Tiffany Poon plays Chopin Ballade No.1 in G Minor, Op.23

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Tiffany Poon performs at the Concert Hall, Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland on Jul.2.2014.
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[@bayestraat]

This piece is like the ups and downs of one's life. Words cannot describe the kinds of feelings that go through me when I watch someone play this. The first time I've watched a live performance of this was in Warsaw with full of tears. It was truly incredible

[@angelaknebel4156]

This is what separates a good or even great player from a world class player - the expression, the feeling, the interpretation, the shaping of the notes, which here Tiffany has in spades and takes us with her on to another planet...💜🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@15ironreaver]

I really wanna see this song preformed live......

[@ginoitaliano22]

I like the "colors" u put in this ballade!u are very powerful I like u!!!Im studying this ballade too😁 brava bravissima!!!!!!Waiting for u in Sydney!!!

[@owendavidmalicsi5900]

1 year ago, I don't like this piece... Always asked myself why Rousseau played this in his 1M sub celebration.. I listened to it again several times and now it's my favorite. Chopin's music are the best

[@fyessssss]

Owen David same

[@user-ws3uq9ji8m]

I know right i just listend to the beginning and i thought i was one of those boring piece you listen when you sleep but i heard middle and i was blown away

[@evridiki_nikol]

why anyone could hate this piece

[@zombierevel]

Same here, after listening 2 or 3 times I started to like it and more each time. Now is one of my favorites.

[@blaze8643]

Owen David Malicsi Same I remember I didn’t like it when I first started listening to Chopin

[@oscarvillalpando4462]

This interpretation makes me cry. It's incredible. This is not a conventional way to listen Chopin. This is amazing, beautiful, blows my mind, blows my complete spirit. I´m... no.. there is no words.

[@SuperGhfhg]

In order to play like Tiffany you must follow these steps. 1) Become a level 10 Paladin. 2) Ask God to grant you extremely good piano skills. 3) Cast a spell on your hands to make them too blazing fast for modern technology to keep up with. 4) Practice. 5) Repeat all of these steps 1,234,567,890 times. Now you can play like Tiffany.

[@primeartonline-pianocovers1535]

How to play like Tiffany: 1. Practice 2. Have experience 3. Be passionate

[@Mia-ok9gh]

Mr. Kimchi thanks for the tips bro really useful

[@cosmo2496]

6) play the wrong note at 5:35

[@justin_64]

@@cosmo2496 that was really gay from you olease delete

[@izack1440]

How about more of the well known people like zimmerman? You should hear the song there cuz the mic quality is better than this.

[@Emma-ob5oj]

in my opinion, this interpretation is *way* better than her interpretation at age 12. great job tiffany! i am so glad you posted this, i love it

[@Andrea-hc4kz]

She already grew up and probably has learned a lot to interprete it better. She's so amazing!❤

[@Emma-ob5oj]

Andrea true that

[@quickfingers7062]

Hold up she played thsi when she was 12? Dafuq I’m struggling with this and I’m 16

[@radu6772]

@@quickfingers7062 that's still good

[@zurdium]

Did you say 12👀💀

[@red5692]

while watching this I wished my parents forced me to play the piano

[@leesarah7429]

why is that so true emmm I wish that my parents actually FORCED me to play at like 6 even though I was like ew piano is gross I wish that I could go back in time and slap my 6 year old self and force her to take the lessons bruhhhefhnsjndsovhdspo

[@bycuritiba]

@@leesarah7429 you can still learn im gonna start getting lessons again next year... i wish i had kept playing when i was a kid

[@crystalgaming0593]

when you get forced to play piano, you lose interest in it and come to despise the piano. It becomes more of a chore to do instead of what it's meant to be. So no, you don't wish you got forced to play it. - An Asian

[@bycuritiba]

@@crystalgaming0593 i mean i think it depends on the person really, like some people were forced to learn it and they hated it, but some people grew to love it

[@daniellehasly3355]

This! I’ve been wanting to play pano since 5th grade but I just can’t seem to tell them I want to learn I feel like it’s too late

[@Lubbock__]

Will it reach her?

[@TG-fy4zy]

This is the Chopin! This is the Tiffany Poon! I can not stop listening to this again and again...

[@Bobbyliscious]

There is not a word that expresses how much I love your music!

