7 Hardest Violin Pieces of All Time

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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2022
  • 7 Most difficult pieces to play on the violin ever written
    Paganini - God save the King (Roman Kim) • N. Paganini - God save...
    Locatelli - Labyrinth (David Oistrakh) • David Oistrakh plays "...
    Wieniawski - Violin Concerto no 1 (Ray Chen) • Henryk Wieniawski - Vi...
    Ernst - Last Rose of Summer (Hilary Hahn) • Hilary Hahn : Ernst - ...
    Ysaÿe - Violin Sonata no 6 (Kerson Leong) • Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata N...
    Bartok - Violin Concerto no 2 (Yoonshin Song) • BARTÓK Violin Concert...
    Bach - Chaconne from Partita 2 (Shunske Sato) • Bach - Chaconne from V...
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  • @violinlounge
    @violinlounge  Рік тому +402

    Paganini - God save the King (Roman Kim) ua-cam.com/video/PCsiJ_fasDk/v-deo.html
    Locatelli - Labyrinth (David Oistrakh) ua-cam.com/video/ibVt9aYL3hs/v-deo.html
    Wieniawski - Violin Concerto no 1 (Ray Chen) ua-cam.com/video/Bt-QwrR-Pjw/v-deo.html
    Ernst - Last Rose of Summer (Hilary Hahn) ua-cam.com/video/rpss7GsCj7A/v-deo.html
    Ysaÿe - Violin Sonata no 6 (Kerson Leong) ua-cam.com/video/pmGCIiwtrCU/v-deo.html
    Bartok - Violin Concerto no 2 (Yoonshin Song) ua-cam.com/video/Nf_xnMhJejk/v-deo.html
    Bach - Chaconne (Shunske Sato) ua-cam.com/video/7y4lcQ7BTLw/v-deo.html

    • @Stromschlag08
      @Stromschlag08 Рік тому +3

      Ernst violin concerto?

    • @lacrimis_solis
      @lacrimis_solis Рік тому +3

      ៙_៙ i love the NBS, sato also plays really well!

    • @iaf4454
      @iaf4454 Рік тому +1

      Bartok is just hard very hard... ufff

    • @some.random.person
      @some.random.person Рік тому +2

      Erlkönig?

    • @nicole-uo9cd
      @nicole-uo9cd 23 дні тому +1

      @@some.random.person I was wondering why it's not on this list also!

  • @kenma4764
    @kenma4764 Рік тому +2236

    7 hardest violin pieces of all time
    Roman kim: 🦷🎼

  • @thornhill67
    @thornhill67 Рік тому +3895

    Roman Kim made it even harder by using his teeth. I hope no one thinks it is how it is supposed to be. :D

    • @violinlounge
      @violinlounge  Рік тому +426

      I’ll be called by furious violin teachers that their students start gnawing on the strings after watching this video 😁

    • @yeallow910
      @yeallow910 Рік тому +158

      Rosin for dinner

    • @tryingtomakeanamebelike7245
      @tryingtomakeanamebelike7245 Рік тому +49

      Roman Kim is literally modern day Paganini

    • @yeallow910
      @yeallow910 Рік тому +20

      @@tryingtomakeanamebelike7245 lost child of paganini

    • @matthewhung5667
      @matthewhung5667 Рік тому +9

      @@yeallow910 new delicacy thanks to Roman kim :)

  • @joshchacko7729
    @joshchacko7729 Рік тому +951

    I feel like these composers made the pieces for piano and just said "Oh, and this is for violin" just to make it impossible level.

    • @violinlounge
      @violinlounge  Рік тому +41

      🤣

    • @srinitaaigaura
      @srinitaaigaura Рік тому +25

      ​@@violinloungeTchaikovsky Violin concerto was definitely one such piece. 😂

    • @julianbrelsford
      @julianbrelsford 7 місяців тому +4

      Bach was an excellent organ/harpsichord player and for sure used his skills at writing for those instruments when he wrote his violin sonatas & partitas. According to Wikipedia he often performed them on keyboard instruments.

