Valentina Lisitsa plays Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

[@footofjuniper8212]

Little-known fact: the energy generated by her fingers during this performance powered the lights in the concert hall for the next 17 months.

[@nitra01]

Ahahahaah fuck no

[@julyanvanderwesthuizen3081]

Hahahah , you made my day man !

[@juniperwoodgreen4090]

Ha ha, great...

[@taserface8384]

i would not want to be a lesbian with her

[@juniperwoodgreen4090]

Ha ha ha ha. That's funny...

[@aya-yk8iq]

She is my great great great great granddaughter

[@keyyf7039]

Franz Liszt Oh dear.

[@sachio8610]

@@keyyf7039 LOL

[@larose3482]

@@keyyf7039 Hi!

[@keyyf7039]

xLxszt CH Hello there.

[@davisatdavis1]

Too funny. :)

[@ilusionkick]

We're so blessed to live in an era where we can listen to this world class pianist right here.

[@BoredAmerican]

Same shit for the people in the 18th century

[@kenberthiaume4631]

No, very few people in the 1800s could have heard this.

[@mohebhaidari2552]

I think you meant to say, “people are so blessed to have lived in an era where they could listen to the world class pianist(Franz Liszt) right there”

[@SleepyWeasle]

At least a mouse wasn't hiding in the piano to ruin it again.

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

@@SleepyWeasle Cat Concerto!

[@Mm-dn5gc]

Legend says the piano never forgot her. You can still find it roaming the streets aimlessly, trying to find Valentina.

[@NoOneOk]

If it’s trying to find Valentina, then it won’t be roaming aimlessly cuz finding Valentina is it’s aim

[@olegwit_by]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA good one

[@trgoohileshea2820]

I can't imagine how many countless days/years it takes to master something like this, but the look of absolute ecstasy on her face says it all. This woman is loving what she does. That's all that matters.

[@o-zone1217]

Yep. Even the hardest things could be easily done if you like it.

[@dominicvansever]

It took me half a year (same as Heroic Polonaise) to get it to proper tempo plus another 6 months to polish it to performance level. I prefer Adam Gyorgy’s more steady rendition or maybe CIffra’s.

[@dominicvansever]

Tim Countis also true but she’s sometimes so fast she doesn’t even play all the notes, e.g. at 8:10 when she literally smudges the right hand scales, but of course her rendition is overall more tempestuous than, say, Gyorgy.

[@mateuszloniewski]

Domen Sever could you upload it to KZbin? I want to see it played by You. Also from what age did you start learning piano and how long do you practice each day?

[@dominicvansever]

Mateusz Loniewski check out my instagram profile for my recordings: @dominicvansever 😜

[@SoSorry4UrLoss]

I love watching her face as she plays. You can tell she absolutely loves what she does. She not only has a technical grasp of the music she plays, she also has emotional attachment as well.

[@dusathemaid]

It was like seeing the Goddess of music herself playing the piano: "Ah, yes. Just like that day..."

[@vamp00042]

300 likes. Kudos.

[@MullerMauro]

yes

[@bas4752]

True talent and passion

[@velocity8755]

SIMPPP

[@greenbeans123]

The way her hands play so lightly as if there was no strain on her hands, and the way her fingers flit over the keys so quickly and lightly is so elegant.

[@rykehuss3435]

She is very good with not tensing up. Thats what allows her to play at such speeds. You can even see it in her biceps, they rapidly flex and relax instead of just staying flexed most of the time. She is optimizing her energy very well to be able to play at this speed. Shoulders relaxed, hands relaxed. You can get much faster explosive speed that way compared to being tense all the time.

[@PassionPno]

It's the Russian Piano School technique. The first thing kids learn is how to relax the wrist and arm.

[@qu4rtz732]

yeah i’m like in awe her touch with the piano at some points looks like she’s caressing it to play the notes

[@megumi_0]

not only is her technique impeccable, her bicep and forearm muscles are also very strong!

[@alecmeloling7095]

Saw this 12 years ago and still haven't seen another performance of Hungarian rhapsody no.2 better.

[@curri6701]

Rousseau’s was also great.

[@kifer2594]

Yeah like that part at 1:49 to 1:57 sounds so different than the others I’ve heard, it’s almost sounds like she hits different keys than others, also the part from 5:14 to 5:18

[@natalyavoronina5015]

Лучший - Гилельс!

[@victorzakine4600]

Bro there is traum piano and if you want to know, she do a lot of weird notes

[@leightonkelly1814]

maybe czifra

[@masonsylvester208]

Has anyone noticed how happy she is playing this? There are multiple camera angles where it is just her smiling. This is probably the best performance of this piece I have ever seen, because until the time machine is invented, I will never see Liszt play.

[@HeavenlyEchoVirus]

Or some successful necromancy.

[@ronny1979tube]

Or maybe you are looking at Liszt in this video

[@SuperPittyPutty]

Looks like she enjoy the challenge :D

[@andrewgalloway189]

Yes the smiling is wonderful. Martha Argerich also does that and it seems almost enchanting to me. Just a wonderful experience.

[@truongochung6448]

If I can play this piece I will die smiling whatever killed me

[@grassporridge8852]

Best part is how much fun she looked to be having.

[@GreyWind1988]

Once you actually learn this piece, it is so fun to play. It's just getting there is really hard. Franz Liszt was kind of a showoff

[@licametal2614]

@@GreyWind1988 I feel the same about playing 'Blame It On The Rain' drum.

[@rubber7506]

@@GreyWind1988 because he did a lot of concerts, but Liszt has a lot of beautiful pieces that are not virtosistic too. I love both sides of Liszt but he wasn't only a showoff.

