Yuja Wang is a marvel of the new age, her interpretations on modern composers of the 20th century is astounding she is one of great pianists of the 21st century who has performed almost all the concertos in the repertoire .
Would like her to take on Schoenberg or Carter to name just a couple composers that have written masterpieces of the genre. As to the goat, who cares? Plenty of talent to go around. Would go see yuja or yb if they programmed something different. Bartok #2 is a fav but I've listened to it so many times that is has lost its luster.
I think he was on his phone. He puts on his glasses before his head drops and then when he brings it back up a few minutes later his glasses are off and he's paying attention.
And here we are, arguing which piano work is the hardest. If it makes one fall asleep in the middle of listening to it, what's the point? Never heard of anyone fall asleep listening to Rach 2. Maybe because technical difficulty isn't the priority there?
Her singular blend of technical prowess, keen musical insight, and emotional depth have established Yuja Wang as one of the world’s finest performers. "Charismatic", "breathtaking", "flawless" and "heartfelt" are just a selection of the superlatives used frequently by critics worldwide. 13:24 Source: Medici tv
If I remember correctly she referred to the Bartok as "sadistic." I believe that describes it very well, as stunning as it is. Ms. Wang is one of the few pianists that can really do it justice, in my subjective opinion. Love it, love her.
BARTOK, I don’t believe I’m familiar with any of his music, but this composition was dynamic, very emotional, with its many discord’s, and inflections, like a angry man, mad, and depressed, at life, this was in many ways a very complex piece…and of course expertly played by the incomparable Yuja Wang, accompanied by a very accomplished orchestra, Thank you, I enjoyed this very much…Peace!
I grew up in Hungary, and we studied music quite extensively as part of compulsory education. It was always Kodaly and Bartok who were talked about. Many of the music books were written by them. Internationally, Kodaly is more known for his music education methods, while Bartok is for the music he composed, but they spent a really big part of their productive years travelling the countryside of Hungary and former Hungary with Hungarian speaking population, to collect Hungarian folk music. Long after Bartok's death, there was an interview with Kodaly, who said, that Bartok was a real idealist, driven by negativity, unhappiness and frustration with everything, yet had the determination to fix those things. Glad to hear that you enjoyed his music!
I still recall my astonishment with this concerto listening to its first UK broadcast, I think 1946. Totally absorbing, all through, much to my traditional pianist father's disgust. But I am bowled over by this beautifully filmed performance, so closely following the cues, as much as I am by the superb performance. It is as exciting as it was all those years ago. What an upload!
You only realize how great this concerto really is until you hear so many of the wannabes from the past hundred years. Bartok was a giant. The rest of us are mere mortals.
The significance of Béla Bartók lies in four major areas of music-composition, performance, pedagogy, and ethnomusicology. 21:31 Bartók's style in his art music compositions was a synthesis of folk music, classicism, and modernism. His melodic and harmonic sense was profoundly influenced by the folk music of Hungary, Romania, and other nations. Sources: Britannica; Lumen Learning
That quintal harmony at the beginning of the second movement (9:41) always gives me chills. Quintal harmony just sounds so good with strings. Ligeti's piano concerto is my favorite but this is a close second.
@@fido652 Harmony based on fifths. So having chords built on just fifths (instead of the common triad) and moving through a key center with those voicings. There's also quartal harmony which is based on fourths. For example the first three chords in the strings in movement 2 are: Fmajor( F C G D A E)- Gsus( G D A C G D)- Fmajor(F C G D A E) , if you look at the notes in the chords they are all a 5th apart from each other. Hence quintal harmony. This kind of harmony produces a really open and resonant sound.
Yuja Wang has got an incredible talent, she plays this terrificly difficult piano concerto with maestria, power and virtuosity. This piece does not please to everyone, it is not as famous or "beautiful" as Rachmaninov, Liszt or Thaikovsky's concertos, but we can admire the talent of both the pianist and the orchestra. Whether this concerto is beautiful to listen to or not is just a matter of taste. Anyway congratulations to the artists who are genius!
This is a particularly superb performance of this great work, she reveals the complex contrapuntal lines in the piano part. There is a performance surviving in part from 1938 with Bartok at the keyboard and Ansermet conducting, shows how to play it. Bartok gave another defining performance of this work in 1940 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Rodzinski. Unfortunately, that performance has not survived in recorded form.
