Midori Goto Sarasate Zapateado

Encore played by Midori with Robert McDonald (piano) at her Carnegie Hall debut in 1990. Footage from "Midori Live at Carnegie Hall".

[@vdinh143]

That moment when your left hand pizzicato is so good the audience has to applaud in the middle of the performance.

[@murilloman9130]

👏 👏

[@conz2078]

ikr

[@NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO__]

👏👏

[@catalinarose3306]

👏

[@justanotherweirdo2324]

The only time applauding during is warranted, haha!

[@thomasschmitt8827]

Normally you dont cheer when the artist is playing. But in this case the people couldnt resist and had to show how much they like her playing. Thats why she is smiling.

[@nickdavis965]

During mozart's era passages that were hard or beautiful were met with this type of reaction. Dvorak's 9th symphony during it's premiere was met with roaring applause and cheering after each movement.

[@aleksinuutila2315]

This was also encore, so it is far more acceptable to applaud during the piece, since it was an extra show piece after the recital.

[@Liz-vd4lj]

And she looks lovely when she smiles

[@midnightmusic1087]

Liz agreed I thought she was all mean and serious until I saw her smile.

[@viharsarok]

You don't say.

[@nick.andrews]

I feel the need to remind everyone that THIS WAS PLAYED AS AN ENCORE AFTER A WHOLE PERFORMANCE

[@rzno3414]

WHAT after what concerto?

[@jackburgess274]

@@rzno3414 It was a recital, not a concert. The occasion was her Carnegie Hall recital debut in October 1990, a few days before her 19th birthday. It is a very famous recital. The whole of it is available on YT but perhaps the best known part of it is her remarkable performance of Ernst's Last Rose of Summer, which is available on YT in a separate video.

[@liisu.]

Amazingg

[@nbabayev]

@@rzno3414sagag😮hz. S😮y 😮

[@DrDingsGaster]

Jesus.... that's just insane.

[@primuladinverno]

Her smile...

[@primuladinverno]

Jon b So beautiful

[@klarasweeney848]

I agree! She’s absolutely gorgeous and cute but she still has so much class.

[@junesnow6]

Her smile pure and beautiful

[@galaxynugget291]

Soothingly creepy

[@bellacapulet1933]

Her smile is beautiful.

[@mayasevelen]

after Miss Mississippi destroyed this im so glad to hear it brilliantly done

[@Redlineunlimited]

+maya Mathews xD ahhh haha

[@anastasiafaith696]

Maya Foster oihiôxji

[@anastasiafaith696]

Martin Trost ur h

[@FrankBell]

yessssss hahah

[@magicalshadow3717]

This comment had thousands of likes . Now only 656 ? What happened

[@xHannaHx33]

Her smile when she hears the crowd cheer is so cute and innocent!

[@olivegreen1351]

Q

[@Playlistony]

Her smiling while playing a ridiculously difficult piece makes me think about my life choice of becoming a violin soloist...damn

[@emmanuelenriquez8296]

VIOLIN GIRL IN THE BLUE DRESS

[@papa_mia4495]

+Emmanuel Enriquezz Darkest hours in the entire human history indeed.

[@user-iq9pe4ls2j]

Hardly a girl. She's 44.

[@farelimm]

Now that I hear this video in cringing at the other lady

[@FadedMurmur]

+周 むてん（Lel On'Yomi Readings） I believe he's referring to Hannah Roberts' performing of the piece - watch?v=12c9ZVK-u6s

[@user-iq9pe4ls2j]

Oh. Ahahahahaha that was horrible.

[@quasi-crystal]

She was only 18 when she performed this

[@alanasuz2647]

18?? Wouldn't tell xd

[@Lightnings]

This is an occasion where I enjoy reading that sentence.

[@iakovosarvanitis8812]

Et maintenant une charmante et brave personne . Une vraiment grande DAME !!!

[@leofreitasa9933]

Fucking violins since she turned 18

[@Numberonesorabjifan]

@@leofreitasa9933 umm

[@Erickhetfield]

the dress color is the closest thing between them.

