Imitating Famous Violinists 

Ray: "This is like playing against a couple. A married couple." Eddy: HAHAHA Brett: HAHAHA the twoset fandom: hehehehehe

"this is like playing against a married couple." Me and the fandom : LAUGHING in c#

Ray is like the handsome and friendly schoolmate above your class that everyone likes and look up to but is also too polite not to say no when you and your classmate ask to play a game together

Alternative title: Ray Chen babysitting Twoset 19 minutes straight

*me, not a musician, having a twoset binge at 2 AM* ...interesting.

Normal people: *uses whiteboards or pieces of blank paper* TwoSet: *uses the back of music*

The moment Eddy realizes Brett is impersonating him is pure freaking gold.

Eddy: "What's some of his popular stuff?" Brett: *Chooses not to play Barber or Sibelius, but chooses to full on roast Eddy* That's the level of friendship I adore.

Ray's face turned so red when he found out it was Eddy after calling him out for bad violin playing

Ray Is like the person who’s out of every inside joke and never understands

BRETT WAS POINTING BRETT. WAS. POINTING. At Eddy. Hahahaha Ray was so catch up in the moral dillema of the shaky bow, he couldn't even answer hahaha

Could we get another violin charades with Ray? The amount of smiles and joy radiating from this video is unmatched

19 minutes of Ray being confused over Brett and Eddy's madness

Ray: it’s just such bad violin playing. If I guess, I would offend them Brett: pointing at eddy Eddy: It’s meeeeeeeeee

Its hard not to feel bad for Ray, doomed to spend the rest of his life as a little more than a world famous classical musician, forced to live with the knowledge that he just couldn't make it in the highly prestigious and competitive violin charades scene :'(

Ray: "Oh Yeah" Also Ray: *proceeds to guess wrong* + *confused Pikachu face*

So this is what band nerds do in their free time

Ray *drops jacket off shoulder* Brett and Eddy: "oh oH" *extremely interested*

Bret: not even touches violin Eddy: *I KNOW IT*

Personal time stamps : 6:44 brett impersonating eddy 11:32 ray impersonating brett 15:01 eddy impersonating ray

'It’s like going against a couple' HECK YEH, THE BROMANCEEEEEE, I LIVE FOR THE BROMANCE AWWWW

The clips of each violinist before the imitations were really helpful

13:44 pls don't mind me, i just want to repeat this

Gotta love that Brett´s immediate reaction to getting Eddy is to dramatically flip his hair before even getting into any playing position.

“Let’s roll up a map so you don’t injure yourself!” Eddy: Puts hand and feet outside of mat

I love how big of nerds you guys are that 20 push up's was the punishment

To a non-violinist, this looks impossible to me lol like HOW CAN THEY TELL 😂😂

(0:01 - intro) 4:14 - bye bye shoulder rest* 4:38 - “who’s rachel podger” 5:11- Brett cursing 6:33 - Brett doing Eddy’s impression 7:40 - “OoOOoOOohHh” and Brett jumping 🥺 11:19 - Ray doing Brett’s impression 13:43 - “nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah...” 14:49 - Eddy doing Ray’s impression 16:36 - also Brett cursing 16:38 - “ oh beep” 17:52 - also Brett cursing again 18:15- push ups 19:05- is Brett trying to pose?-

Ray: Use a mat so you don't get hurt. Eddy: *Puts hands right outside of mat.

Eddy: "Bro I'm so outta shape" *makes it to 20 pushups* Me: *collapses after 1/2 a pushup*

@9:54 such a subtle flex to be able to call Hilary a colleague

I love how when they impersonate each other, they pick each other’s most terrible playing as the reference video like Ling Ling workout challenges 😂😂😂😂

Brett looked super depressed when he got the Hillary Hahn one wrong.

Dam, seeing Brett & Eddy's friendship and how they understand each other without speaking is so cool. I need a friend like that.

As a non-violinist, I feel like I've been well taught by twoset for knowing almost all the violinists in the charade.

It’s super interesting how Brett and Eddy were communicating through body language and certain physical ticks. Ray though seemed to be trying to figure it out and portray it through different artists’ musical interpretations for the most part

“Let’s impersonate Ling Ling” *Dies of the realization that Ling ling is unimpersonateable, the most perfect creature in the universe*

Eddy: "Ugh, I'm so out of shape." *proceeds to churn out 20 push-ups*

Me a piano player who knows nothing about professional violinists: Ah yes, this is peak comedy

I felt Ray's pain when he realised he'd called Eddy's playing in Brett's impersonation bad omg

I have no idea why I keep watching this. I never played the violin and know nobody they imitate but I cant stop.

