Yunchan Lim 임윤찬 - LISZT - 12 Transcendental Etudes No. 5 (Feux follets)

[@FreshAirRules]

That has got to be the most shocking display of effortless piano technique in human history. And of course he retains the delicate romantic nature of Liszt in all its splendid glory.

[@yanicsoulieres5088]

Can't agree more. This is by far the most impressive interpretation of much anything I've heard in my life. The interpretation is flawless, not just the technique. Yunchan Lim and Vikingur Olafsson are my current 2 favorite pianists. (With Charles-Richard Hamelin especially since he comes from here!).

[@baddognobiscuit2]

​@@yanicsoulieres5088Yunchan and Vikingur...they give me so much joy

[@EliteCubingAlliance]

LDF displays insane piano technique

[@ellaw571]

Beyond technique, far beyond any earthly musicality..The BEST Feux follets existing, period.

[@Awairaz]

I find Pogorelich more stunning, however to play like this at 18 is transcendental.

[@찬찬님-k5d]

나이를 떠나서 이렇게 즐겁게 몰입시키는 피아니스트는 몇 안되는것 같네요~~

[@해피아이U]

@@Awairaz 아주 깔끔하고 명확하지요 18세니깐 가능합니다 에너지가 넘치지요

[@ryzikx]

@@Awairaz and he played this after the first 4..

[@tonytony8747]

Pogorelich had many errors and lack clarity. Kissin played Feux Follets better than anyone. But Lim is close. And Kissin never played all of them. Lim played ALL of consecutively, Lim just set a new standard for these études that should be recorded by a major label immediately!!

[@montresor2581]

Oh my god he plays the funny part SO FAST and clear

[@louisehollyhead6807]

Funny part?

[@richguy7527]

Not better than Horowitz.....!!!

[@ack7956]

@@richguy7527 Entirely a matter of opinion.

[@ralsei217]

Funny part

[@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711]

@@richguy7527 This isn’t Vladimir Horowitz, this is Yunchan Lim and I think he needs no comparison.

[@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711]

Imagine how shocked Liszt would be if he saw this guy play. A fresh adult tearing through Liszt’s twelve transcendental etudes like it’s nothing. Yun Chad Lim

[@rwankramershorts4732]

Also while smiling in this piece 😂

[@amai_316]

One of the biggest chads in the piano world indeed

[@herrbrahms]

It in no way diminishes Liszt to acknowledge that at 18, he probably wasn't quite as good as what we see from Lim. But of course that's unfair, since the hardest piano piece in existence in 1829 was Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata. The Hammerklavier is very, very hard. This etude is considerably harder.

[@wotbmemeplatooning]

No, hammelrklavier is a lot harder than this​@@herrbrahms

[@mweskamppp]

@@herrbrahms I think Liszt had written this piece already at younger age as Yunchan is here. Not in the final version, no. But still. He was a prodigee, taught himself reading and writing notes and was a superstar of the 19th century.

[@saradan8692]

Yunchan-! We love you!!

[@herrbrahms]

I regret that my first exposure to this performance came months after it had occurred. What I would have given to be casually watching this, only to have my hair set on fire there in the moment.......... I'm surprised we don't hear spontaneous incredulous laughter from the audience. This performance is nearly inhuman.

[@myth_song4852]

반짝반짝 빛을 내며 춤을추고 있는 도깨비불이 떠오르는,연주곡을 들으면 그림을 그릴수 있는 영상이 막 떠오르는 신기한 연주

[@조약돌-i9c]

5. 도깨비불: 오른손의 독립과 연타능력을 극한까지 시험하는 곡이다. 주로 반음계적 스케일과 왼손의 도약으로 이루어져 있는데, 쉬운 구간이 단 한 곳도 없을 정도로 빽빽하게(악보는 덤) 사악한 테크닉으로 차 있다. -나무위키-

[@veryberrymuffins8421]

He is a monster.... and will become a legend.

[@brozomicki-sothe307]

Will become? Someone who plays all 12 transcendental etudes like this is already a legend

[@obelix2545]

​@@brozomicki-sothe307 exactly!!

