So why compete if musical ability is innate and can’t be earned? I find nothing that original about virtuousos to be honest. They are just born with gifts. Genetic predispositions. Put another way, if we all had a wingspan like Michael Phelps, then we’d all be good swimmers too, right?
@@violinist1294 oh come on, these people may have been born with a gift but they also worked their asses off to get to this proficiency level, don't throw all that hard work away with the virtuoso card...
@@violinist1294with that excuse, you might as well not accomplish anything; people will always have gifts, but these gifts are nothing without hard work. So, why are you arguing in particular for musical ability? There will always be advantaged people in every field, and if you want to surpass them, you’re gonna have to practice. With a mindset that says, “If someone’s gifted, I must not compete,” why do you even try to accomplish anything?
@@muslit While I personally like her style I can see how it in some ways disturbs the original feeling of the piece, more noticeably in some composers than others
@@junsimons That could be true. This terracing of dynamics, at the end of Ravel, incorporating portamento, disturbed me. It interfered with the course of the music. There was no need for it. A gypsy would go headlong to the very end, though I'm sure her intentions were good. Being a violinist, I'm very picky about Tzigane. Here is one of my favorites, with a terrific violinist (concertmaster of the London Symphony), and one of the great pianists today, Simon Trpceski. ua-cam.com/video/5dkVRfHFbQI/v-deo.html
@@junsimons Yep . Personally, I don't like her interpretations esp her Menuhin Caprice because she plays it so classical when it's supposed to have an Americana folk sound.
Far more interesting Hadelich! Listen to the story she tells!! And Hadelich had to work much harder for his technique this is a natural…. Once every 100 years… maybe! She wins all competitions
Ravel- Tzigane: 00:00 Franck - Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV. 8, Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia: 10:16 Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218, Allegro: 18:18 Mark O’Connor - Menuhin Caprice: 26:36
I gather that the Menuhin final takes place on Saturday 22nd May, Wagner's 208th birthday and mine. The previous day I believe her sister Julia - 15 years old - will be playing violin with Alma Deutscher on Austrian TV. Alma has arranged a shortened version of 'Siren Sounds' for two violins and orchestra. Besides playing Alma will be conducting. Like Alma both Duenas girls are based in Vienna. Lucky Viennese.
So Julia is her sister? That's what I've been trying to figure out for the longest time. They do look similar and have the same last name, but I haven't been able to find it confirmed anywhere. Also, Alma and Maria collaborating sometime would be my dream.
I have rarely seen such a magical combination of skills. There is something much further than talent in her!As Menuhin put it, it is that combination of half-tiger, half poet! Her sound is also distinctive! I wish her the best!
MAGNIFIQUE! What UNEARTHLY Fiery Force of Nature Inhabits This Child!?! Even to this Day in 2022 She is a Marvel to Behold on the Concert Stages of the World! Bravo Miss Duenas!
The First prize winner, Maria Duenes, played also “ Menuhin Caprice”, by composer Mark O’Connor. In recent article he wrote she “is the greatest young violinist I have heard in a long time. She is the star with my “Menuhin Caprice”. I called her the brightest star of the Competition on congratulating her. She is!
wow, watched the ravel again this morning after two years have passed and WOW!!!! Unbelievable. Amazing!!! How does she do it? She's a phenom. P.S. I love it when she opens her eyes and looks forward in the middle of a phrase. It feels like I'm looking into her soul, the soul of the piece, the composer, the performance. She embodies it all. muchisisisisimas gracias maria for your hard work and sharing it with us.
wow. these performances are sick. i simply can't believe it. how does she do it? not only physically, but musically. how does she instill these pieces with life....and she doesn't just breath life into them, she makes them monstrous, enormous in size, way way beyond expectation, beyond convention, so much so that not only is it alive and roaring, but it is art, it is leonardo di vinci on display at the louvre, it is niagra falls crashing into the pit, it is the moon and the earth, the sun on fire, it is, dare i say, love, the purest most beautiful thing - she has brought us something that is unparalleled in experience and I am SUPER glad I got to (or shall i say get to) experience it over and over again. I wish her a very very long and prosperous career making music and art for herself and for her lucky audiences. muchisisisimo gracias Senorita Duenas!!!!