[@issystar96]

Not at the last few seconds. Her forearms were probably dying. I'm a pianist, I know how bad the forearms ache by the end of a song lol

[@AB6ambino]

@@GreyWind1988 you can’t really know if he was showing off or did because of his love for his music, you can actually feel the love and devotion he had towards music if you listen Hungarian rhapsody or la Campanella which wasn’t even his composition .

[@clauzane]

Liszt is typically known for his early beginner pieces like this

[@strukhoff]

Take a few online lessons, chill, and there's nothing to easy stuff like this.

[@alna9681]

Yea man, La Campanella was also a classic

[@27alex30]

Mark Fowler it’s a joke bruf

[@bugbysanders9651]

Mark Fowler op was telling a joke.

[@ClassicalPianoisMyJam]

Mark Fowler it was a joke dude calm down

[@alalessi]

I missed anyone else mentioning that the piece is committed to her memory, no sheet music to flip through, so she has full emotional focus. Love it.

[@wigglypfff]

Yes, that is typical of a pianist playing a piece, especially one of this difficulty

[@47Mortuus]

That is completely trivial and comes naturally with any difficult piece. But even then, if you know it by heart, there's still a _loooong_ phase of still having to focus on the technique, difficult parts etc. Most hobbyists get stuck in this phase.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

I think it’s easier that way.

[@Droxzzfn007]

I think she played it enough, so I’m sure she memorizes easily. It’s crazy because it seems like she has so much experience with this piece it seems like she played it since birth😂

[@ieBrazil]

It's not shit music. Respect lizt's music! It's good music.

[@chiragyaduwanshi7035]

I feel blessed that I can listen to this as many times as I want.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

Glory to God

[@silverblack78]

@@ToyotaGuy1971 no, Glory to Google.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

@@silverblack78 May God bless you, Sergio.

[@silverblack78]

@@ToyotaGuy1971 thank you buddy, I appreciate!

[@prismoth]

@@ToyotaGuy1971 may google bless you, toyota guy

[@cyanide1233]

Scientists: Nothing can travel faster than light Valentina: Hold my vodka

[@rekordea]

move*

[@plscometomychannel1007]

Checkmate, atheists

[@jvcardesign]

hahahahahaha

[@lil3r0wning57]

Lmao

[@bebzi1890]

lol

[@dozyproductionss]

You watch her and you think how can she even play this? Then you think, how can some one even write this?

[@animagicalx]

Step 1: be Franz Liszt

[@felykz]

Step 2: Cry because you´re not Franz Liszt

[@JustAwesome360]

felix villarreal step 3: Give up and play the flute

[@alexandrapedersen829]

Step 4: Call a suicidal help-line, so that you don't do that.

[@michaelkamerer9999]

Step 5: Eat everything in the house because you tried and hey that's good enough you deserve it as you sit there crying because you failed

[@ease_y]

The way she moves her hands is unreal, truly incredible.

[@MPTR137]

és ezt Tom macska 8 ujjal tudta😂

[@GabrielSantos-ru9bx]

Therapist:Franz Liszt is dead he cant hurt you Me: Looking at Hungarian Rhapsody No.2's Music Sheet

[@ClassicalPianoisMyJam]

I’m laughing way too hard at this. I think about this when I play rachminoff

[@MrOmagaG]

@@ClassicalPianoisMyJam Do you mean Rachmaninow?

[@ogthekingofbashan333]

Ha, now look at Erlkonig.

[@TheElectricCheeseProductions22]

"Let me intoduce my friend, carpal tunnelling"

[@TheElectricCheeseProductions22]

@@ogthekingofbashan333 there are so many more pieces that are exceptionally more difficult than Erlkonig, Idk why youd mention that of all things.

[@GlenCaleb]

0:00 - 5:09 me the whole exam 5:09 - 9:45 *sees clock* *only 5 mins left*

[@narayaniyer3761]

LoL

[@part4963]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL its not funny

[@ramytlili419]

Like this one

[@SS-ci8jk]

@@part4963 lol y u trippin

[@iversonpaulalay5514]

Glen Caleb thank to you, I can skip to my favorite part😂👌

[@kishapianotutorials]

One of those rare performances that will remain a testament to what a human being is capable of

[@dougn2350]

Don't forget the composition itself. It's music like that this makes me think there is a god.

[@regarrzo]

@@dougn2350 And his name is Franz Liszt!

[@senamosessatria2358]

you sure she's a human?

[@matheussanthiago9685]

sort of thing we should send to space in the next Voyager

[@armelburgess8651]

@@regarrzo No.

[@virginiast1]

this is completely insane. her hands move so fast you can barely tell which keys she's pressing, it looks like they don't even touch the keys. i'm speechless

[@barrywhite828]

its a thing to say whoever invented the piano did such a good job that it can keep up with her fingers.. thanks, V!~

[@hreshchatyk]

Same here ❤❤❤❤Love

[@MadChristoph]

Mostly F Sharp and C Sharp will be pressed

[@titohuertas]

And she memorized every single note.

[@dimitristripakis7364]

I am an intermediate amateur and even I can do that, it's not that hard. The hard part is to deliver flawlessly, which is lightyears ahead of just playing fast.

[@sarahgueye]

This piece is a lost song from my childhood. This was the last song my father ever learned on our old piano. I remember being a toddler sitting on his lap watching him. My sister and I dancing like ballerinas in the backround. It blows my mind that as soon as i heard the first 2 notes of this song, i stopped breathing. I couldn’t believe my ears. Instantly began to cry as soon as i realized it was the SONG! I instantly sent it to my sister saying “ I FOUND IT”!

