She was held up in this terminal for weather concerns. Did she sit in a VIP lounge and bitch about the delay, over an intoxicationg beverage? NO! She went out and shared her massive talent with us. She did it with good humor and without feeling that it was beneath her. She shared !
It is incredible that this internationally famous star is prepared to play a piano that is provided for anyone who wishes to play at St Pancras Station. It demonstrates to me what a wonderful personality she has in addition to her music skills. Michael Parkinson
I cant imagine traveling through the station and fucking Valentina is randomly crushing some of the greatest pieces ever written on a piano that has seen better days.I wonder how many of these travelers had no idea who she was when they happened upon her?
Apart from her amazing skill and beautiful tone, I always enjoy the fact that Valentina has this "I love to play" approach and she is not afraid to be exposed, make mistakes (although that is VEEERY rare), play in crapy pianos everywhere for people to enjoy. A true master that tries to bring this rather "difficult" and "elegant" saloon instrument to the public. Excellent approach!
I think it doesn't matter what piano she plays, she makes it sound like a million bucks. Gifted beyond belief, it's inspirational to see her share her beautiful gift in public like this. It's not degrading at all. Not to her or the composers. I think they'd be happy she's sharing their gifts as well.
A life-enhancing experience, God bless her for sharing her playing. By the way the piano is an August Forster not some old beat up pub piano but one of the best German makes and though sadly neglected the underlying quality of sound is terrific.
if you were curious - another video from the same day states in the description that all trains to Paris were halted due to a snowstorm in France. I assume that's why she held a mini recital on an old piano at a train station.
Imagine giving it a quick go, thinking 'yeah that impressed everyone' and then one of the worlds foremost concert pianists quietly sits down after you...
Well, as Richter once said: a pianist should be able to play on any piano. (Please note that Richter took the same Yamaha grand piano to every performance he did.)
@@lefinlay ...or he just liked the sound of that particular piano. Doesn't mean he couldn't play others, it just means he wanted to sound a certain way. Glen Gould tuned up a couple of pianos just for playing Bach, for example.
I am in complete awe as to how the hell these guys (whoever shot this video) even managed to get someone like fucking Valentina to play on a randomly placed piano... Damn!!! My hats off to you, man! This is serious shit!
Holy shit, the piano, as shitty as it currently is, is an August Förster. One of the very best pianos made. Incredibly small company only makes a handful of instruments a year. Completely handmade, the favorite piano of the local piano technician. He’s worked on Steinway, Bosendorfer, Bechstein, Bluthner, Fazioli, he says August is his favorite. I can’t believe this dump of an instrument was once one of the best instruments made
Lisitsa is always pleasant, open-mind, easy going and down to earth. She is certainly not just a great pianist but a great person too. If you are able to watch her playing the famous "18th variation of Rachmaninoff on the theme of Paganini", her touch is so smooth and musical, the style is so much different and magical.............., I am really out of words to describe it !
Insane performance considering the condition the piano (most likely) was. The way she gently put her hands on the keys in slow parts, i wish i could play so smooth.
I heard that what really happened is that all trains to Paris were halted because of overcrowding with people rushing to be present at the Paris train station where Valentina was giving an unexpected impromptus recital
Saw Valentina recently playing in Chappells in similarly close up and informal circumstances, though obviously on a much better piano (a Boesendorfer grand). I like how good she makes this one sound, though, and the fact that the audience are literally just passers-by. Plus, the Appassionata. It just doesn't get any better than that.
The professor on my animation unit at uni said that good models animated poorly look especially crap, and that poor models animated well always look great. She kind of proves this in what she is able to produce from this piano.
No, I don’t think that Rubinstein lived in a bubble or that he only played the piano on stage. But I do think that he would have avoided being recorded playing on a junk piano in public, unless of course he drank too much wine during a wild night of carousing.
This proves that if you hear a bad perfomance it is not because the piano but the pianist. A good pianist can make an awful piano sound like the best piano in the world. Don't blame it on the piano, blame it on the pianist.
You are right about the G below the middle C being sick I have C key on my early 1900s piano that always gets stuck I think I am going to have to call the piano man to come fix my piano.
There is nothing degrading about playing on this piano (other than it is badly out of tune in a couple of places particularly so). The music produced is still exquisite. For the terrible state of the piano the sound produced is probably far superior to the typical salon piano for which it was written by its illustrious composer and HE would not have found this degrading because he would have put up with (and enjoyed) far worse instruments. Richter played on poor uprights in public many times.
While I admire Valentina’s virtuosity and her magnanimous spirit, somehow, I could never imagine greats like Horowitz and Rubinstein degrading themselves or their art by playing in public on such rubbish.
