Who is Better: Evgeny Kissin or Lang Lang? (La Campanella)

Piece: La Campanella by Liszt;
Performed by: Evgeny Kissin and Lang Lang
#classicalmusic #liszt #langlang #lacampanella #piano #vs #whoplayeditbetter #evgenykissin

[@Classical-Inspiration]

Let’s settle this with a vote. Like whichever one you think played it better in the replies to this comment (you can vote for both if you want😅)

[@Classical-Inspiration]

Evgeny Kissin

[@Classical-Inspiration]

Lang Lang

[@carlrichards49]

​@@Classical-Inspiration kissin

[@idlanir9304]

Lang Lang

[@ShootingOrion]

You should pin this comment lol

[@swimmer751]

The real winner here is all of us who get to listen to both of them play.

[@evanmavros6555]

underrated comment

[@Ioana3311]

❤

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

Why is this a competition? This ain’t football or chess.

[@leesweeney206]

Well said. Why must we make everything a competition. Both play exquisitely in my opinion and are equally gifted

[@elenamalikova1307]

​@@leesweeney206Одинаково???

[@fernandotorrescateriano2260]

Kissin is more compact and tight, like a classicist piece, Lang Lang is more narrative, like a romantic piece.

[@tanyadixon3479]

Absolutely agree with you.💯

[@axleblaze123]

Bro everything Lang lang plays is super romantic, rubato to the max 😅

[@C.V.Bordeaux]

Agreed.

[@alibaba6868686]

Yes i like them both 😂😂

[@renatocerrato616]

Perciò lang lang non è all'altezza di kissin, non dà la giusta interpretazione ai brani. Non mi riferisco solo a questo. Questo non è un brano romantico, è virtuosismo puro

[@paulmorton3259]

Anyone playing who can actually play this piece should be given a medal 🏅

[@Seraphine07F]

Thanks! I used to practice until my fingers bled🫣💜 (that's what any of this takes.) From when I was barely 4 - & my teacherwould yell at me bc my tiny fingersweren't long enough to stretch the (many) Octaves she wanted me too) &, she would tell me to keep doing these exercises on the piano so that my fingers would reach, one day v soon. A bitpainful tbh, like much of it - you suffer for your Art😶🫣 - & nobody rlly tells you how much, at the beginning (ppl have no idea, if they've not done it - it's no picnic, it's hours each day & it is every day, none missed🤭💜)🙏💜🇬🇧💜🌏💜

[@gasigosisibub2961]

Not that hard to play if u have practiced enough

[@shanelaw6501]

I know how to but very bad 😎

[@barakingplayz5581]

​@@gasigosisibub2961 funny

[@endreask]

Thank you 🫴🏅

[@danielvanlaethem6748]

I would not dare to judge which one is " kind of better" they both are pkaying att the highest level - I can enjoy both giving us a piece of heavenly music - tanks for posting, Daniel ftom Sweden

[@cmonclair27]

Fair enough. Try comparing both their versions of the grunfeld paraphrase of fledermaus op. 56. They’re both on YT.

[@今村ツヤ子]

それぞれにすばらしいこころがありますすばらしらしいらいらいばるすばらしいどちらかいいなんてかんがえれない😂😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@今村ツヤ子]

さいこうのおふたりですにもいうことはありませんかみさまがきいてます

[@lymanmj]

With masters like these two, it's simply a matter of personal taste.

[@sebastianbarrios2760]

totally! impossible quest

[@TheHardbrag]

You're right for some reason I don't like lang lang, and I'm not saying that he's bad because it's obvious that he's not, I just don't like him ahahha

[@thomaskuppers3962]

I think langlang sounds a bit smoother which makes his music more enjoyable

[@MrAmbrosse]

Kissin's version of La Campanella is undoubtedly better. It's one of his best pieces.

[@ellenchristinemunson2768]

​@@TheHardbrag... how can you not? a personality conflict?

[@marchwhitlock6455]

They saw different things in the music and followed their visions to perfection.

[@bettybanaszak5748]

Two different souls. Two different interpretations. We listeners get to enjoy both worlds without practicing 5 minutes. Better is not even an issue. They are both gifted beyond words. Dont insult them by pitting two gorgeous against the other. You have a right to your personal preferences, does that make you less or better than the person whose personal preferences are different from yours? Love these two gifted men and the technology that can bring their art into my heart. ❤

[@rianalightfoot142]

I agree

[@peterbillas9131]

Fact

[@scottlewis8681]

Exactly!! Just simply enjoy!!