[@matth5734]

That's a beautiful memory. I'm glad you found it. 😀

[@idk_anymore4777]

That’s so sweet!

[@theghostofspookwagen4715]

ayo you related to idrissa gueye from paris saint germain

[@daisy.ann_1360]

Your dad could play this!?

[@yc6683]

@@matth5734 What a nice memory!!!

[@flameisbrighter]

She looks like she is enjoying herself so much...it is glorious to watch.

[@davidortega9717]

H-How- How in the HELL did she do that?! She's super human! So fast, her fingers were a blur! Poor Jerry. She killed him for sure.

[@dot8209]

watch hamelin play his cadenza of this piece it is incredible

[@ludwigvanbeethoven9683]

Muscle memory.

[@kotzting]

It is very simple, she is made in the image of God. And it certainly has nothing to do with hell.

[@superoxidedismutase5757]

i thought everyone was made in the image of god. why cant i play it :(

[@ludwigvanbeethoven9683]

Superoxide Dismutase God doesn't exist.

[@LisaIsabelle]

The best part is that she looks like she is genuinely having pure fun.

[@randomkidbelkke12]

It is a fun piece says someone who can play it full

[@apolide5795]

@@randomkidbelkke12how much time it occurs to learn Hungarian Rhapsody?

[@adamstuartclark]

She used a typewriter once. There were no survivors. Incredible skills.

[@zoltanbalaz9319]

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[@zoltanbalaz9319]

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[@mkv2718]

😂

[@Karen_Mkrtchyan_Horquri_Gandz]

She always leaves one alive to tell the tale

[@timothyjosephbonilla1108]

Then how did you know when there were no survivors?

[@monstarchan3185]

Camera: I have the have best frame rate Franz List: *Hold my beer*

[@aya-yk8iq]

Lol

[@thecartologist4992]

The beer mentioned in this anecdote was an ice cold bottle of Stella Artois, bit of trivia for you.

[@paulm3079]

I literally laughed out loud reading that. Very nice

[@MeinhofKym1944]

+ She's amazingly talented. + Best version of this song I've ever heard. - RIP Jerry.

[@rhylie124]

so you said rip jerry *its on the tom and jerry*

[@hobbes5371]

*Piece :^)

[@kaizun]

yeh cuz jerry is the mouse, dont u get it

[@ryujeffrey5735]

she tends to slur a lot of her notes, & i dont get much of feeling when i listen to her. check out hamelin's version, or vladimir horowitz

[@keeferevans9449]

Ulli Meinhof o I can only agree...what an profoundly and overwhelmingly gifted artist (how fortunate we are to be able to appreciate, in amazement, once such good good musicianship) o

[@FrankCaine-y3e]

She literally transform any masterpiece in a better and deeper experience. We admire her and love her.

[@giovannanomena]

I watched Valentina playing this piece live in September 2022 at Sala São Paulo - Brazil, it was the most impressive thing i've ever seen in my life, I couldn't hold back the emotions, it made me feel so emotional I cried a lot and had goosebumps the whole concert, it was magical. And then I had the opportunity of meeting her in person, she was so sweet to all the Brazilian fans. ❤️

[@Zinaida.Z]

😊👍👏👏👏

[@RSpracticalshooting]

I don't blame you. The best musical performances are a transcendent experience and overwhelm you with emotion. I'd love to see her perform in person.

[@doggasaur]

ela é uma das minhas maiores inspirações, eu não consegui ir assisti-la pessoalmente, que grande privilégio! ❤❤❤

[@susandowe8769]

You are very fortunate ❤

[@Randy1337]

[@simsyb1]

She is the master. Unbelievable skill she is like a freak of nature. She can play so many pieces of music on the top of her head without having to read the music from a sheet. Virtuoso at its highest level. The best

[@therhea8003]

She also has just the right bone structure. Liszt was noted for writing pieces that required extended reach, he had very large hands. She can get it done. Love it.

[@theMaszketnik]

Simsy I'm not sure you can play it with notes, unless you have 3rd hand to turn pages

[@thezerbs872]

I'm going to assume you don't play piano or a musical instrument so, it's actually easier to play without the music sheet once you've practiced enough, you yourself as well as your fingers memorize the song pretty well, you remember the rythm and what comes next and your fingers have their muscle memory. Combine that with an insane amount of talent and practice and you get this.

[@simsyb1]

@@thezerbs872 I can play the intro of The Entertainer and that's about as far as it goes for me haha I don't have much idea on how to play the piano whatsoever just I do find this performance absolutely breathtaking it's amazing to watch and listen too.

[@GaloventMech]

@@thezerbs872 I still need the sheet music as a reference even I already master the piece, especially the longer ones. Sometimes I forget what's next quite often. I don't read the notes, but see which part, formation of the notes and how it should be played.

[@amiapsychopat]

This was the performance that brought me into classical at the age of 12. Now i am 16, play the piano and am completely in love withthe music of Schumann and Bach. Returning to this video gives me so many memories of where my obsession began and how my taste changed over the years.

[@ariefbudi427]

You need great strength, endurance, and not to mention, immense amount of determination to be that piano. The normal one breaks around minute 3

[@vitaliykuloyans]

Great Performance

[@zhangjoey9224]

You had us in the first half not gonna lie...

[@thibomeurkens2296]

Me: *sees this comment EXACTLY at minute 3*.

[@dalaibrahim]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAA

[@genewagstaff5865]

I am convinced by emblems and letters I saw on the piano that it is a Steinway, Had Steinways existed in Liszt's days he would have played them himself,.

