violinist string BREAKS during Tchaikovsky 

Emergency Strad under the conductor's podium?

Finish the whole concerto without E string, challenge urself, man, hahaha

The same thing that you just did

Screamed and run off stage leaving the violin behind. I played for eight years and never got over the fear of strings breaking. Had to switch to woodwind in the end.

walk off stage LMAO, man not letting that string break tilt you is insanely impressive. Already had a ton of respect for you but my god man

holyshit

Ray Chen 69420 hp 25% defence 100000 stamina 696969 charisma Special ability: Tacticool Violinist

gamers unite

… as a pubg player I feel targeted. But thank u, I rly do need to remember this lmao

Hahahah. Well said.

Actually, 2nd chair passes to 4th chair so that the outside players still play. Again, optimizing the audience's experience.

@@ghillies4life Thanks for explaining. I corrected my comment :p

@@ChiefHerzensCoach I agree. A humble act is great, but only at the right moment.

FINALLY thank you it seemed like nobody was talking about how they sacrificed one violin for another

I found this especially interesting as well. After all, it would be quite problematic for a concertmaster to lead the section with a 3-stringed violin :/

Wait, which one? xD

the one next to the concertmaster

Second chair fist violin! 💪

Average Assistant concertmaster W 🥱

The "one dude" is known as "the soloist."

NAH ITS MAD SKEEL

he probably memorized the notes and just converted them into the other strings

@@kamekaha52 Dunno about violin, but when I play on the piano I sure remember how to contort my finger more than the note I'm supposed to play.

that's not so difficult, just play the right notes in the other strings, but it needs some alterations in the fingerings

it wasnt the right notes though

Wow, as if they have rules and practice before right? Crazy

@@KhoiV you don't practice stuff like this lol. but yes there are certain rules

@@jakobesterbauer6058 hhhhmmmm

@@KhoiV lol no theres no practice for this happening, the only rule is to keep playing :)

@@KhoiV Yeah, you don't have to be a dick about it.

Maybe professionals are better at changing strings but I'd be terrified of snapping the whole thing in half

"I'm holding more than my life savings right now and Idk how to feel about that." - 4th chair, probably.

He's probably a bit sad that his own violin sounds so much better than it

I like the side story character narration like this. I think everyone is equally important as a team player.

@@leila13dnd much much much much much more than their life savings haha. That violin costs millions and he could realistically have a day job to afford playing with the symphony.

Thank you for noticing. Truly a masterful work by all involved.

sorry i have to correct you its an orchestra :) band wouldnt be the right word lol

@@0_ello_010 It's a band, for marketing reasons. Net even my grandpa would go and watch an orchestra. Wouldn't mind a cool band though

@@nicks22 damn what have you got against orchestras?

@@nicks22 the british military string orchestra gets large audiences and theyre called an orchestra, same with the Scottish orchestra? its only people who dont like orchestras because theyre ‘boring’ like calling an obvious orchestra a band (look up the difference between and band and an orchestra, theyre similar but not the same)

This dude is one of the best modern violinists according to a commenter in this video. Still he handled the smoothly and i know nothing about stringed instruments

Violin is even worse than the guitar. No frets! I play the guitar and my wife plays the violin so I know.

This dude, the violinist Ray Chen, is the uploader, too 😂

Ikr. My guitar once had the thing you use to tune it (english is not my first language so i dont know its name) so I had to use the spare one at school. Didn't work out so well 😅 Edit: I really don't know ehat I wrote there. What I was trying to write there. Sorryyyy

@@louisfainthere are fretless guitar too lol

Keep in mind that the instrument they are passing is a 10M Strad that alone that is insane

Professionals have standards.

Not his first rodeo.

As it is handed down untill last chair is stuck with it.

@@ZenoDovahkiin be polite, be efficient

could have ran off and made millions

I would get sweaty hands restringing that violin

He did a switcheroo and now hides the Strad under his bed.

@@ivanhendr If you were to drop that Stradivarius not even Mr. Beast could save you

@@aconite72 i understood that reference

because that's as lame as being the best Ping-Pong player. Some people care, most people don't.

@@candyy9746 Best at bowling. Like I said. Some people care, most people don't.

I like Ray, I got into classical music a while back and there are definitely violinists that just do things really well. I like almost all his versions

@@lll9107 bro could open a whole hat business with that amount of cap

@@lll9107so?

I assume the concert master's violin was in tune, so the soloist didn't have to retune it. Playing someone else's violin, is like driving someone else's car. It is different, but you can still drive. Althouogh to get to the end of the piece unfazed, was an accomplishment for sure.

