She won the fourth prize two days ago for her second attempt this Chopin competition. Congratulations

小さい体で、全身を使って、魂で弾いてた。心の底から感動した😢 過去の入賞者と比べてもなんにも遜色ないと思います。

A 10 year old boy lying under his mother's big Grand Steinway in the living room listening to her play this composition brings back so many memories. Now 82, and listening to Aimi masterfully play, is so emotionally fulfilling. I have been watching Aimi at every opportunity since she was 10.

@user-dc8mz2lb8l

2 жыл бұрын

Touched

@hathaway.1166

2 жыл бұрын

We would love your life story

@francoiscompanie7108

2 жыл бұрын

😍

@KingTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen this comment under other videos w/ a few names replaced, LOL.

@Raven-xe8mp

2 жыл бұрын

But seriously didn't your ears explode?? It is so loud under the piano

うわあ、素敵すぎ。 最後の弾きおわって腕を下ろした愛実さんの表情、好きです。

6年前にもこんな音色が出せる！なんて、今回はもっと進化してました。 勇気ある出場ですね。 今後に期待しています。 ありがとう。

Aimi Kobayashi is so far beyond anyone I have ever heard. Every note is emotional and perfect. The way her fingers move is beyond reproach. The only one equal is Arthur Rubenstein. I listened to the other pianists and was bored. I listen to the same piece played by Aimi and Wow. Amazing. Notes seem to fly off her fingers. You can see the emotion in her face and she puts it into the piano and the piano responds to Aimi.

ショパンコンクール4位の演奏からこちらに聴きに来ました。この時からの進歩凄いです。まるでピアノという人が歌っているような演奏。とても繊細で美しい歌声。

I keep coming back to Aimi's performance... what an absolute musicality. I can feel such subtle femininity and so many emotions when she plays. Her interpretation of Chopin is wonderful. She showed the bright side of this piece. Thank you, Aimi. Wish you the best!

どうしてここに広告入れるんですかー！ もう！弾き始めですよ弾き始め。 泣きます。 この動画で有料会員になることを初めて考えました。 指揮者の方の最後のあの笑顔。 ものすごく愉しかった！っていう笑顔。愛美さん素晴らしいです

Just came back after her live in 2021 :))

CHOPIN NAJPIEKNIEJSZA SPUŚCIZNA DLA LUDZKOŚCI. DZIĘKUJĘ.

2021ショパコンもファイナリストおめでとうございます！！！

本選に向けて聴きにきましたがもうこの時点で泣けてきます😭本選楽しみにしています！！

今年のを聴いたうえで、 この感情表現爆発の 愛美様も個人的には好き。

I have heard the same masterpiece performed by the young pianist at the competition. However, I dare say Aimi's performance is the best because she presents the music with emotion, heart, and soul. So it has beautiful rhyme and moves me . Brave!

Aimi Kobasha full of feelings, her playing goes into heart..She is real great artist, God bless her

素晴らしい名演でした。

One of the best performances of the concerto's 2nd movement! In my opinion, the performance was comparable to that of legend Martha Argerich due to the way she touched the heart of the audience with her gentle, warm-hearted and controlling manner. Wonder why she could not nail a prize with such a beauty!

@marathonx3

Жыл бұрын

Should have been #1!

日本の宝です！これからも頑張ってね！

This brings to mind the early seventies. I borrowed that LP from Central Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. The introduction was simply too protracted for me at that time. Now, I still marvel at its length because it is enthralling and thoroughly engaging majestic. This lady encompasses the power and beauty of this opus with great depth and breath with “mother of pearl” artistry. I never tire of this wonderful masterpiece. PWG

Last time i saw Aime, she was like 10, playing beautifully Mozart piano concerto no.26. She had grown up into a beautiful young woman playing with that same lightnes, delicacy, purity, feeling, straight from the soul. Chopin suits her perfectly too. I love her style, graciousness.she lives the music with her whole being

この時から6年経って同じ舞台でいよいよファイナルですね 同じ曲でまた挑むようですが、どのように変化しているのか楽しみです。 全て出しきれるよう応援してます！頑張れ

She FEELS the music; she IS the music! How wonderful that she shares herself with us!