[@jayPT77]

Love the emotion at 5:31 to 5:41, 5:47 to 6:01. Plus wait for that big tone production when the conclusion of the descending passage 9:21. Tiffany! Brava!

[@jamestsindos946]

This is such a beautiful part also

[@katherindewikusuma2934]

Thanks God I am alive to see this song piece

[@RainerLienert]

So much inspiration and feelings for Chopins so difficult music

[@hkginger]

It is wonderful! Our family always enjoy your performance, Tiffany.

[@star5190]

“No don’t go” 😞😢❤️

[@ShinomiyaK1]

"Call me if you are bored" :(

[@jonathanh9734]

Your lie in April reference right?

[@star5190]

Johe Johe yes

[@jonathanh9734]

Jonathan Wu Stop man , I don’t want to cut more onions...

[@rimanehmeh1189]

Senpai Starrr don’t leave me without you🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@bertjesklotepino]

Damn Tiffany........ it isnt often that you see such beauty and hear such beauty at the same time....... Very nice one.

[@Rachelkwy]

awwww have been longing for this

[@lardyify]

The theme starting at 3:25 is one of the most beautiful tunes ever written. How did the weak and tuberculous Chopin play this? And on a 19th century piano?

[@runokati3668]

Piano is piano :D nothing changed for about 200 years

[@mr.pianist3174]

1820s piano acully

[@agusallende3753]

Mr.Pianist that’s the 19th century tho

[@mossfitz]

@@runokati3668 Not quite right. Pianos developed right up till reaching an apex in the 1930s - although the sound by the 1870s was very similar to a modern piano. The pianos when Chopin wrote this in the 1820s, sounded noticeably different to a concert grand today

[@xSinn0hx]

Woohoo phenomenal playing as always! I've actually commenced the production of my own CD inspired by you Tiff, it's a Chopin Album and this piece is one of the tracks on it! I can't thank you enough for being an awesome inspiration to me and I hope for the best of you!

[@vprajapa]

I am on a Tiffany's performance watching marathon right now.

[@spyboishumai5454]

Wow that was great- this piece is one of the reasons why I picked up piano again

[@jordysworld2799]

You always come to impress!! Can you believe you are a inspiring role model to teens!! Well at least to me!!! My dream is to become just as talented as you are on piano!! I brought you album and everything!! My favorite song is "Chopin Barcarolle" it melts my heart every time

[@eugeniar7101]

How's your piano progress?

[@_astro6213]

its a piece man not a song

[@JamesMordue]

This is awesome been waiting to hear this for such a long time, you played this amazingly thank you:)

[@corgisrule21]

I love this song! Playing it, hearing it, seeing it...it's just everything.

[@justin_64]

Piece

[@KevinViruete]

@@justin_64 why are they called pieces instead of songs? I was thinking this was a song; is it a piece because its 1 ballade out of the 4?

[@justin_64]

@@KevinViruete because no one sings in it

[@paolagarcia9094]

Yurrito In classical music anything sung is a song and everything else played with an instrument is a piece :)

[@katyab92]

@@justin_64 even lieder are not songs...their still pieces..pieces of the soul

[@Moonlightmad]

A spring without you is coming.

[@leesarah7429]

OMG AHHHH SHIGATSU WA KIMI NO USOOOOO

[@horatio.5899]

your sadness in april :___)

[@TLNetworkGuru]

Thank you for all your hard work... it brings happiness to so many people.. and that is what it is all about. You are happiness... thank you.

[@matleenalauha6072]

Wonderful and amazing as always, Thank You Tiffany!

[@asylumofnightmares8250]

Such technique and passion anywhere near Tiffany’s level is truly impeccable and exquisite. bravo!

[@Nobilangelo]

The recording is not hi-fi, but the passionate intensity is off the scale. A mesmerising performance of my favourite piece by Chopin.

[@chintarou1150]

I love how inspired I get after watching this video but when I actually practice and try playing it on the piano I eventually end up giving up :”D (hardstuck on the 3rd page lmao)

[@aneetaphan6898]

Your cry in April hahaha same I feel so inspired but then I start practicing the coda and I’m like.... fml.

[@apianoadventure]

@@aneetaphan6898 idk how but I managed to get to the coda. I still sound like shit compared to her (only in the waltz part) but the rest is okay for an amateur pianist Kinda proud of myself, don't give up !

