Natalie Schwamová - Scherzo in B flat minor Op. 31 (first stage)

[@facundot.asungotj.d.6323]

She plays very naturally, very sincerely, very honestly. Very fluid and effortless. No pretenses at all. Straightforward and honest-to-goodness. She definitely has my vote.

[@KyleHohn]

Very good opinion, Did you just fart?

[@Erulin68]

If you can nail Mozart's "vous dirai je maman" at age 11 like she did... the sky's the limit... Hell, we don't call that piece Twinkle Twinkle Little Star for nothing. Still like'd love to see her let cut loose and just improvise... cause playing classics is just repetition .... Some Boogie Woogie or some Jerry Lee Lewis... please

[@brandonhwang1027]

don't agree, needs more strength especially the opening. the agitato section is rather soft, not with passion and strength.

[@danangelogarcia4229]

Are you her boyfriend?

[@diegotroetsch6303]

Brandon Hwang she masters the piece pretty much anyway, you might point some ridiculous flaws but the main goal of those dynamics written on paper is to express a feeling... and I must say that many of us enjoy her way of playing. If music were to be played perfectly then we should expect some robots to start to play instead of humans. :)

[@XPxp2012xpXP]

Her smile while playing is truely delightful

[@NoferTrunions]

I really like her and what she does. Yes, the smile is endearing, but I'd rather have her concentrating and focusing on what she is going - and that is exactly what happens when she gets to the difficult parts. So ... the showing of emotion IS "taking your eye off the ball."

[@RBGTalk]

Not really. All the concentration and focusing should have been done already with practice. By the time you get to performing, your piece should already be so polished that you don't have to think anymore about it. So when you perform, you can relax a lot more and show much more emotion instead of focusing.

[@retrogamerdave362]

Agreed. In fact, the practice of physically concealing your emotions comes from certain traditions of teaching and requires conscious effort to build the habit. Behavioral psychology demonstrates that showing the emotions through facial expression is natural and normal unless you are a psychopath. Although trained musicians may learn to conceal the emotions they experience to a degree, the microexpressions are still there. On the other hand, what Nofer Trunions may be referencing is the active upregulation of emotions displayed by pianists like Lang Lang. That is something else entirely!

[@NoferTrunions]

My method is entirely different. I have a narrative or story that contains the emotional content. The very best I can do is totally submerse myself in that alternate reality. It is pretty much out of body for me. If I try to animate anything, it detracts from this meditative state. Imagine someone reminiscing some great love or tragedy - you don't see ham acting when that happens naturally.

[@RBGTalk]

I respect your opinion, but mine is different too. In my eyes, the primary concern is the enjoyment of the audience. And let's be honest, people are gonna enjoy a player who is more calm, relaxed, and joyful when they play more than a stoic and faceless player. But it also depends on what kind of piece you are playing. If it's a happy piece, then joyful expressions would be good. If it's a sad piece, then a more serious attitude would be more fitting. It's all about what you prioritize honestly. Either audience over you or you over audience.

[@ignaciohmon]

3:55 - 4:38 in my opinion, one of the most beautiful passages of Chopin

[@agamaz5650]

almost all chopin is gorgeous dude...

[@bakuto.1055]

@@agamaz5650 nah thats the sweetest passage of them all. Chopin in his manauscripts sometimes described what was happening at the time in his life that inspired a piece. Being the scherzo's case, he wrote a lot about it. Specifically about that passage, like coming home but it is a new section but however you still feel like you're home no matter its a different place. Hope that helped and that is the reason I think that's the sweetest passage in the chopin's collection of his genious pieces. :)

[@peanutbutter1530]

it is it is

[@Thiago-px9ev]

@@bakuto.1055 I like the middle section of the 1st ballade the most. That G Ab Bb D C Bb part easily melts me

[@ruchirrawat8804]

*i'd be lying if i didn't agree*

[@skrutten_]

2:14 - con anima [0:42] [8:28] 3:04 - sostenuto, sotto voce [4:38] 3:56 - espressivo [5:32] 4:19 - leggiero [5:56] - best part 6:15 - sempre forte 6:29 - agitato 7:03 - sempre con fuoco

[@akosdancso-kovacs8322]

There is no words. Incredible clear and soul-mated performance. It is the best that I hever ever heard.

