What's also pretty amazing was that Elizabeth was performing here with a broken bow that she had patched back together. She is one of From the Top's scholarship recipients and was able to buy a new bow with her award.
Me: yeah I'd say I'm a pretty good violinist, Me: *watches this video* Me: Well, time to pack my bags and restart my life as a lonely Norwegian fisherman
Elizabeth Aoki, 12 years old now. Began playing at the age of 5 due to persistent begging towards her mom. Taught herself to read sheet music, accepted at Julliard School of Music at age 10 and earned a diploma *In video uses a 3/4 European Violin that is actually 2 inches smaller than a usual Violin.
Taught herself how to read sheet, cool. I am too, but my level of sight reading is not far out of "see jane run, see jane walk, see jane play violin better that you ever will..." If only I was a kid again, and had more Ling Ling.
She is so in tuned with her instrument that most of this performance was with her eyes closed. Phenomenal discipline and innate understanding of her violin. Bravo!
Wow! Truly amazing. Her intonation and musicianship is amazing! Not only this, but she nailed the techniques as well. It almost feels like an adult inside a 9-year old's body. Her interpretation was exquisite!
Truly wonderful, great, adorable, What more? Her amazingly beautiful and perfect sound says more. And she is so sweet. God bless Her, and whoever is her teacher. Unbelievable intonation, bow transition, string crossing, melody............WOW, you find this rarely only in great ones, but at 9 years old, and her face expression is so adorable and serene. Can you please post more of her recordings! The pianist couldn't be any better, great.
She memorized a 4:30 minute piece of music. Do you know how difficult that is!? Children can have an ability to be in the moment that adults have to work for. I have taught kids with a God given talent where spending hours on a piece is no trouble at all. Not many though. They lose themselves in it. That's the way I feel when I'm playing. Time stops. She is wonderful and if she can keep her head, if her parents can keep their heads, she will be a great performer I think.
This is so breathtaking! I can't believe what I'm hearing! And such a wonderfully adorable piece as well. This kid is going to make it big in music performance!
This is incredible! All your notes have such brilliant clarity, tempo and feeling. A beautiful and exciting performance of one of the greatest violin pieces. Definitely a very loud bravo...Well done!!!
I saw this in person and little Elizabeth was just so cute and talented. She is a tiny little girl and her violin looked like a toy, so CUTE, but when she started playing the sound filled the theater, really something and a real treat!
Her pitch is excellent, as is her tone, I'm looking forward to when she hits her teenage years. As a personal thing, I just like defining music and art in general as a form of emotional expression. And yes, her technique does seem to blow most of us out of the water. It's amazing.
The girl's face is so calm and the pianist looks like he's suffering :D So funny combination. Really great performance but still i'm wondering how people can see emotions and such... I see practiced piece and hard work. Still, I'm not criticizing. I liked this.
Actually, surprisingly, there is a lot of emotion in her playing... Not just anyone can play like this at this age by practicing hard. It's just not possible. There is definitely a lot of gift and talent in her ...
Nirvana Nirvan Totally agree. You must be super gifted to play like thjis at age 9. a normal kid can't do that.....only if he plays 10 hours a day starting at age 4....but I highly doubt that this is possible. Amazing performance!
I see lots of wunderkinds on television, most on talk shows. While all demonstrate talent beyond their years, this one plays like and adult, heads and tails above the others. Wow!
Amazing. Her tone is fantastic for such a small violin, her intonation is flawless, and she has great musicianship as well, something which most young violinists often lack.
this little dynamo must have started i guess with Suzuki since most (if not all) of the world's most acclaimed violinists who started so young have their violin background with Suzuki. i'm a proud Suzuki student and teacher though i didn't start that young...:) kuddos to this kid!
What a great piece for a young violinist to being studying. Full of harmonics and lots of other great sign post for use in fearless shifting and scales. Its a fingerboard music theory lesson for any violinist. Also has some great bowing technic that every young violinist should master. Thank you so much for sharing.
wow....truly amazing!!!.....at first glance i thought there's no way she could even lift the fiddle to her chin!!!...sweet kid...didn't quite know which way to turn at the end!!