[@ellkidschannel8053]

Yeah i am also at the 3rd page btw where is the coda

[@horatio.5899]

;-;

[@oliviali3544]

Having trouble with the 5th page :’)

[@user-oe7zd3ok8i]

Romantic styles' performances.Thank you very much.

[@SpringHuang]

Too beautiful... I cannot handle it...Your music melted my heart, Tiffany.

[@marijels114]

I can feel her passion as she plays the piano. After watching : Someday I'll learn to play the piano and play like her!

[@harrisons62]

Someday? Start now I reckon best time to.

[@jamestsindos946]

Start

[@sk-bf2ro]

i am actually mad that people associate this beautiful piece with anime. no hate to anime. but chopin and this piece deserves recognition on its on beauty. please just listen to it and stop relating it to that anime. that is just plain annoying. and as usual, tiffany's interpretation is always the best.

[@tinichiou8095]

Awesome!!! I can't wait to see the next video

[@daniellelee3555]

OMG! This is perfect!

[@HelvecioGomes]

This is so beautiful... Amazing...

[@vimana19pianomedley]

Does anyone else hear that annoying hissing sound in the background?

[@TG-nh7sh]

Joseph Ippolito it’s because a noise gate has been applied to the recording

[@TokyoKami]

I really admire her version of the piece most likely due to the fact that something is just inherently different by the way it is played. Not in the notes but rather, the intensity of emotion. Nonetheless whenever I am stressed out during a tournament set/match I'll always put this on and will instantly be calm. Excellent performance. Can't wait to listen to more of the Chopin songs you perform. ^^

[@ZackATTACK42]

TokyoKami Tiffany is brilliant, and lacks no emotion...perhaps she is just that disciplined and still sounds fantastic. And btw, calling Chopin masterpieces a "song"...shame on you....

[@TokyoKami]

ZackATTACK42 Ahh but of course. When Chopin is your favorite musical composer and you've listened to nearly all his works of beauty am I not allowed to call his masterpieces, true works of art? I mean look at our eras popular "music" I wouldn't dare call anything produced today "songs". To me the word song has the connotation that it is something of art, something that can truly be appreciated, understood, and felt. Sure in my opinion all Chopin's songs are masterpieces, but if I know as such why dull the word masterpiece? Let's stick to my complimenting of the pianist rather than shaming me due to word choice. Shame on you for not knowing my connotation of the word "song". haha :) (Just teasin')

[@vettegaddia6234]

+ZackATTACK42 Sometimes if someone uses translation because they are not efficient in English, the translation will call it a song...just like Google translation sometimes don't differentiate he from she. I play this piece and I think she has the temperament to play this. I enjoyed it. But if you know the score, she made a lot of mistakes.

[@TokyoKami]

English is an interesting language for me as it is tied for Euro-Portuguese as my native tongue although due to primary school I quickly was forced, in essence to forget Euro-Portuguese and further my English skills. To not deviate from the point of this thread, the use of the word "song" is subjective to my own connotation.

[@TokyoKami]

As illustrated in my previous response. :)

[@mtm2614]

I start to play this piece, omg it's so difficult !

[@anthonywu8878]

You played Chopin with elegance and of beauty.

[@JWCollection]

Nice performance!!

[@ModelDX1]

Played beautifully Tiffany.

[@jamesp34]

Envoutant .... cette fille est une magicienne ....

[@papillonmonica]

Great performance. I'm rooting for you.

[@MrTann2010]

Excellent Interpretation!

[@Quackyyy]

I find the hissing sound relaxing. It kinda makes the performance feel like being played with my memory.

[@TheRusticolus]

Per mio conto è una delle piu belle interpretazioni di quest'opera suonata e interpretata con l'energia ed il sentimento che Chopin si sarebbe aspettato.

[@prasetya4515]

So wonderfull :)

[@marie-clairecollados3778]

MAGNIFIQUE !!!!!!!!!

[@DarkAngel-et4wb]

Beautiful man

[@afilaansori1239]

Hi Tiffany I like this

[@happypotter23]

Keep up the good work.

[@richardpalmer1763]

Exquisite! Magnificent!

[@smartbrainiac6593]

You seem to really enjoy the music. I think this is the best performance ever!