"But the winner of the competition María Dueñas is truly one of the greatest young violinists I have heard in a long time, she is a star and she is a star with my 'Menuhin Caprice' as she takes the piece to the outermost limits of beauty, expression, soul, creativity, and virtuosity." -- Mark O'Connor
@@BeammeupSpotty Yes, I mean look what she did with Caprice No. 5 and Applemania in the first round of the Menuhin Competition. She turned them into something larger than life, larger and I dare say more compelling than what even the composers envisioned.
Me siento abrumado al oir y ver a María interpretar: siento una emoción intensa, una enorme belleza... María no interpreta, ella encarna la música, es la música.
Totalmente de acuerdo ! No paro de escuchar y verla desde su concierto de Vivaldi con 12 años, algo literalmente extraordinario, un genio del violín, será sin duda la María Callas del violín, se le sale el alma tocando...
What really fascinates me here is her cadenza-it seems like Maria composed it herself, as it’s no where to be found online. That adds a spark to this performance!
I don't know much about classical music but when I hear María playing, I know she is very good at expressing music to the general audience. Thank you María for bringing to us these beautiful sonatas.
@@ianbedloe3042 Yes, it involves left hand pizzicato which isn't as common of a violin technique as others. :) Also while some people do left hand pizzicato holding the violin as normal, María does it holding the violin like a guitar which is also another way to do it since for this part of the piece you don't necessarily need to use the bow with the left hand pizzicato since all the notes are very short (even though some violinists play some of the notes with their bows and the remaining notes with left hand pizzicato). María holding the violin like a guitar adds another element of rarity to this part of the Menuhin Caprice since it's not that common of a technique. Adding onto my previous point, María is also the only semi-finalist who played the left hand pizzicato in this way which makes her Menuhin Caprice stand out more. :D (also obligatory disclaimer maybe there are other cultures of violin playing out there that use left hand pizzicato more yet with what i know it's not that common lul)
I just hope we won't get a second Pogorelich in the finals. At least she already made it this far. Either way, the other contestants pale in comparison to her outstanding musicality.
@@wendyshell8679 It feels random at first, and definitely the playing styles are different, but for sure it's closer to the mandolin than the guitar. The range and tuning is the same, except the mandolin has 8 strings (double courses), and it's fretted and you often use a plectrum
don't get me wrong, please, i've never heard such playing and especially after listening to the paganini concerto, which normally i can't sit through the whole thing, i was just dumbfounded with her playing, but from the beginning there was something about the sound of the fiddle that caught my attention. it is a marvelous sounding instrument. Then I heard her playing the brahms a year or two ago and it was on a different instrument, and I gotta say, I wasn't as impressed. Maybe brahms isn't her strength, but maybe it was the fiddle. yes, she is super marvelous, better than everyone, but give some props to that fiddle. She must be playing on one of the best around. I'd be curious to find out what she plays on, how she came to play on it, etc. what she thinks about her ability to play on different instruments.
Even if she doesn't win, she definitely left a lasting impression. In fact, I think she was the most memorable in the competition.
well that is a very surprising commenter to see here
this is very true! glad to see you’re still into violin
you should do a reaction video on the violin stuff
@@junsimons indeed
indeed
The thing I enjoy most about Maria's playing is that she makes it look so easy when it really isn't.
That's Ling Ling for ya
It’s pretty easy to play like her, though all you have to do is just strum the bow on the strings and move your fingers.
@@ZxAMobile Not sure if joking or not lol
In all my life I've never seen anyone play with such ease and enthusiasm. It's so inspiring...
ua-cam.com/video/FWbew7YvfyU/v-deo.html
@@jackburgess8579 Es increíble Chloe 😉😉👍👍
I hope that she’ll win this compétition!! She has a unique and touching musicality🎻💯💯
100% agreed!!
Agreed!!
Maria seems to have an innate sense of timing, a daring and sheer virtuosity which set her apart from all the others. A true artist.
So why compete if musical ability is innate and can’t be earned?
I find nothing that original about virtuousos to be honest. They are just born with gifts. Genetic predispositions. Put another way, if we all had a wingspan like Michael Phelps, then we’d all be good swimmers too, right?
@@violinist1294 oh come on, these people may have been born with a gift but they also worked their asses off to get to this proficiency level, don't throw all that hard work away with the virtuoso card...
@@violinist1294 Ludicrous. Genetic predispositions or impediments are only half of the story when it comes to any human endeavor.
