I don’t follow piano child prodigies but considering this was recorded when young Mr. Lim was 13 or 14. I am simply amazed. I was amazed hearing his Cliburn debut and to think he was doing this to “Mephisto” years earlier. I am convinced that reincarnation must be in some sense true if only to account for such extraordinary ability and musical understanding/maturity. I do not want to denigrate in any degree or manner his work effort or intellectual ability but it is simply astonishing how he sounds 30 or 40 years old in musicality inside a 13 year old body. He gives me great joy in listening to him expound on the piano.
I feel his is an ageless talent that is to be enjoyed in the way he wants us to do that, namely by becoming absorbed in the music rather than focusing on him.
Don't know about reincarnation-I feel some souls are definitely better off diffused and scattered to the universe. I have sat vigil and attended a number of people during their dying and have actually, like many others delivering palliative care, sensed their passing energy. I believe nothing is lost to the universe and where those energies go, or for how long, or what the universe decrees will happen to them, who knows?
This is a Very Difficult piece to play! I've never heard of anyone 13 playing it before and Never at this level! Most all pianists mess up certain areas of this piece which parts are hard to explain here but the ending octaves is one that nearly everyone misses...especially in live performances where no retakes or splicing can be done!! He plays these octaves with absolute precision and Lazar like accuracy and Great Speed!!! The entire performance is incredible. His performance here could be compared with any Great Professional Pianist with many years of experience over Yunchans and come out on Top!!!
I doubt even Lizt could play the last parts. You're right, even Agerich is in absolute TURMOIL in the last part ang MISSING NOTES on the higher octaves. It's ininteresting you mentioned the word LASER, because in an interview Yunchan's Method of practising is recording a difficult passage in a a recorder and PERFECTING EACH NOTE. That's the reason for its OVERALL LASER-LIKE QUALITY. I LOVE YUNCHAN.
of course, U are saying nothing new.... but why THIS COMPETITION IS SO WATCHED ??? note this: THE FINALIST WERE NOT FROM THE DEEP WORLD------ and it has been good that RUSSIAN like UKRAINIAN were present...... PS: LISZT non only played these pieces, bu also WRITTEN THEM...... remember and try to not exaggerate like ususally do american people....-.- in hollywoodian style..........
Richard Soler. Look on RU-vid for Alexander Malofeev who was also 13 yrs old when he played Mephisto's Waltz. Two execeptional 13 yr olds. I agree with Jean Pierre that we should neve forget Listz the creator, composer. We have many recordings of Rachmaninoff playing his works to remind us of his virtuosity as a pianist aside from his genius as a composer. I think certain competitions have gotten outsized reputations as the Chopin, VanCliburn while competitions are odd grueling beasts (enjoyable perhaps for spectators) but that's a whole other subject.
8:36 이 부분은 피아니스트들도 엄청 버벅대는 부분인데 13살 윤찬군이 저리 노련하게 치는 것을 보니 넘을 수 없는 천재라는 걸 다시금 느끼게 해준다. 물론 피나는 노력도 있었겟지만.. 20년에 올라온 메피스토왈츠는 완성형이라 매일 몇번씩 듣지만, 어린 패기가 보이는 이 연주도 너무 좋다. 심지어 여느 피아니스트들의 연주보다도 훨씬 더 훌륭한것 같다.
This phenomenon of child-prodigy is the incarnation of the piano itself! Now that he won the Van Cliburn competition, it is clear, as a lake reflecting the clouds and the skies, that Yunchan Lim is one of the greatest pianists of all times. But even more incredible, he is a musician of the highest order, in the order of Melchizedek, the high priest! I heard his phenomenal rendition of the 3rd concerto of Rachmaninoff, and I went back and forth to Vladimir Horowitz’ version, just to compare the two titans of pianism, and I have to admit that Yunchan Lim is in equal terms (perhaps better): flawless, aggressive, sensitive, explosive, transcendental, lyrical, dreamy, percussive, ineffable…
There are several very different recordings of Horowitz Rach3. The late 1978 recording of old age Horowitz is no match for his 1940s and 1930s renditions, but of course sound quality of those is atrocious. Good compromise is the 1950s studio recording. So really tough comparison. You can only imagine how he played it in his 20s.... Rachmaninov himself proclaimed '...Volodyia plays it better than me. He eats it like a voracious tiger...' Hard to argue with that.
Excellent Eddie! Yoon-chanLim Is THE greatest discovery of the millennium ever sInce Galileo discovered the Earth revolves around the sun He captures masterfully the pulse,heart and soul of every piece he plays, He exudes confidence,character and charm The audience can connect to his warmth, humility and genuiness... What more can anyone want ? - Yan Ayrton, a YOUNG classical composer in development and evolution from the XXI century..It is time to discovery me.A new world of musical art and significance will open to you. Yes , you Yoon-chanLim, deserves without delay a blue-ray (or even 4k) special edition produced with professionalism and care.. Great profits quickly turn it from worldwide. I think that Yuncham deserves full and solid financial independence to become little by little a legendary composer.Humanity waits for this I hope he soon record the remarkable Sonate in B minor from Liszt, the stupend and unique Hamerklavier Sonate from Beethoven , the piu bello 2nd Piano Concert from Rachmaninoff, and my " Awakening to Life" special piano solo composition that only lasts a minute but means a full lifetime. - Yan Ayrton , ein junge klassicher Komponist ”Music is the universal language of mankind.” - YanAyrton , young classical composer .”To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” - Ludwig van Beethoven. .”No matter how fast and accurate your fingers move on the piano, your music isn't complete without emotion.”. - YanAyrton >>> .ARS SEMPER.VITA PLENA. Yan Ayrton, classical composer>The idea is launched.It's time to act.
