Tiffany Poon plays Chopin Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35

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[@Thebigbadskimachine]

Random person here: she is amazing, really love the way she puts her heart and soul into playing, hope she has just as great of a time playing this as I had listen to it.

[@francoaragosta4285]

Bless you! I beueve she does.

[@sohyunlee7]

I like her chopin. Emotional, elegant, clever, passionate, brilliant, sensitive, although she somehow exaggerates in some passages. But it's ok. That's our Tiffany. I stand with you forever. Keep up the good work! Thank you for every moment you are playing.

[@francoaragosta4285]

It's hardly that she 'exaggerates,' but rather that so many others perform without love for or noticeable personal identification with the music. I've studied this piece intently, and known. many who could play it very well myself included, but THIS lovely girl -- even in a field admittedly overcrowded with GIANTS -- is one of the most artistic, insightful, spontaneousl, and powerfully expressive players to come along in many years.

[@TheSswwmm]

Sohyun You play better than this? Not sure you can memorize first two notes, I guess you will never learn these notes in your whole life.

[@jaekim5600]

@@TheSswwmm you should expect youtube comment sections to be an absolute joke filled with role playing connoisseurs (in other words, dipshit LARPERs)

[@jaekim5600]

quit acting like you're some certified critic, jesus fuckin christ KZbin comment sections are cancer

[@jameswieser483]

OMG... That was incredible. The perfect piece to perform as a tribute to the troublesthe world community faces. Tiffany, you played with more emotion and passion thenI would think is even humanly possible. You played divinely and looked stunning.

[@TheF1nalResistance]

It's good that somebody can still play the music of the greatest pianist to ever live.

[@m.a.3322]

the greatest pianist to ever live? you mean Liszt?

[@RaphaeldiRossi]

She plays beautifully!

[@user-em5hw8qh3y]

Its been so hard finding an interpretation of this piece I actually like, thank you! 😭😭

[@thomasrj7390]

Ikrrr everyone like agerich and pogorelich have like insane interpretations that j blatantly contradict the score

[@BurningSky9]

​@@thomasrj7390 I like Argerich's choices more than some of Chopin's indications. Shoot me.

[@azwarlnst_]

We love you, Tiffany !!!

[@peterkrauliz5400]

Tiffany is a coming authority and an impressing example of musicians from Asia who found the way into Europe's musical tradition.

[@e.9994]

Thanks to this great artist to react to tragicals troubles all around the world and to give us the beautifllest gift : a message of hope in the deep powerfull pains and sufferance... Thank you Tiffany... eveything is here... eveything we need to keep faith... deep sincere love...

[@jimc1466]

She puts excitement into the piece , beautiful

[@minhtamducnguyen3070]

Excellent! Best wishes for you in the next international Chopin Competition. You deserve the top.

[@SylvainGuinet]

Tiffany, bravo for this wonderfull and great performence of Chopin

[@bassodivo1]

wow, the intensity. you go girl!

[@mastermindthemasterofmindg8896]

Thank you Tiffany you are the best and I love the fact that your music makes me feel very emotional in a good way. Keep up the good work because one day i want to hear you play in a concert hall.

[@markscott5650]

6 months and this is worth it!

[@nikki-qb7iq]

Amazing... she is so genius and inspiring.

[@beatlessteve1010]

This is one of my favorite Chopin pieces ..Richter said he would throw up if he had to hear or play it again..but Richter preferred to play for his own ear and not for the audience...and he did admit it is a genius work of art..I really enjoy Tiffinays view on music..I wat h her blogs and she walks you through her thought process and really gives herself to the audience...she is a wonderful musician and has a lot of expression in her playing!

[@JohnRHaws]

All notes and sounds taken together, I like this performance very much. It is difficult to listen to and yet so elegant. Always the balance - Left over right- Right over left with so much volume and tone up or down in exactly the right places. So much grace and stamina in the right place. JRH

[@ZHristev]

I'm excited about your performances on Chopin! Thanks!

