That old piano was like "oh crap, gonna work hard today".
@lukascielocaminante2578 жыл бұрын
is was sinkink
@Jame2437 жыл бұрын
HAHA! Nice...
@mackgrout7 жыл бұрын
aaaaaaaaaaaa808 think it was more out of tune by the end.
@richefilon7 жыл бұрын
Ah ah ah, lol.
@cosmicjazzer17 жыл бұрын
And it's damn hard to play many old pianos... many keys will not sound properly and the release of keys will be slow and sloppy...
@imbastrat8 жыл бұрын
Many trains were missed that day.
@alexdejesus12678 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@coasteroli48 жыл бұрын
+HeiShen I sure would have missed mine haha
@JetCaesar8 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, it's the UK so all these people's trains have been cancelled or delayed.
@colinmurphy22148 жыл бұрын
We meet again. Lol
@imbastrat8 жыл бұрын
M's Compositions Hello
@Tfrancoalejandro10 жыл бұрын
I wonder how many people realise that hearing someone play this piece is a unique privilege. Valentina is brilliant as always!
@shandfan4 жыл бұрын
Valentina already made history!!!1
@user-never-existed3 жыл бұрын
To properly appreciate the piece you need to be super high level of music
@chrishinsdale8 жыл бұрын
When hearing the percussive report of her fingertips slamming the keys, I realized Valentina could knock me out with a single pinky slap.
@aquamarine999118 жыл бұрын
But a lot of the strength of a pianist comes from the back. That's how Hiromi can be the absolute monster player she is, despite being (approximately) half Valentina's size.
@jonathanm.98015 жыл бұрын
Roberto Gatti It is strength. Though it is not purely strength alone, playing extremely technical pieces require lots of forearm strength and stamina.
@alisacs_f.l13124 жыл бұрын
@@aquamarine99911 how? I thought it was only arms ;-;?!!
@jayfontane8 жыл бұрын
Even an old, weary train station piano has its Steinway days... if you ever feel lonely, unworthy and unappreciated, keep your chin up... you never know when a nearby Lisitsa might be on her way to play the LIVING HELL outta you!
@philldwyer52218 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, that piano was very happy that day!
@hhm280619538 жыл бұрын
It is a shoebox and nothing more but the master gives the Impression of a piano
@wrstrfgh8 жыл бұрын
What a touching comment Jonas. If you're an old piano, you can still deliver beautiful music. Check the life of Professor Longhair for example.
@shayanpazhandi17998 жыл бұрын
wow! thank you for your heart warming comment! it really made me feel better since im having a really hard time :)
@Ellemphriem5 жыл бұрын
Why did that make me tear up?
@321bigbang10 жыл бұрын
the piano can die happy now...
@acata100realcatnotadog510 жыл бұрын
hahaha yees (;
@Pasolamina9 жыл бұрын
El Gato de OS jajajajaja tru dat
@mason70317 жыл бұрын
321bigbang the piano exploded after her leave
@sethatkins37317 жыл бұрын
200th like
@vartolomei557 жыл бұрын
306th
@curtmcd10 жыл бұрын
To play THIS piece, so well, at the spur of the moment, outside on a street, with cold hands, on a crappy piano... uuuuuurghh... I'm totally speechless!
@Capfka10 жыл бұрын
The piano is in the concourse - not outside. Close to the booking area for the Eurostar.
@Capfka10 жыл бұрын
***** you are quite right - it's not bad for a beaten-up old upright. Never tuned of course ...
@MusicalMissCapri7 жыл бұрын
Yet not horribly out of tune. Trust me on this one.
@Keithustus7 жыл бұрын
She probably poked at it to confirm it was awful and then took it up as a personal challenge to give the old thing some dignity.
@dooday15 жыл бұрын
she is a professional
@junenovae8 жыл бұрын
it looks way too easy when she does it. Seriously look at her face, I look more focus when I peel potatoes!
@ferschmidtttt7 жыл бұрын
hahahah!