Brett imitating Eddy’s hair was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen

Ray's violin tone, even when he is fooling around impersonating other violinists, is extraordinarily beautiful.

I love how every other person gets a very regular excerpt shown while Brett eddy and ray have their (arguably) most embarrassing moment shown

1. MAXIM VENGEROV 1:34 Ysaye Sonata no. 3 Brett: 1:40 Ysaye Sonata 3 1:50 Beethoven Sonata no.7 for violin and piano 1st mov. 2:03 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 1st mov. 2. IVRY GITLIS 2:22 Bach Ciaconne from Partita no. 2 Brett: 2:37 Same piece. 3. DAVID OISTRAKH 3:12 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 1st mov. Brett: 3:27 Same piece. 4. RACHEL PODGER 4:03 Bach Violin Sonata no. 1 Adagio Brett: 4:18 Same piece. 5. DAVID GARRETT Brett: 4:50 Viva la Vida (Coldplay) 6. HENRYK SZERYNG 5:12 Brahms Hungarian Dance no. 17 Brett: 5:26 Saint Saëns Violin Concerto no. 3 1st mov. 7. EDDY CHEN 6:35 Shooting Stars Brett: 6:51 Crystallize (Lindsey Stirling) 7:07 Bach Violin Sonata no. 1 Adagio 8. ANDRÉ RIEU Ray: 8:23 Strauss Blue Danube Waltz 9. ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER 8:42 Dvorak Violin Concerto 2nd mov. Ray: 8:58 Brahms Violin Concerto 1st mov. 9:19 Mozart Violin Concerto no. 3 1st mov. 10. HILARY HAHN 9:41 Bruch Violin Concerto 1st mov. Ray: 10:04 Bach Violin Sonata no. 2 Grave 10:22 Paganini Violin Concerto no. 1 1st mov. 11. JAMES EHNES 10:37 Bruch Violin Concerto 1st mov. 12. BRETT YANG 11:20 You're so precious Ray: 11:36 Crystallize (Lindsey Stirling) 13. JANINE JANSEN 11:58 Prokofiev Violin Concerto no. 2 3rd mov. Ray: 12:09 Prokofiev Violin Concerto no. 2 1st mov. 14. JULIA FISCHER 13:00 Dvorak Violin Concerto 1st mov. Ray: 13:26 Dvorak Violin Concerto 3rd mov. 15. PINCHAS ZUKERMAN 14:07 Mozart Violin Concerto no.5 1st mov. 14:13 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante 1st mov. Eddy: 14:17 Mozart Violin Concerto no.5 1st mov. 16. RAY CHEN 14:50 Bach Violin Partita no. 3 Preludio Eddy: 15:02 Vitali Ciaconne 17. NIGEL KENNEDY 15:15 Vivaldi Spring Concerto 1st mov. Eddy: 15:22 Same piece. 18. LEONIDAS KAVAKOS 15:38 Paganini Caprice no. 5 Eddy: 15:50 Same piece. 19. JASCHA HEIFETZ 16:06 Wienawski Scherzo Tarantelle Eddy: 16:15 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 1st mov. 16:20 Wienawski Scherzo Tarantelle 20. SUMINA STUDER 16:47 Paganini Caprice no. 5 Eddy: 16:57 Same piece. 21. YEHUDI MENUHIN 17:17 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1st mov. (Cadenza) Eddy: 17:32 Wienawski Polonaise de Concert 17:37 Paganini Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento 17:46 Beethoven Violin Concerto 1st mov.

It’s Eddy’s own fault for being such a good actor 😂

Eddy who just did 20 push-ups: I’m so out of shape Me who can’t even bend down without breaking my back: interesting

16:36 did we just hear Brett, *curse*

I started watching Twoset when my phone was at 90%... It's now at 19%. I'll go practice...

Ray: "I feel like I'm playing against a married couple." 😂😂😂😂😂😂 That got me so hard 😂

6:45 dont mind me i keep replaying this

The crazy thing is if Ray didn't stole Eddy's point on David Garrett they would all have 9 points!

I love how they impersonated each other and like showed the worst performance of each

Ray is literally everyone new in the two set fandom...

