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#DG120 Berlin Gala Concert - Lang Lang - Chopin: Waltz No. 1 "Grande valse brillante"
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DG120 Berlin Gala Concert - Lang Lang - Chopin Waltz No. 1 "Grande valse brillante"
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Lang Lang performs Chopin's Waltz No. 1 "Grande valse brillante" in E flat major, op. 18 (1831) together with Staatskapelle Berlin under the baton of Manfred Honeck as an encore at the DG120 Celebration Gala at Berlin Philharmonie in November 2018. Brought to you with the support of Google Arts & Culture, YouTube Music and Volkswagen.
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Eden
Eden
11 months ago
If you have played this piece before, you would know how brilliant his touch is. Absolutely phenomenal.

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Shiru Miso
Shiru Miso
1 year ago (edited)
I think it's laughable that some people question the legitimacy of Lang Lang's interpretation just because he doesn't follow the score.

Let's establish a few things first:

1) You can't question a stylistic interpretation. This man is an internationally recognized pianist. The fact you think your interpretation of following the score exactly is just representative of how he's at a higher level of skill. Nobody who understands the piano scene would ever question this further. There's no doubt he could play the score to the exact note and tempo better than anyone in this comment section. He CHOSE not to play the score because any other recognized virtuoso could do that easily. Pianists like Lisitsa or even virtuosic violinists like Perlman never play the score exactly because you could master that easily. I'm not a huge fan of the whole pathos/ values thing in music but there's definitely emotion and uniqueness- it is literally an art form. If every master pianist played the score exactly there would be nothing to differintiate them with others.

2) There's no such thing as objective "perfection" in music. It all comes down to the quality of the sound. To a degree, you could argue that Chopin's original score sounds better, but I could argue the exact opposite, and neither of us would be right. What you CAN'T argue, however, is that one form is better than the other just because it follows the score. Everything is subjective on the piano. Lang Lang played what he thought sounded the best, and that reflects in his piece.

3) Most of these comments hating on his style are people who think they're entitled to be in his position. FACE IT. You think you're better than him because you play the score. The reason you felt the need to hate on him is because you either:

a) Think you sound better

or

b) Are green with envy because you play the score and he doesn't

Some of these people are adults and still so immature. I guarantee you that if you go to any music school, tell a student to play this score and record it, and compared it to your favorite musician playing the EXACT score, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. That's because literally anyone with enough skill CAN DO IT. Piano is an art form, not a vehicle for you to thrust your superiority complex into people more intelligent and who've put in more work than you. Ultimately, in the back of your head you're just an entitled brat who thinks that Lang Lang doesn't DESERVE this spot. And you're right, he doesn't DESERVE where he's at, he EARNED where he's at. At the end of the day, that needs support, not criticism, because it's a combination of his talent and practice. You might not "agree" with him but you HAVE to respect this man.

Finally, about the facial expressions. They're FUCKING HILARIOUS but pretty expressive too. Issa pretty gucci meme- and we'll leave it at that >:)

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Lori Hamrick
Lori Hamrick
3 weeks ago
Lang lang gets more colors from a piano than any artist I've ever heard. I was present at a master class he did. When he reached over the student seated at piano and he  played example of what he was trying to get the student to do....you would have thought someone SWITCHED the instrument. I wouldn't have believed it was the same piano the student played if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes!

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Pascale Lambert
Pascale Lambert
1 year ago
As a real artist, he is in his own  world.

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Dillon Ditt
Dillon Ditt
1 year ago
1:48
Was that a small dab?

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Johannes Ostenfeld-Rosenthal
Johannes Ostenfeld-Rosenthal
1 year ago
Strings arrogant and envyfull, chatting and like they don't care. Shame on them.  Genious performance here on the extraordinary way! Not one boring second for the audience. The good way!

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Yuan Tao
Yuan Tao
2 days ago
Actually,I’m afraid that Lang Lang is Chinese.