@manuelbes5 жыл бұрын
Facts
@complimentbotd72325 жыл бұрын
Peel the same potato 1000 times though lol
@bananaborz14 жыл бұрын
June Novae I was literally thinking the same thing like how does she look so calm like it’s no big deal!! Sheesh. Her hands and brain are hard at work but her face looks like she’s just painting her nails 😂
@narutobutshippuuden14224 жыл бұрын
I can't even do something with potatoes
@anagram8010011 жыл бұрын
She finishes then scratches her face and shrugs. Just played El Contrabandista. No big deal.
@leemichaels762810 жыл бұрын
And her smile to the listeners :-) too
@TheBaconator134710 жыл бұрын
I wish I was waiting for this train...
@anagram8010010 жыл бұрын
Lee Michaels I love how, even after all her years of playing, she still gets that spark of happiness that comes after you've played something awesome for others. I think it shows how years of disciplined practice doesn't seem to matter much when you really love something, ie music.
@MOLL-usca5 жыл бұрын
@@anagram80100 disciplied practice matters a lot. How do you think she could play this.
@ahmedmalad16055 жыл бұрын
you didnt get his point ,
@Asmobia5 жыл бұрын
Piano A: "I am a Steinway Concert Grand and I worth one million dollars". Piano B: "I am crystal Heintzman and you need to pay multi-millions for me". Piano in St Pancras Station: "Well, I am crappy but I played El Contrabandista".
@vanessawu28008 жыл бұрын
Not easy with cold fingers!
@Funkymuffins123XP8 жыл бұрын
not easy with warm fingers either lol
@yannikbaltes35528 жыл бұрын
+Vanessa Wu everybody should keep in mind that this is one of the hardest pieces of music to play ever. Valentina is the only person who plays this piece on a live show, everybody else gave up on it. Just look at the sheets, for me it feels like its impossible.
@tropicvibe8 жыл бұрын
+Yannik Baltes If this is bad enough imagine Réminiscences de Don Juan which is usually played terribly by those brave enough or Mephisto Waltz #1. As it is, at the time Liszt had been criticized as writing music that "only he could play". Of course good piano technique is more commonplace nowadays but with Liszt he kinda blurred the line between exceptional brilliance and virtuosic showoff....
@PKPJayhawk048 жыл бұрын
+Vanessa Wu that's not easy with fingers in general.... She's a superb pianist.
@ohad87538 жыл бұрын
and with a broken piano :/
@nico2812578 жыл бұрын
only a few people in all the world can play this piece in live and she did it with cold fingers in a train station ! extremely impressive !
@aminalism7 жыл бұрын
Liszt: ruining pianists tendons since 1832
@rufogallardo71686 жыл бұрын
I just saw a vid of her playing Hungarian Rapsody, Liszt was a professional torturer of pianist, and an angel to the ears
@samthepianoman5 жыл бұрын
He was born in 1811
@sergei-prokofiev4 жыл бұрын
Heeeyyyy i am sorry that i am to good for you guys!
@adolescenterevoltado90084 жыл бұрын
@@sergei-prokofiev Nah man, you're great!!!
@sergei-prokofiev4 жыл бұрын
@@adolescenterevoltado9008 haha😘😜
@lindalanigan3608 жыл бұрын
For those who didn't read the publisher's comments, he states the title is tongue in cheek. And think about this: how many pianists of stature would sit down at an upright piano of dubious quality, in a train station, and provide fellow travelers with a ten minute impromptu performance of this quality???? Brava! And boo hiss for those of you who give this a thumbs down.
@johnmartyn96236 жыл бұрын
My og
@linneacapps44276 жыл бұрын
Amen!! It is clear, from her expressions as she plays, that she loves playing as well as the music she plays. What an unbelievable gift she gave those travelers; just because the piano was there, she loved to play, and she knew the other people there would enjoy the music. This is just amazing, as far as I am concerned. She is a beautiful human being!
