Wow! At the beginning I thought I was watching and hearing a voice-over. Such effortless display with perfect intonation. Her stage presence is pretty cool too. I am more than impressed.
thanks! but there's so many other pieces that are so much more difficult! it's not only the technical aspect....take mozart, for example. technically, it's not that bad. everyone can play it. but musically, it requires a lot more depth and understanding of the piece.
Wonderful technique! Pity about the recording quality (I don't know what that other person was saying about bad intonation and sound I think it's just the recording). I don't find that actual piece to interesting, seems like a massive etude for position work and riccochet.. though, you executed it wonderfully!
we need to keep in mind these are children. they are very talented and are blessed to have such a special gift for music. we should encourage them. to each his own. bravo and keep up the hard work. these are complex pieces that most adults have trouble playing.
A lot of people are talking about speed, but actually listen to the differences in tone and articulation. Children are incapable of playing with feeling. I've listened both Heifetz's and Perlman's recordings of Bazzini many many times.
well, I think we should stop comparing her to Perlman, I mean he´s older than her. she´s still learning and has a brilliant life ahead! I truly enjoyed this and the fact that she puts so much emotion in her playing, she truly enjoys it!
PERLMAN CAN ONLY PLAY THIS WORK-RIGHT- FROM BAZZINI It is one of the hardest playable violin work ever written - Bazzini was the most famous student of Paganini . Maybe he stood higher than his teacher.
That's incredible!! I play the violin myself, so I know how much practice and technic you nedd to play such a thing. Congratulation dear, you are a great musician!!
She seems more confident and relax at 10 than Permlann did at that age. Lovely no matter what. Totally phenomenal perforamance, 'tis true. Merry Christmas!
LOL, I love stereotypes (I'm Chinese by heritage). Seriously, though, this is a very impressive technical performance. My RU-vid videos focus on advanced violin techniques, and I've also stuck my neck out and asked for constructive criticism regarding my own playing. Stop by if you'd like- and thanks uni323 for posting this video, it was very enjoyable.
@billprokofiev ...Unless their "dumb friends" can play like this, speak a foreign language, are good at math, etc....I agree with everything you said but don't think anyone is "dumb." Each person has something special they can offer to society...It just takes some longer to figure out exactly what they can offer for the good of others. I barely graduated from high school but wound up with advanced degrees, the ability to read, write and speak a different language and have given back.
@billprokofiev haha! playing with dumb friends..:) you are absolutely right. But playing with dumb friends automatically means physical activity... and this is extremly important. When I was a child, me and some others dumbheads destroyed and disturbed the whole neighbourhood with self-made bombs and waterrockets and stuff like that, thats what i call physical acivity. I have now started violin in an age, where I have a clearer mind and view. I wish I started 8 years earlier, but thats the way
Yes. Asian parents are very strict to their kids and that is why the kids are so good like that. Younger kids can learn musical instruments really well and they can master it just as fast. Kids have better hearing too and they can pick up high and low frequency, as adults tend to loose their ability to hear to frequency ranges.
what I meant by Korean is the originality.a teacher influences mostly on the technic and musicality is something that is already inside you and if you don't have that,even a great teacher can not thoroughly develope it for you but the technic can be always developed by working hard and having a good teacher.
A question rarely asked... Why is it that parents can afford the lessons and instruments to support their young children's incredible talent... but then can never seems to afford a decent video camera ~_~ common parents out there... think about the viewers T_T
Just imagine the progress that this ten-year-old must have made during the past six years! But the best part of this performance is the promise, based on her ease of body movement and relaxation. Her teacher deserves a prize. And Mindy deserves a better violin.
well, I really don't want to sound disrespectful to Chinese friends but so far whoever I have seen has applied to the comment I made earlier and I am saying this because I have been around both of them for quite a few years.even my best friends happened to be Koreans.
do you play the violin? because if you do, you should know that if you press hard while shifting extremely fast, your fingers feel like their burning..... do that as practice for a long time and see what happens.....
Phenominal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was perfect. Her pitch and technique was out of this world! I don't even play Violin, but I have an ear for music and a perfect pitch, and this was beautiful!
true! i'm really flattered....i mean, PERLMAN. i had the privilege of attending his summer camp. he's so easy-going, you'd never think he was one of the gods of classical violinists.
What you mean is skilled and more skilled. There's no such thing as natural or unnatural, unless there are robots out there that are programmed to play the violin.