[@amiralikhalili3461]

Virtuoso? Prodigy? Genius? I think We need a new word to describe Yunchan lim's astonishing level of performance. this is incredible

[@nim8752]

A monster bro

[@ronronronronyo8358]

A new giant in piano history.

[@Hantamcincai]

He’s a Ling Ling

[@erichkusterer6339]

INSANE. Chapeau❤❤❤❤❤

[@Greatis.o]

Transcendental is the word

[@지영인도]

깨끗함, 명료함이 돋보이네요 너무 쉬워보여요~ 까만 밤에 파란색 도깨비불들이 장난치면서 단체로 춤추는것같아요~~

[@maxinewilson9754]

Hindsight: He's a legend! He's a legend! GOAT!!!!!!!!!

[@nanan1295]

This man's a piano genius. He makes it look so effortless.

[@lewwilliams9617]

I attended TCU many years ago and heard a friend work on this piece for something like two years before she could play it well. These études are monstrous in their difficulty. Mr. Lim brings to the music a characteristic which Liszt himself described as part of his own personality: his "impudence." Having completely mastered every difficulty and addressing the music unencumbered, he brings off the sparkle, clarity, and glittering passagework with ease, with a tickling swagger I have heard from no one else. I doubt that I shall ever hear the equal to his Liszt interpretations anytime soon. A truly astounding young man to have reached the heights so early in his life.

[@ryzikx]

he learned all 12 in 5 months lol😅

[@jackcurley1591]

We can only hope his career and artistry grows ever higher 😊 Yunchan Lim is exactly what the classical piano world needs right now… he already has all the makings of an all time great

[@gor-g1w]

왼손 오른손이 어떻게 저렇게까지 독립이되어 연주가 가능한건지 보면서도 믿어지지가 않는다. 저 미친 테크닉에 음악성까지.. 미쳤나봐ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 어떻게 윤찬림 안해요ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[@Trimza42]

The technique is phenomenal. Superfluid playing and listen to the accents! Best recording of this masterpiece to date.

[@thenotsookayguy]

Did you listen to every recording of this piece?

[@Trimza42]

@@thenotsookayguy No, but I've heard quite a few, and most of them play it too syncopated in my opinion.

[@thenotsookayguy]

@@Trimza42 Sorry if you had any plans on the weekend, but I reckon you gotta sack them so that you can listen to the hundreds/thousands of recordings of this work on YT to determine the best one. Thx mate, I'm counting on you.

[@lizeyan1899]

1:24 just insane

[@David-R.]

yes!! insane on more than one level.

[@Annihilator_5024]

it's actually one of the easier parts of the piece! haha

[@군단-h5b]

임윤찬 피아니스트에게 신의 가호가 함께 하시기를 기도하겠습니다 !!!

[@seans5631]

신의가호따윈 필요없을듯ㅋㅋㅋ

[@혁이-f2v]

이미 신인듯 ㅋㅋ

[@samgwon4606]

At 2:01, how can someone play something sooo difficult, yet enjoy it so much as if he is dancing AND play it beautifully!

[@davidsalazar66]

I would'nt even be able to look away from the keys for a second.

[@bluedoggo483]

idk man, really i dont

[@mangowizard]

Practice

[@k.vn.k]

You won’t be a professional until it’s a second nature to play by ear not by eyes.

[@pavlenikacevic4976]

​​@@davidsalazar66this part is quite maneagable without looking; there's no leaps or anything. The following part on the other hand...

[@jennielee1773]

First, let me remind you that this is a competition, and as we all know, it's not easy to perform at 100% of your ability in a competitive setting. Pressure, nerves, anxiety, and other factors can come into play. Nevertheless, in the semifinals, he gave an incredible performance, playing all 12 transcendental etudes in one go, which is unprecedented! His technique of playing complex notes, intentionally designed to be difficult, with precise timing was truly impressive. He demonstrated it brilliantly, bravo! While these skills are impressive in and of themselves, it is his unique interpretation and creativity (wit) that sets him apart. Yunchan smiled as he watched the feux follets he created dance across the keys. What a great performance!

