Are THESE Prodigies? Professional Violinist Reacts
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Can you make a video about the Play with ray for next year?
Ray, you asked about hearing Chloe play something more difficult. Listen to her performing Wieniawski - Scherzo Tarantella at 7 years old. Or her Ysaye sonata #3 from a couple of years ago.
Hi Ray do you happen to have tchaikovsky’s full concerto when you broke the string? It was my favorite version please upllad it❤
@@rykehuss3435 I do not think Wieniawski - Scherzo Tarantella is more difficult than Four season - Winter by Vilvadi. Scherzo Tarantella is not as difficult as it sounds like. And Winter is definitely a piece that can showcase the great potential in a violin prodigy. Remember this was Chloe playing on Menuhin competition - the Olympics for young violinist.
My two cents. I’m not a violinist, but I’ve been around a lot of young musicians, especially pianists. I met a family whose daughters were taking piano lessons. They had the John Thompson series, so I sight read a couple of those on their new baby grand from Europe. They were all amazed, but those pieces are so simple I knew they didn’t know much. But I noticed one of the daughters then started picking out some of the Melodies I had played. So I told her parents they needed to get a better teacher for her.Last I heard, she was writing musicals for her school and studying with the best teacher in town. I’m glad I spoke up.
On the other hand, a long time ago, I was visiting a friend whose 10 year old son was taking piano lessons. The family was not particularly musical. The son wanted to play for me and did the 1st movement of the Moonlight sonata. It was HORRIBLE - uneven, lots of starts and stops, missed notes. I smiled and tried to be encouraging, but felt his music career wouldn’t last long. Well, last I heard he had finished his performance degree at Rice, where Jackie Parker teaches, and was in the graduate composition program at Juilliard. I’m glad I kept my mouth shut.
You never can tell with kids, but one thing is for sure, if they have love for music, it’s worth nourishing and supporting. Maybe you don’t have a prodigy, but your kids will have something that is theirs to treasure for the rest of their lives.
Love this ❤❤❤ thanks for taking the time to relate 😊
I'd say you hit the nail on the head there. Not everyone wants or needs to become a professional musician, but having something you love can keep you alive
Sorry to say that,but why so many people have the audacity to critisice someone's career from THAT early age?! the music field is the only place I've seen people doing that!
Brain is still developing ,our perception of music is still developing together with our personality. A talented kid might look like a prodigy in the beggining ,but there are not few examples where kids reach a certain level ,but they fail to overcome it. There are also examples of "late bloomers" who became admirable artists and teachers. AND no one mentions the fact that some kids might be prodigies but simply DON'T want this lifestyle and simply quit!
@@Mariyanthi he didn't though. He actually said you should encourage them anyways. You probably haven't witnessed any other competitive hobbies, especially dancing or acrobatics.
@@chrisma3256 Yes,but despite the ,often pretentious,encouragmennt,judging is always there and I 'm not reffearing to the person who did this comment personaly!
Dancing itself is a tricky subject cause from one hand it is based on body abilities, which are naturaly developed in childhood and we can't change that, but ,exept ballet, most of dance forms are also based on the impact of the performance and not only technical skills. Aka not every famous dancer is neccesary the best dancer,the best "athlete"...
I am not native english speaker and I hope I made myself udnerstoood.
One of my favorite Leia clips is when she played Paganini Concerto for Chaim Taub during a Keshet Eilon masterclass and instead of giving her comments, he just thanked her repeatedly for the performance.
I just listened to it. She was incredible. He said he had never in his almost 92 years heard anything like her.
I remember that too!
Chloe is definitely a prodigy. She really masters the pieces she learns till they’re flawless and she plays very cleanly. Her musical interpretation of the pieces are out of this world. You should see her whole Menuhin performance that day
Do you know which country she comes from?
He was honest and humble enough to say he was not a prodigy. But he certainly became a world class violinist! Ray gives me hope that I can become a professional violinist as well. I’m not a prodigy, I started playing violin when I was 14.
when I play a little guitar, some who did not practice, would call me, being good at it. Since I did not practice violin..... I call you an expert ;-)
Ray's gonna have to release a "Professional Violinist falls on his sword over clip choice" or the Leia fans are gonna eat him
Literally that 😂
who cares?