[@8moltovivace8]

THE ONLY THING

[@cauhscrymdorn2132]

Ahem .. being same gender :x

[@pekkoaakko3998]

Kachapol Tangudtaisak i'm not sure if mississippi can be qualified as a human, more like trash

[@bohnblue4153]

@@pekkoaakko3998 thats a little harsh babe

[@pekkoaakko3998]

Bohn Blue chill it's a joke🙄

[@nickdavis965]

0:47 I love hearing that cheering. Yes I know its etiquette to wait until the end. But a hard ass passage deserves cheering. During the classical period a hard or beautiful sounding passage was met with applause. Hell the premiere of dvorak's 9th symphony was met with roaring applause after each movement. The crowds were insane then.

[@vdinh143]

Honestly, I think the rule of no applause (outside of some special circumstances) serves well to highlight truly special moments like this. Ideally throughout history there probably are 50-100 such incredible moments where an exception should, or NEED to, be made.

[@GlennDavey]

Sometimes it just sounds like the end of a short bit.

[@vinnyl264]

This was also an encore so I think the usual etiquette is out the window

[@cowprophet]

Not only a hard passage but perfectly played. How could they stay silent.

[@tylermoore8218]

Imagine being so good the audience cheers for you during your rests

[@GlennDavey]

TBH the composition sounds like it's ending that part.

[@nickcarroll8565]

@@GlennDaveynah, that would be weird to have a piece that short. Even as an encore. The only one I know that short is Trio for Solo Violin by Ernst.

[@koalapaint]

Comments: 50% - TwoSet Community 40% - Miss Mississippi 2015 10% - People who didn’t come from anywhere

[@alexandrucristian8797]

I'm the 10%

[@user-vg2fm7zy4s]

9.5 % from nowhere .5% who also like Nodame (like poster~)

[@Jabafish]

@Elijah Kim 김기성 yeah it was 2016

[@_sanmaul]

Im the 10% lol i only found out the miss mississippi 2015 after that

[@josephotoshi]

I came from both Ms. Mississippi AND Twoset though hahah

[@garykuovideos]

I vividly remember one afternoon, while I was waiting for my lesson with the legendary Dorothy Delay, a very young Midori was preparing for her lesson by warming up on Paganini Caprices and nailing every single note; not because she was showing off, but because she was and is like crazy brilliant. At that moment, I thought to myself, “What the heck am I doing here?” LOL

[@johnsankey9568]

Gary Kuo So would I, and any other fiddler I know.

[@lovemetu]

From what I have heard, Sarah Chang was a favourite of the great teacher, Dorothy Delay.

[@iahouldbestudying3953]

I saw you in twoset !!!!!!

[@bcunstar97]

*cough* "warm up"....

[@kuru9157]

"warming up on paganini caprices" the first time I saw someone using this sentence seriously

[@trackanalysis6369]

Lady in blue sent me here. And these amazing players made me stay.

[@TheCreate78]

Vojtěch Mikloš the lady in blue as you say, played very well...

[@trackanalysis6369]

Yggdrasil_Sama I am not sure if we mean the same lady in blue, i was not talking about Midori, who is out of this world kind of violinist, but miss mississipi

[@TheCreate78]

Yes that's that one... She plays so well that my ears went to get blew up.

[@esuna6352]

oh God add that and the horrendous amount of rosin at Ms Mississippi's fingerboard just compounded on my disgust at her.

[@Toro2750]

Vojtěch Mikloš 9jota aragonesa domingo

[@nickiminaj4946]

i think this is one of the most iconic performance in the history

[@fabulous_twink6636]

The harmonics… the left hand pizz… her up bow staccato… just insane how well she plays this.

[@mickpork]

Midori Goto is not just an amazing violinist but a brilliant person as well who does so much for children...this is the type of person the world needs...

[@heathercarpenter5596]

Yeah! I agree! I'm in a youth orchestra and she coming to teach us this winter! I can't wait! I'm gonna be a bit star struck :3

[@THEmaggspie]

wow...!