[@RafaelHerreromeseguer]

For sure

[@chopin9684]

I can't remember this piece,could someone help me out

[@mag5775]

Technically speaking, two are the very best ever walked on earth. Subjectively speaking, one is explicitly emphasising technical accuracy, and another is rather flamboyant. We are all very lucky indeed to have heard both of them!

[@ingeniero00007]

Technically speaking the very best ever "walked on earth was the great CZIFFRA no body else

[@Ofelia-zq1sf]

YOU ARE RIGHT!!!!!!!

[@tialtialuu77]

@@ingeniero00007

[@jsh-oq4sf]

@@ingeniero00007Hoffman

[@paulkim6692]

They are unique in their own style. Cannot compare.

[@francoiseseguela9705]

Kissin,comme cela était le cas avec d'autres musiciens de son époque jouait très vite, la vitesse semblait être la ligne directrice d'une interprétation. Fort heureusement, Lang Lang et les nouvelles générations interprètent mieux.

[@tubsy.]

Lang Lang played it too fast, he butchered the piece

[@54r4gre]

@@tubsy.the opposite you mean

[@shl2233]

kissin played it the hard way lang lang played it the easy way

[@S.I.F.A.R]

In competition, we need to decide who the winner

[@wombatstu2006]

The one playing the piano is amazing 🤩

[@theMASTER810]

I prefer the one playing the piano.

[@levymanlapig8970]

I prefer the piano.

[@howardchinchin3589]

Wait, not "the two"?

[@ΔιονύσηςΚαλ]

they both are playing the piano

[@Itz-me-Zoe]

@@ΔιονύσηςΚαλu missed the joke lol

[@rob1016ny]

Why do people always compare to others. Just be better than you were yesterday.

[@angusrobertsonpianist]

Yes, I agree with you there!

[@angusrobertsonpianist]

Yes, I agree with you there! Each have their own take on the piece.

[@Irina_Savenkova]

Great comment! Hate comparisons!

[@lpeh6143]

I complete agree with you! But the question here is not who is better really ( in my opinion). It's more about who has got more depth and depth. And for me ( all though I have no expertise in this whatsoever ) Kissin has a lot more of his own spirit in it which leads to more depth. While lang ( of course a very gifted and supreme pianist ) has more of a " show " quality to it.

[@lpeh6143]

It seems a lot more tense/imaginative with Kissin and more showy/meant to be entertaining with lang.

[@BethBalais]

Both are excellent pianists and excellent masterpieces. Thanks for sharing.

[@the_metamancer]

I'm partial to Kissin, his intensity and ferocity just give me chills every time. But Lang is also absolutely stunning in playing with tempo and dynamics

[@ericleiter6179]

Kissin wins for me...he brings the necessary fire to this piece (it is after all, by Paganini)

[@theoredori]

Fire does not come from pure speed, but from holding back the tension built up over the course of the piece and releasing it at the right time to create an outburst of emotion and fulfilment. Lang Lang does this with perfection here… Not knowing one's highest possible tempo and playing wrong notes because of that is not really great music playing tbh!

[@MangoGalaxyYT]

It's by Lizst btw, not paganini. Paganini composed the violin version.

[@ericleiter6179]

@MangoGalaxyYT Yes but the sequence of the notes themselves (the actual theme) are by Paganini...and Liszt was paying homage to that fiery ethos, with his own brand of fire

[@TarzanGuitarrista]

What is the name of this piece ?

[@peaelle42]

liszt..

[@porfiriochavez76]

Kissin has that kind of madness while playing that composer had at the composing time. He captures the essence by adding strength and passion.

[@griffinfornell]

Most underrated comment

[@DavedtheWay]

Kissin is more consistent with the tempo so it feels authentic for those with a classically trained ear

[@Arisingberu]

The fingers were moving so fast i have to watch in slow mo to keep up what a master

[@1armine]

Both of them are superb in their own interpretation of this beautiful piece of music ❤❤❤

[@WilliamofOckham990]

Kissin plays it like a classical piece, Lang like a romantic

[@LAG806]

Kissin plays perfect,but Lang Lang plays his ego

[@Bragko]

It’s the tempo

[@renealcid6708]

Agree!