[@georgechiang6397]

Can't help but started weeping at 14:49

[@lavendelle_swift]

Same.

[@StevePhillips]

Dear Tiffany you are beautiful in your costume. Wooo so relaxing and inspiring and lovely and dramatic thank you for sharing. Must take courage to be able to let one self go a bit on piano especially at performances before audience such fun too, at times like clockwork and so harmoniously sublime. No doubt a great tribute in memory of the great composer as well. Bravo!

[@cassierife3888]

Lovely, Tiffany! Your interpretation makes me meditate on the wonderful beauty in Chopin's melodies here. Thank you for this very musical performance!

[@Rachelkwy]

yayyy

[@hkginger]

Wonderful, Tiffany! Thank you.

[@j.davidtaylor2565]

I've been afraid to tackle this one for several years. Seeing you execute it so magnificently encourages me on my journey. Thanks for sharing and I wish I could voice this piano and tune it for you!

[@nilsfrederking62]

Okay, so I am not the only one who thinks there is something wrong with the grand piano. Hard to believe that a piano is not tuned for a concert - that's why I doubted my impression.

[@mysteriouslabyrinth3504]

experiencing your wonderful playing remindes of the days when i wanted to be a classical pianist

[@jackasorn7397]

Tiffany Poon & Chopin Sonata No.2, a combination of creativity and greatness ... Jack

[@rudy92036]

Isn't Tiffany very unique. She's so sweet.

[@moetchu4681]

You have been doing a great job!(thanks for the wonderful music~)keep going!we will always be with you!

[@carolineandtigger]

Bravo. I have been watching your videos online. I enjoy listening to you perform. Good job. I hope I can play like you someday.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pm]

Talent, brain, taste - it is all there in abundance. The playing is very self assured and individual and has what I think is called 'attitude' these days. It made me smile, but it is certain that I shall never think of this sonata in quite the same way again.

[@lesliefigueras7708]

tiffany u are one of the great

[@MiguelCastillo1123]

Magistral y hermosa interpretación, gracias Tiffany.

[@jamesp34]

Facebook m'a appris que vous avez enregistré cette sonate en hommage aux victimes Parisiennes; ce geste vous honore, soyez-en remerciée. Continuez à nous faire rêver et à nous transporter dans un monde où la sauvagerie humaine n'existe pas. Merci à vous, vous êtes une grande dame du piano ..

[@koualedmic7999]

Ou la tu vu?

[@jamesp34]

+younes fortas ; je suppose que tu veux savoir où j'ai eu cette information ? Tout simplement sur le site Facebook de Tiffany Poon ..

[@koualedmic7999]

+jamesp34 Oui. Je te remercie .😁

[@bartonjahn]

You produce such beautiful sound...incredible range and perfect tempo in my opinion.

[@bhsjenner]

awesomeness once again :-)

[@melanim9943]

Yay!!! Missed your uploads.

[@xchaoztheory9987]

That hit different

[@chenquin4740]

you are amazing

[@GiorgioStaltari]

Great!

[@jojojojo450]

Elle est fantastique

[@carlotavelasco3035]

you're amazing

[@Masties518]

amazing divine perfection.

[@Sof12]

Awesome!

[@nickk8416]

Really beautiful Tiffany. I prefer this to so many others I've heard. I especially liked the somewhat slower tempo in the 1st movement theme as you brought out it's true beauty. So satisfying overall. Regards.

[@xSinn0hx]

great job tiff!!!!!

[@IvanPavlov0]

Sinn0h2

[@vincentsoatikee1288]

What isjewish tefellon

[@hhoward14]

Amazing. Brava.

[@MetaView7]

Wow

[@mvinceable]

Amazing!!!

[@einars899]

I need somewone to hug!!

[@romdleyhanase8373]

awesomeeee

[@antoniovmu4902]

wow!

[@ivanchungpersonal4524]

i like that

[@carolineandtigger]

Very very nice

[@ginoitaliano22]

Beautiful!but I d like to hear this sonata now after 3 years👍😉

[@RoscoeJames]

Excellent.

