young Leonidas Kavakos plays No5 by Paganini

Devil's playing...
Best violinist worldwide.

[@WomanSlayer69420]

the amount of notes per second he plays is higher than the amount of pixels in this video.

[@justapersonontheinternet1515]

八雲紫 xD

[@omamajohnpaul4215]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@esauponce9759]

Lol

[@aureliaelisseou9519]

welcome to Greece my friend

[@spookmeister4528]

15

[@scarm3254]

"We're running late we have to close the venue in 2 minutes" Kavakos: "Hold my Beer"

[@epicbunnygamer6851]

No hold my rosin

[@kokolexx]

Hold my violin case

[@marcossidoruk8033]

More like: "hold my satanic idol"

[@Emma-ob5oj]

“Hold my rosin” 😉😌

[@agpaok0704]

Hold my tsipouro

[@louisdhoore]

I think that this should be the 'speed test' piece instead of Flight of the Bumblebee.

[@sashingopaul3111]

or The Four Seasons: Summer 3rd Movement

[@Musicrafter12]

He's only at 13.3 notes per second

[@glanknightfalcon4246]

Agreed.

[@stefanox8908]

The problem is that not everyone can play that, the flight of the bumblebee is infinitly easier

[@oskarskowron4437]

and the flight of the bumblebee can be played on every instrument

[@sneddypie]

Kavakos takes 105 seconds to play this. Paganini Caprice 5 has 1,588 notes. 1588/105= 15.1238095238. He played 15.12 notes per second. *interesting*

[@TheRealKarma1]

Reminds me of some fraud on bbc

[@zedflores2945]

The Classical Nerd Of Classical his peak amount of notes per second without the pauses in between stuff is probably like 9 million notes a millisecond

[@Th3R1K0RiKy]

Hmm... twosetviolin where are you

[@zedflores2945]

Copilul Richardo probably 95 percent of the people here lmao

[@camilamarquezmatte162]

If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly

[@useraofdaoifvaefafvaevf5486]

this guy is probably good at brushing his teeth

[@studentphucanhdoan8071]

XDD

[@sidrode]

Hahahahahah made my day :')

[@kevvychase9185]

This is one of the best KZbin comments I’ve ever seen xD thank you

[@jeanparke9373]

I'm pretty sure he is good with another activity involving his right hand...

[@explosivo1980]

I am awarding you a gold star!

[@srk7613]

Obviously faster than "The Fastest Violinist" shown on BBC

[@exception05]

More important that it's actually played. "The Fastest Violinist" just scratches fast with no hand sync, no tone, no pitch, out of rhythm, out of intonation.

[@kassimhawary7222]

Interesting

[@stefanox8908]

In music you don't have ti play fast, you have to play well, expressively and with passion Otherwise you seem only an idiot that thinks: faster is better, even if the notes are completely wrong

[@noblespeer5929]

Hes one sacreligious boi

[@das-panzer-maus]

SR K prob 15 notes a second

[@O5680]

And he plays it with accuracy! Paganini has finally been done justice.

[@asassymusician6534]

I would say yes but it is not original bowing however. Paganini would have played fast in original bowing. Probably slower than this but definitely quickly and with proper bowing more difficult.

[@asassymusician6534]

If it was written on the page of the music sheet, I would say that it was the proper bowing to use. The point of the caprices is like an etude; it is used as a practice of technique so I would say there was a proper bowing.

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

@@asassymusician6534 The thing is, that 3-1 ricochet bowing has been changed to 2-2 in most editions - the editors scratched Paganini's original bowing.

[@notgeymer4592]

Hey im your 800th like

[@georgedimakis9580]

Put it in 2x speed thats how ling ling plays it

[@luismarioXD]

Maybe this is the closest we are gonna get to hearing a live performance of Paganini himself.

[@icycloud6823]

@Ali Abbas I mean, they could've played at just as fast a speed. But probably not as well articulated and accurately as Leonidas Kavakos played it. Speed isn't everything, this is music, it's meant to sound good lol.

[@sigma3244]

Paganini would’ve played it with original bowing so no :(

[@jaguarcesar]

I'M AGREE.

