Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) Kazuhito Yamashita [Guitar] 展覧会の絵（ムソルグスキー）山下和仁 [ギター] 

The guitar: I didn't even know I could do that.

it doesn't sound like a guitar, it sounds like a full orchestra... and choir!

This is probably THE most amazing classical guitar performance I've ever seen. Can't imagine what it must have been like to see it live.

Absolutely the greatest guitar performance of all time. There is beauty and perfection in all aspects. At this late stage in my life I didn't think I could be so profoundly touched by a performer. I was wrong!!! Thank you, Thank you!!!

This is the upper limit of classical guitar playing for human.

The history of the guitar is divided into two periods. Before 1984 and after 1984. After the Toronto recital the guitar is different in the world. The genius Kazuhito Yamashita !!

If this wasn't captured on video, no one would have believed it possible...

Even after 45 years no other guitarist plays it better than him.

彼の凄さは、単なる模倣に留まらない「ギターならではの」展覧会の絵を作り出し、実際に完璧な演奏をしてみせたことだ。つまり、彼はわずかギター一本で、ラヴェル編を演奏するオーケストラと同じ土俵に立ち、編曲者としてモーリス・ラヴェルと対等に勝負していることになる。

I’ve waited for a better quality video here on RU-vid for so long, and to think Kazuhito Yamashita himself brought it to the public... thank you very much! Now I can finally try to understand a bit of the right hand technique employed, especially that one finger tremolo. Wish I could have watched this live, but the concert took place long before I was born.

Can’t believe just now through RU-vid have we heard of Kazuhito. I guess if you weren’t around in the 70s or 80s you missed him. Why did we learn of others but not this guy? Amazing virtuoso!

That is AMAZING! Totally out of this world! Really, this guy has to be from another planet, no one ever came close to this level of mastership! Technically crazzy good, BUT always musically perfect and justified!

This is incredible, i am totally amazed. There is SO much going on here. I can't believe i found this only in 2024, but that's why i love internet and youtube. What a genius, thank you !

There’s no competition… I feel sick and spellbound at the same time. Truly the greatest player I’ve ever seen and heard. Just discovered this esoteric 8th wonder today. Technically I can’t rate and compare anyone even close to him. Playing fit for the Gods….

RU-vidでこれまで何百回も見てきました。見る度に感動し涙を流します。最高画質と音質のご提供をしてくださり、ありがとうございます。

Saw Maestro play this live in LA back in 90(?), never have been the same since hearing him, I think maybe it was the pinky tremolo that made me lose my mind.😳

伝説の動画「展覧会の絵」が公式から配信される日が来るとは思ってもみませんでした。 一回舞台袖へはけて、鳴りやまない拍手にあたふたと2回も戻って来られた若き日の神のお姿は、人間ぽくって好き。

Every body position is designed to give his hands the best possible position to give the best possible sound. This guy is next level genius.

This is, by far, the most amazing guitar performance ever. I'm not hormone-struck 16 year-old, nor even a "fan" of Mr Yamashita. I hardly have any of his recordings. I usually listen to other classical guitarists - still, he attempted here something that is simply impossible, and I don't know if this achievement can be ever re-produced. Nothing is lost. Nothing is diminished. Nothing is simplified. This piano piece was so rich and polyphonic - that it was translated to ORCHESTRA and there was "enough content" for all sections of the orchestra. What. On Guitar???? That's simply impossible. I see. I hear. I stand in awe, I enjoy the music I love so much. and I keep muttering "Impossible"

unbelievable the range of emotions he conveys on a single guitar, I almost teared up multiple times, especially around 26:45 and 28:02 when he straight up turned his guitar into an angelic choir

None of the guitarists who play this arrangement are able to play as dynamically as Yamashita. Because this song played on the guitar is playing in their brains. The sounds of an orchestra must be playing in Yamashita's head.

I'd like to thank Lucas Brar for educating me on this astonishing performance.

An incredible genius who is several frets beyond anyone else!! The great Yamashita!!!