Perlman sinks his bown into the strings to get the tone that he's stylistically famous for. Heifetz on the other hand plays light and airy in a style that only he can pull off to sound etheric instead of sharp and thin. Even though Heifetz really rushes the tempo, the actual verses don't sound rushed. This girl may stay in perfect tempo the entire piece, but her verses still sound rushed, like she's just trying to finish the song and play the notes instead of forming and shaping the song.
lol she's definately not perlman. perlman makes everything so effortless, thats his signature style. her playing, you can sense distress, especially with her bow strokes and her posture. even when perlman was 13, he was still effortless. if perlman made a mistake, it would seem as if it was intentional because of how effortless he is. she has a long way to go to be perlman. but besides the point of perlman, she's terribly, horribly, good. i'm beyond jealous at her talent (really, thats insane)
I'm sorry, but look at Perlman at age 13 and compare her at this age. Then look at Perlman today playing this. He's CLEARLY having fun today, not so much at 13. Look at her, she's closer to Perlman as an adult. And her confidence exceeds his as a child, but she's not having as much fun as Perlman today. Look at his attitude and compare with hers. She compares very favorably and when she reaches Perlman's age just think of how great she'll be assuming no arthritis sets in.
Wow! You are a WONDERFUL violinist! You show marvelous bow control, and great tone quality! I enjoyed listening and watching this video very much. Don't let your talent be wasted... in other words, use your talent, your gift from God. He obviously knew what he was doing when he gave you this stupendous talent. I am also a violinist, but I have yet to conquer such bow control. Keep up the beautiful work, and thank you for popsting something that's NOT a waste of my time.
Big talent and passion or a combination of this with marginally tolerated oppression for the soul of a child? I don't know... Just hope she turns out to be a good human when she grows up, and not a terribly repressed person. Because learning the violin from 3 years old it's not something you choose its your godamn parents' desire.
@Rexicano Why are you saying this? are you a Musician? You are calling this piece a sort of baloney because You never had the technique to play? by saying that you are calling, Perlman, Heifetz, Milstein and among other great violinist stupid, because they lost the time to learn, perform and record...Grow up " Musically if you can " man...
i Really would like to hear the opinion of those 63 ppl that dislike this...whats their argument....this is amazing.most people that dislike thinks that the kid should have Childhood, but i really think that practicing any instrument is a remarkable childhood..Better than watch stupid things in the TV or Playing with dumb friends...
I used to be a frustrated violinist, but since enterring college, I haven't done much with my violin. When I get the chance I plan on picking it back up and finishing the Mendelssohn I had been working on. Perlman though has always been a personal role model and hero of mine since I was a child, so it seems blasphemous to say that a 10 year old girl is better than him.
Nobody seems to be giving credit to the folks who play the piano accompaniments. Imagine getting to be as old as this guy & never having anyone applaud you. All the applause & all the praise are directed at the little kids he is helping. THANK YOU OLD GUY, FOR HELPING THEM! Dave E (Long Island, NY--age 70)
Out of this world brilliant. This skill in such an early age can only come if powered from inside. She had the focus and the drive and the parents did not stand in her way. We know nothing of her childhood. It may have been as happy or unhappy as anyone elses. But with her she has taken an unbelievable skill which will open doors for her, whereever she goes.
You should be able to play without a shoulder rest. They often cause more problems then they solve. Find a teacher who knows how to play without a shoulder rest. The violin rests on the collar bone and is partly supported by the left hand. This is the way it was done for hundreds of years before some fool invented the shoulder rest.
haha yeah there's no comparison with her to perlman...yes it was kind of awkward, and yes her poise was bad, and there were some strange notes that she needs to fix up...BUT great credit goes to her for being able to play this at all. :D it's quite an accomplishment, i would say.
You don't know Mindy. She loves Violin since she was very young, and so she started to play it and enjoy it everyday. She was raised in SF, USA. No one can force her do things. She loves to play and practice. She's a bright wonderful happy girl! Go Mindy! We all miss you.
If you hold the violin properley ie, resting on the collar bone...not the shoulder, you will find that you may not need a shoulder rest. People were playing violins for hundreds of years without a shoulder rest.The problem is that not many teachers now know how to play without one.
@93thrasher Thats the worse part, i did have many friends while i was growing up and watched stupid things in the TV, maybe if my parents instructed me the same way Im instructing my kids, I would be happier and more sucessfull in life...