    • @Andrey2204E
      @Andrey2204E 2 місяці тому

      Elkonig is for piano

  • @chisomokonkwo4361
    @chisomokonkwo4361 9 місяців тому +178

    This confirms that I should never let a violinist slap me with their bowing arm

    • @AntonioMcSwain
      @AntonioMcSwain 2 місяці тому +10

      And never let them pinch you with their left hand.

    • @user-sw2wg3hm4g
      @user-sw2wg3hm4g 19 днів тому

      never let them pinch you with their violin arm cuz their dam good with that

  • @alejandronarvaez9806
    @alejandronarvaez9806 Рік тому +141

    There is so much more less known (but insanely hard) repertoire, like Lipinski caprices, Vecsey caprices, Ernst, Sauret, arrangements for violin solo like Willy Burmester's, of course Roman Kim's, Auer, Milstein etc...
    It's always the same repertoire we hear again and again, there is plenty of hidden great art yet to be rediscovered

  • @MrACSRC
    @MrACSRC Рік тому +68

    Ray Chen nailed it with his eyebrows 🤣

  • @lucasb9231
    @lucasb9231 Рік тому +556

    Where’s Erlkonig ?

    • @Skylar-BB
      @Skylar-BB Рік тому +31

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @calebyao.
      @calebyao. Рік тому +9

      Technically not a violin piece i thought? Is it piano or violin

    • @nicolaspachecoarango
      @nicolaspachecoarango Рік тому +69

      @@calebyao. originally Erlkönig was a lieder for piano qnd voice, then Liszt transcribed it for solo piano and another persone transcribed it for solo violin.

    • @tonki_yt9122
      @tonki_yt9122 Рік тому +22

      @@nicolaspachecoarango Ernst Do it

    • @nicolaspachecoarango
      @nicolaspachecoarango Рік тому +2

      @@tonki_yt9122 thanks I couldn't remember his name.

  • @VioRover
    @VioRover 8 місяців тому +30

    Chaconne in a class all its own. Bach was definitely something

    • @richardodonnell7465
      @richardodonnell7465 Місяць тому +1

      The fugues are more difficult imo

    • @andrasmester6447
      @andrasmester6447 12 днів тому

      I wouldn't have expected any Bach solo pieces to be no.1 or even to be on this list to be honest. But I kind of get it, making such perfect pieces sound as they should is indeed very hard

  • @user-jo2gg2dl1m
    @user-jo2gg2dl1m 3 місяці тому +9

    "Welcome to the restaurant, what would you like today, sir?"
    "I'd like G and D strings pasta, please."

  • @violintegral
    @violintegral Рік тому +44

    If I remember correctly, both Nathan Milstein and Ruggiero Ricci said that Milstein's own arrangement of Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No.1 for solo violin was the hardest piece that they'd ever played. And Ricci had an INSANELY large repertoire, including many obscure virtuoso works that most violinists wouldn't dare play today. Not to mention he was one of the greatest Paganini interpreters of all time. Heifetz said the opening of the Mendelssohn Concerto was the hardest thing in the entire violin repertoire to played in tune. One must perfectly match the intonation of all the E's, G's, and B's. Of course we're talking about technical difficultly here, which is only one component of virtuosity and musicianship. Keeping that in mind, some of Roman Kim's compositions and arrangements could be worthy of a spot on this list as well, but those have yet to be published (come on, Baerenreiter!)

    • @violinlounge
      @violinlounge  Рік тому +4

      Thanks for sharing! Yes, it would be great if Roman Kim's arrangements would be published (not that I would be able to play them, hahaha)

  • @brianliu840
    @brianliu840 Рік тому +432

    That first one literally I cried for the violins pain… twosetviolin helppppp
    Edit: depressing but this is the most likes ive gotten

    • @hxL2_elisa
      @hxL2_elisa Рік тому +17

      40 hours of pain
      40 hours of sadness over how I will never achieve this

    • @mehreenn
      @mehreenn Рік тому +14

      They already watched it lol, they were more impressed than shocked tbh 😭

    • @L.O.752
      @L.O.752 Рік тому +5

      YAYYY TWOSETTER!!!!