[@logancavanah1142]

1:22 that cheeky nod like *"yeah, I know I'm good"*

[@AA-sn9lz]

Good is an understatement

[@mindi97]

I think you meant *”yeah, I know I’m GOD”*

[@seyda025]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@justine-go7557]

@@mindi97 That's well done X')

[@zacharyvaldes883]

Beethoven: *Phew* The third movement of my Moonlight Sonata sure is fast and hard. Liszt: Hold my beer.

[@shahmirkhan5373]

I dunno about you but what about his "rage over a lost penny" piece? Feels much more difficult to play tbh

[@zacharyvaldes883]

@@shahmirkhan5373 i agree, it's just i feel this is the most "widely known" of his pieces, if you will

[@Angelwrites]

Zachary Valdes 😂 😂 😂

[@fortnitegod6987]

Ever heard “A World On Fire” by Bo Burnham?

[@GiveMeTheRice]

Respectively, I think all Liszt pieces are significantly harder than Moonlight 3rd movement

[@hejnye]

Where ever Mr. Liszt is now he is enjoying the heck out of this performance. The Piano has been waiting for this performance all it's life.

[@WowzaGuy]

1. This is absolutely my favorite classical performance by any artist on any instrument 2. Her hands were moving so fast in the middle that it almost seemed like a big joke, not intentional. A nearly psychotic level of playing. 3. What’s more daunting is that Liszt actually intentionally wrote this. He dreamed to extract from the piano as much as humanly possible. Will anyone ever extract more?

[@claudiafernandez-davila4322]

It seemed like watching a cartoon! Completely amazing.

[@switterbeet]

I think nothing can top this. Maybe you can play faster but making it sound as harmonic as this at the same time is nearly impossible

[@williamtaittinger4529]

@@switterbeet this is on the very edge of the realm of possible, as a not genetically enhanced human. I would guess with no genetic engeneering no natural born human will ever surpass this level of skill.

[@andresantos_]

You haven´t heard of Kazuhito Yamashita, for me the artist most "scary technique" i know

[@Dragonryu]

@@williamtaittinger4529 While she plays this piece extremely well, I think that you simply lack understanding

[@jonathankim805]

After training this for 1 year, finally I can play this for 10 seconds.

[@WonyoungJang-uq1sj]

i can play all notes in this piece, although not at the right order and speed

[@readlwrm846]

@@WonyoungJang-uq1sj HA i c what u did there

[@artsymusician8041]

I've been training for nearly a decade and I've never even been able to sight right beyond the 5th page

[@kyongju70]

김준엽 only took me 1.5 months to learn this

[@jemmasun330]

trust yourself and you can do 1 minute

[@milgaru]

Everyone : why can't you just be normal?! Liszt : *screams in c-sharp minor*

[@sakurauchiha03]

I love this comment 😂

[@callykitten5095]

*screams in 8 octaves simultaneously*

[@kyromed]

IHSUWJA LMAO

[@excuseyou7198]

I mean, C# minor sounds cool and it’s honestly not that uncomfortable.

[@MrOsterwijhs]

moonlight sonata's another

[@robbiehill2344]

As a pianist I agree with you. Amazing technique. What people don't always realize is that to accomplish these pieces at such high technical and mature emotionally, first both sides of the brain is being used simultaneously. Second, to achieve the dexterity in the fingers takes years and thousands if not tens of thousands of hours practicing over and over, increasing the mm a notch each day so that your fingers glide effortlessly across the keys. Thirdly, also takes the ability to change emotions as to convey the story you are weaving on the piano. There was s so much more than most people realize. Amazing performance.

[@voltydequa845]

Thanks - that sometimes we feel too alone when there are no affinity buddies in sight. I am not a musician, but anyway was impressed by what I was calling 'the harmony of execution'. Your «both sides of the brain» helped me in having a more precise idea. But, again, I'll stick to 'harmony' since for me it is more a question of feeling the harmony of sound than feeling emotions, though I know that it is all connected. Could be because I got polarized by the difference in interpretations, where the world-known ones, with great technical skills, miss completely the 'harmonic feeling'. Among them the very known LL, that to me seems just an extremely fast piano typist.

[@lohphat]

This is a perfect example of how a musician makes the instrument an extension of themselves and how to make it "sing". You can see the emotion start from within her, move down her arms to her hands and fingers then to the keyboard. She's made the piano part of her. The joy in her face says it all.

[@socrates6511]

When she's faster than your internet *cries in third world*

[@rmg8729]

Loool cries in third world

[@SeeDVicious]

almost had a heart attack! bahahahahha!

[@bugzest91]

I feel you bruh

[@ArifRahman-qj4ny]

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[@arschkopp4592]

cries in german, wait is that legal yet?

[@josefranciscoacunacaballer3989]

Valentina approaches. Piano: Oh shit, here we go again.

[@octave11thpianist58]

*traumatic flashbacks*

[@richardkershaw9259]

Brilliant comment

[@Russ442100]

The piano says: Valentina approaches; 'Oh shit..' Just a thought. Imagine writing this piece of music..... Imagine not being some future interpreter, but the instigator, the composer. Thats the level beyond.

[@athos401]

You have a very strange name. I have a strange name too.

[@samlo5851]

Tty

[@Light71717]

It is incredibly impressive how she not only has mastered the technical aspect of this, but also managed to simultaneously communicate a full spectrum of emotions that really draws one in, all while making it look so effortless and her face exposing how much she is truly enjoying it! Her passion shines and she is absolutely amazing 🤍

[@Jaleelk0]

This is the best performance of the piece. Liszt was a genius.

[@Charles-cs8mv]

I dare to disagree, as Marc-Andre Hamelin's performance is undoubtedly the best one so far.

