young Leonidas Kavakos plays God Save the Queen

[@ChadWicKeD]

Underneath Leonidas Kavakos' mustache is another bow

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

Best comment ever

[@BubbyNikko]

That would explain things, lol.

[@lilmisspsychopathic6802]

Dies of laughter 🤭😏

[@bobbib01]

At first, I've misread "bow" for "brow" 🙂

[@mr.dalton9507]

I love how he shakes off his left hand fingers right before the final variation!

[@josephotoshi]

4:35 I noticed that and found that funny! But at least it's confirmed he's human xD

[@luismarioXD]

3:50 actually that was a triple stop. The two armonics and the guy's heart.

[@flowey1]

LMAO

[@chrisdudedurian1305]

HAHAHA YEA i saw. It was probably Twoset violin in the crowd watching

[@sabrekeene814]

And the cough

[@matthewyeager9382]

Probably was pure surprise, no one ever plays var 5 of GTSV, alternating harmonics and regular notes is insane, very hard without insane amounts of talent, Roman probably is the only person who plays it cleanly, but hes so good that he doesnt count

[@JVQ8Y]

.- what can I say... When one watches amazing violinists (heifetz, kogan, oistrach etc.), they can observe and learn.. when one watches Kavakos, it's impossible to learn. Because it's magic. we can only gasp in amazement. My Total Respect.

[@erbium4308]

I would say the same about heifetz as well, my teacher never recommended me any heifetz recordings because it’s simply impossible to play like heifetz and no one ever has.

[@bananawilson]

Nice replyin to a 12 year old comment. Love the internet

[@JVQ8Y]

@@bananawilson lol

[@bananawilson]

Amazing wow the man himself is here. How has it been 12 years later? Has This kavakos recording changed your life

[@JVQ8Y]

@@bananawilson I wouldn't go that far, and probably I wouldn't make this comment today :) But since I met him, heard him live and accompanied him in the orchestra a few times since then, I still think he's an awesome violinist!

[@gustavcarlson8881]

When this video goes in the right column its title reads "Young Leonidas Kavakos plays God". Awesome.

[@LoveIncest]

😌

[@bait5257]

What

[@Bautisnemo]

It's so perfect it hurts.

[@aegeanenjoyer668]

Crazy to think he plays like this in a live recording. EVERYONE else (including Roman Kim and Ning Feng) have to slow down a bit when playing this live.

[@XontrosInstrumentals]

Even Roman Kim's studio version is slower than this

[@agmaiocplayer3]

@@XontrosInstrumentalsNot exactly, Kim plays the fast parts faster and the slower parts slower. In variation one Kavakos plays much slower than the Kim version.

[@aegeanenjoyer668]

​@@agmaiocplayer3 which one, the studio vid or his live one? In his live recording his does play var 1 slower than both kavakos and his own vid

[@Tulsenus]

3:51 some guy in the audience even passed out

[@niccolopaganini1782]

Lol

[@Art1e-Green]

Hahah good one ! ;)

[@dogpaw814]

Even amongst Paganinis works god save the queen is by far the harder ones... each variation type uses more difficult combinations of polyphony compared to nel cor, I palpiti, etc

[@mortarsquad12]

Only the Best :P I personally believe it to be the most difficult price ever written for a variety of reasons.

[@dogpaw814]

adam anthoni ford yeah Paganini and ernst wrote some anal assssss pieces meh

[@jimmydeng453]

@@dogpaw814 i feel like last rose of summer is book one suzuki compare to this

[@hansdekorver7365]

Many very difficult Paganini pieces exist , also some caprices ( good recording by Kavakos )

[@travis5125]

@@allons-y933 Do you still think _Nel Cor_ is harder?

[@____gabry____]

This man is too powerful for this world

[@gondajoshuakyle8913]

One of the hardest violin piece in the whole violin history, and he played it very fast 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@uitnerual1745]

It's not the hardest piece .......i guess

[@MangoGalaxyYT]

@@uitnerual1745 one of the hardest in terms of technique.