This is gorgeous as is that Beautiful chilld...she's soooooooooo good!!!... Children just put such soul and sentiment into their music....Elisabeth Aoki DEFINITELY does!!!!!!!....Really enjoyed this... Made me happy!!
She's sacrament gifted, she will be at the top later! play with young people like them, it is a delight (for the pianist or other). there is talent. I personally am too late to master the violin. but working with a lot of hour or to have a gift, it is not within the reach of all ... sniff! thank you for sharing and congratulations to this little girl.
Suzanne de Montigny Yes..., she has a very good violin, but she plays with a broken bow that she fixed with black tape just before the event, you can see this if you watch carefully !... She's amazing, I'd love to see more videos of her playing !... Your name sound/look french ?....are you ....?...
This would have been a fine performance for a violinist of twice this girl's age. It always amazes me to witness a child of only 9 play to this standard.
Panda, Would you please not use the word "song" for whatever piece of classical music you've ever heard. That's what modern-day ignorant Americans do all the time these days. They've sacrificed their brain cells listening to and worshiping "American Idol" singers and so they have zero interest in classical music or anything else spanning around the rest of the world, past or present. None of them wants to learn music composition words like "concerto" or "symphony" or "etude" or "caprice" or "rondo" or anything else. To them, everything they hear is a "song." They can't name one composer, except maybe Beethoven--but, by golly, they make it their life's ambition to memorize the entire biography of Justin Bieber--and they "think" he's the greatest person in the world. Poor uncultured Americans!
Although I'm descended from a composer and a pianist (and studied at the conservatory of music when I was a kid) isn't the issue here. What I said to you had nothing to do with you meeting MY standards. I spoke out on behalf of the music, the culture itself. I don't want you learning anything to please ME. I spoke out with the bigger picture in mind. For example: my musical loves span five centuries and several cultures, from Baroque to modern. When people who are new to the world of classical music do things like whipping out their cell phones and texting their friends in the middle of a concert at the symphony hall, I wish they'd be escorted out by the ushers. They know nothing about class. PS: Once, when our local classical radio station had a request hour, one listener requested, and I quote, "the Bugs Bunny song!" ...(What he/she ACTUALLY meant was the "Barber of Seville Overture.") PPS: If people are truly interested in learning about classical music, they'd do themselves a wonderful favor by reading up on composers and general life in the time period in question. Otherwise, if they'd insist on considering a "classic" to be what was on the pop chart months ago, as some folks do, they'll forever be neglecting their inner-growth.
The dislikes are definitely from those who are jealous of her playing. I mean just listen to this... even some of my classmates at my music school can't play it this well, and most of us have been playing for many, many years.
Amazing playing of this very difficult piece! Unbelievable for such a young and tiny violinist. Most mature and definitely very confident with a great future!! Marcia Battat
Her play is amazing, and I love to see her playing. I wonder how she is doing now, but can t find anything of her 9 years later, When anyone can tell me, I love to hear where I can find more of her!
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What's also pretty amazing was that Elizabeth was performing here with a broken bow that she had patched back together. She is one of From the Top's scholarship recipients and was able to buy a new bow with her award.
Me: yeah I'd say I'm a pretty good violinist,
Me: *watches this video*
Me: Well, time to pack my bags and restart my life as a lonely Norwegian fisherman
Nah, don't give up! There's lots of room for the rest of us. :)
thats so me lol😂😂😂😂
this is fascinating and disappointing at the same time!
I am Norwegian 😆😆
***** Think it'll take longer than nine years for me mate haha
Elizabeth Aoki, 12 years old now. Began playing at the age of 5 due to persistent begging towards her mom.
Taught herself to read sheet music, accepted at Julliard School of Music at age 10 and earned a diploma
*In video uses a 3/4 European Violin that is actually 2 inches smaller than a usual Violin.
I wish my kids would beg me for music lessons! Elizabeth is soo amazing!
behind every advanced asian child is its dragon mother.
Julliard. I thot I recognized Valerie Kim at the end.
Christian li is truly gifted
Taught herself how to read sheet, cool. I am too, but my level of sight reading is not far out of "see jane run, see jane walk, see jane play violin better that you ever will..." If only I was a kid again, and had more Ling Ling.
