Yuja Wang being Yuja Wang for 2 minutes and 41 seconds straight

[@andreilican]

I feel like Yuja is one of the most relatable concert pianists in terms of personality.

[@talhaselimacar5621]

I read only the first part and I was like no, how is that woman relatable

[@yaserthe1]

Cool story bro!

[@Pogouldangeliwitz]

A sewing machine has more personality than this bubbly bland Miss.

[@pineapple7024]

Kissin is also up there

​@@yaserthe1 %%ď%%'

[@ntent1]

i LOVE the way she bows lmao 💀 iconic

[@afreen5058]

I knowww so cuuute!! She’s beautiful and graceful and awesome 😁

[@miloradowicz]

The way she unbows is even funnier. Looks like some back stretching exercise.

[@ericastier1646]

@@miloradowicz Actually i was stunned by her bow, it's physically impossible to stand back up that fast, she has tremendous core back fast muscle.

[@Warryn-qj5pi]

I could just watch her bow.

[@dahmerbundy8704]

She needs a doggy.

[@TheNecrozoid]

She somehow manages to be the most intimidatingly talented people while also seeming like she's most approachable person. We need more people like Yuja in the classical world. Also her fashion sense is completely out of this world! We stan

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Meh. It's classical robot music. Try listening to Keith Jarret. There's your answer.

[@starkeeper]

1:14 "That part is always great when I practice, but when on stage it's always fucking up."; Never have I ever related to something so much in my entire life

[@vkb9013]

Love this bit!! Does anyone know what piece this part is from?

[@paolo6219]

​@@vkb9013 I believe tritsch tratsch polka cziffra

[@stephenjackson5065]

@@vkb9013 it’s the third movement from Rachmaninoff piano sonata No 2 in Bb minor

[@The_Queen425]

@@stephenjackson5065 nope it's the Trisch Trasch.

[@christiankliber]

Well then.....practice better. Think different !

[@mysterium364]

"How would you like to die?" "By playing hammerklavier." Classy answer.

[@keithwilson6060]

I liked her other answer on another occasion, “quickly.”

[@Altroante]

As a female pianist, she is total goals. I love how humble and funny she is 💜

[@mrgrinch8540]

why not upload piano vids

[@Altroante]

@@mrgrinch8540 what

[@mrgrinch8540]

@@Altroante are you even a good female pianist

[@mckavitt13]

So male pianists aren’t? Confused.

[@mrgrinch8540]

@@mckavitt13 It does seem like she is saying that. But they just hyping up their genders for the fun of it. Nothing to do with men

[@jashepoon]

I witnessed her live in Berlin the 17th of May, it was incredible :D She played Beethoven, Schönberg, Ligeti, Scriabin, Albéniz, Kapustin, and almost a DOZEN encore pieces, each one separated by a lot of (standing) applause and Yuja bows of course :D

[@Turboy65]

I love how she bows. It's like suddenly her back just breaks at the hip. BAM.

[@ericastier1646]

going down that fast is possible, but how she gets back up straight that fast, try it, not only it's not easy but it tells something about her piano athleticism.

[@rotunda57]

I'm always afraid she'll bonk her head on the keyboard.

[@artuudituu]

1:45 min ….😂

[@nerilcatte0931]

Yuja is so powerful and adorable at the same time

[@amarug]

Thats a really interesting comment. Reminds me of an old friend of mine, she has a PhD in chemical engineering AND medicine, and is a professor of cardiology now. When you meet her, she has the exact same energy... really kind of "chill seems not even ambitious" and adorable personality with zero ego and at the same time she is so OP it's unreal 😂 But everyone loves her because her energy is just pure positivity and friendliness, despite having a mind sharper than a Katana by Hattori Hanzo 😅

[@Lewej1]

I didn't know content like this existed. Classical music-related memes, I mean. WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE? Subbing right away because I live for this shit ❤

[@PiergiorgioWilson]

I need more people like you here. I'm glad you found this video! And thank you for subbing :)

[@PianoMan333]

We need more classical music memes!