[@superdemonboy]

No kidding. One clear and distinct memory I have from my childhood is when she came to play at my elementary school ... when I was in the second grade ... in my shitty hometown of Staten Island. Although her remarkable talent was undeniable, none of us truly understood how lucky we were to have her play a show for us. And even though music has was always been my weakest "skill", I hope I'm not the only one who remembers how inspirational she was all.

[@jeffvoss815]

Those harmonics tho *eargasms*

[@wishfull9036]

+Jed Durand Many years ago when she was about 16, I heard her play a show piece that consists of only harmonics. Not only every note was ringing perfectly, the vibrato, dynamics, phrasing, were all there, as if she was playing normal notes. You'd never know the violin can sound like that, almost like a piccolo.There was a roar in the house after it ended. Unfortunately I forgot the name of that piece.

[@jeffvoss815]

Wish Full Oh that sounds awesome! If you remember the name I would LOVE to hear it :)

[@ianvideos3149]

Meanwhile in miss America 2016

[@aleksinuutila2315]

@@wishfull9036 Bartok's Romanian folk dance no. III? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIiYdad7Z7F_jKc

[@powerofalto]

I've never been a huge Midori fan--not crazy for her approach to tone production--but this performance is electrifying. It's hilarious to see her practically "chomping at the bit" to play during the piano introduction--she's out of the gate faster than a thoroughbred race horse! The double stops and harmonics are astonishing, like birds chirping in their clarity and effortlessness. And that up-bow staccato is unreal! It's brilliant to hear the audience at venerable Carnegie Hall hooting like Justin Bieber fans half-way through the piece. They know a good thing when they hear and see it (LaCroix dress be damned)!

[@sofiaeleanore5002]

her smile when the audience cheered in the middle of the piece makes my heart melt every time 😭😭

[@a0047944]

冒頭から圧巻の演奏。ＹＴにＵＰされた多くのヴァイオリン動画の中でも、五嶋みどりさんは別格です。鳥肌が止まらない。演奏後にニコッとされるのが、最高にキュートです。

[@tachikao8554]

私もそう思います。 サラサーテもきっと微笑んでいます。

[@kageroh66]

五嶋さんの演奏するZAPATEADO がＮＯ１． 最高です。 何度も聴いています。

[@NuggetEternal]

Dang, hats off to the pianist but the violinist my God that was literally unbelievable.

[@marin7611]

素晴らしい演奏な上、彼女のチャーングな笑顔も垣間見れて、私はこの動画が大好きです。技術もさる事ながら、堂々とした立ち振る舞い、楽器を思う存分楽しんでいるその姿がとても魅力的です。

[@chankwaichoi1]

A little anecdote - In 1986 came her now legendary performance at Tanglewood, during which she broke two E strings, first her own and then the concertmaster's after she borrowed his instrument. She finished playing the associate concertmaster's violin. Leonard Bernstein, the conductor, knelt before her in awe. The next day the New York Times front page carried this headline: "Girl, 14, Conquers Tanglewood with 3 Violins."

[@accepttheawesome]

kc1 chan thanks for this

[@natsui877]

口を開けて呆けてしまうくらい素晴らしいです。ずっとリピートしてしまう。心が静かに高揚します。途中、はにかむ笑顔が本当に愛らしいですね。

[@OchiMochi]

i came here after TwoSet because I wanna hear how it's supposed to play like hahahahah

[@felixaltenbuchinger2607]

Like how did they even try to learn this in 15min lol

[@AlvChen]

Midori for Miss America!

[@AloofMusician]

My god, she is amazing. The precision, even the way she moves her body positioning to play some parts makes sense and actually makes the piece sound better. Amazing harmonics. Full of life yet accurate like a robot! Marvellous!

[@MushishiLivi]

I first heard this piece played by Miss Missippi and my God, this is such a wonderful contrast. The amount of skill this woman has is phenomenal! A real violin virtuoso. Just watching how invested she is in the music is exciting.

