She is one of the amazing prodigies who achieved greatness at a very young age but has continued to improve to this day. At any point in her career you would say "how can anyone play better than this?". And yet she does - even if she was technically perfect years ago, the density of expression in her playing now is unsurpassed by anything I've ever heard. And still so humble and human. Such an inspiration - she gives me hope for humanity.

@joanmarinos4828

3y↑102

The cadence, the phrasing, the pristine tone, the fluidity... That’s another level!
Eternal respect!

@wiltonpt1

5y↑153

This has not a bad sound. It is very clear. Too CleaR in fact and full of vitality of a young and brilliant soulful interpreter of JSB’s music
I think the professor watching just realized he’s in the presence of a violin genius.

@benedicttambiga7725

4y↑22

He's not a professor, he's the interviewing Hilary

@frankstein9982

1y↑1

The 'professor' is a classical music & jazz journalist called Han Reiziger who died in 2006.

@ct9934

3y↑36

I don't know anything about classical music but one thing I am certain of, is that this is the most stunning thing I've ever heard....! Wow it's just pure magic 😍

@Constitution1789

2y↑16

I admire her ability to sustain that energy and phrasing.

@lorenconley1384

3y↑15

Absolutely so technically refined and so musical. She is a treasure

@Jabafish

4y↑109

I am currently practicing this piece and holy shit Hilary is God it self.

@vibhavperi983

3y↑5

Are you learning the whole sonata or just this movement?

@pixpizza1924

1y↑1

guess we'll never know

@Jabafish

@@pixpizza1924 I was learning that particular movement and the adagio too

@pixpizza1924

@Jabafish did you make it?

@TheRightGuy777

1y↑1

@Pix Pizza guess we'll never know

@drtmuir

3y↑15

Aaaah, an absolute goddess in her infancy. No, you never will play this piece this brilliantly, but she is on another level, even among virtuosi. That is no reason not to practice the piece, and live with it, and love it, and reach a certain level of fluency in it. Having followed Ms Hahn's career for many years now, I can't imagine she would want her performances to be the reason anyone deprived themselves of the joy of an intimate relationship with great music. The idea is to spread the joy of music.

@dmitridmitriyevichshostako2548

3y↑12

This piece is so profound! In heaven I took up the violin and the c major sonata was one of my first targets. It's wonderful!
Regards,
D. Shostakovich

@the_great_phoenix231

4y↑87

can we agree that most people here can actually listen to this nonstop for at least 8 hrs?

@davidgill3356

2y↑1

Can? Did.

@loneranger2710

3y↑9

So seamless! I keep on hitting the replay button.💘

@supersonicfan1816

glad to see youre a fan of yona of the dawn too!

@doandroidsdream1748

3y↑7

She is truly remarkable

@straburg7661

3y↑27

it's just so... clear... so neat... so perfect...

@hgcoin

4y↑90

The list of violin gods just got bigger by one.

@infledermaus

3y↑9

Goddesses!

@infledermaus

3y↑3

Spectacular!

@robfrancis8830

3y↑8

Amazing to watch her perform.

@jeromecavanna4016

3y↑1

Extraordinaire magnifique puissant. Beau simplement.

@joefagan9335

1y↑4

133 BPM (and faster in some place). That's Alegro Assai (=very fast). Insane virtuosity and clarity.

@waltercamello8929

2y↑1

Perfeito 👏

@mariog123

46w↑1

Fabulosa composición y Fabulosa interpretación. 👋👋👋👋👋👋

@sudharmansitaraman8377

1y↑1

For all the non string players out there, the most impressive thing is not the speed or even the articulation. It's how it doesn't sound like she makes a single shift or string change. If you listen on Spotify, the rapid alternating notes almost sound like they're played on the same string, in the same position. Today, Hilary is simply a goddess, no questions asked. As far as violinists are concerned, she's up there with Michael Jackson. But watching godling Hilary, who hasn't yet reached her final form, you realize just what a phenomenal talent she is. This is a standard many seasoned soloists today aspire to. It's just disgustingly good. And she's still improving. My adult beginner self could never.