@trijezdci45885 жыл бұрын
A pianist with a good PR agent?! Note the professional TV camera filming !!! That film crew wasn't there by chance. ;-)
@georges33495 жыл бұрын
It must’ve been more than 40 minutes; you can find clips of this piece, Hungarian rhapsody #12, totentanz, erlkonig, nocturne op. 9 no 2, rach prelude in g minor, and more, all at this piano.
@Daijaron5 жыл бұрын
many would and many have
@50gary8 жыл бұрын
Astounding, a street piano, winter coat, no warm up. Just boom, I'll play an unplayable piece for the people, amazing.
@Keithustus7 жыл бұрын
50gary She probably poked at it to confirm it was awful and then took it up as a personal challenge to give the old thing some dignity.
@warrengwonka24795 жыл бұрын
There’s another video of her on that station piano with the missing g top. I guess she likes that one.
@rhapsody19799 жыл бұрын
A great concertist playing in a crappy piano, that's what i call love for music.
@pieroborgognone5398 жыл бұрын
+Billy C. (rhapsody1979) Yes.. and I am so sad not being able even to whistle...Art is a gift.
@MissMadeleine98 жыл бұрын
+Piero Borgognone Me, too. I take some satisfaction in knowing I am at least an appreciative audience:)
@FrootKat7 жыл бұрын
Billy C. I stand on piano's side it probably thought it's having a seizure !!
@phillach51817 жыл бұрын
or love for attention
@GItoKeG7 жыл бұрын
Says the guy that's commenting.
@LeeTheRogue3 жыл бұрын
She is so absolutely amazing to do this. To see world class pianist at a Train Station. What joy
@OttoHunt8 жыл бұрын
I finally understand why I enjoy watching this so much: It is her joy and exuberance, evident almost constantly. She clearly enjoys what she is doing, and it is catchy.
@jickdawmonelason72398 жыл бұрын
Otto Hunt why, thats the reason we play instruments, for the enjoyment!
@Schloempel5 жыл бұрын
Only a masochist enjoys playing el contrabandista
@Ray0X09 жыл бұрын
Valentina is a so sweet person.. She loves piano and loves to share its beauty. How could I not to love her.
@schawink8 жыл бұрын
And legend says that the fast moving fingers of her generated power for the next 2 years.
@vernonsalyer38007 жыл бұрын
Schawinx ii
@jay_dmp6 жыл бұрын
Henrique Rocha dead meme.
@jacksonjunior23026 жыл бұрын
Do you, you know, whats is called? The way?
@lizgunnell8 жыл бұрын
All the people walking by, having no idea they are being treated to a free mini concert by a world famous concert pianist!! Wonderful!! She's amazing
@NadyaPena-015 жыл бұрын
I love how she enjoys playing the music so much even though the piano is old and a bit neglected. She's played on the most exquisite, high-end pianos but this experience was no less fun for her. It put a smile on my face.
@therussiantrollnetwork74643 жыл бұрын
Have you ever played this piece? Its one of the funnest pieces to play
@kingjosh18769 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, that poor G below middle C.
@crobulari23289 жыл бұрын
+TheAtlanticDragon So do I. I will worry about it for a month now.
@crobulari23289 жыл бұрын
+kingjosh1876 Never nind the G. Listen to the beautiful playing.
@mantictac9 жыл бұрын
+kingjosh1876 I happen to have the same note cover missing, but it's one note off. It's on the F below middle C.
@haidgu8 жыл бұрын
+kingjosh1876 and that's what you call the place to please a woman.
@HilbertXVI7 жыл бұрын
[SALT] haidgu I guess you could say Valentina fingered that G _huehuehuehuehuehue_
@ionediasadv8 жыл бұрын
The talent is so immense , that when we look , we do not see the artist, we do not see the piano : what we see is ART , an extraordinary fusion!
@darint078 жыл бұрын
I don't believe that piano gave consent.
@Jenavee267 жыл бұрын
Are you suggesting it was raped? LOL
@Keithustus7 жыл бұрын
Well played. It's pretty difficult to pull off a rape joke. Hat tip.