The big pianist is so good at playing quietly for the tiny violinist!
But that “tiny” girl has a very big sound
Great point! It actually made me to think about the ego the pianist has to sacrifice to put the tiny violinist in spotlight!
Amazing and effortless. She slept through the whole piece. She let the music play itself.
😑
I know
@@bug5327 lol
strange.. I solve problems in my sleep. I actually dream up solutions. I would like to understand this better.
I remember this amazing little violinist. I have never heard her play since then. She would be grown up now.
She is so in tuned with her instrument that most of this performance was with her eyes closed. Phenomenal discipline and innate understanding of her violin. Bravo!
Only jealousy can make you dislike this
If you don't look at the video you can't say that this is a child playing!!! This is beyond amazing!
I agree!
What amazes me, she played like it was nothing.. Piece of cake, a walk in the park, etc..
Bravo....
Wow! Truly amazing. Her intonation and musicianship is amazing! Not only this, but she nailed the techniques as well. It almost feels like an adult inside a 9-year old's body. Her interpretation was exquisite!
O____O There are prodigies, then there is this girl. Truly amazing.
Just uncredible...she will have a GREAT future
Truly wonderful, great, adorable, What more? Her amazingly beautiful and perfect sound says more. And she is so sweet. God bless Her, and whoever is her teacher. Unbelievable intonation, bow transition, string crossing, melody............WOW, you find this rarely only in great ones, but at 9 years old, and her face expression is so adorable and serene. Can you please post more of her recordings! The pianist couldn't be any better, great.
wow she is excellent ! look at the bowing technique !
She memorized a 4:30 minute piece of music. Do you know how difficult that is!? Children can have an ability to be in the moment that adults have to work for. I have taught kids with a God given talent where spending hours on a piece is no trouble at all. Not many though. They lose themselves in it. That's the way I feel when I'm playing. Time stops. She is wonderful and if she can keep her head, if her parents can keep their heads, she will be a great performer I think.
I can't remember my zip code.
I completely agree ... good analysis
Kent Cohea 👍
Terry 😂😂I have the same feeling
Its not that difficult. Perlman is memorizing the whole tschaikovsky Violin concerto thats 30 minutes
Aww, my 10 year old is so proud of herself for taking her grade 1 exam, I daren't show her this, it''ll put her right off! :(
Alison Lekarev And you are proud of her too right :)
Yes, I am. So proud! :)
Show her as a motivation.
@@paulineyml my thoughts exactly
I want to cry and hide under my blankets forever. She's so good. I'm like...wtf
Amazing performance for this "tiny violinist"! Bravo!
Amazing !!! She did it with eyes closed. I think she went thru the Zuzuki method. A wonderful performance !
One of the very few, who accompanies the little violin whith his big piano quite,
so that we can hear the beautiful violinist !
wow she is amazingly talented
*slowly sets violin down*...
This is so breathtaking! I can't believe what I'm hearing! And such a wonderfully adorable piece as well. This kid is going to make it big in music performance!
Thank you darling it was beautiful.
Extracting that tone from that small an instrument is a real accomplisment. Bravo
What terrific playing. There are some people who just "get it". She's "got it" about as much it can be got!
it astonishes me she can produce such a good tone on such a small instrument, interpretation is also really great.
This is definitely incredible. Her skill is in itself amazing..., but the sound? How such a little girl can have such a beautiful sound?
She is fantastic.
playing this piece and realizing how hard it is gives me that much more respect for this little girl
lovely to see and to hear..congrats to all..church, family, teachers, pianist,etc.
This is incredible! All your notes have such brilliant clarity, tempo and feeling. A beautiful and exciting performance of one of the greatest violin pieces. Definitely a very loud bravo...Well done!!!
She is accurate and in attack mode. Unbelievable playing. Full mastery of the Violin has already been achieved
"La valeur n'attend pas le nombre des années"
Fascinant, un prodige !
Philippe Gion Oui! Elle est incredible! (Je suis desolé. Je parle anglais.)
one of the few on youtube that is truly a prodigy if you ask me.
I saw this in person and little Elizabeth was just so cute and talented. She is a tiny little girl and her violin looked like a toy, so CUTE, but when she started playing the sound filled the theater, really something and a real treat!