[@hansdekorver7365]

Just 16 years old.

[@kemaldhana6446]

YOO REALLY!?!?

[@vt2637]

A very young pianist who passed the prelims. One of the youngest I believe, it's a shame she didn't advance. She had such sincere and honest playing. Maybe next time Natalie, I'm sure you'll have improved much more in 5 years :)

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

She pretty much failed Etude op. 10 no. 1. That’s one reason why she didn’t pass first stage.

[@ynsmdd8678]

@@ilovemycatrussell9298 Yeah, many missed notes, but I'm sure in a few years her motor skills will have improved :)

[@lorenzor.o.6851]

I think you can only take part of Chopin competition once

[@Rajsadaye]

@@lorenzor.o.6851 you can participate many times but not after winning 1st prize. lol

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

For me Seong-Jin Cho’s performance of this piece in stage 3 is more intense, but then Natalie was only 16 and she is still playing with such a heart and I love her smile.

[@dennislaux]

She has a brain that different than the rest of us. Able to form neuroconnections very rapidly....instant recall.....synoptic nerves that fire extraordinarily rapidly.... right and left hemispheres that work so independently and yet work together flawlessly. And yet I think it's the love of the beauty of music that binds things together and makes her the female prodigy she seems to be.

[@ayakopiano-alpha6122]

Stunning performance and I love her musicality: so straightforward and natural as someone already mentioned. She truly feels the music with her heart and expresses it with the gorgeous technique. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 😊 I listened to a clip of her ballade no.3 on IG and thought was the best interpretation I had encountered. Wonderful and promising young pianist. 👌

[@youngkim8437]

No acting its all real. I love it

[@davidseagalmusic]

Just a marvelous performance ! Gorgeous!

[@nessieness5433]

She not only plays music, she plays with the music. Superb! Yes, sincerity and honesty come to mind. Absolutely delightful!

[@rogerborras6319]

what a great pianist!

[@luciamaruccocraviolini6539]

meravigliosa!!!!!!!! Sai trasmettere gran i emozioni!!!!!!GRAZIE. You are wanderful. !!!!!!! Big emotions!!!!! Thankyou! !!!!!!❤

[@FerranLopezCarrasquerPianist]

Amazing performance, Natalie! Congrats, indeed!

[@miltonmoore5294]

Every time I rewatch this video, within a few seconds of watching her most beautiful and graceful of hands, I always say: "Jesus!" We are all hoping to see this magnificent artist in the next Chopin competition, but Ms. Schwamova has enough talent to succeed WITHOUT any big competition victories, as many other great pianists have, with the help of astute management and sympathetic presenters, conductors, etc. And God!

[@sorrybutimjaehyunsfuturewi4573]

so beautiful, def my favorite interpretation, hope one day i can play this piece

[@danlds17]

Enunciated, beautiful, not overdone as many others tend to do.

[@marcorotondi7613]

Natalie è una Grande Pianista ...una delle grandi giovani promesse già mantenute! Tra non molto si parlerà di Lei come di una delle Interpreti più rappresentative sulla scena internazionale,senza dubbio! Brava Maestra,brava... Marco Rotondi

[@nezkeys79]

beautiful in so many ways

[@daniloberaldo570]

This is a true high performance of a concertist and international competition winner! Very near the world best female pianist...

[@johnfenner347]

Absolutely Marvellous !. A Most Wonderful, From The Heart Performance.

[@p1anosteve]

She is definitely in the zone. She has a direct line to Chopin, not a sign of hard tone throughout and she captures the noble sentiment in all of his music. People may say this is a Scherzo and should be more dark and aggressive. No .. it also means playful and .. this is joyful play.