@RINCO65

8 жыл бұрын

I asolutely agree

@robertharris7269

7 жыл бұрын

Rinaldo Berra Big Bang theory

@melampemacaree3764

6 жыл бұрын

Hum, for me she is a little bit pretentious

@marthagiles7201

4 жыл бұрын

Rinaldo Berra Eastern Music Festival videos

@erezsolomon3838

2 жыл бұрын

@@melampemacaree3764 pretentious - attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed. But she DOES possess incredible talent with which she impresses us. I don't think pretentious is the right word, but I get what you're trying to say

あまり私はショパンの人生も愛美さんについても知らなかったけれど音に声があるような気がして、情景がハッキリとどのような感じなのかが現れていくきがしました。 本当に素晴らしいのだなこの人はと聞いただけで感じるような演奏でした。ありがとうございます。

Aimi's playing still transcends mundane reality and takes you into a realm of supersenuous bliss. The others play very well, and there is a technical perfection existing in a number of them. However, Aimi's playing has an ineffable emotive quality and her music is actually living and nostalgic to the extreme. Because of this Aimi will get as far as the best of them. Aimi is my winner in this competition.

@SunThathong

8 жыл бұрын

beautifully summed up my thoughts exactly :)

@7pianoforte

8 жыл бұрын

+Tommy Schmitz: Yes, I am happy that you agree with me. Her former sponsor Patrick Tabet (now deceased) did not think that she should enter any competitions. Competitions do few people justice - case in point: George Li! I was very disheartening to see Aimi Kobayashi cry after the Chopin competition. It was disturbing to see her come down to the level of a mortal. There were many there that knew of her genius and reputation. What humiliation in front of the world.. I believe that Aimi will make it big - she is still very young. Those members of the jury that intentionally did evil will reap its consequences.

@fullthrottlealways

8 жыл бұрын

+Francis Indeed. Well put. She was born to be this majestic and powerful. This is utter magic, what she offers is a peak into God's realm.

@Vierotchka

8 жыл бұрын

+Tommy Schmitz Entering prestigious competitions, winning them or being among the finalists, is vital for the career of young classical musicians. It brings them contracts and exposure. The more, the better.

@7pianoforte

8 жыл бұрын

+Vierotchka I agree with you and I hope that Aimi will benefit from this experience as a finalist. However, Aimi was extremely upset as were many of her followers because she was not judged fairly. Again, Aimi does not need competitions - she could make it on the incomparable merit of her own playing.. The others there need competitions. Patrick Tabet her main sponsor was reluctant regarding competitions for Aimi. He knew about their notorious reputation.

ショパコンのピアノ協奏曲１で観客が終わるの待ちきれずに拍手＆ブラボーするの好き。

Her sound is the most delicate one👏🏻 she made the same piano a different one!

オケが神がかってる、、最初の２音で胸が締め付けられるわ、、

this performance is better than A LOT OF famous pianists'.

Waiting for her to play in the second round 2021. Her playing has matured so much in the last six years. I heard her play this concerto last month in Aichi, Japan and truly hope to hear her play again as a finalist! GIRL POWER!!

@user-te1mm7vc4h

2 жыл бұрын

She is better at 2015’s

@anonymousperson2948

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-te1mm7vc4h Obviously the judges disagree with you...

@112Allegro

2 жыл бұрын

In reply to the first reply from your comment, I find it really hard to believe that Aimi's playing is less good in 2021 than in 2015. I really heed to hear her playing from this month!!

@bichhan2839

7 ай бұрын

적어도 협주곡 1번은 이 15년도 연주가 더 뛰어나다고 생각합니다

Pan Fryderyk Chopin jest dumą Polski! Cały naród jest z niego dumny! 🇵🇱

She is full of feelings, emotions, colors and crystals.... Perfect for Chopin...