@@ningzhixie4818 Read the comments, I guess a lot of people do lol. But honestly, it's more content Ray can make so why not?
It was a joke
@@probag8414 Those are The Crowd who knows nothing about classical music. I highly suspect if they actually have ever listened to a classical musician playing in a concert
Btw Ray I played Bazzini Dance of the Goblins on the same TV show 😭
OMG LEIA I WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN HE PULLED THAT CLIP OF U LMAOO
😭😭😭
I feel sorry for you 😭🙏🏻
I WAS LIKE WHAT?!?!
don't worry Leia, we know how good you are!!
Holy cow - we need justice for Leia Zhu 😂
LMAO-
Leia Zhu is a prodigy. You have watched the wrong video. If you do a 2nd part put a video with Leia. The video where she performed The Last Rose of Summer is amazing. and not just that.
Although it is a simple piece, you can tell she was not very good at violin at least at that time. The intonation was not good. Just like you can tell Hilary Hahn is a very good violinist even when she was just playing "twinkle twinkle little star"
@@ningzhixie4818 exactly
@@ningzhixie4818what do you seek in music? complete technical perfection? if so, you might as well listen to a robot playing. in a world where so many strive for technical accuracy, few stand out musically nowadays. leia is one of those who have an individualistic approach to music, which is why she is so unique.
@@ningzhixie4818 Hilary's great, but she thinks too much; always worries about playing perfectly, instead of letting go & being spontaneous. That's undoubtedly the minority view, but that's nothing new for me. My take is that a great inspired performance with a few flubs is better than a perfect tentative, or measured performance. So ratio me already.
Oh please.
Ray specifically said, "for this specific video".
Even ray was not a prodigy.
People just chill. Its not like ray is demeaning leah.
These blind supporters with zero comprehension.
Leia Zhu and Chloe Chua are definitely prodigies.
Ray Chen's enthusiasm for music is so infectious. Just hearing him react to other people playing makes me want to listen to HIM play, because you can tell how deeply he feels it. Technique IS becoming more common-passion and connection is what I look for these days. Cheers, Mr. Chen!
I love how everyones defending Leia xD
Just Chinese people...typical
Yeah, definitely a bad clip choice for Leia but Ray can only judge based on the video snippet that was given to him so I don't blame him for that. I think you should check out Leia and hope she gets featured more in your channel though. She deserves to be recognized more!
Calling Leia even just a prodigy is an understatement, she is a ONE OF A KIND prodigy. If you listen to her playing and her interpretations, I'm sure we could all agree that she is way ahead of her time. Not only she's a great player but she's also a great teacher who's very articulate in expressing her musical insights as well as giving the historical context of the pieces she's playing which is pretty uncommon for violinists of her age. She has the musical maturity of an adult stuck on a child's body while still keeping that childlike personality within her.
I remember listening to her insights on Mendelssohn violin concerto and all throughout the video, I'm like wow, I can't believe I'm listening to a child and actually learning from her that I haven't learned from other masterclasses.
Check out her Thinking Aloud series to see what I'm talking about. Despite her accomplishments as a young violinist, I still think she needs to be more well known. Everyone should really check her out!
It was a very wise choice by Ren, as such things tell a lot. Choosing simple and not sounding great in that simple .
Chill, even Ray wasn't prodigy. Really you don't have to be prodigy to be great.
Bro are you her publicist 😂
@@patrickpascal1225 lol nope. In fact, I've only watched a few of her videos and in those few videos I was already blown away haha. I just feel like she's not getting the attention she deserves and people are missing out from the kind of content she makes.
Hey Ray, here's a list of some of the 'harder' pieces that Leia has played...
Concertos
Mendelssohn (both concertos) (aged 8, 9, 10, 11)
Tchaikovsky (aged 9, 13, 16)
Sibelius (13)
Bruch (8)
Beethoven
Brahms
all Mozart
Korngold
Saint Saens
Wieniawski No. 2 (8)
Wieniawski No. 1 (12)
some she mentioned in Q&As: Dvorak, Shostakovich, Britten, all Vieuxtemps
some virtuosic pieces
Ernst Last Rose of Summer (aged 12)
Ernst Erlkönig (aged 13)
Ysaye Sonatas (multiple from age 10-13)
all Paganini Caprices
all versions of Carmen Fantasy
Paganini God Save the King
Paganini Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento
Sarasate Ziguernerweisen, Caprice Basque, etc.