  • @musicwizardtom
    @musicwizardtom Рік тому +35

    Ray chen, kerson leong, Hilary Hahn, roman kim ... besties modern of violin

    • @Pennwisedom
      @Pennwisedom Рік тому +5

      Man that's sime disrespect to Sato. Especially considering among everyone here only Hilary's Chaconne stands up to his.

  • @jacques4
    @jacques4 Місяць тому +3

    Chaconne my favorite violin piece and hope i can play it in the future ❤

  • @charlespracha5981
    @charlespracha5981 Рік тому +16

    Wonderfully demonstrating the best technique of the playing.

  • @AdoniaCieloJules-XXD
    @AdoniaCieloJules-XXD 8 місяців тому +6

    THE WAY HE PLUCKED THE STRINGS AT THE BEGGINING💀💀💀💀💀

  • @MarcusChan-xb1mm
    @MarcusChan-xb1mm 4 місяці тому +4

    Damn those rosin taste good

  • @simply_art1723
    @simply_art1723 6 місяців тому +4

    My old violin teacher could play paganini. That was the reason why I started violin LOL, little 3 year old me was in absolute shock.

  • @Setsuna-omokage
    @Setsuna-omokage Рік тому +4

    Somehow watching your string breaking videos (and accompanying expressions) are more alluring than the concert itself😂.

  • @angelvasquez5537
    @angelvasquez5537 Рік тому +5

    Finally a realistic top, not only with "caprice 24"

  • @minema7953
    @minema7953 7 місяців тому +7

    Roman kim is me when there is no food in the fridge

  • @emanuelebabici
    @emanuelebabici Рік тому +429

    Only Hilary Hahn can stand against all these Asian prodigies 😂

    • @agent-sz2qj
      @agent-sz2qj Рік тому +31

      Anna Sophie Mutter even more maybe

    • @nayumi4371
      @nayumi4371 Рік тому +18

      What about Maria Dueñas?

    • @rosie0130
      @rosie0130 Рік тому +7

      And David Garrett

    • @TheRealKat_
      @TheRealKat_ Рік тому +12

      Roman Kim

    • @jiayanliu9597
      @jiayanliu9597 Рік тому +15

      @@rosie0130 david Garrett is more of an entertainer

  • @pianoladyforreal1026
    @pianoladyforreal1026 Рік тому +6

    Ahahahaaa😂 the fourth guy's face when he finished playing 😂😂😂

  • @jonathonaltmann4493
    @jonathonaltmann4493 11 місяців тому +4

    I'm working on the Chaconne and it is kicking my butt.

  • @carlossantana3049
    @carlossantana3049 Рік тому +45

    the locatelli is not that hard. sibelius concerto 3rd movement? Paganini Concerto sauret cadenza (any of the versions) ?

  • @mariusfelixlange6709
    @mariusfelixlange6709 Рік тому +2

    Adès violin concerto, Ligeti violin concerto

  • @donesixfour
    @donesixfour Рік тому +38

    Remove the locatelli and Bartok concerto, add Bartok solo sonata and der erlkonig

  • @violatione
    @violatione Рік тому +4

    Paganini violin concerto no.4 should be on this list.

  • @algominds5
    @algominds5 Рік тому +61

    Surprised to see that caprice 24 and erlkonig arent there 😂

    • @violinlounge
      @violinlounge  Рік тому +24

      Was hard to pick 7, until I make a 100 hardest violin pieces video comments like yours will keep coming 😁

    • @cock-asianscamservicegamin3012
      @cock-asianscamservicegamin3012 Рік тому +60

      Why would caprice 24 be there 💀

    • @algominds5
      @algominds5 Рік тому +7

      @@cock-asianscamservicegamin3012 i aint asian 😟

    • @realdanielshock
      @realdanielshock Рік тому +27

      @@algominds5 Paganini 24 isnt that hard if you're a professional violinist, however these pieces are a struggle even for the world class soloists

    • @algominds5
      @algominds5 Рік тому +5

      @@realdanielshock yet i see only very few people who perform it perfectly... Like markov, david garett, hillary hahn and a few others

  • @theendd2048
    @theendd2048 Рік тому +1

    Amazing!!

