Dimitri Illarionov: "Grand Overture" by Mauro Giuliani Solo Guitar 

That was the best rendition of this piece I have ever heard! Amazing!

Another living Mauro Giuliani is here, this is fantastic.

Awesome! Dimitri is great and Giuliani music is stupendous

Wow - oh Wow! He is a one-man orchestra!

I almost broke a nail just watching that

БРАВО !!!

Браво !

Outstanding. Amazing technique, dynamics, and feeling. Pura Vida!!! Ron

отличный концерт!

Very very good.Great guitarrist,great performer.

De fato um gigantesco violonista,deve dormir e acordar com seu violão pra ter desenvolvido toda essa técnica,espetacular.

Look ! Dimitri is Russian raised and schooled..That's the way they are; very passionate !! He's the genius you and I can only dream of being...Get off his back..The differences between the top say, 20 guitarists is what the gig is about ! Celebrate him ! Don't spit at him behind his back...Dig ? And It's free, to boot.....

Magnificent! I am in the initial stages of study on this piece. Thank you, Sir, for the inspiration.

Gran talento, increíble!

A GIANT GUITARIST....SUPER TECHNIC AND NUANCE......I WISH YOU HEALTH AND MUCH MOR SUCCESS..............!

Fantastic!!!

Great and musical, as usual :) Molodez Dima! Marina

Dimitri has mastered the instrument! Bravo!! Very inspiring, thank you for posting, I am working on this piece now, this is so helpful (I have Dimitri's CD from Naxos, excellent!!

Un grande artista!!!

Giuliani & Dmitri bravo!!!!

Expressivo!!!

Very good

Go ahead, pal, BRAVA. In a few years you're up Russell. Best performance of this piece, ever heard. THANKS A LOT

from Jose' Sepulveda, the hermeterec.......Dimitri Illarionov is absolutely unbelievable.

Bravo!!

Excellent

That's really great. I love the way Celedonio Romero plays it on An Evening Of Guitar Music - and I've been a bit biased. But you - Dmitri - are right up there with him.

Pure Charisma!

long live the greatest guitarist of the world! :o I'm going to see him this weekend (saturday) and he's going to be on the Russian television. If someone cares, please record on 'Kultura', Russian tv station and put this on youtube, it's the 6th birthday of 'Klassiek Centraal' here in Flanders and there are three Russian subjects visiting. (I don't have Russian tv on my tv :( )

BREATHTAKING!!!!!

increible, que fuerza , le diste vida a la obra Dimitri!!!

Очень талантлив. Знает себе цену. И это правильно.

Sick man, this is a piece to have brain space for. Very cool, I randomly started reading it, and now I think I shall finish it. :)

hi Dimitri I..Amazing performace of this grand piece..extreme dynamic colours r ur controlled command over the instrument evidently the arpeggio rolls with the projected bass lines as well..awesome skills.. thanks so much .. God bless..warm regards..siva.. India..(guitsiva)

Excelente interpretación, demostrando gran dominio y seguridad en sus interpretaciones. Alberto Abella

He's animated, extremely expressive and seems very passionate. What a nice and refreshing difference between Dimitri and the boring zombie classical guitarists! This is one of the reasons I and so many others like guitarists like Dimitri Illarionov and Tatyana Ryzhkova. If you like zombies then watch the other classical guitarists.

Bravo 👍

Nós sempre nos surpreendemos.

Это гениально!!!!!!!!!!! ¡

increíble

todo se puede tocar si se estudia devidamente. la diferencia entre los buenos interpretes y los malos musicos radica en la diciplina y el corazon que se le pone a las cosas no es mas.

아주 좋아요!

Он исполняет так , как исполнял бы я, если бы я умел играть на гитаре ;)

Humans are amazing.

sauber und warm

Watching this again, It definitely is the audio that is poor, not Dmitri's playing..Quite odd considering how sound systems have improved so much and so much more is know about theatrical acoustics.. M. Mar/9/2019

Ottimo lavoro, direi.

Playing something this heavy as opener is pretty nuts.

GUYS! IT'S GIULIANI NOT GUILIANI ! I own the record Music of Giuliani by Russell and there isthe same mistake in the track names

eccellente! what else?

Ochen horosho!!!

4:14

GOD bless Dimitri in the name of Jesus! Brilliant!😁

En Una Ocasión Afirmo Andrés Segovia tenía 83 años cuando Una periodista lo entrevistó le dijo, ¿ usted que se considera, maestro, concertista, virtuoso, o Que sí otorga título?, A lo Cual Segovia respondio "Yo me considero un estudiante, porque es preferible un estudiante sin los 80, Que sin maestro a los 15 ", siendo Segovia sin gran maestro se consideraba un estudiante y es porque era Consciente de la Complejidad de la Música, yo no soy un Experto soy un

Yeah? But does he know Stairway to Heaven? J/k sounds like nothing I've ever heard before. Tremendous job. Gifted guitarist

Lots of hate for anyone that can really play like he gives a rat's ass what any of U think. He's getting paid to play and travel all over the world doing what he loves. Good for him

oh shit

I dont feel that difficulty is an important factor in music, Mozart showed this in his marvelous improvisations, and just as great athletes, such as Don Drysdale, Olga Korbutt, Wilt Chamberlain made their plays seem easy, smooth, and simple. Guiliani is playing a fine arts game, not a baseball game. His music is still beautiful and enjoyable. I enjoyed this piece immensely, and thats the proof of the pudding.