These are only the ones off the top of my head.... I'm sure there are plenty others...
and these were performed in front of major orchestras, all throughout the world...This has to be on purpose, because as a top violinist himself he absolutely has to know about Leia and her prodigious rise, as well as how she is continuing to live up to the pressure and standards of being a child prodigy, and how she is one of the few top violinists utilizing youtube/social to the same extent that he is
Just playing some hard pieces doesn't really mean she is really good. I had listened to her Erlkönig and last rose of summer. They are all broken, not even enjoyable. You really have to listen to pronounced violinist playing these pieces and know what they should sound like.
The third child also play Erlkönig in this video. I would say she plays better than Leia on this piece, even at a younger age.
@@ningzhixie4818no. compare it to Leia’s version and it’s miles off on completely different levels. this girl is just playing the notes. leia played the music.
@@liv7098 you cannot play any "music" without playing the notes mostly correctly lol
Leia Zhu was definitely misrepresented here...
Wasn’t the second one (Leia) the same girl that TwoSet reacted to playing Ernst Last Rose of Summer when she was 12?
Yes, Leia is now 16 and still plays!
Yup!!!
Yep. And that performance at 12 of Ernst "The Last Rose of Summer" was beautifully rendered.
Chloe makes me cry with joy.
Leia Zhu isn't a self-proclaimed prodigy... also she's super talented, so this clip choice wasn't great at all. She is one of my favourite violinists, with great personality, lots of wisdom. She Inspires a lot of people. I started learning violin because of her. Sorry for broken English ^^
Your English is perfect 👍
Whoever chose that clip did her dirty lmfao
Leia zhu needs more credit lol. Also I’m a firm believer that Himari yoshiamura is the prodigy of our time
She won Kogan against me when I was 6 and she was 7.
Here is a (super) prodigy: Himari Yoshimura. Never seen anything like her before.
Ray, why was this clip of Leia chosen? We clearly know she's a great violinist if not the best of her generation...
Agreed, she plays Ernst Last rose of summer and Erlkönig really well
I think he just chose a random one from youtube lol, so many triggered people. He probably should have used a few clips but people out here thinking he hates her or something
Karolina’s dad probably wrote that definition in the intro of her channel, which he manages. Shame she wasn’t shown in one of her classical performances. She plays and performs also difficult and complex classical pieces, obviously to another audience.
She is not considered a prodigy in classical, this is what Ray meant.
Yes she got a lot subscribers but made as show but it's more better young players around.
Yeah they are doing a collab now :)
Just kinda sad that whoever chose these clips did some of them dirty 😢😢
@@stanky5187 no they were spot on
@@MishaSkripachare you being fr
Leia is definitely an amazing prodigy, not a great clip choice. Hopefully Leia doesn't take this personally 😂
Yeah Ikr
Out of all the amazing clips,they pick this one…….😢
I hope ray can review other clips🥹
I feel so sorry for this video. Leia is one of my favorite violinists in the world. There are lot of amazing performances out (Introduction and Rondo capriccioso of Saint Saens with Sir Simon Rattle or Tchaikovsky VC with Tonhalle Orchester Zürich to name just two). In my opinion she is technically impeccable and emotionally riper than her real age. She’s already an amazing violinist. This video shows nothing of her abilities. But I know Leia wouldn’t be offended. She‘s a great young woman and well raised. I love her personality. Regarding this violinist should have done more research. Sorry, Ray Chen and team.
she replied to this video 😂
Wow.. Ray is one of my favorite violinists alive now and his expressiveness and fire is hard to find an equal to. I guess everyone has a different age where they bloom. Thank you for the honest video
What’s up with the clip choices? Deliberate by Ray and/or team? If not, this is extremely reckless behaviour…
P.S. I also like how Ray shows more footage of Leia speaking than her playing
I love how Ray's casual passages are cleaner than most musician's performances. Unreal.