[@MichaelShingo]

the worse the video resolution, the better the violinist

[@pacman7654]

O.M.G. he's godly!! I like the vocal accompaniment at 3:52.

[@pizzastock111]

3:52

[@mehdi84203]

😂😂😂

[@pv89820]

LOL

[@Heirloop]

Ancient

[@evgenysemenov6051]

Are you still alive?

[@Musicrafter12]

Holy fuck his upbow staccato is insane

[@Angelo3492]

God Save Violin King

[@arazaratsyan6478]

More like Kavakos save God

[@TimeStrider]

I think it's understood by us lesser mortals that this guy is from a whole nother planetary system!

[@Polyolist]

The violin sees very few players that are utterly unstoppable in their prime, and legends for all to try and even get close to matching the skill of. Paganini's legendary speed and technique made him the first of this caliber... but after he died, it would be 70 years until somebody matched his skill, with Jascha Hiefetz, the man with the perfect tone. After his prime, it would be a while, but This man, *Leonidas Kavakos* would emulate everything perfectly. It's not too much of a stretch to say that he's one of the top 5, or even 3 violinists of all time. This rendition is absolutely unbeatable.

[@gunnarholmstedt3089]

He might even be number 2 of all time. Heifetz is still in a league of his own.

[@ItamarRashkovsky]

The guy at 3:50 can't believe it either..

[@mortarsquad12]

Itamar Rashkovsky HHHHEEEYYYYYUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHH!!!!????!?!

[@arazaratsyan6478]

idk why but I laughed hysterically at that

[@mbradley5683]

@@arazaratsyan6478 lol I know this comments old but I actually died laughing by clicking that time stamp😂

[@Teshuva2k]

@@mbradley5683 lol

[@aokiaoki4238]

He was a violinist, got heart attack

[@s02229]

He makes it sound so light, like a spring day picnic...

[@simonlajcman4031]

Amazing. This is the best recording of this piece

[@jsmithmedia2756]

He plays this so quickly yet with so powerfully and smoothly, there is no interpretation like it!!!! The Greek God of Violin!!

[@Chihuahuauno1]

(cough), Roman Kim...smh🙄

[@jackwithrow536]

​@@Chihuahuauno1 meanwhile on roman kim's channel they goin "cough cough kavkos)

[@raphaelfigueredo4858]

​@@Chihuahuauno1 Not as good as Kavakos lol.

[@timhedges1817]

As a mere mortal I still cannot comprehend what I've just witnessed

[@cadaverdescompuesto]

the left hand pizzicato wow!!!!

[@TheViolinBill]

Just amazing!I have never heard anyone who can play this piece so well!He is the best!!!!!!!!

[@asicdathens]

Niccolo Paganini wrote it in 1829. During that time the ruler of the Kingdom of Great Britain was George IV. Therefore it is .... the King

[@JakubMikes23]

This is just pure flexing. And I love it!

[@Naminus]

4:50 AMAZING! Why haven't I heard about this guy until now?

[@userkk757]

4:50 *

[@hellasg5523]

PROUD TO BE GREEK!!!!!!!!CONGRATS LEONIDAS!!!!

[@mohiniwalia2322]

What are you talking about

[@eei68]

@@mohiniwalia2322 this man from greek

[@uitnerual1745]

I love how he does the stringcrossings❤😮

[@andreas_aroditis]

Absolutely incredible! What a talent!! 😯💪🏻

[@naturesfriend1518]

He is like a violin magician

[@tweepy123]

So much virtuosic technique in one performance! I can't even!

[@mrblitzman]

God save Kavakos

[@bigstronkbee]

lmfao bro

[@Junsuiwakiso-e8]

He’s possessed by devil

[@sussybaka3117]

Astonishingly amazing.

[@kostasmponis1042]

I think he is like 18-20 years old! Just before the Paganini competition...guess what..... He Won!.

[@alexandrossofianos4065]

Nope. This is form his first recital ever organised by the Cultural Association of Hydra at Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel in Athens at in 1983 when he was 15 yrs old! I was there!

[@ianhuangncubed]

@@alexandrossofianos4065 I could only dream of being there in person. Must’ve been glorious.

