Tiffany Poon plays Chopin Concerto No. 1 in E Minor Op. 11 (Better Audio) 

Hyramess Hiramess The fallacy in your argument is that although Ms. Poon is a fantastic pianist, she is not Frederic Chopin, the greatest genius of Romantic piano composition who ever graced this earth.

+Carl Hopkinson You should qualify: "solo" piano composition, not orchestral. Everybody knows that Chopin was quite weak at orchestration.

+Carl Hopkinson } That is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen posted on youtube comments. LoL. Chopin may have composed masterful pieces but that mastery did not extend to his piano-playing.

KISSIN PLAYED BOTH CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTOS AT AGE 12, BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE EVER HAS, OR EVER WILL...........BUT SHE IS VERY, VERY GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I'M SURE ANY PLAYER OF TIFFANY'S CALIBER WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH MY STATEMENT ABOUT KISSIN............)

So elegantly worded. I fully agree with you. She is something else.

evanofelipe. Anybody who criticizes her should post their own version, ie, Put up or shut up.

Who on earth can criticize her? Was she really 15 years here! Must be a mistake in the text right :-)

Peter Newman am I correct that only pianists can criticize? Moreover, only the ones who are better in performing chopin?

nicely said

Those who know nothing better than to criticize are just losers who seek recognition in doing so. Just ignore them.

Yess!

Tluangtea OgGy Khiangte j

Her vlogs remind me she's human and so gives me hope for my endeavors

@GegrillteOrange i dont get it

Yes.

He was dating his childhood sweetheart during the first two concertos (he wrote) then after he wrote the concertos the mother didn’t allow him to date her anymore. He wrote some of his happiest works during this time (of dating his childhood sweetheart).

This is really interesting, do you know the name of the woman?

@@KevinLiangP her name was Konstancja Gładkowska

not untypical for Piano Concertos in the romantic period to first expose the musical idea in a sonata form for the first 3-5 minutes, then have the soloist pick the idea up, repeat and develop it and then let that flow into the cadenza, before closing the first movement.

@@thecluelesscomposer I know. I was joking around lol. In all seriousness, I really enjoy this piano concerto and this performance.

@@christianvennemann9008 I was figuring, but every now and then people really mean it seriously. I have to agree it's a beautiful performance and I'm starting to grow appreciation for this concerto.

@@thecluelesscomposer It's all good. I'm a very facetious person most of the time. XD

Both of chopins concertos ( and the third published posthumously) follow the same structures

True..

Try not to compare yourself! As Tiffany says, "keep striving!"

The hole thing was the most beautiful part watcha mean lol

YOOOOOOO

I have her starting to play at 4:08

@CasperMelchiorBalthasar You mean when you speak...?

for a second i thought you wrote "song" instead of sound

Thank you. Beatiful music.😊🌻🌻🌻💞👍

Wtf she was 15 here??? Good lord

Distractions are distractions for everyone, in any era, at any age, and there are always too many! :)

@@pianosenzanima1, I Still do not think you are aware of the distractions people in the 80s had. We always had distractions, and we will always have them! Discipline was tough for all, and that is still though. Today kids interact with mobiles, but then you had kids knocking on your door, on the practice rooms, visiting, annoying you, asking to go out with them, and your girlfriend and friends were annoyed that you were always practicing. I believe it is the same amount of distractions, but different. And that is why, it is still the same amount of people that fail at something for the lack of concentration. But comparing different eras is useless, as we will never know, but one thing for sure is that the day has still 24 hours, and one needs to practice many hours a day to get there, and the issue was always there, and still there, unless you live in the countryside, with nothing else to do. As for the brain that's turned off, that's another issue. :)

@@PushkarCarlotto :) the day has still 24 hours, but the temptations today are much many more compared to 50 yrs back. But as you said, its all about motivation and self discipline. Once you got those everyday on point nothing can stop you. P.S. but the tempations are still more nowadays than 50 yrs ago :)

Well, may I differ in the opinion that there are more distractions today? The inability of ones mind to concentrate is the reason for any distraction. A little sound, a smell, someone talking, noises, a bird flying, a bell ringing, an itching, your friends, family, anything, anyone, all can be distractions. You believe there are more today? I say, anything can distract the person who doesn't know how to concentrate. And I know people who are so concentrated that even calling them is tough to get their attention.