[@DarkPa1adin]

did it reach her?

[@Lubbock__]

A your lie in April fan!!!

[@Windycityduelingpianos]

Greats like Tiffany happen because she grew to love the piano at a very early age and put the time and effort into it. It’s not rocket science. But those things have to happen for this kind of result. Greats vids!

[@GoldenRose116]

will you be able to forget..

[@kirkchristianaustria6965]

+PsyduckWaterflower You Feels in April

[@mia7061]

hha

[@rimanehmeh1189]

Why must you hurt me in this way 🥺😪😪

[@horatio.5899]

never forget even i die

[@dothuha5885]

Play very well ❤❤❤

[@julianacarnoka4737]

:O I have no words. It was amazing, fantastic, wonderful. You have a huge talent that I envy you. You are my idol. Bravo ! ;))

[@xioxiaomi]

Remarquablement bien joué ! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@elieeshoa3978]

amazing bravo bravo, a little notice: the first minute you could have played with no pedal just a little more but again amazing amazing amazing

[@Shojiko99]

Good

[@andressaborges7668]

I Love ballade in g minor . I play the piano tio , Nice Tiffany

[@andressaborges7668]

Too

[@MrInterestingthings]

Really remarkable musician ! I here now really Poon's mind here ! She sculpts and shapes each line ! Impressive musicality !Her Prok 3rd Sonata I'm sure she will play differently now :seems too feroce (is that even possible in Prokofiev but her fire and dynamic range vy with any male player! She weaves a powerfully communicative web here ! I've never heard anyone take the octaves as fast as Poon at 5:48 & on. Exciting and robustfully exuberant-A young player only in places especiallythe Presto fast coda shows the immaturity .

[@estefanylouie]

ahh.. it’s beautiful...

[@gabrielsyahmarganda9019]

is that Towa Music Hall??? :') Who watch it in April 2016??

[@Mark_TDD]

For your information, Towa Hall is not real however the building Towa Hall was based of is real. Plus, it barely looks like it.

[@Mark_TDD]

Kriminal Dragon Oh, what I meant that it barely looks like it, I meant where Tiffany is playing in this video. I'm aware that Towa Hall looks almost exactly like the building it is based on (Nerima Cultural Center).

[@gabrielsyahmarganda9019]

Know it, I'm just kidding at that time, dude

[@horatio.5899]

:))

[@kia_daweeb]

Your piano playing is spectacular!! I really love it. You’re such an inspiration to me to start taking serious piano lessons. This piece is one of my favorite pieces in classical piano of all time. Mostly because it was played in a very sad anime. :-( Lysm!

[@lauramikic3636]

Which anime?? I wanna watch it tooo

[@kia_daweeb]

@@lauramikic3636 it’s called Your Lie in April :)

[@lauramikic3636]

@@kia_daweeb thank you vm ♥️

[@kia_daweeb]

@@lauramikic3636 of course!! :3 enjoy! It’s a beautiful anime, it’s theme is music :)

[@lauramikic3636]

@@kia_daweeb wowowowo gotta check it asap lolll

[@SuperZangetsu123]

and kaori starts playing...:'( 5:24

[@leesarah7429]

:(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( can kaori like come back from the dead:((

[@leesarah7429]

KAORI COME BACKKKK

[@justinlu251]

There's no doubt that Tiffany is a talented and brilliant young pianist. And I love the Ballade. But for me, she played it too... vivaciously and ambitiously. I think it needed less of everything, if that makes sense. There's only so much rubato you can play before it sounds too indulgent.

[@MetaView7]

You might like this one better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGiZlH2nmc-IoKM

[@janecooper8380]

her nose is so cute

[@oliviali3544]

@Megumin Takahashilolllllllllllllll

[@budgetkariyu262]

Great, imma go TRY to learn this piece, see ya'll in about 6 months - a year lol

[@user-rk4kw5uq1b]

I, I was very very surprised when I heard your performance! SUBARASHII!

[@justin_64]

Subarashi steki

[@shoobeshu]

#TiffinatorSquad wer u at?