The pizz is a part of the piece, but he did it in a way that made it funny

Not me reading it as pizzacat😅

ikr!

You’re not supposed to clap while they’re still playing. It’s rude during the middle of a performance

@@justiceofbook this is a special case though obviously

@@PieInTheSky9 I guess

Sebastian Garcia doing this with a violin takes a lot of skill, as i’ve come to find out while bullying violin players when i still played in my school orchestra. best believe i’d be clapping after he pulled that off

I still cant see where he pulls out spare strings?

@@balqisbamenda 0:48

Professionals are always prepared

The violin is his child

Ahhhhh that's why he's going to that 4th chair. Was wondering.

Yes! Fellow twosetter!

@@aidento289 it’s a reference to a violinist channel

@@aidento289sorry I laughed so hard at this comment because you don’t understand

@@aidento289 we got a genius in here

​@@greasydave1318they are not in the joke 🤷‍♂️

your

Your = possessive You’re = you are “You’re violin” = “You are violin”

I interpreted as he was complimenting the good sound of the other violin

@@Me-uv6kcsame😊

He is violin?

He just broke too many strings in concerts

@@tmic3273 "ah shiet here we go again"

Can you tell me the name of this piece,pleases ?

Tchaikovsky violin concerto no.1

@@viggos.n.5864 Thanks alot

Well. 2 is a lot that 1. So that’s still a lot.

Dr doof!

Family guy's reference ah? Eheheheh.

Family guy's reference ah? Eheheheh.

@@Nothing_to_see_here_27. Nope, Phineas and Ferb!

Wait, what?? Is that what happened??

@@ilovejettrooper5922yes, the e string broke and he continued playing on the a string, which is possible but you need a completely different fingering. Only a professional can do this so seemlessly

Well unfortunately nowadays music awards are not given for music but for “music” like pop etc and I’m pretty sure that 80%(or even more) of people have never heard this concerto

Grammys are given to artists that create original pieces, not people that reproduce other's compositions.

Not to mention that for a brief second he transposes the song to the a string during a live performance until he can swap out

Do you work in A&E

@@sruthis7715 what’s that?

I counted, he missed just under 9 beats

A professional just means you've made MORE mistakes than anyone, you've just learned from them

haha I can almost feel him

Noah Geller!

Oh c'mon, don't say that.

I have a strange feeling that Chen was playing on his beloved Widenhouse (modern) violin rather than his Strad, and perhaps the concertmaster was also playing Widenhouse or violin by a maker of similar prestige which is why there was almost no difference in sound. It's very common for orchestras to get to know a particular modern/local maker and then *boom!* , all of a sudden that maker's instruments start appearing in the orchestra by the handful.... or many handfuls haha. Ray Chen is definitely the reason why Brett and Eddy both got Widenhouse violins, since Ray Chen is one of their idols and they're friends.

@@liamnevilleviolist1809 If I were a violin maker, I’d probably gift one of my violins to a high profile violinist for publicity purposes, lol.

The violinist sitting at the very top, closest to the soloist, is called the concert master. They're head of the string section and could even "take over" (not stand up and get to the conductor stand) in an extreme case where the conductor gets lost. If anything happens with the soloist violin, the soloist will swap with the concert master and the concert master with the 2nd violin. This is a common practice but it was still smooth as hell.

there are enough videos of these occurrences where the person in the same spot always switches immediately.

I don't know anything about violins, but I doubt the violin the soloist took was tuned correctly, but correct me if I'm wrong on that, because if it wasn't tuned correctly, it's amazing it sounds good still.@@alphabets0ng

hard to tell. could also be nervousness and not being used to the concert masters instrument@@HawkinaBox

Wow never noticed that

It is the weakest string of the strings for being the smallest, so it makes sense to have reloads handy

That what I was thinking. It’s all muscle memory for me so I wouldn’t even know what notes I was supposed to be playing lol.

@@kelseyqueen2068 That’s the difference between a gifted amateur and the Ling Ling who practice 40 hr a day

@@Tempusverum "ling ling" ?

@@Tempusverum what even

@@Tempusverum wtf

i played a ton of cello growing up, was all-state principal cellist in a big state, as well as first chair for a couple other non-professional orchestras in college. so not pro, but not a beginner either by any means. i never noticed any significant difference between one instrument vs. another that would be a huge problem when switching instruments in a situation like this. if anything, the bow and how much rosin was on it made more difference to the feel of an instrument than the instrument itself. of course, every instrument SOUNDS different, but in terms of playing one vs. another, unless you're switching to a smaller size (3/4 or something), I don't see how it would have been a huge problem switching.

