100-yr-old pianist plays Mazurka by Chopin 

For a person of one hundred year old to play with such accuracy and feeling is a magnificent effort. As an 89 year old retired pianist and music teacher I well know all the problems besetting one in old age. Those who gave thumbs down should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

Chopin's music is some of the most difficult I have ever learned. To watch and listen to this marvelous 100 year old is such a joy! My mom is 98 and can still play Clair de Lune! God bless our elders!

I was 64 when I started learning how to play piano and now I am writing songs and improvising my own romantic melody.

My mother was 98 year old when she could still play Chopin.W elder musicians!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

The pianist is the 103-year old madame Thái Thị Liên (born August 4, 1918), the mother of Dang Thai Son, first prize winner of the 1980 Chopin competition in Warsaw. She graduated from the Prague Conservatory.

This is exactly what social media should be used for...😊👍🏼❤️

That is so inspiring. My husband bought me a piano for Christmas. After watching the Pianist for the twentieth time now I am learning how to play the piano. Chopin is my goal...a few measures at a time. Btw...I'm 58.

I'm a pianist myself and this woman is absolutely amazing.

This is amazing. I am 12 years old and I have been trying to play Chopin but it is so difficult. However, this video was an ecouragement for me. Thank you 😊

I am 60 years old and I just began to learn accordion. I’ve had many difficulties, but I Will not give up.

I am 70 yrs. Started learning Keyboard recently. Age is not a constraint for learning the instrument, if there is a strong willingness to learn. Practicing is the key word.

I am 59 and just started learn piano playing because of Chopin! She gives hope. Thank you, it is wonderful!

Just witnessing the love, appreciation and honor given to her by the audience brought me to tears. Plus she’s a damn good 100 year old pianist!

Just imagine: at that point she had 90 years or more piano experience. This is so beautiful. RIP Madame

I don’t play an instrument, unless you count my voice, this Beautiful Lady is an absolute joy. To be 103 and still playing Piano the way She does, God Bless this Amazing Woman and may She be an Inspiration to Everyone in the World!

As a pianist less than half her age I applaud her on her technique and the fact that is stitched in her brain that she can play such a difficult piece from memory. That is dedication and a love for music to say the least. My hat is off to her to be able to not only remember the notes but to get her hundred year old fingers to play so elegantly!!

Still playing from memory! I'll be happy if I can remember my own name at that age!

Too many people judge Perfection by the technique but as you can see in this beautiful performance it has to do with emotion and soul. I saw Segovia in his 80s & it was wonderful🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵

At 100 yrs she still can play very complex music perfectly and enjoyably: that is something everyone is expected to like.

I finished musical school, but since then did not practice.... 38 years passed.... I must start to play now...

I find this very moving. I wish for myself as a pianist to become 100 years old and still being able to play like this. Her joints are still in excellent shape for a person of 100 years old. It's amazing! And still having the ability to hear anything in the first place....She is really a lovely lucky lady!

She is a national treasure! My friend Rosa Rio died just short of her 108th birthday. She was playing 2 shows a day at the Tampa Theater in Florida. She was sharp as a tack until two days before she passed. God bless this person. True genius never dies.

Музыка уносит ее в далекое,далекое детство,отрочество,в молодость........,и,пока она играет,она молода,красива,сильна.Любит жизнь,любит его......,она счастлива....А Музыка вознаграждает ее ,продлевая ее жизнь.Вот как выглядит СЧАСТЬЕ

Just amazing! The dexterity of her fingers, compared to the rest of the body... hard to imagine anyone still playing so beautifully at this age, or even living to this age... it’s wonderful to see!

Моя подруга преподаватель музыки. Самый маленький её ученик-четырехлетний. А самой старшей ученице - 86 лет! Браво, мадам Сафар

Bravo. And all her friends have passed, save for one... Chopin.

She's Blessed just to live to be 100 years old.

I just started taking piano lessons at 74, I thought I was going to play on my mother's piano which I inherited but at it's first tuning was told the bass bridge had collapsed and it was not fixable so my husband bought me a baby grand on which to learn, as his last gift to me shortly before he passed away. I have a wonderful encouraging young woman who is very patient with me. I am finding that at times my fingers do not cooperate with my wishes but I would hope to be able to continue to 100 as this amazing lady has done. Things do change in the brain ( I am finding out) and our population is scurged with demensia and Alzheimer's, so one of my many motivations was to ward off further inevitable deterioration. It's a fascinating topic, the brain and learning music. In addition, I am truly very much enjoying it, pretty much a consuming new hobby. And in case anyone is interested I really do see significant changes in my brain. So sorry to the person whose mother stopped teaching adults, it's rather a disservice, but I do understand it would take a special person to continue teaching someone who doesn't align with the "normal" progress.

