Alma Deutscher, piano concerto (world premiere, July 2017)

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This was the world premiere of Alma's piano concerto in July 2017, at the Carinthian Summer Festival, with Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Joji Hattori. The concerto has 3 movements:
I - Allegro 0:26, II - Adagio 17:09, III - Allegro giocoso 26:52
Leading Austrian critic, Dr Wilhelm Sinkovicz, wrote about the concerto: "The world turns in a circle, but always sprouts new, beautiful flowers, if one only lets them sprout. Alma Deutscher’s music is full of extraordinarily original ideas and genuine surprises… Even just the transition from the cadenza to the coda of the first movement reveals the composer’s originality. And how, just before the final chord, she charmingly dissolves the harmonic knot which had been tied with a harmonic Coup in the first bars of the concerto - that mesmerizes. (Die Presse)
Alma wrote about her concerto:
The first movement represents the conflict between darkness and light. The orchestral introduction has just two happy bars of E-flat major in the beginning, but it then plunges into darkness on the third bar. The rest of the introduction is in minor, but the entrance of the piano brings back the light, with a much happier version of the orchestral theme. The darkness tries to come back at some points, especially at the very end, but the light finally overcomes it.
The main theme of the second movement came to me when I was very sad, I was improvising on my grandmother’s piano a few days after she died. The movement is in a rather unusual key, B-flat minor, which is perhaps not so comfortable for the orchestra, but it's the key in which I first heard the melody in my head, and I did not want to change it.
The third movement is a set of variations on a theme which I heard in the middle of the night when I was eight years old. During the movement, there is quite a lot of argument between the soloist and the orchestra. But in the end, the soloist and the orchestra make peace, and continue playing happily together.

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@AlmaDeutscher 2 жыл бұрын

😊 Subscribe: kzfaq.info A version for piano solo of the second movement appears on my piano album, From my Book of Melodies: www.almadeutscher.com/book-of-melodies -------------------------------------------- This was the world premiere of Alma's piano concerto in July 2017, at the Carinthian Summer Festival, with Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Joji Hattori. The concerto has 3 movements: I - Allegro 0:26, II - Adagio 17:09, III - Allegro giocoso 26:52

@williamrich7638 2 жыл бұрын

If you improvise, you should have talked to the organist Jean Langlais in Paris. Gerre Hancock and McNeil Robinson would have been the two greatest improvisors in the USA. McNeil Robinson could improvise a double fugue. I believe the greatest improviser in England right now would be the organist Naji Hakim who is a teacher at the Royal College of music in London. Although J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart all improvised, I believe the organists are the only ones today, (2021) who improvise at the highest levels. Good luck.

@johannsebastienbach 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alma, any chance Where We access the full score of this concerto. There are some really interesting parts that i wanted to study!

@StuartSimon Жыл бұрын

From what I can hear, Alma actually produces new scores and parts for every performance instance of her work. If a performance opportunity with a specific instrumentation comes up, she will produce scores and parts with said instrumentation. For instance, the performance of the Piano Concerto in Carnegie Hall used cymbals in the outer movements, and the finale was substantially revised.

@aleksojengoo2931 Жыл бұрын

Это что, по-русски называется «Коринфское лето»? Это в Коринфе? Это историческо-мистическое мероприятие (действо)? Интересно.

@StuartSimon Жыл бұрын

@@aleksojengoo2931 Каринтия

@Elizabeth-il5ps 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine the absolute euphoria Alma must have felt - to write music like THAT and then to hear it debuted and play the piano herself

@ScarabKovaire 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who has performed a piece I wrote before, I can tell you that it is probably the best things I have ever experienced. However the piece I wrote was not nearly this complex or had as much instrumentation, so I can only imagine how she felt.

@SolidSiren 4 жыл бұрын

I imagine she teared up during and after =)

@aerasmus2129 3 жыл бұрын

I am so privilidged to hear this great composition written by a young very talented and gifted composer able to perform it. God bless this beautiful girl with many more compositions. Alet

@sbbrph2651 3 жыл бұрын

You see the joy in her eyes.

@ccspurgeon 3 жыл бұрын

Her music is startling, lovely and whimsical.

@davesuiter 4 жыл бұрын

"I love Mozart, but I'd rather be the first Alma rather than the second Mozart"....alma deutscher

@thomasmaze9156 4 жыл бұрын

Maria Anna Mozart, Mozart's older sister, was also a genius, but at that time, she was not allowed to live a musician career. We know she composed pieces approved by her brother, unfortunately none of them were published or found. Maybe Alma is the new Maria Anna Mozart...

@walterbenjamin1386 4 жыл бұрын

Alma’s range of gifts, skills and ebullience is much more reminiscent of Wolfgang. Nannerl was kind of stuffy and cold. Just take a look at her diary.

@nhungang536 4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasmaze9156 So sad. Thats why feminism is so popular nowadays. Women deserve as much as men. Sorry just a trivia comment. I'm not intended to reply to any "online social activist" out there so thanks. Alma is a genius so let her be herself, I mean musician at this magnitude don't really want to be call someone No.2 their entire life. They all want to leave a mark of their own.

@GeroG3N 4 жыл бұрын

@@nhungang536 ? We don't live in 1700, women have the same rights in the west as men.

@SithTzu 4 жыл бұрын

@@GeroG3N There's a large gap between the wages of men and women, for one thing. We may not live in 1700, but there's still inequality everywhere, and not just concerning women.

@amandaleopold1687 4 жыл бұрын

I feel so privileged to witness this moment in classical history. 100’s of years from now I fully believe they will speak of Alma the way they do the greats.

@BigWill1066 4 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more! I, too, feel privileged to have attended her Carnegie Hall debut in December. As good as this piece is from its premiere, the changes she made to it specifically for the Carnegie performance really enhanced an already wonderful concerto. She expanded, for example, the horn section. I also like the addition of cymbals to punctuate the crescendos. The Carnegie performance was also with a full orchestra, which I feel gives this piece a richer texture. If she's composing such music at 12, just imagine what's ahead...

@catherinedurbin9298 4 жыл бұрын

And her style of writing. Her refusal to “reflect the ugliness of the modern world” (or something along those lines). She’s fascinating. I’m glad to have discovered her.

@nicb4589 4 жыл бұрын

This isn’t classical! Her music is fresh with contemporary energy

@lisajarvie9650 4 жыл бұрын

They already are.

@MrJMaq 4 жыл бұрын

Hundreds of years??? Alma is already a "great"! Profound, is more like it.

@michaelwinegarden5443 5 жыл бұрын

This should get more attention. She is a genius and I love the fact that she's bringing the Classical era into her music so much (I'm always torn between romantic and classical). You can hear mozart in her work and Mendelssohn and a bit Beethoven, and so much more, but they are mere influences because this concerto is all hers. It refelcts her soul, her mind, her heart and it is touching and sweet and beautiful. Everyone should know her, the worlds needs to hear this.