@dianal.1279

4y↑7

Extraordinary! Joy in the music!🌻🌹💖

@Pavelblahaofficial

2y↑2

superb interpretation. Bravo

@dmsanct

3y↑23

im amazed at how many phrases she can do with just like 7cm of bow

@shin-i-chikozima

3y↑3

Her performance is the acme of emotion

@joelsattler8420

2y↑2

She's so wonderful!!!!!

@b.cherter1380

4y↑6

Its amazing😍😍😍, Bravo 👏👏👏👏

@morimori7456

4y↑37

T^T i have finally found it!
you have no idea how much i wanted to hear this again

@WarrenPostma

3y↑6

Thank you Youtube algorithm. What a player. What a piece. Stunning.

@petermuller7029

5y↑352

Asked my tutor how long I would need to learn it and to play like her,"you got to be imortal", ok. so never.

@Rembrandt96

5y↑57

Your tutor nailed it 😂

@petermuller7029

5y↑14

Yeah... sad but true.. thanks fir for your heart.

@grammarpolice8009

4y↑13

@Peter Müller Not true at all but it does seam way. I was a Beginner and I practiced two Hours a day for Eight months and I learned it

@jadenchoi1508

4y↑21

@Grammar Police Yes, but to master the piece as good as Hilary is almost impossible^^

@vibhavperi983

3y↑14

I took 6 months to get it clean and without mistakes, and a further 3 months to get the crispness of Hilary. I'm not saying I'm better than Hilary, but my recording sounds almost as good (at least to my teacher)

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@lordlockdown64

3y↑1

This was very beautiful, I'm trying to learn more about classical music via my jukebox channel, really enjoyable thanks :)

@sh-ev8om

3y↑3

That's amazing🎶Thanks❗

@1blairt

3y↑2

Total immersion. Brilliant

@jacc88888

4y↑23

Incredible playing.
If that was her teacher in the background I wonder what he said afterwards..... 🤔

@remember9097

3y↑8

I imagine something like "Ok, now it's your turn to teach me"

@WarrenPostma

3y↑1

Well that was all right then, he said slowly. I feel that you might want to work on more gradually buildiing up in intensity because that was OFF THE HOOK.

@jacc88888

3y↑1

@Warren Postma 😀Good one!

@gabriel1chan

3y↑2

He was speechless for sure.

@elliottg5987

2y↑2

I haven't played seriously in oh, 15 years. I thought I'd try and pick up this piece again, I came here looking for finger & bow positions but instead of looking for hints I am simply entranced.

@kendallelizabeth1168

Do you have the galamian edition? I find his suggested fingerings and bowings helpful

@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808

3y↑6

legendary recording

@gabriel1chan

3y↑2

This is brilliant. Seem Hilary was having her lesson.

@roseeevil8872

3y↑3

This is too beautiful and wholesome..... She's powerful.... Ohmy, it's sounds brilliant. Man....

@pradyumnanr3680

3y↑3

It took me a while to realize that Hilary was playing this piece much faster than it was intended to be played

@ckamal1

1y↑1

I think the playback is on 1.25x

@mahlonrhoades4509

17w

nope. Allegro assai is faster than allegro. It basically translates to "very fast".

@muhammetsahin9997

4y↑7

Just impressive !

@arnoldronning5471

3y↑2

How old is Hilary in this performance? Fabulous.

@avoshahinian3129

3y↑6

Elegant , Out of this world . Thank you

@herbertdr.reichel3544

...no doubt:Hilary i s "the goddess of the violin..."🎻🎼🎵🎶

@joejacks2355

3y↑6

its as if she's purely programed tp play this by a computer.. this Level of precision is divine sent from heaven. God bless

@sinisterfw

3y↑10

I recognize Dutch tv presenter Han Reiziger who died in 2006. From 1989 to 2001 he had a famous program on television, ‘Reiziger in muziek’ which translates as ‘traveller in music’. A program that showed various types of music.

@afropress

3y↑1

BRILLIANT!!!!