He was a child prodigy himself, except he's been playing his whole life. So that makes sense
Only a confident person can conclude a video by saying he wasn’t a prodigy, love your music.
If you wanna know what "prodigy" looks like, check out Midori doing Zapateado for an encore in 1990 (it's on YT). OK she was 19 not 9, whatever. The sheer CONFIDENCE and absolute commitment to the performance... oh and it's the most flawless interpretation I've personally heard, on a beast of a technical piece (IMO - I'm hardly an expert).
My jaw hits the floor every time I watch it, which is a lot of times...
You really should hear Teo play the Paganini Violin Concerto Cadenza. His playing is incredibly clear and articulate! His intonation and clarity on the arpeggios is particularly impressive.
the fact that Leia is currently the most successful out of these prodigies atm and THAT was the only clip Ray could pull out? 😳💀
THIS!
Fame/ number of concerts= success ? She is for sure highly skilled now, but now we are talking about were they prodigy?
I have to admit that I think Ray really messed up on Leia. I used to watch her ten year old vlogs and I think she is amazing. I'm not alone in this opinion. I agree that the clip he watched didn't show her abilities at all.
Chloe Chua clears
mmmm chloe chua was in the video also.
If you watched the full video of Leia, you would have known that that piece was a request from Dawn French herself. Afterwards, she nailed Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins. This clip is truly not indicative of Leia's capabilities. I'm very disappointed.
She's so over rated. Chloe was far superior
@@testme242 Comparing Leia to Chloe is so disrespectful to Leia
@@therefulgences you're right I shouldn't even put Leia in the same sentence as Chloe. Leia doesnt belong. I apologize
I think Chloe’s performances are very technically polished but Leia’s playing seems much more mature and she seems like she is really telling a story with her music
@@PranavViswanathanI agree - however in music are we really seeking for more 'perfect' playing, or the most individualistic in terms of artistic expression?
Definitely would like to hear more ❤
This is so enjoyable to watch!
They picked the worst clip for Leia… why
it felt like deliberate shade 😭
@@ameliejones1234did it or are her fans a bit extreme?
It’s not “worst” - she played it nicely even though it was an easiest pop song - aimed to entertain people without classical music experience. What’s ridiculous is how Ray used THAT to declare that she was not a prodigy. In that case we could easily judge Ray’s level by his Titanic performance 😉😉😉 and declare that THAT was how he ever was/is.
@@M_SCno what they say is completely true - this is outrageous behaviour...
same as Chloe.. winter
I hope Ray knows Leia played The Last Rose of Summer when she was like 12 😭
Thank you Chen, btw I've always thought tha playing an instrument is literally the expression of oneself like body language or kinda voice mood, a way of expressing feelings and your deepest soul.
You left out one of the best : Himari Yoshimura who was accepted at the Curtis Institute at 10 years old, and is now 12. Shis is fabulous.
Leia Zhu isn't a prodigy. She is far better than a prodigy. I advise you to check out her channel and the videos she has. She has many performance videos, but also vlogs giving us a glimpse of her life. She has also made videos about the history and background of many of the pieces she's been learning. Her technical and musical skills are on another level. As a teacher myself I have to say that nobody comes close to her.
She isn't a prodigy... Chloe is.
@@testme242 Yeah, Leia isn’t a prodigy anymore. She’s greater than that.
@@creamsoda6427 yes always second fiddle to chloe
@@creamsoda6427 She is a prodigy. Chloe Chua was better than her, by a mile. Also a prodigy. Check out Chloe Chua performing Wieniawski - Scherzo Tarantella at 7 years old.
@@testme242 Leia is absolutely a prodigy. Chloe is too, c'mon dont be that guy
Man you should check Leia Zhu master class with Leonidas Kavakos and rethink your words on her tbh. 🤣
You are just great in every way!! Loved this video.
Hi Ray- I wish you had also considered Christian Li played the Menuhin junior competition and tied with Chloe Chua. She was 11 and he was 10. I found his playing to be fantastic and compelling. He also did a superb job with leading the orchestra while playing the Vivaldi.