[@christyspianoinstruction5086]

I think Lang Lang pounds, no dynamic variation. K is brilliant!

[@LAG806]

@@christyspianoinstruction5086 precisely

[@manuelalechelt586]

Evgeny is closer to the original way of classic Interpretation of such pieces❤❤❤

[@Topinternational1]

true but how does lang Lang sit there effortlessly acting like he's playing mary had a little lamb

[@win7643]

But Liszt isn’t a classicist but a romantic

[@alanpotter8680]

@@Topinternational1 How? I'll tell you how: he made over 30 mistakes in under 20 seconds. And that is saying a lot for a performer.

[@鶴-j5i]

​@@alanpotter8680 Like Horowitz? No?

[@鶴-j5i]

​@@alanpotter8680 Go listen to computer generated midi music if you want perfect notes to be played all the time.

[@myrachen7035]

this is so difficult to decide they are both so good

[@Lulu-vi4wb]

I like Kissin better. I don’t know how to explain it. Seems to me he has more contrast in each note and each note is very clean. That’s the best I can describe.

[@monkeyman1947]

I felt like Lang Lang played it cleaner, but then again im no expert

[@alexchudilovski860]

The motive is condensing, and in the work of Kissin there is passion(yelling) slightly giving way to desperation, whereas in the work of Lang there is laziness switched to aggression (yelling).

[@wanchunsong7077]

Kissin's has impeccably stunning technical skills with crispy tone and clarity. Nevertheless, he follows the Liszt's original directions note by note. Sometimes I feel he is not dare to think out of the box and lacks creativity. Lang Lang, on the other hand, does not possess the same brilliant technical skills and relies on sheer exuberance and adding frills to his performance which is overkill. 😂

[@santiago621]

@@monkeyman1947 kissin's was cleaner, coming from an expert

[@deanyuan1812]

@@santiago621 An expert?

[@Trusova111]

The difference: LangLang had his own unique style to perform this piece. Evgeny Kissin performed a very smooth and nearly perfect version of this master piece.

[@adam3797]

Hate to break it to you, but Kissin’s performance was NOT perfect. Several wrong notes were played during his performance. At the end, he sacrificed precision and accuracy for speed and gusto. Lang Lang’s version was slower, more expressive and articulate, and albeit, a little more boring to take in. There really is no comparing the two of them. Both are incredibly gifted virtuosos, and they equally know how to kick La Campanella’s ass.

[@Jed-bt6rh]

@@adam3797have u played la Campanella? 😅 just out of curiosity 😅

[@adam3797]

@@Jed-bt6rh Yes, I have. Asshole. I own the sheet music, and I’ve also played piano more than 25 years. However, I’m not a professional musician (no money in that line of work). I will admit that La Campanella is way above my skill level as a pianist, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t know how to read the sheet music, nor does it mean that I don’t have a well-trained musical ear. I’ve spent more hours studying, practicing, and playing in front of the occasional audience than you can possibly fathom. So don’t come at me like I’m some novice, when you don’t know shit about me.

[@LAG806]

​@@adam3797Lang plays with many wrong notes,not Kissin,you must to hear with attention.

[@charlietian4023]

​@@LAG806lol kissin also very audibly muffled certain chords neither are perfect robots

[@01_corizuu26]

Actually both are impressive, but I think I liked more how Kissin ended than Lang Lang.

[@wiolaa19]

I've shortly heard Bruce Liu playing it in Munich as his 3rd (!) encore. That was magic! He got a standing ovation. But as for this battle: both spectacular but Kussin is more to my taste.

[@trishmartin57]

I preferred Kissin’s interpretation on this one.

[@lmcincorsica]

❤

[@kelin861127]

Yeah with a lot of wrong notes

[@TehWarbird]

Just because he's white? You racist pig

[@elenamalikova1307]

​@@kelin861127Ты чего, белены объелся? Кисин это само совершенство. Ланг - ничтожество. Ланг только делает вид, что он пианист.

[@GetFuckedTrump]

@@kelin861127ikr

[@surekhasoans192]

Kissin is amazing the way he articulates notes are amazing

[@cindylw5]

Both are fantastic. My personal favorite is Lang but thats just today. Tomorrow is another day.