Her pitch is excellent, as is her tone, I'm looking forward to when she hits her teenage years. As a personal thing, I just like defining music and art in general as a form of emotional expression. And yes, her technique does seem to blow most of us out of the water. It's amazing.
Omg! Who were the jerks that gave thumbs down?
Butthurt viola players
The girl's face is so calm and the pianist looks like he's suffering :D So funny combination. Really great performance but still i'm wondering how people can see emotions and such... I see practiced piece and hard work. Still, I'm not criticizing. I liked this.
agreed
Actually, surprisingly, there is a lot of emotion in her playing... Not just anyone can play like this at this age by practicing hard. It's just not possible. There is definitely a lot of gift and talent in her ...
Nirvana Nirvan Totally agree. You must be super gifted to play like thjis at age 9. a normal kid can't do that.....only if he plays 10 hours a day starting at age 4....but I highly doubt that this is possible. Amazing performance!
lolz
Her intonation and technique are UNBELIEVABLE
Brilliant violin tone and technique. Bravo girl~~
Greeting from Australia. You are such a natural talent. Well done!
I keep on coming back watching this video... This little girl is really amazing..
Bravo Elizabeth Aoki, hope you keep your violin lessons going as you get older.
Every note is perfect!
Insane, I love it.
Born to Perform & Shine well with the amazing gift! Actually the audience are gifted!!
I see lots of wunderkinds on television, most on talk shows. While all demonstrate talent beyond their years, this one plays like and adult, heads and tails above the others. Wow!
OMG she plays better than I ever will...EVER!!!...and she could be my grandchild...lol Totally amazed 😳😘
Amazing. Her tone is fantastic for such a small violin, her intonation is flawless, and she has great musicianship as well, something which most young violinists often lack.
Bravo!!! Elizabeth Aoki!!! what a amazing performance!!!
She is amazingly amazing! What a talent! Undoubtedly she is going to be one of the greatest next generation violinists.
no words for this... hope her to cotinue like this and in few years we´ll see her as a soloist with best orchestras...sure about that!
this little dynamo must have started i guess with Suzuki since most (if not all) of the world's most acclaimed violinists who started so young have their violin background with Suzuki. i'm a proud Suzuki student and teacher though i didn't start that young...:) kuddos to this kid!
Incredible child! Sayaka must have been like this at one stage. Sarah's a given. Wow
What a great piece for a young violinist to being studying. Full of harmonics and lots of other great sign post for use in fearless shifting and scales. Its a fingerboard music theory lesson for any violinist. Also has some great bowing technic that every young violinist should master. Thank you so much for sharing.
wow....truly amazing!!!.....at first glance i thought there's no way she could even lift the fiddle to her chin!!!...sweet kid...didn't quite know which way to turn at the end!!
I thought that I have been listening to it in a Tom & Jerry video clip...until it stops...Amazing!
How such a tiny body can play like a grown up adults? just amazing!!!
*is casually way worse at violin than a 9 year old at age 17*
wow, she is so good *o*
I get the feeling.
;u; me too
Wow
Wow! So excited to be able to follow this great talent! Thank you so much !
I don't know why there's more thums down than up SHE'S AMAZING!!!!!!!!👍👌🙊🌟🙀😯😍
This is gorgeous as is that Beautiful chilld...she's soooooooooo good!!!... Children just put such soul and sentiment into their music....Elisabeth Aoki DEFINITELY does!!!!!!!....Really enjoyed this... Made me happy!!
I thought being so young and being so great was impossible 😊👍🏻🔥
Amazing! We will follow her progress with great interest!
she is amazing ..wow..!
She's sacrament gifted, she will be at the top later! play with young people like them, it is a delight (for the pianist or other). there is talent. I personally am too late to master the violin. but working with a lot of hour or to have a gift, it is not within the reach of all ... sniff! thank you for sharing and congratulations to this little girl.
I'm glad she has a really good violin. So often, smaller children have very squeaky instruments. This one is beautiful.
Suzanne de Montigny Yes..., she has a very good violin, but she plays with a broken bow that she fixed with black tape just before the event, you can see this if you watch carefully !...
She's amazing, I'd love to see more videos of her playing !...