I' m 67 and I study piano since the year before.

2:05 she's looking at Chopin's spirit. "So, which one you want me to play?"

What a wonderful life - when you are a100 and the whole world now can hear your music ...people in different corners of the globe .. Amazing on so many levels!

Music really does extend the life span of some humans. God Bless her.

Нужно отдать дань этому великолепному возрасту!!! Не всем дано дожить , да ещё и выступить на сцене!

She walked very slowly like breeze but her fingers are running smoothly on the notes.

Como no nos vamos a emocionar una dama de 100 años tocando maravillosamente Chopin!!!!

She doesn't play Chopin, she feels Chopin

Many of us at that age wouldn't be able to go on stage. Being 100 is as much an accomplishment as the music she performed...

She is Madame Thai Thi Lien - one of the first person who build up Vietnam National Academy of Music. And she is Dang Thai Son’s Mother too

What’s so remarkable is that ppl forget that elders have been there, done that, and have the answers to many things, and all u have to do is ask a wise old person about anything, about life, and their answer will be far better than ur friends or family simply because they have seen more than the rest of us.

Amazing how musicianship does not diminish. Music is truly one of the great mysteries.

Fantastic . A most memorable event for anyone viewing it. Complete admiration for the organizer. Salute to the 100 year old musician

How can anyone NOT give this a thumbs up????

She is wonderful. A lifetime of serious study gives her the foundation to play this piece so well today. She gives me hope, truly. Bravissima.

Какое отношение к старости!Уважение!

Never underestimate what a person has done in their life and is still capable of doing. Bravo! 💐

Thumbs up, dear lady, for your longevity and your artful performance of Chopin! And thank you for the pleasure of hearing and watching you play the Steinway.

Music is the most important element to be long life.

It's amazing she can even play at all when she could barely walk, and couldn't even sit down by herself. Chopin til the end! I certainly want to hear him up to my final days...wish I could play him myself as good as her! I have to settle for listening to others...

I started playing piano at 8 years of age. I am 75 years old (soon to be 76) and on the occasion of my 50th birthday, my husband purchased a (very) grand piano for me. It has since, been my pride and joy all these years. More importantly, it is the single most treasured and loved representation of my Beloved's devotion and love to me. And, imagine, after 42 years of marriage he still takes my breath away!

How lovely to see this young lady play the piano. She's really good! Keep up the good work.

Chopin claps his hands from heaven.

Our old people are an encyclopedia of wisdom and knowledge, a pity that we do not pay much attention in our time to this category of geniuses.

I’m crying, thanks for the great performance!

OMG… She is incredible. I love her! What a gift.

If I can get dressed and remember my own name at 100 I will be happy. Bravo to this inspirational lady.

Yes.This gives me hope.Before my late husband was convincing me to learn to play the piano.He does and so all our four kids.Now I am encouraged to learn.She is is inspiring.

What a fantastic performance..........Never too old to play indeed.......

Absolutely incredible! Played as Chopin should be. Brava!

Beautiful You are amazing 👏 ❤

That is the beauty of music and art. When you are no longer able to play sports, you always have these gifts! More power to you all who have started music lessons later in life. It is never to late!!!! ❤️

The fingers remember what the mind may not-

When I'm 100 I just hope I remember what a piano is and does.

The music she played was well done especially at 100 years but just as important are the feelings the music allows you to experience.

This video made me feel so much. What a celebration of not only the music but her life work and love. What a beautiful special rendition of this piece. I hope I can play like that when I’m 100

Замечательно! В таком возрасте сыграть по памяти без нот! Дай Бог здоровья и желания сыграть для публики!!!

Incredible! 100 years old ! Still playing!

Wonderful she have a big age. But her mind and fingers are in good condition I love to hear and learn from the elderly People . May God bless her.

God bless this magnificent Lady😍😍😍

I am now 72 and did not start composing for piano until age 58 after 52 years of playing the music of all the greats. I haven't played anyone else's music for 14 years and now have about 200 compositions including the 9-piece Rasputin Rhapsody I'm just completing. Never too late to explode in creativity.