You must be a very advanced player, do you perform anymore? Videos? Where did you learn?

I can see Lang Lang at guitar...

Magnífico violonista.

Giuliani’s work is heard now more than ever. Perhaps the Nocturnal will last centuries, perhaps not. (And “trolling” is what you did. I responded to a negative comment, to defend the composer and performer you diminished.)

Perhaps. I've never played any of Giuliani's big pieces myself. Still, this performance is rather fast and very powerful. Still very risky.

Sin palabras como hace no creo como no le duelen los dedos si yo hago la canción de bob esponja una ves y mis dedos estan mal 😂

Fabio Lima 🙄😂

see you're an expert

진짜 빨려들어가는 연주네ㅋㅋ

1. What does "guitarist composer..." etc., mean? Was Chopin merely a "pianist writing for pianists?" 2. You need to look at more of Giuliani's work -- or get someone to explain it to you-- before you minimize the man's output of hundreds of works, many substantial harmonically and technically. 3. Britten, whom some rate as less than first tier, wrote ONE fine piece for guitar, and it is not necessarily difficult than many of Giulani's works. BTW, great playing on this video.

Offense taken. The only ants here are the trolls who feel the need to pepper RU-vid with snarky little “That piece wasn’t so difficult!” responses to compliments on fine performances.

Where is the music here?? Is this music?? I'm sorry but the music is something else, not just technique!!!

The sound IS poor ! But I guarantee Dmitri is A1 excellent !! Please go to he playing Roland Dyens' "Valse en Skai" (solo only. NOT the duet with Roland !! ) ..M

It was you who compared Giuliani with Britten, as composers. Further, my allusion was to your weak “guitarist writing for guitarists” criticism of Giuliani; Chopin was a great pianist/composer who wrote for pianists. This did not diminish his greatness, any more than a guitarist writing for guitarists diminishes his potential greatness. Moreover, the fact (?) that many pianists are unaware of Giuliani or any composer has no bearing on that composer’s skills and talents as a composer.

You think this is so easy. Maybe you just read some of his sheets and you think you are pro. But there is more to it than that. Good tone. Good technique. Good interpretation. It is hard to achieve all 3. And you say it is easy. Then I don't know how come i never heard of you. I can read all Chopins music totally easy. But I don't know if I could interpret it good. You said you played Rossiniana No. 1 and No. 3. And said easy. But can you interpret it?

Ну это Илларионов! Что тут сказать!

He does not respect the dynamic indications Giuliani gives in the score at all.

Of course Giuliani’s style is suited to the guitar. So is Chopin’s suited to the piano. How trite is your observation! Both wrote pieces that naysayers label “easier to play than they sound,” but are indicative of a composer’s skill. Your assessment of Giuliani’s “music” is incorrect; I submit that you are not familiar with most of his output.

Not loud enough......

I am familiar with Giuliani’s entire oeuvre, which you clearly are not; The Grand Overture-despite it’s being over-performed and over-recorded-is not on par with the finest of Giuliani’s compositions, many of which display a solid, if judicious, use of counterpoint.

English speaking or not you are ignorant for even arguing this point.. Giuliani was brilliant as was Chopin. Comparing the two is meaningless. As for Giuliani's music not being difficult, that is not entirely true; Rossiniana No. 1 is extremely difficult.

¿Qué coj**** significa esto?? No se entiende ni siquiera para alguien que hable español. Pida ayuda, su deterioro mental es galopante. Saludos

Creo que Dimitri exagera en sus interpretaciones, no es necesario tratar con tanta brusquedad la guitarra, ni tampoco hacer movimientos corporales innecesarios, porque termina proyectando cierta arrogancia, así no lo sea. Pero seria bueno hacer las cosas más relajado, se escucharía mucho mejor,

Ya viste la musica china ? hay musicos q son parados otros se mueven pero eso no define su grandeza ... los grandes musicos ora se movian como locos y otras vezes eran quietos, NO EXISTE REGLAS, estudia musica y vea los videos para aprender un poquito antes de propagar pelotudezes

this guy is just like "oh man my shit smells so good" and i'm just like, no it doesnt lol

Спасибо оператору! Можно без труда посмотреть всю технику игры, все технические моменты исполнения. Можно использовать для работы над произведением.

Problem is you are too arrogant. I asked my friends who played piano and said Chopin is not hard -> They are visiting music school as I do. Not all Guillani songs are hard but I think you just are trying make yourself look badass and all-knowledgeable. But I can guarantee that even some professors can't interpret Giullani properly and you are claiming that you can. Your ego is really big. If you want to convince us that you can interpret and play Giullani with ease give us your video.

Like everything Dimitri does, the performance is overdone, too long in the oven I guess. The sound is atrocious, dunno if it's because he is overdriving the instrument or because the audio equipment is lacking. Or maybe he needs a new guitar? I suspect, were I a guitar, I would quickly tire of Dimitri trying to play me.

Pretty raucous rendition. Must have hit Starbucks before the big. Still good though 🎸