The video that broke Tiktok (112 million views) 

Excellent haha

sorry but your '''colleague'' is the wonderful, famous violinist Stefan Milenkovic? he really seems!!!

ha, this is awesome

Wow!! Amazing!

​@@teom3711 oh, he really does look like him 😮

❤🎉😅bravo 👏

Why are orchestral parts difficult?Seems to me like at least a good amount are relatively easy since ethey are jjst a lot fo static chords or chords progressions right? Just maube when they are fast chord progressions or arpeggios like some here I can see them being hard..or am I missing something?

Memorize... It's staged.

*memorized

@@katb.5859 Agree, but it is still memorized

As TwoSet Violin says, practice 40 hours a day!

I agree. Most people don't realize how much work one must do to be able to play that beautifully.

Lovely comment! ❤

Very difficult. I didn't have the discipline.

.... Do you really think they dont know each other and havent practised this for ages before hand? You gotta improve your critical thinking skills my dude.

@@lizardpeople7777 I kinda hate it. Cant people just appreciate music for music sake without having to spin these yarns around it? Happens a lot in films too about musicians where theres like an epiphany moment when they write a song, when realistically its rarely like that. Its worked at as a craft like any other skill.

@@cjlister8508 It is entirely possible that this was their first meeting. It is also possible that it was staged. Regardless, it was an enjoyable watch.

​@Lizard People it's not a shopping mall but St Pancras International train station in London. Yes, there is a piano in the train station and it is not unusual for a musician to travel with the instrument you play

Regardless if this was rehearsed or not it was a brilliant performance by two amazingly gifted Musicians. Shut up, put the cell phone down and appreciate it for what it is. 😂 Musicianship of this level deserves great respect. I hate when I pay good money for a show and people in front of me have they're cell phones held up and talk through the whole performance. Learn to respect others. Why does everyone have to dissect and gossip about everything today. Love thy neighbor and love one another it's really simple.

@Karl with a K that's why I used both words, as they both mean different things; otherwise I'd just be listing synonyms

@Karl with a K She never said it was. You ok??

​@@karlwithak.Is all good with you?😂😂 She never said it was😂

@Karl with a K It sure doesn't hurt though, does it, doosh bag?

Yeah it wasn’t staged at all

Just turned 76 and when I was 13 and pronounced "terminal" an aunty lent me a record player with a single LP.... the Mendelsohn Violin Concerto. Hated it but on the 4th bored listening was transported to the world of classical music and it has sustained me ever since.

Same thoughts! Free concert! 😅

Absolutely

Haha I was about to say, I hope some réalise they'd have to pay to watch this usually xD

That’s what i was thinking

They most certainly did !!!!

Does anybody know the name of the violinist from the video?

No joke at all. And that triggered my thinking that it is impossible for this video to have been improvised. I could be wrong but would need 3rd party witnesses to convince me. Still, it's well played and was nice entertainment.

If I could get the finger memory down and play that a tenth as well, a mortician would never be able to wipe the smile off my face.

@@jpdj2715 It is entirely possible that this was a first meeting - I know loads of music students and professional musicians who could have played like that on their first meeting.

@@hb1338 - I know those too and as I implied, it's my prejudice. In part caused by improvisation in classical (in a broad sense) music education having about completely lost in the past 100 years or so. A couple folk in YouTune might be able to pull this of: pianist Frank Tedesco and violinist Rob Landes - and they are significantly older than these two in this video (both have a degree from a good conservatory / music school).

The liveliness and noise of a Viennese salon is the best venue for this sort of performance. The audience are not afraid to show their appreciation while the music is playing. There are no tut-tuts and hushes, and the musicians love the instant feedback. As one who regularly attends chamber concerts sitting uncomfortably upright in silence I can honestly say this mall performance is much more fun. It’s just a pity the sound and image quality here are so poor for the video audience. It does the artists a disservice.

Yes, I absolutely agree. One of my most wonderful experiences was a classical string quartett playing at the underground platform during the morning rushour in Berlin ❤ I was blown away...