Omg, I am just watching Aimi play and i am swayed again to her. This is the Aimi of old that we loved so much. I have thought ( who am I to know ? ) that the Aimi of the Curtis institute had lost some of her natural magic, become somewhat stifled and rather robotic. But this is the Aimi of old, here she is playing with emotion, like a little bird full of joy, flying ever higher, free to show her true self, unshackled and FREE again to express herself as she so wishes in a true Virtuoso performance. Lastly she is looking so slim, the young Aimi has gone and a beautiful young lady has emerged, like a butterfly, her fingers danced across the keyboard in a multi coloured rainbow of heavenly sounds , Bravo Aimi !!

@RaineriHakkarainen

8 жыл бұрын

+lovemetu The wrong concerto for Aimi.Aimi plays so beautiful Chopin f minor concerto.And by the way The Sibelius violin competion is underway.The finalists Frierike Starkloff Emmanuel Tjeknavorian Minami Yoshida Nancy Zhou Mayumi Kanagawa Christel Lee.And no final place for Bomsori Kim like in Queen Elisabeth competion.Plese jon us and follow the Sibelius violin competion.Yle Klassinen (Put this in the search engine)

@lovemetu

8 жыл бұрын

d2d4e6 Thanks for that information. How did you know that I follow Bomsori Kim in these competitions ? I lost faith in the Tchaikovsky Violin Competition after the crazy results were announced, no winner and Clara Jumi Kang and Bomsori Kim only being given joint 4th place, what a sick joke that was !!

@lovemusic8069

7 жыл бұрын

d2d4e6 !

Such a great performance she has delivered! Absolutely perfect in every way! Flawless and Beautiful! BRAVO Aimi Kobayashi!

My God.....this is heaven.

The most amazing thing is that she´s not reading a pentagram, she has all the notes in her mind.

This performance by Ms. Aimi Kobayashi is exceptional and wonderful, this performance of her proves everything. She is singing purely the truth of Chopin's heart. This is the music of the world that only she can express can not imitate any other performer.

@mustafaayhan23

2 жыл бұрын

G0⁰⁰ĺĺAâ

Amazing pianist, sophisticated play style, inspirited performance. She is really into the music world while playing. By the way the video definition is amazingly good.

@rafaelrios9191

4 жыл бұрын

I'M AGREE AMAZING PIANIST CAN YOU IMAGINE IN TEN YEARS MORE?

What a beautiful piano Concerto by Chopin and how a wonderful piano player.Aimi Cobayashi.

She moves me like none of the other performers.

When Aimi plays, an atmosphere of crystals, lights and pearls evolves from the keyboard.... an spa for the soul

@Lhawga

5 жыл бұрын

exactly

@3unhy3

Жыл бұрын

Wow beautiful words ❤

Потрясающе!!! Не просто блестящая техника исполнительства, но и проникновенное, чувственное, ""шопеновское " восприятие .. Гениально! Дай Господи ей здоровья и сил на этом нелёгком пути.. Благодарю!

972 dislikes??? WTF? I'm a Metalldrummer and this amazing Lady literally brought me to tears of plessure!! ❤️

Excellent performance. She is so talented. Pretty sure Chopin would approve.

Just wonderful. She plays with heart, feeling...

@thanhhungle6557

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think so, She exposes her feeling: happiness, painful during the performance. I can see her seff-confidence too. What a perfect show!

She is a superior human. Yes, there were some errors from nervousness in the earlier rounds, but I've followed her closely and she is beyond a prodigy. At a early age, she could render Mozart and even Beethoven with great individuality. She has grace, original interpretations and a lot of maturity for her age. Her interpretation of the Rondo-Vivace is so refreshing. It's light, yet she can make it really sing ( at 37:22, 38:01, 40:00 onwards). Her phrasing is immaculate.