@ejw1234 4 жыл бұрын

it's so great to read the comments here recognizing her originality.

@ignacioclerici5341 2 жыл бұрын

That is a great comment. I agree, shes amazing, and she does exactly what i want to do. Shes my biggest inspiration right now, i want to write beautiful classical music like this and play it, i already play, but i can't write music like this, yet. I only write short little melodies, disconnected. This is great music.

@TheNotoriousDUDE 5 жыл бұрын

To think a literal child wrote this masterpiece... I'm floored, to say the least!

@munci6021 5 жыл бұрын

just a childs body, ageless soul💜

@davidmg1925 5 жыл бұрын

Its verging on the unnatural; surely proof if proof were needed of past live, reincarnation etc.

@TheNotoriousDUDE 5 жыл бұрын

Just a Commenter Exactly! Glad someone agrees :)

@Pimpernell711 5 жыл бұрын

Here is irrefutable evidence of a former life. There are passages where the violins gently sob so very beautifully and that is pure Tchaikovsky. However and because Alma herself does not like to be compared to former great composers, I hesitate to make any comparison at all. She may have made such a move with deliberation as part of her way of weaving a spell that us lesser mortals cannot and must not explore. Her music is of such a delicate quality that only an insensitive person would dare to make such comparisons.

@richard40x 4 жыл бұрын

Have you noticed in the Wiki that some post modern music hack critics already complain that her music is not dark enough, does not reflect the universal gross ugliness of the world, is too melodic, and pleases ordinary people too much, what idiotic crap. Why cant music be beautiful and melodic as well, reflect the great beauty of the world, and actually make ordinary people happy. These are the same worthless pseudo intellectual hacks that ruined modern art, until most people cant stand it. I just hope Alma never tries to please these worthless idiot hacks, and keeps composing symphonies and operas that make her and us joyful, from new melodies that just pop into her head. She will not degrade opera, but will in fact revive it, for everybody, not just a few overcredentialed snobbish idiots.

@sanjosemike3137 5 жыл бұрын

If I were to give any advice to this young genius, I would say AVOID the opinion of music critics and establish your own voice, no matter what it is. You undoubtedly have critics who want you to go in the direction of serialism and dissonance. Maybe someday you will. But in the mean time write what comes into your mind and ignore everyone else. Remember it is YOU who are writing modern classical music, not critics. If they think it's so EASY, they should do it themselves. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

@christopherosborne2453 5 жыл бұрын

For every critic who dislikes there are a hundred people who say "Please Alma keep on doing what you're doing 'cos we love it" !

@baremeg3875 5 жыл бұрын

The best advice to give, both to Alma and others similar to her.

@Mennito.31 5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Vincent d'Indy said once that music critics urinate on the scores in the hope of seeing them grow.

@arwo1143 5 жыл бұрын

She frased it nicer, but I think there is a video where she tells critics to fuck off and do what they want, she is in it for the Musik

@tobytoxd 4 жыл бұрын

CRITICS just need to shut up and LISTEN ... and when they want to hear something else, they should sit down and start composing it. I am tired of these people talking about music of someone else, but did never put down one note by themselves, not to think about bringing it onto a world stage. WE just enjoy ALMA! What a gift to the World! :D

@SticksTheJon 5 жыл бұрын

I stated to watch this and was wowed by Alma’s playing, then thought to myself this is a beautiful piece, I must check out who wrote it. Then the penny dropped! Incredible.

@shooster5884 5 жыл бұрын

Jon Clark - that must have been a Wow moment for you!

@fauxzein 4 жыл бұрын

She wrote it.

@richard40x 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the playing itself is already great. Then we find she not only wrote the piano part, but the parts for the whole orchestra.

@gretahassock8914 4 жыл бұрын

Extremely talented this is a once in a lifetime gift this is not normal it is a phonomina

@DCBfanboy 3 жыл бұрын

The same thing happened to me XD quite surprising indeed

@wesleycolemanmusic 3 жыл бұрын

People compare her work to Mozart's work, but she sounds a good deal more romantic to me. She also gets rid of the classical tropes that oversaturated the classical era, adding her own spark in its place. Which I find totally fascinating.

@JSB2500 Жыл бұрын

Perfectly put IMO.

@PatGoltz Жыл бұрын

More like Chopin or Brahms!

@karolcpm- Жыл бұрын

@@PatGoltz Exactly! Both composers (and I'll add Mahler, a friend of Brahms) showed that the old classical traditions aren't too old or outdated, but rather refined and refreshed them in wonderfully creative ways. Alma today especially proves that there is still so much potential in new classical music.

@alejandrarodriguezaltamira4679 9 ай бұрын

Yeeeeahhhh !!! She has her owns ideas!! And are BIG! WOW I'M ENCHANTED!

@Ullagmba9 5 жыл бұрын

This is not another Mozart, this is Alma-- absolutely amazing!

@Mau365PP 5 жыл бұрын

To be compared to Mozart is already a great Honor, what are you talking about?

@ishi7123 5 жыл бұрын

@@Mau365PP she should be known as Alma Deutscher, not as "another" Mozart. she is her own genius.

@hellomate639 4 жыл бұрын

@@ishi7123 Yeah.... Magnitude is just magnitude. Magnitude of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert - you name it. She is who she is.

@Robert-vj6fg 4 жыл бұрын

We can definitely say they're are both cut from the same cloth

@lunarscorpio3987 4 жыл бұрын

Or Almadeutsch lol

@doerthemanahan9912 5 жыл бұрын

Watching this young genius gives me hope for the future of humanity.

@thorsten8790 5 жыл бұрын

Art is what humanity lives for.

@qcislander 5 жыл бұрын

Don't count your chickens, @Doerthe ... but yes: she *is* a young genius - a true polymath - and she's a damned pretty young woman besides. Her *own* future is pretty much what she wants to make of the many opportunities she'll be offered and feels ready to challenge. Humanity's future? Have the stories of Copernicus, Galileo, Brahe, Kepler, DARWIN taught you nothing? Humanity is utterly DOOMED until the day it utterly renounces "faith" and adopts "fact-based reason" as its foundational and ONLY means of deciding how to survive as a species. That necessarily means the death or utter transformation of almost every human culture on the planet. It's either that or extinction: YOU choose.

@sidneyjohnson6882 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Muirhead exactly when have facts and reason ever saved anyone. Pshhh

@annekevangorkum 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I have the same feeling, with people like Alma, there 's hope for the futur.

@lest6590 5 жыл бұрын

My entire family plays an instrument. 100 years ago, my entire family wouldn't of been able to afford an instrument...

@reginacb79 4 жыл бұрын

This would be a masterpiece even for a top, world-famous composer of any of the past centuries, at any age.This is not just good because a child composed it. This is music straight from the Heavens.

@apollo5751 3 жыл бұрын

Alma does not need to see notes, she feels and hears them. Mozart was the same.