Ella _lovelife
Ella _lovelife
1 year ago (edited)
I really love his style, I will love him no matter he is a Asian or white or black, it is so funny, and makes me laughs a lot, he can bring people happiness, for those people who think Lang‘s style is childish, in my opinion, only people with soul of little child can make art, child is innocent and passion about one thing they are interested. Adults are fake and so complex. isn't it a good thing right?

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Pascale Lambert
Pascale Lambert
1 year ago
He is a great! He is realy enjoyed to play.

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Ariya
Ariya
1 month ago
He must be practiced for a lang lang time

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Jet Brown
Jet Brown
7 months ago (edited)
3:35 - 3:44,
How could anyone thumbs down an kid who just loves music and playing piano??????
We r all just kids facing the music, we just brought it out of ourselves, music just does that to us....
How can anyone hate such beautiful moment...

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Putu Dhanu Aryawangsa
Putu Dhanu Aryawangsa
11 months ago
agree or disagree, he's brilliant.

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Rishikesh Prabhu
Rishikesh Prabhu
7 months ago
the toughest of the pieces wont bring a drop of sweat to his forehead. This is proof that lang lang has got an effortless hand over the piano. Amazing to see such maestros producing masterpieces out of masterpieces!

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Aron Harold Pamoso
Aron Harold Pamoso
7 months ago
There's only one "Lang Lang"  in this world. Undoubtedly, he's one of the greatest pianist of his time!

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Seyoon Eom
Seyoon Eom
1 year ago
his music is easy to understand and clear as always. There are only few pianists who can transfer their ideas clearly to the audiences.

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whthfwls0153
whthfwls0153
1 year ago
He is amazing!!!!

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윤가현
윤가현
1 year ago
Wow. Lang lang is my piano hero!!!

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JOHN CHEN
JOHN CHEN
7 months ago
He is the best one of the bests. Wow! 👏. Bless you, LangLang

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SM Lee
SM Lee
3 weeks ago
When I first heard langlang, i didn't like his facial expressions so i didnt listen to him. Now i realize that he always has his subjective, lively and unique interpretation that makes him one of a kind, and his facial expressiveness adds to his interpretation to deliver his emotions more effectively to the audience. Genius.

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juliangst
juliangst
1 year ago
Very impressive!

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爱心使者
爱心使者
8 months ago
他真的是在玩，钢琴就是他的游戏。

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Jonathan Ratzlaff
Jonathan Ratzlaff
1 year ago
The score is like paint.  What the musician does with the paint is up to him.  Some critics just like paint by numbers.  Too bad, because they have no clue what the original painting looked like anyway.  Don't forget that a lot of music was written for the performer to improvise upon and the scores were not cast in stone, like some would have us to believe.

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Yang
Yang
1 month ago
Lang Lang is transfering his motion and momentum to the audiance when is playing. That is incredible.

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nilsragnar
nilsragnar
4 weeks ago
As someone who is playing this piece, big respect for this performance, he makes it sound so flawless and so easy.
For me atleast 4:07 and onwards is very difficult to play with a nice sound, it always sounds "stressfull" and kind of difficult, you can sort of hear the struggle.
But not with Lang Lang that's for certain, he makes it sound like a walk in the park.... :-)

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TG Piano Lessons
TG Piano Lessons
1 year ago
Genius!!!

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TG Piano Lessons
TG Piano Lessons
1 year ago
Brilliant!!!

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Miguel Barrio
Miguel Barrio
9 months ago (edited)
The flow! This is amazing! I love the speed, it is fresh!

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Elizabeth Mae Dammann
Elizabeth Mae Dammann
1 year ago
His paint brush is sound and his canvas the piano. No ordinary pianist. Extraordinary talent and out of the ordinary interpretation

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Esther G.
Esther G.
5 months ago
세계 최고다. 완전 피아노를 장난감 다루듯 자기맘대로 가지고 노는 햐~~~~

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Emmanuel Avila Pianist
Emmanuel Avila Pianist
1 year ago
he is a top musician, absolute liberty.