  • @Adrian_AdamViolonDiGerma-tm3nq
    @Adrian_AdamViolonDiGerma-tm3nq 5 місяців тому

    Thumb Pizzicato is so resonant and powerful

  • @joanneshanklin7822
    @joanneshanklin7822 Рік тому +1

    Marvelous!!!! Have seen many of these players

  • @a_writing_desk
    @a_writing_desk Рік тому +2

    Love it ! But above all Shunske Sato's violin, he is stuuuuunning, and Netherland Bach Society is a great baroque ensemble !

  • @gordonfreeman1429
    @gordonfreeman1429 24 дні тому +1

    Violin Concerto - pieses, ja !

  • @norahassan2372
    @norahassan2372 Рік тому

    Why I am addicted with violin video

  • @danieldelazzer6417
    @danieldelazzer6417 8 місяців тому +1

    I can't even imagine what the sheet music for these looks like

  • @Xphqntom
    @Xphqntom 10 місяців тому +1

    Ray chen's my fav

  • @iamshaleeyn
    @iamshaleeyn Рік тому +19

    Omgg im so excited!!! for this AMAZING art to become one in Blackpink new song Shut Down im a fan of this music instrumental 🎼

  • @jm096
    @jm096 Рік тому +3

    What about Ernst grand caprice, Sibelius concerto, Paganini Mel cor mi piu sento, Sauret cadenza or scherzo tarrantelle? They all should be on a list somewhere.

  • @JohnDoe-ee1gu
    @JohnDoe-ee1gu 29 днів тому +3

    THE BACH, WHAT IS THAT RECORDING

    • @user-dj9xk1gu9h
      @user-dj9xk1gu9h 20 днів тому +3

      It's on the Netherlands Bach Society's youtube channel! Go check it out for some great Bach!

    • @JohnDoe-ee1gu
      @JohnDoe-ee1gu 17 днів тому

      @@user-dj9xk1gu9h thanks

  • @deevanshsharma7882
    @deevanshsharma7882 Рік тому +1

    Jai Ho God ji 🙏🙏📚📚🛕🛕

  • @nate_harding
    @nate_harding Рік тому +1

    Yesss ray Chen the prodigy

  • @bl4zerito640
    @bl4zerito640 3 місяці тому

    Dance of the goblins is so fukin hard it should be here as top 8

  • @NumorousPhases
    @NumorousPhases Рік тому +3

    God save the king more like God save the Violinist

  • @tanjanovicic2926
    @tanjanovicic2926 9 місяців тому

    You write true.
    🌹🌹🌹❤

  • @The062Violinist
    @The062Violinist 12 хвилин тому

    who agree Emile Sauret's Cadenza on Violin concerto No. 1 should be thrown into there

  • @user-xj5gv4xy3g
    @user-xj5gv4xy3g 3 місяці тому

    Good job😊

  • @operagirl0101
    @operagirl0101 Рік тому

    Wow.... That's why Paganini being called "the devol violinist"

  • @nemazaghloul5644
    @nemazaghloul5644 4 місяці тому

    ❤🎉❤🎉fantastic

  • @Shiekh420
    @Shiekh420 2 місяці тому

    NEED TO TAKE MY VIOLIN IN THE BATHROOM WITH ME NEXT TIME

  • @richardbooth4573
    @richardbooth4573 10 місяців тому

    but they play these pieces so well !!!

  • @danielantoniocr1006
    @danielantoniocr1006 Рік тому +1

    Va de difícil a fácil

  • @hebiennousnsommespasdanslm6452

    Italians compositors are thé bests

  • @ludox4124
    @ludox4124 8 місяців тому

    Wow❤

  • @gugan_1678
    @gugan_1678 7 місяців тому +1

    As someone who can play the entire Bach Chaconne, all other pieces listed are significantly more difficult for different reasons.

