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Clara Yang
United States
Приєднався 22 гру 2009
Welcome to my channel! I'm a Chinese-American concert pianist and a piano professor (head of piano studies) at UNC-Chapel Hill. Here I share with you my performances and tips on improvisation and many other classical piano related topics. I hope to "declassify" classical music by making it more accessible and inclusive for all! You can find my award-winning albums on Spotify and Apple Music. Thank you for stopping by and hope you'll enjoy my videos!
Conception (Yvette Young, Clara Yang)
From Clara Yang's world premiere performance of project Ex Machina at UNC-Chapel Hill. Yvette Young, composer
Clara Yang, piano, improvisation
Conception is an emotional journey of the birth and development and end of AI consciousness. The strange but beautiful sounds in the very beginning develop into a unique texture with life sparkling and bubbling in a nascent stage of consciousness. The idea was to build a cloud of abstraction through the form of effects and briefly discernible melodic lines that weave in and out. This resembles the abstraction we much experience when we are born-the nebulousness of being in a new place where nothing around us makes sense yet and how everything is so mysterious and whimsical in our formative years. Yvette Young creates a beautiful and fascinating soundscape by developing a unique blend of sound of the electric and acoustic guitar, violin, and electronics. In the piano part, Clara Yang responds to the guitar melodic writing and adds a new layer of emotional expression, which eventually helps build to the climax of the piece.
In the process of working, Yvette wanted to allow the use of effects and technology to dictate the melody and create unexpected sounds for her to compose around. She then composited all the sounds she collected from the effects and wrote a melody to make it all cohesive and flowy. In a way, the process of composing was collaborative with technology-a way to forfeit control and add a touch of humanity and emotion to tech generated sounds, in addition to having the original prompt in a purely narrative sense. The AI robot’s monologue at the very end of the piece is sampled from a video of its final moments of consciousness as it is about to be powered down. The earnestness of its goodbye and the acknowledgment of true friendship of its own volition is eerie and believable. Perhaps it has developed humanity and genuinely experiences the emotions of letting go and gratitude.
@yvetteyoung
@clarayangpino
Clara Yang, piano, improvisation
Conception is an emotional journey of the birth and development and end of AI consciousness. The strange but beautiful sounds in the very beginning develop into a unique texture with life sparkling and bubbling in a nascent stage of consciousness. The idea was to build a cloud of abstraction through the form of effects and briefly discernible melodic lines that weave in and out. This resembles the abstraction we much experience when we are born-the nebulousness of being in a new place where nothing around us makes sense yet and how everything is so mysterious and whimsical in our formative years. Yvette Young creates a beautiful and fascinating soundscape by developing a unique blend of sound of the electric and acoustic guitar, violin, and electronics. In the piano part, Clara Yang responds to the guitar melodic writing and adds a new layer of emotional expression, which eventually helps build to the climax of the piece.
In the process of working, Yvette wanted to allow the use of effects and technology to dictate the melody and create unexpected sounds for her to compose around. She then composited all the sounds she collected from the effects and wrote a melody to make it all cohesive and flowy. In a way, the process of composing was collaborative with technology-a way to forfeit control and add a touch of humanity and emotion to tech generated sounds, in addition to having the original prompt in a purely narrative sense. The AI robot’s monologue at the very end of the piece is sampled from a video of its final moments of consciousness as it is about to be powered down. The earnestness of its goodbye and the acknowledgment of true friendship of its own volition is eerie and believable. Perhaps it has developed humanity and genuinely experiences the emotions of letting go and gratitude.
@yvetteyoung
@clarayangpino
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Think that’s you - Allen Anderson, composer; Clara Yang, piano; Xuan, visual art
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From the premiere of Clara Yang's project Ex Machina Immersive visual art by Xuan www.xuanfilms.com www.clarayangpiano.com/exmachina “For me, the puzzle with Think That’s You, a personality recognition software toccata, is trying to determine if the music is the machine processing the habits and proclivities of the object or if it is the subject itself, behaving as the subject does. Is the ‘tou...
Clara Yang performs Project Ex Machina (excerpts) Visual art by Xuan
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Clara Yang, piano Xuan, new media artist www.xuanfilms.com www.clarayangpiano.com/exmachina Commissioned Composers and Artists: Dr. Allen Anderson (UNC) Prof. Suzi Analogue (UNC) Dr. Peter Askim (NC State) Dr. Stephen Anderson (UNC) Yili Fan (movement artist, filmmaker) Dr. Lee Weisert (UNC) Phil Young Yvette Young (electric guitarist, composer) EX MACHINA is an interdisciplinary and multimedia...