[@nachoherrera5678]

15?!!! Now I think his moustache is more impressive than his violin skills

[@milol.akkaraprud8681]

@@nachoherrera5678 tbh I’m 21 and still have less mustache than him in 15 😭 //his violin skill is God level lol

[@rv9785]

Historical video. the greatest violinist of all times!

[@PensieroMetamofista]

The Roman Kim before Roman Kim.

[@hangover4833]

Hate to say it, but he plays more cleanly and effortlessly than Roman Kim

[@PensieroMetamofista]

@@hangover4833 Why? It's okay to have such opinions.

[@danieljosueguerrerodiaz352]

@@hangover4833 nah bro lo que pasa es que roman kim usa técnicas más complicadas de las que usa leonidas al tocar esa pieza entonces obvio se le va ser complicado, leonidas obvio parece un dios pero en minutos como este: 3:35 se desafina, sigue siendo virtuoso pero para mi roman kim es mas impecable

[@19-Sinclair-19]

​​@@danieljosueguerrerodiaz352Compared just 1 small moment to whole piece is not very objective. Kim's version had unclean tune in the whole variations (specifically talking the 5th variation in this piece)

[@danieljosueguerrerodiaz352]

@@19-Sinclair-19 pero sucia como? No te específicas, al menos dije que se desafina ahí que por cierto no es la única parte en la que Leónidas se desafina

[@manuelfohr6898]

best violinist

[@walei6427]

@Thor Ondinson Haha

[@lucazalaffi1able]

Ho avuto la fortuna di ascoltarlo poco dopo che aveva vinto il premio Paganini ... Veramente impressionante!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mohiniwalia2322]

Lucky bastard

[@Rudel23]

Absolute amazing performance!

[@Zwain-f5b]

christ its the fastest verison i yet heard

[@tahafarahani950]

he is lingling

[@aricortez]

Tive o prazer de ouvir esse cara ao vivo aqui no Brasil!

[@elizabethpatria1315]

Ele é bom?

[@10mimu]

@@elizabethpatria1315aumenta teu som

[@violatione]

Leonidas this is madness!!!!!!!

[@fullargon]

He's my hero!!!

[@AlgoMarblerYT]

15 years, and no reply. Let's change that :)

[@tabletennisamazing7737]

3:39

[@johannsebastianbeanz3690]

WTF

[@lloydaran]

I wish there was a much better recording, with a clearer audio and video, I want to have a better look at his hands, but 144p is painful to focus on. But despite this, wow... A true maestro.

[@bait5257]

Watch Roman Kim's video

[@opidacul]

beyond reality... bravo.. his name fit's him well, bravo Leonidas!

[@Gvadalkanal]

Outstanding!!!Nothing else I can say!

[@centref0lds1]

greek power :P

[@ASPIIII]

Istanbul was beautiful this summer

[@ΠαναγιωτηςΠαπας-π7η]

Remember to keep it clean,specially the Vosporos sea, I want her nice and tide when we take it back. Enjoy this summer also and keep safe from bad things that life brings.

[@gassanzade]

@@ΠαναγιωτηςΠαπας-π7η in ur dream☺

[@chop211]

I too demand more kavakos on youtube. Thanks spacemoscito (sic)

[@Adrian_AdamViolonDiGerma-tm3nq]

The only thing you need to play like this is muscle memory, strong finger muscle, good motoric coordination, very good memorizing skill

[@Adrian_AdamViolonDiGerma-tm3nq]

So, consume a little more protein and exercise the left finger muscles until one day your violin fingerboard feels lighter and smaller, and the high-tension strings feel almost like No marks on your fingers Look at how kavakos's posture is so relaxed like itzhak perlman, he already has no technical obstacles so he plays it accurately and perfectly, with the original version without Simplified version

[@Paganini-Liszt]

@@Adrian_AdamViolonDiGerma-tm3nq Play this like Kavakos then

[@dawkss]

go ahead and play this then

[@Paganini-Liszt]

@@dawkss what I said

[@mohiniwalia2322]

So underrated

[@antoncigur3727]

Tecnicamente non esiste un violinista al mondo con le sue qualità. Alieno

[@ranjeetar.y.8150]

This is canon now.