I'd almost agree, but this is way too self absorbed. They obviously staged this, just for tiktok clout. I think musicians should make music too give their audience a great time, and not to get lots of clicks on social media

Too often in modern urban society, instead of in fine restaurants the only place one can hear great classical and jazz music is in subway's, malls and other places where people do not tend to linger very long. I first began traveling to Moscow in 1996 in for a couple of years after that almost every good restaurant there had live classical and jazz musicians. But by 2000 most of them had been replaced by canned music, usually some form of rock music. And unless one specifically went to a concert at a event center, the only place one could hear this sort of music in the small scale, was in subway stations. And when I pass them on my way somewhere else, even went on the move, I always reached into my pocket and put money into their instrument cases, or coffee cans. I have not been to Russia since 2016, but have been to other places and it seems that there are fewer musicians in the various subway stations in various cities I have been to. I live in Phoenix and can't remember the last street musician I ever saw here who was playing classical music, even when the weather is very pleasant and not too hot. So I go to the Phoenix symphony, or other classical or jazz venues to hear this kind of music live now. But of course then I have to pay for the venue, pay for the parking, etcetera....🙄 I liked it better when all the money I tossed in the musicians collection point I knew was going to the musicians playing the music....

Recordings never do classical music justice, you have to BE there to truly experience the passion and beauty of the music.

You both are not wrong!! Seeing a classical music 🎶 live is sooo different from listening to it!!

That's because you've probably only heard it on NPR, which usually just recycles the same tiresome war horses over and over.

😂

because of "seeing it" aspect I like sitting on the balcony in my local Opera House - I can see not only what's happening on the scene, but also how orchestra plays ♥

I think the reason is, because it is "the Old World" Music. We seldom hear Gershwin over here in Europe to that end. Moste Public Radio stations have Classic Sundays where you hear it played.

I don't think we get the exposure to it that many in other countries do. There was a class when I was at the university that many took to fulfill a fine arts requirment. Music Appreciation. It was amazing to see so many students deeply exposed to classical and love it.

You're just hanging around the wrong people. There are quite a lot of us here in America who are fans of orchestral/classical music.

where do you know from that they met randomly? That could all have been a setup.

In fact, that piece is more popular today than it was 300 years ago. Vivaldi died regarded as a failure of his time and his music was resurrected and made popular much later.

@@evangelionl0vr857 That should tell you a lot about him.

@@Matthias_Br what are you talking about lmao are you literally shitting on a guy who died penniless and is now regarded a master composer? I don’t get the motivation for that at all.

@@Matthias_Br Should it? How? And what does it tell you?

Here’s one way to describe it: they rehearsed this many times in advance.

​@@etheldingleberry8075Yeah rehearsed separately

@@kennyapsangco9920 nope- rehearsed together. The performance was completely staged.

@@etheldingleberry8075 You don't actually know, do you ?

@@hb1338 I know. This kind of performance needs preparation and practice together. The musicians need to agree in advance on cues, rests, etc. The idea that this was spontaneous is cute, but impossible.

Yes true. Wonderful duet.

not on the spot. staged.

It’s good. But it’s not AC/DC

Lol "had to on the spot remember a song" What? lol

Very obviously staged. Awesome nevertheless!

I expect they have.

they have, they're in more videos lol

Yes it was obvious this is a setup. Still, awesome to hear two beautiful musicians play like this in a train station. Set-up or not! Brought a tear to my eye

@@joeman123964 - The video LIED to me! It lead me to believe that these two just met that day! Oh well. It was still a terrific performance. Thanks for info.

When I was growing up, and it has been many years, any child over 5 would have made that same conclusion. Because it's that obvious. What happen to us? Why are we so dense?

My eyes fill with tears and my heart fills with overwhelming joy

🔥

Love it❤

Tears of joy, and from love of beauty. I knew I wasn't the only one, because the beauty of the moment was overwhelming.

you people don't really think this was random, do you?

It's obviously staged

You people will believe anything

Completely staged!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe. But as a violinist I have played with complete strangers I've met for the first time before as well so there's a chance its not staged. Plus, Vivaldi's Summer is like one of the first difficult pieces we ever learn so its very common for most classical musicians to be able to play it.

@@elainejohnson796 It is well-known for violin, but most pianists won't have the orchestral transcription to piano memorized. There is absolutely no reason why any pianist would memorize this as part of their repertoire because they will have no occasion to perform it. The video is staged.

It's a work of art. ;)

One leads (the violinist) and the other follows (the pianist). He has to listen really intently to accompany her well. But how he remembered all of that correctly without recently practicing it, and converting from orchestral parts too ... that's a lot of talent.