No, she worked very hard to even get there the hours of training and muscle memory. They also had to be all in sync too, so imagine how long it took for them get to this point. So just calling her a genius means not recognising the her efforts, i know you mean well im not trying to go against you or anything but im just letting you know thats all and i hope u have a good day
@@meat8054 If you were properly trained, are dedicated, and spent many many hours honing your technique this is still hard, but quite achievable (by those many who were dedicated enough). Think about Bartok first, who wrote it, and could (masterfuly, no doubt) play it.
Her playing the pjano with high heels??? I can’t even do that with low ones No but fr this is some truly amazing stuff happening that my mind can’t wrap my mind around
One of my favorite concertos superbly played. Interpretation spot on with pianist and orchestra. One of my favorite moments is a very simple choice they made. The final chord is held a split second longer than I've ever heard it and wow it was a great choice.
The Adagio begins at 9:45. The strings are too quiet, you will have to turn volume all the way up. Because this is some of the greatest music ever written for strings.
Wang has deepened her structural approach to this important work, apparently conceived as being partly a concerto for the orchestra or type of concerto grosso in many sections but 3 marked movements. Happily Rattle does not drive the orchestra but allows the whole experience to be a proper sharing of wonderful sounds. There is an archive recording of the composer preparing a performance of No 2 in which the sectional construction and intentions are evident. As the recording quality is atrocious all we can get from it are these guidelines. Perhaps Ms Wang's deep Bartok studies included hearing that archive.
This is such a fantastic piece! Yes, it's super difficult and it's awesome how anyone can play this but this is not some sort of vain and shallow show-off piece to show how quick your fingers are. It's really a great piece, no matter how difficult it may or may not be to play it! Bravo, Bartok!
I’m not sure why more people don’t mention or seem to notice this: this piece is unique for the fact the strings are completely silent in the first movement. I have seen it performed live and somehow it escaped notice. It wasn’t until I looked at the full score that I noticed. It shows what a genius can do with clever orchestration. The fact this movement is so exciting, dynamic and rich in sound is what amazes me. She plays it well, but others play it with more power, in my opinion. Bronfman is about three times bigger and that extra weight pays off in bigger sound.
This piece is brilliant and so is Yuja Wang. Pieces like this and Each 3 touch the soul of the performer that may never be communicable. I've never had the pleasure of viewing an interview with this amazing pianist but even Argerich couldn't find the words, in any language, to express the connection felt. I'm so glad to see and hear it.
Aside she played this like a non-human, but imagine making this piece? What, who, how you are a human like everyone of us and being able to come up with this music? Ok, I’m going back now to Nirvana playlist.
Ahh finally after scrolling through a bunch of videos with really good editing and content falsely claiming the hardest piano piece, I have finally stumbled upon something truly ridiculously difficult.
The quality seems much better compared to the other recording we have of Yuja playing this concerto on UA-cam. I really like her interpretation the most among any pianist. So I'm glad we have another recoding now even though I wish the volume was higher, I'll have to find a way to get around that
No surprise her interpretation is so good. Aside from her own formidable pianistic intelligence, she studied this and played it under the late and much lamented Zoltán Kocsis; who knew Bartok as few do!
Samuel: You might enjoy the CD recording with Bronfman/Salonen/Los Angeles Philharmonic. I see it’s been uploaded to UA-cam. Here’s the link ua-cam.com/video/ztlSqwq7Si4/v-deo.html 😎🎹
@@bloodgrss Kocsis said about Yuja, he never knew another pianist understanding and learning as fast as she did. Unfortunately the planned recording of all three Bartok concertos wasn't possible because he passed away....
@@michaelschefold3299 Yes, life does give us those unaccountable disappointments. But they touched each other, and had fun together (there is somewhere on UA-cam a joint interview with them that is delightful to see); glad they had that chance to make music together. Similar to Yuja's brief but fruitful collaboration with Claudio Abbado (at least they DID get to record). All the best to you; I have enjoyed your enthusiasm for this fine young artist, and your many opportunities to hear her live and comment intelligently on it. A pretty musically healthy person to be a fan of...👍
Everyone's got every other topic covered, so i'm gonna point out her outfit and shoes, bc goddamn girl is slaying in every aspect of her life. I'd break my ankle sitting there playing those pedals with those 😅she's amazing
Ah yes, pretty neat, I remember improvising a couple of lines and they turned out to be the first part of this piece, must've picked it up somewhere as a kid
Yuja Wang me séduit de multiples façons…, dont évidemment son grand art pianistique. Elle m’invite ici (en pensée) à aller à Budapest, en Hongrie, pour admirer Bela Bartok, sublime auteur de l’époque Autriche-Hongrie. Séduit par Yuja (et Bela), j’y vais (avec mon certificat de vaccination….!). L’ Art n’a pas de frontières.