@bennygn9642 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. This is unrelated, but one of my favorite moments is 16:15, when people started clapping after that and then the notes repeated which hushed them it was pretty funny okay yes thank you.

@pianorandi 3 жыл бұрын

What this music has is inspiration. That is rare to find these days, since music industry favour music that is more mainstream and shallow.

@haroldlabrique608 3 жыл бұрын

@@apollo5751 Absolutely ! She's a nice genius !

@paunitka7 2 жыл бұрын

In past centuries she would need to pretend that her brother/husband wrote it... ;)

@devwiley 4 жыл бұрын

I wasn't planning on listening to the whole thing, but I can't stop listening to it. You're a magnificently gifted individual, Alma, and this piece is absolutely amazing!!!

@TomHaws 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Surprisingly captivating. Her arc/form and feel for the nature of music is uncommon.

@debbieevabelle4715 4 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@stevegannon865 4 жыл бұрын

@@debbieevabelle4715 you have to see the whole thing, compare the solemnity of the second movement, with the relief and joy of the third, you can't unless you hear it all. 😘

@IsaacW. 4 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@bobafruti 4 жыл бұрын

Same, I even had to switch over from my phone speaker to a proper set!

@peaceharmony4115 5 жыл бұрын

How can one not rejoice knowing that such a young musical genius is reviving beauty in modern music? Thank you, Alma Deutscher! And my gratitude to your parents for having raised such a talent so well.

@hellomate639 5 жыл бұрын

She's an excellent counterpoint to the present postmodern trash trend in music, where atonal music is treated as equal to the music of people like Beethoven because "music is purely subjective and there are any number of interpretations so it doesn't matter which is the best." Then they think that musical progress is just creating this increasingly disparate swath of combinations of notes.

@ulrichkalber9039 5 жыл бұрын

well, maybe if she dips her toes in that she might find something that is modern AND can be listened... [jedi]there is no need to go modern [/jedi]

@rabiatorthegreat6163 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps somewhere in between, founding a new and innovative period of classical music? Big expectations, but one can hope...

@edifyguy 4 жыл бұрын

@@ethanfoss5601 Most modern music is objectively bad. That's not trash talk; just truth.

@TheOneAndOnlyZeno1889 4 жыл бұрын

@@edifyguy Truth.

@scottgauthier993 4 жыл бұрын

We must protect this child. Like any others, but this one with special care. Looks like the renaissance of the great music mind.

@donna30044 5 жыл бұрын

This is breathtaking. I know that kind of statement seems trite and can be easily ignored as hyperbole, but I assure you, it is a great understatement. Alma Deutscher was born in February of 2005. At the time of this performance, she was just 12 years old. This is her composition! There is nothing childish in either the composition nor the performance To hear a composer playing her own music is a rare and wonderful experience, but when that composer has such talent as this and is but a child of such tender age, one is witnessing something truly miraculous and it is an inestimable privilege.

@Unknown-tl5ts 4 жыл бұрын

I was born in September 2005. I’m constantly inspired by this amazing woman

@derekkarlmyersbleecker9408 2 жыл бұрын

😂🤧🥰Yes!!!👏& Absolutely Amazing!🤩

@bretwhitmore8855 4 жыл бұрын

I will admit outright, even after having trained on piano for seven years and as a classical orchestral oboist for over a dozen years, performing on both in many settings for nearly five decades, I cannot claim this young lady's level of grace and effortless elegance on either instrument. A piano or a violin to this wunderkind are but long-treasured playthings she more than mastered long ago, yet for her own sincere excitement (and our rapt amazement) deftly coaxes and caresses from them the voices of the Muses that undoubtedly dwell within her. And lo, the works that flow from her mind and skilled young fingers! Just to conceptualize so much as an original movement of the classical character she presents to us here requires a depth of musical knowledge, orchestral experience, and proficiency in an ensemble of instruments beyond most adults, let alone finding such a skills residing in so accomplished a sweet young lady. Alma is indeed a prodigy, but so much more. Most who fit that moniker today can perform some of the most complex pieces flawlessly at an early age. They are gifted with a magnificent ear, pace, and tone. Alma, on the other hand, is the Maestro of our age. Not only can she perform the works of an entire library of others, but she also composes (and effortlessly performs) her own original works of a caliber that rivals some of the greatest Masters down through the centuries. She is indeed a prolifically-gifted musical genius who not only has a peerless ear and perfect pitch, but I firmly believe Alma can also SEE and FEEL music as clearly as you or eye would see a flower we held in our hand. Such gifts have only visited us a rarified few times before; in Mozart or Beethoven, and very few others. She possesses a superb old soul, the likes of which the world has not seen in many lifetimes. Most who have never struggled and invested countless years of their lives endeavoring to present musical art as it should be given to the world, have no clue what to make of her. Her gifts thoroughly awe and captivate me, and yet most of all, it is the sheer joy of the music that flows from her that inspires me most. She has reintroduced me to the joy of music I had misplaced in my later years. There are indeed real miracles in the world. The gifts this smiling young lady so happily shares with us all, are one of them.

@christopherosborne2453 4 жыл бұрын

Intriguing too is that her mother says that Alma "Sees" colours in her mind related to different notes on the piano.

@berulan8463 3 жыл бұрын

Your comment deserves some more thumbs up, so 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@mignonneduplessis161 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@hilarydeacon9024 3 жыл бұрын

Life is so terrible nowadays but listening to Alma's wonderful music I feel that God is with us and all will be well xx

@HighStakesDanny 3 жыл бұрын

14 minute mark is some sick stuff.... She is a trip to listen to.

@mauricehorne 4 жыл бұрын

As a pianist I am amazed at the beauty of this work and her incredible performance. Wake up World. A new major talent is here.

@rwsmith7638 Жыл бұрын

What a privilege to see and hear a prodigy today like we've heard about in history.

@Yossi5151 5 жыл бұрын

I'm very much impressed.By being herself and not conforming to the 21st century's standards she makes me feel being in a middle of a garden of flowers.

@MeandHim84 4 жыл бұрын

Mozart's time was for him and the world of his day. Today we have the privilege to witness Alma and great gift she is to us. Be true to yourself Alma, don't let anyone conform you to any mold. God bless you Sweet Child.

@Rudy-zk2cq 10 ай бұрын

I was dumbfounded when I heard her violin concerto written by her when she was just nine! Then finding out she wrote this piano concerto as well! I feel SO blessed discovering this genius-angel-protege before I would croak. She's so inspiring and uplifting with her delicate melodies and orchestration. I'm in tears right now. Pushing 80, I feel inspired to finally do something with my compositions. God bless her parents a million-fold!😂❤❤❤🎹👏👏👏👏

@davideographer4410 3 жыл бұрын

Proof that 21st-Century classical music doesn't have to sound like nails on a chalkboard. Bravo!