[@MeliBlau]

Wow! Totally agree! ❤

[@stanwaltman4349]

Kissin isnt even close to Lang Lang, he's too square and straight and you can tell he's reached his limit

[@hikariamendola193]

​@@stanwaltman4349I see you don't understand shit about piano. kissin performs the song as it should be performed. this is not a romantic song. as the great Michelangeli and Horowitz said, the pianist must bring personal expression and interpretation. but first and foremost the pianist must perform the piece in the way the composer conceived it. lang lang here goes too far beyond the boundary of personal interpretability

[@FredericChopinReal]

​@@stanwaltman4349I see you have never walked within a hundred feet of a piano, thats okay, you will understand some day😊

[@LocksVid]

You just called it a song tho​@@hikariamendola193

[@王快步]

Not so many people on earth are qualified to criticize these two magnificent pianists performances. 😅😅😅

[@hegelff]

Kissin's version is like water running in the river sparkling the sunshine. Lang Lang's is like high and low maintains reflecting glorious shades. Both representations are magnificent.

[@geriannroth449]

Agreed

[@kevin___]

I agree, but Lang Lang's version was more muddled in the end for me. Kissin's version kept more clarity.

[@awwwwhhhyeahhhh]

​@@kevin___I've been looking for this comment. I liked both but I far prefer Kissing and I did think it sounded a bit more crisp, Lang Langs lost something with the muddiness for me

[@goktugblack]

Lang lang has immense skill BUT Kissin with Zimerman is one of the two finest living pianists... Kissin's expressive power is on another level.

[@PMiss-gl8fy]

Che sono rispettivamente la palla destra e la palla sinistra di sokolov

[@helenatorrez1553]

Man, I love lang lang but its impossible to make a lizst or chopin piece sound as clean and as nice than Evgeny Kissin, Horowitz or Grigory Sokolov

[@___tangodrom9452]

🤝🏼 🤝🏼 🤝🏼 Благодарю за такой формат сравнения двух интерпретаций одного произведения. Продолжайте делать такие видео! Потрясающе!

[@shiningcheng2046]

Kissin’s expressed the melody more clearly.

[@geriannroth449]

Most definitely

[@54r4gre]

Lang lang is on the slow side but Kessin is trying too hard. You can’t feel anything except that he is rushing through it like if he has a train to catch after the performance

[@binarakr]

@@54r4grethat’s how u supposed to play that piece. Faster u play better it sounds

[@54r4gre]

@@binarakr but until a certain point that is

[@santiagomartinez9051]

​@@charlielowes8495microphone, not voice recorder 😂

[@54Aoran]

Both master are insanely talented. I personally like the build up and release by Lang Lang. quite a modern take

[@gilaprimak7554]

I agree 💯

[@juhuang9305]

Can you tell me the name of this piece I want to listen to the entire performance thank you

[@AndMakrid]

@@juhuang9305 It's written on the title: "La Campanella" (by Paganini/Liszt) which means "The little bell".

[@juhuang9305]

Got it thank you@@AndMakrid

[@aswadsaswad1759]

​@@juhuang9305how do you not know!? La campanela, the most difficult piece of music to play on the piano

[@Alrukitaf]

Both absolutely positively unquestionably brilliant.

[@missidghanems]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that they’re SO different … will have to pick BOTH ❤ Paganini would be thrilled that he was interpreted this well by these two uniquely and differently gifted masters ❤

[@michelleswann4628]

I like the change of pace and emotion in Lang Lang it’s like there so much unspoken passion in there just below the surface. Love that!

[@Jackie-z2v]

100%

[@Jackie-z2v]

LangLang

[@daveholt1325]

Sounds awful!

[@salvatorenostrade3331]

​​@@daveholt1325Bro had to like his own comment. Keep sucking your thumb and crying troll.

[@krischui4048]

kissin 比較一氣呵成， 朗朗的有停頓，高底起伏。都很好聽，各有千秋。

[@junonfujimoto7016]

Evgeny Kissin! His play have soul.....I listen to his performance on airplane and I could not help by falling love with his piano.

[@stevenfeil7079]

LOL, he is just trying to play it as fast as he can. BRAGGING SHOW OFF.

[@ToniJarvie]

Both are superb! They have their own style and interpretation. Love them both! ☘️👍❤️☺️🌹👌🌿

[@vivianisz761]

I enjoyed both, and it would be my great pleasure to hear them live.