@btat166 жыл бұрын
Keithustus Indeed. And a classy one at that. Double hat tip
@zeethanguo6 жыл бұрын
Not Happy that was actually funny, triple hat tip
@ardalla5356 жыл бұрын
And you would be correct. When pianos become animated and dance about the stage then we have entered quite another kind of world.
@brayanjoel35804 жыл бұрын
Valentina: Just a casual playing of the hardest piece ever written. I'd like to know how many of the people there knew they were hearing a privilege piece in the hands of one of the best pianist in the world. I really feel envy
@bobkonradi10272 жыл бұрын
This piece is played so seldom, and by so few pianists (hardly any) that if she made a mistake nobody would ever pick up on it. And not many listeners in the railroad station realize that they're getting a free concerto by perhaps the world's greatest pianist.
@lewashcliffe4 жыл бұрын
Here is a great world-class pianist who is not so egotistical that she can't play and entertain the crowds on a crappy old piano with sticking keys that must have hurt both her fingers and ears. Bless her! She is a true treasure of the arts!
@masterofsynapsis11 жыл бұрын
The greatest achievement is that by playing in a public place she brings music to people who would never attent a recital. This is how it should be and if you have an extraordinary musician like Valentina, for a few minutes, she can make us all forget and let only the music exist. PS LUVE that PIANO
@canhacoglu60908 жыл бұрын
Valentina Lisztitsa
@toprak34798 жыл бұрын
Nice play of words. Helal lo :d
@canhacoglu60908 жыл бұрын
Toprak Koç :D :D
@revgilmcallister82838 жыл бұрын
That is indeed appropriate !
@encrypted71697 жыл бұрын
true, she is the only person to play it live
@skylermccloud787 жыл бұрын
Mr. Magnificent nope leslie howsrd has and theres other youtubers ive seen play it hell lang lang could play it if he wanted to
@jfan4reva7 жыл бұрын
And from time to time after that day, Harold the Piano would think back to that one brief moment when he felt like a Steinway....
@청람-d3i8 жыл бұрын
The mere idea of this impromptu concert makes me so happy. Imagine standing on the gray floor of an old train station, having nothing to anticipate but your train, idly waiting only for time to pass by -- then suddenly hearing fantastic music springing about! Magical. I'm sure Lisitsa must have made everyone's day.
@FOOFOOKITTY9 жыл бұрын
While she waited for a train??? Amazing!!!
@dartek149 жыл бұрын
Incredible document of both technique and strength of fingers. Her brain was barely distracted by the touch and action of the station clunker. Many keys no doubt were semi tones off .. with a coat on and wooden bench ... this is where expression of art transcends time and 3d objects in space.
@achaley41864 жыл бұрын
Valentina Lisitsa has stolen my heart forever. She is music and beauty and love! Hallelujah 😃🙏🏼❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@woswasdenni19148 жыл бұрын
i bet 9 out of ten there didnt ever knew who is playing there
@jlyon2288 жыл бұрын
I disagree! I have never seen random shoppers carrying a behemoth news crew camera casually in the streets?
@swicheroo16 жыл бұрын
@@jlyon228 Yeah. She's amazing. But there's professional cameras trained upon her. That will stop people in their tracks.
@bobby98476 жыл бұрын
@@swicheroo1 Shes pretty mainstream if you listen to this type of music. Most of them probably don't know who she is.
@swicheroo16 жыл бұрын
@@bobby9847 I'm a pretty highly trained pianist. I know this music. My point is that cameras are doing a lot of work here to put a spotlight on her.
@reimakousei7935 жыл бұрын
@@swicheroo1 may I ask what grade are u in music? :D
@HJBP011 жыл бұрын
I've gained a whole new admiration for Valentina. She is not only one of the greatest pianist in the world, she is an amazing human being. She should her soul by sharing her talent in this circumstance, not having everything perfect for her performance, but such playing for the joy of it, just playing and sharing ! BRAVO, VALENTINA !!!
@thebrownpilot69698 жыл бұрын
No piano keys were harmed during the making of this video, but the making of the song, Liszt must have burned through at least 4 pianos! Just look at the friction between her hands and the piano!