@theorymaster6310 Жыл бұрын

not a lot of 21st century music sounds like nails on a chalkboard

@iangreer4585 Жыл бұрын

Alma firmly disapproves of that. Listen to her Waltz of the Sirens piece to understand that

@meteorquake9 Жыл бұрын

21st 'natural' classical music has always been there but for a long time now seems to have greatly relocated to film scores etc rather than the traditional seats-at-a-concert format.

@lecomar7220 Жыл бұрын

@@meteorquake9 agreed

@karrotkake 3 ай бұрын

there still are some great contemporary composers today, and im fine with some expressionist music that can be very dissonant, or even considered by some as atonal (for example scriabin, who technically never wrote atonal music but still payed attention to intervals and chords, and still kept theory in his music, although didnt really write in keys later in his life), but honestly some contemporary music now literally is just "nails on a chalkboard". ill see a score for say, a string quartet, and itll literally just be random lines that zigzag around the lines, where the performers will just have to do random glisses up and down. like honestly i think some of those comtemporary composers just try as hard as they can to make their music unpleasant to listen to, i mean if thats what you wanna do go ahead i guess...

@stevegannon865 3 жыл бұрын

Almas' grief whilst performing the second movement is clear, yet she holds it together like a true artist, we are truly blessed to see such a beautiful performance. 😥🤔

@louisegogel7973 3 жыл бұрын

beloved grandmother

@skye1760 3 жыл бұрын

Listen to her Siren Waltz! No word to describe it...❤️🥲

@warrengwonka2479 2 жыл бұрын

The second movement was composed in response to the death of her grandmother.

@edifyguy 4 жыл бұрын

I am astonished beyond words. I hear the greatest musical minds to ever walk the earth speaking again. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov.....God has given this young woman a gift that has not been given to anyone for a long time. She has a brilliant musical mind, a pure heart, and the passion and skill to bring it to fruition. Above all, she knows what is morally right and edifying, and refuses to bend to the forces of darkness which are seeking desperately to blunt the pure beauty and goodness she is bringing into the world with her music. We are so profoundly blessed to share the earth with this beautiful soul. Thank you, God, for giving us this amazing young woman, and may she bless us with more beauty for many decades to come!

@vamvra5498 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. It is almost beyond words. Kindly tell others, a new composer of beautiful harmonious classical music is HERE !

@jujuerawfoodkitchen9849 4 жыл бұрын

@@vamvra5498 I'm into Brahms, absolutely love his musical works. But listening to Alma's work, ...sorry Brahms, Alma just placed you second. No really, this is, ...beyond beauty. I just closed my eyes and melted into Alma's work. There's no doubt, the world has yet to come to grips with the fact that this century, this millennium, has created a new, absolutely unique and musical genius the world had not seen or heard before, ever. No discredit to all the great musicians before Alma, but Alma has set a new musical footprint.

@dianasitek3595 4 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@starrebornalpha 4 жыл бұрын

AMEN.

@madbebopper 4 жыл бұрын

I will concur with the others...Alma's music is rich, deep, lyrical, passionate, and both tender and strong. I wouldn't even compare her with the masters of the Classical period. If I did then I would rank her among the finest masters in the history of European Classical Music. Her musical structures and her gorgeous poignant melodies are as great and as potent as those of Brahms, Schubert, Beethoven or Mozart. She is also a beautiful spirit with a strong set of spiritual and moral principles and I am so proud of her achievements thus far, proving to the world that even today something created with love and passion has great beauty and meaning that will no doubt be enjoyed for eternity. I was honored to have seen this amazing artist at Carnegie Hall several months back and it was an unforgettable concert.

@EezeeListen 5 жыл бұрын

My first impression is how Alma immediately immerses herself in the orchestra's overture, the sheer happiness in her eyes; secondly how generous she was when composing to give such an extended orchestral introduction before the piano joins. Thank goodness that from time to time in this ugly world, God allows people like Alma to touch our lives. When listening to this and watching her total involvement in the music and when realising that Alma composed this entire concerto with some parts from when she was just 8 years old, it is humbling to know that these special people are chosen to live amongst us and that we must treasure this opportunity and not try to fault fault and make disparaging remarks as some "educated" people seem to delight in.

@Roescoe 5 жыл бұрын

I heard a violin sonata to start there. I'm guessing it's because she loves both instruments.

@MrShyguyRS 5 жыл бұрын

For reference: in a concerto, the section of music played before the soloist (which often states the theme/themes) is called the ritornello

@bellagrace9812 5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said.......

@music-discovery 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrShyguyRS Actually, it's called a 'tutti'. A ritornello is a short refrain.

@ronchrisman 4 жыл бұрын

You are correct all though an ugly world is always just for that moment and just for this moment it is beautiful.

@alvarogarciabarbosa3199 5 жыл бұрын

If I wouln't know that Alma is the composer and listen the concerto I would certainly set it in the romantic time: 1830-1880 or so, but I'd never guess the composer: not Chopin at all, not Schumann, not Mendelsohnn, not Pleyel...non of them. Even less Brahms or Saint-Saëns. Definitely is Alma's style. Her music is XXI century with the purity and divinity get from the grandeur of any pretty time.

@andrewpetersen5272 4 жыл бұрын

Hummel perhaps.

@mastertoad2 4 жыл бұрын

Álvaro García Barbosa I agree, I can’t pinpoint what sounds closest, but clearly romantic

@thomaskendall452 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Alma's concerto can be compared to Moritz Moszkowski's E-major piano concerto? But Alma's piano concerto has better thematic material which is "fresher" and better developed, is more spicily orchestrated and more substantial. Of course, Moszkowski wrote his concerto when he was in his mid-40's (in 1898, with 50-some published opus numbers already under his belt) and Alma wrote hers while still a pre-teen. But who's keeping an age score? I'm sure not: Alma's concerto is "adult" in every sense of the word. It should be judged on that basis. Not on the fact that Alma is a child prodigy. I've played both piano concertos back-to-back, one from a CD and the other one here. I much prefer Alma's piano concerto. And I wish hers was on a CD: the audio compression KZfaq uses is brutal. (Hint to Sony: how about both concertos on one CD, with Jane Glover and the Orchestra of St. Luke's?) Delightful as the Moszkowski piano concerto is, it hasn't stuck in the regular repertoire. Time will tell, but I think Alma's has a much better chance.

@vikli5966 4 жыл бұрын

I actually heard just a TINGE, the tiniest touch of Mendelssohn in here?

@user-zb3br3qb3r 4 жыл бұрын

I see Rachmaninoff very strictly...

@nathanhol42001 4 жыл бұрын

Why did I not smash the like button the first time I watched this?! Alma, you are one of the greatest bastions of hope for our time.

@christopherosborne2453 4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you were in shock.

@louisegogel7973 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherosborne2453 ❤️🎶😄🎶❤️

@PJGRAND 3 жыл бұрын

As a classically trained composer i felt that so much of 20th century classical was just random note noise all my classical pieces have melodies i just love this and the fact that new classical composers are writing beautiful music again

@007jerkins 4 жыл бұрын

Forget her age - this is a piece of music I'd gladly listen to and enjoy, no matter who had written it. It's involving, beautiful, skilfully written and a joy to the ear.