She is coming to DC's Kennedy Ctr. in Nov to play this. I try to see her whenever she comes, but will skip it due to Bartok. It's a shame because Tarmo Peltokosky will conduct Sibelius' 1st Symphony with the NSO.
![Yuja Wang: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major Op. 83 [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BszBccYHuAk/mqdefault.jpg)
She is in day 2 of simply piano
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nah day 1
@@HLLY.DUH. Nah, a little too hard for day 1.
😂😂😂
here because a tiktok said that this was the hardest piano piece to play and she plays it so beautifully
Same
Same
Same lol
I'm also her from a tiktok that said it was the hardest piano piece
Same
I remember playing this in college. Ridiculously hard. She makes it sound so musical and so easy!
I played this at primary school. Quite difficult
I remember playing this in preschool. Pretty hard
I played this while still in the womb. Not easy.
You should've heard me playing this before I existed. Somewhat challenging.
I played this before anything existed,quite hard
Yuja Wang is a marvel of the new age, her interpretations on modern composers of the 20th century is astounding she is one of great pianists of the 21st century who has performed almost all the concertos in the repertoire .
I completely agree....she is brilliant, a joy to have in the world today!.
nah yb better
Would like her to take on Schoenberg or Carter to name just a couple composers that have written masterpieces of the genre.
As to the goat, who cares? Plenty of talent to go around. Would go see yuja or yb if they programmed something different. Bartok #2 is a fav but I've listened to it so many times that is has lost its luster.
You lost it.
I would like to hear her in Beethoven's piano concertos
You could make like a fire Tom and Jerry’s episode with this music
Can't you think of anything better?
@@FleuveAlphee whats better than tom and jerry
@@FleuveAlphee the orchestration in tom and jerry is so good, you just don't realise
Infantile...
@@davidmayhew8083 your understanding of orchestration is infantile as compared to the people who wrote the soundtrack
19:36 : Old shiny bald man in the background falls asleep
20:51 : still asleep
22:00 spicy part wakes him up
I think he was on his phone. He puts on his glasses before his head drops and then when he brings it back up a few minutes later his glasses are off and he's paying attention.
😂🤣🤣😭😭😭😭 i skipped str8 to it and diiieeeeeyyyyydddddd hahhahahahhahahhaahhahahahahhahaahhaahhaahahhhahhahhaaaaa
And here we are, arguing which piano work is the hardest. If it makes one fall asleep in the middle of listening to it, what's the point? Never heard of anyone fall asleep listening to Rach 2. Maybe because technical difficulty isn't the priority there?
He was tying his shoelaces, man
Shiny is crazy😭
This woman is a gift from God to mankind.
Her singular blend of technical prowess, keen musical insight, and emotional depth have established Yuja Wang as one of the world’s finest performers.
"Charismatic", "breathtaking", "flawless" and "heartfelt" are just a selection of the superlatives used frequently by critics worldwide. 13:24
Source: Medici tv
Bottom Line !!!..
She just played the piece. What does that make Bartok himself?
No that would be Jesus
Wow, no Reddit atheists in this reply section. I am utterly shocked.
0:02 Allegro.
2:10 This is awesome.
9:43 Adagio. Presto. Adagio.
21:33 Allegro molto.
25:24 This part is the best.
27:17 The end.
What is the edit
If I remember correctly she referred to the Bartok as "sadistic." I believe that describes it very well, as stunning as it is. Ms. Wang is one of the few pianists that can really do it justice, in my subjective opinion. Love it, love her.
Asian parents be like in the concert: son why you not play like that
lol
The fact she did that for 30 min straight is krazy
She did Bartok No.1, No.2 and No.3 in a single performance several times.