[@PiergiorgioWilson]

@@PianoMan333 It's actually you 🥲

[@River-ov4ni]

you should watch Two-set violin lol. Tons of memes

[@pinklemonade6597]

RIGHT

[@mattmcdermottmusic]

Her reaction when she tries the play the violin is very relatable.

[@teamTERF]

What's with the word "relatable" in the hr comment section? 🤣🤣🤣

[@seersha2937]

I really enjoyed her violin performance. I learned quite a bit. I may be able to play that as well.

[@imacomplexity]

And then she did the ENTIRE Rachmaninov concerto set (1-4) + rhapsody run-through. What an absolute feat to take on.

[@rooron3152]

She's a beautiful person ❤️ I witnessed her when she came to Peru 🇵🇪, my country, to give an amazing piano concert. She is indeed very talented and one of my favorite pianists

[@cowslinger64]

I only learned of her recently, and I am utterly fascinated with her skills. The speed and accuracy, are absolutely mind blowing. Gawd...

[@j.p.1492]

0:11 I was at that concert lol, that section was hilarious

[@AleejoP]

Who's the other pianist?

[@j.p.1492]

@@AleejoP Tarmo Peltokoski, the conductor

[@lloydaran]

What's with the way she bows?! She looks like she could snap her neck HAHAHAHA

[@dsrtsnw]

i feel like she consciously tries to be as laid back and confident as she can so that it will reflect in her playing. like, if you force yourself to smile, your brain will be tricked to give the happy hormones (:D). so i see the bowing as relaxing before and after such intense focusing. it also just looks very graceful and dancer-esque, i admire her unapologetic attitude so much as a hunchbacked mouse

[@s.c.1494]

When asked about the way she bows Yuja said the deep bow is to show her appreciation for the audience who comes to see her craft. I might add it's also a culturally Asian thing in that a deeper bow is a common expression to show respect and gratitude.

[@Sijilos]

@@s.c.1494 and also to show her appreciation to the orchestra in the back... of course

[@anikabhatnagar4626]

@@Sijilos …ew what the fuck dude

[@alexsun3214]

@@s.c.1494 Yes, but what about her neck tho. It's like lagging and comes down half a sec slower.

[@iamtuben2]

I JUST LOVE THIS WOMAN !!!!! HOW could you NOT?

[@larryyager9090]

Yuja Wang is the BOMB!! I love this video showing more of her personality. Any pianist could only aspire to play as well and emotionally as she does.

[@brianruskin9241]

In a world full of pain and fear and all kinds of troubles - I am so delighted that we have this wonderful talented gorgeous lady.

[@cheapacreeps5677]

0:40 Subtitles going wild

[@shaomoran8332]

ah yes, my favorite virtuoso pianist, Your German Penis

[@eren7625]

Oh-

[@alexandraramos8719]

no 😭

[@T-J-S]

German pingas

[@joshtheviolinist]

Wth lol😂

[@GeraldWilhelmBradenComposer]

When Piergiorgio is listening to Yuja playing at 11 years old at the end, and leaves the room in disgust (obviously feeling unworthy), that was so funny! Though in reality, this is pretty much how so many of us pianists feel. I thank God every day that I am at the very least a decent composer....Ha! ... Peace! 🎼❤☮

[@parsafarjammusic28]

0:20 is just GOLD

[@d1lan66]

what piece is she playing?

[@mundacaa]

@@d1lan66 pmo

[@00bean00]

@@d1lan66 opus 64 number 2 I believe

[@LaurentPingaultLyon]

1000 thanks for this marvelous patchwork of funny, tender and brilliant moments of a so special artist we can't help to adore

[@user-uq5dt8el8e]

유자왕 언니 진짜 귀여우신것같음.. 개인적으로 너무 좋아하는 연주자!

[@jojo_rod]

I really like these, keep them going 😂

[@HeronCoyote1234]

Ms. Wang is absolutely delightful, not to mention scary talented!