[@DanielPerez-pw1sr]

I'm here b/c of Miss Mississippi 2015....hahahahah

[@scheepalicious]

+Dan Perez YES oh YES. I needed a severe ear-cleansing after that shredding.

[@MrEmperorBlack]

haha me too! this is infinitely better

[@AloofMusician]

+Dan Perez HOLY! I didn't even realise they were playing the same piece hahahaha

[@RishiKundu97]

+Dan Perez god I just came back from watching that!

[@violinsheetmusicblog]

+Dan Perez You guys are hella mean

[@qmsw03]

Every note was crystal clear. Brilliant and effortless like. Best of what I've heard as of now.

[@galaxynugget291]

That staccato though

[@chlee4256]

One of the finest violinist of our generation. Technically perfect and with the ability to do whatever she wants with the instrument and with a sound that is so natural.

[@RDS_Armwrestling]

What an incredible player tackling a fantastic and virtuosic piece, bravo

[@1219dekoboh]

凄い感動、息を吐くのを忘れるほど。こんな難曲をいとも楽しそうに演奏する五嶋みどり、凄いの言葉しか浮かびません。曲も嬉しくて踊っている様です。凄い！

[@AnnaHandle]

Most precise version Even better than perlman

[@chuckgviolin3538]

Just about everything she plays is the most precise version. Her Paganini caprices are near perfection.

[@lordhelium]

Actually Perlman's has more warmth and feeling

[@brandonflores7229]

I think Perlman is the best

[@OttoKuus]

but not better than Heifetz

[@rae3469]

nonononono........ PERLMAN IS BEST

[@jonfetsch6859]

Ling Ling wannabes you may mark your attendance here ⬇

[@toshio1948]

Here

[@aureliebeckers2626]

Hey fellow ling ling wannabee :))

[@hylieprongsf.zeldin7844]

I figured so 🤣

[@everythingissalad2969]

GO PRACTICE

[@lpsanemaygirl]

Yup, here

[@user-bk3he4rr4k]

Here after watching TwoSet fail the challenge 😂😂

[@ekayisflying_835]

Metoo😂

[@murilloman9130]

Two set! This INTERESTING commenter says you failed the challenge

[@ayoubguesmi9531]

OMG , same ... But I came here in the first place bcz of miss Mississippi's performance NOW I SEE A HUGE DIFFERENCE 0_0

[@DekuNut353]

Same ;D

[@zodinsangasailo6131]

same lol

[@user-op6vy3gg2b]

Midori is simply amazing! She has small hand and said she uses slightly undersize violin. The speed,accuracy,clarity,feelings are all inspiring.Her routine practice includes Carl Flesch scales she said.

[@valfssantiago]

Soon, this comment section will be filled with twoset comments. Double edged sword.

[@ayoubguesmi9531]

xD , absolutely ... But don'y forget about the other half , who'll be offending miss Mississippi 😜

[@sanji2658]

YESSSS

[@mikefung3000]

At least it washes out the comments from Miss Mississippi

[@ilovekeppu]

Which video? :)

[@javiersonico]

And what's the problem with that. Music is for everybody

[@pandylol9112]

I can’t stop listening to this over and over again 🤩❤️

[@neoascension]

Who else is here to clean their ears after the Miss Mississippi performance?

[@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk]

My ears and my soul.

[@robertoalvarez88]

It makes me happy that instead of giving the audience the "Vengerov death stare" for clapping during the middle of the song, Midori smiles when people clap and whoop :)

[@wisefix9256]

This is such a great performance of Sarasate's Zapateado that I keep playing it over and over and do not get tired of listening. Thank you Midori.

[@suesuelexus7254]

何回か見ています、いや、聴いていますが 素晴らしい❗といつも思って聴いています もっともっと日本でも万人が知る五嶋であってほしいと思います

[@tetto777]

同じ曲を他の人が弾いている動画を見ましたが、 ミドリさん別格ですね。

[@alfaemilio156]

曲の途中で拍手が入り、笑顔で応えるのは日本では有り得るんだろうか。すごく演奏家も嬉しいし、観客も良く曲を理解しているなと思いました。また、演奏家と客席の一体感も感じますね👍👍👍‼️

[@Raikaska]

Watching her hands move drives me crazy. The clarity, precision, smoothness. Her fingers flow so seamlesly on the fingerboard.