Is it Christmas? It must be Christmas!!! Thank you for posting an incredible moment in history captured on film!!!

Dude shreds the classical guitar rule book for posture by flinging his body all over the place, flying left elbow, overextending both the right and left hands, hunching his shoulders, etc. and produces one of the most amazing performances ever. So much for rule books!

鳥肌が立ち続けました。ギターのみとは思えない。山下さん自身の奥底に惹きこまれるような引力があります。ギターの演奏でここまで感情的に揺さぶられたのは初めてです。奇跡と言って良いほどの名演です。是非その場でお聞きしたかった。

He gives me the feeling only select master pianists give me, that I’m hearing a world of orchestration and a total dissolution into the music.

Heard of this piece only shortly after you posted this vid. Ive been obsessed ever since. This has gotta be the most impressive musical performance ive ever seen in my life. Easily among my top favorite guitarists now.

My God! He just “killed” everyone ! Such staggering command of his instrument. He just stamped his mark as if to say “ this is how it should be played”

OMG! I just heard of him today on the tonebase channel and had to find this performance, it's so good for the soul. He truly is the greatest player of our time. Cheers from an old Las Vegas drummer!!

活躍した分野がマニアックかつ閉鎖的なだけで、イチロー、大谷、井上尚弥並みの偉業 日本の演奏家、音楽家では並び立つ偉業はないと思う

A man possessed. His complete immersion into the music and the guitar itself is incredible. His technique is phenomenal, especially his right hand. Not many can extract this much sound from a classical guitar.

jesus christ the fuck how did he do that paco de lucia and kazuhito yamashita are both from the same planet nice of them to come visit us and show us how the true mastery is

人間にこんな演奏ができるのかちょっと信じられない気持ちで聞いています。完璧という言葉が陳腐に思える位、何かを超越しています。

I still remember the tremendous experience of seeing his live in Tokyo decades ago.

It is like watching a lion fly. Doing something which is outside the realm of possibility.

マエストロの最も有名な映像のマスター版が遂に、もう感謝しかございません。とても40年近く前の演奏とは思えません。世界中が驚嘆したのも頷けます。 魂のこもった演奏に、何回聴いても感動で涙が出てきます。 本当にありがとうごさいます。

A mim me parece super humano executar violão desse jeito. Parabéns maestro!

I applaud the luthier, and the strings, at several points I was scared something would break 😂

アップ本当に有難う御座います。こんな日が来るとは夢のようです。待っていた甲斐がありました。感謝感謝です。

Thank you so much for posting this extraordinary performance. It brought tears to my eyes.

Потрясающе! До прослушивания / просмотра этого ролика даже не мог представить, что ТАК можно играть на классической гитаре. - Это нечто запредельное. Я, конечно, не профессиональный музыкант, но люблю слушать музыку, в том числе гитарную, и то, как играет господин Kazuhito Yamashita - это совершенно поразительно на всех уровнях моего разумения: и в плане техники исполнения (и звукоизвлечения), и в плане артистизма, и в целом - как интерпретация музыкального произведения. Браво!

This guitar version and performance is much better than the orchestra version by Ravel or even the original piano version by Mussorgsky himself.

公式からついに！！！ 映像めっちゃきれい✨ 2006年くらいにこの動画を見つけて毎日のように聴いてきた😚 演奏後の映像初めてみたかも、拍手が鳴り止まないのが流石海外だなと思った。

BRAVISIMO ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Speaking strictly for me, this is by far the GREATEST art music acoustic guitar concert ever. Is like the "Woodstock" for the instrument. Your words of encouragement still resonate in me: がんばってください ! ! !

