i remember when i first heard this - it seemed to me to be music from another planet…. so new and beautiful it was… Wagner reaches the parts other composers can't reach.. and liszt's transcriptions are so complete and polished that they don't seem to be transcriptions at all….

This performance of Tannhäuser brings me to tears every time. She's a prodigy.

I've never heard Tannhauser on the piano before. One of my favorite orchestral pieces. Magnificent performance.

This transcription is probably one of the most difficult piece even written by Liszt. Among the difficulties, it needs to obtain a high dynamic range to mimic that of an orchestra. This is truly very well mastered. One of the best interpretation I ever heard. Bravo

This piece is so, so impressive. I wonder how much of her young life she had to sacrifice in order to attain such talent. Did she get to play with dolls, have teenage sleep-overs with her friends? Did she get married, have children, have a family life? Whatever the sacrifices, I humbly and reverently thank Ms Avdeeva for this beautiful offering.

When I listen to this performance, I would like to appreciate all the feeling that I have experienced and the fact that I'm being alive on this planet. I feel full of happiness... Thank you and bravo, Yulianna.

Wow! I am in awe not just of her technical prowess, but especially her musicianship. Outstanding!

Brilliant performance of this extremely difficult transcript by Liszt. Thank you :)

Absolutely fabulous performance. Must find more of her playing. The ad interrupting part way through was upsetting. But Thankyou Yulianna and to Liszt and Wagner

What a beautiful interpretation! Clear and beautiful.

Even Liszt himself couldn't play this piece from start to finish. He had to take breaks because of the immense stamina it required. Incredible!

Les mots manquent pour décrire cette merveille... Puissant, superbe interprète.

She's a true artist at the piano

By the time Liszt was in his sixties, he was no longer able to play the Wagner transcription for his students without taking a rest/break. Now I know why .... this is not just thrilling to listen to, but how EXHAUSTING it must be to play this perfectly from beginning to end.

Eine unglaublich große Leistung. Ich bin einfach sprachlos und begeistert! 🥰

There is something extraordinary in her incomparable performance . Familiar music is comfortable . From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

Brilliant - one hell of a workout too playing that. Yulianna A was totally engrossed in the music. Lives in a different world from us.

The essence of Wagner's music by Liszt in a great performance! Great! Bravo!

The Liszt transcriptions of the Wagnerian overtures are some of the most beautiful pieces of music ever produced - yet underappreciated by hoi polloi.

This a wonderful performance of a very demanding Liszt transcription of Wagner's music. Liszt has created a genuine piano piece, not merely an orchestral piece "reduced" as in so many other transcriptions. Its technical demands are prodigious, and Avdeeva is impressively up to them. I would like to hear more of Wagner-Liszt played by this remarkable musician.

Powerful, evocative... I can't stop listening at this. Especially beautiful: 6:29, 12:52

I've listened to this five times in the last two days.

An amazing performance. I have always loved this opera but I am even more in love after hearing this woman’s playing.

Escuché a Yulianna por primera vez apenas hace un par de meses. A partir de entonces, poco a poco está convirtiéndose en mi favorita. Me gusta mucho su expresión musical y en su actitud me parece encontrar una profunda concentración y un profundo respeto por el autor. Su técnica es perfecta

When she plays ..you get the feeling she is in a place we can never know.

What a talent and joy! The very best Tannhauser Overture ever played!

Music is her life, her treasure and joy, her mantra and meditation, her blessing and mission. She celebrates it with passion and reverence in uttermost engrossment. Nothing is artificial nor superficial. The result are such performances as this one: brilliant, perfect, powerful and incomparable. I believe She gets energy and inspiration from Above. Thank You, Yulianna, for sharing your great talents!

How much Yulianna Avdeeva has matured in musical interpretation since she won the prestigious 16th Chopin Competition in Warsaw. This is not an easy piece of music to perform with such a strength, preserving the musical theme all through. An impressive achievement with clarifying phrasing, perfectly tempered tones, precision and a blazing technique. It’s a reel endurance test to perform Liszt Transcriptions! Bravo Avdeeva. I do hope You will record this on CD.

Thank you for this amazingness! I love Wagner!

Magnificent - hypnotic! I am an instant fan of this amazing woman!

Can’t find words to describe your excellent piano expression of this masterpiece! So Amazing!

How difficult it is to transcribe the original opera music to make it sing and still have its orchestral qualities on the piano and yeah playing it in public! Liszt must be crazy! In the positive sense of the word. This performance is as if I'm riding a roller coaster and I'm holding my chair as tight as I could!

Very well done! This means something special to my and my wife and you catch the spirit. Merci a toi!

just watched this again , what a performance ....incredible and so emotive congratulations Yulianna really excellent playing , majestic

Best Piano playing ever seen in KZfaq! I love your playing! Thans A lot😍

Гениально! Как всё сверху, какая кисть и какое звуковедение!!! Божественно!!!

Thank you for uploading. It's amazing. One piano covers one whole orchestra.

Gosh that was amazing! What a performance! :-)

A superb rendition of this wonderful piece. Greetings from Scotland.

Woooow just came from listening to Nathan Laube play this on the organ and I can't tell which one is more impressive. So inspiring!!!