[@toughguy6977]

bravo

[@모모모-s9s]

표현미쳤다..강약조절미챴다...

[@tombufford136]

I was recently diverted while writing a comment on your Debussy playing and lost you for a while. Here you performing this exciting Chopin Sonata some years ago. Quite a 'sharp' sounding piano, bringing out the individuality of the notes ! You may be shy, please advise me if this is really not so ! You look wonderful !

[@hyramesshiramess1035]

I loved everything about this marvellous performance with one exception. I have listened to a great deal deal of your playing with much pleasure and admiration, but the SOUND of this particular PIANO doesn't begin do you justice. It sounds harsh, thin and twangy in the forceful passages. I don't think this has anything to do with you, the player. It is either the instrument, itself, or your sound engineer didn't do a very good job. You play with a genuine passion and rare refined artistry that reminds me of Guiomar Novaes at her best. At first I thought the Funeral March was too slow, and might sound lugubrious, but the cantabile section mesmerized me completely and the recapitulation was truly compelling. Not to be picky, but your Presto Finale would have had even greater impact if you played it more sotto voce, as Chopin directed, but it was stunning, even so. You lack nothing. Don't ever let anyone tell you do.

[@walterchin8832]

Yes, loust recording and I believe the piano is out of tune too.

[@annulrsolformrkelse4023]

It could also be the lousy audio recorder

[@csongorolah2360]

Maybe because that Steinway isn't an european model D. The european is way superior to it's american counterpart.

[@MichaelKaykov]

Csongor Oláh I much prefer the American Steinway actually.

[@csongorolah2360]

Michael Kaykov Of course, it is subjective, it depends on player. By the way, I saw your videos on Reddit, good job, really good interpretations!

[@soloist1295]

For me this interpretation is THE interpretation

[@MichaelKaykov]

I could never play this piece in public....

[@dsonyay]

Playing this in C Flat is so frikin easy. I had someone show where the c flat key was, and dang it, i kept pounding that sucker

[@oliverdorn3719]

Wtf are you talking about

[@dothuha5885]

Play very well

[@athyh377]

nice dress! :)

[@cesargonzales6584]

next has to be 3rd sonata :D

[@funtrain23]

How has philosophy influenced your music?

[@beatlessteve1010]

Good question

[@yoon.289]

i gess i like this version

[@edwardchan8046]

likes :)~ from HK

[@Solitude1603maru]

Maravilhoso!👏👏

[@davidzafrir9904]

The opening sounds a bit like a liszt piece.

[@sergionalino2590]

Hermosamente interpretado 🎹🎶🎵

[@abdulkadirbilgin383]

16:55 🥺

[@alexanderye4441]

5:33

[@Lucatheclimber]

13:40

[@kenturner9034]

Unfortunately the recording equalization undermines the impact of Tiffany's performance. Even if you turn up the bass to maximum, the low end is far too thin. Contrast this with AyzeDeniz Gokcin's recording at kzbin.info/www/bejne/maTGoqqNmNmjrrc.

[@richarddumbrill]

Very clean playing. Wonderful. Pity about the tuning of the piano...

[@medici__]

One word EARGASM

[@francoaragosta4285]

Great pun! I'll remember it and use it in future. thanks!

[@K.nana33]

6:03 II

[@claudioparrella183]

peccato che l'audio non sia dei migliori...

[@pimjanssens8808]

true the piano itself, or the recoring, sounds quite bad. Like an ancient hammarklavier. Really sorry for you (Tiffany), as you play this beautiful piece so beautiful!

[@stephaniemaranon9805]

Man I want to learn how to play the piano but right now I'm learning how to play the violin 😑😑😑

[@dothuha5885]

Good luck

[@andresgunther]

Excellent interpretation, considering Tiffany' was 18 years old, outright impressive. In her vlog "50 funny facts about me" she tells a background story about the time when she learned this work that shows that her way of thinking was way beyond her age. But, holy cow, what a sub-par piano! Out of tune; sounds like somebody over-lacquered the hammers, esp. in the descant register! Totally unworthy of this work and the pianist who plays it! So sad!

