Fei-Fei Dong - Chopin Rondo Op.16 at Chopin Piano Competition 2010

[@rogerpianoking1945]

One of the best pieces of music ever written IMO and superbly played. Chopin pure genius.

[@benharmonics]

0:12 introduction 2:30 rondo 2:30 rondo theme, first: E-flat major 3:48 first episode: A-flat major 3:48 part 1 4:42 part 2 5:57 rondo theme, second: E-flat major 6:53 second episode: B-flat major 6:53 part 1: similar to first episode 7:46 part 2: different from first episode 8:46 rondo theme, third + coda: E-flat major 8:46 rondo theme 9:04 coda, part 1 9:55 coda, part 2

[@theojacobson5313]

This was one of the great performances at the Chopin Competition. After the Rhondo, the audience was abuzz with expressions of delight. So much spirit, so much feeling, and so much drive. Fantastic!

[@piotrkap5536]

Chopin jest był i będzie najlepszy .Niepokonany.🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@cimbalok2972]

The genus of Chopin's genius is in this piece. It's not as well known as his other singular opuses, but if you want an insight into what he was capable of, listen to this one.

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[@NicolasEjzenberg]

I agree ! Well said !

[@salvatoremessina1294]

Chopin IMMORTALE...

[@mcrohof]

Impessive play of the even more impressive composition, almost swinging at times, the softly and tender like a flower.

[@기록용-b8g]

OMG sometimes people say that this piece is boring but i don't think so. I love this.

[@randykern1842]

Piano Player people who say this music is boring clearly have no idea whatsoever as to the meaning of the word boring.

[@vt2637]

Randy Kern I think those who say this music is boring has brains that can't handle such complicated and phenomenal music.

[@Dazhi1989]

Piano Player Because it was made for the boring people in Europe that time. Chopin needed to please them to earn some money to

[@squirrel4727]

Me too. Especially the colorful harmony in a section where there are many triplets.

[@Yannoux3000]

most resulted piece of Chopin in my sens. Truly a masterpiece. Any pianist able to play and interpret this is a great pianist

[@enricolumetti1995]

I used to think that this piece was boring and certainly not totally representative of the later Chopin... man was I wrong, this intepretation is awesome.

[@giovanni691]

Chopin scrisse da qualche parte che quando compose la famosa polacca eroica op. 53 in certi passaggi era ispirato dalla visione dei cavalieri polacchi che galoppavano alla carica, come se davvero fossero nella sua stanza. Solo pensando una mente geniale e anche (o forse proprio per questo) un po' alterata, si può capire l'immensità musicale di un uomo che, come in questo splendido rondò, ha raggiunto un tale grado di immedesimazione con il pianoforte da esprimere le sue emozioni solo tramite le note di questo strumento. Davvero si può dire che Chopin piange, è triste, scherza, gioisce o si consola solo tramite le note del piano, quasi come se non avesse una sua personalità al di fuori di esso.

[@Kobzar3374]

I did not know this piece, where it seems to me that Chopin was at his best. Thank you for sharing this beauty. Best regards.

[@milton3204]

Dear god this such an incredible composition, and Fei's performance is just absolutely stunning.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

I’m sorry, but her performance is not stunning. I don’t mean to be rude, but her performance was awful. There was no breathing space or delicacy whatsoever and too intense.

[@lololoololdudusoejdhdjswkk347]

@@ilovemycatrussell9298 let’s see you do better

[@troy5094]

someone needs to learn to elaborate when posting a hate comment

[@aswomebro2601]

@@lololoololdudusoejdhdjswkk347 people can critique without being able to play this

[@findelka1810]

eh, too intense? Chopin is almost always too intense :) but that’s why we love him 💕

[@Lu3Zak]

I enjoyed this musical trip into another dimension...

[@maae6764]

haha 3:40 remind me 'Black key'

[@ThePianoman--]

+Ma ae You're right. Good catch!

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Reminded me of Liszt's 10th transcendental étude, 'Appasionata'.

[@WayWereY2]

she is highly praised for this piece

[@circularvortex8795]

That was amazing! Well done! And thanks for adding the sheet music to the video so I could follow along!

[@HitomiAyumu]

Wonderful interpretation! Love it.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

Nope. It’s awful!

[@WesCoastPiano]

"Chopin is the greatest of them all, for with the piano alone he discovered everything." - Claude Debussy

[@awaitthegroom]

until you came along Claude then it really got exciting

[@burnixone]

9:03 🤯🤯🤯

[@shishirth]

What impeccable technique!

[@hansdekorver7365]

Very good playing . She is just 20 years old !

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

It could have been better though.

[@ralfsteinhage1310]

An excellent presentation Bravo brilliant my respect !!! very clean and followed precisely and vogetragen.Ich with an ease it enjoyed. Veiel cover everything with the re. Pedal. Not here ... .wunderbar THANK YOU

[@benr7882]