BARTOK, I don’t believe I’m familiar with any of his music, but this composition was dynamic, very emotional, with its many discord’s, and inflections, like a angry man, mad, and depressed, at life, this was in many ways a very complex piece…and of course expertly played by the incomparable Yuja Wang, accompanied by a very accomplished orchestra, Thank you, I enjoyed this very much…Peace!
I grew up in Hungary, and we studied music quite extensively as part of compulsory education. It was always Kodaly and Bartok who were talked about. Many of the music books were written by them. Internationally, Kodaly is more known for his music education methods, while Bartok is for the music he composed, but they spent a really big part of their productive years travelling the countryside of Hungary and former Hungary with Hungarian speaking population, to collect Hungarian folk music. Long after Bartok's death, there was an interview with Kodaly, who said, that Bartok was a real idealist, driven by negativity, unhappiness and frustration with everything, yet had the determination to fix those things. Glad to hear that you enjoyed his music!
Magnifica Yyga, obra compleja y hermosa
Same, never heard of him, BUT after listening to this, I'm a fan.
its a HER guys
@@logondy: I believe the comment is referring to the composer, not the pianist.
Bro i bet she’s so good at thumb wars
I still recall my astonishment with this concerto listening to its first UK broadcast, I think 1946. Totally absorbing, all through, much to my traditional pianist father's disgust. But I am bowled over by this beautifully filmed performance, so closely following the cues, as much as I am by the superb performance. It is as exciting as it was all those years ago. What an upload!
she deserves a gold medal for this
Many would then
You only realize how great this concerto really is until you hear so many of the wannabes from the past hundred years. Bartok was a giant. The rest of us are mere mortals.
The significance of Béla Bartók lies in four major areas of music-composition, performance, pedagogy, and ethnomusicology. 21:31
Bartók's style in his art music compositions was a synthesis of folk music, classicism, and modernism. His melodic and harmonic sense was profoundly influenced by the folk music of Hungary, Romania, and other nations.
Sources: Britannica; Lumen Learning
Simply astonishing - one of the most fascinating concertos for the piano ever written and performed so damned well..
27:19!
That quintal harmony at the beginning of the second movement (9:41) always gives me chills. Quintal harmony just sounds so good with strings.
Ligeti's piano concerto is my favorite but this is a close second.
Rautavaara does it too in his third concerto!
OK I'll bite..! What on earth is quintal harmony ?
@@fido652 Harmony based on fifths. So having chords built on just fifths (instead of the common triad) and moving through a key center with those voicings. There's also quartal harmony which is based on fourths.
For example the first three chords in the strings in movement 2 are:
Fmajor( F C G D A E)- Gsus( G D A C G D)- Fmajor(F C G D A E) , if you look at the notes in the chords they are all a 5th apart from each other. Hence quintal harmony. This kind of harmony produces a really open and resonant sound.
@@Scriabinfan593 Thank you so much for explaining it. Quite a chilly soundscape; I do find Bartok rather hard work.
2:10 was amazing.
THE MANS FACE AT 3:30 HE WAS LIKE OH SHES GOOD 😭😭
Yuja Wang has got an incredible talent, she plays this terrificly difficult piano concerto with maestria, power and virtuosity. This piece does not please to everyone, it is not as famous or "beautiful" as Rachmaninov, Liszt or Thaikovsky's concertos, but we can admire the talent of both the pianist and the orchestra. Whether this concerto is beautiful to listen to or not is just a matter of taste. Anyway congratulations to the artists who are genius!
This concerto is beautiful masterpiece as almost every Bartok piece
This is a particularly superb performance of this great work, she reveals the complex contrapuntal lines in the piano part. There is a performance surviving in part from 1938 with Bartok at the keyboard and Ansermet conducting, shows how to play it. Bartok gave another defining performance of this work in 1940 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Rodzinski. Unfortunately, that performance has not survived in recorded form.
TRANSLATION: She pounds that pianer' good!
im into hiphop but i stumbled upon this exquisite piece and watched the whole thing on purpose! 😮this made me feel many emotions ❤
This kind of modern music suits Yuja Wang really well. 👍
She's amongst the few legendary pianists in the history who are able to play this melody.
Let's not exaggerate. OK?
@@FleuveAlphee It's true
Bartok, Berlin Phil under Simon Rattle with Yuja Wang? What a combo!