@@violinist1294with that excuse, you might as well not accomplish anything; people will always have gifts, but these gifts are nothing without hard work. So, why are you arguing in particular for musical ability? There will always be advantaged people in every field, and if you want to surpass them, you’re gonna have to practice. With a mindset that says, “If someone’s gifted, I must not compete,” why do you even try to accomplish anything?
She gives so much LIFE to music. In ways that most others cannot accomplish.
Sometimes too much life.
100% agreed
@@muslit While I personally like her style I can see how it in some ways disturbs the original feeling of the piece, more noticeably in some composers than others
@@junsimons That could be true. This terracing of dynamics, at the end of Ravel, incorporating portamento, disturbed me. It interfered with the course of the music. There was no need for it. A gypsy would go headlong to the very end, though I'm sure her intentions were good. Being a violinist, I'm very picky about Tzigane. Here is one of my favorites, with a terrific violinist (concertmaster of the London Symphony), and one of the great pianists today, Simon Trpceski. ua-cam.com/video/5dkVRfHFbQI/v-deo.html
@@junsimons Yep . Personally, I don't like her interpretations esp her Menuhin Caprice because she plays it so classical when it's supposed to have an Americana folk sound.
A brilliant storyteller! She can change tone and register in every piece!!! Bravo!! I cannot stop watching her performances! Unique!
LING LING SPANISH
I hope there are violins and cellos in heaven, because this music is out of this world. Sublime. Incredible expression.
She deserves to win!!!!! She is unbelievable, out of this world! 🙌💫
Her memorable guitar switch gets me when premiere
The clear winner... Biggest musical palette, immersed in every sound, every character. Story teller. So much presence! Bravissima!!!
best violinist playing today is Maria Duenas.
The guitar switch gets me every time 🤩🤩
It has been a while since I enjoyed a rendition of Tzigane like this one, truly breathtaking!
She’s been my choice from the start. Her playing reminds me of Augustin Hadelich. Passion, precision, musicality!❤️❤️❤️
Hadelich plays way more elegant though
@@xrtnx7 I agree but she will get there. She is only 18.
Far more interesting Hadelich! Listen to the story she tells!! And Hadelich had to work much harder for his technique this is a natural…. Once every 100 years… maybe! She wins all competitions
If I were judging, I would give María A++ for her remarkable performance. Everything is perfect! (PS- great to see a Boesendorfer piano in action!)
Ravel- Tzigane: 00:00
Franck - Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV. 8, Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia: 10:16
Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218, Allegro: 18:18
Mark O’Connor - Menuhin Caprice: 26:36
Thank you :)
Thanks!
I gather that the Menuhin final takes place on Saturday 22nd May, Wagner's 208th birthday and mine. The previous day I believe her sister Julia - 15 years old - will be playing violin with Alma Deutscher on Austrian TV. Alma has arranged a shortened version of 'Siren Sounds' for two violins and orchestra. Besides playing Alma will be conducting. Like Alma both Duenas girls are based in Vienna. Lucky Viennese.
So Julia is her sister? That's what I've been trying to figure out for the longest time. They do look similar and have the same last name, but I haven't been able to find it confirmed anywhere. Also, Alma and Maria collaborating sometime would be my dream.
Indeed her sister Julia is a fantastic player too..
Thanks for the info! Spectacular siblings! I'd love to see the two of them together!
@@zarjakriznikunilj There's even a third sister, Daniela Dueñas, who plays the cello ;)
@@zarjakriznikuniljfor me, it’s the opposite. I knew she had siblings, but didn’t know any were musicians 😂
SHE IS IN THE FINAL GUYS
I think I have commented this on every video of her on UA-cam but… she has won me as a fan for life.
I have rarely seen such a magical combination of skills. There is something much further than talent in her!As Menuhin put it, it is that combination of half-tiger, half poet! Her sound is also distinctive! I wish her the best!
She is an artist in the truest sense of the word. She deserved this win unequivocally. Absolutely amazing to listen to and especially to watch
MAGNIFIQUE! What UNEARTHLY Fiery Force of Nature Inhabits This Child!?! Even to this Day in 2022 She is a Marvel to Behold on the Concert Stages of the World! Bravo Miss Duenas!
her tzigane is 😍😍😍😍
Violin guitar starts at 32:36
The First prize winner, Maria Duenes, played also “ Menuhin Caprice”, by composer Mark O’Connor. In recent article he wrote she “is the greatest young violinist I have heard in a long time. She is the star with my “Menuhin Caprice”. I called her the brightest star of the Competition on congratulating her. She is!
