The musician who plays the French horn using his left foot - BBC News

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2021
  • Felix Klieser is a musician born without arms who plays the French horn with his left foot.
    He was always told he could never become a professional musician but that made him even more determined.
    He’s now Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s artist in residence and will tour with them over the next two years.
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  • @victor_user
    @victor_user 2 роки тому +113

    Imagine playing the most difficult brass instrument with your foot.

    • @JamesSmith-vz8yr
      @JamesSmith-vz8yr 2 роки тому +2

      Imagine how Kyle is feeling today. Great news.

    • @alex_the_chip1594
      @alex_the_chip1594 2 роки тому +4

      actually, the hardest intrument

    • @filliiiii7
      @filliiiii7 2 місяці тому

      @@alex_the_chip1594the hardest instrument is piano

    • @nugget.da.great...
      @nugget.da.great... 20 днів тому

      ​@@filliiiii7what? No that's the first instrument you should learn and it will significantly help you play other instruments but hell no I play nine instruments and sing and piano is by FAR the easiest...

    • @nugget.da.great...
      @nugget.da.great... 20 днів тому

      ​@@alex_the_chip1594tied with oboe

  • @paulgray1318
    @paulgray1318 2 роки тому +12

    French Horn - I could play it with one hand behind my back said Felix, and he did.
    Bravo.

  • @ericbingham-kumpfcomposer5293
    @ericbingham-kumpfcomposer5293 2 роки тому +10

    Simply amazing! He makes that French Horn talk and plays it better than many musicians who have both hands. He has control over the instrument like he was born to play it!

  • @selender42
    @selender42 2 роки тому +7

    Stop Horn must be fun!
    Jokes aside, this is amazing!!!!! So happy he is still able to express himself despite adversity :D

  • @kwnzgtube
    @kwnzgtube 2 роки тому +4

    ...plain and simple...impressive and outstanding!

  • @joeyrb4509
    @joeyrb4509 2 роки тому +12

    Jesus Christ, he is talented.

  • @shockwave4742
    @shockwave4742 Рік тому +6

    I've always liked this instrument. My dad plays it, and I heard him talking about this guy last night. I think there are multiple things to admire about this guy. One is his nice, clear tone, and another is his flexibility. It takes a lot of lower body flexibility to play an instrument without using your arms.

    • @eco-friendlyvegangeek
      @eco-friendlyvegangeek Рік тому +1

      The first thing I noticed was his flexibility - his foot is so close infront of his face, and for so long! Also the determination he must've had to start playing with his foot and get to this point, despite being told multiple times that it's too hard!

  • @andrewjones-productions
    @andrewjones-productions 2 роки тому +13

    For me and the hundreds of others who attended the same secondary school as I in North Wales, we (in a good way) consider this normal. The reason being that a French teacher at the school was born without arms also. He would mark our books with his feet, write on an OHP sheet and that was essentially his 'blackboard'. If we got a question right, he would throw us an unwrapped sweet as a reward and we thought nothing of it and would gladly put it in our mouths. The only thing we had to do for him was carry his lunch tray in the canteen, the rest he did himself. As a consequence, I see someone like this and think nothing of it. Nevertheless, that shouldn't detract from what this musician or my former French teacher have achieved and as many people have written, try hard enough and anything is possible. I am grateful for this as instead of marvelling at this musician playing with his foot, I marvel first at his performance.

    • @sunnyztmoney
      @sunnyztmoney Рік тому

      Gross

    • @ursamajor7468
      @ursamajor7468 11 місяців тому +1

      UM.... you probably shouldn't have mentioned that unwrapped part about the treat.

  • @Nicole-cf3kj
    @Nicole-cf3kj 2 роки тому +19

    Great reminder that everything is possible! Never give up!

    • @JamesSmith-vz8yr
      @JamesSmith-vz8yr 2 роки тому +1

      Kyle Rittenhouse did his duty and did not give up.

    • @richard7645
      @richard7645 2 роки тому

      Including your own freedoms?

    • @Nicole-cf3kj
      @Nicole-cf3kj 2 роки тому

      @@JamesSmith-vz8yr I would not compare them… Obviously, villains don’t count. When you think about self encouragement, you think only about murderers? Personally, I think about piano lessons and six-pack of abs

    • @Nicole-cf3kj
      @Nicole-cf3kj 2 роки тому +1

      @@richard7645 Nelson Mandela is a great example for this

    • @JamesSmith-vz8yr
      @JamesSmith-vz8yr 2 роки тому +1

      @@Nicole-cf3kj S E L F D E F E N C E love.

  • @arbutusmusicacademy5142
    @arbutusmusicacademy5142 2 роки тому +1

    So good! What a testament to talent and hard work in pursuit of something you love!