  • @claudiaguerrerobernal8201
    @claudiaguerrerobernal8201 Рік тому

    Ray Chen👏👏👏👏

  • @OK-tv4cn
    @OK-tv4cn Рік тому +1

    1) Beethoven 5 - Roman Kim; 2) Requiem - R. Kim; 3) Mozart Eine Kleine - R. Kim; 4) I Brindisi - R. Kim; 5)Bach AIR - R.Kim 6)Violin Koncerto #1 - R.Kim; Paganini God Save The King;

  • @fernandowanderley8269
    @fernandowanderley8269 Рік тому

    KERSOOOONNNN YAAAAAASSSS

  • @user-el5mq9tm9k
    @user-el5mq9tm9k 10 місяців тому

    ❤❤

  • @user-us1vq2xo8q
    @user-us1vq2xo8q 2 місяці тому

    Truth on wall

  • @fellowgoblinp6897
    @fellowgoblinp6897 Рік тому

    Surprised that I didn't see Paganiniana on here, but these are still very difficult.

  • @alexanderlee6601
    @alexanderlee6601 Місяць тому

    first started playing the violin, Twinkle Twinkle~~😂😂

  • @LingLingWannaBeLah
    @LingLingWannaBeLah Рік тому +1

    As a professional violinist, I can say it takes a lot of practice. These pieces are very challenging

  • @msganaweldemikael8265
    @msganaweldemikael8265 Рік тому

    Paganini is just a goat for me

  • @Nonkel_Jef
    @Nonkel_Jef 8 місяців тому

    Ernst - Erokönig

  • @ArieAGinting
    @ArieAGinting Рік тому +10

    thanks to 2SetViolin because of them, Hilary Hahn and Ray chen are well known and have their own Fanbase among Gen Z 😁😃

  • @juliejules7780
    @juliejules7780 Рік тому +3

    I'll just write a song with one double stop as a twentieth instead of a tenth and see if anyone can reach it.

  • @vn.j7266
    @vn.j7266 Рік тому +1

    Tzigane?

  • @wanyuhuang8802
    @wanyuhuang8802 Рік тому +1

    Yeah I know how to play one of them!!!

  • @hazelh4776
    @hazelh4776 Місяць тому

    the chaconne is really hard but not sure if it should be up with these others

  • @themafianotkillersjustkids5232

    For god sake that is so sacrilegious

  • @arta6183
    @arta6183 Рік тому +5

    Kim's Beethoven arrangement.

  • @yeallow910
    @yeallow910 Рік тому +6

    Nel cor piu non mi sento?

    • @f3dyt
      @f3dyt Рік тому

      Non so se lo metterei... Avendolo studiato ed eseguito posso dire che è terribile, ma non così tanto. Però certo che la lista mi trova in disaccordo su diversi punti...

    • @yeallow910
      @yeallow910 Рік тому +1

      @@f3dyt um what?

    • @f3dyt
      @f3dyt Рік тому

      @@yeallow910 oh sorry, I was writing in italian ahah. Anycase, I was saying that I wouldn't put Nel Cor in the list because it is "simpler" than it sounds (I've studied and played it a lot, if you want to listen I can send the video link). So yeah, that's all, even if it still remains an extremely difficul piece. Ah, and I don't totally agree with the list in the video

    • @yeallow910
      @yeallow910 Рік тому

      @@f3dyt it is not simpler than what it sound , its a ticket to get RSI

    • @f3dyt
      @f3dyt Рік тому

      @@yeallow910 ahah. Well, the only thing I can say is that if I could play it decently, then it cannot be that hard.
      That's the video: ua-cam.com/video/OLgfvdKPrrI/v-deo.html

  • @user-jo2gg2dl1m
    @user-jo2gg2dl1m 4 місяці тому

    Paganiniana, I Brindisi, Di Tanti Palpiti, Der Erlkönig, Zigeunerweisen(?), Scherzo-Tarentella, Niccolò Paganini Violin Concerto number one

  • @deadmanswife3625
    @deadmanswife3625 Рік тому +1

    Killing two birds with one stone. This is a short I have not yet seen and I also wanted to say something to you. I got an email with the Star-Spangled Banner on sound slice. It's so typically thoughtful of you zlata to do something like that for those of us on the other side of the pond who are celebrating this weekend Independence Day for the 4th of July.
    🙏❤❤🎻

    • @violinlounge
      @violinlounge  Рік тому +1

      Great! Video is coming here tomorrow, thought many across the pond like to play this 👍🏻☺️ Enjoy your weekend!