Disclaimer: The information being provide is highly doubtful and was acquired from a unknown historian (the unknown historian wrote multiple fake articles for various news outlets and was a prime suspect during the Watergate case). The whereabouts of the source of the information is unknown. It was passed on from Slominsky’s great-Grandmother whose great-great-great piano teacher connection to Chopin’s pupil Karol Mikuli. Slominsky’s great grandmother somehow spoke perfect cat and she told the story to Scriabin’s cat Mamuska. Mamuska the cat brushed up it’s English and later told Stravinsky’s about the account. Stravinsky quickly forgot about the account because all he could think about was delivering honey to Rachmaninoff doorstep at 3:00 am every night. Stravinsky somehow remembered it when he was struck over the head with a lightning bolt coming home from a stroll in the rain. Stravinsky absentmindedly told his plumber the story who then nonchalantly told his wife about it. The plumber’s wife had a mild liking for Chopin after being forced to take piano lessons for a year and a half. She wrote it down in her notebook and forgot about it… etc. … 40 years later an unknown historian somehow broke into the plumbers house and stole the now lost and the only copy of the written account of this story. There is a theory that the contents of the notebook incriminated Nixon during the Watergate trial in the 1960’s. Let’s not get too deep into this theory or we will end up 20 years before all of this started. The account: It was a cold February day in 1830’s Paris. The handsome young Chopin was invited to a legendary duel against the young sickly and delicate Franz Liszt. Chopin performed this Rondó at the Parisian Salon of a famous wealthy banker while Liszt dished out some Czerny exercises, Clementi sonatas, and his own unfinished works. Liszt attempted to play Chopin’s Op. 10 Etudes but ultimately failed. Liszt never practiced so his hands were stiff. The aristocracy frowned and shook their heads from disappointment. The concert was an utter and complete failure. One Countess remarked with great dread, “That piano just simply groans. Monsieur Chopin please will you get him off the piano. That man is a sickroom talent”. Chopin sitting in one of the fine velvet chair challenged Liszt “I can outliszt you Franz. You know that”. Liszt timid his intense social anxiety stumbled off the piano bench. The sickly Liszt somehow muttered these words, “Monsieur Chopin, the piano is yours to play”. Chopin exclaimed with great passion and gallantry “Hold my cognac Monsieur”. Liszt shaken from the mere presence of Chopin grasped the glass of Cognac to regain balance. Chopin sat down at the piano, cracked his knuckles and groomed his luscious hair. Chopin began to play his new composed Introduction and Rondo. Chopin began to play. The madams gasped at the sight of Chopin touching ebonies and the ivories of keyboard. Chopin’s fingers moved so fast the critics though Chopin 18 fingers on each hand and 8 arms. The piano roared and growled with passion. Wealthy women began to swoon left and right. Liszt began to blush from embarrassment. Chopin improvised some thunderous chords at the end and the crowd went wild. The sickly Franz Liszt was no longer welcome in Parisian Salons for his terrible terrible piano playing. Liszt was largely forgotten as the young Chopin toured all across Europe eventually reaching the Americas and even the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. (Footnote: Just kidding Liszt is a genius and is one of the greatest composers to exist. Chopin is still the better of the bunch [Insert: Chopin snob/egoïste]. (Okay, I’m sorry! I have a predilection for Chopin. Chopin’s music speaks for itself). I am still trying to fall asleep Lol. It was a ton of fun writing this. It ultimately avails to nothing though.

[@ijskålleter]

relatable

[@rafavaldy9052]

Bravoooooo!!!!

[@ponderosa1850]

Wow! Thank you!

[@jaasielsanchez939]

Pretty good for 20 yr she has a promising future

[@mantictac]

Younger than Chopin was when he created this.

[@JFGecik]

Chopin was only about 22 when he composed this.

[@pianist6031]

And you got exactly 22 likes :)

[@robbiethemann]

YES! Nobody ever plays this piece!

[@chopianist5226]

0:11

[@markfurnell6748]

PIANO COMPETITIONS? anathema! Music is not a sport!!! But well done FEI FEI....the armchair critics can't even play this...

[@김택우-r5t]

03:29 05:16 06:34

[@seoulkiwi]

❤️

[@nimi3361]

I seriously dig 1:13 fr🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@radamik]

This work is unusual, parts of it are monotonous and drawn out, but when it sparkles it really shines ( like from 4:52 to about 5:50). This may be heresy to some, but I’d like to see it edited to showcase the really stunning parts (plus, it really is too long).

[@H5subway5707]

Best part 05:40

[@mattwong5904]

Why was first prize not awarded...?

[@liebestraum_]

6:32

[@貴志大内]

此の曲、主調は変ホ長調となってながら出出しはハ短調ではじまるんですよね?だので、曲名を見なかったら、此曲の調は判別し難くなってる所でした。

[@ircensko7324]

Rurouni Kenshin - The Will seems to have been inspired by this

[@pdr770]

שיר לצפיה למלחמה. ואז לידת התינוק.

[@摘み茶]

fast👍

[@gibalskii3474]

sprzedam opla

[@dpetrov32]

Complete disregard for Chopin's dynamics markings - when there is piano, she plays forte, when there is forte, she plays fortissimo. Gets so heavy on the ear after a while. It seems the judges noticed this too, and eliminated early.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

Totally agree. Her rendition is awful.

[@Yhiith]

mah

[@organman52]

E flat is not a key. E flat is a pitch. The correct phrase is 'E flat major.'

[@brianbernstein3826]

First of all, when "major" or "minor" isn't included, it's assumed to be major. Secondly there are plenty of compositions that fall into neither category and simply have modal centers. Thirdly, E flat is not a pitch it's a note name. It can't be called a pitch because it doesn't specify an exact frequency, as "E flat 4" would as the register is known.

[@miguelfontesmeira]

@@brianbernstein3826 Oh my gosh, I love you for that answer

[@johnkrammer3673]

If this guy got a girlfriend, his Fei-Fei Dong would've been happy after this.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

Her rendition is awful. No breathing space or delicacy whatsoever and too intense. In some cases it’s flawless, but the dynamics are just messed up.