Her Frank gives me goosebumps!
Her range always blows me away 🤯❤️
Wow she is fire!!!
Amazing! To me she is the WINNER already!
I am in a trance watching Maria Play....WOWWWWWSAAAAA such feeling, really blown away.
wow, watched the ravel again this morning after two years have passed and WOW!!!! Unbelievable. Amazing!!! How does she do it? She's a phenom. P.S. I love it when she opens her eyes and looks forward in the middle of a phrase. It feels like I'm looking into her soul, the soul of the piece, the composer, the performance. She embodies it all. muchisisisisimas gracias maria for your hard work and sharing it with us.
wow. these performances are sick. i simply can't believe it. how does she do it? not only physically, but musically. how does she instill these pieces with life....and she doesn't just breath life into them, she makes them monstrous, enormous in size, way way beyond expectation, beyond convention, so much so that not only is it alive and roaring, but it is art, it is leonardo di vinci on display at the louvre, it is niagra falls crashing into the pit, it is the moon and the earth, the sun on fire, it is, dare i say, love, the purest most beautiful thing - she has brought us something that is unparalleled in experience and I am SUPER glad I got to (or shall i say get to) experience it over and over again. I wish her a very very long and prosperous career making music and art for herself and for her lucky audiences. muchisisisimo gracias Senorita Duenas!!!!
"But the winner of the competition María Dueñas is truly one of the greatest young violinists I have heard in a long time, she is a star and she is a star with my 'Menuhin Caprice' as she takes the piece to the outermost limits of beauty, expression, soul, creativity, and virtuosity."
-- Mark O'Connor
@@ianbedloe3042 yes, agreed. she is sensational. I want to hear more.
@@BeammeupSpotty Yes, I mean look what she did with Caprice No. 5 and Applemania in the first round of the Menuhin Competition. She turned them into something larger than life, larger and I dare say more compelling than what even the composers envisioned.
@@ianbedloe3042 yes
Eres extraordinaria, María Dueñas! De otro planeta!!! Saludos desde Chile!
Ni tanto España nomás.
Wonderful violinist!!! Frank Sonata - very well! Mozart Concert - excellent!! Absolutely free with violin!!
Ravel - after Cadence perfect!!! Capris - Super!!! Bravissimo!!!
32:36 OMG!!!!!!
Me siento abrumado al oir y ver a María interpretar: siento una emoción intensa, una enorme belleza... María no interpreta, ella encarna la música, es la música.
Totalmente de acuerdo ! No paro de escuchar y verla desde su concierto de Vivaldi con 12 años, algo literalmente extraordinario, un genio del violín, será sin duda la María Callas del violín, se le sale el alma tocando...
Wow, her playing is so captivating!
¡Bravo, María, bravo!🌹 Desde México disfruto de tu bello arte y te apoyo. 🌹🙏🏼
Stunning violin playing. Also absolutely fantastic playing by the pianist. Beautiful playing...!
The sound is amazing. Eres capaz de hacer resonar el violín todo el tiempo. Magnifica técnica. Gracias
omg! The best! the new Violin Queen!!
Maravillosa María Dueñas. Disfrutamos escuchándote.
every time i watch it i'm amazed. she makes me cry with her stunning artistry. thank you. thank you. thank you.
A masterful rendition, no doubt. 👏👏👏
What really fascinates me here is her cadenza-it seems like Maria composed it herself, as it’s no where to be found online. That adds a spark to this performance!
She writes her own cadences
El sonido de esta pequeña traspasa lo cotidiano. Merece ganar este concurso. Brava María!!!!
Unvergesslich.....Bravo!........Ravel empfahl das Stück der ungarischen Violinistin Jelly Arányi❤❤💥
Perfection !!! It's so beautiful !!!
Hard not to get Mark O'Connor meet with her while she's here in the States.
Yes, why not? Mark O'Connor can even compose for María Dueñas.
Maria the best~~🥰🥰
Excelente, grande. Bravo María!! 👏👏🇪🇦
You are extraordinary!
Saludos de México! 💓
Bravo María, gracias y felicidades!
I don't know much about classical music but when I hear María playing, I know she is very good at expressing music to the general audience. Thank you María for bringing to us these beautiful sonatas.
I just feel that the violin plays her,you can’t tell who’s playing who.