@PBJ1989 2 жыл бұрын

What’s incredible is that she is playing every instrument at the same time as the piano, along with conversing with each melody .. and conducting with her body.. absolutely incredible

@rashiyhakareenvevo6721 4 жыл бұрын

And when you wonder what her soul sounds like, you LISTEN to her music and suddenly SEE her whole life projected through her pure yet passionate emotional piece of art..you can see clearly,this is her soul’s purpose.

@redxpro1 4 жыл бұрын

I’m a musician, pianist and composer. I also simply had to hear the entire thing, about 2 minutes into the second movement, tears just running down my face, THE most beautiful classical music I’ve ever heard in my life!

@vamvra5498 4 жыл бұрын

Me too - Cellist / orchestra player here.

@beckyoshell6319 4 жыл бұрын

I am also a pianist, and church organist, and composer. And I agree with you!

@Alexagrigorieff 4 жыл бұрын

It appeared Alma was crying during the second movement, too.

@Biomirth 3 жыл бұрын

The second movement Adagio is what I want played at my funeral. It is just sublime. So simple, so true, and the counterpoint section near the end is the sweetest thing I've ever heard.

@lizettearditti 3 жыл бұрын

Sencillamente maravillosa criatura

@jonhandle365 4 жыл бұрын

I have difficulty listening to the first movement without tears in my eyes. It captures the whimsical feelings of youth, yet with such depth and maturity. Absolutely amazing!

@jorgefraile218 2 жыл бұрын

It has me completely hooked to it, can't stop listening! And to think a 12-year-old composed this, I don't even know what is the world capable to do at this point. Wonderful!

@edwardlevesque145 Жыл бұрын

You are wundebar wunderkind may I be in your fan base this is my first day with your musical presentation thank you always

@LittleRedSlipper 4 жыл бұрын

She plays beautifully......such a light fairy touch! Delightful to watch.

@joyfulfishman5445 Жыл бұрын

Oh my god this music is heaven she is such a genius bro no way

@Biomirth Жыл бұрын

Yes way. Welcome to the party.

@captaintimebomb1994 5 жыл бұрын

That second movement.. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m hearing the mind of a child, but this is more beautiful than 99% of the other concertos I’ve heard from even the greatest concert pianists and composers, like Beethoven and Rachmaninov. Bless her soul. We need a little less DJ Khaled and more of this young inspiration.

@oddviews 5 жыл бұрын

I have a similar feeling! Familiar with more than 200 piano concertos (from all eras) for more than 50 years, it is extraordinary that I find this one by Alma as beautiful as I have ever heard. Her full violin concerto is just about my favourite, too!

@filipDim 5 жыл бұрын

Were you high when you wrote this? Better than Beethoven? Let alone Rachmaninoff, don't get ahead of yourself....

@filipDim 5 жыл бұрын

@@oddviews Indeed, but you could tell that to be people who love Ligeti as well. Dont get me wrong, music is a personal taste but you cannot claim something absurd now. The proper sentence would be " in my opinion" or " i think that she is" But he blatantly said it as it were a fact, to which i responded to him to not get ahead of himself, i did not state my opinion here whatsoever to be wrong in the first place. peace

@filipDim 5 жыл бұрын

@@oddviews but then again an opinion does not really matter. The girl did write this at 13 and speaking in terminology it is inferior to the great pieces in musical form and in harmony. The girl has a lot to learn and in 10,20 years who knows what might we hear from her when she finds her own language, as it was clear that this language was inspired mainly by mozart and a bit of strauss.

@oddviews 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, you changed his word "beautiful" - subjective, (beauty is in the eyes and ears of the beholder) to your word "better" - objective, which is not at all the same meaning. Yes, I think he was "high". High in emotion. I think he was making a personal claim for himself, sharing that feeling with others here!

@deevnn 5 жыл бұрын

Remarkable young woman. Her Concerto. Complete composure, confidence and skill. What a treasure. She makes me feel proud to be a human being.

@eimearthebeamer 5 жыл бұрын

me 2

@tobytoxd 4 жыл бұрын

So true.

@LoanwordEggcorn 3 жыл бұрын

Agree. She makes us all better.

@veroniquejubeau-blanc1420 Жыл бұрын

UN GÉNIE QUI A REÇU LA BÉNÉDICTION DE DIEU REINCARNATION DE GRANDS MUSICIENS MAGNIFIQUE

@veroniquejubeau-blanc1420 Жыл бұрын

ALMA NOUS OFFRE EXTASE DE SA MAGNIFIQUE MUSIQUE

@gayeneille7386 6 ай бұрын

Oh Alma, You would make Beethoven proud! I'm listening to you & your concerto, entranced by your brilliance & virtuosity. 1st time I've heard of you and your playing, and will do so and follow your career for years to come!!! Bravissima, Girl!! Gaye Neille, Johannesburg, S Africa

@HenryOrientJnr Жыл бұрын

You are one of the only modern (non-film) classical composer who writes music that I actually enjoy listening to! Often, a concert at the symphony will start with a "world premiere" of some new classical piece. It is over in 5-7 minutes or so (thank goodness) and like upwards of 99% such compositions will never be heard again. Thanks for writing music that is intended to be pleasant for the audience to listen to.

@Biomirth Жыл бұрын

It is one of her cornerstones to always write for people's pleasure rather than to 'merely' express herself, hence strong melodies and pleasing harmonies. Besides being one of the best around she's also one of the sweetest!

@delphinoaleon6436 5 жыл бұрын

The second half of the 2nd Movement is so sad. You can feel it in her body language and the sadness in the music she obviously wrote for her grandmother. At the end of the movement I think the audience is in shock. It definitely had me in tears such an emotional piece of music. Thank you Alma. And thank you KZfaq for being such an amazing platform.

@jokerrhe 7 ай бұрын

Wow i remember seeing her videos years ago... holy moly she lives her music. always amazing to watch a genius at work

@su-chenbeckett7758 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Alma, I adore you, such a rare talent ! I wish I will live long enough to be able to hear your many many more creations in beautiful sound stories. I will be 69 at the end of this month. I feel so blissful to be able to enjoy your true classical music sound world while surrounded by today's mostly unlistenable "classical music repertoire". What a precious treasure you are !!! Su from Scotland 2021-10-22-Friday 22:38 UK time

@jonl2008 5 жыл бұрын

The content is getting deeper as she matures, which is as I had hoped it would be. Very captivating material.

@hellomate639 5 жыл бұрын

It is getting deeper, and very quickly. God willing she makes it to 120 and experiences many things that drive her music. The progression that starts at 29:51 is of otherworldly beauty.

@rogerbird5665 5 жыл бұрын

I thought this when I first encountered her.