[@vitaliykuloyans]

Really good

[@sebastianciarfella3061]

Cziffra's recording is legendary

[@crzmovie]

While I agree this is a superb performance, in my opinion Adam Gyorgy's version is better.

[@amgx9670]

technical difficulties of this piece include: super fast passages nonstop leaps that sometimes exceed 2 octaves fast octaves in both hands simultaneously fast chords extremely fast scales in one hand and big jumps in the other, occurring simultaneously melody paired with trills physical strength repeated notes repeated notes paired with some other melody edit: thanks for 500 likes!

[@doncappo1509]

How technical is this piece?

[@amgx9670]

@@doncappo1509 very

[@priyammascharak8400]

I love how u added physical strength at the end

[@amgx9670]

@@priyammascharak8400 tbh that's quite necessary

[@amgx9670]

@Mathews ik those are harder also what would you think is more technically hard s219 or this

[@CL-08]

This makes me feel very grateful that people like Franz Liszt have existed in this world and people like Valentina Lisitsa exist in this world.

[@sushisavvy-v9m]

Cried through most of this. What a brilliant performance, I don’t even have words

[@skeptorr]

I smoke, then watch, at certain moments my heart bursts and eyes tearing up.

[@Djiini07]

Valentina is absolutely CRAZY! This performance is, by no means, a perfect representation of what Franz Liszt intended when he wrote the sheet music for this rhapsody, but I desperately want to believe that it would make Franz absolutely ecstatic to hear someone having so much fun while playing one of his pieces of music. Her performance is so whimsical and brave. God I love it!

[@johnbevan4879]

Sorry-not-sorry but: even if you had a 'perfect representation of what Franz Liszt intended' written down and signed by him (which you don't, and are therefore make-believing your way into his mind), it wouldn't be useful even to inform the arbitrary ideals of performance ethics you seem to be pursuing. His genius was in musical composition and performance, not explaining himself.

[@johnbevan4879]

cf the excellent anecdote about Beethoven being asked to 'explain the meaning behind' his Eroica after a performance. He just snorted, said nothing, and started playing it again on the piano. Or Mendelssohn's wonderful quote about the futility of trying to translate musical intentionality with language: "The feelings aroused in me when listening to music that I love are not too indefinite to put into words; they are, in contrast, *too definite*."

[@jbro2780]

John Bevan idk what about this is so mildly infuriating but this belongs on r/nobodyasked

[@johnbevan4879]

@@jbro2780 every comment ever. We're all in this together, friend.

[@jbro2780]

John Bevan yes but creating a problem that doesn’t need to be created would just end in something like this where i am typing.

[@GabrielTaets]

I love how her fingers can be light as a feather at one time and heavy as a hammer at another. She's having so much fun while playing this insane piece. Mindblowing.

[@bravaLiz]

I just want to BEGIN with this Statement: This woman is AMAZINGLY, INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL. END of Statement.

[@licametal2614]

Damn! I was just about to begin that statement!

[@paulwalker6297]

This performance is not just playing a piece of fabulous music, it's feeling and living it. Thank you SO much 🥰 x

[@ZenNaut]

That Tom and Jerry feeling in your heart making you happy.

[@alherx999]

Zen Naut finally,I saw somebody mentioning this 😂😂😂

[@アキナ-e3r]

Zen Naut omg same

[@Sawdustinthemakeup]

Zen Naut this comment made my day thats how I always feel listening to this or I feel bugs bunny

[@LegitimateCockroach]

most ducking unexpected feeling ever))))))) but your 100% right

[@messickc]

Bugs Bunny does it better.

[@mikeshudani7984]

The reason you don't hear many screams and cheers at the end is that most of the people in the audience fainted

[@MrXploder]

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[@fernandaanabalon743]

JAJAJAJAJA

[@pyb6]

😂

[@grammarpolice4179]

That’s hilarious

[@kf1840]

It‘s Lisztomania all over again

[@felixlechat9565]

I do not understand anyone who would put a thumbs down on this. Her performance (and interpretation) is superb.

[@davidx.1504]

I personally would appreciate a calmer, slower version of the second half and a slightly quicker version of parts of the first half. however, this seems like a demonstration of skill, not an attempt to make the piece pleasing to the ear, so I'm not too mad. she's the composer's (?) descendent, she's got everything to prove in playing his piece as impressively as possible

[@Martinus777]

I suspect it's politics, and not appreciation for the art. Which is sad.

[@filippkarandeev139]

Felix Le Chat she's nothing, compared to greats, like Horowitz or Rubenstein

[@thejazzman4591]

@@filippkarandeev139 personally I like the original version more than the Horowitz version

[@filippkarandeev139]

Illbambino that's not about the arrangment, it's about musicality

[@susanandrew6453]

Utterly astonishing: the best I've ever heard, and she looks as though she not only IS the music, but she's truly enjoying it.

[@donrumgay5200]

A piano has 88 keys and I’m going to use ALL of them… - Franz Liszt

[@orkunone571]

...at once.

[@rhydean2008]

@@orkunone571 LMAOOOOO

[@beratseyhan9996]

He has paid for them!

[@bruhsama3538]

Franz Liszt is a fucking nightmare…

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

What if I bash my head against my keyboard of notes

[@jimkost2002]

Her expression at the pause at 6:00 was priceless! Great flair, panache and all around badassery. Plus she’s having FUN! Awesome!

[@isaacdorio]

I personally think 9:10 is extremely impressive. I've heard a lot of pianists try to play this (including myself) and either make it too slow, or too mushy. Valentina plays it incredibly clear and hastily while still retaining quality and the composers intention for it to be played. She is a remarkable pianist no matter what any critic says.

