Oh my Ling Ling!
OH MY LING LING!
This video is all about Ling Lings.
Today, we're going to be seeing how some of...
our favourite prodigies around the world have leveled up.
I guess, it's the word that you could say.
Have they managed to attain the next final form
of their Ling-Lingness?
We shall see.
So first we have...
Oh, Sensei Chloe!
- Oh, Sensei! - Sensei.
Sensei Chloe Chua!
- I'm going to practice after this video. - Oh, yes!
7 years old.
Is that really Chloe?
- Sensei! - Sensei!
I can't recognise you, Sensei!
- Why is it at 7, your left hand posture... - Is already...
...is so perfect?
Your left hand is already in like 10th position.
That's not supposed to happen.
Nah.
- Nah, nah, nah... - Like, that's really good.
- I've never seen this clip before. - I've never...
- That's really good. - That's messed up.
She's seven.
That's messed up.
It's not just really good. It's like...
Chloe's playing it and making it look like it's not a problem.
I don't even think I can do that now.
Yeah, yeah!
The level of like...
- Finesse. - Yeah.
Speed and the cleanliness of every note.
And every note is like...
Yeah.
I had an aural image of what I expected to sound like,
which is already like, pretty decent for a 7-year-old.
- But it blew my mind. Yes! - But th-
Sh**.
- Let me get my violin, so people know. - Holy sh-
I had a dream. I thought I had a chance, but-
- It's so like, paw-paw! - You know what it is though?
I'm sure Eddy can do it if he practices.
- But one difference is... yeah, yeah. - Thanks, thanks a lot. The disclaimer.
When she changes the string,
there's no...
- Oh yeah. - It's just one, like...
Yeah...
- So efficient. - It's just efficient.
There's no movement wasted.
But that's not even the hard part.
The hard part is actually this:
Brett: Yeah.
So this is what I kinda expected to hear:
- That kind of sound, right? - If a 7-year-old plays it, that's freaking incredible.
If they sound like that, that's already like "WHAT?"
If I see a 7-year-old at an eisteddfod like that,
and I'm like, 18, I'm just tapping out.
I'm like, "Nah."
Like, I expect them to hit the notes,
but it's a little bit awkward
- it sounds a little bit on the pressed side of the note. - Yes. And you just think...
"Oh, maybe if they grow a bit older,
- it would be fixed. They just refine it." - Yeah. Yeah.
But...
Okay, can I just say the way she moves up, it's like...
"He he!"
- "He he he!" - Eddy: Yeah!
"It's so easy!"
Dude, it's so easy!
She's so- She's bored!
She's bored!
Her body language is like me going...
- Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! - Yeah.
But like, she's playing Wieniawski, bro.
- Wait! Wait! - That's not easy, man!
The chord!
So if this was an anime,
Chloe Sensei would be like...
Like a freaking force wave, like...
The crevice opens on the ground...
Two f***ing mountains just go...
Splits apart, Mount Fuji just opens up.
Dude, I think we forgot the point of this video.
- We're meant to be comparing young Chloe with Chloe now. - Oh yeah, sorry. Yeah, sorry!
But we're just like...
This whole video can just be young Chloe.
Let's compare it to now.
- We've seen this many times. - We've seen this one.
Damn.
Sensei, please teach us how to play like that.
Sensei.
If anything, it's just even more refined now.
- Much more refine- Oh, I mean... - Yeah.
It is not a fair comparison.
- 'Cause Wieniawski versus this. - Oh yeah, that's true.
- And now she's playing on a Guarneri. - Yeah.
- So the instrument sounds a lot better. - Yeah.
But I think her tone is a lot more refined.
I mean, now she's doing all the musical things.
- Ysaÿe is a lot more musically complex than Wieniawski. - It's very complex.
See, this is at the point where I almost feel like
I can't even comment.
It's like, when you're watching like, a master...
- They're fighting at a level that you can't even see their movements. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's like...
- Eddy: Yeah! - Like...
Well, not even. They just stand there.
And then one of them like...
got slashed.
And blood started dripping. The other one goes...
...and he's just like, "The f***?"
That's what this feels like.
Like, I know what I'm hearing is amazing,
but it's at the point where it's like...
I don't even really know how she's doing what she's doing.
- Yeah, I can't even see it. I can't hear it. - It just sounds so good.
I can't feel it. I can't taste it. It's just-
He just got destroyed by the Ysaÿe.
I didn't hear a single note out of tune.
- Yeah. - And even in this bit, right?
This bit, which is like...
The hardest.
Like, I'm not pretending.
It's actually that hard to play, like...
It's hard 'cause you have to get every note.
You go...
- ...speaking. - Yeah, and it's-
- The coordination is tricky there. - I mean, it's awkward. Yeah.
- Anyway. Yeah. - We gotta move on.
"SoHyun Ko, at five years old."
Wait a second, five?
I'm like...