[@leonardobarba5304]

Yes, the girl in the blue dress sent me here.

[@grobanite4ever85]

Leonardo Barba yeah Miss Mississippi. Her playing sounded like two cats mating

[@grobanite4ever85]

I seen that whole Miss America pageant on TV that night OMG she was horrible

[@cheryledelman4457]

Love it when she smiles near the beginning, realizing she's being appreciated for her great violin playing!

[@aBrokenShard]

Anyone who was there must have been blown away! An insane fearless encore!

[@breapoo4326]

60% - "twoset brought me here lol" 30% - "miss mississippi ruined this piece for me" 10% - "damn those left hand pizzicato and the harmonics how--"

[@anotherhumanbeingblyat8935]

of course. Hannah ROberts

[@sandersomb4688]

Lol, and 1% - I love how she plays, I love Midori

[@thibauteloy6841]

0.1% comments about other people comments

[@johnokamoto6762]

I don't play, so a friend who is a music teacher had to explain how the harmonics work and I thought "how in the world can that be done?" I've been binge watching TwoSet since I found them and that led me here! Just HAD to see the whole performance!

[@lahirulowe4752]

The sound is just out of this world...but it not just the sound...the way she plays...her posture...her bow movement....all just perfection.

[@01killyou]

Her skills at 0:47: Clap clap clap

[@SashaSteveBlair]

She took it so well

[@divined0g]

had the absolute honor of watching goto san play live. it’s truly a different level of magical when she’s 10 feet from you.

[@LassonDavid]

The most thrilling thing about this obviously virtuosic performance is how amazingly musical it is: now that's a prodigy!

[@itssaaronn5292]

Her smile shows you how she puts so much emotion and passion into her violin. She inspires me so much to play more and more.

[@cakeiscoolio22]

i've been watching this video over and over for like 8 years. im so glad i found it. incredible performance

[@epsilonboreal3956]

She performed the most beautiful and perfect harmonics I've ever heard in my life. Incredibly amazing!

[@sakanatsuri]

This is the best. Bravo, Midori! I am lucky to have an opportunity to hear this very high level of art. I can watch all day long. Thank you, Midori.

[@buddhagautama5899]

0:48みどりちゃん、かわいらしい笑顔!

[@texiandude]

WOW!!!! INCREDIBLE!!! MIDORI!!! BRAVA!!! You are number ONE - Mistress of all Violin Maestros!!! No one else is even CLOSE!!! You are peerless!!! You have my undying devotion!!! Thank you so very much for sharing your great gift with the world!!!!

[@remilaget4623]

This is a masterpiece. Her tune is divine (among phrasing, etc)

[@PhukIT1865]

WOW and wow again. she's awesome

[@domosionyosi]

最高にキュートだなみどり。演奏は相変わらず鳥肌が軽く立ち胸も頭もざわつくぜみどり！

[@user-pd7mg3yt7d]

五嶋さんは正確に演奏されていると感じます。 全く妥協の無いきれいな音ですね。毎回聞いて素晴らしいと思います。

[@tedpan7463]

The most lovely and talented girl ever

[@jackburgess274]

Midori gave this stunning performance as her _second_ encore at the end of a recital in which she had performed, _not including the intermission_ , for 1 hour and 30 minutes! Moreover, her programme had included such formidable works as Ernst's Last Rose and Ravel's Tzigane, and she had performed them even more magnificently than Zapateado! If there is a violin recital any time, any place, on YT that comes close, I don't know of it and would be very grateful to anyone who points me to it. The whole recital is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHevoZJsjLGqqtE

[@sofiavaldes6451]

THANKS SO MUCH

[@Arcenmh7718]

I can do better Than Miss mississippi

[@pepperpig649]

Agreed

[@vk-be2wj]

I came here to cleanse my ears from that

[@EtteBellina]

So far one of the best performances. BRAVO !!

