Hello!
Welcome back to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
Today, we are going to attempt the..
We all know the name, the dreaded name.
The composer violinist who sold his soul to the devil...
There's Paganini Concerto No. 1,
probably one of the most...
...difficult concertos in the world.
We're gonna learn it, right here right now.
And as always,
before learning a piece, you should consult a recording.
So, let's see, which...
...can play the hardest concerto in the world.
Hooray!
Himari Yoshimura.
7 years old, first grand prize.
International Grumiaux...
...competition.
How do you say the name?
Gru-mox, Gru-mi-oh... *stammering*
...Competition 2019.
They're getting younger and younger.
One day we're just gonna reach a fetus.
Here we go.
Walks on stage.
Even the piano's taller than her.
Wait.
She's seven.
Is that even a full-size violin?
I don't think so, the bow looks—
The bow is longer than her torso.
But can she reach the tip?
- Oh yeah...that doesn't make sense. - 'Cause it doesn't make sense.
Her arm is...
Let's go back.
Yeah, she–oh! Yeah, she doesn't...
*scoffs*
- She doesn't go to the tip and she can still play it. - Yeah.
All those teachers, "Use more bow!"
Wow, I don't know anymore.
Yeah, she doesn't—she starts here.
Oh, she's got the face...
She's got the face!
It's in the eyebrows!
*gasp*
Dude, that's some...
...musical face going on.
I know, there's 4 fine tuners.
This is illegal!
You're not supposed to have 4 fine tuners
and play Paganini Violin Concerto!
How's this even a thing?
4 fine tuners means you can't play violin.
- And that's why I still have 2 fine tuners. - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Look what she has on her bow.
The pinky placeholder.
No...! *laughs*
- I'm so confused! - That's meant—
That's meant to be for beginners that can't hold the bow properly.
Maybe she's a beginner.
Did she just play Paganini as a beginner?
They're like,
"We literally do not have beginner violins
- without four fine tuners and the pinky placeholder." - I know.
She's just flexing on everyone.
Dude...no...
Here, it's there.
Can I just stop—it does—
It sounds like a small violin.
Yeah.
- If you hear the sound, it's like... - Yeah.
Yeah.
She's like, too good for that violin.
Actually guys, you don't need a Strad or a Guarneri,
you just need pure talent and skills.
Scissors, paper, rock.
Oh, I won! For once.
So who's going first?
Oh yeah, I won! You go first. *chuckles*
- I was like, you should start it first. - It looks like you're gonna play, I was like, "Alright..."
*chuckles*
- Alright. - Okay.
*sigh*
Damn!
- Oh, man. - Nailing the thirds!
Because you're three times her age!
- I know... - Actually four times.
- Four times. Yes. - Almost.
- So sad. - Oh my God.
Oh My God.
You know, I think she did the harder part.
- That doesn't exist on the score. Remember? - Oh yeah, she went like...
Just 'cause she can, it's too boring for her!
- *sneering* - Paganini, your concerto's too easy.
Yeah, too easy. Come on, Paganini.
I wonder if you can make a, half-size Strad.
Is that possible?
Did Strad make half-size?
Dude, why was that one with the D string?
That's so unnecessary.
Oof!
1...!
Is that serious?
Ah, here we go again...
Oh my God.
What...?
Is that pizzicato as well?
She even, breathes...like a pro.
How?
Just waiting for the pizzicato.
- Oh. That's it. - That's the end.
Oh she just did...
She's like, "You guys know I can play the rest,
- I'm not gonna waste everyone's time." - Yeah...
*chuckles*
- Omoshi-furex. - No, no, no, it's a Yoshimura-furex.
Yoshimura-furex.
Guys, next time someone thinks you can't be a prodigy,
- Oh, man. - just do the Yoshimura-furex.
Ling Ling is just like—
Haha, Ling Ling's like...
- ...slight nod of approval. - Yes, slight nod of approval.
Dude, is this the cadenza?
Cadenzas.
Sauret..
No, it's not Sauret.
- Oh, oh! - Oh. Maybe this is it.
Nah.
Don't tell me she wrote her own cadenza.
No. I'll learn—I'll learn it by ear.
Okay.
- Nah, dude, there's...there's no point. - *snickering*
Yeah, no point.
Ohh.
Well guys,
what's the next video?
Two-year-olds playing Sauret's Cadenza Paganini.
A fetus playing 40 hours of Paganini
non-stop in negative 40 hours.
Maybe if a...
...child is prodigy enough, it'll go beyond the fetus,
and the mother will start becoming a prodigy,
- before pregnancy... - Yeah...
- Before contraception. - Yeah... *chuckles*
It's like, "Where's this skill coming from,
- I've never played the violin!" - And she's like 50 years old—
Oh no wait, she's like 30.
- She's like, "WHOA! WHOA!" *chuckles* - Yeah...
And the dad's like, "Whoa me too!"
"It was my sperm! Whoa!!!"
She's an amazing violinist.
Props to her, Yoshimura, you killed it.
That's amazing.
40 hours a day, and this is what...
you might sound like.
Yeah, if you can do 40 hours a day. It's right there.
- Maybe she's learned the secrets. - Yeah.
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