Leia Zhu:
Studies with Itzhak Rashkovsky and Zakhar Bron
Plays Paganini concerto 1 by age 10, then the Campanella by age 11
Gives concerts in 15 countries before age 12, including in venues like the Barbican and the Mariinsky theatre.
The youngest artist to be managed by HarrisonParrott
Artist-in-Residence with the London Mozart Players by age 14
Performs with the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle at Trafalgar Square, also at age 14, broadcast live worldwide
Ray's editor: This is (checks notes) Leia, and here's a clip of her playing twinkle twinkle little star
And...?
wth ray was that clip of Leia 💀 shame on u and the team 😭
definitely chose the wrong clip for leia omg
Leia has a reccording of last rose when she eas 13. Just listen to that before saying she's not a prodigy
Sarah Chang is one of my favorite since then. That tone 😊
Leia is one of the most talented and skillful prodigies! Are there many children playing The last rose of summer at the age of 12? I admire Leia so much!
Те, кому педагог дает, те и играют.
Leia's clip tho 😭😭 did her so dirty
Me: “let’s check the comments today”
The comments: “ leía! Leía! LEÍA! “
Me going to leía’s page 😮❤🤩
Ray is either grossly misinformed or just trolling.
Ray sees true things
I bet trolling.
@@quenoselecruzenadieI don't think he trolls, he sincerely just expressed his thoughts. As not a prodigy himself, he thought it won't be ever offensive to say that someone is not a prodigy. Indeed, making the child a prodigy is a decision by the parents, without the orchestrated parental effort no child, however talented, will be positioned as a prodigy.
However, it is possible that people who achieved millions of fans take PR very seriously. If anything, however innocent, causes losses, it will be objected to.
Prodigies are the products of investments. Talking about classical music prodigies, Karolina is obviously not one of them, in my personal opinion. However, she is a child star of pop business, this is something evident, and a natural star at that. I think she could have gone the path of a classical prodigy if the parents wanted, she is talented. It is a choice, and the choice parents make, not ever a child.
It is also a gamble - if a child is not well known by age ... - will this child able to "break through" later, or destined to be never a soloist? If, on the other hand, as a result of huge investment and 10-h a day practice the child did achieve a prodigy status - would this give protection and guarantee of a good adult career?
Ray raised a very important issue, vbery interesting to think about.
@@quenoselecruzenadie Come to us for some Sibelius! and piano and cello :) no prodigies there, just youth and learning
3:18 you wrong leia zhu is one of the greatest musicians today
😂
'Walking fetus come in and completely wreck your confidence' had me dying 🤣
Another up and coming "prodigy" is young Himari from Japan, I think she would meet Ray's criteria. And I hope he has listened to or watched more of Chloe who is now the artist in residence of the Singapore Symphony, 100% a prodigy who has become one of the outstanding violinists of her era.
Himari is most certainly a prodigy.
I think that in the years to come, she will be Chloe's biggest rival.
Ray, you have NOT seen Leia Zhu in her actual produgious talent. It's hard to judge on just one performance.
It is true, age is less important than motivation and keeping up the hard work they put into it, it can be any profession or sport, chess is the same. Just because somebody breaks an age record, it doesn't mean they will automatically become the best later. There are many cases when musician won a big competition yet later we basically never hear about them, they could not break out for some reason, lack of motivation or they simply don't see a future in this.
Nowadays it is impossible to stand out just by few great competition wins or great concerts, the musician continously has to build his/her career getting good places at competitions, giving many concerts around the world and also social media presence has been very important too, firs of all sharing their concerts online so they can reach more people. So they continously need to build up their renown.
I respect you that you honestly admit you are not a prodigy 😂
Being a prodigy is not just about technical ability. It is more about having maturity beyond one's age. It is not what you play but how.
Ray, while I love you and your work, I have to completely disagree with you on Leia Zhu. Please watch more of her performances, and you'd change your mind. Your editor-san needs a quiet chat without coffee!
And also react on Sohyun Ko, please please. Two of my favorite young violinists. Sohyun and Christian!!
Ray, please do a reaction video on Leia’s Paganini Concerto, where she played for Chaim Taub. She deserves it after this video 😢 I am a big fan of her and couldn’t believe out of so many brilliant performances, this clip was picked for you!