A great performance of a great work. Classic.

Tous les motifs sont clairement joués, très belle interprétation 😍😍😍😍

Hm...the likes of Mount Everest comes to mind...and above and beyond even higher than that! Miss Avdeeva, absolutely astonishing. Only very few have before did and now can reach the very top as you have, and to live to tell the tale! Absolutely amazing.

Incredible artistry and passion-thanks very much!

Zázrak! Po Richardovi Wagnerovi jeho nejvěrnější tlumočitelka přes jediný klavír mluví za celý orchestr! Pane Richarde Wagnere, slyšíte tu svoji krásu, která nás bude provázet až do konce pokud půjde o umění, o hudbu, o lásku v celém našem ubohém pozemském bytí, plném násilí a neporozummění. Stálé jsme se nepoućili z vašeho velkého poselství celému lidstvu. Pavel Procházka z Brna

A very fine performance, but I grew up listening to Cziffra's recording of this piece and that is what I am accustomed to. Cziffra makes this piece sound so effortless with the clarity of each note struck perfectly (but he does that with every murderously difficult piece he performs). Watching this piece and hearing her twangs here and there and the effort she puts into making the melody work makes me realize just how difficult this piece is. I must compliment her on her passion and artistry however, and that has always been her strength.

absolutely wonderfull..

wonderful transcription and wonderful performer. thanks a lot yulianna

Had watched this perfomance BACK in 2020 just remembered it AND decided to give it a watch

La adoro!!!❤️❤️😍❤️😍sublime! Love!!!😘😘😘

I love this song! Great performance!

incredible interpretation! Grazie mille / Ms Yulianna!

A great live performance of this very difficult Liszt piano transcription. Performed with flair, brilliant technique and not at least the neccessary musical emotions. Thank you Yulianna.

God damn it, that's so beautiful

Beautiful performance by Ms Yuliana. Exceptional pianist. Such a wonderful transcription. Wagner is a god among men. How I love this music, this transcription and this performance. I am in immense gratitude to hear such talent from both composer, transcriber and performer. My god what a world we live in!

Love This

Yulianna Avdeeva, with this stunning interpretation of Wagner-Liszt''s transcription of Tannhauser, Overture, is among the finest pianists today. Bravo!!!

Super! Der Wahnsinn! Perfekt! Danke für das Video!

I really enjoy this piano version. I played tuba in an orchestra that performed this piece. I enjoy the personal interpretation. Thank you for sharing. I would love to hear the pianist play in person.

Simplemente hermoso...

her sound has a kind of deep concentration to it.

Quite phenomenal! But whilst we cannot fail to be impressed by the extraordinary number of notes, that is not the primary focus, Yulianna makes time to draw out the emotion and, by her expression, also has time to enjoy playing the piece, so the focus is on beauty and artistry, a true great I will seek out more of her work, Brava!

Bravo! Thank for posting

Just marvelous!!!

A magnificent performance! Brava!

Simply stunning.

Very beautiful and enthusiastic performance!

would love to see her live

a very great artist!!!! The music is on the first place!!

Très très beau et dynamique ! J'adore !

Great performance! Liszt being a great symphonist knew what he was doing. Awesome, thank you!

BRAVO!!!!! Magnifica perfomance de Yulianna Avdeeva!!!💕Tannhauser💕

WOONDERFUL!! I LOVE IT!!

bravo! incredible and beautiful on every level.

Watching this was a big mistake. Now I have to attempt it and torture myself 😂😂😂. This performance is so inspiring!

Amazing !

MAGISTRAL❤❤❤

Fantastic, powerful performance. Wonderful

Bravissima...Only Liszt could have put on piano what Wagner did with the full Orchestra..

Just discovered this. Totally awesome after listening to the full orchestral version for years!

This is the art of playing music at the piano!

A most memorable performance, BRILLIANT PLAYING.

Es lo más hermoso que he escuchado en mi vida. Lo juro.

The depth of this impression is immeasurable and unspeakable

Sublime music & piano performance

An astonishing performance. Incredible. Великолепно играет

Da gusto recordar en este nuevo milenio, y a pesar de tanta invasion "musical", que esta ejecucion de mjsica de tantos años atras, logra conectar diria que con el alma. Generando una emocion tan buena, una experiencia muy reconfortante, y tan sano y espiritual. Esta mujer tiene un don extraordinario.

Fantastic!

unbelievable!!!

Astonishing. BRAVA!

No words!

That is a SUPERB performance of Tannhauser. BRAVO Yuilianna!

Amazing performance of a great transcription

Liszt wrote the almost impossible to play stuff - except if you were him.

Beautiful

Admirable interpretación , gran virtuosismo. Yuliana Avdevva.

By far, this is my favorite Liszt transcription and I believe this is one of the best interpretations I've ever heard. Yulianna is an inspiring artist, I love her playing! Everything is clear, logical and balanced (and it seems she respects music even more not to appealing to weird dresses, as some female pianists do).

Brings a tear to ones eye

There is hope for our species..capable of so much beauty yet so much evil..i pray the beauty prevails..this piece brings me to tears.

I always listen to the orchastra first..then her..and it always blows me away..