Alright, guys!
So!
- We're here today in- - Cameras are on? Yes.
Salzburg, Austria.
You might have seen one of our popular videos on YouTube where we react to uh...
prodigies on the Menuhin Violin Competition.
Arrrrggghhhh!
Today,
We have the winner right here in life.
It's called the live reaction.
And uh...
Yeah, I'm kind of nervous hey.
Yeah, that's right.
Okay, I'm going to play for you the...
Variations of Nel cor più non mi sento by Paganini.
Brett: Thank you.
- So that was the warm-up. - That he just pulled out his violin. Literally like...
- And you haven't practiced in 3 days? - 3 minutes ago.
Oh my god...
Why do I play violin?
Okay.
I couldn't even like react to it, cuz I was just freaking out, to be honest.
That was too much in one go.
You're so good.
And you haven't played violin in 3 days. So is it just whatever?
He's just like "it's normal."
- Can we have more of that? Yeah, let's keep going. - Let's keep going! Keep going.
Sorry, we didn't mean to stop you.
Ziyu: Okay, I just... Brett: Yeah, let's keep going. Yeah.
Ziyu: Okay.
No worries. We got this.
I'm just... Oh my god...
Holy crap...
Sorry, I just had to say something.
That was amazing!
Okay. Ziyu, can you-
Can you tell everyone how long you've been practicing this piece for?
Um...
I think I haven't...
been playing...
for 3 days.
I just got the break...
...break. And I went to London. And...
To Beare's.
There is a...
a very beautiful violin by Stradivarius.
And it's a loan from Beare's Society.
And I went to check the violin.
Brett: Mhm. Eddy: I see.
I just enjoyed a few days and...
Okay, so don't practice for 3 days.
Brett: And you'll be sound like- Ziyu: I mean it's normal.
Ziyu: It's okay for me...
That was the best comment I've ever heard.
Well, so, say it again. What's the piece called?
Paganini...
Uh... Paganini Variations and...
the theme...
Um...
Nel cor più non mi sento.
Eddy: Okay.
Yeah.
When you first learned that piece...
- how long did you spend on it? - A few years ago, I think.
Few years ago?
Yeah. When I was 14 something, 15 or something.
Okay. And then, when did you first perform it?
Maybe...
Well, few months before the Menuhin Competition.
I see.
So you've worked on it for like 2 years?
Yes, 2 years.
Okay, here's a challenge for you guys.
Learn that in 2 years. Yeah!
- Alright. - I didn't even know what to say like-
In 2 years time,
Eddy: We'll post ourselves playing it. Ziyu: You can play with this violin.
In 2 years that we will play that?
Well, that's the goal. We will pledge to try and learn that piece in 2 years.
But not... uh...
Stuck to the rules, right?
When I came in here, Brett was like,
"We can do like a reaction video."
"Where we can just... similar to the video, we can react to your play."
But once you started, I couldn't even-
I couldn't even react.
- It's like- - I was just enjoying the music.
- I didn't wanna make any sound. So I was like- - Yeah, that-
Yeah.
So guys, this is how it should be.
When you watch a concert, don't react. You just enjoy.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
But this is a different video here.
I think it started out being a reaction video, but it no longer is a reaction video.
Yeah.
It's just... Ziyu...
Ziyu was that good.
Ziyu: Thanks, you too! Eddy: It was just Ziyu...
Ziyu: Thank you for coming. Brett: He transcended...
Brett: He transcended YouTube.
Woohoo!
Hahahaha!
Woohoo!
Alright.
Brett: Bravo, that was amazing!
Eddy: Yay!
Brett: Thank you! Ziyu: See you next time!
See you next time! Oh man!