If Leia Zhu is not a prodigy, then nobody is.
Leia's first performance was for 2,000 people at the age of 4.
Leia's first tour was at the age of 5.
Leia's first international nine-city tour was at the age of 6.
When Leia was 9, she had already played with many orchestras including the Russian National Orchestra and Belgian National Orchestra and pieces like Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Lalo Symphonie Espagnole in venues like Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, BOZAR, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Centre.
Leia got signed by HarrisonParrott when she was 12.
Leia became Artist in Residence of the London Mozart Players when she was 14.
When she was 14, she played with Sir Simon Rattle and London Symphony Orchestra at Trafalgar Square for BMW Classics
Leia became Patron of HP Foundation when she was 15.
Leia became Education Ambassador of the London Mozart Players when she was 16. One of her recent concerts was with Paavo Järvi and Tonhalle Orchester in Tonhalle.
These are only a few of her achievements.
Putting that clip of Leia is so disrepectful. Do your homework next time.
this should be pinned
wow this is so impressive. i didn't know all that. i only know she is great violinist and great person. she also played in berlin philharmonic twice! my friend went to see her the second time and she also had duets with the concertmaster noah :D
Cry
sadly Chloe Chua solos
You listed sponsors' achievements.
leia????? ray is trolling!
The self-conscious pause of your own video is SO relatable
I asked Chat GPT-4 "Who is Leia Zhu", and here is its response: "Leia Zhu is a talented young violinist known for her prodigious abilities and performances. As of my last update in January 2022, she has been recognized as a child prodigy in the classical music world."
Glad you gave Karolina a chance to play with you! She’s progressed away past this level in 4 years, hasn’t she. I’m really enjoying your street duets w/Karolina posted this week. Who’s sweating in front of large crowds now? 😅
Great job, great example for her! Good for you!
one meaning of prodigy has to do with quantity, that is, being prodigious. These prodigies are geniuses and possibly also prodigious ... over time, at least.
If this video gets really popular, could you do chimera by Polyphia next.
Love the thirty minute format, but I would prefer if you tried to figure out how to play from the original song (without Tim walking you though it 😉)
Strangely, I doubt that Ray Chen wouldn’t know how good Leia Zhu is. The reason he deliberately chose this one AND declared her not a prodigy…..maybe he got a blow on his head or had a bad hangover. Also Chloe Chua has tons recordings of extremely difficult pieces - all played BEAUTIFULLY, often even better than many ADULT PROFESSIONAL violinists. (I’m one of those LESSER professional violinists……😂)
A true prodigy always has something amazing in their sound and playing, even at the very beginning and when they are tiny. Looking at a simple piece played by some well promoted "prodigy" tells a lot about whether it is from within, or it is training 24/7.
I’d love to hear you play!
Leia an Chloe ARE prodigies. Haven't seen more of them and decided you can rate them not prodigies ?!
Awesome video :) well said Ray.
Other amazing prodigies: Hilary Hahn, Leila Josefowicz, Midori, Joshua Bell, Yehudi Menuhin, and Tamaki Kawakubo.
WHAT IS THIS CLIP OF LEIA ZHU?! You know that she has more concerts than you in one month than you have for the rest of the year...
Wow what an aggressive comment. Maybe he chose the most truthful clip? Playing a simple melody, not prepared by teachers ?
I would have to disagree with Ray on Leia Zhu. She is definitely a prodigy.
Bro, he said “based on this video”. Granted he should have really looked at some other clips. She wouldn’t get the rep she has if she only played like that.
You are so funny and humble!!!
And great violinist also!!!
All ways leading to tonic
Leia Zhu IS certainly a prodigy! She has accurately played some very difficult pieces at a very young age.
Well. I feel very disappponted about what you have choosen for Leia. She is definitely one of the super talenteds if not the best. The clip you chosen doesn't represent her capability at all.
You are very funny Ray!!!! ❤
I think you should personally apologise to Leia for this clip you chose of her. I'm beyond disappointed with this video.
You opened your account TODAY, 29th of September, that makes one feel that a PR team is at work?
Wow? On what grounds? A real prodigy would never get offended at not called a prodigy. Maybe it is the true inborn prodigious ability that shines (or not) in a simple piece that he was trying to evaluate? Who knows? He is a highly professional and talented violinist. I would just take what he says for a given. Are you a better expert?