  • @DanielPlainview10
    @DanielPlainview10 2 роки тому +8

    Well done man❤️

  • @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars
    @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars 2 роки тому +9

    He's brilliant! I have mechanical failure of the foot, I cannot even bend my toes! What a fantastic player 😊

    • @dhawthorne1634
      @dhawthorne1634 2 роки тому

      My dad said the same thing. His family doctor nearly broke one of his toes trying to force it to bend when he was about 5 or 6.

  • @jornalistarenatarosa4205
    @jornalistarenatarosa4205 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing!

  • @Hybrid.flower
    @Hybrid.flower 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome 👏🏾

  • @hans0747
    @hans0747 2 роки тому

    Fantastic and respect

  • @JibberJabJones
    @JibberJabJones Рік тому

    and playing one of my favourite pieces from childhood!

  • @pavanavasarmol8214
    @pavanavasarmol8214 2 роки тому +3

    Amazing👍

  • @alejjtheninja5803
    @alejjtheninja5803 Рік тому

    Wow, that is _AMAZING._
    I'm super impressed, that level of determination is extremely admirable for someone like me.

  • @atlasfenix6995
    @atlasfenix6995 2 роки тому +2

    awesome!

  • @markgoddard2560
    @markgoddard2560 2 роки тому +2

    Brilliant achievement.

  • @ianskeldon6032
    @ianskeldon6032 2 роки тому +2

    OMG what an amazing man.

  • @clarecatherine8387
    @clarecatherine8387 Рік тому

    Lucky enough to have seen him play this wonderful Mozart concerto last night at the Proms. What a performance, he is extraordinary!

  • @jama211
    @jama211 11 місяців тому

    Very cool!

  • @andresgalia4365
    @andresgalia4365 8 місяців тому

    I had the chance to listen to him live with the NAC (Canada) Orchestra. It was a memorable experience. A lesson to people that are so quick to give up at the first inconvenient.

  • @stephencox7628
    @stephencox7628 Рік тому +3

    Speaking as an amateur horn player myself, I think he is an excellent player by professional standards. But perhaps this should not be so surprising given that from birth, he was accustomed to doing everything that most of us do with our hands with his toes. I also wonder if he can insert a mute (probably) and what he does about playing 'stopped' notes, in which the hand is inserted deep into the bell to give an edgy, snarly sound.

    • @pauljones8614
      @pauljones8614 Рік тому

      apparently he has learned to create such sounds using his lips and without needing to insert a mute or his hand, I have no idea how its amazing

  • @fit_tit9902
    @fit_tit9902 5 місяців тому

    My favourite orchestral instrument!

  • @alex_the_chip1594
    @alex_the_chip1594 2 роки тому +3

    1:12, How did he use the 2nd toe to point the 2nd pedal???? Totally Mission Impossible for us! :) Fantastic job Felix!

  • @karyherndon4266
    @karyherndon4266 2 роки тому +1

    I loved this video! I spent several months working at a college with handicapped children ...as students. (They were all in wheelchairs or ..blind or so handicapped ..that it was heartbreaking otherwise! ) ❤️❤️💜☮️🙃🇺🇸

  • @TeoZMuff313
    @TeoZMuff313 2 роки тому

    Respect

  • @avipotato
    @avipotato Рік тому +1

    I can’t even move one toe individually

  • @johncookson9751
    @johncookson9751 Рік тому

    Respect.

  • @clankb2o5
    @clankb2o5 11 місяців тому

    That's totally rad

  • @pedromac0741
    @pedromac0741 2 роки тому

    'what makes you happy'.

  • @Eusantdac
    @Eusantdac 2 роки тому +5

    I don't want to hear about things being impossible anymore. Obviously, anything is possible.

  • @kandrenep
    @kandrenep 9 місяців тому

    Very remarkable how much you can learn in using our limbs apart from our hands to play such a hard instrument such as the French horn.

  • @Berley_1234
    @Berley_1234 Рік тому +2

    OMG this is making me cry...such a marvel and testament the the will of a human soul. ...thank you so much for sharing this BBC nice to see something besides govmt Propaganda

  • @syedshabazhaidernaqvi5576
    @syedshabazhaidernaqvi5576 2 роки тому

    Ty

  • @sage6336
    @sage6336 Рік тому

    INSPIRATIONAL

  • @annecohen8927
    @annecohen8927 2 роки тому

    This reminds me of the Daniel Day-Lewis starring in the true life movie of Christy Brown in ‘My Left Foot’. This is absolutely amazing!

  • @hevchip741
    @hevchip741 2 роки тому

    Remarkable

  • @TodayTestfbsfbsfbs
    @TodayTestfbsfbsfbs 5 місяців тому

    It’s impressive but keep in mind that the hard part on the French horn is not on the valves it’s on lips.