[@melolini7097]

5:25 *sad violin* (Your lie in April reference)

[@DragosDomnara]

2:26

[@tialtnga]

Technically superb. Personally I like more contrast in dynamics and tempo after the A major section - The waltz section was played so fast it was hard to make out the notes. Also I think the stretto chords leading up to the A major theme and again just before the coda were played way to loud - the music must spring forth from them and by playing the preceding bars more subtly the effect is enhanced. Overall very, very impressive though :-)

[@jaelonmendoza109]

I'll be up there just wait...

[@rampgamercracka4258]

You there yet?

[@clarencechan5087]

you there yet ?

[@indexikaros928]

that camera..

[@vimana19pianomedley]

She's brilliant and truly soulful, but perhaps a wee bit manic on the piece in some transitional phases...

[@rpztrowne4313]

Just .... Shigatsu wa kimi no uso :o :'( :'( :'( Thanks you for this wonderful interpretation

[@rodrigorodrigues3757]

RPZ TROWNE I wonder if she has watched it. She would enjoy

[@afilaansori1239]

In last episode

[@Synthious]

When you're literally Chopin

[@jgerona5]

Anyone noticed the mistake on 5:34?

[@flourishandprosper9721]

Yes!

[@jgerona5]

It was pretty unnoticeable, but still she executed it brilliantly!

[@tialtnga]

Tricky left hand there, needs a lot of concentration to pick out the awkward chords - easy to fluff the right hand whilst doing so - but it's only a minor mistake.

[@pianoforte17xx48]

That's racism

[@ellkidschannel8053]

this is good but sadly the sound quality is bad

[@Bobbyliscious]

Such excellence! I would have stopped playing early in the song when that idiot used his loud shutter camera! I would have walked to the audience, found out who it was, asked for the camera -and Smashed it on the concrete floor! lol ;)- But, I see that you are a lot more focused than me.

[@Bobbyliscious]

I would have thrown the camera

[@Bobbyliscious]

@ 2:32 -The camera click AARG

[@theharry801]

Don't call me racist but she plays better than all other asian pianists. She feels the music while most others follow the score note perfect

[@vonwaq]

You haven't listened to enough pianists it seems

[@theharry801]

Desire ive listened to quite a few. the only problem is i get bored by how emotionless some of them are

[@peterparker5545]

ain't gonna lie.....your lie in april (anime) brought me here.....great job Tiffany

[@theharry801]

I'm not rubbing it in but I can play up to 1:45 and I'm 13. I feel speccal

[@garbiiiiij]

Redheadedmusician good job friend, just learned Schubert impromptu op. 90 no. 2 I think, the fast one in e flat

[@theharry801]

Tia Leung oh cool!

[@garbiiiiij]

I'm sure you could finish this piece! My right hand is currently in rehab tho😭

[@theharry801]

I've given up on it a bit, I found Bach's Toccota and Fugue in D minor and have fallen in love! have currently finished Toccota and working on fugue. I've also got my exam pieces to worry about. Atm I'm grade 4

[@garbiiiiij]

Ohhh.... (Idk what grade I am to be fair)

[@dimasvaldesmartin5296]

the coda section. SO FAST

[@zbel1972]

Looking for Your Lie In April or The Pianist in the comments like 👀

[@dsonyay]

What’s the big deal about G minor? Play it in an F sharp or the illusive D minor

[@greensausagebs4748]

bro are you stupid

[@TipoQueTocaelPiano]

A long tail piano and a lot of work behind this performance for a low class rudimentary recording like this one. You should invest in a better camera.

[@mentarisoniaastiti6346]

Seems like get a love letter from someone else :')

[@graverol1]

Trés beau ! Mais le prise de son n'est pas excellente.....

[@leonardorobledolassodelave9000]

Para mi gusto el tiempo y ritmo son adecuados

[@graverol1]

LEONARDO ROBLEDO LASSO DE LA VEGA Bien sûr c'est une immense artiste!

[@leonardorobledolassodelave9000]

graverol1 . Totalmente de acuerdo.

[@Giampierremountain]

For me, to much pedal in the presto

[@justinbenglick]

Is it a requirement that pianists make facial expressions and body movements to be a pro? Pianists didn't do that back in the day.

[@pollymiller6370]

And how do you know this, pray tell? 😆You must be...very old

[@user-oe7zd3ok8i]

But actually your music rush too much ,this piece cant allow to rush to much ,and some way you need to stop a little but missed.

[@rizzahdjoema5135]

小康 bitch, you dumb? She played a bit slower actually