It’s a good concept, but I think your editor may have let you down with the selection of clips. Also, it may be cool for a future episode to listen to them blind.
Actually, bad choice of clip for both Leia and Karolina. Karolina's covers are mostly pop, but she does have a few classical covers on her channel, and they're pretty good. Obviously Leia is on a whole other level, 5 seconds of her recording of 'The Last Rose of Summer' would tell you that.
While playing pop, one chooses to be very behind on classical. This is the choice that parents make.
I also think Leia is definitely a prodigy. Karolina is a very talented young violinist but in my opinion she can't keep up with the other prodigies, also not with her classical pieces I have seen. But nevertheless she is very talented.
@@MishaSkripach Ray was with Karolina today with his violin, seems a mistake is being fixed
He made no mistake and there is nothing to fix. She is not a prodigy, she is a pop cover dancing girl star, it is different.@@mariaswan1539
@@MishaSkripach the mistake was the video used to represent her, he realised it after we told him in the comments, now she wins, she gets inspired by Ray and gets to see his strad, possibly even play it, who knows how far he has traveled just to see her, it's great respect from Ray and she will be very happy.. No doubt he got a call from Colburn too saying she deserves a better account of her playing, great job by Ray, us fans and Colburn.
i cant practice on tonic because it doesnt have a ney in it so can you please add it
Hi Ray!
Having seen Sarah Chang live the first thing thay comes to mind is intensity and it was still true back then. It took one bar of erlkonig for me to go damn
I think the real prodigy is Karolina. Why? because she can play classical/ pop/ jazz etc... She can improvise and play outside the written partition. Most of these kids spent hours and hours on the written music but can't play freely without their written or memorise script like Karolina 😂
How do you know if other kids can or can't play freely without script? Is this because YOU were not shown it?
Oh please.
The fanaticism.
@@MishaSkripach She just performed with Ray again yesterday , video is coming in a week or so, they are travelling together atm :)
@@gingerbeer5499 so what?
@@MishaSkripach He needed an experimental violin girl to teach, she needed a violin master to learn from so a long term working relationship is being formed.
That last guy? A definite prodigy!!! I could feel the ship sinking. Well done! 🙌🏼
How tf the intro was continuously living rent free in my mind.... And then I actually heard it ❤❤❤❤
Karolina regularly plays on the street in front of a large audience but repeated pieces. I'm waiting for her to play on the street some longer classical pieces. I haven't heard her play the meditation thais piece or vivaldi 4 seasons yet. Ray you got into the music school you did at only 15 years. Karolina is 15 now and I think she will need to learn a lot more pieces before she will get into the same school you did.
Have you followed her classical training and heard her orchestra solos. Karolina over a yr ago knew 250 pop songs by memory which doesn't include the classical pieces she trains on with Sam Fischer. It's unlikely she would so classical music while busking.
Can't believe how you went from the 10 year old violinist self to now. Makes me wish I'd practised more as a kid and not given up. Please show your video's to kids learning violin to provr it is possible with sustained practise and good teaching to become an accomplished musician, and even a super musician like yourself.
Ha, I was thinking the same thing. I always said I could have been really good if I had practiced. I never did practice much. Started in 4th grade and never had private lessons. But I wouldn't have paid for me to have them anyway with my lack of effort. I wasn't far off how he was playing when I was just a couple years old. If I would have actually worked on anything . . . Ah well. I am happy with the things I have spent more time on so no great loss. I am going to show this to my kids though. The fact you don't have to be a prodigy to get amazingly good at something if you just have some skill and put in a lot of time practicing.
Ray why'd you do Leah dirty like that
2:22 "I like your clothes too" - Lei Zhu. Even though Dawn always wearing basic back smocks/glorified garbage bags ahaha. (I love Dawn French though, I'm just having a go from Brit to Brit).
The girl after Leia isn’t a prodigy. I don’t think she is better than Leia.
yep, to put that girl and Leia in the same sentence is an insult to Leia lol. u should check out leia's version of erlkonig just to compare...
What about the solo modern memorised piece Chloe played - wow!!!