@randyclar7479 жыл бұрын
I wish I could meet her face to face.
@charlielowes84957 жыл бұрын
Piano Man42 i wish i could teach her piano lessons. face to face
@MahirAlAni6 жыл бұрын
@@charlielowes8495 dude what
@charlielowes84956 жыл бұрын
Mahir Al Ani what what???
@choker48684 жыл бұрын
Günter Albrecht u mean learn?
@tomasjosefpiano89024 жыл бұрын
I love this performance so much. The fact that a world class performer played an impromtu performance of this insane piece at this kind of piano is just beautiful
@theragtimefan8 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I feel like Valentina plays things too fast, but sometimes she gets it just right like this. And no matter what she plays, it's always super satisfying to watch. I don't know how she always seems like she's playing so delicately.
@Justin-j6u8 ай бұрын
She is a very special human being to me as I always love watching her God given talent in awe.😮
@marcelnoya8 жыл бұрын
There is nothing better than concert pianists playing gratis in public. Wonderful and amazing. Especially so if it inspires anyone to attend an actual concert. Love and respect to Valentina. She rocks!
@moroniclown10869 жыл бұрын
*pulls down sunglasses* my god, people disliked this. grab your weapons.
@TheKiriru7 жыл бұрын
I think it not the performance, which is brilliant, but the music itself which some people might not like at all. Valentina is a genius.
@zoyt62455 жыл бұрын
It’s time for a fucking cruisade
@hyeonmiryu10045 жыл бұрын
No they pressed the “dis i like button
@kevinhartmemes38214 жыл бұрын
She is amazing at the piano, but IMO she plays this piece with too much rubato. I didn’t dislike though.
@gaolemi77725 жыл бұрын
She is one of best pianoist in the world, and She has a big smile. I believe everyone like her.
@emilioporro10 ай бұрын
No comment it just speaks for itself . Bravissimo !
@robertrodes15467 жыл бұрын
Most pianists of her caliber wouldn't play at all on a piano in that condition. I think it's cool that she did, and to play that piece and pull it off is very impressive.
@annacorey2267 жыл бұрын
Challenge accepted. Edit: never mind.
@06291960able7 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the most difficult pieces to play/learn/memorize and on a less than new piano. Wow!
@bobkonradi10272 жыл бұрын
In another video on KZbin, where Valentina plays El Contrabandista, she says its the most difficult song she's ever played. The song's only saving grace is that so few people have ever heard it, so few pianists have ever played it, that she could make a mistake and nobody'd ever know it.
@Alidwee16 жыл бұрын
This makes my heart pound the way no amount of pop or rap ever could. Played on a subpar piano at the train station yet absolutely breathtaking.
@crobulari23289 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, Fabulous player. Lovely. Thank you Valentina. !!!!.
@jimharris85972 жыл бұрын
You have just witnessed the best that has ever graced this planet.
@mkeysou81210 жыл бұрын
Liszt absolutely could play this piece! He played it for Gorge Sand while travelling around Europe, who sat under the piano while he played to immerse herself more fully.
@tenor54549 жыл бұрын
Yeah Actually Liszt was unable to get through the entire piece. His hands were to small. He even had a surgeon cut the webbing between his fingers, but was still only able to reach 1 octave. The source for this information is from the museum at Liszt's home and from Valentina.
@Marathonracer8 жыл бұрын
+tenor 5454 That's nonsense. Valentina referred only to his failure to attempt to make this his bravura finale but many people misunderstood her, so she clarified it later. Here's a much more accurate description of Liszt's hands. "Perhaps a large contributing factor to Liszt's affinity for extreme technical difficulty was the structure of his own hands. An original 19th century plaster cast of Liszt's right hand has been reproduced, and is now held in the Liszt House at Marienstrasse 17 (also known as the Liszt Museum). The plaster cast reveals that while Liszt's fingers were undoubtedly slender, they were of no exceptionally abnormal length. However, the small "webbing" connectors found between the fingers of any normal hand were practically nonexistent for Liszt. This allowed the composer to cover a much wider span of notes than the average pianist, perhaps even up to 12 whole steps." There are even a couple of photographs of Liszt showing parts or his hands and fingers. They certainly were not small and his fingers look a bit long, if anything. One report said he could reach a 13th. Do you actually think that the greatest virtuoso pianist of his time couldn't even play his own music because he couldn't reach more than one octave even without the webbing??? LOL.