[@sacrilegiousboi978]

AND he was performing on barely any sleep too as he was practicing day and night! He said he felt he didn’t perform these anywhere near as good as in the practice room. The guy is an absolute monster.

[@daxfohl4218]

The consistency is just astounding. This is obviously an impossible piece just to play at all, but to play it with this level of precision is unparalleled. Listen from 30s-45s on the right hand. Every note is *exactly* the same duration and volume. Now look up recordings of any other great pianist playing this piece and listen to the same section. They all sound great of course; they're amazing pianists playing something very few people can play. But if you listen closely, all of them have some inconsistencies. Notes played slightly louder or softer, notes held a touch longer or a note here and there made slightly staccato. Come back here and listen again, then go back there and listen. It'll stick out more and more, and it'll become apparent that this isn't just better, it's fully 2-3 standard deviations better than anyone else on the planet. What this guy does is inhuman.

[@toriepark7974]

Reminds me of yo-yo ma. How he plays every note in tune on cello when all other cellists play most notes out of tune

[@elizaneja]

You can really hear the witches dance and the wasp buzzing its amazing

[@user-js2sv]

One of the hardest Liszt pieces....and he's smiling through it, incredible❤

[@hryang8881]

내가 리스트 초절기교연습곡을 이리 좋아하게 될줄이야,,,매번 와닿지 않고 어려워서 스킵했었는데 무슨일이야.

[@neversayneveragain3748]

He is simply the best...better than any other ones.

[@Franz_Liszt_Korean]

Agree. Even better than me

[@tianlangxu_piano]

listen to Kissin

[@brianlin3327]

@@tianlangxu_piano not as musical just fast lol

[@akadetrorjk]

@@michaeljacksonenelchikipar6348 Evgeny Kissin

[@michaeljacksonenelchikipar6348]

@@akadetrorjk oh

[@geechoonsong7300]

best of the best

[@williamtaittinger4529]

This dude IS the Master himself.

[@jaygatz4335]

Delicate and ferocious at the same time. What a magic show!

[@terranbricklin]

An 18 year old not only playing one of the hardest pieces for the piano, but playing the best interpretation of it to date? My ego will never recover 😭😭

[@zelimircabraja7529]

Mind mind too

[@emilyhutjes]

Franz Liszt is utterly speechless and stunned that an earthling is playing this with a smile and 10 magical unbroken fingers. 😅🌷🌷🌷 (The Netherlands)

[@williamtaittinger4529]

THE MASTER is proud of this kid, he is definitely a big G

[@tomfoolery4024]

well well well

[@정원-r8f]

이렇게 매끄러우면서 정확하게 치기까지 얼마나 연습을 했을까요? 5번은 그냥 예술입니다.

[@jayp6638]

This is insane. And to play all the etudes back to back. Holy bejesus

[@TheDarbelbar]

I don't know why people are saying this is difficult to play. I clicked play and the video worked just fine...

[@imaginewashere]

I hate this guy, lol.

[@robynd.4413]

booooooooo

[@endlessgame3216]

So original mate

[@vedranavujic6688]

Lol good one😂

[@amesakurako1]

For the first time in my life I’m listening to Feux follets and can see in front of me feux follets prancing in the forest at night. This is the magic of Lim Yunchan’s music!

[@DJ-ld4ke]

Cliburn 이 열일을 시작했네요^^ 임윤찬 피아니스트, 덕분에 리스트의 도깨비불이 이렇게나 유쾌하고 즐거운 곡인걸느낍니다.수고했어요 천재 피아니스트 리스트의 위대한 유산을 함께 공유할수 있게 해줘서🥇

[@Georgeth-kb6rg]

Historic perfomance

[@luisztclassical3919]

1:58 just chills, the inter voices on the left hand...he do this so well

[@pspspsps9848]

The clarity tho 🤯

[@frankbroder9259]

Best version of this out there and the only one I can listen to now.