[@Phantastically]

They're both excellent but I prefer Lang Lang's personally. I feel like Kissin's interpretation has a very consistent tone and tempo throughout the entire piece, which some people may prefer. However I personally love how Lang Lang gives each section a unique color and allows time to breathe between sections.

[@alanpotter8680]

Music has markings. While some are for orientation only, the majority are there for a reason. Lang Lang simply skips everything and does whatever the hell he pleases. Shame.... that people give him any credit.

[@鶴-j5i]

​@@iridium8341 Yes, so what? Why do these haters always have to come up to other people and show hatred? I prefer LL too, but at least I don't go up to people who prefer Kissin and say stuff like "Kissin butchered it" like a child.

[@nikiepunt8631]

​@@alanpotter8680 although im very sure that kissin will definitely win in competition, LL puts his personality, and with it, feeling in this piece. Every good pianist can play according to the tone and the score written. It take balls to put your heart and soul into a piece that was clearly written by someone else's soul. They are both excelent pianists with a different style for sure.. compairison is not necessary. You might have a preference but you dont have to put the other down do you?

[@MilenaPavlov-uf2yp]

Evgeny kissin has so much tempo but lang langs is the best he gets faster on the song evgeny kissin doesn't

[@MilenaPavlov-uf2yp]

Oj

[@namirkharchi2460]

I read somewhere someone illustrating this as “the difference between a musician and a theatrical performer”

[@qingxuanyue]

I also read someone saying that Lang Lang treats this piece the same way that Lizst, an entertainer did, and Kissin treats it with the utmost diligence and seriousness

[@gogahorvatin9863]

Dva različita stila različito obojanu svaki na svoj način. Predivna i užitak je slušati obojicu!

[@freelife1014]

Kissin plays the piece coherent and right, while Lang plays it emotional and rhythmic.

[@LAG806]

Rithmic?With enormous rubato?Even not rubato-such bubbles from notes,tempo...

[@MariaDolors-25ms]

Evgeny Kissin molt superior per a mí no hi ha cap dubte!.

[@LAG806]

@@MariaDolors-25ms yes,yes, precisely

[@鶴-j5i]

​@@LAG806 Who are you to judge him by this single performance video?

[@LAG806]

@@鶴-j5i I am human,and I know ,what about I am writing

[@aestheticman2662]

Both are wonderful in their own way. Let's not compare their talents.

[@renata.g]

Both of them are marvellous, I could watch this all day. Bravo! ❤

[@elenamiller1668]

I love both interpretations! Different style but both exceptional! 💖💖

[@深心-l7c]

Lang Lang performs his own dynamic style , full of texture, energy and abundance while Kissin plays more close to the original piece that delivers a clear and smooth go. 😊 ❤ Excellent 👍👍

[@alanpotter8680]

So the one plays as should, and the other is pulling music markings out of his ass?

[@anmeirdi]

They both reach the limits of what is technically possible for a human on the keys. I am sure if you asked one of the pianists to play this piece like the other pianist, they would be able to do it.

[@Kinquovio]

Cap Liszt was better than both of them.

[@ginaqc78]

@@Kinquovio😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@itsshrimp91]

​@@KinquovioBro is over a hundred years late.

[@hanjustin444]

Yuja Hamelin Cziffra left the chat

[@lirich0]

Renditions: 1. Liszt 2. Cziffra 3 or 4. Lang lang, Kissin

[@FlyAwayFlyHigh]

Both are wonderful!♬ Lang Lang's is more dramatic. It took my breath away 💖

[@Kosugawa69]

Kissin - speed up Lang - slowed reverb

[@mariaeterna.]

I love both, but Kissin's version will always be my fave! 🫶

[@margaritasofovich3617]

💯

[@seja098]

Ur favorite should be the person who wrote the piece and played it 200 yrs ago...

[@mariaeterna.]

​@@seja098he is, though! ♥️

[@leoniegureghian7156]

My personal opinion, they’re BOTH excellent pianists; each of them with his special way of interpretation! Love & support to both from the USA 🇺🇸 🌹

[@madingthree]

And then there's mine, with half the speed and double the mistakes

[@lizabethdelossantos9234]

Me hiciste reir😂 Me gusta la gente con buen humor

[@Michael-vt6ej]

都厲害的兩位大師！

[@aliceho6122]

Both pianists performed very well. 😊

[@keith1480]

Kissin clear to me. Especially the ending part.

