In the opening theme, if you slow down to 0.25x speed and listen carefully, you'll hear that the left hand is playing its triplets evenly -- for a correct 3 vs 4 LH vs RH pattern. This is almost non-existent in performance of this piece, even in all the famous recordings. The only other pianist that I've found who doesn't cheat (partially aligning the triplets with the right-hand sixteenth notes to make playing easier), and plays the left hand triplets evenly as Chopin intended, is Evgeny Kissin, and I've listened to many of the most famous recordings including Rubenstin, Howowitz, and Shishkin. Pretty amazing feat, and as a child too. Her father was a percussionist and apparently didn't tolerate incorrect rhythms when she practiced at home --this was probably a great influence on her.

Hats off to this rare talent!! No wonder she is a super star today!!

She had to be considered a child prodigy; at 9-years-old she was already a virtuoso. Now, she is beyond amazing. ^..^~~

She is like the musical equivalent of a young Dakota Fanning -- a gifted soul well beyond her years, with an uncanny sensitivity toward her craft. One can tell that, even then, she "felt" the music -- a rarity in one so young! Is it any wonder she is today's shining💫?

I played that piece this year and I am 16 and she plays it so much better than me *crying* She is so talented I am a big fan of Yuj

A wunderkind, but not only that, as the follow up of her career has proven. She was a virtuoso & a sensitive one already. What a marvel Yuja Wang was ~ & is! We are so fortunate to live in her time!

My tears dropped when I was listening to this. What an excellent performance! She was a true genius, born for piano! And now, she becomes a virtuoso pianist!

Yujua was so fast-handed, her fingers told you clearly every note... She was such a young-talent.

An Incredible feel for the music then; a sweet child, who became a sweet woman, just getting/got better as a supremely gifted artist, yet who retained a child-like wonder in her music, in joy, in the world, in humanity. We who appreciate her are so blessed. ❤️❤️❤️

She is probably my favorite classical pianist of all time. Kudos to her for bringing this top-notch quality playing and contributing cultural legacy of these great composers. Yuja Wang is an iconic musician who has an incredible rhythmic sensitivity for playing magnificently especially great Russian composers’ music and feeling in her playing and people who say the opposite are simply haters. Big respect and love to her! Greetings from Turkey.

As I have just written about her Debussy, aged 9, it is a piano equivalent of Amira Willighahen all over again. No matter what else KZfaq will be remembered for it will be above all for making these two musical geniuses available for the whole world to see and hear throughout their careers. We really don't know how lucky we are.

Wow, just wow. Rare to see child prodigies have such deep technical understanding of a piece in addition to merely being able to play it.

Such a clean virtousity. Can't believed she was able to execute this difficult piece at this young age.

What a gifted pianist! I just found her and already love her.

Just fabulous for one so young. The signs of her future greatness are beginning to emerge, how wonderful.

Such a wonderful musician since so early age!!!

absolutely marvellous-- a genius -- she makes music breathe --

Cue the haters flocking in, when she was like 12 playing at that level...

a prodigy. mature interpretation. Genius at work.

What a combination of fluency of the B section and fluidity of the opening technical challenges.

A beautifully nuanced performance, masterful for a child this young, I'd say.

Genius with 12 - unbelievable.

Beautiful, wonderful, watched her performance in SFO Davis hall too. A great musician!!

...she got me! Tears flowed...fuck the 'critics'

Incredible Yuja, my favourite pianist. Listen to Chopin's Ballade 1 by her & Rhapsody in blue. Also Concerto 2 by Rachmaninoff.

Stunning. Absolute brilliance.

what a genius she was and she is!

Definitely a genius with the piano.Excellent performance

😭great even in such a young age！

I can't actually believe how good this is, amazing!

YUJA WANG; EXEPTIONAL, AMAZING SINCE CHILHOOD. Thank you. Armando

¡ INCREÍBLEMENTE TALENTOSA, ADORABLE Y GENIAL ES PIANISTA YUJA WANG, BRAVO !!!!

A true gifted young girl then and now a beautiful woman

This is a great performance. Perfectly articulate.

So lovable

YUJA WANG (1997, age 10) playing Chopin op 66 FANTASIE IMPROMPTU !... Les Pianissimes

I'm 12, also play the piano but I'm worse than 12 years old Yuja Wang. Simply amazing!!

How did 60 people dislike it? This piece of music is polyrhythmic, that is: is it technically difficult even for adult and experienced pianists? Wanted to see her dancing 'funk'?