@crimsun71867 жыл бұрын
Considering that Liszt was a womanizer, I don't think the woman in question went under the piano for sound reasons.
@oooodaxteroooo5 жыл бұрын
george sand... wasnt she with chopin later or earlier!? in valldemossa, mallorca!?!
@juttaweise Жыл бұрын
@@crimsun7186 well she was crazy enough and wouldn't surprise me. And she was a menizer, so your thought might not be too far fetched ;o))
@middleC1710 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD I CAN'T GET OVER WHAT I JUST SAW. WOW!!!!
@SarpMine8 жыл бұрын
I couldn't take my eyes on her fingers. What an awesome performance !
@ewitney10 жыл бұрын
Liszt was possibly the greatest pianist ever. Even Chopin bowed to his genius at the piano. Liszt could also sight read virtually anything you put in front of him. He would probably be able to sight read stuff similarly as hard as this without much difficulty.
@Keithustus7 жыл бұрын
Edward Witney Rachmaninov sad.
@buggsy56 жыл бұрын
Liszt wrote music harder than that and Valentina has played much (or all) of it.
@rocelderamos30136 жыл бұрын
Yes, Chopin admired how Liszt can sight-read pieces even for the first time he sees them (and can play it as if he's heard it before even when he didn't). A skill Chopin wished he had. But Liszt too admired Chopin for how he can write and improvise pieces in the most "romantic" way. I like them both btw :) But in terms of music discipline, I'm more on the Liszt side, more on the technicality.
@ryanfarrel73976 жыл бұрын
@@rocelderamos3013 do you have historical references for that? I would like to know the source, can u give me something to read? thanks!
@rocelderamos30136 жыл бұрын
Ryan Farrel I don't really have a definite source/book but search on the internet, the story always goes the same :) They were friends/rival on the piano. Chopin even dedicated his Etude Opus 10 to Liszt.
@catkeys69115 жыл бұрын
Such a lucky person! She so clearly just enjoys performing; doesn't matter that the piano is not a Steinway grand, and that this upright is giving a slightly saloon-like sound to this piece. But Lisitsa's just having a good time giving people some great music.
@coolenmike9 жыл бұрын
Such joy and pleasure at playing piano.
@jojate100 Жыл бұрын
Dear Valentina, only you can make me hear the violins instead of the piano keys, even though you play the piano, it's incredible! It's like a whole orchestra comes out of the piano. You make me addicted. Dear friends Regards Thomas😍
@beeclassy48677 жыл бұрын
hats off to the Queen Pianist. If only I had her long fingers and a concert piano...
@karli46947 жыл бұрын
It's truly a pleasure to see someone who has mastered something as completely as Valentina has the piano. It is something few of us will ever experience ourselves...
@ohwell279011 ай бұрын
Stunning performance on a street piano. Wonderful for her to share this level of talent and dedication with people who would not other wise have the privilege to hear this.
@PendenqueJohn11 жыл бұрын
The worst thing is most of these people don't know what of a true blessing they have had to see Valentina this close and perform. Only true piano lovers actually do but I wish somebody would actually tell them - for doesn't who know because she's truly the one and only - unique.
@bob50745 ай бұрын
The joy with which she plays is evident from her hand and body movements. That piano smoked a cigarette after this encounter.
@egementanik21703 жыл бұрын
Valentina and her happiness when she plays is contagious. I'm so happy to know her music and see her play
@cycloptical268 жыл бұрын
Just ridiculous and amazing. What a treat it must have been to witness this. The playing, the conditions, the environment,...it's almost beyond comprehension. I am in awe.