[@ayakashi_ii]

I beg to slightly disagree on the tempo of the Funeral March, being juuuust a breath too slow. It requires great mastery of piano dynamics to be able to keep the listener's attention at such tempos, which, however, you obviously possess! making this, an outstanding performance overall ! Keep up the great work !

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

The funeral was perfect for me. Sorry

[@folkeholmberg3519]

@@ilovemycatrussell9298 So true most people never complain over their funerals 🤣

[@ayakashi_ii]

@@folkeholmberg3519 I really enjoyed your comment there hahaha ! To elucidate, all marches (funeral, military, etc.) are actually meant to be performed by marching bands, setting the pace for groups in a ceremony/parade etc. (i.e. walking in sync). Funeral marches are undoubtedly very slow musical pieces intended to accompany funeral processions. Imagine a four or six people group solemnly stepping forward synchronized, carrying a coffin while all attendees follow them at their own pace. The tempo set for the leading group, should be so slow/fast to the point that they can still pace on comfortably, so to say, every count in music being a single footstep (in our case I'd say, roughly around 42-52 bpm for the opening theme, don't misunderstand me I'm not a metronome freak, its Chopin after all, it's only for common reference reasons). You might also find interesting a very clever remark in Horowitz's 1977 TV interview on another famous march tempo, a Military one: "The Stars and Stripes Forever", intended to be performed by bands, as the maestro explains, not so fast to the point that will force the parade groups to start running to keep up with the music. Anyway, enough with my chatter, all written from my heart, only the best intentions, love and respect. This was indeed a marvelous performance by an extremely talented artist !!

[@omarnino6348]

how much that piano

[@Tele-aviasion]

Even the best technique in the world cannot help you play Chopin. Please start listening to great opera singers. Correli, Bjoerling, Gedda, De Los Angeles. Learn the true meaning of phrasing… Please, you are worth it..

[@marcorotondi7613]

PENSO SEREBBE MEGLIO DARE A UNA DELLE PIU GRANDI PIANISTE CONTEMPORANEE UN PIANOFORTE ALMENO ACCORDATO. MARCO ROTONDI

[@Qwerty-hj1ml]

that d flat :''''(

[@astridschlegel7681]

Sometimes I like her even more than yuja wang

[@andresgunther]

Thanks for your comment, Astrid- same with me. Emphasis on sometimes- Yuja is at her best playing big literature like Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, while Tiffany is more intimate and gentle- her Chopin is the best I've heard in a long time. Both have the same elegant touch- a blessing after the "Louder + faster = better" wave from the '60s to '80s. I started (and still are) a big fan of Yuja, but after I watched Tiffany by chance I stayed, more so that Yuja seemingly doesn't allow anymore uploading her concerts on Social Media while Tiffany live-streams hers and is always here for us........

[@crimeancomposer]

Not Bad)

[@arttupuukko7293]

In any ways, Tiffany You´re AMAGING, blaming you, come and get us little hope of , what , everything

[@hachoi23]

Nicely played. Too bad that the Steinway was quite out of tune.

[@ВыйдиВон-д2у]

Почему-то именно по этой сонате можно судить, насколько Шопен сугубо мужской композитор с мужскими чувствами. У неё просто истерика.

[@zarbitzmitsuwan2414]

Lovely Kiss you muamuamua

[@ВыйдиВон-д2у]

Блин, как же она долбит 🤦‍♂️

[@camilloflaim8933]

tune piano pls.

[@juanferrequetglas4444]

the piano is slightly out of tune

[@danieljackson2787]

The way she keeps shaking her head is annoying

[@folkeholmberg3519]

I envy you who not have more important things to get enoyed over. Just please use your eyelids and enjoy her music ❗

[@arttupuukko7293]

Tiffany, C´mon that is Not the way it goes, You make a noise, Get back in time, we are not back in the mood of the future coming into us yet. Please Back of a little bit;)