[@Iaido_Tests]

Never heard the last variation. My brain is exploded. Wtf

[@saniuca9691]

1:09 I'm hearing devils

[@luke1835]

What the actual fuck was that upbow staccato at 4:48. Sounds like a machine gun

[@flowey1]

just usual kavakos dont worry abouddit

[@avatar19822]

5:05 What is that? Is he upbowing 32nd notes?!

[@Kchkchkch8415]

It's not so difficult as you think. I shall even say, it's the easiest thing in this piece!

[@XontrosInstrumentals]

@@Kchkchkch8415 The easiest thing in the piece maybe, but it is NOT easy to play upbow staccato, especially at that speed. My arm is hurting just by looking at this ;-;

[@Kchkchkch8415]

@@XontrosInstrumentals well, I can do that. It’s not really difficult when you understand how it works. I wish you to master it.

[@kratospchbus7625]

Kavakos = Yamashita of the violin

[@at3396]

The quality of this video could not be worse but even if it was Leondis's violin playing would still be enjoyable

[@stradivari87]

THE BEST KAVAKOS!

[@timlewis2622]

Didn't know he was playing Jaws - 3:40

[@timlewis2622]

Classic nonlinear string behaviour

[@renzawastaken]

rip queen

[@Vinnie99]

3:12 I dont understand how that is possible

[@alessandrovaccari782]

rockin' cry

[@socktine6747]

how do his fingers not bleed from all that left hand pizz

[@alandoan1640]

Yknow, watching Kavakos, Roman Kim, and Ning Feng play this piece makes me want to hear how Hilary would perform this.

[@DanielKurganov]

2:14 ----> suicide :) amazing technique...

[@Tulsenus]

your videos are the best

[@fredericchopin6445]

2:14

[@Pluto2043]

God save the queen and bless the uk 🇬🇧

[@vag3l899]

Why TF two set haven't reacted to this yet?!?!!!??!!???

[@LingLing-gp3yu]

I can play this without a violin

[@jamesshapiro6767]

Why are you watching youtube when you should be practicing?

[@reissennevermore9924]

@@jamesshapiro6767Ling Ling can watch KZbin AND practice at the same time

[@mattah_the_original]

'God save the King' is the name of the piece

[@chriscurtain1816]

I wonder, did Paganini play this on the violin himself while composing it, or did he just write the score and imagined what it would sound like?

[@Somewhere_Bagel]

He played it

[@bait5257]

Usually liszt did that

[@Lucid-o7z]

Why do you think he did not?

[@jamieduke5659]

Leonidas Kavakos. Thats a name that was meant to be great 😮 what a great name 😅

[@kitsomoreeng5157]

Nice I am still learning it but I will send it in my channel

[@777redhood]

Yoooooo what was that insane pizz

[@majomxxl]

word classic NO.1

[@zvichadash8403]

Amazing stacato

[@wonnie]

@rapp015 I think someone died there because of how awesome he was playing.

[@marsvltor2]

Re my comment on Zimmerman (on his page earlier): I take it back. This performance is in the true spirit of Pag. And technically (and let's face it, it was here that Pag staggered his audiences) this is first-rate. Still say that Ricci in the 50s/60s was spectaculatly good.

[@walei6427]

This guy might be from planet big brain

[@vendeta9393]

here after twosetviolin video... damn... all music must've stopped at one time fo a while after the og played it for the first time.

[@starjuwelier]

Same

[@hashdankhog8578]

Im not sure if I prefer this one or roman kims one but I dont feel qualified to say anything about which one is better.

[@christophe2570]

At that speed very few can replicate that proformance... only Roman Kim and a few others.

[@XontrosInstrumentals]

Roman Kim's live and studio versions are both slower than this.

[@heinzfpv4787]

the audio quality its horrendous tho, as amazing as the performance clearly is

[@doremi61]

Bravissimo!

[@matrix4168]

i don't know who is better young kavakos or actual kavakos?