Yamashita here has given the single greatest solo guitar 🎸 Masterclass performance I’ve ever seen in any idiom. And I have seen many great ones, i.e., Holdsworth, Pass, Gatton, Williams, DeLucia, etc. His musicality, technique, dynamics , and stamina are simply beyond words. Possessed by the hands of a Higher Power playing a musical instrument. 😮

Amazed. Articulating your own voice while honoring the composer is quite rare. ❤

神業過ぎて「見てはいけない」何かを見せて頂いた思いです。サラウンドスピーカーで鳴らすと更にギターの豊かな臨場感を得られます。

3:17 超高速トリル弾きながら和音を出してるんだけど、本当に意味がわからない。こんな事人間に可能なの？😂

Pictures at an Exhibition is such a wonderful immersive piece and I have never seen someone bring it to life so well by just using a single instrument. I can almost feel the gnome staring at me, crouched behind a stalagmite with classical guitar in hand!!! Amazing!!!

最高レベルのパフォーマンス。サムライギターです。このようなパフォーマンスは音符で演奏するのではなく、自分自身、楽器、素材との本当の戦いです。そしてこの戦いに勝利したのは和仁だった。私はそのような印象を残したギタリスト、ロシア出身のアレクセイ・ジマコフしか知りませんでしたが、彼はあまりにも早くに私たちのもとを去りました。そして和仁さんのコンサートに行くことができました！

Phenomenal! The bright variety of sounds he was creating was fantastic. You don't miss any orchestral instrument - he brings all the nuances with just 6 strings.

Yamashitasan is in a category all by himself. I've never seen such intensity.

情熱と素晴らしいテクニックで奏でられる美しい音楽。あなたの才能に感謝します。

ギターに掛けるひたむきな姿、情熱、限界に挑むその総てが この演奏にはある。 ギター演奏史に燦然 と異才を放つ名演。

この人のことを全く知らなくて、さっき初めて動画を見ました。 「マジで全部やるの！？最初のとこだけじゃなくて！？」というのが最初の感想。そして凄まじいダイナミクス。一人だけなのにオーケストラが見える。恐ろしい演奏でした。見れて良かった。そして知れて良かった。感謝です。

As groundbreaking as Segovia, if not more so. Stunning.

My first introduction to this piece was Emerson,Lake and Palmer. It remains one of my all time favorites. I love your expertise. Thank you for sharing your talents!

I kind of understand now what must have been the sensation of seeing Paganini performing back then

Kasuhito, you are a magician of the guitar. Outstanding. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

...did Yamashita really play this transcription, he himself wrote, when 16yrs old? ... but then.. to play it like he does in this recording .. ? .. the best transcription I've ever heard ❤️ bravo..

I don't watch your performances enough but you're my favorite classical guitarists. Your performances of Bach's cello suites were incredible.

ついにアップ‼️ 本当に　感動です‼️ これは何回も見てしまいます✨

I never thought anyone could pull off Pictures on guitar, especially this well. Bravo!

technique to serve the music. His dynamic its unique.

Somehow the music is playing the guitar here... what a passion in this man!

This marvelous musician has opened my eyes to the fact that it isn’t just the piano that can come close to reproducing the sound of an entire orchestra, but a mere 6 strings stretched out on a fretboard over a resonant “box” of wood-a guitar-can do the same thing! Oh, but it takes so much skill and dexterity and musicianship to make it happen. Sometimes the word, amazed, is just too weak to express one’s reaction. Astonished comes a little bit closer, but can’t quite get there.

This is truly incredible. I’ve been playing classical guitar for 20 years (holy crap, that’s a long time) and I can’t imagine playing some of these passages.

I've been a fan if Mussorgskys music since 2000 and am amazed at my discovery of Yamashita coinciding with him playing Mussorgksy.. 🤔 circle of life

Incredibly on one guitar! Das ist unfassbar orchestral! Eine Gitarre, just one guitar! Excellent, never heard that so good. And I played it within an guitar-orchestra. Unbelievable emotional work. Thank you Maestro

amazing, just learning of yamashita, incredible performance, the last 10 minutes are other-worldly, he's already played 22 minutes and goes into some of the most amazing guitar work from there, and absolutely masters it.