@easyas314e4 жыл бұрын
The joy, fun, and delight she brings to music is beyond anything I’ve ever seen. She makes me laugh and cry and be grateful that I am alive to hear her.
@ero83882 жыл бұрын
наше солнышко 🧡 любимый музыкант
@Leemarie4688 жыл бұрын
Insanely fast in parts.. wish I had long fingers like this. I am always amazed how the concert pianists memorize such long pieces. How much time and dedication is put in to master this piece. All of this on an old piano... how it must sound on a Bosendorfer or the like. Just incredible talent!
@warrengwonka24793 жыл бұрын
You can probably find it.
@toprak34798 жыл бұрын
So you're telling me she's playing this by memory? Holy fuck.
@naib86448 жыл бұрын
muscle memory ^^
@toprak34798 жыл бұрын
Fabian Nonetheless, it's crazy how good she is.
@naib86448 жыл бұрын
Yeah, she's awesome
@HouseExpertify8 жыл бұрын
Playing by memory isn't actually that hard :)
@naib86448 жыл бұрын
***** yup. I play everything I know by memory and I usually know the pieces by memory before I can really play them.
@JayLeePoe6 жыл бұрын
She has an incredible talent for note diction. Her strokes are powerful, deliberate and about as masterful as any composer could ask for. It's extraordinarily satisfying
@erikrobinson25475 жыл бұрын
Along with the amazing music, one of the best things about seeing musicians play is seeing just how much they enjoy playing. The joy that musicians like Lisitsa have while playing is infectious.
@ravingcyclist6247 жыл бұрын
Over One Million views and still going strong 4 years later! Perhaps inadvertently her most successful worldwide concert. :-)
@icya6175 Жыл бұрын
This reminds me a little of my first piano teacher. She played very complicated music that I didn't understand when I was a kid. This is unbelievable now that I'm old and can appreciate it. Wow what a treat to hear hear and see her play.
@littleteishy86377 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this!! She plays TO the piano's capabilities, not in spite of it, incredible virtuosity..
@LouisEmery3 ай бұрын
If I were walking by, I'd forget about recording since any portable microphone would be crap. I would just stand in awe. This is obviously a good audio setup. Instead of the missing of a train, I'm currently close to missing an online meeting!!!
@vizvizvizvizviz3 ай бұрын
@@LouisEmery It is exactly how you state it - I was walking by, and I had my i-phone. So I stood there in awe and pressed record.
@abhisarma72498 жыл бұрын
I can't even play the Revolutionary etude when my hands are cold, this is just amazing
@good68947 жыл бұрын
I like the idea that there are professional photographers and cameramen there just hanging out all day, waiting to film random strangers playing this street piano. And then, "oh, wait, who is this totally random person sitting down to play the piano!??" lol Obiviously she wasn't just hanging out, waiting for the train, killing time by playing the random street piano. :) But of course, a totally awesome performance by a professional piano player.
@BonfiglioSergio8 жыл бұрын
So, let's figure out the scene... you're passing through this place, fully crowded, with an ear at your cellphone listening to the last crappy bull about your work, or whatever, then you hear someone playing the piano in a different way from the usual street artists.... you get closer, and you discover Valentina Lisitsa who's having fun on an old piano, just for the joy to do it... When you recover from the shock, what is your first thought ? Please, describe !
@BonfiglioSergio8 жыл бұрын
+Sergio Bonfiglio my first thought wold be, for sure, "what a wonderful world"....
@e_z_livn8 жыл бұрын
What a down to earth artist
@nitra018 жыл бұрын
Holt shit call the ambulance her hands are having a seizure
@TiqueO68 жыл бұрын
And yet so much from "another planet", she's one of those musicians who is just not from "here", she brings us things from places where few dare to trod, but these are the kind of artists and especially musicians whom I seek out, those willing to take great risks relying on great talent and preparation to push the boundaries of inspiration looking for from where it is born and seeking it's rebirth for the benefit of all mankind!
@TiqueO68 жыл бұрын
Sergio, at the sight or the sound of her, i'd be on my knees!