[@ekfhghg]

Кисин! Больше чувства, страсти. Ланг-ланг- это блестящая техника!

[@sabinamursalova]

👍

[@Haoru.N]

Both of you have wonderful skills. ✨If you say what you like, I will vote for Mr. Lang Lang!! Because he's just not early.

[@hiltonjb13]

In this part of the Interpretation, I stay with Evgeny Kissin. I feel more energy from him.

[@Maisiewuppp]

Kissin , every time. This was played as his umpteenth encore at a really long prom concert. Phenomenal musician.

[@Kharvey_sb]

No words but I liked more langlang's. That was more romantic

[@munkhbatnarmandakh3292]

Mee too

[@f1nx_2]

Yeah

[@eloisegrand1947]

I found Lang Lang's version brighter so I really liked his interpretation

[@rubenvera8026]

es una cuestión subjetiva, ambos son maravillosos

[@VictoriaOvchar]

They are both wonderful pianists & I personally listened to their full versions of this piece in order to answer your question. Despite the highest technicality of Evgeny, I must admit that Lang Lang performance on December 6, 2022 is more impressive for several reasons: more emotional, more vivid, fuller of different shades and hues. Just close your eyes & listen to his full piece performance 2-3 times & don't look at his face, hands, etc.

[@austonsmith536]

we should be looking at who rated the performers better... Victoria hands down... the elegance and flow of the words... there's this delicacy to her words I just can't quite explain... it's just better all in all compared to the other raters.

[@shirleyhare6177]

Lang Lang, for me! 🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@BlakeHellaby]

One needs to remeber that this was Kissin's 7th encore. No one prepares 7 encores. In my mind, he did not plan on playing this piece. Although it was a piece he clearly knew very well, it would not have been his focus in preparing for the concert (as can be heard in a number of fumbles he makes which is quite unlike his nature), yet he presents an exquisite performance.

[@aubreysun3377]

Agree! It's like painting or drawing, need different levels of grey, not just only white and black!

[@tadouwes]

I wish I was there for the kissin concert

[@rvpals]

Both interesting and highly emotional.

[@vlasisnikakis467]

"La campanella" è un pezzo gioioso, delicato, gentile e non furioso

[@kadishaprice47]

I have listened to this over and over several times, and I cannot decide which I like better. The two interpretations are so different. They both possess different qualities that I love.

[@phucpham8671]

Me too, 2 great

[@clauzane]

Ah the iconic Royal Albert Hall concert of Kissen's encores, I've seen it dozens of times! Watching and listening to Kissin play is what got me into piano studies. For me his interpretations is the gold standard of how a peice should sound.

[@luisandresdorfman]

Creo que tocaste el punto exacto: cómo debe sonar la pieza. Me gustan ambos, pero debo confesar que a veces luego de escuchar a LangLang tengo que escuchar la interpretación de algún otro maestro para entender bien que, como y cuando debería sonar que cosa...

[@shiversification]

Cannot compare, both performances are technically outstanding and uniquely expressed...Bravo 🎉

[@da33smith37]

Lang Lang may actually be playing it faster, but Kissin has what seems like the true manic drama of Liszt.

[@yoospianocafe8466]

Totally based on your style, your taste, your mood. How can we say one is better than the other. Both performances were fabulous and mind blowing. Stormy day I would listen to Kissin, Sunny day I will cool off listening to Lang Lang.

[@susannagevorgyan4554]

Kissin!

[@MarkEAllen777]

Their technique is different. You cannot “judge” them on this alone. Both are phenomenal pianists. It is solely the interpretation of the piece by the artist. And with this there is a good deal to interpret! Loved them both. My preference is Evgeny… but I have a collection of Lang Lang’s piano concertos on CDs.

[@sadderwhiskeymann]

The guy above is in another level. He is no longer fully experiencing anything else but music 👏

[@deathroith4678]

You mean Evgeny Kissin…. One of the most celebrated musicians of his time…

[@lubabalomahlombe451]

Both are phenomenally gifted performers. It can't be compared

[@madogsioux5636]

Kissin puts loyalty and Platonic fidelity to the score above all else. Lang Lang, a Non-classicist from another continent, seems to be more interested in a heart to heart with the music and the composer. In that he brings life and meaning. He is loyal to his audience always!