Young Paderewski this is absolutely NOT degrading anything! She is giving an inspiring performance of music most passengers have probably never heard. That something so magnificent can be performed on something so ordinary is a testament to what dedication can can achieve. Look at it with positive eyes. 🤩
![Valentina Lisitsa plays Liszt Totentanz [HD 1080p]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HXLvwgmQ3HE/mqdefault.jpg)
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She was held up in this terminal for weather concerns. Did she sit in a VIP lounge and bitch about the delay, over an intoxicationg beverage? NO! She went out and shared her massive talent with us. She did it with good humor and without feeling that it was beneath her. She shared !
It is incredible that this internationally famous star is prepared to play a piano that is provided for anyone who wishes to play at St Pancras Station. It demonstrates to me what a wonderful personality she has in addition to her music skills. Michael Parkinson
I cant imagine traveling through the station and fucking Valentina is randomly crushing some of the greatest pieces ever written on a piano that has seen better days.I wonder how many of these travelers had no idea who she was when they happened upon her?
And when she finished, the piano wept with joy and the years of abuse and neglect fell away.
Apart from her amazing skill and beautiful tone, I always enjoy the fact that Valentina has this "I love to play" approach and she is not afraid to be exposed, make mistakes (although that is VEEERY rare), play in crapy pianos everywhere for people to enjoy. A true master that tries to bring this rather "difficult" and "elegant" saloon instrument to the public. Excellent approach!
Wow. She is my hero. Love that profile view from her... :-) Thank you for sharing !!!!
That piano has now finally lived a full life.
I think it doesn't matter what piano she plays, she makes it sound like a million bucks. Gifted beyond belief, it's inspirational to see her share her beautiful gift in public like this. It's not degrading at all. Not to her or the composers. I think they'd be happy she's sharing their gifts as well.
"Gifted beyond belief" - that's the best description of this goddess that I've heard!
You aré so lucky because you had the opportunity to watch her playing the piano in real life
'Who is that, Mummy?'
'That is world-famous, wonderful Valentina making golden music from a straw piano.'
She has such an amazingly bright, beautiful smile. :)
Beethoven would have fallen instantly in love.
I dont know why but she looks even more awesome on these casual broken uprights than on bosendorfers and steinways!
I HAVE NO WORDS... BRUTAL!!
I'm surprised the piano's action was good enough to keep up with her fingers.
bw2082 and in tune
bw2082 A tuner has said it’s a pretty good piano in spite of the missing key top and treble a bit out of tune.
She played slow
Her playing is divine no matter what type of piano she touches.
A life-enhancing experience, God bless her for sharing her playing. By the way the piano is an August Forster not some old beat up pub piano but one of the best German makes and though sadly neglected the underlying quality of sound is terrific.
if you were curious - another video from the same day states in the description that all trains to Paris were halted due to a snowstorm in France. I assume that's why she held a mini recital on an old piano at a train station.
this is Genius how she managed to Play all These pieces outside at a temperature of maybe 5 degree :O she is great i love her she is my role model
Imagine giving it a quick go, thinking 'yeah that impressed everyone' and then one of the worlds foremost concert pianists quietly sits down after you...
My phone just died listening to this awesomeness cheers
Well, as Richter once said: a pianist should be able to play on any piano. (Please note that Richter took the same Yamaha grand piano to every performance he did.)
The Moonwalker, I imagine he said that to justify him using a Yamaha
A Man Has No Name my same thought lol
@@lefinlay ...or he just liked the sound of that particular piano. Doesn't mean he couldn't play others, it just means he wanted to sound a certain way. Glen Gould tuned up a couple of pianos just for playing Bach, for example.
Somebody wins the national lottery somebody walkimg listen to Valentina Lisitsa playing the piano on a street!!!!!!!
I am in complete awe as to how the hell these guys (whoever shot this video) even managed to get someone like fucking Valentina to play on a randomly placed piano... Damn!!! My hats off to you, man! This is serious shit!
Oh that God will use us all to be instruments of his marvelous works!
Holy shit, the piano, as shitty as it currently is, is an August Förster. One of the very best pianos made. Incredibly small company only makes a handful of instruments a year. Completely handmade, the favorite piano of the local piano technician. He’s worked on Steinway, Bosendorfer, Bechstein, Bluthner, Fazioli, he says August is his favorite. I can’t believe this dump of an instrument was once one of the best instruments made
God I LOVE HER so much. WHAT MUSIC!!!!!!!
Thanks fm Japan!
Valentina could play a tin can and make it sound like heaven. What a woman!
Valentina is playing so fast she is bending the space around her.... or the camera is doing something weird.
Andrew Marcus HAHAHA she's a space bender
Lisitsa is always pleasant, open-mind, easy going and down to earth. She is certainly not just a great pianist but a great person too. If you are able to watch her playing the famous "18th variation of Rachmaninoff on the theme of Paganini", her touch is so smooth and musical, the style is so much different and magical.............., I am really out of words to describe it !
Fantastic
Insane performance considering the condition the piano (most likely) was. The way she gently put her hands on the keys in slow parts, i wish i could play so smooth.
