Yundi Li plays simultaneous piano and tablet
mainYouth culture?
Or euthenasia.
Wtf’s the point? Someone please explain.
Yundi is a past winner of the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw.
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What a limited knowledge of harmony he’s got. There is much more to this Beethoven extract than just tonic and dominant root positions.
The point is, whatever it takes to attract the attention of social media. Evidently, a deeply felt, mature interpretation of a Beethoven adagio doesn’t do the trick.
What is it good for?
That suggests pretty good ensemble skills.
He can follow something/someone else exactly if he chooses and they won’t have to wait for him.
“What’s the point ?”
Musically there is none.
It is just another entertaining way of showing off, like playing with arms crossed, facing backwards, standing on your head, eating a sandwich etc.
Its fun, sort of.
Lots do this sort of thing. Usually when their ability to impress in other areas is waning.
First of all, “youth culture or euthanasia” is about the worst pun I’ve seen in a long time.
Second of all, relax dude, instruments evolve with technology, otherwise we’d all still be playing the harpsichord or the bloody dulcimer (apologies to all dulcimerists out there)
With new technology comes new music: If Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff could only have composed for the dulcimer, the history of music would have been radically altered. (Not even sure there would have been a Chopin or a Liszt, but there certainly would have been a “Chopin” and “Liszt” of the dulcimer that sent the ladies into delirium)
Look up “euthenics” in the dictionary, sam. I do not believe that Norman meant “euthanasia”. (If he did, that’s pretty sad.)
I read ‘euthenasia’ as a horrible pun, Youth in Asia. But surely not.
Why even wear a suit for this trash !?
Chill out. People are allowed to have fun and be silly.
Of course. But when celebrities publicize their silliness, there is usually an agenda behind it.
I heard Yundi Li perform the Liszt Sonata at Herbst Theatre in SF some years back, and he was fabulous.
Go Yundi!
Oh, I forgot to turn up the sound.
You gotta have a gimmick in show biz. Especially in the TikTok age.
https://youtu.be/Ya_uJHdOtdc
With all due respect to Ali G., I think the joke started with the unforgettable Gilda Radner as her recurring character Emily Litella: “What all this I hear about youth in Asia? What? Oh … never mind”.
Try it yourself, see if you can do it smoothly both hands. It is not as easy as it looks. It is a fun game to train independence of both hands. Have you ever been to a museum where you can try drawing a circle in one hand and a square in the other? Now try drawing at a high speed. You all think too lightly and negatively of this fellow.