I hate to see kids performing this kind of stunts - unless someone tells me that the kid enjoyed the practices that it took to get this good. Did the kid sacrifice her childhood life under the influences from the parents and violin teachers?
all songs require emotional depth and phrasing mozart has many amazing pieces, but by the standard set by later composers, it's probably intermediate at hardest sarasate was always my favourite, lots of emotion and lots of technical precision required
As a 12 year old I feel like killing myself. How long must u play to learn this song ? I have played for 3.5 years and performed lalo symphonie espagnole. How much more to the Mendelssohn, tchaikovsky, and bazzini. Please tell me!
she is very good. i would be so proud to call her my student if i were her teacher. at least she looks like she might be around 10 years old. others claim to be child virtuosos but they never seem to quite look the age they claim to be
though to add to this... I'm not sure how I feel about a ten year old studying at a Conservatorium, what about everyday maths and english/whatever langauge etc etc? I don't get how a young girl would be expected to write huge theses
I still don't understand this natural/not so natural way of playing!!! Surely it should be about interpretation and how it sounds regardless of how it looks. That's how I've always understood music... Maybe I have misunderstood you spdlight7
@amrosik But there is so many ways u can do some physical activity then disturb the neighborhood, lol... I did stufff like that when i was a child too... i would change if i had the mind i have now but thats the way...
Hahahhahaha, I almost died of laughter after reading your post!! I am seventeen and I completely understand what you mean. I'm in my school's orchestra and sometimes we watch videos like these and weep together. haha XD
Such confidence and grace. Good grasp of expression and character, and especially rubato. Lovely sweet tone. Mindy, you are becoming quite the mature artist already and I am excited to see where you will go from here.
great job.. there's not much harder than this song. in my opinion this song is probably in the top tier of difficulty after you do this song it's just building your repetoire for performances
dude i am 10 and went to play in a concert in italy where only 280 kids from around the world were allowed to go and im telling u that girl can kick my ass at the violin p.s i also play the violin
Dogsledfan : You comments are NOT so encouraging for her...I guess her performance is so GOOD for her age and ability. How did you play when you were 10? any video of yours at that age we'd like to see?
My apologies that my text was taken the wrong way. I was replying to ninjaleaf below and what I should have said was " with the right chinrest you MAY find that you can do without a shoulder rest ".
Nt onli practise make perfect tat she could play bazzini -dance of the goblins, maybe she practise 5-7 hrs? and aso need some talent in it in order to play the perfection of the dance of gobilns:P
Woww!! Not only is this amazing for a girl this age.. but this is one of the best recordings of this peice i've heard (taking into account how much the video must have distorted the sound)
cool... but Perlman plays more joy full with more piece... However she keeps moving which in some way or another effected the intonation of some notes!! BUT for her age its sooo great!!
That was so wrong on his part. PS: That pianist's name happens to be Miles Graber. The way he acts, name is more like Miles Grabber or Miles Grabher! ...What an old pervert!
Um... the title says it's Bazzini :) But it really is very well-done. It's easy to see kids exploited for their talent, but this one seems to be enjoying the act of playing! Well done.
Sorry people, my comments about playing without a shoulder rest were not directed at Mindy. Another user below asked about what it is and whether is it necessary. I was replying to him.
That might be slightly true if you compare Korean Korean to Chinese Chinese, but this girl is American :) (On the other hand her Chinese teacher might influence her musicality)
I like this one better than lots of other professional recordings, just because of the energy i'm getting from this girl. All the adults play it like tired fat slobs. HA!
I cannot comprehend what must go on in the brain and body to make those glorious sounds on the most difficult instrument there is - and by a 10 year old no less! My. God.
lool, sounds like a Tom and Jerry chase scene ahah, buut, she is really goood! I wish i can play the violin. :( peeerfeeecct (L) good job, she will go far in life. (=
Whoa so good.i started violin at onli 10 man. Nw i'm 13 years old and juz starting to play sZigeunerweisen, Pablo Sarasate ..haiZ .. so young can play tis song ...
I've enjoyed all her clips so far. Secure technique aside, she has a natural musical pulse. uni33 you should tell people her name in case she becomes famous in the future!
In order to be better than Perlman, you'd have to be a robotic clone of Perlman. No I don't think this girl or anyone else can hope to match him in any regard.
it isnt horrible, keeping the violin up creates a more open sound. ...and yet she may possibly play better than most 10 year-olds, not to mention 10 and up. >:[
Iw ould say that she played this piece rather effortlessly, considering she is only 10 or something! I'm sure it'll sort itself out by the time she is a teenager.
you cant deny shes wonderful at playing but as well as her there are amazing violinst just like her erm on youtube but dont get me wrong shes good!!! ^^