Incredible performance by Ms Wang and the orchestra. I heard this concerto many years ago. It's to hear it again. Thank you for sharing.
She plays this piece beautifully and in those heels. Oh yes she did.
I feel like Im the guy behind her w the violin at 3:30 😂😂
Yuja is simply amazing, in every way possible!
What a joyful thing this concerto is!
Unbelievable! She is a genius in our time
No, she worked very hard to even get there the hours of training and muscle memory. They also had to be all in sync too, so imagine how long it took for them get to this point. So just calling her a genius means not recognising the her efforts, i know you mean well im not trying to go against you or anything but im just letting you know thats all and i hope u have a good day
@@meat8054 Cannot see any contradiction between a genius and a hard working person :-)
@@meat8054 If you were properly trained, are dedicated, and spent many many hours honing your technique this is still hard, but quite achievable (by those many who were dedicated enough). Think about Bartok first, who wrote it, and could (masterfuly, no doubt) play it.
Her playing the pjano with high heels??? I can’t even do that with low ones
No but fr this is some truly amazing stuff happening that my mind can’t wrap my mind around
Fascinating! Breathtaking at the true sense
She's a rock star!
Flawless! Simply magnificent!
She is beyond great.
Otra más de sus brillantes interpretaciones, genial en cualquier momento, felicidades YUJA.
Bravo Ms Yuja🎶🌹🎶 The Quin of piano 👑
One of my favorite concertos superbly played. Interpretation spot on with pianist and orchestra. One of my favorite moments is a very simple choice they made. The final chord is held a split second longer than I've ever heard it and wow it was a great choice.
Oeuvre complexe jouée avec la passion et la gourmandise d'une musicienne d'exception
The Adagio begins at 9:45. The strings are too quiet, you will have to turn volume all the way up. Because this is some of the greatest music ever written for strings.
I watch this constantly. It's so perfect and conplex.
Wang has deepened her structural approach to this important work, apparently conceived as being partly a concerto for the orchestra or type of concerto grosso in many sections but 3 marked movements.
Happily Rattle does not drive the orchestra but allows the whole experience to be a proper sharing of wonderful sounds.
There is an archive recording of the composer preparing a performance of No 2 in which the sectional construction and intentions are evident. As the recording quality is atrocious all we can get from it are these guidelines.
Perhaps Ms Wang's deep Bartok studies included hearing that archive.
Welcome back
Yuja Wang, The Modern Goddess of Piano.
Que essa luz chamada Yuja , brilhe por muitos e muitos anos . Obrigado , Divina , pela música que existe em seu corpo e em sua alma .❤🌹🌹🌹
living legend
wow it was awesome
This is such a fantastic piece! Yes, it's super difficult and it's awesome how anyone can play this but this is not some sort of vain and shallow show-off piece to show how quick your fingers are. It's really a great piece, no matter how difficult it may or may not be to play it! Bravo, Bartok!
00Northjo no⁹⁹
Bartok made easy. Wonderful goddess. Yuja.
Wonderful. Thanks.
I’m not sure why more people don’t mention or seem to notice this: this piece is unique for the fact the strings are completely silent in the first movement. I have seen it performed live and somehow it escaped notice. It wasn’t until I looked at the full score that I noticed. It shows what a genius can do with clever orchestration. The fact this movement is so exciting, dynamic and rich in sound is what amazes me. She plays it well, but others play it with more power, in my opinion. Bronfman is about three times bigger and that extra weight pays off in bigger sound.
This piece is brilliant and so is Yuja Wang. Pieces like this and Each 3 touch the soul of the performer that may never be communicable. I've never had the pleasure of viewing an interview with this amazing pianist but even Argerich couldn't find the words, in any language, to express the connection felt. I'm so glad to see and hear it.
Beautiful 😎💗💖💖
Fashion icon with superb talent,
Aside she played this like a non-human, but imagine making this piece? What, who, how you are a human like everyone of us and being able to come up with this music?
Ok, I’m going back now to Nirvana playlist.
It's like hearing bells ringing ❤
wang and rattle :) great combo fab playing :) bravo!
Ahh finally after scrolling through a bunch of videos with really good editing and content falsely claiming the hardest piano piece, I have finally stumbled upon something truly ridiculously difficult.
I love Yuja!