"You know, it sounds a bit scratchy, but... I don't know."
But then I'm like, "Wait, but..."
"five?"
And not just that. It's also like...
I've never seen a 5-year-old behave like that.
What 5-year-old's like...
- dignified, playing a concerto? - Yeah.
This youthful elegance, like...
Using full bow...
The other one's like...
"Mum, loOk aT tHiS!"
The expression on this kid's face...
The confidence.
They haven't been beaten down by life.
They're beating life.
Guys, give you context.
5 years old...
I mean, I started to learn violin at 6.
But even at the end of one year,
I probably sounded something like this, alright?
Why are you make that face?
I probably made that face, too.
She's doing full bow.
- She's doing 3-to-1 bowing pattern. - Yeah.
Yeah, the martelé.
- Now, this is her at 12 playing the Zigeunerweisen. - Ah... Now I know who it is.
Oh... yeah...
Whoa!
She's just like flexing.
- She's like, "Yeah, that's too easy." - That was really nice.
Yeah, it's actually a very tasteful interpretation.
Yeah, I mean, it's good.
- Yeah, very good. - Very good.
Now, I wanna see what she sounds like at 16,
playing Vitali, Chaconne.
Sorry. Is it just me or is the piano very loud?
Yeah, it's very loud.
I'm like, piano, just, just...
- turn it down. You're not the main character. - Yeah!
I don't hear SoHyun!
But she sounds good.
- Her octaves are pretty lit. - Yeah, pretty lit.
I don't hear a single out-of-tune octave.
When octaves are played like that, it's like...
"Mm-wah! Whoa!"
Actually, now I think about it.
That's pretty annoying that you get to play such good octaves.
- Yeah. - I'm a bit annoyed.
Just kidding.
I'm a bit jealous.
Damn, she's so good!
Alright, next we have...
The two Japanese twins!
Okay, so how old are they here?
They're like...
5, again...
...playing the piece that we played on our world tour.
- There's like ensemble playing as well. - Yeah.
They're listening to each other.
Now, let's just hear them at 10
playing Bach again.
You can hear the...
The bit of the tasteful vibrato.
The phrasing.
The swell.
Nice. Definitely improved.
You can still hear things,
but there's definitely much improvement.
It's good.
- Yeah, I mean, for... what? 10 years old, right? - Yeah, freaking good, man.
I would love to see these two play Sarasate, Navarra.
- Yeah! They should! - That would be lit.
Yes, please.
- Oh wait. Are you for real? - Brett: Okay.
"At 12 years old."
Dude.
What happened? It was like...
5 to 10 was like a steady, gradual improvement.
10 to 12 is like...
She's just super powered up out of nowhere.
- Either that or she just wasn't showing her full power. - Yeah.
"Just be humble on stage."
"The audience wouldn't know what Erlkönig is."
"It's too complex. Just calm it down."
They're like, "Okay, fine."
Damn.
I've lived all their lifetime combined,
and I still sound...
Oh my god! You have!
I think I'm getting like, chest pain.
- Alright, last one before I die from prodigy overload. - Yeah.
"María..."
"Dueñas."
Winner of the Menuhin Senior.
Okay.
Interesting.
How old is she here?
12.
It's very solid sound.
It's solid sound,
but it's not mind-blowingly out of this world,
- if you know what I mean. - Yeah.
But it's interesting because we know what she sounds like now.
What the f...
Dude, I've never heard that like that before.
- What the f was that? - The violin looks small on her, too.
- I think her aura is just becoming big. - Yeah.
Damn!
That is such a big improvement.
- Oh! - Yeah.
What is that?!
To get that violin sounding like that at the top,
you need some serious skill.
And she's been holding back.
- Every one she brings more than you expect. - Yeah, this is like...
"BOOM!"
Your 4th finger's like, "Nah, bro."
"Not doing this."
She has such an aggressive style!
- It's a very passionate playing. - Yeah!
Fiery!
When most people play, it's like...
She's like...
- No, I like it. I like it a lot. - Interesting style.
I can see her bow arm has improved a lot.
From the 12-year-old? Yeah.
Can I just say her fieriness really is effective in this piece?
And you can tell from a good recording like this,
the sound is definitely traveling out to the end of the...
back of the hall.
- Eddy: Dude, I can see the flames coming out of her violin. - Brett: It's like "WHO-PAW!"
Fire first form!
Shiranui (しらぬい)!
Wow.
We can all contribute in our own ways....
- Yes. - to the...
the joint mission of bringing art and music to the world.
- Yes. - Not all of us will become Hashiras.
- Yes. - But...
- She's definitely the Flame Hashira. - Yeah.
I will be the...
whoever, the humble student in the academy.
I'm the f**king crow.
"Help!"
Anyway, that's enough for today.
We all work at our own pace.
At the end of the day,
it's all very satisfying and gratifying
when you can play what you want.
Goodbye.
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