@richard40x 4 жыл бұрын

I just hope she never tries to please the post modern overcredential hack critics, and just keeps writing beautiful melodies that just pop into her head, that ordinary people can love. They complain that she is too much like Mozart and Mendelssohn, and other composers of that period, does not reflect the horrible evil and grossness of the world, and thus is not really creative, even though her music is totally original and complex. Since that was the best period ever in classical music, I would count her in very good company, much better than todays post modernist crap.

@AnnaKhomichkoPianist 4 жыл бұрын

Cannot wait to be able to listen to her upcoming compositions!

@jimwinchester339 2 жыл бұрын

I say "captivating" is somewhat of an understatement. That 2nd movement is absolutely profound.

@alphascorpii185 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful piece of music. No useless virtuosity, such a good balance between orchestra and piano, you understand that this concerto was composed for the love music and not for showing her own talent. And what a music... I'm glad that, because you're so young, we will enjoy your music, composed and played by yourself, for years.

@rick4400 7 ай бұрын

This orchestra and conductor are very special as well as this young lady, her parents, and her sister. I could go on and on...

@arlenehathaway3076 4 жыл бұрын

the future of classical music all wrapped up in one young lady, pianist, violinist, composer, and she is just starting!!!

@babaschild1 Жыл бұрын

I feel as if I am seeing a reincarnated soul from the Heavens. I watched her when she was a mind-boggling genius under 9 years of age.. Now, she has added her sweetness, gentle improvisational brilliance to write this chef-d'oeuvre. Without realizing at first, I suddenly felt a waterfall of tears streaming down my cheeks, so touched by Alma's soul, such beauty for us all to experience, like a rose garden suddenly exploding in bloom. I see her enraptured and still in Heaven, just visiting us with her brilliance and incomparable talent. There are truly no words for this child genius. I love her so much.

@peacefulsource8074 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first KZfaq Video in my life where one „like“ just isn’t enough. Can this even be real? Is this music straight from heaven? There simply are no words for it 👸🏼 You are the Queen of classical music, Alma. Your music makes me so happy that I have to cry ❤️

@vamvra5498 4 жыл бұрын

Now go through 1 million views today please, this needs a Billion with a B views, wake up world, she is here, Alma !

@BB-mz2zg 2 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable! Truly, in the original sense of the word - impossible to believe we are watching and listening to this, happening now in our life time. I am stunned and full of admiration to Ms. Deutscher. Thank you!

@directorstl9682 4 жыл бұрын

She is a beautiful gift to us in this modern time.

@colinorieux3417 4 жыл бұрын

I never, never ever have commented anything on KZfaq, but damn this is incredibly gorgeous. Having played the piano myself for 15 years, I can’t believe this young lady can have such a sensibility and ear, that’s incredible I’m speechless

@louisegogel7973 3 жыл бұрын

✨💛🦋🕊🎶

@claradahlberg-garde8993 5 жыл бұрын

I know nothing about classical music and do not listen to it that often. I'm one of those who most of the time finds it boring. But then I head her. Saw her. Experienced her. Wow. I am speachless. This music steadies my puls and make my soul swim effortlessly. So beautiful. I hope I will some day get a chance to hear her at a concert.

@kathleen3656 4 жыл бұрын

I agree totally you feel like you are floating in a peaceful cloud and even with turmoil you can find peace and joy

@andreasoberman2475 4 жыл бұрын

Her music reaches deep into ones soul, She already is agreat composer, Her age has nothing to do with her talent, This has brought me to tears and joy all at the same time,

@c.williams4583 4 жыл бұрын

It is the sound of a beautiful SOUL. Alma actually means soul. Her parents' name choice was prophetic. May the world trim its claws and allow her world to remain beautiful.

@pandapearl385 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing boring about this. She feels every note with every fiber of her being.

@shooster5884 Жыл бұрын

I feel totally privileged to have heard her play this in Vienna twice in the one day, front row seat from a different perspective each time. Every piece of it was magical, orchestra and Alma. One of the very special experiences in my life. I love both this piano concerto and her violin concerto. Unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to hear her play her violin concerto live... I truly hope to do so one day, though she seems to have moved more recently into conducting than playing her own music.. I hope she won't give up playing the concertos herself in concert.

@steveepic5957 4 жыл бұрын

I shall leave a comment here. Alma shall be remembered and recognized as one of the great modern classical composers of all time! What a gift and honor!!

@Populous3Tutorials 5 жыл бұрын

I - Allegro 0:26 II - Adagio 17:09 III - Allegro giocoso 26:52

@jlboul 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very much appreciated.

@michaelwinegarden5443 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this should be upvoted more.

@AD-rp8xw 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@thursdayplurbonym-boyporri8921 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@davidseed2939 4 жыл бұрын

piano 3:30

@Aldous944 4 жыл бұрын

It does my soul good to know that there is still genius in the world to counterbalance all the horrific stuff. Criticizing her for writing 19th century style? I say leave her to compose as she likes. How many of us rush out to hear the latest performance of Philip Glass or Edgard Varese? Alma Deutscher wants to write beautiful music, to bring more beauty into the world. She defends herself eloquently and with good humour. And all the critics in the world can't erase the fact that she is a prodigy, fueled by genius. I hope this world doesn't damage that and try to obstruct or alter her sensibilities, trying to make her write differently. If/when she wants to write in a different style, she will do so. Meanwhile, we can celebrate that such a lovely young girl - unspoiled and unpretentious - graces this world.

@Bjarmarsson 3 жыл бұрын

🙂👍

@haroldlabrique608 3 жыл бұрын

So well said ! I completly agree with you.

@chrisminton7377 Жыл бұрын

Came across this by chance. I love each movement of this beautiful piano concerto. Alma`s piano playing shows total control of the timbres of the piano. The orchestration is exquisite as is the dialogues between piano and orchestra. As many have commented below, it is a privilege to watch such a masterclass in both composition and performance in one sitting. Thank you, Alma.

@vtgirl155 6 ай бұрын

I'm so very grateful that Alma was born when she was. How many musical geniuses have been overlooked simply because they were girls?

@stephenharper4440 4 ай бұрын

@vtgirl155 In today's culture brilliant young composers are being held back if they compose beautiful and entertaining music, while those who go along with the noise "composers" of the last 120 years are promoted.

@scarf550 2 ай бұрын

@@stephenharper4440the last 120 years? I would say many genius composers have lived during then. Ravel, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Kapustin to name a few.

@veronicaeasterbrook7698 4 жыл бұрын

It won’t allow me to browse, it demands and insists that I give it my full attention, and rewards me fully. Thank you for being Alma.

@BlackPonamu 4 жыл бұрын

Her love for the music makes us love it too. If I ever had the privilege of watching a live performance I would need to make sure I had plenty of handkerchiefs on hand. I do not think it is possible to listen to this without being moved deeply. Such an expressive and utterly wondourously human work of art. I am so grateful that this exists.

