Hello guys! Welcome to another TwoSet Violin episode
and today, we're going to review, and talk about,
and watch the most popular, talented musicians
that come together for this competition called the
Yehudi Menuhin Competition,
also known as the
Who Wants To Be The Next Ling Ling
Who Wants To Become The Next Ling Ling
Alright, it is something good
So, this competition is basically,
one of the world's, most prestigious
classical music violin competitions,
and they have a senior division and a junior division.
And
Yeah, it just makes us review our life
Thinking about all that we've done,
how much work we've put in
We've gotten nowhere
And so, one particular young, little padawan
has caught our attention.
His name is Christian Li
He's from Australia.
Australia mate!
Alright mate!
He is ten years old.
What were you doing when you were ten years old?
I practiced around 30 minutes a day
and that was only because my mom said
I couldn't eat dinner if I didn't practice
I played computer games.
So let's watch him play Wieniawski.
I just realised this in my pants.
Sorry about them.
And Zara, fix your pants, goddammit.
Why do they always scrunch their eyebrows?
You've played this piece before, right?
You played it for competition, like in-class competition?
Yeah, but
not when I was ten.
I was getting prepared for some epic stuff,
but it catches me off every time.
The eyebrows,
the musicality,
the top B. It's all in the eyebrows, I'm telling you.
It's always when you shift up, like
Or like
Alright, so who's going first?
You go first.
Alright
'Cause you've played it before
Bring it on!
Everything needs to be perfect before I start.
I think you're still alright there.
Yeah. 'Cause I've practiced it before.
Now it's my turn.
It's all in the eyebrows again!
Ohh the grazioso.
It looks like you had an orgasm.
Maybe I did.
Next part:
Uhh I just saw the music
Did you see that vibrato?
Don't spoil my laptop please.
Just tap.
No, it's good.
Tap
Oh I do that all the time
Like that.
Vibrato.
Oh yeah!
He's so tiny.
The violin's actually bigger than his body.
He's not reaching with the tip of his bow. See?
He can't reach the tip of his bow!
So why is he using a full-sized bow?
Maybe he sounds better?
Aesthetics.
No, it's only because makers only make good bows in full-size
Yeah, they can't make...
It's the instrument that's why he sounds good
Yes that's true.
Notice how like
the violin is actually the same length as his torso?
Yeah it's...
It's longer!
His violin is longer than his torso!
So his body is like
here.
He's this small.
It's like he doesn't even tuck his shirt.
Is that what...
In Australia, when you're in high school and primary school,
if you don't tuck your shirt
you get in trouble.
Why does it look like some Ling Ling secret move?
If you wanna get into the semi-finals for competition,
fake check your note as an aesthetic and a
visually pleasing artistic movement.
Did he even pluck it?
He did.
So like, well like
But he did it so elegantly.
I wanna watch it again.
I thought he was gonna play.
He was so gonna play.
His pinky's off the bow.
Look at his face. His vibratos are bigger than mine.
Tragedy.
Look at the page turner's face.
Think there's a meme thing here going on.
That face. That face is a meme
Why am I the page turner?
I had dreams to become a soloist.
Is that actually how they feel?
Yeah.
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His face is as pink as the pink
in the background
Okay.
Now, I can do this.
From here. He's ten -
He's ten years old, I can do this!
You've got fifteen more years experience.
I'm twenty-five!
Practiced for twenty-five more years than this guy.
See I can do it too!
Do you think this is just easy for him now, and his face is just always
for aesthetics.
Yeah, definitely.
That's too much.
Can you do that?
Nah, I cannot do it.
I haven't touched this in like six years.
He hasn't been alive for six years.
The truth hurts!
Alright.
Welcome. That's all yours.
I'll be the page turner.
We've got to make a meme out of this guy.
And I'll be the professional. I have dreams.
You gotta keep doing it,
I'm waiting for my page turn.
Let me have a moment here.
Reflecting my life.
The pianist!
Did he finger an octave or what?
He's ten! How does he reach fingered octaves?
I can't even reach fingered octaves.
The violin is bigger than him.
I don't understand.
Someone...
He just walked straight out. Wait, wait, replay, replay.
He walks, he's like fuck this shit.
He's like
a semi nod of acknowledgement.
Like thanks guys, I know you guys don't care, but thanks.
Christian Li is like
that prodigy that crushes your dreams.
The accompanist is kinda like
your friend from music school that
actually kinda became semi successful and has a career
and the page-turner is like me.
Hey guys, we're planning to make some memes,
submit it to us on Twitter or something.
Yeah
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and tag us and we'll review it.
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Hello?
Oh what?
The winner?
Joint winners?
No.
The joint winners of the Menuhin competition
are Christian Li and Chloe Chua.
The results are in! No!!!
Wait wait wait! I've got another call.
Wait. Sorry, what?
The teacher of Christian Li
is Robin Wilson?
Oh another call!
Robin Wilson wrote an article for the practice journal!
You've got to hear!
The secrets to success and practice.
And the Dr Robin Wilson!
For those of you who want to sound like Christian Li,
get the Practice Journal!
This journal, has the wisdom of all the leading teachers worth, in it.
Sound like Ling Ling
for $34!
Anyway, the journal is a great product.
We wish you all the best.