[@OswaldoMathiasCastroRomero]

Evgeny Kissin is best playing piano because he he interpreted the musical notes better

[@andrewbangs9073]

It's Lang2x for me, it feels like an old times in the Philippines when love is always in the air and people are kind to everyone and children play outside in the fields when its full moon, what a wonderful world, its old times, gone by.

[@E.Vecvec]

Kissin is of the old style, impeccable, tidy, precise, without too many useless verses, Lang Lang on the other hand is modern and therefore is keen to make a character stand out just as the entertainment business demands nowadays

[@enshk79]

As the biggest Lang Lang fan in the world I prefer EVGENY’s version. Cleaner and more cohesive while maintaining passion and expression. I love both MAGNIFICENT musicians!!!

[@amorroma1244]

Wow, two masters. Brilliant.

[@frida4753]

Kissin, no question!

[@vanessamachado8080]

Ir course

[@Freedomon832]

I like Long long’s beginning and Evgeny’s ending. Both marvellous

[@mariowinfredomoraleslinare3858]

El discurso musical de Kissin es mas coherente desde el inicio de la ultima variacion y ejecutar esas octavas como él lo hace es simplemente increible!!! Lang Lang acelera el tiempo ya en el pasaje final y aunque la mano izqui

[@mariowinfredomoraleslinare3858]

izquuerda toca octavas es por asi decirl el pasaje mas comodo...

[@omarchavez7711]

Es magnífico ver la forma que toca. Disculpa por mi ignorancia pero, ¿sabes el nombre de la pieza que interpreta? Te agradecería mucho. ¡Saludos!

[@ginaqc78]

@@omarchavez7711Hello!!LA CAMPANELLA , Franz Listz ❤❤❤❤❤

[@kaiewa]

@@omarchavez7711 La campanella

[@川端尚子-s1d]

Both touched my heart ❤ I almost cried.

[@VenomCold]

Steady tempo is so important in that section. For me its kissin by a mile

[@tongpoo8985]

💯

[@andreaskaterinopoulos]

Yes but he is doing the wrong notes..

[@FlashRyu]

Yeah he just doesn’t play as good as Lang Lang. Lang Lang makes him look like an amateur

[@baldmista1907]

@@FlashRyuNo he doesn’t what?

[@baldmista1907]

@@FlashRyuKissin has one of the best if not the best rach 2 interpretation. If anything kissin makes lang look like an amateur

[@randyjh82]

Different styles, each unique and beautifully played! ❤

[@kaldanina]

They are both phenomenal ✨️✨️

[@mariemichelgouar7084]

Il n'y a pas photo : Kissin est incomparablement supérieur. Rythme plus rapide, clarté, moins de fausses notes, intelligence et lisibilité. Lang est brouillon, irrégulier. Mais le meilleur dans cette oeuvre est Cziffra !

[@FutureAbe]

Kissin’s performance impressed me with technical prowess and accuracy, Lang Lang impressed me with a dynamic and passionate ending

[@ewaldsteyn469]

Easy answer - Kissin by far

[@mistermostersockk]

f u, they are both good

[@JohnMoore-xt3hz]

A very young Kissin at the Proms, an early triumph, 45 minutes of encores demanded by an enthusiastic audience.

[@roberant7]

Amen.

[@pappysheart6710]

Damn they were both ON FIRE❤❤

[@БарбараМишу]

Их нельзя сравнивать. Оба играют блестяще, но совершенно по-разному чувствуют музыку. У них даже эмоции музыки и то противоположные.

[@NeSeriMajkeTi]

I like Kissin more in this case

[@tomaserrazuriz4381]

well... lang lang is a beautiful human been... but kissin is a wonderful god!!!

[@ginaqc78]

😂😂😂😂

[@lizabethdelossantos9234]

Ninguna de laa dos cosas define a un pianista!

[@Romulus980]

Lang Lang just sounded more organised and more insightful in his way of playing therefore he seemed more in control of the piece, while Evgeny Kissin seemed he just about got the piece right...

[@whale4304]

It does appear Evgeny was playing at a higher tempo though

[@cesarcamba1]

I thought Kissin was more coherent on the last 2/3rds of the piece.