[@TheGuyCalledX]

Nah not even original bowing

[@SLR01274]

Everyone just assumes Paganini was the greatest ever. I seriously doubt he was even close to todays top violinists. Standards and techniques were way lower back then, and often these great virtuosos would write music that even they couldn't play (Ernst is famous for this in particular).

[@AmadoDom]

shit audio and sound perfect every single note, just can't imagine how well it should be listening this live

[@llecture]

There is no depth to the audio and there is a lot of static, I only wish I could experience this live

[@nocontentacc]

I would probably cry tbh

[@mrstickinthemud41]

I was there. It was an elating and simultaneously humiliating experience... One felt pleasantly dizzy after a while...

[@moonlitplanet904]

He's playing inhumanely fast. And to think that to Kavakos' ears, he still sounded slow in this performance. Mindblowing.

[@dcv_22]

-Bae: hey leo wanna come home watch a movie? -Kavakos: I have to record my paganini 5 before coming -Bae: I'm home alone -Kavakos: ........

[@danielguo6496]

I read that as in Ben from Ben lee lmao

[@dennisantony581]

I understood LOL

[@yourlocalmculover6664]

@@danielguo6496 lol same

[@TGMGame]

the dots are his perfect staccatos at speed

[@Karno333]

Lmaooo

[@pbuk1]

Maybe if I practice 20 hours per day for 20 years, I can become so good at violin that when I play, I too, will become pixelated.

[@MrPoutsesMple]

+pbuk1 20h/day practice sounds too much. You'll most likely reach burnout before you become an expert. Good food and sleep are important if you want to be a master in anything, imho.

[@jiafeiskinnyproducts]

pbuk1 Probably have a better chance of being reborn as Paganini

[@infuturum]

Funniest comment

[@asian2700]

You need to practice 40 hours like ling ling

[@TimTranGuitar]

you mean 40 hrs a day

[@Slicklickz]

This entire video is only 1:56 long,which would be an incredible accomplishment to play the entire 5th.Then he doesn't even play the first note until 8 seconds in!Then he finishes at 1:53!!That's the entire 5th Caprice,played perfectly,in 1:45!!!This is the absolute zenith of humanly possible technical virtuosity.Either that,or Leonidas Kavakos is not human.

[@Slicklickz]

***** How fast was it played on that recording?That was on vinyl correct?

[@TimeStrider]

Just curious, did Ricci use ricochet in that recording?

[@leonpetrich5864]

No, its not the original bowing, 3 down 1 up, he plays back and forth. But still, incredible technique!

[@konstantinmulki]

Watch the video at 0.75 and it sounds normally

[@konstantinmulki]

You should know that the video was just edited to 1.25

[@intonation4438]

Did you guys know two set asked him if it was hard playing that fast? Kavakos said, "It felt slow, my teacher told me to play slow so the audience can hear the notes"

[@LingLing-gp3yu]

You're right, this is very slow and something I play before my warm up as a warm up warm up

[@prestonang8216]

holy shit ling ling has graced us with their presence, please bestow upon us practice

[@LingLing-gp3yu]

@@prestonang8216 practice

[@lindsaymonteer3862]

The almighty Ling Ling your hard work and practice schedule made you as good as you are now and many could never hold a candle to your practice hours or skill.

[@georgesotiriou7051]

His father told him that

[@nicoerr]

so, this is what Perlman was speaking when he said he knew he played every note.

[@lucasfranke3326]

nicoerr LOL

[@henrykszeryng5900]

I love Christopher nupens films!

[@ourania749]

I met Kavakos about a month ago at Veroia,Greece.A transcendental performance,really. The Athens State Orchestra played along with him.They played Mozart and Beethoven,it was divine.He was playing and conducting the orchestra at the same time.His sound was so clear,my god.After a two hour performance he kindly accepted to talk to me and my friends(with us going to the only music school the town has) and answered all of our questions.He was so calm and kind.God bless his heart.Can't wait to see him again.

[@asmodeus4958]

Χαιρετίσματα απτο μουσικό της Βέροιας

[@Xandliear]

Just saw his performance in Minneapolis... absolutely know what you mean! He preformed Bach first on violin and then conducted Brahms after intermission. Just beyond this world! Certianly divine! Not to mention, it was my first time seeing an orchestra in person. I am absolutely going to many more! I didn't get to meet him, but it was still such a pleasure to see him in his element! Would certainly recommend 👌

[@Nellielle007]

And I'm going to his performance tonight! Can't wait!