[@gabygaby5701]

She looks so happy after the cheer, makes her presentation even more electric

[@ViolinShewchuk]

I think she had an exam the next morning, so she played it as fast as humanly possible. Best version of this piece imo

[@s.c.1494]

This lady was amazing then and is still amazing now!! She hadn't had it easy in life but she made it through the challenges. Bravo Midori!!

[@Tallon_sean]

This gives me so much serotonin. Midori is my new favorite person.

[@philippehazael-massieux9181]

chaque fois que j'y reviens, c'est toujours la même émotion; quel chance pour un auteur que son oeuvre ait été interprétée par une musicienne de ce calibre et de ce tempérament !

[@nothanks1239]

I just suddenly thought, not only can she play the most beautiful pieces, but she doesn't need music sheets either. She has memorised everything! She must have played all of this a million times over.

[@SpirituallyGina]

Her bowing technique is FLAWLESS ♥️

[@talhaselimacar5621]

Every time I watch these fabulous performances I ask myself: Will I ever reach this plane? Can I make an impact? And the cold truth is that its very unlikely... but I am still determined. I want to make an impact on this world of music and these people show the possibilities.

[@ManorHouseMusic]

Heifetz, Milstein, Huberman, Neveu, Perlman. Midori is in their company. One of the greatest violinists we'll ever hear.

[@eo-xt6xt]

何十回と聴いていますが、毎回感動します！

[@Aoi-yj2ff]

0:48の彼女の笑顔が大好きです みどりさんの演奏にはいつも心を揺さぶられて，なんだか幸せな気持ちになります(^^)

[@klaushermann6760]

I have never seen any better performance than her. How wold was she in the video? I heard it was 17 or 18 years old at the time. Really impressive, she dedicated her entire life, childhood, adolescence, teenagehood and more for studying the violin to please herself more than us. That's a fact. Thank you, Midori.

[@haimleon1347]

I don't remember many pieces with something that sounds like an ending, right on the start (00:50) but this surprising piece has it, and the extra bonus reward for this is the audience clapping, and this child-looking amazing player is giving her beautiful Japanese smile. That's superb!

[@darkale658]

"beautiful Japanese smile" that's so weird and exoticising lol you couldn't just say beautiful smile like a normal person?

[@callme_matt1606]

Midori : Killed the piece Miss mississippi : killed my ears

[@carmenridiche7984]

BEAUTIFUL !!! Good evening and thanks a lot !!!!

[@thaddeuss.8332]

Thank you. My ears have been healed from hearing Miss Mississippi

[@missie504]

I keep listening over and over, there’s something so moving about watching such talent

[@ruthsalgado6775]

This is so sacreligiously amazing. I have no words. Absolutely beautiful interpretation.

[@faarhsfyia7139]

Thank you twosetviolin for introducing me to this beautiful piece

[@LassonDavid]

What's most amazing here is not Midori's virtuosity--though that is indeed amazing--but her thrilling musicality.

[@albert-uj8ci]

Look at the geometry of her bowing at about 2:20 - it's damn superhuman precise.

[@albert-uj8ci]

For me, this is the best Zapateado. I think she owns this tune.

[@Nepbot]

Saw her live in concert yesterday. Amazing! Best violinist I have ever heard.

[@davegallo8790]

The most fun and amazing show piece in all of the violin repertoire. Thank you so much Ms Gotoh and of course Mr. Sarasate!

[@johndeer4250]

loved this performance! what a ride!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Her phenomenal talent don't shaken any authority any more . I was impressed with the deticacy and ingenuity that I can not express every much in words . Sadness and anxiety disappear . Her performance has a tremendous power to act the human soul . My heart wavered with emotion .

[@seanmcghee2373]

Wow...

[@lanewang8387]

0:49 the cutest moment of a live performance can be!!!!!

[@Ranakade]

0:51 you could hear her happiness through that violin playing after the applause 🙌