It had me in tears, too. My sister was a concert pianist, and I miss her enormously. And the young lady playing the violin looked uncannily like a young friend of my wife whom we lost during COVID

Bach described him as playing the light and used his work for warming up. I get what he meant. Light and colour brought to life in sound. Bach did the same for passion for me.

well, vivaldi IS supposed to make u emotional. all music is supposed to evoke emotion

Same here

Me too❤

Vivaldi was a baroque era composer.😅 But he was also quite ahead of his time with all his uses of silence. ❤🎉 I don't fault you for the confusion. :)

Well said!!!

@@SakuraMoonflower sorry, I tend to lump them all together. I appreciate all forms of music except twangy country. I even love blue grass and when I learned the history I appreciate it even more. ❤❤ To look at the little ones' faces makes me want to cry. It is after all a universal language.

ok take a deep breath and turn the caps off because on the internet that means screaming and its rude :p XD

Yes 💓

Me too!! Crazy how that brought up the emotions. I totally got tears in my eyes from listening to that

To play it from memory is extra tough.

Genuinely crying right now, that was the most beautiful experience of my year. Thank you

I couldn't keep it dry either. Thank you mr. Vivaldi for bringing these wonderful two musicians together...

Me too! Have you seen violinist 16 y.o. Karolina Protsenko busking on Santa Monica outdoor mall? She has a yt channel.

Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec votre remarque.

Yes, definitely

@@enfrancaissilvousplait9034 Moi aussi - definitely!

vrai

Je ne parle francais😅

It's the best music

"Strange how no one wants to admit they like classical music"... in what world do you live where no one would admit such a thing?

@@shoelacedonkey Easy overthinker. It was a generalization directed towards hip-hoppers, rappers, rockers, techno-geeks, country cowboys and anyone else who believes a single genre is "it." Classical music has a universal appeal, even if it isn't "cool, trendy or so like now" to admit it. I was raised on cartoons scored with classical music, sat mesmerized in Humanities class and wore out cassette tapes, then CD's, of the masters. Now, I create my own "playlists" (pretty sick, right?) Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Debussy and all their buddies are right there, next to AC/DC, Bob Marley KISS, Alice in Chains, 80's Hair Bands, Prince, Metallica, Aerosmith, 50's Hits, 60's Rock and Classic Country. But no Disco...(just kidding, love me some Donna Summer) You know, all the stuff that makes a music appreciating life worth living. Lighten up, dude!

I ❤ classical music! Of course, I started playing flute in 9th grade, and have played it ever since. (I’m 71!) (And I also taught myself folk guitar.)

Well, yeah. Plenty of people might not know anything about classical music or choose to listen to it in their free time, which is what people who "don't like classical" typically mean by that. But a good energetic live performance can move almost anyone regardless of their usual tastes.

"All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out." - Mark Twain

Your lie in April vibe

si yo fuera el pianista, minimo le pedia sus datos a la violinista para un posible noviazgo

Oh my lord, it's staged of course!

@@EB321 ofc its staged, its a live performance ffs, so kudos to that

It’s not spontaneous

@@M_SC Please elucidate?

​@@lesleyvivien2876 There's basically zero chance he just knew the accompaniment like that. Most of the time orchestral reductions involve decisions such as repeats and section cuts that there is no way of anticipating.

Yeah, but still impressive

Also, there is a person filming (in addition to the two mobiles I the piano) ready from the get-go.

Easier with a bow 😂

Like you should , that makes the music , dah.

@@billhunter2300yeah maybe if you got the talent and been playing a very long time .

They know each other….

@@margaretsleator5530 Oh, no doubt about that. It seems likely that at least 10 or 20 minutes (or maybe 100 times that) had to have been devoted to rehearsals, don’t you think?

Who knows, may be they did. The best improvisation is the one that staged they say.

The skill level it takes to play these pieces is virtuoso.

Wow Just so happens they had cameras (not cell phones) set just right to capture the whole thing

One can usually tell when the people collaborating in a video had practiced beforehand. The link / click-bait will include "flash mob."

@@prettypuff1 You don't know what the word virtuoso means, do you? Because - given the number of mistakes they both made - *neither* of them is even close to a virtuoso. Entirely competent, sure. I'd say rehearsed by the way it went, but not even close to a professional performance. Which is fine: it wasn't supposed to be a professional performance. It was supposed to be "spontaneous" ;) :)

Yeah this was definitely staged

​@@Falconcrest_ you don't know that

​@@sonuuts6051 it's very probable. They even had the girl in the correct camera angle and another person filming her from the front. It doesn't look very random to me.