@cigarnationwarriors3981

4y↑3

Her Bach is incomparable. Everything else is just so-so🎻😎🇺🇸

@marquisevirginie

3y↑1

SHE IS BRILLIANT

@13e11even11

3y↑11

Anyone disliking this video, is simply bitter due to their mediocrity.

@MayaRavichandran

astonishing!

@miguelangelvallory1563

Great Bach & great Hilary Hahn

@jsv438

19w

I love listening to Hahn play ANYTHING Bach. I would say she's obviously one of the best in the world. But I have more of a question than a criticism; does anyone else feel that ALL of these world class violinists play these Bach allegros more like prestos? I take almost any "allegro" from Bach, played by these great world class players, play back at .75 speed, and THEN it sounds like an allegro not a presto.

Even though Bach prestos are extremely difficult to play on almost any instrument at this level, they do certainly maintain their personality and expression at those speeds, like above 160, 168+, but that's also not truly one click per 4/16ths. Is that even important? And then again baroque composers did not have the usage of the types of metronomes the music community in general decided to adhere to years later. They're just written differently. They're phrased different and have different repeating cannons and cadences. A presto clearly works at those higher speeds. Even at the LOWER accepted speeds of a presto, I can see why they're playing a Bach allegro that way--that seems to work fine. But they're playing these at speeds WAY deep into presto territory and I just wonder about the execution of that altering the possible intended interpretation. I guess I need now to consult more violinists about this. I'd like to see if anyone comments here, and either can set me straight on it or maybe even agree.

~JSV

@loveaddiction8436

3y↑47

I don't know if anybody noticed this but I just laughed the professor's little head bob at 0:59

@nnykk3286

5y↑9

그저 빛......갓러리한💕

@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808

3y↑17

I've an entrance exam to the conservatory of Brussels, and this is one of the pieces I have to play together with other pieces. 6 in total.

I HAVE 8 DAYS!!!!!

@Rembrandt96

3y↑5

I wish you all the very best! I hope this performance of Hilary comes to your aid in some way :)

@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808

3y↑2

@Shreenidhi Deshpande thank you very very much. I'm 13 years old btw, so this entrance exam is very important for basically my life

@Rembrandt96

3y↑3

@Sergej Vasiljevitsj Rachmaninov That's a lot of pressure at such a young age. Although I might not be able to give you advice on your music, I can certainly tell you that everything will go that much smoother if you can bring yourself to approach this as calmly as possible. I hope it all goes well, and if it isn't too much could you drop back down here and let me know how it goes? Wishing you good luck once again :)

@rayyoshida7963

3y↑2

Wow 6 pieces is too much for an entrance exam in my opinion..I hope it was succesful for you anyway

@JasperKloek

How did it go?

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@alirezapajouhandeh9793

That phrasing...

@frederik606

4y↑2

Bravo mademoiselle.Je ne suis pas violoniste mais cette pièce doit être très difficile à jouer ....

@Rembrandt96

C'est très difficile pour nous les mortels, mais elle est une déesse !

@13e11even11

3y↑2

WOW. SIMPLY WOW.

@marklampo8164

2y↑1

This inspired PDQ Bach to compose the "Chicken With Its Head Cut Off Sonata!"

@cupa6285

4y↑17

My new fav piece

@user-wo2bn9ki5m

와 소리 봐 쩐다

@everettj.3355

3y↑2

As a violinist of 10 years practice, I can say for sure that this is a brilliant, well thought out, and fun piece to play. Paganini still harder tho. ;)

@jgcaesar4

4y↑2

As a teenager. Wow.

@mtumrefu

3y↑3

Almost good enough to make Ling Ling take a break from all the practice.

@garyschermer5463

There does exist an ontological level of performance any reasonably intelligent person can identify and label as, "Godlike" deduced from pure intuition. That is a reality. This is a very obvious in the case of this individual.