Hi Ray! When do you recommend a young boy to start playing violin? My 3-year-old wanted to play violin the second he saw them at a music store and asked for lessons. But my husband and I aren't sure because he's still a playful young boy and are not sure he can even sit through lessons with a teacher! Any help is appreciated. (I played flute for over 20 years & can encourage, but as far as lessons and readiness I have no idea where to begin with violin for a young child.)
Have a look at the old videos of a 3y 5 month old starting violin lessons! Still happy to play violin, still loving it 8 years later, got to Sibelius concerto by now.
Find a Russian school teacher, a no nonsense one.
@@MishaSkripach thank you for the advice! I'm in talks with a Russian teacher who studied with Galamian at Curtis so I'm excited to take the leap of faith!
@@DanaOira This sounds an excellent teacher. Our teacher first suggested like 10-15 min lessons, however straight from the first lesson it became about 45 minutes. The attention span of the toddler proved unbelievable, he was prepared to play violin for hours. 3 years later he played Zeitz violin concerto and was taken on for professional training. Absolutely loves violin, like the first dsy he begged for it.
Don't worry about anything, early start gives an advantage of perfect pitch formation.
Re Karolina Protsenko. I watched your collaboration with her today. You picked a video when she was very young. She is 14 now. Take a look at her playing Czardas at age 11. I think she is a prodigy
What was the collaboration? Did they play together?
What is your definition of a "prodigy"? Can you play violin ( of course not)?
@@MishaSkripach can you not be a sarcastic hater
@@AttilaLothrigel like you? I am not!
I like Karolina, she is a pretty girl with long legs and pretty short dresses. In the UK child labour and busking is illegal until 14, so British position on such street performances is different. .
@@MishaSkripach she doesn't have 8.1 million subscribers because of long legs and short dresses, that is offensive and shows exactly where you are coming from. You don't know what you are talking about and she does not wear short dresses! You don't know anything about her. So just stop. Don't send another message, I don't like haters
@@AttilaLothrigel I don't know and I did not discuss with you why she says so many subs. I said she has pretty short dresses and beautiful long legs. So just stop policing other people, I don't like haters.
Wow what the net has : "CAPITAL ONE BANK U S A , N A filed a Contract - Debt Collection lawsuit against ATTILA LOTHRIGEL. This case was filed in Orange County Superior Courts, Central Justice Center located in Orange, California. The case status is Not Classified By Court. "
I take back my comment today Ray, I saw your Instagram short you went to see Karolina perform today and no doubt she will gain great inspiration from you again, great job, this is the Ray i respect.
Not only went to see, he performed duets with her. On that day, Ray became a street performer. I was there and they were fantastic
@@AttilaLothrigel I've saw your comments saying this, if you were there surely you recorded some of it, pretty much everyone else would so if you can upload even a few seconds of it, that would be awesome Then we will know it actually did happen.
@@gingerbeer5499Karolina just published one fun duet she did with Ray. They also did some classical ones not published yet.
See it on her you tube channel Karolina Protsenko Violin
I enjoy your videos but this definition of prodigy is quite subjective. What would be a real prodigy? Playing hard pieces with a good technique or interpreting pieces you hear and by ear you make a pop song sounds a little bit more classical? This is for me a prodigy as lots of classical-trained musicians cant do that at all!
Karolina Protsenko transforms all pop songs into a classical piano music by her own and it's very much enjoyable and she does it by her own... so it's something more than being more robotic and like someone that just repeats as she puts on the song all of ther technique to make it more classical and dress it with her style.
I def think she's a real PRODIGY!
Due to the influence of a certain movie scene, whenever i heard vivildi winter, i immediately think of a man tied to a chair with his teeth being forcibly removed
What movie?
Hi sir, I am not sure either you/your team don’t do research well or pretend you don’t know Leia.
Anybody Just type her name down on UA-cam and easily can find out “even by non musicians”, whether she is prodigy or not. (Edited)
so true! by the way her name is spelt 'Leia' 😊
@@kartoffelninhulleundfulle4623 🙏🏾 thank you. I fixed my spelling 😊
I love Sarah and you so much. This is my dream come true that you talk about her. ❤️