So what?@@mikosoft

🙏 so true

Scripted, don't you see the camera?

@@GeorgeFloyd73 cameras in this day and age means nothing but somebody's using a camera. There were multiple cameras all over the place, everybody was whipping out their phone. You don't know anything about whether or not it's scripted. Get over yourself.

@@GeorgeFloyd73 besides, even if it were scripted, that takes nothing away from the brilliant musical interaction.

It's staged, but beautiful playing nonetheless.

I believe Classical will Always be a thing. I remember listening to it with my Dad as a young child and loving it. It truly touches your soul. ♥️

I used to hate classical music, I found it too restrictive and overrated compared to Jazz and other forms of instrumental music. But I have now developed a little taste for it. I'm a sucker for thick sounding string sections.

Starting to appreciate classical music because of this.

Vivaldi was a priest. Who taught in a girls school.

Brilliant duet, but also spare a thought for how extraordinary some of the compositions of Vivaldi are.

I love the energy of Vivaldi! Every piece that he composed has vibrancy. Brilliant performance between these two young musicians!

@@jamesmatthews905 So in all probability then... A Stud!!!

Nothing I know of goes farther to prove that there is a God in heaven giving gifts of talent to certain people such as you two engaging in this beautiful extemporaneous duet!! THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH!! Yes I am subscribed!!! Thanks again!!!

This is rehearsed and staged buy yea it's a great piece

Of course they have practiced it . Never the less it is glorious!

I have watched it about 4 times now.

Complete strangers ? There are at least 3 POV cameras. Obviously, it was prepared. But they are both talented.

I just bumped into this vid that day i commented... so to me, the POV of the vid might look that way. Means, 1st time watching a vid from the one who posted/the pianist. The Cameras to me, maybe it was just the piano guy planning to play, then she wanted to join, idk u know. 😅 But whether it's stage or by chance. Practice/rehearsed or not. They still did a very good job. 👍👍

It was fake!@

very good

Bravo😊😊😊!

well most young people today are trying to save the world instead of improving themselves

Don't you want that for almost every human by default!?

@@JohnFoley7727gmail wtf ur kinda freaky Istg

It’s like that “how i met your mother” moment 😂

Yes, its pretty weird to ship complete strangers

So they are good at redoing a great work of art. That doesn't make them talented, it just means they are good at duplicating others work. Now, if they made their own unique piece of music, then they are talented. Vivaldi was talented. Playing Vivaldi's song, is just duplicating his work.

"Not planned"

@@laaaliiiluuu maybe it was then, whatever? Still an amazing moment. Some people are real joy crusher.

@@kae-jg The performance is really great but I don't like these fake "omg we just met" videos.

@@laaaliiiluuu it happens though. You think just because it was caught on camera it's not possible but it is😭😭. I know, it'd be easier to believe it if it wasn't recorded, right?

@@kae-jg thats what im getting at. on all these videos theres always someone who's gotta say it's fake. saying it's fake defeats no purpose it was still good.

Yeah that’s truly amazing and the cameraman just there at this moment to catch it all. So perfect 👍

Nonsense! You could TOTALLY play this song one day, you just gotta practice :D Keep going bro!

@@karlwithak. *Your

@@karlwithak. Also, the correct preposition to use with "typing" is "at" , not "on".

“The more you know the more you realise how much more you don’t” perfectly encapsulates my journey playing violin.

@Karl with a K hilarious 😂

If you look at the uploaders other videos, it is a common theme that a "stranger" comes and plays or sings with him. Pretending it is not rehearsal. I like the video regardless.

@@PerMejdal And multiple camera angles. Definitely strikes me as pre-planned. Even if well done. I remember seeing this piano in St. Pancras, you don't need a ticket to access that part of the station. I have a video I took a few years ago of a random guy playing a song on it.

This was definitely not unrehearsed, but it was marvelous.

@@comicus01 The camera angles are from both of his iPhone that he stuck on the side of his piano in order to record if you pay attention.

no, not strangers

Yes, the Summer storm and Winter are my favourites. Wonderfully talented young people.

Ohhh me too 🥲

Mine has always been winter, by far. Yes, way before it became "viral" on TikTok. Love it.

Me too, one of my favourites, pure joy❤

@@beautybliss7127 🌸🌞🍁❄️ ☺️

He was totally not ready. Not ready at all.