@@dulcimoo This player is george gao, one of the best erhu virtuosos in the world, the usual trash movie violin depictions reviewed by twoset does not compare with him. (Just, as an erhu player, all the movements are perfect, no way this is fake.) -Would still love to see twoset react to it, though. He is known to play tchaikovsky and other violin pieces transposed to Erhu, including zigeunerweisen etc
A magnificent display of musicianship. This piece was written to be challenging on a western violin with four strings, playing it on an instrument with only two strings is amazing in itself, but it is played here with such expressiveness it is astounding.
The vibrating length of his D and A strings incorporate the 4 on the european viols...genius. His bow technique is extraordinary The short time i had with my 2 Erhu before they were stolen left me with one bit of certain knowledge. To do what his is doing you cannot be good You must exponential leaps and bounds beyond exceptional. This man is. The deep tone of his instrument is fantastic. Bravo maestro.
Heart warming how a great work written for the 4 string violin can translate so well onto a 2 string instrument. Obviously some modifications have to be made, because triple and quadruple stopping are not possible, but what a superb musician!
Behold the Heifetz of the erhu! The Tchaikovsky is very difficult on the 4-string violin it was written for, but on the erhu it borders on ET! Bravissimo, George!
With a civilization as old as that of the Chinese, there is much still to learn about Chinese culture, and this is truly wonderful!!!. I could listen to this all day! It would be great to bring the erhu, the violin, the cello and the double bass together in an appropriate piece of music.
No me imaginaba, en absoluto que solo con una cuerda, fuera posible tocar notablemente el concierto de Tchaikovski, con cadencia incluida. Sólo que el violín expresa con su calidez sutíl, un mejor sonido. De todas formas un bravo !!!! muy sentido
Aunque no sé si se podrá tocar los caprichos de paganini con el erhu, debido a que en las canciones de paganini se hace rebotar el arco para crear ciertos sonidos y como el erhu tiene el arco entre las cuerdas, no se sabe si se puede. Y creo que me faltó mecionar otras cuantas técnicas más. De todas formas me gusta más el tono vibrante y claro del violín
I was going to try to find the right words to describe this, but you were word perfect! Even the cadenza is played with such a remarkable accuracy. Bravo indeed...
watching this in 2017 my mind: whoahhhhh !? are you kidding me!? playing it on a 2 strings instrument is absoulutely harder than viloin. Great job, sir!!
If I could give a 1000 thumbs up I would, this is an impressive feat of ear training, musicianship and dexterity. Plus the erhu just sounds so good in this context. Amazing.
A riveting version, the sound of this archaic instrument has something so profound and touching, a sound from the prehistory of violin, a whisper and a cry altogether, proving that the music has no boundaries and the true art is to avoid the technicalities, to bypass them or simply to make them invisible. Anyway, sir, you are as virtuous as any of the contemporary violinists. Congrats.
I'm amazed that moving the bow so close to the sound chamber produces the beautiful sound that it does. He's certainly captured the nuances of this wonderful concerto, and it must be exhausting moving the left hand over the length of the instrument.
Ok so this is absolutely incredible. I've played the actualy Concerto on Violin with FOUR strings and this guy plays it just as well if not better. It's a terrific, yet an absolute bull of a piece. Great job!
Stunning. I can't approach this piece on a violin, yet Mr Gao makes this work look so effortless on a completely different instrument with technical challenges on its own. I'm a totaly neophyte to erhu but I'd love to know how to obtain one of his design. I went to Mr Gao's web site but I didn't see CDs for sale. I would absolutely buy anything he chose to publish.
This awesome artist reached the erhu's limit. As expected, since does't not exist, in fact, chinese violin because the violin is the evolution of the erhu, the erhu shows it's limits here. Thank you great musician.
Congratulations, sir !!!!!!! Wonderful sound !!!!!!! wonderful phrasing !!!!!!!! You are not only a virtuoso but also an ARTIST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you.... To all of you listening The artist's name is GEORGE GAO...and there is plenty of information on the internet about him...and his Shahoqin Erhu....just google "Erhu Music "
