-zz5te5nw7g]

Hehe reminds me of Keith Jarrett

[@stevejobs6650]

bite me.

[@agustinsiebert4948]

Wow, you modified the cadenza

[@ivor000]

how cutsie, 10 for creativity, however i see a new trend coming: "how to distinguish yourself from yunchan lim?" i suppose this is one way to do it, stand up!

[@clumpypiano]

As the great Ivo P says, what I do is not entertainment, when you come to my concerts you must use your mind and brain - it’s not something you go to before your dinner - not entertainment.

[@MegaFern4ndo]

This is a better showman than Lang Lang, for sure!

[@stefaniavirgili697]

Fede: 4.15 and following ?!?!?!?!? ; 4.50 GREAT!!! ; 5.45 and following ?!?!?!? = COMPLETELY FOOL

[@pappi0202]

3:29

[@schuyiwang6521]

His mazeppa is now famous in China 😂

[@dwacheopus]

OMG!!! Never heard mazeppa playing with such dynamic range!!!!

[@dunkleosteus430]

Love 4:13

[@opus1114]

It's ok when people disagree with your interpretation, it's not ok when people don't understand what you try to deliver. In that regard, well spoken (except for standing up 😅)

[@user-fg4uq2xg6r]

パフォーマンスが実力に見合っていない

[@kamint2258]

リストをjazzで表現？🤔

[@user-ls2op1qi4z]

😅 그냥 앉아서 연주했으면 좋아요를 눌렀을 것 같네요

[@jimhall167]

A tad bit messy.

[@rst7243]

I have never seen a classical pianist stand up in front of his instrument in the middle of a performance. Why?

[@snorefest1621]

Liszt literally removes his spectacles frequently in the midst of a performance (simply to entertain the audience) and you are talking about him standing?

[@dwacheopus]

I had. Burst of emotions, i guess

[@Olleg.G]

​@@snorefest1621"remove spectacles"? Sorry, don't understand, what do you mean here.)

[@pineapple7024]

I assume it has something to do with producing a specific sound only achievable by standing. There’s a few tricks you can do with your arm and body weight position sitting down, so standing doesn’t seem that strange

[@BrinaSun]

@@Olleg.Gtake of his glasses

[@Mackllauss]

Why was Mazeppa so rude? He lost his compass! The boy is talented, but musically immature. 😐

[@gixelz]

it was originally intended to be rude. close your eyes, still an amazing performance.

[@currywurst5132]

as if Liszt was a paragon of maturity in the classical world, have fun with his music

[@infundomaris]

What a clown 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MarcusBDavis]

He cheated on the flurry of the notes in the opening scale! 😮 😊Nevertheless, he’s got the chops to play it with brevity!

[@CanSakkaoglu]

he didnt cheat. its a cadenza ad libitum which means it can played freely. Most pianist choose to play a set cadenza although the pianist is free to improvise or compose his cadenza

[@felix699]

No issue If the difficulty of cadenza he offers is equal or harder to the original. Otherwise people may considered him "taking easy way"

[@chriso9338]

N'importe quoi et il termine debout j ai cru qu il avait une envie pressante Beaucoup de fausses notes des appuis incertain sur les octaves pédale forte écrasé comme la pédale d accélérateur d une voiture de sport aux 24 heures du Mans Sans parler des grimaces en bref à fuir Il y en a beaucoup qu ils interprètent les études avec beaucoup de respect et de talents

[@Kelimu]

This etude is just not for him

[@LC-bb6kn]

😂😂😂 come on...

[@zelimircabraja7529]

Plus standing up..... omg, he's done for me

[@wsp912]

Ghastly performance :/ standing, bashing, looking over shoulder, skipping adding bits... 😮

[@chriso9338]

J ai cru qu il allait faire un saut périlleux 😂 ou bien qu il partait le train n attend pas 😊

[@tongbunsing]

You are not Michael Jackson. Sit down !

[@MathieuPrevot]

Haha the middle part is not a nocturne.. what a failure !

[@gixelz]

can we hear yours?

[@A7ggEZ]

That's coming from a KZbin viewer who probably got this video recommended, and decided to watch it, I'd say that's pretty low, calling his play 'a failure' when I reckon you couldn't even play this piece to its standards

[@ShutUpZewenThisIsNotBased]

​@@gixelzwhat's the point of your comment?

[@michaelbarker6460]

Obviously its great playing. But its also why I think the piano and its future is going to the world of jazz. There is only so many new creative things you can do with the classical repertoire that you end up resorting to this. But look at the musicians deep in the genres of jazz, neo-soul and neo-classical and they are doing some really creative inventive things. The entire approach is different as well. Its not an emphasis on technique but rather an emphasis on listening then reproducing whatever it is they hear on their instrument In this way music becomes a language and expressing yourself on the piano is as effortless as talking. The culmination of that process is the current explosion of creativity. Jazz is the future, classical is dying and for good reason.

[@vodkat07]

I'll summarise the comment for anyone reading: improvisation.

[@michaelbarker6460]

@@vodkat07 Yeah that's a pretty good summary, lol. It sounds completely crazy but it turns out people can actually make music that hasn't been made before. Kind of like all those dead composers that get played over and over. All of them were making new music and developing different styles. I just think certain styles like jazz and modern classical are doing a better job at it then this style which is apparently acting like a crazy person while playing someone else's music.

[@vodkat07]

@@michaelbarker6460 I totally agree! I play classical music and I really admire jazz musicians and their improvisational skills. I'm not sure whether it's harder to improvise for classical or it's come to a point where so many ideas have been exhausted, but classical improvisation is just so rare, you end up seeing pianists resorting to stunts like these. I've seen Indian classical musicians improvise live, and it's so incredible. I like to think of music as poetry - classical music is just reciting poems and text from the past but nobody is writing more. It's hard to keep a genre alive just by playing old music!

[@octopuszombie8744]

Classical won't "die", it's pretty much timeless and will always be there but will slowly fade in this era

[@user-bk5jj3wi6t]

좋은 테크닉인데 노래가 너무 아쉽다..😢

[@dantecerasuolo8730]

Too technical and not very expressive.

[@zelimircabraja7529]

Compared to Yungchan Lim, this is nothing but loud screaming on the piano. Technique is only a small part of being a great pianist.

[@nihilistlemon1995]

At least spell his name correctly so you can pretend to know what you're talking about .

[@zelimircabraja7529]

@@nihilistlemon1995 at least have a name so we can debate. Your favourite guy is a third league pianist compared to Lim.

[@Numberonesorabjifan]

Average yunchan lim fanboy

[@A7ggEZ]

@@zelimircabraja7529 well the piece of the 'third league pianist' was actually amazing and you should learn to appreciate other people's performances, and not just meat ride 'Yungchan Lim'

[@zelimircabraja7529]

@@A7ggEZ have a real name and we can discuss