Única,bravo María ese violín 🎻 canta sin cesar
Virtuosismo, pasión, perfección. Bravo María eres magistral
i love this so much!! :D 32:41 is like the best part lol
Sooo cool!❤️😀
Is that a rare move in a violinist?
@@ianbedloe3042 Yes, it involves left hand pizzicato which isn't as common of a violin technique as others. :)
Also while some people do left hand pizzicato holding the violin as normal, María does it holding the violin like a guitar which is also another way to do it since for this part of the piece you don't necessarily need to use the bow with the left hand pizzicato since all the notes are very short (even though some violinists play some of the notes with their bows and the remaining notes with left hand pizzicato). María holding the violin like a guitar adds another element of rarity to this part of the Menuhin Caprice since it's not that common of a technique. Adding onto my previous point, María is also the only semi-finalist who played the left hand pizzicato in this way which makes her Menuhin Caprice stand out more. :D
(also obligatory disclaimer maybe there are other cultures of violin playing out there that use left hand pizzicato more yet with what i know it's not that common lul)
@@rozzzzin Thanks!
@@ianbedloe3042 No problem! :)
Que pasada !!!! Mi más sincera enhorabuena 😍😍
Amazing!
in my ATMOS HT, 5.4.2 the sound is amazingly huge clear delightfully articulated
I just hope we won't get a second Pogorelich in the finals. At least she already made it this far. Either way, the other contestants pale in comparison to her outstanding musicality.
Excellent musician & performance. Speaking playing!
Excelente interpretación, felicidades...
感情豐富，充滿希望的樂曲。真是享受。
people saying guitar switch as if they forgot mandolins exist kek
and mandolins are tuned exactly like a violin too
Ok, no wonder those were the two string instruments my father-in-law played! It seemed random yo me, but no.
@@wendyshell8679 It feels random at first, and definitely the playing styles are different, but for sure it's closer to the mandolin than the guitar. The range and tuning is the same, except the mandolin has 8 strings (double courses), and it's fretted and you often use a plectrum
Majestuoso
Maravillosa 👏👏👏
stan mariaa n that mozart was s o g o o d
Simplemente maravillosa ❤️❤️❤️te mereces todo lo mejor chiquita. Gran clase y sensibilidad de otros tiempo. Mil besos❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
天生的独奏家！惊人的演绎能力。乐句舒展流程，满满的空气感。听到根本不想停下来。
Her bow technique reminds me of Hilary Hahn.. unbelievable talent.. so young
You're winner!!!!
Si gana será merecido
SHE NAILED IT WTF
The TRUE LING LING 🙌💫
UA-cam really need to fix their copyright analysis for classical music. This video is NOT licensed by Naxos and it is NOT Cecila Zilliacus playing!
Braviissimooooo
Es buenísima.
Mamma miaaaa
Bravo!!!
2:47
quel tempérament de feu !
🎻🌹
EXCELENTE ...
💖
Does anyone know what violin she use? so rich and powerful sound!!
Guarneri del Gesu 1736, “Muntz” www.nmf.or.jp/english/instruments/post_292.html
Does anyone know which cadenza is she playing here?
Wich cadenza is she playing?
It's her own cadenza, I believe.
what mozart cadenza is that? loved it
They are hers
don't get me wrong, please, i've never heard such playing and especially after listening to the paganini concerto, which normally i can't sit through the whole thing, i was just dumbfounded with her playing, but from the beginning there was something about the sound of the fiddle that caught my attention. it is a marvelous sounding instrument. Then I heard her playing the brahms a year or two ago and it was on a different instrument, and I gotta say, I wasn't as impressed. Maybe brahms isn't her strength, but maybe it was the fiddle. yes, she is super marvelous, better than everyone, but give some props to that fiddle. She must be playing on one of the best around. I'd be curious to find out what she plays on, how she came to play on it, etc. what she thinks about her ability to play on different instruments.
she is a major talent, a prime instrument just ups it.
Guarneri del Gesu 1736, “Muntz”
nice. Thanks!!!
28:00
Did she win???
Yes
Hors de ce monde. Performances ahurissantes. (26:40)
mark Conner is second to Mozart in rankings of the four composers, interesting music his is.
天賜的天才-至上之才!
Intonation?
곡에따라 어떤 곡은 지나치게 훌룡하고 어떤 곡은 넘 잘 안어울리네요
die Qual der Violine