Nebula (composed and performed by Clara Yang, visual art by Xuan)
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From the premiere of project Ex Machina at UNC-Chapel Hill www.clarayangpiano.com/exmachina Visual art by Xuan www.xuanfilms.com The idea of Nebula started from a spur of the moment improvisation before dinner during the pandemic. This year I took the idea and started to expand it to a full piece. It starts with these sound clouds that ring in the air just as what a nebula could look like - a g...
Clara Yang performs Debussy's Clair de lune
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Videographer: John Roberts Moeser Auditorium, UNC-Chapel Hill @clarayangpiano
Aaron Diehl and Clara Yang play Gershwin Cuban Overture (part 1)
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Aaron Diehl and Clara Yang play Gershwin Cuban Overture in a rehearsal.
Clara Yang - Clinamina for Piano and Electronics by Lee Weisert
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Lee Weisert, composer www.leeweisert.com Clara Yang, piano www.clarayangpiano.com Instagram: @clarayangpiano “The Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius proposes the existence of a phenomenon in which atoms travelling through space are subjected to minute, unpredictable swerving motions. According to Lucretius, this random swerving of atoms, which he calls clinamen (pl. clinamina) is responsible ...
Clara Yang performs Brahms Concerto No. 2 (IV)
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Clara Yang performs Brahms Concerto No. 2 with the UNC Symphony Orchestra under Tonu Kalam.
Folk music style piano improvisation (Clara Yang)
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Mid-Autumn Moon Piano Improvisation (Clara Yang)
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Here’s an improvisation titled “Mid-Autumn Moon” I did to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival today! This is a traditional Chinese holiday, and it’s also known as the Moon Festival. Have you noticed that the moon is particularly round and beautiful today? We eat moon cakes on this day! 🥮🍵🌝 My dad wrote this beautiful poem in Chinese to accompany the music: 中秋月圆人难圆， 诚邀明月寄思念。 共赏良宵一轮月， 同享天涯一片天。 (Moo...
Clara Yang performs Reminiscence (乡思) by Phil Young
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Chinese-American composer Phil Young first wrote this beautiful piece in 1983 and revised it in 2020. If you’d like to buy a copy of the score, please leave a comment below! Instagram: @clarayangpiano Facebook: clarayangpianist/ Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/2xCjefNpvTwuXbWjDEbmuM
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Var. 15 (Clara Yang)
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Taking a break from practicing my solo recital repertoire. Here's the most fun and brilliant part of Rachmaninoff's Paganini Rhapsody.
How to improvise in two styles with the same chord progression
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How to improvise in two styles with the same chord progression
Mozart K. 503 (Movement III) (George Jackson conductor, Clara Yang, piano, Winston Salem Symphony)
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Mozart K. 503 (Movement III) (George Jackson conductor, Clara Yang, piano, Winston Salem Symphony)
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (excerpts)
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Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (excerpts)
Bartok Night Music from Out of Doors (live performance with live insect sounds)
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Bartok Night Music from Out of Doors (live performance with live insect sounds)
Brahms Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 (piano and accordion duo)
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Brahms Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 (piano and accordion duo)
Poulenc Sonata for 4 hands (I) Yuki Negishi and Clara Yang
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Poulenc Sonata for 4 hands (I) Yuki Negishi and Clara Yang
Javier Martínez Campos Sonata for Cello and Piano (Javier Martínez Campos and Clara Yang)
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Javier Martínez Campos Sonata for Cello and Piano (Javier Martínez Campos and Clara Yang)
Zhou Long Pianobells performed by Clara Yang
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Zhou Long Pianobells performed by Clara Yang
Henri Dutilleux Quatre Melodies: Feerie au clair de lune (Marc Callahan and Clara Yang)
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Henri Dutilleux Quatre Melodies: Feerie au clair de lune (Marc Callahan and Clara Yang)
Debussy Feux d'artifice (Fireworks) performed by Clara Yang
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Debussy Feux d'artifice (Fireworks) performed by Clara Yang
Billie Eilish I Love You - improvisation and piano cover by Clara Yang
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Billie Eilish I Love You - improvisation and piano cover by Clara Yang
Northern Scenes by Chen Yi (Clara Yang, piano)
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Northern Scenes by Chen Yi (Clara Yang, piano)
Clara Yang performs Prokofiev sonata No. 7 (II)
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Clara Yang performs Prokofiev sonata No. 7 (II)
Reflection on a Tang Poem by Phil Young - Clara Yang piano
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Reflection on a Tang Poem by Phil Young - Clara Yang piano
Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 (III) - Clara Yang
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Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 (III) - Clara Yang
Schubert Wanderer Fantasy (Clara Yang)
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Schubert Wanderer Fantasy (Clara Yang)
❤supercool
Beautiful piece and playing!