[@user-dh1yc4hj5g]

Μαλιστα

[@victorpersaud24]

Even though this is old as hell, if you play it back at half or three-fourths a speed you can hear EACH note being accentuated. This is mastery of speed, not some insect race.

[@my_family_journal]

Flight of the wannabees: crying in the corner

[@malgorzatakobus9243]

Genialnie

[@WolfieboyMachi]

@@my_family_journal lmfao!

[@suibian927]

Loll who’s here after the new two set video to hear this in it’s full glory

[@adrianh.6022]

Knew it before but always good to get reminded of the gold-standart

[@t0237624]

Me

[@ppolydoropoulos]

He does not just play the violin. He flies with it.

[@ppolydoropoulos]

And he does it gracefully with ease.

[@rjyoon562]

flight of the violinist

[@alonelytuba]

he is one with the violin

[@ecstasy-8957]

@@alonelytuba No, He’s the violin itself

[@user-74652]

The nice thing is that Kavakos never felt the need to approach Guinness World Records considering that this is 15 notes per second except both accurate and musical. It shows that he does not care about such petty things.

[@iaf4454]

Kavakos is a true violinist and a trained musician. He doesnt have time for the "guiness record" which is a waste of time.

[@saboo_tage]

This is the man Paganini sold his soul to

[@microblitz7635]

This guy: Yes Interviewer: Are you faster than time itself

[@jorimsim]

David Garret should apologise for 'breaking the world record'. Leonidas here had already did like 20 years before him

[@flicfan416]

Anyone who knows anything about violin knows that Kavakos buries Garrett so I doubt Leonidas even cares.

[@MrKongchaw]

flicfan416 what's shameful is that most people know nothing but shit lol, which is why David garret ever exists.

[@leoalex2001]

David Garret should fucking stop insulting classical music

[@Soor101]

At least he's not Ben Lee lol

[@Thvll]

Soor Vora that’s what I was gonna say Ben lee doesn’t even play a real violin

[@intervalkid]

180 bpm! Faster than the 160bpm notated, and much faster than the 133bpm commonly played. Smooth chromatics also. Excellente!

[@Musicrafter12]

More like 200

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

He's actually faster than that (consider beginning and end being theorically at libitum). Around 0:48 he hits the top speed of 214 bpm while averagely he is around 210 I think

[@bryanlin8333]

The problem is that he doesn't use the bowing that is actually written on the page, making it much easier to play fast.

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

Do you even know how to play the violin? The original bowing is much easier to play fast

[@somekindofdude1130]

It’s 160 not 180 I know it on guitar (on 150 because I’m too bored to practice it as much as I should but I use it for my warmup and showoff 😂)

[@ayblablabla]

The fact that before this performance his father said him to play it slower otherwise no one could heard the notes is amazing.

[@Jay-S04]

1:44 I shuddered when he played that top note perfectly going literally half the speed of light

[@d347b2]

when you have a concert at 8pm and your favorite movie starts at 8.02pm.

[@victorfb01]

It's all in the mustache.

[@omarsinatra2750]

hi, this comment is 9 years old lol

[@flowey1]

This masterpiece FINALLY reached 1 million views. Defenitely deserves more.

[@haoweishi1340]

Sacrilegious boi should take notes

[@NaoshikuuAnimations]

Haha. Notes.

[@kokolexx]

*Should play notes

[@octave11thpianist58]

He should make a liszt

[@m.s7408]

and practice 40 hours a day

[@bhonemyatpaingsoe7868]

Imagine paganini was alive he would be so proud Paganini:My student, well done Kavakos:Thank you

[@LoveIncest]

Truer words have never been written!!!

[@chiragyaduwanshi7035]

I tried listening at 0.5x and it's so in tune

[@freemanmoser2829]

It's amazing how even at this speed, you can distinctly hear each note articulated.

[@ricardom2123]

Twoset present ;)

[@rambowderpzd3567]

Same

[@divyap4357]

Yo

[@b0ba_bob]

Henlo 🙃

[@Adambenhmida0000]

Sup

[@nishantbhaskar7685]

Hi

[@beeflumps]

His strings must be red hot afterwards

[@beacurnearecurvata188]

It's OK. He's satan.