[@hanaro1227]

클라이번 열일하네요. 작품별로도 따로 떼서 올려주니 넘 좋음

[@carol9202]

휴.....리스트 연주 보는 동안 숨을 못쉬겠어요 자꾸 숨죽이고 보게 되네요 그런데 힘들겠다 이런 생각보다 연주에 몰입이 되었다가 끝나면 오휴....하고 감탄하며 저 땀방울에 숭고한 마음이 들고 가만히 보는 사람도 이런데 치는 사람은 오죽 힘이들까는 생각이 그제서 드네요 아마 저렇게 12곡 연속을 직접 보는건 앞으로도 쉬운 일이 아니겠지요 저 자리에 계셨던 분들 부럽네요

[@Hyonemoto]

This guy is the Liszt of our generation, lol

[@M-rp3gq]

Beyond god level and from such a humble young man , 18 years old. How is this possible ? I hope one-day to be able to listen to Yunchan play live from a front row seat.

[@nathan9771]

the faint smile at the beginning, after finishing mazzepa, is what gets me

[@이은원-j5o]

클라이번에서 동영상을 더 올려주길 바랬는데, 감사~! 자주 자주 올려주세요~!!!

[@user-bt5nmjds0a]

thanks for uploading this!

[@TaiChiKnees]

I feel so proud of the human species right now. Wonderful!

[@je-ko3dz]

윤찬님이 어떤 마음으로 연주하는지 느껴지는 거 같아요. 소리들을 살아있게 느껴지게 하는 힘.. 정말 대단한 몰입과 카리스마에요. 진짜 멋있다

[@Thinker7217]

Amaaaazzzing. He became one of my favorite pianist!

[@user-jinny64]

아...너무너무 좋다...ㅠㅠ 윤찬님의 모든게 예술이야.....🙏🙏🙏

[@kate2987]

피아노를 치면서 행복해 보이는 표정이 너무너무 부럽네요...

[@매력녀-j3x]

음악 안에서 절대자유를 느끼시는 것 같아요.👍👍

[@daanodinot]

One can argue that the Kissing recording is technically superior. But come on, this is live in a piano competition. So for me this is the best one.

[@soonlee2956]

클래식음악이 이렇게 재미있게 들리다니 기적이다 인생후반부에 새로운 취미생긴듯.

[@dionysus4778]

@EmmanuelttPiano Translations can get weird. She said something like, "It's a miracle that I find classical music so much fun. I think I found a new hobby in my second half part of life."

[@leoying8131]

That fourth finger has a mind of its own

[@H4zels]

he plays it like its nothing. every time i listen his music i am like 'oh its seems kinda easy ' then when i listen the interpretations of other pianists i get shocked

[@verydifferentthought]

Greatest of my Generation!

[@zelimircabraja7529]

Greatest of many generations. A perfect combination of young Pogorelich and "old" Rubinstein and Horowitz

[@infinite_simal_]

right hand fingers be like: I'M ON FIRE!!!

[@mweskamppp]

Somebody explained to me that it describes from Goethes Faust how Mephisto shows Faust the dance of the witches on the mount Brocken. How they follow an erratic willowisp and secretly watch from the shadows how the witches dance and fly around with their brooms. This piano presentation shows it soo good as if I am with them. I am really blown away.

[@pauliberg3492]

Far beyond anything or anybody who has ever played this, phenomenal, absolutely the best of ever the best.

[@thenotsookayguy]

Friedheim is better. He doesn't drown out the melody with the RH accompiment and he doesn't drown out the entire work in pedal.

[@bennyksmusicalworld]

@@thenotsookayguy Neither does Yunchan - every line is clear in his performance

[@Park-w3h]

Just amazing. Perfect.

[@jimhall167]

Every note was pristine, with clarity in abundance. The melodies were always pronounced perfectly. The speed only enhanced the beauty. This is wonderful! It is as good as Trifonov. That was very hard for me to write!

[@hnjuka5547]

옥구슬이 또르르르르~~ 광활한 우주의 중심!

[@진소영-o4s]

Thank you. Cliburn❤~

[@haphuongnguyen9617]

This is most crazy performance I've ever heard 🤣

[@Aurelian159]

He's the one who made me like this score so much. Before I heard Yunchun, Feux Follets for me is like an upgraded version of flight of the bumblebee.