[@loellamarre6821]

Great compilation of one the premier classical artists of modern times! The world needs more of her talent, along with a great sense of humor and personality without the pretense...It's fun, and healthy.

[@Mytreya-maan6]

0:22 The langlang setting part cracked me up hahahaha😂 so accurate

[@ericastier1646]

I didn't get the joke, was she mimicking Langlang's playing style or .. ?

[@late8641]

The guy in the second clip is Tarmo Peltokoski, a Finnish pianist, composer and conductor. I've been in a piano competition with him (he won easily) and I've seen him live twice since that. I can tell you, that guy is a genius. His improvisation skills are unbelievable. He does these encores where he improvises pieces based on popular tunes suggested by the audience. And on top of that, he's also the nicest and funniest guy!

[@yogajedi3337]

He's so genius so he compose music known all around the world.

[@yogajedi3337]

Wait, he's so genius almost no one knows about him while another conductor and violinist Andre Rieu has has a whopping +5 millions subscribers on his channel, lol.

[@Illawong]

@@yogajedi3337 Andre is so well known because he is a master showman rather than being a virtuoso.

[@yogajedi3337]

@@Illawong China mass produces virtuoso in thousands, ok, so who cares. The major thing that made Yuja more famous than the other Chinese virtouso must be her dressing and sexy looks at concerts 🤓

[@yogajedi3337]

@@Illawong So Yuja is not famous because she also is a showman 😀

[@Chopin-Etudes-Cosplay]

2:18 made me lol 🤣

[@eldergeektromeo9868]

what a sense of humor! Yes, she has it all!😄

[@A_m3ss]

2:35 I feel you bro

[@Scriabin_fan]

I wish I had her technique so I could play anything I wanted on piano.

[@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk]

I spit out my mate when she imitated Lang Lang, lol.

[@WizzyMooMoo]

I had the privilege of hearing her at the BBC proms and man, what an icon..

[@harryboggon8718]

Yuja is quite simply A wonderful, beautiful, exceptionally talented Person and I Love Her 💘💘💘

[@dcrazygenius27]

i love her, and her personality.. 💕

[@kuuderepiano2988]

1:50 his face

[@whycantiremainanonymous8091]

Let me propose a follow-up video: "John Cage being John Cage for 4 minutes 33 seconds straight".

[@altoclef6688]

"Unfortunately the video is without sound for copyright reasons"

[@johnwade7430]

The refreshing thing here is ,she’s human. But she works a lot as well - something about 10,000 hrs of practise……:-)

[@disneybudgetinn3752]

Commenter: "She has a way to process new music quicker." YW: "I just upgrade my software" LOL

[@fleecejohnson3298]

I guess I could call myself a piano prodigy, and I can relate to this. I can sight read pieces, and hard ones, incredibly fast. I recognize chord progression, and I have very good technique, and I learn quick as a result of this.

[@LTD-Limited]

oh god! I'm 16 (turned 16 on Monday) and I can only play Chopin's ballade no.1 and Clair de Lune in terms of "big pieces". that last part when she was 11 was just depressing to watch, but still, she is just absolutely amazing!!!!!

[@PiergiorgioWilson]

Chopin's first ballade is no joke! Lots of challenges leading into the coda and of course the coda itself. But you're right, there's no doubt hearing her play like that was at least a little bit depressing hahaha

[@LTD-Limited]

@@PiergiorgioWilson yeah, I taught it to my self without a teacher (I’m not self taught tho 😳) and when I started in November last year, I remember I kept saying to myself I couldn’t do it. I learnt some new things about my hands and their ability XD. Anyway, watching Yuja tho just is a whole different perspective, I mean watching most high end pianists is just jaw dropping.