@@jayjacobl4667 you notice him feeling out the instrument after he got it

@@un33kgaming24 not at all. He was only checking out the chin rest nothing else. And that wasn’t until after he nailed the part before his rest.

VERY true. We play by feel and muscle memory, so my instinctual A might be a A# on a different instrument, even if its been well tuned. Edit: Ok for clarification I didn’t mean full note change, just a sharper A. Slightly different sizes and strings can do that

​@@Electric_Bagpipes it wouldn't work like that at all. unless the instruments are different size categories (7/8 vs full size), if they're all tuned properly, an A should be proportionally in the same spot on one violin as another. the only somewhat noticeable difference ive felt when I've used other people's instruments (not talking about the bow, where the most differences would be noticed) would be that some instrument's "necks" feel more squared off or rounded. But that wouldn't affect your ability to pick up another person's instrument and play it pretty easily. What is to be commended is how quickly, efficiently, and professionally the issue was resolved in a completely calm manner. But people are making it sound like switching instruments is some amazing feat, when that's not what's impressive here.

He has talent, unlike you.

@@SurajInd89 ... And you hope to achieve what with this comment. Of course they aren't top 100 players worldwide. Nothing wrong with giving credit where credits due

@@SurajInd89 Someone didn't get enough attention as a child. Or maybe they're still a child, it's anyone's guess really

@@SurajInd89 so bitter and pathetic for no reason

@@SurajInd89 and what talent you have my good sir? Other than being toxic i don't think a person like you is capable of doing anything else.

Lol

Old joke already lol

Old joke but that’s actually pretty cool to think about

I was just thinking of the nonsense they'd have to go through to get everyone's violins back to their original owners lol.

:-D

Congratulations you have now discovered internet!

That’s a Normal thing to do for soloists

@@thesuperintendentoffugues1144 and for first violins in general. Always have spares!

Aka string destroyer

he has learnt from the mendelssohn

Switching to your side string is always faster than reloading

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@@ellalogx haha wtf

@@ellalogx Oh yea I met him the other day, pretty chill guy He said the fandom is a bit cringe though, especially ones like you

@@ellalogx well im not christian

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Ok

truly amazing insight person I have never seen before ever in my whole of youtube

Calm down master oogway

Oh, its You again...

Wtf even in the video that I atleast expect you to be and yet you are here

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 That's his Job to do in case that Happens. First Chair LOL

The first chair aka concert master has to give the soloist his violin then a whole chain happens ending up with the first chair having one of his sections violin, its like the greater good

@@rifaatisk1061 Indeed If all of us Humans could adopt this Principle we'd be a lot better and so would the Planet and all its species. Unfortunately we're nothing like that in real life.

Imagine if he said no

What good sport? They are a team. It's bad for him if he didn't. And it's all planned if something goes wrong.

How do they tune it without disturbing the music?

@@vegancrabcakes if it’s just one instrument, then the musician can pluck the strings very gently and tune that way. The sound will sit under the orchestra, and won’t be heard, although it is significantly harder to tune that way

I think they should stop concert for three minutes and play from the begining of part of concerto

The thing is with instruments though is that you _always_ treat them like their worth millions. Especially orchestral; fun fact: the strings are only held on to the instrument by friction against the spools, as is the bridge and soundpeg. Yes, you heard me right, THE STRINGS AREN’T EVEN ATTACHED.

7.5 million? Lol

Standard practice doesn’t change the fact of how cool it was

@@haveltherock1169 I didn't say it wasn't cool.

Had no idea. I assumed the best course would be to have the next ranking violin to take over the solo role until that one is ready to resume with a replacement.

Yep! They kinda don't have a choice. As a first chair you HAVE to give your violin.

The most impressive thing about this is how good he still sounded after the switch. Most people don't know how hard it is to play someone else's instrument. A musician's instrument is like part of their body and it just doesn't feel and sound the same when playing another instrument that they didn't tune or practice with.

Love this. You got a laugh out of me!

What song is this?

@@danielboss52 Tchaikovsky's "Violin Concerto" (He only composed one), it's one of my favorite pieces, pure romantic bliss

@@thebruckler3707 ‘pure romantic bliss’ damn, that’s poetic

oh did he change the string? I missed that!

that's happened to me before (when i was a beginner and thought i was turning the A peg instead of the E peg). pretty stupid on my part, would not recommend

Happened to me 22 years ago.pierced my cheek 🥺

It's happened to me. It hurts.