[@scienceoftbp7367]

Both

[@alandoan1640]

Who played it better Roman Kim Or Leonidas Kavakos

[@LogioTek]

Roman's version is actually harder and he actually makes it sound "easier" (if some won't agree with "more beautiful") in places than Kavakos. Case closed.

[@powerguido5625]

roman kim is like the reincarnation of paganini

[@flowey1]

Kavakos by far. Roman Kim sure has talent, but he made it UNNECASSERILY hard by adding so much. I personally dislike him because of those weird edgy teenager vibes he gives off. Also kavako's version is in my opinion cleaner (interpret that however u want)

[@Numberonesorabjifan]

Roman Kim

[@aegeanenjoyer668]

Kavakos easily, for a couple of reasons that stand out. -Kavakos plays live, Kim does not. In live performances Kim plays it slower and a bit more "restricted". -Kavakos plays faster (and does so live too). -Kavakos has better ricochet. -Kavakos has cleaner bowing. -EDIT: Roman struggles at the third variation's rapid double stops passage. Kavakos does not. It's kind of like Kavakos' Nel Cor VS Kogan's Nel Cor. Kavakos is technically superior but I just end up listening to both because both are amazing.

[@DanielKurganov]

perfect

[@prototypeinheritance515]

where is the second violinist?

[@walei6427]

Even in this speed?!

[@walei6427]

oof

[@Somewhere_Bagel]

im pretty sure Kavakos is just Paganini reincarnated

[@powerguido5625]

roman kim*

[@XontrosInstrumentals]

@@powerguido5625 nah Roman Kim's good, but he's miles behind Kavakos.

[@powerguido5625]

@@XontrosInstrumentals you crazy? do you even know who is Roman Kim?

[@XontrosInstrumentals]

@@powerguido5625 Yes, I have seen quite a lot of his recordings. Just another showoff. He's talented unlike many others, but he is not anywhere close to Kavakos.

[@powerguido5625]

@@XontrosInstrumentals Kavakos can't do even half of the things that Roman does. You may prefer the technique and personality of Kavakos, he is in fact good, but Roman Kim has exceeded the limits of the violin, equal to (or even better than) Paganini. I've never seen a virtuoso who played with such ease, richness of clarity and tuning like Roman Kim

[@bubbles9816]

WOW. amazing. still for this piece i also like ruggiero ricci's version.i had an old LP called paganinis recital by ricci.kavakos is amozing tho.imagine paganini playing this and le stregge and concerto no.3 all of it in the same concert heh.

[@lesmenezes9784]

Yes. Ricci's Paganini is "head on": played with incredible dash with no technical obstacles to slow him down or cause tonal strain as in Zimmerman's quite impressive performance. I was priviledged to attend 2 recitals in Calcutta and another 2 recitals much later in Canberra (Australia). I have not seen/heard anyone other than Ricci perform Paganini's DUET FOR ONE VIOLIN.

[@missing8068]

Nanananananna this must be on X2 HOOOOOOOOWWWWWW men I know you are good but HOLY MOLY

[@frieda3269]

2:53 that col legno

[@mbradley5683]

It’s actually not. It’s just kindve throwing the bow so it sounds like pizz, but the hair still hits the string. It actually sounds more like pizz the col legno for some reason

[@giebelinski]

@Kurasso you and I both know the history of the composition, but at least in the US/Canada/UK, any version or adaptation of this tune will be best known by the current standing of the Monarchy in the UK, and QEII still has the crown, so there's no need to try and correct the uploader.

[@fetusofetuso2122]

Don't know why but this reminds me of Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner

[@1analist]

XD c´mon cheesiest comparison ever ROTFLMFAOL o my god and I love Hendrix, guitar, shredding etc. but man c´mon XD ... can´t catch my breath XD

[@D0g63rt]

Spartaaans! What is your profession!

[@reallyharried]

The work of Jasha and David you're remembering came from much more mature musicians. Please give Leonidas a few more years. He was eighteen at the time of this video.

[@mohiniwalia2322]

For real, 18!!!!!