I love this interpretation of Mephisto. Your musical talent is a gift Yunchan, your ability to accept it, love it and work with it is another one. Neither is age dependent, and I hope people begin to realise this. My Stendahl Syndrome is all due to you. In my 81 years no other pianist has ever touched my heart so consistently. Please keep it up, I am seriously addicted.
@@Paroles_et_Musique name 40 year olds who play the whole set of transcendental etudes, plus two different solo programs, a mozart concerto, Beethoven's 3rd and Rachmaninoff 3rd, everything in the same week, with perfect accuracy. So you say only that is talent, below is untalent. Definitely not, what this boy has is a lot more than regular talent.
@@albertomartin4812 I didn't say he is not talented, I think he is fantastic. I only dropped some sarcasm, its always funny to read youtube level comments where Joe or whatever, aged 10 or whatever, plays better than adults. Of course Yunchan plays better than millions of 40 years adults. But I know tons of them who play better than him, especially because they are 40 yo and he is only 18, which is absolutely normal. Interpreting music requires also life experience and is not only about who has more stamina.
@@Paroles_et_Musique You kmow 'tons' of 40 yo pianists (not even mentioning 'play better than Lim')? You are exaggerating too. Are you saying, all the cmpetitors at YIS (2019) and VC were 'untalented' adults? This teenager won over them, which obviously means he played better than them. Age doesn't guarantee maturity. I know a lot 40+ yo who are just as childish as they possibly can be. Maybe some pianists at 40 lose their passion and abilities. I sometimes think Lim’s biggest obstacle is his age. Maybe it could have been better for him, if his age were never known- then people would have more appreciated his music.
언젠가는 지휘자로서도 데뷔 하겠죠 이미 윤찬의 머릿속엔 음악 유니버스가 완벽하게 구축되어 있으니까 그를 7살 때부터 가르친 동네 상가 피아노 교습소 선생님은 천재를 만났다는 기쁨과 당혹스러움을 굉장히 많이 느꼈을 것 같네요 피아노 배운지 2년만에 쇼팽을 거리낌없이 치는 이 천재 소년을 어찌 인도해야 할까 고민하셨을 것 같습니다 ㅎ
For me Yoon-chan Is THE greatest discovery of the millennium ever sInce Galileo discovered the Earth revolves around the sun He captures masterfully the pulse,heart and soul of every piece he plays, He exudes confidence,character and charm The audience can connect to his warmth, humility and genuiness... What more can anyone want ? - Yan Ayrton, a YOUNG classical composer in development and evolution from the XXI century. .It is time to discovery me.A new world of musical art and significance will open to you. Yes , you Yoon-chanLim, deserves without delay a blue-ray (or even 4k) special edition produced with professionalism and care.. Great profits quickly turn it from worldwide. I think that Yuncham deserves full and solid financial independence to become little by little a legendary composer.Humanity waits for this I hope he soon record the remarkable Sonate in B minor from Liszt, the stupend and unique Hamerklavier Sonate from Beethoven , the piu bello 2nd Piano Concert from Rachmaninoff, and my " Awakening to Life" special piano solo composition that only lasts a minute but means a full lifetime. - Yan Ayrton , ein junge klassicher Komponist ”Music is the universal language of mankind.” ― Yan Ayrton , young classical composer .”To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven. .”No matter how fast and accurate your fingers move on the piano, your music isn't complete without emotion.”. - YanAyrton "Ludwig van Beethoven IS the very apex from the Human Creation.He remains not surpassed by anyone .He stands reverentlly by meritus & absolute grace close near and imbricated with The Mind And Heart From God." ― Yan Ayrton ”.I create the new.What was never created before.”. ― Yan Ayrton , young classical composer from XXI century. "My piano is to me what a ship is to the sailor, what a steed is to the Arab. It is the intimate personal depository of everything that stirred wildly in my brain during the most impassioned days of my youth. It was there that all my wishes, all my dreams, all my joys, and all my sorrows lay." ~ Franz Liszt "My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future." ~ Franz Liszt "The supreme harmony of the Cosmos is selected in the harmony of the spirit." ~ Franz Liszt "My mind and fingers have worked like the damned. Homer, the Bible, Plato,, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, are all around me. I study them. I devour them with fury." ~ Franz Liszt "For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations of his emotions; he is called upon to make them speak, weep, sing and sigh, to recreate them in accordance with his own consciousness. In this way he, like the composer, is a creator, for he must have within himself those passions that he wishes to bring so intensely to life." ~ Franz Liszt "I think that Franz Liszt would be proud of my "Awakening to Life" synthesis piano composition" ― Yan Ayrton >>> .ARS SEMPER.VITA PLENA.HIC VIVIT FELICITATEM ― Yan Ayrton, classical composer >The idea is launched.It's time to act.
I agree with the following, " For me Yoon-chan Is THE greatest discovery of the millennium ever sInce Galileo discovered the Earth revolves around the sun. ",.........."A special movie of more than 2 hours duration about Yoon-chanLim precious years of genius youth needs to be done It would be so significant and necessary to inspire all humanity without borders."
The 13 yr old Yuchan Lim is truly amazing. I was also amazed to hear Alexander Malofeev playing this very piece and at age 13. Here is the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0B8vjZoI5hl.html I don't want to compare them. Rather, it is quite an experience to hear them - both playing with such maturity and virtuosity. There are no doubt other prodigies who have played this. Perhaps not as masterly and there are not many - understatement! If link does not work put Alexander Malofeev, Mephisto Waltz and will come up. Don't know why link is not always working.