[@blaht15]

Right. It's hard to feel Chopin... She has IT

[@AlainPaquetteRevolution]

I love it so much the way she plays

[@cjgilmore283]

MY FAVORITE INTERPRETATION!!!

[@dschoepflin538]

Natalie Schwamová - Thanks for all the practicing you've done to make this piece so close to perfect if not actually perfect itself! Thanks for the classical music perform on this channel and your own channel!!! It's enjoyed by so many people!!!

[@alessiatorelloviera6418]

Grazie Natalie

[@ignaciodelgado1457]

simplemente.........extraordinario........fantástica pianista interpreta con la sensibilidad a flor de piel

[@도치-n3g]

2:06~2:20 was perfect

[@alexion3588]

She’s of the best if not the best pianist I’ve heard.

[@dwacheopus]

Pogorelich

[@vrum642]

Tudo o que vejo em Natalie é a perfeição!!

[@ricardoborrelli]

BRAVO !!! BRAVISSIMO !!!!

[@jyseoh]

Her fingers are dancing on the keys...

[@jasond4466]

I wish I could have played like that when I was 16. I started learning these pieces by Chopin when I was almost 40.

[@ruthboykin9873]

Beyond beautiful! Amazing, God given talent!

[@miltonmoore5294]

Wow! I knew you would love it! Sorry to have kept badgering you into listening by leaving so many messages.😆 It's a shame they didn't keep the video playing during the applause and her egress from the stage. That abupt/ clipped ending is a "downer."

[@ruthboykin9873]

Thank you again Milton!

[@gustavofelipeolivera7519]

Exquisita tu interpretacion del scherzo N* 2 de Chopin

[@jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez]

... ¡ extraordinaria !, nada más ...

[@luciamaruccocraviolini6539]

Incantevole pianista.Ci fai sognare. Wanderful performance. Thankyou.

[@ernestomontielnunez7736]

Hello Natalie Schwamanová , I really Fan you . I am also fascinated by your way of expressing classical pieces on the piano and my name is Ernesto Montiel Núñez. Yp also played Debussy's Moonlight piano and Chopin Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor.

[@yt5241]

Her smile was just like getting reborn again. Good playing, though

[@roberthuber5589]

genial piano artist !

[@Shost7]

Brava !! Une musicienne dans l' âme...

[@claraaparecidamohrlebueno7475]

Bastante sensibilidade .....flutua suas mãos no teclado 👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹Maravilha.

[@prypiat27]

incredible.

[@ernestomontielnunez7736]

Incredible

[@dryades1]

4:19 5:56

[@luciamaruccocraviolini6539]

Wanderful. Thankyou your music and your smils .You are delisiouce.

[@notskeppy638]

Dat spelling though

[@papikabron18]

You play very beautiful the pianoforte

[@sigvardronnholm]

Exactely 6323, she is phenomenal/.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

I’m glad that piano was tuned well. She has a recording of the same piece in her own channel, and the F6 on that piano sounded horrible, and is very important for this piece.

[@alexustas2203]

По стилю это исполнение очень напоминает Рихтеровское. Браво, супер!

[@dwacheopus]

И Погорелича!

[@liceous]

I’m predicting she’ll win in 2020.

[@miltonmoore5294]

Without witnessing the competition, or knowing who the competitors shall even be?

[@Octavio12341000]

Coronavirus joins the chat..

[@shimyy5658]

F because of coronavirus

[@rooron3152]

She's going to be the winner in 2021!

[@dwacheopus]

2025!

[@marialuizadagostino9389]

Parabéns! Fantástica!

[@mauriziocosta3858]

the grace that sounds

[@lawrencewei3583]

This is pretty much my favourite interpretation if you combine it with her other take on this scherzo

[@kawanmimon3081]

Wunderbar sehr schön

[@enfantterrible7920]

There are Big Feelings in this music. I think that connecting with these feelings requires some empathy on the part of the musician. Ms. Schwamová appears to have that! Also, what a great thing for a young musician to discover and experience those Big Feelings!