That’s terrifying to think about. Good thing I plan on becoming an orchestral writer/conductor instead

It’s kinda crazy thinking how much damage a little string can do

Well its funny, cause he still have the time to Aknowledge the "Strangers" Violin and be like *"Hmmm Nice, (Everyone Laughing) For real Tho !!!"*

Based on a couple of things, I think it’s unlikely that he has never played this violin before. Apparently there is a protocol when this kind of thing happens, which means it happens often enough to have such a protocol. Having this protocol, and not at least playing/trying the violin you would swap to seems negligent if this is the case. During rehearsals, I’m sure that he will have had the opportunity to play this violin and presumably will have done so at the very least pre show/ tuning. That having been said, I’m sure he could pick up any violin and play it almost exactly the same, he is of course fantastically talented and practiced on the instrument. Just saying I think it’s unlikely that he would never have played the violin he would be handed in such a situation.

@@eds7228 It usually doesn't happen. The soloist can play with several orchestras during the year and the only time he and the concertino meet is at general rehearsals. Indeed, the protocol dictates that, in case the soloist is unable to perform due to instrument failiure, there has to be one in reserve. Sometimes there can be an extra violin at hand just in case, but in most of the cases, the concertino offers theirs.

As a violinist myself. You are exaggerating so much. You are acting as if he was handed a completely different instrument. yes he has to adapt to the tension of the string, the bow weight and balance point, and the feel will be different, but it's not going to be extremely difficult to adapt as you put it. You're acting as if we never touch different violins in our life. It's like having to drive a rental car. Yes it's different but it's still the same. And I'm talking about a manual car. Stop exaggerating. Btw I'm not saying what he did wasn't impressive. I was impressed too. As it does take a couple min to adjust. But to be on the edge of your seat watching it. Come on bro. You know you just smiled and that was it haha

Well don't think us like that mate, even though I never played any violin, I knew how hard it is to play another person's instrument, it happen to me ( not violin ) and it's hard.

So pretentious

😽😽😽 I always love Ray and his easy way to interpret class music.

I've been to a number of Ray's concerts. He is unique and he always plays with full commitment. My heart beats for Ray Chen!

That was just incredibly smooth -- a brief "oh crap" look, then the first violin guy sees it and hands over. IDK if there is supposed to be a pause in the solo there, but if not you'd never be able to tell.

I'm glad the string stayed in tune so quickly.... usually they stretch for quite a while ...

This was so funny

acoustic instruments are for incels anyway

you saw that realization happen, where he attempted to soldier on and just play without the e-string, then realize he was f'ed cause of the double-stops, then turn to the conductor, like "DUDE I'M F'ED" .. all in the space of like 1 second. Then with the replacement, that first double-stop was all it took for him to completely get the "feel" of it, I think that was the most impressive part. That solo is super difficult even with an instrument you know like your own hand, to play it THAT WELL on a totally unfamiliar instrument, on the spot, that is simply amazing.

@@anttimaki6633 tf where did u get that idea from

a

@@anttimaki6633 that’s what an incel would say to make them feel better about themselves sitting on their bed all day with their favourite sock and their favourite website 🟧⬛️

His personality is seriously the best!!! I've met him live after a concert and he is super nice and fun!

hi shawn

omg Shawn!

shawn ?!?

omg hi shawn I didn't know were in the community!

omg shawn

tysm i was looking for this comment

Bless you,I really wanted to know what piece it was

Thank you a lot

It's good you left the piece name. This video has so many views, as if it were a pop song. I'm sure over half the people who clicked on this don't know what it is. If you're new to classical music, welcome to the party. You've got a lot of catching up to do. Enjoy yourself!

The string happened to pop at one of my favorite passages in the concerto. A real shame but he handled it so well

String break Challange....................... name of a new lingling workout??

@@terencejean I see, you're a man of culture

@@terencejean 🤣🤣🤣TwoSet would love the challenge!

In 2010, his E string breaks in the beginning of Max Bruch Gm Concerto in São Paulo. Ray played the entire concerto with the violin from the concertmaster, (this violin, if i remember, had a central chinrest, dominants strings heavy tensions, a very diferent setup) and still, his played perfectly! I was thinking "how did he manage to adapt so quickly?" Your words were exacly my thoughts that day

Agreed. Even amateur violinist can tell switching instruments is not easy mid performance.

That length is standardized in modern violin making, as well as a few other lengths.

Which Tchaikovsky

That would cause me literal financial/historical terror...

honor and trembling hands holding it

that's not a strad

Well true but most violinists in a major orchestra (in this case the Seattle Symphony I believe) have fairly expensive (and usually quite old) violins of their own (I would guess typically around at least $25,000-$100,000 in value in most cases, more in the case of the concertmaster and a few others. Actual working symphonic violinists can correct me if I’m wrong.) Many if not most of them may have had the chance to hold and play a Strad, Guarneri, or other famous make at various times.