@claudiabauer1222 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alma! Now I am convinced that light will break through! You give me the truth!

@flh981 5 жыл бұрын

I am totally overwhelmed by this child....This is uninhibited extraordinary brilliance! I am brought to tears by this high level of beauty....a total enchantment!!! Bravo!!!

@LudwigvanBeethoven2 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my god. Second movement is a masterpiece...

@shooster5884 5 жыл бұрын

Inspired by I heard the death of her grandmother at the time. May her grandmother rest in peace and honour at her grand daughter's inspiration from her. What a beautiful tribute inspired by love.

@champmerle 5 жыл бұрын

@@shooster5884 aha. i didn't knew so far.

@bananabattlebean4858 4 жыл бұрын

The entire damn this is a masterpiece. One of the few pieces I can listen to twice. For me, that's saying a lot.

@marshajoy1881 4 жыл бұрын

CRIED FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO IN COMPOSING CHRISTMAS SIREN SONG WALZE, BRAVO TO YOU. I STILL PLAY VIOLIN AT AGE 78 AND SISTER PLAYS PIANO AND SISTER SINGS SOPRANO. LIVE AND SUPPORT CALIFORNIA SYMPHONY AWITH BRAMS CONCERT THIS SUNDAY IN WALNUT CREEK WHERE I LIVE. YOU MADE MY DAY LISTENING TO YOU AT PLEASANT HILL SENIOR CENTER WITH earphones on in the computer room which I am watching on my i pad. Best Wishes to a fine pianist. Marsha

@DanieltheTruebadour 3 жыл бұрын

Okay, I was not wrong. Not only is she also a monster musician, as a violinist, she's playing her own concerto, also with orchestra. As for her technical ability and tone, well, she is already a concert-class musician, and would be at home on any world stage. Have you any idea how time-consuming is composing? Well, I'm not surprised at her ability as a pianist. In fact, she showed me little flash. Among other young pianists, I'd rate her fair to middlin. But on top of all that, to hear her play violin at that level leaves me absolutely gobsmacked. I'll refrain from calling her a genius, tempted as I am, but she is a prodigy nonpareil. In English that means "without equal." She's a true tripple-threat -- world-class. She's one to watch.

@maestroklein4924 3 жыл бұрын

I have been a musician all of my near seventy years, and have been privileged to see and listen to the greatest of greats on all levels, Pianists, etc.. This young lady has the, "touch, & elequence,," of a hundreds of years old. maestro of maestro's! To the ones who know the difference between, mortal and not, give the, "Angel Her Due," and step aside, for she and her parents that brought her into this crazy world, deserve our blessing, but most of all, our support, for it is the public worldwide, who are truly blessed, to have witnessed the love. and beauty, of this darling God given blessing...👼🙏💜🙏👼

@fellowintuitive8828 5 жыл бұрын

Your music makes me cry everytime I hear it. Tears of joy. Tears of romance. Tears of sadness. Tears of relief. I Thank you from the bottom of my heart for gracing us with your presence in this world 💛

@madelena1234 5 жыл бұрын

Your comment made my heart swell, how beautiful to know that someone like you knows that a Spirit such as this has graced our world, and not all is lost for humanity. She has bought delicacy, poetry, and a sound so graceful, we can only believe that there is something more, perhaps a divine force that consoles us when we sink to the depths of depravity. Her voice of love and joy lights up our souls in these dark times! God bless!

@fellowintuitive8828 5 жыл бұрын

@@madelena1234 Thank you 🙏💛🙏

@yaelv4712 4 жыл бұрын

Same, I wonder why.

@simyeenkong1453 5 жыл бұрын

3rd movement is light and joyful! You can never get that type that kind of lightness and childish joy in the works of an adult composer. Wow

@Atlas65 5 жыл бұрын

well yes you can ... Motzart. He managed to have this light and joyfulness far into his adulthood. in the joyful major pieces that he wrote.

@mathildewesendonck7225 2 жыл бұрын

Mendelssohn has some moments like this in his compositions

@raycornford283 4 жыл бұрын

This has already become, for me, a favourite of the genre. By the third hearing, I was happily humming along to it. But its apparent simplicity is an illusion. After at least twenty hearings, I am still finding new things to marvel at, be it a left-hand passage, or a small but exactly 'right' aspect of the piano's conversation with the orchestra. Others have commented on Alma's growing maturity as a composer. I agree and can't wait for future offerings. What I particularly like here is the way that Alma 'lives' the music, through her facial expressions. A grim frown for strident chords, a dreamy smile for slower passages and what I can only call an impish mischievousness in parts of the third movement. Long may you reign, Alma!

@Alexagrigorieff 4 жыл бұрын

>But its apparent simplicity is an illusion. After at least twenty hearings, I am still finding new things to marvel at Same can be said about her Piano Sonata.

@naiman4535 5 жыл бұрын

This is it! This is SERIOUS music folks, and Alma is its master. She knows and loves music through and through - I have never seen such a complete command of music in someone so young. I sat spellbound as Alma took me on a musical odyssey, working through her themes and material, surprising and delighting at every turn. Bravo Alma! I see what they mean when they say she's the new Mozart.

@Bjarmarsson 3 жыл бұрын

She is Alma the First 😄👍

@shooster5884 5 жыл бұрын

Alma herself when only a toddler on hearing a lullaby asked of her parents ' How can music be so beautiful?' This is the answer Alma here in this video to your own question!

@helvete_ingres4717 5 жыл бұрын

There is no answer. Mysteries are meant to be deepened; not solved.

@warrengwonka2479 4 жыл бұрын

Richard Strauss lullaby

@meirm 5 жыл бұрын

I await every new video and absolutely love watching Alma play. You can see from the way she expresses herself through her entire body the she is living the music as it plays. Truly inspiring to watch.

@vadinhopsc 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! It is not just her wonderful talent. It's the link she stablishes with her audience conveying her emotions to everybody. What to say about her look at 14:10 ? She is saying "What do you think of this?" Remarkable girl.

@Skyfan1000 2 жыл бұрын

Have been listening to this since it first appeared and still love it.

@hb712 4 жыл бұрын

I love how she combines classical influences with more romantic development to create a style so distinctly *hers*

@akanecortich8197 5 жыл бұрын

I don't imagine too many composers would have PLAYED both their violin and piano concertos on the same night. I guess Mozart would have.

@MariaSantos-senager69 4 жыл бұрын

Akane Cortich, Mozart would be delighted to watch and listen to her!

@gotmilk7926 4 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a short list, and you just completed it.

@josephconstant7443 4 жыл бұрын

Alma and her demeanor is practically the music itself, self-expressed.

