Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto played by James Perlman 12 yrs old 

imagine how good he is now at age 18

It’s really sad a lot of people don’t even know what bassoons are

pretty sure the instrument is as tall as he is

he plays so way,, really amazed ,, i am now 14 and i started to play the bassoon from 10,, he's tone is just beautiful

I'm in 9th grade now, and have been playing bassoon since 6th grade. This kid has beautiful tone, and probably plays better than I do. Amazing talent, he has a future in music ahead of him!

Only 2 years playing such a difficult instrument. He's very good. I wish I had his talent. I had no pitch so was unable to play a wind instrument.

He’s 23 now, if he still plays he’d be amazing.

Now everybody knows the bassoon is not a brass instrument. Thank you. 😍

All the people saying how many times he messed up is ridiculous, he did an amazing job! I bet half of you can’t even play bassoon, it’s not an easy instrument to play. Hopefully he still plays because he would be sooooo good!.

I am interested in learning the bassoon. I'm no musical expert but he sounds wonderful to me, and after only two years of learning to play? Amazing!!

I love how he plays it

I'm also 12, are playing the bassoon and begun when I was 10!!!!!!:-o:-D

His technique is fine for his age - he will progress wonderfully.

Most kids are riding their bikes, playing sports, on Tik Tok, or hanging out with their friends, he's making history

I wonder if he makes his own reeds.

Wow, fantastic.... im 17 and also from Hawaii went to Moanalua high school played for 6 years and at 6 years still found it difficult (phrasing) but you, 2 years! I am thoroughly impressed! Please do the world a favor and keep playing. ~a fellow bassoonist

He's like a Mozart on bassoon. Gifted from an early age, and will produce many great things.

My good friend robert plays the bassoon and i plag the baritone saxophone and we started an obscure instruments club

As a bassoonist myself, im pretty impressed

What a fantastic present for your mother!!! I need to congratulated both of you, you for playing the instrument so well and your mum for producing a talented and fantastic musician

this guy played better than the seniors in the all state band this year...

It just brings joy to my heart to see such young talent. Excellent performance.

Nice to see a youngster from my state excelling in classical music!

I say: Wow, wow, wow. The boy play beautiful!!

Beautiful work! It's also harder to play standing up (like most people do for a concerto) than it is sitting down like orchestral players do. The weight of the instrument is distributed very differently and if you haven't practiced a LOT in the new position, it can throw you off. Doesn't seem to here, though!

Very very talented! Gorgeous interpretation!

Bravo!!Bravo!!ce garçon est formidable, mes compliments!!!!

So much talent, such a nice sound took me a year to even sound like that and I’m 14

Bassoon is a difficult instrument to play and this boy really has some talent at playing one of the worlds most difficult instruments in the world!

Stick with it kid. Very nicely done.

keep going kid!!!! that was awesome!!!! you are going to be worth gold someday!!!

His tone is amazing!!!

I agree, this is absolutely amazing! Keep doing whatever you're doing with this kid, or better!

Amazing.....and great pitch too!

congratulations, this boy is an example, i want to see my son playing in a few years like him

FANTASTIC job! Great video keep it up!

Very nicely played!!! This is the talented one!

Our school orchestra did this son for our end o the year concert and it was absolutely amazing

Woow! Super amazing! 👌🏻😍

Am I the only one who’s dying about the clarinet siting on it’s bell behind him

..... Fantastic Talent, Poise and Musicality......The future of the Bassoon is in good hands.

Very sweet

Delightful and impressive. Bravo

What is most crazy to me is how he can hold that thing up! As a bassoonist myself, (still new to it, not super good if I’m being honest) I can barely hold it up sitting! Can’t imagine what it must be like standing. Super impressive! The tone of the notes are very even and the tonguing is really smooth!

Very Nice Sound !

Wowww...Amazing!!

Congrats, I hope you are a great bassoon player 👏🎉

I think if i would have heard him play the first movement i would have thrown my bassoon out the window. haha. But great job keep it up! Great tone!!

Meus parabens, muito bem tocado por alguem de tao pouca idade Abracos...

Jolivet! The man has good taste and he plays so calm and eloquently on a piece with notoriously awkward fingerings for a Bassoonist, very nice

Very nice playing! Phil Gottling's a great teacher - I took lessons from him at the University of Texas 25 years ago!