@@roylin3490 The program stated it is.

Yeah, especially at that level of playing (and then again: Every pianist has to do it over and over again - but if you are used to your one instrument, it is really hard without no proper warm up).

@@blauespony1013 Yes, in the middle of the piece with almost no hesitation requires great confidence and also shows how great of a player he is

@@J.R.Swish1" no hesitation requires great confidence" 👍

It’s the same instrument though, I’m not seeing how it’s different to play the same instruments

@@TheTruth-13 This is like saying "It is just another person. I don't see how it is different to work with another person." Instruments react slightly different from each other. It will not bother you as a beginner, but when you are more experienced, you need to know you instrument. Of course you can switch and you will produce a good result. But here we are talking about pros who want an excellent result. For example: Different wood makes a different sound. Different quality of instruments make a difference how quiet or how loud you can play them. Violins don't have "keys" like a piano, so you have to figure out, where your note is on the finger board (and even keys respond slightly different. Some are harder to press, some respond easier ...). Different material in strings might feel different in touch, sliding can be harder ... Even the temperature of the room and or/instrument and the humidity do make a difference in sound. The tuning changes during playing (strings get a tad more flat during performances, because the strings get a bit longer while woodwinds get more sharp). All those tiny bits feature into your performance and can throw you off your game. Especially if you are going for perfection.

IKKKKKK!! kept thinking about that

imagine if he playing for entire few seconds ray wasn't playing. instant concert master

😂

I didn't notice that at first. Nice spotting. Yay 2nd chair~!

bro had a part on the solo for a second

yeah, everyone just talks about pop now. i’ve developed a deep dislike towards band.

​​@@hellolamb1391 you guys keep fighting on which music gerne is better, whereas I enjoy all kinds of music from classical, jazz, rock to modern gernes like punk rock, pop, EDM etc. I think it's because we tend to position a certain type of music with a certain type of ideology, even though doing so would NOT help us enjoy the music. When it comes to music, it's better to NOT to think about the gerne too much, to submerge ourselves in the melody as much as we can.

The world of classical music is a different kind of world. It's built on charity and teamwork.

its not that much about human decency its more that thats what the orchestra is required to do during such a situation so they have no choice

It's not a shining example of selfless teamwork. Do you honestly think a violinist would refuse to swap in the middle of a performance?

@@CrookedNose2131 Lol

@@dasren Ignorance is bliss.

...so the portal is in Ray's pocket? I've got to get one of those suits!

Lol 😂

@@KonradTheWizzard yer a wizard

That's his job lol

It’s his job but I don’t know how he felt about losing his violin for the rest of the concert. I think it would personally be kind of annoying to go out of the way to get there, get ready, practice for hours and then have your violin taken by the soloist.

@@ZORGIN man got to play a strad, he is definately not sad

it's a common protocol in the orchestra.

@@ZORGIN the end of the concert? I would think until the end of the movement, or they didnt swap?

Yes

how come u stopped updating ur subs after 3100

fun fact: you get people to sub to your channel and then sell them online ( correct me if im wrong)

It's their profession. Imagine someone else watching you doing things in your profession and how you do things they just do not imagine doing themselves. It's the same thing here))

He practiced his solo to perfection. This is the beauty of music; if you can play by memory of a piece then they orchestra could stop and pick up 10 seconds later in the song without missing a beat

Much of it being because the 1st's violin that was given to Ray was meant to BLEND in rather than stand out. If you're gonna play a solo with an orchestra, you need a violin that stands out, but if you're playing with the orchestra, you need a violin that blends in. But his violin is worth a TON so it's obviously going to sound brilliant :)

Ofc. It's a $10.000.000 strat lol

And he played in 'what could have been' i love that song

Yeah, I remember thinking,"What a weird violin that is...Ray Chen?"

Wow, I always knew the violinist looked familiar.

thats why

Eew, it's a Strad - here, take it!

"I can't afford to hold this"

You can become like that with lots of practice and discipline 😊

Some can tell that he isn't used to the violin change hence some issues here and there. But he's so good that it's barely noticeable to most people. Cause his messy playing is better than most of what we consider good when we play

Lingling

@@bryanlin8333 yeah on the double stops, you could just barely hear that it was unfamiliar to him. especially if you've heard him play Tchaikovsky before. He still nailed the notes, it was just the dynamics of the instrument were a bit different. Immediately after that he had the "feel" for the instrument though, how he pulled off those harmonics on an instrument he's never played before, I will never understand. The man is a virtuoso.

I can confirm that even brass-instruments are weird to exchange. Same instrument, same model, feels totally different played by an other musician.