Ray: Playing charades with you guys is like playing against a couple, you know like who’s been married Eddy: Yeah I couldn’t agree more 🤣

Ray so determined not to offend anyone that he ignores Brett literally pointing at Eddy. 🤣

i love how their scratch paper is SHEET MUSIC bahahhaha

I don’t get any of the references so I just laugh when Eddy laughs

Alternate title: Ray Chen being a third wheel but being a great sport anyway for 19 minutes and 20 seconds

Ray has such older brother energy, and I'm here for it.

*lays out yoga mat not to hurt fingers* *places hands wider than yoga mat* Is this the equivalent of playing a b natural vs a b flat?

Eddy did the best impersonations and got punished as a result, RIP

13:42 Brett acting and sounding like a kid

@3:57 My guy Brett coulda been like “But it’s you two that share the same last name”

You know you're a musician (or a nerd) when your friends insist in protecting your fingers as you're attempting finger push-ups. "Don't break your fingers!" "Let's roll out the mat!"

I forgot that you guys are really good musicians lol

The game is broken. The person who's making the imitation should get one point for each person that guesses it right.

I was waiting for an imitation of Itzhak Perlman. But just 'Wow!' so many great violinists. And for you guys to imitate them and know them so well says a lot about your knowledge and dedication.

Am I the only one who shouted "USE 4TH FINGER VIBRATO" when Ray tried to imitate Hilary Hahn?

Man this is just a 20 min video of Ray slowly breaking down😂

Did Ray just casually hit his Strad right before impersonating Brett and everyone just laughed it off..? Lol

aS a cLaSsIcAl piAnIsT, I feel like there are very few pianists you could successfully do this with, and you really just couldn’t do this challenge at all. The possible range for playing mannerisms and tone is just so much narrower. Really demonstrates how expressive and flexible the violin is as an instrument.

Them: light exercise Also them: 20 push ups Me: iNtErEStiNg

Can we just appreciate how beautiful and clear Ray's playing is ?

If they had Ray and Hilary Hahn together in 1 video, that would be epic!

So crazy how two years later Ray recommended widenhouse to Eddy and they both ended up getting violins from him

I love how Ray goes "oh yeah" every time and then just fails miserably

Is it even possible to impersonate Ling Ling?

5:00 ray is so smart, despite being confused almost the whole time 😂

I love how they all laugh!!! they really have so much fun!! Also noticed they were writing on the back of musical staves!

"I'm so outta shape..." *Proceeds to do 20 push-ups, only seemingly struggling after 16-17...*

The highlights of this video 3:52 "Playing charades with you guys is like, playing against a couple." 4:49 David Garett 6:35 Eddy Chen 11:19 Brett yang 14:50 Ray Chen

me watching this as one of my first twoset videos: I don't know any of these people and references but they're having so much fun me coming back to this video every time from then: oH I unDerStaND a bit better now, wow!

This has always been one of my very favorite twoset videos. I keep coming back to it even though I practically have the thing memorized at this point.

When I first discovered Twoset and watched this video, I found it funny and didn't know any violinists they mentioned here. Now I rewatch this video and find it funnier and know almost all the violinists in this video because I have learned so much about classical music because of Twoset. Thank you Twoset and Ray Chen for getting my foot in the door of classical music. Twoset truly makes classical music more relevant, at least for me.

Y’all should play the violin while drunk lmao that would be so fun Love

I just realised way too late, that since Ray was a world class soloist himself Editor-san could use any clip from his world class performances. Yet still went with a clip of Ray's ling ling workout which is hilarious to me. I don't know if they already collaborated with Hilary by this time, but if they did they didn't use any of Hilary's ling ling workout clips

Ray impersonating Brett was hilarious! And Eddy got it before he even started playing! 😂

When Ray had to impersonate Hilary Hahn, he should have done pinky vibrato. ‘It’s practical!’

To solve the problem of Eddy being too good at impersonating you should've given a point to the impersonator for every correct guess they received.

6:36 The video before Brett's impersonation of Eddy had me in the ground gasping 💀

6:35 I know you want this repeated, don't worry, we all do. Here you go.

I wouldve loved to see one of them impersonate Lindsey Sterling

Why is it that everyone that has ever played a string instrument owns a black turtleneck

Ray's face after he didn't guess Eddy is so red lol

Eddy:😂👌🏻 Brett:🤣 Ray:😂😱🤦🏻‍♂️

Just imagining some bodybuilder cringing at those pushups the way that they do to violins played wrong

I saw Ray Chen live with my dad and he nearly burst out laughing when Ray started hitting those high notes.

10:32 the dissapointment on Brett's face though

The Brett impression was so spot on that he didn’t want to admit it was spot on😂