@user-mx1qp7ib8z

3y↑1

how old was she??? wish i could play this well U_U

@Rembrandt96

3y↑1

Re-pasting my reply to another similar query in the comments:

She was 17 when she recorded her groundbreaking Bach album. Judging from the similarities between her photo on the album cover and this video, I'd be willing to bet it was around the same time. So 16-18 is my guess.
Kinda mind blowing isn't it?

@user-mx1qp7ib8z

3y↑1

@Shreenidhi Deshpande 0_0 WHAT!!!!!

@Rembrandt96

@Cathy Cai A fitting reaction indeed, never ceases to amaze me whenever I'm reminded of this fact. Truly humbling.

@SeaJay_Oceans

4y↑1

Wow :-) <3

@albertomessina8061

Superlativa

@benedicttambiga6152

4y↑157

I can't believe TwoSet haven't found this video yet, they made a video and talked about Hilary playing this piece but they didn't show this video.

So could you guy's help me Share this video to them😛 they really need to know about this video...

@vibhavperi983

4y↑5

They did mention it in their 8 great performances

@cupa6285

Yep

@aparajitaprabhu1947

4y↑1

TWO SETTTT

@4thArmoredVet

Totally amazing 👏

@benjamintambiga5197

4y↑1

jezz, i forgot i wrote this comment, now it already has a hundred likes.

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@kimeggg

OMG!!!!How can I do that?T_T

@kimeggg

Well it was not like hard like it.

@banana-xz2nw

3y↑3

How..do..you..even..do..this..

@fernandacardoso3732

3y↑1

❤

@wot_hog

Dayum!!!

@BrunoDGames

3y↑1

bro hillary has practiced for like 500 years i think

@jimquim1574

4y↑6

My music taste is wierd i love rock and classical the 2 dont mix well

@miajc6606

4y↑5

They do mix well because both are very complex. 😉

@jimquim1574

4y↑3

@Smarty Pants yes

@RogerioLupoArteCientifica

4y↑3

I love rock and classical because they just the same thing. BTW prog rock proved that. Listen to Vivaldi's Summer, 3rd movement, and Deep Purple's "Burn". Vivaldi's is a heavy metal and Deep Purple's is a Baroque piece.
Vivaldi --> https://youtu.be/u6zh-WmiMcE
Deep Purple --> https://youtu.be/u6zh-WmiMcE

@jimquim1574

4y↑2

@Rogério Lupo it just go to the same link

@Hunter-tx4fs

Transiberian orchestra

@floralemoine1436

4y↑9

Do you know how old she was on that video?

@Rembrandt96

4y↑10

She was 17 when she recorded her groundbreaking Bach album. Judging from the similarities between her photo on the album cover and this video, I'd be willing to bet it was around the same time. So 16-18 is my guess.
Kinda mind blowing isn't it?

@floralemoine1436

4y↑3

@phantex she was so young ! :) thanks

@feliznavidad7787

4y↑11

did not know jennifer lawrence has other talents.

@rainchen7846

OMG now that you mention it those two do share similarity in terms of appearance.

@Angela.poliquit

3y↑1

She passed the ling ling training

@nevits14

4y↑3

Is this a movie?

@Rembrandt96

4y↑7

No, it's from a televised interview/talk show. There's a comment below that links to the full length video.

@davidmdyer838

A little too speedy for my taste.

@rebpv7537

5y↑8

It's the fourth mvm...

@Rembrandt96

5y↑3

Oh yeah, my bad. Fixed it! Thank you

@rebpv7537

5y↑2

@Shreenidhi Deshpande I played it today in an audition that's why I s'aide to myself "hmm there's a little mistake..."😁

@Rembrandt96

5y↑1

@bulle 2savon Woah, how did it go?
Et vous êtes français ?

@rebpv7537

5y↑1

@Shreenidhi Deshpande Oui je suis française 😉
Not bad but there will always détails to work and improve...

@rebpv7537

5y↑4

@Shreenidhi Deshpande We can always do better ! 💪 (but Hilary Hahn will always be better than us in fact😅😂)

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@supawels3627

Spielt sie das ihrem Vater vor?

@pteifert

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@hiyorioh

3y↑2

I give up

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