[@gamergod9377]

@@LTD-Limited if want to find more cool things your hands can do i would def suggest learning chopin’s 17th waltz. it’s so fun and dramatic. there isn’t any significant key changes and the left and basically stays the same the whole time but it sounds so familiar, like i’ve know it my whole life

[@Ivan_1791]

Like if the Chopin ballade wasn't already an incredible achievement. 💀

[@generichuman_]

I've been about half way through the 1st ballade for about 20 years now, so I'd say you're doing doing pretty well for yourself lol

[@sudharmansitaraman8377]

When Kreisler heard Heifetz play, he is said to have remarked, "We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees." Every time I hear Yuja Wang play, I want to fill my piano with water to the brim and drown myself in it. And I'm a violinist. I can't imagine what pianists feel like.

[@slots1407]

It's demonstrated in the very last clip 🙂

[@Chris-ji4iu]

@@slots1407 Reminds me of a comment by Baryshnikov. He said (I'm paraphrasing): "I would come home from a performance where I thought just had the best performance of my life. I would turn on the television and there would be Fred Astaire and I knew I couldn't even compare." Incredible how someone so talented can be so hard on themselves. (I also heard something similar from Ms. Wang.)

[@bitti1975]

Easy one: a pianist also wants to break his piano across his knees.

[@soothingmoments2139]

Ohh if you are a violinist..please KZbin roman Kim and how he plays violin..then play come back and comment how you want to set your violin on fire.

[@strukhoff]

Like dogcrap. Feel like pure dogcrap.

[@musaacuminata5381]

Amazing woman, amazing pianist

[@ЛюдмилаГорячкина-о8к]

Техника игры, феноменальная музыкальная память женская красота Yuja Wang все восхищает и поражает слушателей

[@mitchmatthews6713]

I love this woman!

[@superipermagererata5084]

I love her personality and playing, I just love how her playing has so much intensity on it

[@katherinepettus5132]

love the lang lang setting.

[@ericastier1646]

i love the funny outro and i compassionately agree hahaha.

[@marinadela1361]

Queen

[@dalaibrahim]

last video is a crisis i have with myself every day lmao

[@notaburneraccount]

Same 🥲

[@bondjapan]

I"m in love with this woman.

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

Yeah, I’m totally like the last guy. Yuja makes me feel like a baboon when I sit at the piano.

[@john4385]

....She's a genius .....♥️♥️♥️

[@helenparkpiano2798]

Her genius and astonishing intuitive performance are outstanding.!!!!!!!!!Almost as good as Martha Argerich

[@pietroditomasso4759]

One can either love her or... love her very much!

[@Weeping-Angel]

This video is legendary now.

[@skwalka6372]

She is totally adorable.

[@pyotrtchaikovsky93]

This is great

[@luissalcedo7229]

I'm somewhat an old fashion person at 68 years old and sometimes I'm critical of modern stuff, but Yuja wang is so great at she does that everything has to be forgiven when it comes to her dress code. Her virtuosi is so great that nothing else matters. God Bless her.

[@srellison561]

It's not about your age. You're just old fashioned in your thinking. I'm also 68 and I have no issues with her clothing choices.

[@mrk131324]

I‘m pretty sure Yuja Wang is Yuja Wang 24/7.

[@humber70]

I don't understand anything but I liked the video editing. very good, pd: (traslate google xd)

[@musiciansworld173]

love how even when you take off the headphones her playing still follows us around lmao

[@lmichaelgreenjr]

She posted this to her Instagram!!! That’s crazy

[@kimsim6757]

Funny, no pretentious white accent, swears...confident And talented. ❤❤🎉😊

[@michaelrovner4165]

She is incredible ❤❤❤❤

[@michaelyannette579]

Thank you for reminding everyone that pianists are real f_cking people, too! Love that woman!

[@unclejohnthezef]

yuja's the BEST! Thanks for all the smiles and music!

[@fredericfrancoischopin6280]

0:46 that's SUS

[@AnnaMishel]

She is sooo talented t(at she can be herself, which is precious!

[@patrickwangrui]

At 1:45, she literally jumps off her seat. I tried and everyone said it was cute

[@veryhotpizza]

Saw her in Luxembourg playing some violin/piano sonatas with Leonidas Kavakos today and I came back to this video

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

SO TALENTED, AND CUTE, GREAT LOOKING, ARTICULATE, INTELLIGENT, AND EVERTYTHING ELSE! GIRL YOU HAVE IT ALL....ALSO LOVE YOUR DRESSES AND EVENING WEAR!