[@saxangel45]

llegara lejos, tiene la técnica, no hay mas que una

[@anthonyyongfeng]

My heart breaks up every time she do that faces, i think she is going to cry

[@Desireyso58]

EXCELENTE NATALIE! BRAVO!!!

[@danielhughes441]

I like her phrasing and her expressiveness. But she over-pedals just a bit too much more me

[@joelanaya8077]

te amoo gracias por compartir esta preciosa obra

[@진우-m7b]

This version is most

[@ferranmir6737]

4:19

[@Tizohip]

so CLEAN

[@mangosteeen]

Brava!

[@liedersanger1]

Astounding. Maybe just a little too normal. Lacking curiosity in what’s just beyond the notes.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

I agree, but she was only 16 and she still did a fabulous job.

[@liedersanger1]

@@ilovemycatrussell9298 I agree with YOU, a fabulous job. I'm not even sure what I meant... maybe I'm too used to some neurotic discomfort! I was just struck by the ritard at 2:28! I wouldn't call that "normal," just beautiful.

[@PSHEYACOOL]

великолепно! Молодец!

[@Cris134l]

Natalie que hermoso tocas el piano

[@dwacheopus]

On the same level as Pogorelich!

[@brunopiccinin]

Natalie... Outstanding!!!! Were you possessed by Chopin himself?! lol

[@janandrosiuk352]

the smothness.

[@miltonmoore5294]

A delightful and profound interpretation. Watching those elegant hands at work is one of the many aspects of her playing that keeps me coming back! As a critic once wrote many years ago about a pianist gifted with similarly beautiful hands: "The best pair of hands in the best pair of gloves!" (I do wish you would amp up the audio; it's far too weak. Also, the video should have continued long enough to show her take her bow and exit the stage. The abrupt conclusion and clipping of the applause and her reaction was awkward and unsettling. Respectfully.)

[@danielhankes6879]

This wasn't her final piece this round, so she wouldn't have even gotten applause yet.

[@danielhankes6879]

My bad nevermind

[@alphonsehein1122]

Her version is better than Valentina lisitsa's, but I love them both still ^_^ Her version clean and expressive

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

Yeah, Valentina’s was a wreck! :/

[@dwacheopus]

Pogorelich's is a bit better than hers, but i love both!

LIKE, LIKE E MORE LIKE !

[@룰루랄라-j9b1t]

와 아름답다 이렇게 연주할 수도 있구나..

[@notskeppy638]

Yeah I totally agree that this is the biggest oof I've ever taken . She is so good. Lol

[@keepsaek]

If The Olga Scheps, Daniil Trifonov and Valentina Lisitsa were mixed into one beautiful performer.

[@bakuto.1055]

@Mazzel Tov lmao what

[@thepianocornertpc]

@@bakuto.1055 What a rubbish imbecilic comment.

[@bakuto.1055]

@@thepianocornertpc huh

[@thepianocornertpc]

@@bakuto.1055 he

[@dwacheopus]

Pogorelich contains in himself all the pianists except the strict ones! He loves breaking rules but if he does that it still sounds fabulous!

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

great dress great smile great playing. Musical contests are immoral and mostly only damage talent. I hope soon people find a different form for promoting young talent! Chopin himself would agree with this , right?

[@kwanwoojeong830]

I think I have a crush on Natalie

[@AA-qj2bn]

いいよいまのところいいよ　左手歌っている。ベルカントで歌って。ショパンも喜んでいるよ。

[@christopherjimenezc.609]

Ella debió ganar.

[@polenc7167]

Unfortunate, to have a career as a classical pianist in the US you have to be a "babe". Does she make the grade by the vision of those who control the industry? And are listeners really that shallow? I really love her playing.

[@BRNRDNCK]

Is it just me or does every single pianist mess up the last two chords of this piece? The second to last chord is supposed to be played in a new measure, not the last chord with the high "f." Also, at 5:32, on the right hand, you're supposed to hold the last note of the top melody while playing the lower melody (both on right hand). She didn't do this... it was right in the sheet music.