@DihelsonMendonca7 жыл бұрын
What amazes me most on these pianists is the MEMORY for so much pieces. The easyness to memorize these pieces. See, it´s very difficult to memorize even say...100 easy pieces, but having all memorized and ready to play. Some of these pianists have big repertoire and it doesn´t seem to vanish.
@galinagalinaa3581 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Valentina! You are great!
@SomeoneCommenting8 жыл бұрын
Just imagine the extraordinary *memory* that she must have to remember this one and all other pieces that she knows, apart from the playing ability, obviously. Those were +10 minutes of the most confusing and fast combination of notes possible. And now imagine Listz himself coming up with that thing in his mind for the first time ever... What the heck was he thinking when he got inspired to construct that maze of rhythm? Amazing.
@AlejandroGarcia-zq1hc7 жыл бұрын
I would have Missed the train any time for any reason to just listen to her playing out on the streets. Simply astonishing.
@Ircar475 жыл бұрын
I'm in shock ... The most difficult piece of the most interesting music ...BRAVO!!BRAVO ....BRAVO ....Now, this old instrument can retire and even die happily - the Music was made and this piano gave it all, Oh how luck was people, who witnessed this concert ....
@jensramputh3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe it. Most difficult piece ever written . On an old street piano. Mind blown.!!!
@rotatoe Жыл бұрын
Not the most difficult piece written, but yes very damn impressive.
@hoviggh Жыл бұрын
She's amazing, bravo 👏🏻❤
@geysergary9 жыл бұрын
In the morning, the piano awoke and wondered if it had been a dream. And when it had made it's choice, it was forever changed.
@alhfgsp5 жыл бұрын
This is achievable so long as the piano and music are the only things in the world you care about. (as well as being born with extraordinary natural talent).
@Illapatayta7 жыл бұрын
She is so wonderfully witchy, cooking up a cauldron of musical spells and potions. It's her hands. They live on their own. Sometimes her whole body moves with the music; sometimes she leans back and smiles down at her hands while they dance around and play on their own. Valentina Lisitsa, you are my favorite
@altuspienaar7679 Жыл бұрын
1.5 million views of this vid on the most horrid sounding piano when on Valentina's chanel her most popular and superbly recorded pieces played on the finest instruments barely has more than 100 thousand views🤔 Please go support her on her channel and be prepared to be absolutely amazed by her spectacular talent playing some of the best and most challenging pieces ever composed.
@holypicklesmofo8 жыл бұрын
Her fingers must be freezing! Just another testament to how great she is.
@ericdeming60294 жыл бұрын
I'd say they're on fire!
@7777Scion8 жыл бұрын
Always a treat. Her husband and she live not too far from where I do. Of course, I would never go to their door and knock! Sweet lady. :-) The practice-practice-practice it takes to play this from memory - let alone play it well - is astounding.
@sofiago5118 жыл бұрын
Dile que la amo, que es hermosa y virtuosa.
@edenrosederonsard4 жыл бұрын
Fabulous! She is amazing!
@fredwilson74484 жыл бұрын
The world's greatest pianist plays an old funky upright at St. Pancras. That tells you something about Valentina.
@rolfeichele51589 жыл бұрын
Honest art of the unique pianist Valentina Lisitsa! There is No need for a "Grand" Piano getting touched feeling her grace and decency!!
@codyho56074 жыл бұрын
I've seen this video for many times since it's uploaded. I usually come back to watch it about once a month. Sometimes like now I still laugh in my mind that you change the video title form "No one can play this.." to "OK & a few others" \\HAHAHAHAHA//
@marsfuture8 жыл бұрын
what a brilliant, individual, spirited and down-to-earth masterful player lisitsa is! dammit i wish there were more humans on this planet like her. breathtaking, courageous and so damn skilled. love!
@oosamaaaa8 жыл бұрын
she made that piano very happy
@helenkenistononey701911 жыл бұрын
I am astounded by her complete freedom and economy of movement. Brava!!!
@archibalddalupang56344 жыл бұрын
Legend has it that a bunch of music majors were late for their class when they passed by here