This is stunning! Really captivating to watch and listen ❤
Who composed the score?
Please see the title and info.
I had the opportunity to meet Ms. Yang recently, I'm a Ride Share driver and was lucky enough to drive her a ride to the airport. We chatted along the way and I wish the ride could have lasted longer.; it was a pleasure and it was certainly a memorable ride. I've been listening to and enjoying her recordings ever since, along with a guitarist (Yvette Young) she told me about. Thank you Ms. Yang, you play beautifully and I love listening.
Well done, Clara: awesome piano piece and great performance, big like! Congratulations and greetings from Italy
Thank you so much!!
💙💎💙
Gorgeous! Played so well, with exceptional attention to detail.
Thank you so much!!
stunning
Thank you!!
One of my favorites from you.
Thank you so much!!
Amazing Clara!!
Thank you!!
Awsome
Beautiful, Clara
Hi Clara: Very nice and happy holidays! from the wang family and Caroline and qingxiao..
EXCELLENT! Un grillon fait un signal Sur un timbre de cristal Et dans la pénombre chaude Où les parfums sont grisants, La rampe des vers luisants S’allume, vert émeraude. Un ballet de moucherons Tourne, glisse, fait des ronds Tourne, glisse, fait des ronds Dans la lumière changeante. Un grand papillon de nuit Passe en agitant sans bruit Son éventail qui s’argente. Les parfums des grands lys blancs Montent plus forts, plus troublants, Dans cette ombre où l’on conspire. Mais dans cette ombre il y a Obéron, il y a Titania, Il y a du Shakespeare. Les moustiques éveillés Bruissent autour des œillets Tout baignés de crépuscule; Acteurs lilliputiens, Chorégraphes aériens, Mille insectes verts et bleus, Mille insectes merveilleux Tournent autour des œillets Et font une ronde effrénée. Puis, ayant tourné longtemps Sous les roseaux des étangs, Sous le hêtre et sous l’yeuse, Les petits danseurs ailés Soudain se sont en allés Dans l’ombre mystérieuse. Tout se tait. Seul, par moment, Le léger sautillement D’une oiselle à longue queue. Puis, plus rien, plus aucun bruit, Il n’y a plus que la nuit Magnifique, immense et bleue. My English translation: www.timothyades.com/raymond-genty-1881-1950-fairies-moonlight/
Bravo! I like your performance!
性能好，但圖形適中
Very nice performance!
amazing! could you also play the rest without the orchestra? amazingly played!
Great performance, Clara! I just showed it to my "Contemporary Piano" class at ASU (Arizona State University) today!
Thanks so much!! Chen Yi is a great composer!
please do more improvisation. Your sound is so beautiful!
Thank you!!
Very fine and sensitive piano interpretation. Bravo !
Thank you so much!!
Amazing! This variation is so magical.
Wow!
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How lovely - thank you.
Beautiful improvisation.
Beautiful!
Fantastic!
Omg this is amazing!!!
Thanks!!😊
Thank you, I have come back to listen to this several times as a soothing bit of music instead of upsetting news. It calms my mind.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful
Beautiful performance!
Dear UA-cam, please put this cover in trends. Now !
This was so wonderful ❤❤ I truly enjoyed it from my heart
Beautiful work Class!
Beautiful...
this awoke something sleeping in me. can't stop listening :)
hello reddit
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🙏🏽
Beautiful playing!
Luke Faulkner Thanks so much!
Reminds me of the soundtrack for the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
excellent performance! bravo to you!!
bravo dear Clara
Awesome, and just thinkin, Who invented the Piano?
why does always such fragile beauties going in such inhuman mountains ?
Woah, she has a really graceful touch. So good.
your piay is very beautiful!
Excellent!! Bravissimo