[@anushkasrivastava7342]

So true

[@edgrigsby8610]

Who the heck could possibly criticize her?? It's beyond me.

[@timo4022]

This fucking scared me

[@SC-hk6ui]

Yes I noticed that too. Liszt probably meant this to sound a bit edgy, like maybe the wrong note was hit, and many people just assume that it's the pianist. It is not. It's the art of the piece and requires something special to achieve.

[@lukest292]

That is part of the Cadenza right?

[@GhostBanned369]

This music stirs something up in my european soul, it is a mix of greatness , tremendous suffering , setbacks ,pain but also powerful, beauty, ,playfull , joyfulness and self confidence.

[@TheWtfareyoulooking]

When I close my eyes to this, I hear/feel the emotional expressions of Franz Liszt. It's like if a story is being told for 9 minutes.

[@noooorm]

Frans Liszt: "How fast can you play this?" Valentina Lisitsa: 'Yes."

[@matthewamori7801]

Not only does she play this absolutely fantastically, but her hands are also very entertaining to watch.

[@zaasaa_art]

Well, I ran out of words to describe this performance. This is absolutely unreal and magical, and I'm so lucky to get to watch this legendary performance!!!

[@jukkakamala]

This is the first time i have applauded to a youtube video.

[@myoman1977]

Your comment should get more likes

[@murphvienna1]

Same here

[@arvydasmiskinis]

Me too!!

[@cadenostrich1740]

Underated comment

[@ЛиляСелезнёва-н1у]

Yes!!! Me too!!

[@bapttack]

Even the piano is wondering wtf is happening

[@none8901]

good one ha ha ha

[@rolandpahi3079]

...and thinking: WOW! I didn't even know it was in me all the time!

[@onion4550]

Waterfalls

[@MafridhoBagus]

it's Tom and Jerry fighting :))

[@retrothingz]

LOL !! Thanks for that ... I just spewed coffee all over the computer monitor

[@b.santos8804]

2.7 thousand dislikes? Must be the piano tuners' union

[@theoldar]

I'm sure that has to do with her political opinions. I don't like her politics, but I love her playing!

[@VietVuHunzter]

Or you are living inside the piano, trying to sleep...

[@ko4la886]

I think 2.7 thousand is the number of c# at 5:28

[@elijahbelay2716]

theoldar what are her politics ?

[@MrBrunoUSA]

probably all the concert pianists who cannot play as well as she can!

[@marcio7580]

No words. I have no really words to describe this magical performance os Valentina Lisitsa. Thanks Valentina.

[@rapr1]

I am mezmerized by her fingers dancing on the keyboard, such as at 06:38.

[@ninehills42]

What fingers? I didn't see no fingers, the video's framerate is not high enough for that

[@selah5241]

Please why the profile picture

[@Swindo2]

Yessss and at 6:15 as well

[@thibomeurkens2296]

It’s a true sight to behold!

[@biiased]

*finesse* noun 1. impressive delicacy and skill.

[@levieux1137]

The most amazing is that at around 7:00 just in the middle of a very fast part, Valentina is smiling as if she was having fun torturing this poor piano and making it emit sounds never heard before. She has an incredible talent and an amazing humility in all her videos. That's a real artist.

[@surgrus4367]

So torturing = humility?

[@davidsegarra1601]

The piano went to smoke a cigarrette after that

[@joshjaphet2337]

I feel weird saying anything here, because I have no talent, but an ear for mind, cosmos smashing understanding of the sounds I'm hearing here!

[@joshjaphet2337]

She is definitely a human being, but one of the greatest expressions of coniousness expression I've ever heard!

[@deteri4040]

@@surgrus4367 Yes.

[@Mur4dMusic]

*This is what Rousseau sees in his nightmares :D*

[@pubby4155]

true Edit murad more like *poo rad* haha owned

[@thatoneguy2235]

Lol

[@Alexuhhh]

MuraD lolll

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1747]

@@Alexuhhh hello

[@andrechen9645]

Lol good one

[@johncgibson4720]

The long pause at 5:03 really nails it. I had watched so many other players doing this rhapsody and none of them made any sense; all sounded like schizophrenic incoherent performances. Now Valentian's pause finally made sense of the whole thing. There is a transition of mood that all other players didn't capture.

[@FINNMegurine]

Most pianists with pieces like this have a ''look, I CAN play this'' vibe. Lisitsa has the ''I feel this piece'' vibe.

[@魚-c3d]

Literally most of the pianists do this pause as it's literally written on the sheet music but okay

[@TvDaddyAndTheTabloidArmy]

bingo

[@lofiknight_]

Cat: "meow mewo" Dog: "bark bark" Ling ling: "if you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly"

[@homiej2548]

You mean the sacrilegious boi?

[@bobross8097]

What

[@chandraochatto]

ling ling? you mean Lang Lang?

[@olakase5055]

eka puja agung of course he can say that. He practices 48 hours a day

[@OnamKingtheKing]

@@homiej2548 oo

[@Clamchucker]

I am perfectly willing to die now. There can be nothing more beautiful than this! I now meet my maker with sheer bliss. This is perfection. Mr. Liszt would be envious of Ms. Lisztsista's rendition of his work. God bless you, Valentina, and thank you for this!

[@innovateandinvest]

Clamchucker i love white people

[@jaysonjunio4033]

Because true beauty comes from within, and not everyone can see it.

[@fejopemoto]

Mystic Boltz, love? clearly you know nothig abuot it

[@devinfaux6987]

The best part, to me, is how she clearly took as much joy in playing it as we do in hearing it.

[@Clamchucker]

Indeed!