Your name sound/look french ?....are you ....?...
No words for such a talent...
This would have been a fine performance for a violinist of twice this girl's age. It always amazes me to witness a child of only 9 play to this standard.
OMG! Mozarts spirit goes around this girl...or should I say Paganini's
or Sarasate himself??
God bless you and keep this genius forever!
She's the same age as me. She is marvelous! Go Elizabeth!
So absolutely amazing for her young age - imagine her ability in another ten years ..!..
How Sweet God Bless You.!!!
Amazing! Very inspiring to hear someone so young play so well! Bravo Elizabeth!
WwwwwooooowwwwW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How old is she?!!!
Abby Vega 9
Ooohhh wwwoooww!!!
that was SOOOOO awesome....
Amazing and beautifully effortless. To be so immensely talented from such a young age, imagine what she'll be like in her 20s!
A really adorable song, quite fitting for the situation.
Panda,
Would you please not use the word "song" for whatever piece of classical music you've ever heard.
That's what modern-day ignorant Americans do all the time these days. They've sacrificed their brain cells listening to and worshiping "American Idol" singers and so they have zero interest in classical music or anything else spanning around the rest of the world, past or present.
None of them wants to learn music composition words like "concerto" or "symphony" or "etude" or "caprice" or "rondo" or anything else.
To them, everything they hear is a "song."
They can't name one composer, except maybe Beethoven--but, by golly, they make it their life's ambition to memorize the entire biography of Justin Bieber--and they "think" he's the greatest person in the world.
Poor uncultured Americans!
Although I'm descended from a composer and a pianist (and studied at the conservatory of music when I was a kid) isn't the issue here.
What I said to you had nothing to do with you meeting MY standards.
I spoke out on behalf of the music, the culture itself.
I don't want you learning anything to please ME. I spoke out with the bigger picture in mind.
For example: my musical loves span five centuries and several cultures, from Baroque to modern.
When people who are new to the world of classical music do things like whipping out their cell phones and texting their friends in the middle of a concert at the symphony hall, I wish they'd be escorted out by the ushers. They know nothing about class.
PS: Once, when our local classical radio station had a request hour, one listener requested, and I quote, "the Bugs Bunny song!" ...(What he/she ACTUALLY meant was the "Barber of Seville Overture.")
PPS: If people are truly interested in learning about classical music, they'd do themselves a wonderful favor by reading up on composers and general life in the time period in question. Otherwise, if they'd insist on considering a "classic" to be what was on the pop chart months ago, as some folks do, they'll forever be neglecting their inner-growth.
It's always safe to use the word "piece" when referring to a classical composition. It will satisfy even the snootiest of commenters on youtube!
Der Panda Just use piece instead of song ;), just to be safe
Alexei Cogan r/iamverysmart
Absolutely wonderful! Congratulations Elizabeth!
Oh my goodness. She is soooo good! Blown away.
Bravo! What a performance.
Totally amazing! Her intonation was impeccable.
She's so cute !
She looks back a few times at her accomplice at the applause !
she is so effortless!!
Many thanks and all the best!
The love for her instrument oozes off her relaxed face. Sure this isn't a robot-violinist from Japan? ^-^
Greetings from Poland. You're so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful Violinist and fine Accompanist
Such an angel, such talent. Bravo!
The dislikes are definitely from those who are jealous of her playing. I mean just listen to this... even some of my classmates at my music school can't play it this well, and most of us have been playing for many, many years.
I'm totally blew away from her performance!!! She's so talented and amazing!! Gonna follow her!:D
¡Incredible!!!!!!!!
Amazing playing of this very difficult piece! Unbelievable for such a young and tiny violinist. Most mature and definitely very confident with a great future!!
Marcia Battat
This girl is fantastic! Brava!
Bravo, Elizabeth. Bravo!
Her play is amazing, and I love to see her playing. I wonder how she is doing now, but can t find anything of her 9 years later, When anyone can tell me, I love to hear where I can find more of her!
She hut the vibrato perfectly ... and it amazed me ...
How can three people be so deaf to the incredible potential of this girl's musicality? Sheesh.
This is unbelievable! so inspiring!
Una niña prodigio.
Simplemente genial.