[@ilililiililiil3006]

Play in 0.5 speed. We can check that the pitch is so accurate. He is literally the fastest violinist.

[@outisnemo8763]

Good thing we can hear ALL THE NOTES.

[@adipa126]

His playing was so good they had to nerf him with the video quality.

[@mihalydeaksarolta2216]

,, If you can play it slowly, u can play it quickly "

[@iaf4454]

Hahaha😂 sure haha

[@irmasil3]

Actually from 0:27 to 1:35 he plays 16th notes for 76 measures if I calculated correctly (and haven't missed a repetitive measure in there somewhere)...Which means 76 x16=1216 notes in 62 seconds, which makes for an AMAZING 19.61 notes per second....Il CANNONE!!!!!

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

It's actually 68 seconds

[@gab_v250]

​@@dehanbadenhorst1398still, it makes an impressive 17,88 notes per second average in this section.

[@ermi9236]

Im greek and my violin teacher is friends with leonidas, and i once spoke with him on the phone

[@ermi9236]

@@xendatro no but my best friend has!

[@kareraisu7327]

i wish i could T^T

[@justinecharlestarre1403]

You just spoke with one of the greatest violinists ever... How does it feel?

[@saidhbhinhardiman5780]

Uwu

[@abrakadaniel5908]

David Garrett went to my school here in Germany :)

[@Gtrplayer77]

Incredibly fast and clean - the chromatics sound like liquid running down a pipe. The apex of stringed instrument playing, right here.

[@aforestgrove]

I keep coming back to watch this over and over again. And it never ceases to amaze me how insane this playing is.

[@atulphadke8795]

leonidas ≥ 15 notes a second?

[@somekindofdude1130]

Atul Phadke 160 bpms triplets of sixteenths

[@prototypeinheritance515]

@@somekindofdude1130 no, just simple sixteenths

[@kushgroover54]

It's way more than 160

[@kushgroover54]

Sixteenths at 225 is fifteen notes a second and he definitely exceeds that.

[@sneddypie]

To be precise he did 15.12 notes a second

[@kalatvra]

He was NOT human in that age. Now in his 53 he is is human again. One of the all time best violinists in all over the world.!

[@benfreedman7901]

Play it at 0.75 speed and that’s how fast it’s supposed to be lol

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

Shit it's actually accurate

[@phillip6933]

I played it 2x speed...

[@raoultak]

This is nuts :-) Even Heifetz would be jealous.

[@whoathere69]

many players often take the musicality out of the music when they play it fast but what kavakos has done here is truly amazing each note still retained its meaning and depth despite the fast tempo

[@flowey1]

Putting this on 2x speed sounds like what the average bbc fraud would sound like trying to beat kavakos' playing

[@margielooney9915]

No words. This is brain-blowing perfection.

[@azor8435]

I hope he will win a Grammy someday. He deserve it!

[@giorgosboultadakis4592]

@@irenemac4187 Well said

[@stanimirgeorgiev3452]

Grammy is a human award, you know!

[@cornel999]

this guy's a monster! on his CD recording, he plays the middle section with the original 3+1 bowing, not quite as fast as here, but still much cleaner than anyone else who plays it with that bowing. either way, he's almost unhuman.

[@HyrumCooper]

Lol I had to check my playback speed to make sure I wasn't on 2x

[@LoveIncest]

😂😂😂

[@IsabellaGentile]

Apparently, other than being so good at playing the violin, he's the best at showing his _quality_ in the performance.

[@Natalie-dw9jy]

Beyond incredible... the accuracy! The speed! The musicality!

[@dimensionalidad9859]

His father told him to play this slower because no one would hear the notes, he can play it even faster, what a beast!

[@mattomaticshadowz]

If you put it at 2x speed he’s still more clear than the “World’s Fastest Violinist”.

[@Spencer-vq7se]

The dramatic transition at 00:25 was Paganinis's way of saying. "now entering god mode"

[@bountyhanz]

Absolutely awed by this extraodinary and phenomenal performance. Excellent.!

[@direfox5535]

GUYS CALL BBC

[@dimidoul8166]

His father told him before the concert to play slow so the audience would be able to hear the notes. So he did. True story!