[@bencallender5061]

I think every smart person is kinda quirky

[@Myllkka]

So truee, the smartest ones are the most fun

[@derekpintozzi2498]

Much stories await my friend. No more sc or phone for a while

[@bencallender5061]

@@derekpintozzi2498 whoa that's crazy, what did your parents find

[@derekpintozzi2498]

@@bencallender5061 nothing I’m just in trouble. I don’t remember what I said in our last ft call bc I was too drunk. I had two friends and I brought them to my room cuz one got too drunk and threw up. And when I brought them there I was apparently cussing a lot and my parents heard it so yeah. You have no idea how simplified that is.

[@arrianah5080]

DUDEEE I LOVE UR VIDEOS SO MUCH

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

The ending could not be more relatable, and I didn’t even know some devil composer named Franz Liszt existed.

[@roy.3]

Last clip is crazy... THOSE THIRDS??? I had the same reaction

[@maricelavelazquez4871]

"I would love to be a violinist, but um," *Crunch* "oh nooo 😢" Lmao

[@jurrasicpig2426]

she's adorable!

[@2mdallas]

Now THATS funny ! ... love this vid 👍 whoda thunk .. a fun girl, a virtuoso genius and has a great sense of humor.

[@jonnyvanderhorst]

This video made me go and see Yuja play live tonight...

[@Lyra0966]

I'm 57 and over the years I've watched many classical musicians talk about their art as well as perform. Yuja Wang has brought a very refreshing energy as well as sheer brilliance to the classical piano world. And what a delighful personality she possesses. Her detractors are mostly miserable, envious, racists; the remainder are embittered, lesser or failed musicians.

[@elementalchilde]

Wuja You look fabulous with your Violin. Tom Bufford UK

[@afreen5058]

Holy fuck how does she play?? I’m looking at 1:22 and I’m new to piano so this scares me. I love how into it she gets!!

[@klikkyyy2416]

i've been playing for over 10 years those jumps would scare me too

[@thepenultimatebraincell3326]

Me trying to make myself feel better with the fact I could play Nocturne in C# minor by Chopin when I was 14 🥲

[@martinforrester8249]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO YUJA WANG, I miss your content on Utube these past months where are you ??

[@PiergiorgioWilson]

Hey! Should hopefully get a video out over the weekend. My university studies have been eating my time up like crazy. Thanks for being so patient :)

[@carmirobert.cruceru]

This video is so good!!

[@omeryoung3338]

All b/c I love Rachmaninoff, I found you. THANKS!! Keep doing what you're doing!!

[@peacefulway3]

She's incredible.

[@sylvestercoffee7212]

If I could play like a concert pianist I would want to play exactly like she does.

[@bernios3446]

0:15 - LOL, love the other pianist minicking her. And I didn't think classical pianists can be so genuinely funny!

[@SwayzeOnYa12]

I think she would tell us not to quit, not to think of it as competition

[@claudioferilli4938]

Good morning to the most GENIUS of music of all the Universe. I am infinitely humble, for you it's normal ti be special . Thank you so much immensely for your Fantastic ART

[@lord.d1_]

Every musician: **bows regularly** Yuja Wang:

[@mauroberni503]

I love this woman🎉🎉🎉

[@h.e.a311]

she is excellent

[@dallNoki]

Being a fellow Asian I bet her parents are extremely proud of her xD

[@psych320]

They were until she alienated her self from her family. Her mom said in an interview, since she left home at 14, they have drifted apart.

[@martinforrester8249]

psych320 That didn't happen. She was sent to an exclusive music college in the US.

[@paulwarren796]

THIS WAS VERY CUTE , OF BOTH OF THEM .

[@foxxkim]

Awesome praying in SEOUL last Sunday....12 more numbers ......!!!

[@beyondreamtime420]

She have a very fast download speed :)