[@billbill1235]

Not Valentina was nervous before the concert... *THE PIANO WAS*

[@aloax4265]

hahahaha

[@Todden69]

Grammar not bad you was

[@sonicdark1375]

@@Todden69 at least he was funny

[@solarean]

@@Todden69 unlike you

[@solarean]

@@sonicdark1375 i think i did a good job owo

[@LaurenByrnemusic]

Unprecedented interpretation of musical phrases. One of the fewer pianists who make the music speak and bring it to life

[@jasonppap4784]

22 months after sitting down and committing to learning this piece, I can play 120 measures at roughly 85% this tempo. I can play nearly the whole thing at half tempo. I’m looking forward to uploading my performance in 2020.

[@Mustafa-dl3eu]

Wow. That's pretty amazing tbh.

[@kyledsouza5]

For some reason I thought I saw this commemt on Valentina Lisitsa monlight sonata 3rd movent............

[@lukashellmann1029]

@@kyledsouza5 same :))

[@kyledsouza5]

@@lukashellmann1029 Interesting

[@kyledsouza5]

@@lukashellmann1029 I went to her 3rd movment of moonlight sonata an somebody named volvocloud posted the exact same comment 1 month ago

[@davidschleeter5228]

Another amazing fact: her fingers remain attached to her hands throughout the entire piece!

[@neutronenstern.]

so you gonna proove your attachement theory? Or will you just say its a fact without any proove. Or is the proove for the reader?

[@odberatel0066]

@@neutronenstern. The statement is really true. In fact her hands are playing with the speed of 0.99 c. Therefore, she has time to think, breathe and look where her fingers go.

[@DefiBroadnose]

the way she acted while performing this made me cry. Such emotion and dedication.

[@pascuccii]

That's how full focus and concentration looks like, yeah, very satisfying to watch :)

[@lantusinfluencer]

There are no words to describe how wonderful this performance was❤❤❤

[@strengthsizeshredzfitness8017]

Play it on 2* speed and your phone will disappear because you have broken the space time continuum violating the speed of light

[@muhammadfakhrifadhlurrahma4976]

LMAO

[@danieldahdah7431]

Thank you!

[@timd7782]

We need to send this recording into outer space. NO aliens would ever invade after seeing this and realizing what human beings are capable of.

[@jimfritz9503]

Perhaps she is visiting us here on Earth. " So you think Earthling s music is difficult? NOT "

[@andygnatovich]

It's unlikely that the aliens are privy to the 12 tone scale and thus it's impossible to say if they would find western harmony, even pieces as masterful as this, pleasing to the ear.

[@johnhextall1136]

It’s all based on mathematical proportions so, as long as they have sound wave receptors, they should be able to understand it to some degree. Whether or not they like it is another question.

[@qandrea7873]

@Potatoy Dri if so, let them.

[@MarianaCrystal]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thehutch1674]

How many days do you practice in an hour?

[@cherrybabe9291]

I really hope this is a joke

[@thehutch1674]

cherrybabe ...no shit

[@manmeetsingh4719]

I think at least 2 days in an hour

[@jeremylin7800]

@@manmeetsingh4719 Remember she practices 40 hours in a day, so she practices at least 80 hours in an hour

[@ken2gwapo]

Maybe she's the piano counterpart of ling ling

[@julijacesnulaityte6753]

Made me very happy to watch this. So beautiful how the hands are moving beautifully with so much passion and how the music follows itself in unpredictability

[@Garrett938]

Damn. She is enjoying this. Like a little girl. Awesome!

[@MaverickSpawn]

Garrett938 That’s how you know music to them is air. Without it, the would wither. They love it!

[@katanne5694]

I agree. That is the moment when a musician and their instrument truly become one

[@f.b.i3842]

Valentina sees a piano: *Piano* "My time has come..."

[@WonyoungJang-uq1sj]

Piano: Argh! It's Valentina! (runs away)

[@thelittleowl2484]

😂

[@SkorpioN42069]

Send shivers down my spine

[@ginjiu4ye]

April Wang that’s what she said

[@DyingWizardOdo]

06:15 The moment when you realize that Valentina's fingers move too quick for the camera's frame rate...

[@TheVrede2]

compare that to 9:15

[@livenletlive7537]

All Liszt pieces, your fingers better be ready to move across the keys flawlessly. Love playing his pieces.

[@hofstrabob]

Unbelievable

[@mariost4064]

Tim...

[@damiangarcia8819]

L

[@strin6]

simply wonderful, an absolutely beautiful performance. nothing lost in translation, a true artist

[@Rodrifuuu]

I swear I saw some keys being pressed only by her sheer willpower.

[@vidblogger12]

The keys were terrified of what she would do once she got there, so they pressed themselves out of utter fear.

[@MullerMauro]

hehehehe

[@Akumasama]

She hits some of these keys faster than the camera's framerate, especially at the start of the friska. She's insanely good.

[@missmcphee8859]

@@vidblogger12 haha brilliant yes!

[@spikespa5208]

My 120 hrz refresh rate ain't cuttin' it.

[@Robin_0011]

This is history, nobody ever played this piece so well. She truly showed how it should be done.

[@encefla0n]

Only György Czifra

[@williemoon7522]

tom and jerry ,, and tom has only 4 fingers ..

[@Crusader1089]

Well, not since Lizst

[@ЛиляЕсаян]

Yes, she's so gifted and talented!

[@thalassaer4137]

@@ЛиляЕсаян skilled as in trained

[@sleepysnorlax9384]

The incredible thing is that not only does the piano sound beautiful. Just looking at this without audio... Her hands are so majestic.