@stevenengelman2406 3 жыл бұрын

I stumbled upon this performance. My first thought, as I watched, was that she is a talented pianist who plays with tremendous emotion and feeling. I was very moved by the piece she was playing but did not recognize any of it, so began looking for information on the music. About half way through I discovered that Alma composed it herself. She was 12 years old at the time of this concert. I cannot describe the feelings that discovery unleashed within me. I am not embarrassed to admit that I wept as I thought how this young lady is truly a gift from God. I predict that she will grow into one of the great composers of our time, perhaps even of all time.

@louisegogel7973 3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@richardfallon5507 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, another of Gods miracles. magnificent.

@keithjohnson5801 5 жыл бұрын

People accused Camille Saint-Saens of not being "experimental" enough for the times he lived in - perhaps some would say the same for this concerto - but oh dear Lord, it is so lovely to listen to! Eminently accessible, melodic and sweet, and she is having such a wonderful time playing and HEARING it that one cannot help but be captivated and uplifted...

@neils.9846 5 жыл бұрын

Being 'experimental 'isn't always neccessary, nothing wrong w reinterpreting the masters like Mozart. Young Alma is taking this road and I applaud her

@mcrettable 5 жыл бұрын

Keith Johnson why does music have to conform to the times? It baffles me

@keithjohnson5801 5 жыл бұрын

@@mcrettable That's exactly my point. Thank you for agreeing with me.

@mennovandam1444 5 жыл бұрын

@@neils.9846 Rather Richard Strauss than Mozart, I'd say :)

@tobytoxd 4 жыл бұрын

@erpollock 5 жыл бұрын

Alma is balm to the spirit after hearing the highly charged performances of Yuja Wang. Alma is what I personally need to unwind from excess speed.

@alanmalmberg1549 5 жыл бұрын

This type of talent is timeless and happens so rarely that it really needs to be appreciated. This is innate and God given talent, not "learned or taught". The expression alone in the way she feels the music (and makes you feel it) is absolutely amazing!! I don't care what anyone of these "classical snobs" say about her or her talent or her compositions. They move me unlike most other music of this genre from this century at least. In fact, I totally agree that this is what should be promoted. Don't get me wrong, I love rock and funk and pop and R&B. But I also like jazz, classical, some opera (mainly for the vocalists), and other genres. I have played piano and organ for church for 40 years (but don't have one thousandth the talent that this young lady has). I have also played bass guitar and keyboards and sang backup vocals in bands for years and also choirs and acappella groups/barbershop. Music you can say is a YUGE part of my life as instilled by my wonderful parents. It is also obvious that this girl has been taught well by her parents. Her joy and talent just exude from every pore. I would compare her with a Mozart or Beethoven or Liszt or Chopin. IMHO just my two cents. I would love to see her play live. Please stop being critical and just sit back and listen and ENJOY the beauty!!!!

@YSKim-fn3sy 4 жыл бұрын

Not only her music is beautiful,but also her expression is truly beautiful ever since she start playing music from her very early age.

@Prinzenelleke 5 жыл бұрын

And on top of all this, that bliss emanating from her face, from her whole being!

@kathrynbreckel4775 4 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful music I have ever heard!!! She makes the instruments sing!!!!!!

@daisytheunicornkidstv7095 5 жыл бұрын

Alma. I discovered you today on youtube. You are such a gift. God bless you. I am so inspired by your music. You are beyond brilliant. Keep doing what you love.

@johnthompson5302 5 жыл бұрын

Chris Clark me too!! So glad I wasted my Saturday watching KZfaq videos! This girl is a gift from God.

@edithcasines9550 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Clark Amen 🙏 👏👏👏👏👏

@danjose313 4 жыл бұрын

There are two important things to say. The first is that the complaint that her music is derivative is entirely misplaced. She is writing in a tradition and has learned from her predecessors. If people complained that Haydn was derivative of K.P.E. Bach, for example, they were wrong to do so. Of course he was. All eminent composers have done that. Rather the question is, is she a new voice adding to this tradition, which it seems pretty clear to me that she is. That this should appear at her age is amazing and is extremely rare. We are lucky to have it. The second point is that when Alma's music is played in a program, it won't be positioned as the final piece before the intermission, where modern music is generally placed because if it is put in the second half people won't return after the intermission. People will want to hear this music, as many commenters here have emphasized, and that is, if possible, even more remarkable in today's world.

@lepaintre123 4 жыл бұрын

Bon analyse.

@simoussayme454 5 жыл бұрын

You are a GRAND composer, no doubt! How lucky we are to be listening to you and living in the same era as you!

@grahamkey8496 4 жыл бұрын

The first movement of this piece is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. We are privileged to be living in a world where this young lady is finding her talent.

@laureng.2322 5 жыл бұрын

She Loves The Music, So Beautiful

@OFWarhhbTN 4 жыл бұрын

I love the way she loves the deceptive cadence chord right at the end - not the usual chord, but surely deceptive. Great sense of humor.

@return2earthvideochannel 5 жыл бұрын

The adagio (second movement) is magical, melancholy, mystical, melodic and moving. What more can a music lover ask for?

@vadinhopsc 5 жыл бұрын

I suggested to create a new mood: adagio celestiale. 'Cause it's heavenly. And some critics dare to criticize Alma saying she cannot compose like this. They can stay with Le Sacre du Printemps if they please! LOL.

@ralfrecknagel4760 5 жыл бұрын

We are blessed to hear her amazing outstanding 2nd adagio, melodic, dramatic and contemplative elements, not only like a journey through music history, but her own amazing style of the 21st century. Moreover Alma has a beautiful soprano voice, truely unique.

@return2earthvideochannel 5 жыл бұрын

@@jimmydeng453 ... and your point is?

@jimmydeng453 5 жыл бұрын

@@return2earthvideochannel this is what a tru music lover would ask along side of alma's concertos :)

@vadinhopsc 5 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Deng C'est peut-être, mais c'est beau. Epa, c'est du piano, pas du violon. Le concerto pour violon est l'autre ....

@artsylovelylady 3 жыл бұрын

Thank God for Alma. What an absolute angel!

@silver17s91 4 жыл бұрын

The way that oboe smoothly enters... always reminds me of 19th century composers, melancholy settings and Disney music, I noticed they often used the oboe for the soundtrack. Such a beautiful instrument, so elegant. Bravo Alma! What a fine soul.

@gerrycrisostomo6571 4 жыл бұрын

This girl is truly magnificent! Her music can reach the depths of souls and awake the wonderful feelings that are slumbering. Thank you dear child and God Bless you always and forever.

@sarahmiller6739 4 жыл бұрын

honestly honored to be alive at the same time as alma

@RobertOrgRobert Жыл бұрын

Pure melody throughout this beautiful concerto.

@marianmason6972 4 жыл бұрын

Magnificent. What a genius. Plays the piano with such feeling. A joy to watch.

@SeksDobryWszystkim 4 жыл бұрын

She also composed this whole concert.

@JSB2500 Жыл бұрын

I agree that there's something very special in the way she plays the piano. I think there's something about the normal classical piano training route that is hostile to playing with such feeling. Happily she avoided that route.