Perfeição ❤
She was in Buenos Aires playing at Colón Theater and i missed the chance of seeing her live. I regret so much 😢😢
Just WOW!
Speechless.
Fan: "What kind of piano is that you're playing on? It sounds so good!"
Yuja: *steps away from piano* "How does it sound now?" (Silence)
personally, this song sounds so desperate and thats what makes it mesmerizing
Awesom wow!!
Très bien ❤
The quality seems much better compared to the other recording we have of Yuja playing this concerto on UA-cam.
I really like her interpretation the most among any pianist. So I'm glad we have another recoding now even though I wish the volume was higher, I'll have to find a way to get around that
No surprise her interpretation is so good. Aside from her own formidable pianistic intelligence, she studied this and played it under the late and much lamented Zoltán Kocsis; who knew Bartok as few do!
You can make the volume higher, just search it in CH Play
Samuel: You might enjoy the CD recording with Bronfman/Salonen/Los Angeles Philharmonic. I see it’s been uploaded to UA-cam.
Here’s the link
ua-cam.com/video/ztlSqwq7Si4/v-deo.html
😎🎹
@@bloodgrss Kocsis said about Yuja, he never knew another pianist understanding and learning as fast as she did. Unfortunately the planned recording of all three Bartok concertos wasn't possible because he passed away....
@@michaelschefold3299 Yes, life does give us those unaccountable disappointments. But they touched each other, and had fun together (there is somewhere on UA-cam a joint interview with them that is delightful to see); glad they had that chance to make music together. Similar to Yuja's brief but fruitful collaboration with Claudio Abbado (at least they DID get to record).
All the best to you; I have enjoyed your enthusiasm for this fine young artist, and your many opportunities to hear her live and comment intelligently on it. A pretty musically healthy person to be a fan of...👍
Jesus, she is just ridiculous. Her control of the piece is remarkable.
That's what sure-handed technique is about. The rest is (often bad) literature.
The piano on fire
Ahora con Bela Bartok. Yuja se mide a todo... y siempre sale bien parada. Es, quizás, la mejor pianista de la actualidad
Bloody hard 😮
Best modern pianist, hands down. Up there with the best of the best.
i admire her
Full 100% Perfect FC number 1 on the leaderboard
marvelous attack truly unreal, I desperately want to know her rival code so I can be demolished ❤
Oh My. Oh my
You know it's very hard when you know the whole team's faces were very very serious.
What a pity the audio is subpar on this fantastic performance. 🙁🎹
Best
Everyone's got every other topic covered, so i'm gonna point out her outfit and shoes, bc goddamn girl is slaying in every aspect of her life. I'd break my ankle sitting there playing those pedals with those 😅she's amazing
Wow
my toxic trait thinking I could do this with just 1 month of playing on a keyboard
Brava!!!!!
Looks better than it sounds!!
WOW
Yuja. A doll with Natural Intelligence. The best.
It's all embodied skills, man.
I remember playing this during The Big Bang, ridiculously hard!
Ah yes, pretty neat, I remember improvising a couple of lines and they turned out to be the first part of this piece, must've picked it up somewhere as a kid
Got me pumped to fight the final boss
Slay
God loves you put God first in your life always
Uau! 🎉🎉🎉👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
00:00 1st mov. Allegro
09:37 2nd mov. Adagio - Presto - Adagio
21:33 3rd mov. Allegro molto - Piu allegro
This is a SIMPLY PIANO ADD
27:46 the violinist to the right has such an affectionate look on his face as she takes her bow. It's really sweet 😄
andras schiff actually said his fingers usually feel excruciating pain and the piano was stained with blood, proving the level of virtuosity this has.
Yuja Wang me séduit de multiples façons…, dont évidemment son grand art pianistique.
Elle m’invite ici (en pensée) à aller à Budapest, en Hongrie, pour admirer Bela Bartok, sublime auteur de l’époque Autriche-Hongrie.
Séduit par Yuja (et Bela), j’y vais (avec mon certificat de vaccination….!). L’ Art n’a pas de frontières.
No. Bartok wrote his best and more mature works when Hungary was an independent country.
She is coming to DC's Kennedy Ctr. in Nov to play this. I try to see her whenever she comes, but will skip it due to Bartok. It's a shame because Tarmo Peltokosky will conduct Sibelius' 1st Symphony with the NSO.
This is the death metal equivalent to piano music