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Michael Steiner
Michael Steiner
1 year ago
Perfection!

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Justin Lee
Justin Lee
6 months ago
I have a vivid visual listening to his play, a drama , a scene, a dancing beauty. That’s how much his performance excites my brain.

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Astro_Faze
Astro_Faze
21 hours ago
1:07 to 1:08 I love how he opens his eyes



Ayca Kangal
Ayca Kangal
5 months ago
he also laughs that shows how sweet he is while performng

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Emmanuel Viala
Emmanuel Viala
8 months ago
Just an ENCHANTMENT! Just listen and feel. Nothing more! Merci beaucoup from Paris France

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Rob C
Rob C
3 weeks ago
Does he dap in every one of his performance? Hilarious.



Curtis Davies
Curtis Davies
6 months ago
Lang Lang makes all the piece look easy to play.. amazing pianist of our time..

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Curtis Davies
Curtis Davies
1 year ago
Lang lang biggest inspiration ever ..

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Astro_Faze
Astro_Faze
21 hours ago
Nice! I love his touch and his passion (especially his passion)! Amazing!



anoushkagib
anoushkagib
7 months ago
Lang Lang, the greatest of all the great pianists if all times!!!! Love him.

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Nurcan Keskinbicak
Nurcan Keskinbicak
1 year ago
He just plays great excellent .. I love him. I hope someday I will have the opportunity to see him live.

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Mary Purple
Mary Purple
4 months ago
ooh man, that was amazing!

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Simon Paxon
Simon Paxon
2 months ago
Absolutely phenomenal playing. Lang Lang is the best.

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Spontaneity
Spontaneity
1 week ago
Lang Lang never fails to blow my mind

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田中賢介浩康
田中賢介浩康
1 month ago
笑っちゃうぐらいうまいな笑

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TheRookestar
TheRookestar
9 months ago
OMG I was there! He did this as an encore at the end of the night. I didn't know people do encores at classical music shows!

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육단계 Level6
육단계 Level6
1 year ago
쇼팽의 의도가 이것일 수도 있겠단 생각을 했어요 곡을 이제서야 제대로 파악하게 된 걸까요 너무 새로운 해석 감사합니다 폭 넓은 시야!

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Ji-Woo Seok
Ji-Woo Seok
1 month ago
Its insane! one of the best rendition ever!!!



Biswajeet Pradhan
Biswajeet Pradhan
1 month ago
He's playing on a damn Steinway and sons piano..
My fav brand



I just Want to say
I just Want to say
1 month ago
I love how he enjoy that song ❤️



MW
MW
1 month ago
I laughed at his works. - insanely perfect.



Ada Tay
Ada Tay
1 month ago
It’s so subjective BUT...  to each his own... totally love his facial expressions and interpretation...🥰🥰



보헤미안랩소디
보헤미안랩소디
11 months ago
악수거부하는데 ㅋㅋㅋ

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Cedric Bluman
Cedric Bluman
3 months ago
he improved so much since his injury.  its amazing and beautiful to listen to



Kento Te
Kento Te
1 year ago
やりたい放題だなw

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music
music
2 months ago
He is such a happy guy who brings smiles on us haha



Cschlums
Cschlums
1 week ago
His playing is so refined, like taken in with red wine and aged cheddar



Barbara Campos Soler
Barbara Campos Soler
8 months ago
I love his interpretation, so much alive and playful ! My favorite !!!! Thanks Lang Lang !

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Rek3dge
Rek3dge
1 year ago
2:57 look at the side of the piano.
Now you will see it forever.

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いのうえこういち
いのうえこういち
2 months ago (edited)
本当な意味で楽譜と言う2次元を3次元に変換所謂3Dな演奏をパントマイム付きで演ってくれる不思議なピアニスト。素晴らしい5分間のパフォーマンス｡☺️