How dare anyone "dislike" this. So wonderful she can still play, and if you want to dis, best check how well you play now, and when you are 100.

Dang Thaison's Chopin's preludes are my favorite. Wow, his mother was also such a great pianist! Very memorable. I hope she'll keep playing!

She plays with such feeling it makes me cry and chills both ! Beautiful

Truly amazing, What a honor!!!! Her Brain can still remember those tunes.

Truly amazing but also the fact she is doing this without sheet music!! What a wonderful, graceful lady. 😘💕

Phenomenal!! Bravo 👏 I had tears in my eyes before the 1st note .

Amazing that she can still play and remember the notes. What a clarity of mind. I guess she never stop playing the piano.

The only way I'd want to live to 100 is playing the piano as she is. Bravo!

Thank you for the share!! To make it to 100 and still be able to jam is an unimaginable accomplishment.

absolute respect and admiration for her

She is incredible !!!!! That is what you call pure passion!!!!!

BRAVO!!!

Fantastic! 🎼🎵🎶🎹

AMAZING and priceless! A great inspiration for anyone who thinks they're too old to stop enjoying life and do what they love. Thank you for sharing! 😊❤️

If someone has any doubt on: What is humanly possible? What does music do to you? Show them this!! Inspirational 🙏🏼🙌

Linda! Linda! Maravilhosa! E belíssimo quando ela se apoia no piano ao se acercar dele, e assim se sentir segura!!

I believe that anyone playing a musical instrument, especially a piano, is destined for a long life. My sister-in-law is 94, still teaches piano ad many of her students go into state competition, I also met a lady, also 94 in France who also teaches piano.

Удивительное мужество в столь почтенном возрасте !!! Браво !!!

What an inspiration, I have just started learning to play the accordion again after a nigh on 50-year absence at a mere 74 years of age, and enjoying it tremendously......{;o;}

A lot of solipsistic people in the comments section talking about how old they are and how they’ve just started playing or they’ve been playing for x number of years. Guess what? This video is not about YOU! It’s about a 100 year old woman playing Chopin as well as she can for an audience completely from memory.

Maravilhoso! Exemplo para todos nós!

Truly amazing. What alacrity and concert presence. Such a way of playing shows a way that is rarely found today outside the presence of Rubinstein and Horowitz.

who is still here in 2019 .... woow

Congratulations !!!! 100 years old !!!! Magnifique !!!!

Wonderful! Thank you so much!

ЭТО ПОТРЯСАЕТ , ОШЕЛОМЛЯЕТ !!! КАКАЯ ТЕХНИКА , МУЗЫКАЛЬНОСТЬ , ДОСТОИНСТВО , ОТНОШЕНИЕ К ЗРИТЕЛЮ !!! ЧЕЛОВЕК ВЕРШИНА СОВЕРШЕНСТВА !!! ОТДЕЛЬНЫЕ ЕГО ПРЕДСТАВИТЕЛИ !!! ТОЧНО !!! СПАСИБО !!! РАССТРОГАЛИ !!!

Beautiful! Music is healing and love 💖 Thank you for sharing this beautiful performance by Mme Thai Thi Lien 🌹🌹🌹💕

A pure joy to hear her play Chopin. At 77 I still play and enjoy every time that I do. Grateful for all the piano lessons years ago.

When I am 100, I will also be playing Chopin. Brava!

Огромное спасибо всем кто причастен к этому высочайшему гуманизму,который бесценен: это и преклонение перед почтенным возрастом, это -преклонение перед одним из высочайших искусств,как фортепианное исполнительство,и конечно,это высочайший воспитательный процесс посредством демонстрации волшебной силы искусства великих композиторов, /Шопен. Мазурка. /еще раз утвердить уважение к возрасту,к искусству,к человеческому общению на высочайшем цивилизованном культурном уровне. БРАВО!!!

I was fortunate to have piano lessons for 10 years aged 7-17. I succeeded in theory and practice to grade 5. At that time I was practising 2 hours a night. The theory, was definitely getting harder. I moved on to train to be a nurse. It was my drive to care, but music is my passion. Now at 61 I definitely will be inspired to return to my music.This lady is amazing. I thank my mother for sacrificing everything to pay for my lessons, my music and exams. But as a nurse, I ensured my parents had great care. I'm fortunate to have pursued the two things I love the most. 🎶 🎹 🎶 x