@angelarasmussen3884

5 жыл бұрын

Juspreet Sandhu yes

Interest in the pianista from Japan seems to be very high. The conductor is awsome. Aimi as usual is wonderful. From USA thank you C.I..

Absolutely love this interpretation. She really get the connection with the orchestra, with superb and authentic dynamics.

She plays with excellent ensemble with the orchestra. A seamless conversation.

@harunoumi6693

3 жыл бұрын

音に羽根が生えている。。。好きです。大好きです！

21:00 the melody she drew out was so good

I love Aimi Kobayashi

Graceful, genuine, and exquisite. She distinguishes herself from the other pianists who play textbook-perfect and typical interpretation, by showing us something so powerful yet so delicate, so emotional yet so coherent. I hope the judges see how naturally gifted and Chopin-suited this girl really is. She has no barriers between herself and music, she becomes music... few pianists are able to break such a barrier...

Rather than a contestant, professional attitude was transmitted to my heart. Thank you :)

どうしても小林さんに聴きいってしまいますね🎵最高です。音色の豊かさ🎵表現力🎵本当に演奏家と呼ぶにふさわしい人物🎵最高です🎵🎵🎵💝💝💝🎉🎉🎉🎉

I really enjoyed her interpretation. She has sense of balance, it is very cleverly presented.

Incredible !!! First place for me !!!!! Love

Beautiful Aimi! ❤️❤️❤️🌟🌟🌟🌺🌺🌺

Connaissant presque par cœur cette oeuvre immense de Chopin, je n'avais jamais versé de larmes d'émotions...jusqu'à découvrir cette interprétation magistrale. Profondeur et légèreté quand il le faut, Aimi sublime le morceau et nous transporte très loin. Un grand moment pianistique...

感情の込め具合がすごく憧れます

この音、表現力、初めの数音で鳥肌がたった。

I don't want to compare her to her contemporary who is awesome, but Aimi Kobayashi is both awesome and sublime in my modest opinion. The worst thing about these competitions is that they can invoke the "try hard to be something she is already". She is an absolute piano genius and prodigy. Winning or not winning does not change the gift inside her. I cry tears when I witness/realize her greatness. She is just unbelievable.

@angelarasmussen3884

5 жыл бұрын

ray-piano I feel so much love and admiration for Aimi Kobayoshi. She will have have inspiring career uplifting the world w her remarkable gift despite the disappointment of this temporary , ungodly , crazy competition.

@Docentino1914

4 жыл бұрын

Please don't cry Brother - She is Happy with where She is, and Great at what She does. This Young Lady knows all the knots. Just let Her play.

@karennoble1168

4 жыл бұрын

@@angelarasmussen3884 i fully agree with you, Angela and how well you expressed yourself. Thank you. Also Ray Rasmussen understood well.

@Docentino1914

4 жыл бұрын

Competition is how we get to choose the best of all - it is a good thing! If it weren't for competition everybody would be just about average - like bolsheviks: poor and dumb. I too dislike the current trend of 3 celebrity judges vs random "talents". This, is not this kind of competition, I hope You know. She is absolutely Great - whether she had won.. dunno, I haven't checked. It doesn't matter.

@karennoble1168

4 жыл бұрын

@@Docentino1914 i am not so sure because the " winner" Is based on that 1 performance where the person might not be in the Best shape. Maybe there could be some Overall of Many competitions for the Best talent, best, born pianist 0r other artists as well?

I like the passion she puts into it. Her facial expressions and all. So adorable.

With such a sophisticated work, playing it under such intense environment, how can she be so composed?! Besides all the general things she did well here, she was also (and still is) taking us into a wonderful world of Chopin! Absolutely love her! P.s. The end was truely touching!

Pomimo bardzo młodego wieku jest niesamowicie dojrzała muzycznie. Jej wykonanie rozkłada duszę na czynniki pierwsze i składa ją ponownie, sprawiając, że czujemy się jak nowo narodzeni.