[@foivos5169]

FOR ME THE BEST ONE VIOLINIST,,TODAY ....

[@reachblowsdick7222]

Where are his 300 violinist?

[@graham7276]

He played sacrilegiously more than 15 notes per second. He must be practising more than 40h a day. Ling Ling must be proud. #LingLing #Twosetviolin #sacrilegious

[@artemlyubchenko3022]

He's not sacrilegious.

[@b0ba_bob]

Yay! Henlo fellow ling ling wannabe 😅

[@Zimzamzoom95]

how is he sacrilegious tf

[@outgoingblur]

You blasphemy he is not sacrilegious

[@jackycal]

The fact that this is just under two minutes, and another fast recording is just under 3, is quite significant i think

[@claus93Sethsen]

Those descending arpeggios sound so voilent! i love it!

[@nametry3]

He got the double speed Ling Ling workout with this piece and nailed it

[@theaternerds2722]

Kavakos: I’m a classical violinist Me: Me too! What can you play? *plays this* Me: Holy **** I am not a real violinist.....

[@Aaaa-fr8sj]

When you realize « he was just playing slowly »

[@manuelschlotterflosse1459]

And if you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly.

[@mihordeadana2368]

Stunning. How can such sheer perfection even exist.

[@hex9176]

This dudes skill and violin is running at Pagani speed

[@patriciaplouffe9239]

Who's also here after latest Twoset vid? XD

[@ralphM1114]

Basketball announcer: "Last TWOOOOOOO MINUTES!!"

[@iaf4454]

And also a crescendo at the end... he is incredible..

[@seagullpoet]

Outstanding.....it was much fun to see this performed and a rough camera angle.... guy looks very cool too !

[@iusedtobe6837]

It has to be the mostacho

[@isaiahturner8510]

He technically was the worlds fastest violinist before Garret claimed the title 😁

[@ujjwalmishra8962]

The amazing thing is that it sounds beautiful

[@reachblowsdick7222]

8 years later and I'm still in shock at how fast and clean he played it. I wonder how many of his violins caught fire until he mastered it.

[@takeox]

Astonishing ... I love this interpretation as I really can percive all the notes even though its a fast tempo, the groove still is very clear etc. bravissimo.

[@andrewfang3997]

if you can play it fast you can play it faster

[@MrOtis-vj3ds]

If you play it slower, you can play it correctly.

[@jankodera5811]

He surely slowed down to allow our ears to hear music 😊

[@sbcubing5942]

his hands were moving so fast they looked stationary in such a pixelated screen

[@guitarsupport]

Since I heared him the first time, he is my favourite violin virtuoso

[@ellevalerie6521]

now THIS ladies and gentlemen is the fastest and most accurate violinist in the world.... not that guy from the bbc that plays flight of the bumblebee

[@etiennedanieldodge743]

TwoSet introduced me to this guy. Incredible!

[@sigma3244]

i love how you can hear people laughing at the end of beginning arpeggios like « wait. that’s kind of a joke »

[@jbza8762]

If u slow down the playback speed you can still hear the individual notes. Truly a Master 💪

[@saikikusuo6217]

Damnnnn....i badly wanna play violin maybe someday...

[@MrKaihno]

If you play the video at 0.25x then you see how accurately he plays the notes. And not just that it reveals how fast he is actually playing.

[@DisneyJF]

Now I have to go and find out how mere mortals play Paganini Caprice 5.

[@Aimusicianudio]

greece is so lucky to have such a great violinist and musician!

[@CAVAREX]

LING LING

[@awesome4567891]

Just.. Wow

[@nicholasphan2630]

This gives me so much joy

[@operasingerharryhukasian9440]

Bravissimo!!! Grazie !

[@bojaneftimov9463]

Try it on speed 2 it is insane :D

[@babyluckbabyluck9478]

hahahahahah!

[@philipyao5989]

sounds like 8-bit music in some parts

[@furanrabbits]

Omg this is crazy😆😆😂

[@vul3m6dong]

Berry Allen is the fastest man alive. Kavakos: Hold my beer...

[@narykoone8298]

Oh, he is crazy, i love him!!!

[@kuru9157]

i like how his head twitches