Wonderbaar mooi en hoe is ze gevolueerd tot de beste pianiste die ze nu is ,magnifique.

Gerçek olamayacak kadar olağanüstü. Böyle bir yetenek alkışlanır.👏👏👏

Playing with no music sheet, her memory is exceptional. I would not pay attention to critics and losers.

great Yuha Wang. beautifully played!!!

thank you youtube and yuja !! youyouuuu

That's yuja for you, if she's not playing an ultra-hard rendition, she's already played it when she's not even an adult.

This video is particularly revealing to me as it foretells what her style would be in the future.

Sa vie a été comme cet impromptu, une course folle sans répit. C'est seulement pendant la pandémie en 2020-2021 a l'âge de 33 ans qu'elle a pratiquement arrêté le piano pendant un an, année sabbatique, avant de reprendre peu a peu le même rythme endiablé de concerts à travers le monde, pour le plus grand bonheur de son audience toujours plus vaste.

Most talented player !!!

born for piano

You are the master of perfection. You are majestic

Un genio, directamente, sin discusión.

Very passionate, I definately love it.

So good

Unparalleled!

Absolute magic..yes.What can one say..

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) 0:01 Fantasie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. 66 *(1834)* Yuja Wang, piano (age 11) *Beijing Concert Hall* *Beijing, China* *November 5, 1998*

The days when she wore a tad more!!! Fabulous playing of course!!

I finally know the title of this piece when im 40 years old....dang

Gives me the shivery wivers...

magic--- what more can one say--- MAGIC.

Seeing her made me remember why I hated practicing and going to piano recitals so much.

No doubt some would be hugely critical of an 8 year old's playing but I won't. Very good.

❤wow amazing playing for one so very young, l know from my own personal experience just how hard it is to be able to play so beautifully definitely a child prodigy ❤❤❤🎉

Beautiful Yuja

That was amazing

Genious-I love it :-) !

Amazing !

Impressive! Since people are commenting on her age, check out Kissin playing Chopin's 1st piano concerto when he was 12.

She was 12 years old.

Un genio.La mejor intérprete de Chopin que he oido.

E ainda há os que não crêem na reencarnação. Essa garotinha trouxe esse conhecimento com ela, fico encantada!

wow !!!!

Гениальный Чудо - ребёнок ! Как-то сумели взрослые вырастить такую гениальность ? !

Prodigiosa bimba!!!!

Beautiful

Uallllll. Sensacional!

5-ый элемент. Высший разум! К сожалению, даже такие гении не могут спасти человечество от многочисленных бед.

I want to be like her when i get older💓

how on earth can a 12 y/o girl play such a difficult piece like that?

Super-excellent

Maravilha...

Schubert, Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118. Gluck, the opera Orfeo ed Eurydice.

She is charm!!

¡Qué manera de manejar los tiempos... y siempre (o casi siempre) sin partitura!... ¡Yuja Waooooo!... ¿quién dijo que los orientales carecían de "duende" para interpretar a los clásicos occidentales? Ejemplos sobran para demostrar lo contrario,. ahí tenemos a Mitsuko Uchida, a Sarah Chang y, por supuesto, a Yuja, sin nada que envidiar a un Kissin o a una Lisitsa.

Intense ending….nice!!

Maravilhosa

wow is good

amazing

Прекрасно, обожнюю її...

Really great performance, but Yundi Li is the very best playing this composition

the hands of piano...

佳姐是个绝对的狠人啊。。。这么小的时候就能把OP66完成的这么好。。。很多成年人都处理不好。。。

yuja wang, what else?

❤❤❤❤

I am currently 12 years old and i can also play this song. But i can't in a real piano, i can play this song which is very faster in piano tiles 2 with both my hands using 4 fingers. She's talented in real piano, but I'm quite the opposite. I'm talented in a piano game called piano tiles 2.

She was better at 12 than most adult pianists playing that, in fact, not too difficult piece of music.

Wow!!!

Yuja !!!!!! Which Heavenly God sends you to us Yuja ???? 😁

One extremely talented young lady! Bravo.

i just found out that my piano teacher actually taught her when she was little

A very impressive performance of Yuja as a prodigy. Today as a virtuosa, Yuja has a very deep inner world and maturity so I would ask her to upload it again. I believe this work needs space between the notes. Maturity comes with age or sometimes in darkness... That is the case of other pianists who lack a sense. It is very important to share recent performances because the way we express ourselves changes with time. Best wishes! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7Z5nN2YvarXhYk.html