Fantástico!!!!!!!beautiful!!!!!!!
いやあ、夢を見ているような素晴らしいピアノ演奏だねえ。
長い間、ぼんやりしていたら、ソ連のミハエル・ゴルバチョフが登場してあっという間に世界が変わってしまった。アメリカのロナルド・レーガンや、イギリスのマーガレット・サッチャーも現れた。ガラガラ音を立てて世界が崩れ、新しいスタートラインが私達の目の前に現れた。東西ドイツ冷戦の壁も崩れ、何が何だか分からないままに終わり、そして始まった。そして、今に続いている。中国の変わりようなんて、笑ってしまうぐらいだ。
ぼやぼやしていたら駄目だよ。ってな感じの演奏だ。こんな感じかなあ。
『さあさあ、夢じゃないよ。この演奏は、前を向いて歩きなさい。ちょっと、そこのあなた！ さあ、歩きなさいよ。』
平成２８年４月３０日（土曜日）晴 ２４℃ 午後０６：５９ 世田谷区より。
I could hear the piano creaking in the background "yes I can, yes I can."
I heard that what really happened is that all trains to Paris were halted because of overcrowding with people rushing to be present at the Paris train station where Valentina was giving an unexpected impromptus recital
Appasionata. On an old piano. Somewhere a piano maker must be biting her fingers watching this entire video, waiting for the inevitable.
Jedno ale wielkie słowo - BARDZO DZIĘKUJĘ
Piano used to be curb-side free pick-up, now it's $1M.
Saw Valentina recently playing in Chappells in similarly close up and informal circumstances, though obviously on a much better piano (a Boesendorfer grand). I like how good she makes this one sound, though, and the fact that the audience are literally just passers-by.
Plus, the Appassionata. It just doesn't get any better than that.
J’adore cette sonate et aussi cette pianiste
Dommage que le piano soit pas terrible
Merci pour ce bon moment
Compliment !💕
Oh my, this is so angry. This, to me, is how the Appassionata should be played.
With passion.
Well I'm the 439th, and it is just as amazing.
The professor on my animation unit at uni said that good models animated poorly look especially crap, and that poor models animated well always look great. She kind of proves this in what she is able to produce from this piano.
Wow.. She is god..
uuuuf yeah. a lucky one
LOL !!!
Indeed !
No, I don’t think that Rubinstein lived in a bubble or that he only played the piano on stage. But I do think that he would have avoided being recorded playing on a junk piano in public, unless of course he drank too much wine during a wild night of carousing.
omg :) this video is amazing. and I am the tenth person who watched this :D
how does anyone do that? her hands
She's the Kurt Cobain of classical music :P
It's just that there are no recordings from that moments. Do you think Rubinstein lived in a bubble and he just went out to play on a stage?
In your ear.
Except shes not dead and she doesnt suck.
May i found that piano on Ebay ?? .. Maybe "price - lovest first"
This proves that if you hear a bad perfomance it is not because the piano but the pianist. A good pianist can make an awful piano sound like the best piano in the world. Don't blame it on the piano, blame it on the pianist.
Is there a piano in a train station??
is the G below middle c stuck?
at 6:17 I think it doesn't. It just seems like.
Looks like the top has come off, what we can see is the wood.
It’s just the ivory veneer which has come off
You are right about the G below the middle C being sick I have C key on my early 1900s piano that always gets stuck I think I am going to have to call the piano man to come fix my piano.
The G appears to e a sticking key on this piano.
if the piano was so bad then it would not sound so good would it?this is not really a question
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Why did she do this?
перед Валентиной хоть дрова разложи, она все равно отыграет на них сонату безупречно!
Valentina is Very Beatiful, but the hair? o.0
is that piano even in tune? im surprised she didnt break it.
LOL, after she'd finished playing all the strings seemed to be tuned
acid trip?
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How does she play like this on a crappy piano?
the piano is just old. the sound is okay. besides, it has no G...
There is nothing degrading about playing on this piano (other than it is badly out of tune in a couple of places particularly so). The music produced is still exquisite. For the terrible state of the piano the sound produced is probably far superior to the typical salon piano for which it was written by its illustrious composer and HE would not have found this degrading because he would have put up with (and enjoyed) far worse instruments. Richter played on poor uprights in public many times.
Can somebody keep her (far) away from a piano, please ?
While I admire Valentina’s virtuosity and her magnanimous spirit, somehow, I could never imagine greats like Horowitz and Rubinstein degrading themselves or their art by playing in public on such rubbish.
I don’t know. Were they alive today, who would know. She has shown herself to be humble
Young Paderewski this is absolutely NOT degrading anything! She is giving an inspiring performance of music most passengers have probably never heard. That something so magnificent can be performed on something so ordinary is a testament to what dedication can can achieve. Look at it with positive eyes. 🤩