A one-man band plays Shostakovich 10th

A one-man band plays Shostakovich 10th

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

April 05, 2024

Well, someone was going to show you this… might as well be us.

The student’s name is Simon Julien.

Comments

  • Chelsea Tipton says:

    That tempo is insane. Way to go young man (or young men, LOL).

  • OSF says:

    Wow! I can only imagine how long it took to do the arrangment and then record that many tracks.

    I can’t tell his age, but if that was a college admissions projected, I’d admit him.

    • Hmus says:

      You can guess how long by looking out the window that appears in several segments and see the seasons have changed behind him. It certainly took at least 6 months I’d guess.

  • Evening blossom says:

    Chicago Symphony, there’s your new chief conductor!

  • Helpsalot says:

    That should give him a wide variety of choices for sub work.

  • Meh says:

    Mm-hm. Is there any one instrument that’s he’s any good at?

  • Mick the Knife says:

    Sounds like Kurt Weill orchestrated it.

  • Q says:

    Wow that’s so impressive, way to go! Really fun to try to guess which instrument is probably his main instrument…my guess is clarinet, it seemed really solid. Thanks for this fun video, really needed in this space!

  • Margaret Koscielny says:

    This is remarkable because we don’t hear about such young people, but my father in Leipzig Conservatory (1920s) and my niece learned to play all the instruments in the orchestra in order to qualify to be a music teacher. The fact that this young man is so good at several instruments speaks well to his intelligence and diligence. Good luck to him if he teaches or conducts.

  • Rich Patina says:

    Wow. He must do really well financially, what with the doubling fees.

  • Philipp Lord Chandos says:

    Shosta-COVID

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