クラシック以外の世界中の全ギタリストの方にもこの動画を観ていただきたいですね。いったいどんなリアクションをされるのか観てみたいです。 バイオリンのひまりちゃんもそうだと思いますが 山下和仁さんはどう考えても天才だと思います。 それ以外の大半のプロの演奏家がどんなに努力をし練習を積んでも到底することのできない演奏をされていると思います。 他の演奏家の方が出せない音も出していると思います。 いったい何種類の音色を奏でているのかと数えたくなるほどに(笑) もはやそれは『天才』だから と言う事以外に理由が見つからないです。 この動画は出来るだけ多くの音楽を愛する方に観ていただきたいと思います。 展覧会の絵と言う名組曲が素晴らしい作品だと言うことを 山下和仁さんの演奏、そしてやはり 山下和仁さんの天才的な編曲 これで再確認させられる演奏だと思います。

I assigned this as a listening for my students. they're gonna love it 🥰

Tabs? Lol wow!!! This is incredible!! Amazing!! Thanks for sharing this video!! The tremolo at 12:15 is WILD

I don't know who this guy is, but I can tell you one thing is for sure, He is absolutely the best guitar player to have ever walked this planet. I've played guitar on and off through my life and pay pretty close attention to who's who in the virtuoso guitarist world. But I've never heard of, much less heard or seen him play. Frankly, I'm quite gobsmacked at the moment after watching him play. He's amazing.

Thank you Thank you Thank you! For the ages!

人は、イライラしたり、怒り、恨み、憎しみ、ねたみ、そねみ、呪い、などに、とらわれていると、超能力は、発揮されないそうです。 先生の演奏は、👼様！！！素晴らしい先生だから、。奏でられるもの。🙏✨なのかもしれません。素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます(*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡✨✨✨ありがとうございます。

😮😮😮😮 I just found out last night about this magnificent guitarist and his interpretation ❤❤❤❤❤of pictures of exhibition

One of the greatest living guitarist

Wow!, just when I thought I have seen it all the youtube algorithm sends me this and I am totally blown away.

音楽が人類史上最も芸術的だった瞬間

素晴らしすぎます。ギター1本でこんな演奏が出来るなんて！クラシックギターファンの1人として涙が出ます。

No puedo expresar cuánto me emociona esta interpretación cada vez que la escucho. Me siento como un niño. ¡Muchas gracias por compartir esta joya histórica!

音楽と一体になる演奏者の姿が尊い。 それにしても、糸巻に行く手の回数が……。

山下さんは誰が何と言おうと世界一のギターリストです。

Incredible artistry and mastery to both arrange this and perform it like this.

やっぱビドロのトレモロ部はいつ聴いても感動

The God Yamashita played this in 1984 at Toronto, Canada. Let's rename calendar years by replacing B.C(before Christ) in "B.Y. (before Yamashita)" at the top of the year numbers. For example, B.Y. 1 instead of A.D. 1983. For years since then, use, of course, A.Y. (anno Yamashita). For example, A.Y. 4 instead of A.D.1987, the year Segovia died. You can easily convert A.D. into A.Y by the formula: A.Y.=A.D.-1983. 18, October, A.Y. 40, Figarofirst

CDは何枚か持っていて長く愛聴してきましたが、弾いておられる姿は初めて拝見しました。ピアニッシモのときもこれだけ身体全部を使っているのだということに、驚き感動しました。

I'm a student of all things guitar and music for decades but this guitarist really is his own category. He blazes the notes then strides with technique and amazement.

Astonishing. Astounding. I have no more words. 😢

Brings tears to my eyes..

Total genius. I play for 33 years and have never heard of you, until today. Wow 😮

これが本当の天才 ギターのリスト、パガニーニ

Greatest Classical Guitar Performance.

The emotion, creativity, and virtuosity are off the charts. This is some next-level stuff. I bet people who saw Paganini felt what I've felt right now.

Thank you maestro for showing us how far we can take this small and deeply flawed instrument, if we put the hard work! This is just incredible: the technique for one, but most of all, the musicality, the dynamics, the different sounds possible, the intensity! Such an underrated musician and guitar hero.

高校の時、サインをもらったことがある。

It is finally happened!!! Thank you very much!!!

ギター版展覧会の絵が完成発表までの伝記を書籍にしてほしいです。🙏