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The best scarbo ever, i swear

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So clean and powerful. Amazing amazing performance. I’m half way through learning this piece and it’s an absolute beast (obviously)

Thanks Ms. Kate, this one kind of snuck up on me, before I realized that it was really taking me places !

her control and phrasing is impeccable.... and her evocation of the sound world of the glittering sea and the ondine

Kinda sus seeing a Hamburg Steinway in America

It must feel amazing to be such a young prodigy

she is a genius! The passion and clarity is evident!

👍✨✨

COOL!

Is a genius.

Amazing. Only 16 years or around that

Watching this Human Pearl, I feel a deep pain for so many children in LatAm, smatched under the flags of hellish ideologías which are condemning them to live in darkness

Thanks to Kate, a gift from Heaven to the Humanity.

She brings something out of this that others don't. Typical Kate Liu! She's lost in it and yet has the chops to stay focused. Amazing...

Yes, the practice it took to for this level of mastery was worth missing the Jr. High School dance for. Wow. Impressive. She's a genius.

Perfecto! it is a very difficult composition to perform in that the melody has to soar above the background. You have mastered that! So few musicians have been able to achieve that feat. Bravo!

The most imaginative Scarbo ever ! What a beautiful sound ! Gorgeous ! Fantastic !

Absolutely great ! Wonderful sonorities !

The best Gaspard ever ! What a beauty !

Apart from being a great pianist she touches some undefinable string inside me that makes tears pop up sometimes. Maybe it has to do with the combination of strength with sensitivity and vulnerability that seems superhuman.

Wow! This music work is extremely difficult and she playes it as if with graet ease, so pliantly... and, by the time she playes this she is only 16 years of age....absolutely amazingly!! Very very well done!

Damn, she’s jitter clicking.

Oh my God - now my adoration of Kate Liu’s artistry is infinite!

Been looking for the perfect performance of Ondine for some time now, and I think I've finally found it. She had my attention from the first shimmering measure and convinced me when she dropped that hammer at 4:23. Love her composure. Takes her time, chooses the right tempi for each passage and seems in full control of the emotions she evokes. Bravo. Genius.

Debussy e Ravel hanno contribuito ad azzerare il sistema armonico affidando alla musica il compito di creare impressioni e atmosfere vanificando quasi il valore di una linea melodica attraente espressiva fantastica eloquente anche se non sempre sentimentale.

she understands so clearly

When i was her age i bought the pogorelich record and thought he was one of the few pianists able to play this...

She was 16 years old then.

Am I the only one who thinks that this music is hideous and greatly over-rated? (nothing about her playing, of course).

If anyone familiar with this piece was played the sound track of Liu's performance here in a blind-fold test and asked to guess which world-famous pianist had never performed it in public before, but was performing here, the plausible answers would include Richter, Horowitz, Gilels, Zimerman, Volodos, amongst others. Try this test by listening to Lui without watching her. This is astounding music making by any measure, with no attempt to beat the clock, an iron grip on the structure, as subtle, gripping and as fresh an interpretation as you will find anywhere. Brava!!

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Gaspard de la nuit *(1908)* 0:00 III. Scarbo *(The Gremlin)* 👹 Kate Liu, piano ✨ *Nichols Concert Hall* *Evanston, Illinois, USA 🇺🇸 March 2010* ____________ *Here is a link to Mvt. 1: Ondine:* czcams.com/video/Tk6s7KXFTAQ/video.html *Here is a link to Mvt. 2: Le Gibet:* czcams.com/video/rWCsG58-wmQ/video.html

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Gaspard de la nuit *(1908)* 0:02 II. Le Gibet *(The Gallows)* Kate Liu, piano✨ *Nichols Concert Hall* *Evanston, Illinois, USA 🇺🇸 March 2010* ------ *Here is a link to Mvt. 1: Ondine:* czcams.com/video/Tk6s7KXFTAQ/video.html *Here is a link to Mvt. 3: Scarbo:* czcams.com/video/X-GE77K4PBs/video.html

Good lord this is so difficult.

The most haunting "Le Gibet" interpretation I know of.

Best interpretation, par with Paolo Giacometti and Tiffany Poon.

Hypnotic. Phenomenal artistry

This is the best recording of Ondine I have ever heard; in the last month, I have returned for this recording numerous times. I'm currently thirteen, and I'm learning this, I must say, this girl has some incredibly admirable technique, and voicing for her play. The rubato and sophistication she has is truly prodigious and other-worldly.

Très jeune....

son jeux pianistique correspond, d'une manière parfaite , à l'oeuvre de Ravel .

Nice

ラヴェルってあまり聴いた事ないけど、引き込まれる演奏。素晴らしい！ ショパコン時より、格段に進化してる

My new favorite pianist.

Bravo!

Her technique is quite good. Scarbo is notoriously difficult to play.

I listened to all 3 pieces several times. I also listened to other performers. Is this the best painting of this on YT or I am enchanted and in a mood? God exists...

she is a genius indeed...

Her Chopenistic sonatas, mazurkas and nocturnes are just of divine beauty. Pure genius !

16 ? holy shnikeys. this is almost the best I've ever heard. thank you. now I will search for her on you. ? move over Yuga

Absolutely stunning. Absolutely capricious artistry. Kate, if you’re reading this, know that you’ve touched the lives of thousands with your divinely unique artistry. It would be my absolute honor to attend your concert live. 💚🙏