Im 12 and a bassoonist, I just starting playing in the beginning of sixth grade... Your such an inspiration, maybe one day I'll play as good as you :)

Wonderful!

That was a great performance,love it,2nd mov was very touching and the 3rd was great too ,i'm glad to see so young instrumentist with such great skill,i play the basoon for 5 years but i think that this kid will surpace me any minute nuw:)),anyway,great performance,;)thumbs up.

Great job!!..

Impressive rendition!

That was my first solo concerto when I was 16. Mans did it earlier

Well done! You have a very bright future!

bassoons are cool. good job!

Its really inspiring and talented kid. My son has started doing Basoon resently and taking his grade 1. He was inspired by this video thanks for sharing and wish bloom your talent world wide!!

Great job!

Thank you James I’m 60 so enjoyed your music . Perhaps you will become a Martin Frost in your time. ! Play it better play it with style. Your mum is proud 🇦🇺👍

AAAAAA I played this last year when I was 12 Aswell, he did great, hope he still plays

Our seventh grade program is taking us to a new level. We are playing the Sorcerers Apprentice

I play bassoon too because it's awesome!

hey this guy is awesome and I haven't got my bassoon yet and I'm m 11 he's really good

when I was that age I don't play that yet this boy is amazing

When I play bassoon I'm so good with my teachers then at competition I'm trasshh

im 12 and i play bassoon as well wow i could never play that well in two years

Wow! Cool! I think this has been pointed out already, but to be that young and play that in tune on a bassoon, Bravo! Kids got a great ear. Great student and most definitely a great teacher.

That ensures he plays it with the best upright upright spinal posture!❤

have to mortgage the house in order to purchase that bassoon

Wow! Rimango allibito! *-* Complimenti ai genitori e al maestro! :D Bravo!

How adorable ...

He is plays the basoon he is very good

He decides the tempo from the outset The conductor is to follow his pace, not vice versa Fine tone, seamlessly supported And from memory

I started to learn bassoon when I was 10, when I’m even not as tall as the bassoon but quit after 5 years... never gonna be at this level :(

I play bassoon too, but I'm 10 years old and I will have my 2nd concert on April 22.

Bravo!

Bravissimo continua cosi presto sentiremo parlare di te

lol, just came here cuz behind my window there is this musical house, where random people, with random instruments, and random amount of talent come every day to play their masterpieces all day long. 1 time even my country's 90s techno star came and it was actually epic to listen to.. Anyways.. i just wanted to check if i guessed correctly if the instrument playing today was a badly played bassoon, and so far it seems like it lol

Wonderfull

Who is watching this in quarantine because i got this from my teacher

@bobperlman Your son is a truly gifted young man. I'm 16, and I am a bassoonist as well. I can tell you from experience and hearing other people play that it is rare to find young teens able to play with such good tone. The bassoon has such awkward fingerings, and is a difficult instrument. Tell him to stick with it, being a good bassoonist opens up so many doors considering the rarity of good bassoonists.

Bravo.

I play the bassoon too and I'm from Honolulu Hawaii too

I'm impressed of the level this kid is playing at, but let's think about this for a moment. How many kids his age are genuinely this determined to do something? Not many would be the most probable answer. The odds of him being forced to practice and have lessons are quite high, especially if this kid is coming from a family where this sequence basically happened. "Mum, a bassoon isn't a brasswind instrument." "Yes it is." "Buy me one and I'll prove it." I always find myself feeling bad for these prodigious kids, just because the odds of the instrument they play being forced upon them is much higher than magically being able to play.

I hope he's a professional bassoon player by now.❤

child prodigy, i really hope he is still playing, i can't find anything on the internet of where he is now...

I'm 15 and I play bassoon and I have no clue how to get such a pretty tone like his.

This 12 year old has better tone than I do!

Solo prodijio y talento.

Yep play flight of the bumblebee at 250 on bassoon

Wonderfully played. Did he have any musical training or play any instruments before starting to play the bassoon?

I'm in third grade and the end of fourth grade you choose a instrument for middle school and I want to play the bassoon

My bassoonist brotha over here

He is 25 now wonder where he is at now

WOW, IT'S MOTHER'S DAY TODAY

Yes, but it's hard to develop that good of a tone on the bassoon, especially after only 2 yrs of playing. . .

Nice work kid!!!