  • @lucie3623
    @lucie3623 Рік тому

  • @lacorchea955
    @lacorchea955 8 місяців тому

    Holy macarroni. I don't have words.

  • @GrandpaVince
    @GrandpaVince 2 роки тому

    I learnt to play the saxophone during the d day landings in 1918

  • @decafmocha211
    @decafmocha211 2 роки тому

    Extraordinary...there is a movie entitled "My left foot" starring Sir Daniel Day Lewis...I am speechless

    • @M_SC
      @M_SC 2 роки тому

      That’s such a good movie

  • @henrydavis9953
    @henrydavis9953 Рік тому

    The power of a made up mind, discipline, and hard work..❤

  • @beltstst
    @beltstst 2 роки тому +1

    I achieved professional level at horn playing, this is something else , thanks felix , das it’s wunderbar!

  • @dianawolf894
    @dianawolf894 2 роки тому

    Since 3 is something i understand.

  • @WhitneyAbigail
    @WhitneyAbigail Рік тому

    I have no words, they are failing me DAMN

  • @audeliapalfy8866
    @audeliapalfy8866 2 роки тому +3

    anybody else wondering how he uses the trigger? or if he just doesn't use it?

    • @horndude77
      @horndude77 2 роки тому +2

      It looks like he has the horn sitting in b-flat and doesn't use the trigger much. It makes a ton of sense. It's more common for European horn plays to have it sit in b-flat than American horn players anyway. Beyond that it looks like it's setup to push out to switch to be in F. I'm also wondering if he more relies on some fingerings (heh) we other horn players tend to not use as much.

    • @RetiredBrass
      @RetiredBrass 2 роки тому +1

      You can see the trigger is custom set up on the other side. Other videos show it is pushed out with his pinky toe.

  • @colonelburak2906
    @colonelburak2906 Рік тому

    Wow, that's quite a feet!

  • @Simedraw
    @Simedraw 2 роки тому +1

    Directed by Dan Schneider

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 2 роки тому +1

    Make sure those feet, toes, heels, arches, legs, and knees are mega hardened yeah

  • @JamesSmith-vz8yr
    @JamesSmith-vz8yr 2 роки тому +2

    Kyle of Duty

  • @neilpa
    @neilpa 2 роки тому +1

    Listen, Man United might not thank me but get the contract out, put it on the table. Let him sign it, let him write whatever numbers he wants to put on there, given what he's done since he's come in. Ole's at the wheel, man. He's doing it. He's doing his thing. MAN UNITED ARE BACK!!!

  • @fnf.b.iagent2.035
    @fnf.b.iagent2.035 Рік тому

    Bro who tf is this

  • @rajupodian5105
    @rajupodian5105 2 роки тому

    Someone

  • @Yusuf0sam
    @Yusuf0sam 2 роки тому

    Mozart horn concerto 4. 3rd movement.

  • @davidjacobs828
    @davidjacobs828 2 роки тому

    Footnote....

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    @bradley4010 2 роки тому

    Intellectwebs are the best will all can deal with.

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    @bradley4010 2 роки тому

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    @LauraNLapp 2 роки тому

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    @JamesSmith-vz8yr 2 роки тому +2

    Never watch Children in need

  • @JK_JK_JK_JK
    @JK_JK_JK_JK 2 роки тому +3

    Kyle Rittenhouse: You Call that a Skill?! 😏👍

    • @JamesSmith-vz8yr
      @JamesSmith-vz8yr 2 роки тому +2

      raise a 🥃 for the Rittenhouse drinking game. A chaser, swiftly followed by four shots… ZAAAAAHHHHHHH

    • @JamesSmith-vz8yr
      @JamesSmith-vz8yr 2 роки тому +1

      Kyle of Duty.

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    @amirmohammadnoormohammad5590 2 роки тому +1

    Please remember Afghanistan 🇦🇫.

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    @evaschiffhauer59 2 роки тому +1

    Anybody seen COVID?

  • @chrisbammer8679
    @chrisbammer8679 2 роки тому +2

    Imagine trying to play your instrument next to this guy, but all you can smell is his sweaty foot

  • @israeldiegoriveragenius2th164
    @israeldiegoriveragenius2th164 2 роки тому +4

    No to discriminatory vaccine passports and mandates, utter disgrace. This must not happen England, do not comply.

  • @andyforshaw8489
    @andyforshaw8489 2 роки тому +2

    Why don't the bbc do something extraordinary and broadcast the real news. Like Rittenhouse getting justice for once.

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    @mariuszhope1174 2 роки тому +1

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  • @musiceditor7083
    @musiceditor7083 2 роки тому

    Proof that you can do anything if you put your mind to it!
    If you're thinking of following in Felix's footsteps, be sure to check out our rundown of the best french horns 2022...
    musiclowdown.co.uk/best-double-french-horn/