[@retrogamerdave362]

Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays it as written. By coincidence, his is the first recording I ever heard.

[@hansdekorver7365]

You do not like her very much ?

[@cyprianjagiello]

To było wspaniałe, prawie tak dobre jak Schumann Argerich

[@zbigmanVEVO]

+Cyprian Jagiełło Argerich jest słaba, Zimerman nie musi siedzieć w jury i oceniać.

[@ryszardbolec1720]

zbigi tu splinter z rsah, ona zarabia setki tysiecy euro za koncert, w sensie Martha xD

[@cyprianjagiello]

Czemu?

[@zbigmanVEVO]

:D to Ty słuchasz takiej muzyki? A to niespodzianka xd Martha owszem, zarabia dużo hajsu i ładnie gra. Każdy o niej mówi, że jest najlepsza, a Zimmerman umiejętnościami jej nie ustepuje, lecz o nim milczą. W końcu też za coś wygrał Konkurs Chopinowski :D

[@ryszardbolec1720]

Przeciez Zimera tez kazdy zna, no slucham. A Ty widze pogrywasz, fajnie :) Ja tez pogrywam ;)

[@BeethovenHD]

who is your teacher??

[@aldoringo439]

I could never imagine this being played a female

[@kimsahl8555]

hm... listen to Cliburn.

[@MrFartyman44]

She gonna be very good one day

[@miltonmoore5294]

She is infinitely more than that RIGHT NOW!

[@MrFartyman44]

You're right. I mean shes going to remembered for a long long time once shes dead

[@miltonmoore5294]

I agree! Thanks for your moral support for this young goddess of the keyboard!

[@jajajajajaja7298]

Great, but too much delicate, for me it has to be intense

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

I do think it lacks intensity on the loud parts.

[@1anya7d]

יללא אולי לאה צריכה להתבגר קצת?

[@dedel8452]

She is playing - sicko mode

[@pauldong]

un peu trop comme lang lang

[@abc123430180]

Lack of power.

[@agamaz5650]

just wanted to say this

[@brandonhwang1027]

agree so much, the agitato section especially.

[@miltonmoore5294]

She is a diminutively built young girl, not Horowitz. How much "power" should we expect! Appreciate her for what she is! Also, the audio is VERY weak.

[@jasmineng9998]

Chopin was not that powerful , he was feminine instead

[@Thiago-px9ev]

Chopin had a lack either. He almost never played anything above F. His playing was very delicate, for instance the heroic polonaise people like to smash the keys playing it, rumous has it Chopin played very gently and different from what we're used to hear.

[@ernestomontielnunez7736]

Hi , my name is Ernesto Montiel Núñez.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

Interesting name

[@grzegorzpieniek6422]

not bad, but too much sugar. this piece is not sweet..

[@klavieremily6870]

I can't agree more.

[@TrangNguyen-co1xx]

+Grzegorz Pieniek That's called interpretation, Mr. Salt.

[@lexsmith8689]

as if YOU are the one to say how it´s supposed to be.. Chopin would bite your ass!! He´s the only one who had the prerogative to say how his masterpieces were to be played!

[@hansdekorver7365]

A very well-balanced interpretation . At the time the girl was 15 years old !

[@hansdekorver7365]

6 dislikes , 120 likes !

[@williamwang2716]

Her facial expression looks like she is having a hard time on the toilet, great performance nonetheless​.

[@franzliszt1221]

No power.. I don't like this expression!!

[@AA-qj2bn]

パワーはいらない　次元の違うパワーがある

[@glauciusazeredoazeredo9694]

Achei está pianista ótima, excelente...natural...instintiva...leve... tirando o peso de qualquer obra se por acaso houver...levando a outro patamar de interpretação... sinceramente verdadeira essa Natalie... será em pouco tempo muito reconhecida pelo meio...