@@PushkarCarlotto okay, have it your way then! I ultimately think ure right! Thanks for the conversation.

Talent is something that helps, but with determination nothing can stop you. I mean, don't take this as a "stock phrase". I really mean that if you want to do it, you can. Work hard!

@@beanos5105 Thank you! I will work hard on it during the summer. And yes I agree, hard work is KEY. Talent doesn't do everything.

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard

Thats true.

She has lived in New York since she was 8

@@publius9207 Which means that not only she is from asia in the first place, but also that she *probably* grew in an asian environment (culture, family, ..). It is true that the Asian culture (not nationality) has an impact on classical music, as a much larger number of kid is playing a musical instrument (mostly piano and violin) at a very young age, and very regularly, compared to Western culture.

I agree

❤️🇨🇿🌿🫂

Yes you dont need it

Leslie Figueras If they get videos like this one made -- of concerto appearances with decent orchestras, and at no cost to her -- they're well worth the effort. Just this one alone will sell thousands of tickets to her appearances.

Gift, talent, matter nothing without practice, she must be playing a lot

But that's not true. She is shaking her head all the time. When she is 40 she will be a whole shake...

It sounds like you are talking about Lang Lang 🤣

I sure hope there are *some * hand movments, isnt that how you play?

*weird

Bai Yi Lei -19 every hand movement is weird

Such lyricism in addition to a superb technique and control. Love it. Beautiful, Tiffany!!

😢

This girl is gifted and nothing more.

@@jose-felixdavid6113 Who would you recommend instead?

@@folkeholmberg3519 Why the sad face?

No other pianist has the tempo that tiffanys got

Cóż za cudowne dźwięki, ich barwy, kolorystyka płynie ŻYWCEM z fortepianu u tej Artystki. To ŻYWY CHOPIN. Tak grał sam Fryderyk. Kapelusze z głów !!! Cóż za fantastyczne frazowanie, cóż za szczerość wypowiedzi ARTYSTYCZNEJ u tej pianistki. Cóż za dojrzałość muzyczna mimo młodego wieku. Naturalny TALENT MUZYCZNY, tak powiedziano i zapisano te słowa o Fryderyku Chopinie. O tej pianistce trzeba powiedzieć już dziś to samo : NATURALNY TALENT MUZYCZNY wielkiej próby, ba najwyższej próby !

justap19 yes I. must agree with You

IT IS TRUE : SHE IS VERY GOOD MUSiCIANS

justap19 chopin was the genius. Poon is average

@@justap19 Agree with you. Personally I consider her the best young Chopin player in these days, and I have listened to Chopin (who is one of my favorite composers) played by Cortot, Rubinstein, Cliburn, Brailowski, Horowitz, Barenboim, Pollini and Yuja Wang, who are considered the best by the experts.

She is pretty active on RU-vid, So lots of enjoyment to you.

@Asshole Johnson aha

Amen to that!

Indeed it is wonderful that young people (but also older) enjoy a piece of great art! Unfortunately not many people around the world care about our heritage! But you seem to make a distinction between Asians and others, which I would not: this is a heritage of all humanity, as far as high art goes, it belongs to a Chinese, as much as to a Polish, or the Bushmen. To say it is your, or my, culture is very inaccurate, as most of us grow with things that are multicultural. Where does one draw the line? And don't we all belong to one humanity. I myself am multicultural, though my upbringing might have been more towards one culture than another, but then, one grows and might expand oneself to include other cultures. Think even about our languages (for example, Polish being a Indo-European language), or objects (for example, the piano created by Italians, with German additions). Think about it. It all depends on what you grew up with, and the tastes you have developed.

I am sure there are many thousand people you have made no effort in discovering who have made a cultural impact within our history. To brandish a whole generation as you do is ‘arrogant’ many people my generation or generations above me have not made an effort to discover Chopin or any composer yet you do not criticise them. Do you know who Phillip Vaughan is have you ever put an effort into discovering how he changed the world. So please while you may be narrow minded enough to destroy the character of millions of people you have never met please at least allow them to be defended

Virtualmuzyk not everyone needs to know who Chopin is but still can enjoy music...do you know what the entangled photos and their superposition mean? You may but most of people don’t. They don’t have to. When the quantum computer is commercialized, one just needs to know how to use it...

Virtualmuzyk you’re racist

Let me help... the word you are looking for is magical as in magical performance.