[@Fectivan]

“Caressing the piano.”

[@TowMater603]

yea , i bet she knocks her Clit insane !!!

[@bluekatgal7300]

Her mind is totally and rapturously involved in this playing. The epitome of pure joy of mastery of the instrument. Very satisfying to observe.

[@nounoukos]

dam. i thought only Tom and Jerry could play this fast.

[@MichaelFlatman]

Cat concerto!

[@TheVertigohtm]

Tom and Jerry's best!

[@ottonieltorresrodriguez2144]

Bugs Bunny can do it too

[@maxxh5331]

That's how I first heard this song!

[@thecanndoguy2327]

I like the tom and jerry version more

[@generalzod5733]

I keep expecting her hands to bump into each other, then I realize they are transparent and go through each other.

[@Aluminum.K]

That's not what transparent means.

[@cantthinkofausername6749]

the Collisions setting in her hands had been turned to 'Off'

[@fredmiddlestadt4176]

Magnificent

[@Killerbee4712]

Her hands dont have collision boxes

[@hi-qr9tm]

So her hands can go through anything? 😳

[@travisperakovic2877]

The purest example of what humans are capable of. Beautiful.

[@aries2764]

yup, based on standards set by humans themselves...

[@applesib1352]

As AI we claim her

[@pqlr8763]

@@aries2764 Are you saying you like Lang Lang's horrible mockery better? It's like you're conflating "standards" with "limitations". Nothing profound about that...

[@axyspianostudio]

@@pqlr8763 he never said anything about liking lang lang's rendition at all?...

[@pqlr8763]

@@axyspianostudio I'm just having a laugh at the idea of resorting to "manmade standards" in the case of piano renditions - as if there's some vertical scale of quality. Hence why I used Lang Lang (because his sole preoccupation is theatrics, and not any real specific flavour - unless you count speed). P.S. What's that weird new trend of using question marks at the end of sentences that aren't questions? It's like your emotion will be incomplete unless you make the other person think you're raising your eyebrows in some kind of American defiant teenager smirk. Even the Brits are doing it now. Poor English language...

[@carolann5338]

Valentina is magnificent....... never heard this tune played so wonderfully good as this is.......!!!! BRAVO VALENTINA.......!!!!

[@hopefuldavid3320]

Legend has it that no one coughed during Liszt's performances

[@proghostbusters1627]

Did this man just solve coronavirus?

[@trueredlucky954]

Apparently girls would scream and cheer when he played, and some would even faint.

[@edgarhehehe6800]

Sorry... but at 6:44 - 6:46 you can vaguely hear a *cough*

[@playernumbertwo2725]

@@edgarhehehe6800 true

[@kitcutting]

truered lucky yup. Both Franz Liszt (piano) and Niccoló Paganini (violin) were considered the world’s first “superstars” in the modern sense of the word, mainly because of the effect they’ve had on their audiences. There was a phenomenon called “Lisztomania” where women would attend Liszt’s live concerts and faint and squeal with delight and excitement, and apparently no one at the time really knew why.

[@cruzincondo3395]

God bless you for your intense love & devotion to the artistry you so wonderfully display.

[@Rocksteady8519]

I say god bless himself for making such a creation and giving it this talent. It must have been extremely easy for her to play the piano due to her god given skills. Thx god. All credits go to him!!!

[@TheOlim01]

YTisMEH ThisisBS No, she worked hard to become great, all credit to herself!

[@Sionweit]

YTisMEH ThisisBS bullshit. god is complete bullshit fabricated by the church

[@distinguishedgentleman7626]

LikeA Lol good arguments

[@ghawkpiano7290]

Liszt was probably thinking “ No one is actually going to play this it’s April fools” Valentina: Liszt: *shoot*

[@whyit487]

How is this funny?

[@etsanurmth3787]

Why It? It isn’t

[@whyit487]

@@etsanurmth3787 OK. Just making sure I wasn't going insane.

[@DVZM.]

@@whyit487 It was solooooooo funnyyyyyyy Waaaaaaaaa

[@DVZM.]

@@etsanurmth3787 Sooop funnyy Dada di daaa Dada di daaaaaaa Wa da di daaaaaaaa

[@reikonakatani4723]

圧巻！！！もう何年も前から数えられないくらい見ていますがいつも感動です。すばらしすぎる！

[@sharonwilling8837]

Every comment I see whenever Valentina (and other talents) plays always seem to concentrate on her talent, which is obviously out of this world. Hardly ever do I see any comments about the authors of the works she plays: Liszt, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and others. It is beyond my comprehension how those individuals composed their compositions. Can one imagine how the notes formed in their minds, what they heard? They either had to have come from another realm or were conduits of it. And Valentina is one of their finest voices.

[@thalassaer4137]

@Censored Censored lucifer was the god of music eh maybe

[@barrywhite828]

AND she has a nice pair......

[@2alberich2]

The genius of the composers is not in doubt, and many great pianists have played their music. Valentina is not the first and she will not be the last. But. her talent and genius belong to the here and now and for that all of us should be grateful.

[@SubjectivelyInteresting]

My theory is that with great genius comes a degree of madness.

[@TheOnlyGuyWithAPhone]

@@SubjectivelyInteresting i wouldnt know

[@saboo_tage]

I think Valentina Lisitsa should upgrade to 60fps. 30 is waaaay too low for her

[@davemz999]

Yeah! Get with it Valentina! ROTFL!!!

[@zachlakey4781]

davemz999 stop

[@finnz.3066]

saboo she needs 10000fps

[@UNVo-bz7cl]

saboo

[@michaelt8282]

"Saboo!!!" - Monkey D. Luffy (2017)