[@lizeyan1899]

0:50 his fingers were so fast my screen started lagging

[@MiScusi69]

HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?!!

[@Dylonely_9274]

18 yo ! Human ?

[@anthonydowlatshahi8166]

Absolutely divine performance. What spirit. 🙏

[@kolibri7712]

i watched this 2 years ago and was going crazy trying to find it again today because i’m not a pianist, didn’t know the name of the piece, the competition, nothing! but i finalllyyy found it

[@JaidevJeznerd]

Piece is literally so beautiful 🥲

[@강아틀라스]

I love lim~~^^♡🥰😍🤩😘

[@AmbroiseJulliéPiano]

what a masterpiece

[@achillerolandkouassi2280]

Incroyable !!!! Quel talent !!!!

[@snowanneshine1195]

Yunchan Limszt the reincarnation of Liszt

[@ТатьянаНагулина-р3в]

Невероятно! Браво!

[@Sergei-lw2ni]

초절기교 연습곡을 따로 들으니 각각의 곡의 개성이 느껴져서 좋네요

[@charlessmith263]

Mainly, this very difficult Liszt transcendental etude focuses on these emphases: 1. Mastery of different rhythms in the right hand. 2. Double trill passages in the right hand. 3. Great and wide "leggiero" leaps in the left hand involving grace note and note at the top and the bass line at the bottom in very fast motion.

[@marstyracat]

way too good

[@lavendervvoo2970]

My brain chemistry is literally changing as I hear this

[@bellhee]

매 연주 보는 것만으로도 황홀해서 초기절 하겠🫠

[@johnchessant3012]

That's really awesome

[@Scarlatti-1]

Here is Limszt!!!!

[@hanareed3574]

just amazing!

[@kjh020300]

임윤찬이 치는 도깨비불은 굉장히 장난꾸러기같음

[@히라사와유이-v8x]

같은 시대에 태어나게 해주셔서 감사합니다ㅜㅜ

[@england670]

Stunning.

[@yanicsoulieres5088]

If he didn't do it, I would have said it's impossible. The technique is without equal, but the interpretation is also magnificent. I believe Liszt would have been thrilled to hear him play. You can listen to any other recording on youtube and it's not close. That young person has a brilliant future, we're very lucky...!

[@evoandy]

What an incredible performance. It rivals a live performance I heard when Vadim Kholodenko played it as an encore with an orchestra I played with shortly after his victory in Cliburn.

[@wittenedward3657]

수능치러 와서 논문을 쓰고 있으면 어쩔 ㅎㄷㄷ

[@박올리비아-t4x]

ㅋㅋㅋ. 전국콩쿨 나갈애가. 동네 콩쿨 나온느낌요? ㅎㅎ

[@allabouthoo]

아주적절한표현!!!

[@PiotrBarcz]

Pretty nice interpretation, nice and clean without overusing the sustain pedal or playing boring legato the whole time!

[@AntónioNahakBorges]

It is so clean!!!

[@olektupytczakowski1244]

И это после Мазепы 🥲

[@체칠리아-w4w]

임윤찬♡forever

[@Leichenbach]

Not human...

[@ClassicallyPerfezionista]

He is because he is professional

[@Dragoneen]

​@@ClassicallyPerfezionistabro he's the professional of professionals in this contest

[@ClassicallyPerfezionista]

@@Dragoneen Professional^2

[@AndersLindFan]

Not human "Asian".

[@andriesscheper2022]

Once he'll ask Beethoven to roll over.

[@greengold7437]

INSANE 🙀😻

[@Sam-pf9vu]

So gooooood

[@enzogrella1]

Mindblowing

[@AlwaysSerious]

This is what happens when you can watch all the great pianists who were filmed before you on KZbin. It’s like watching all the new basketball players coming up shooting step back threes, eurostepping at the basket, and having ridiculous ball handling skills… all learned from watching and practicing what is broadcast in high definition. This isn’t a competition with other pianists at the Cliburn. This is a pianist competing with everyone he’s ever seen play the transcendental etudes.

[@golden-63]

OH. MY. GOD.