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 Рік тому

      @@violinlounge ty
      I will ❤❤❤🎻❤❤❤

  • @bmilano1580
    @bmilano1580 25 днів тому +1

    It really reminds me of Beat Saber

  • @parthC.
    @parthC. Місяць тому

    What happened to winter- thats literally goes so hard

  • @AIYOUtube18
    @AIYOUtube18 Місяць тому

    You should visit Deepak Pandit from India..❤❤

  • @heidigold238
    @heidigold238 Рік тому

    Your beautiful from a fellow violinist with same passion your adorable

  • @HungryFN
    @HungryFN Рік тому +5

    Honestly you could just do Paganini for all 7

    • @user-jo2gg2dl1m
      @user-jo2gg2dl1m 3 місяці тому

      I think it could be I Brindisi, then 6 Paganini pieces

  • @rodanfan2695
    @rodanfan2695 28 днів тому +2

    Paganini sold his soul to the devil, now he made song about god.
    What in the world kind is this mans faith

  • @danielyu3953
    @danielyu3953 Рік тому +3

    God save Eddy

  • @Cellosong2007
    @Cellosong2007 Рік тому +2

    I can argue that all the Mozart violin concertos are considered the hardest ones too! Since classical era string pieces require high level of intonation preciseness

  • @chaimaabouhouch6428
    @chaimaabouhouch6428 Рік тому

    Goddess Hilary Hahn 😍😍

  • @rizqidani640
    @rizqidani640 3 місяці тому

    The rosin😵🦷

  • @Ozaiyah
    @Ozaiyah Рік тому

    Fairlands

  • @user-dh3fw5pp1y
    @user-dh3fw5pp1y Рік тому

    I even feel sorry for listening it free

  • @i_am_a_music_maker5212
    @i_am_a_music_maker5212 6 місяців тому +1

    Where are Cage’s Freeman Etudes

  • @agnespareek7785
    @agnespareek7785 2 місяці тому

    Yooo HILARY HANN

  • @confusedreindeer1295
    @confusedreindeer1295 8 місяців тому

    Damn the dued biting in the first one

  • @infledermaus
    @infledermaus 2 місяці тому

    I never thought of using my teeth. I'll have to try that!

  • @ludox4124
    @ludox4124 8 місяців тому

    Bach ❤❤❤

  • @OziDeLi
    @OziDeLi 8 місяців тому

    Oh Hillary Hahn, she’s so amazing, I play violin and at the fourth grade in violin, violin lounge, any tips on how to play caprice 24 by Paganini?

    • @violinlounge
      @violinlounge  7 місяців тому

      At this point you might just want to hone your technique and already try some Paganini technique. Perhaps you'd like to follow my free Paganini technique challenge: www.violinlounge.com/challenge

  • @olgakarapetrova8489
    @olgakarapetrova8489 Рік тому

  • @antonyroach6802
    @antonyroach6802 Рік тому +1

    Kerson Leong makes Ysäye look easy

    • @violinlounge
      @violinlounge  Рік тому

      Yes, I love his interpretations. I think he's such a great violinist!

  • @BrunoOctavioMartinez
    @BrunoOctavioMartinez Рік тому

    La bestia

  • @veradeviaje
    @veradeviaje Місяць тому

    I was expecting for sibelius haha

  • @genesiscolichen7153
    @genesiscolichen7153 5 місяців тому +1

    * **Fall in spanish** *

  • @zachbloks6364
    @zachbloks6364 Рік тому

    Try paganiniana

  • @burburchacha
    @burburchacha 8 місяців тому +1

    No way that the Bach one makes the list. It should be Waxman Carmen Fantasy