I love her playing. Just beautiful!

演奏を聞いてる途中でいきなりＣＭが入るのは頭にくる。

@user-py6ow7gr1g

3 жыл бұрын

ピアノが始まる瞬間にcm来た時はマジでブチギレた

@bbsunsun

2 жыл бұрын

Premierで見ています。

Unexcelled virtuosity against which the orchestra and maestro were able to hold their own. Please take care of those hands, young lady. What astonishing talent!

Dear Aimi, Whatever country you are a citizen of, you are a national treasure to be envied by all the other countries of which you are not a citizen. I enjoy your performances immensely. Congratulations on being who you have become. Franklin Smith

@franciscogmt1201

6 жыл бұрын

macheratseh1941 Smith Qa

@kingalexanderiofyugoslavia1390

4 жыл бұрын

Japan

Her playing touches my heart and emotions so compleatly it reminds me of my late wife Elizabeth when she played violin lead

@marilynwoolford-chandler1161

2 жыл бұрын

So very special @George Crawford.

she is incredible!! Love the interpretations she brings!

Relistened to the coda again....BRILLIANT AND EXCITING!!!!

Her interpretation in all three movements demonstrates superb imagination and spiritual sensitivity. Aimi's artistry has gone to another level. At the end of her performance she got the rousing ovation that she deserves.

@user-zz1bq3sv4p

8 жыл бұрын

+Francis Fawkes Thank you very much for your wonderful value to Aimi Kobayashi. I think she possesses the attractive performance power about Chopin music.

@vettegaddia6234

8 жыл бұрын

+Francis Fawkes Indeed Aimi got by far the longest ovation after the Concerto. But Liu got a rousing standing ovation(the first one so far). And the conductor spend over 10 seconds hugging Liu and saying brava. I don't remember seeing that from a supposing unbiased conductor in a major competition before the winner is announced.

@samcandy64

8 жыл бұрын

+Vette gaddia I noticed that also - the composer seemed to show special approval for Liu's performance; if that was not the intent, it was the effect. Perhaps he was unusually affected by it. I don't know what rules govern the behavior of composer's in this kind of scenario. It doesn't mean anything unless it influenced the jury.

@vettegaddia6234

8 жыл бұрын

David Streeter The conductor was Polish. So that should have at least a very slight impact on the jury. And the standing ovation shows the mostly European audience in awe of her. I wish her well.

@richarddeschenes739

8 жыл бұрын

+Francis Fawkes I just so much agree with you Francis, She is just a dream come true for any lover of Chopin's contribution to us all! Aimi Kobayashi is to Chopin what Mitsuko Ushida is to Mozart!

I love her interpretation the best among all

@RollinRocker

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I just can't find any other interpretation with the right amount of tenderness and intensity as hers. Simply the best player for this Concerto.

Kobayashi played FANTASTIC Chopin with rich melody-line and delicacy throughout the movements, natural, unpretentious yet full of drama and poem. Very gifted wonderful Japanese pianist. The Star is Born. BRAVO !!!

a very fabulous performance indeed for Aimi! there no call for any competition in here. She's the greatest!

Thank You Aimi! You made me hungry for more Chopin.

Ta skrząca się iskierka rozbroiła mnie całkowicie, zagrała i zabrała mnie na planetę CHOPIN.

Just beautiful - the orchestra and conductor, the music and of course the prodigious talent Aimi Kobayashi...!

It was a pleasure to listen this masterpiece. Such emotions enclosed in music can be played only by person, who feels it. Aimi in my opinion plays so softly, emotionally and takes listener directly into the Chopin's world of imagination and his homesickness.

@Puerta1933

7 жыл бұрын

Excelente!

@mehribanhasanova8028

7 жыл бұрын

Adi ъ

@Docentino1914

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Thank You! (from Poland ed: to Japan! )

I find this to be an extraordinary performance. If you are looking for note by note perfection...you will never find it with any performer. The joy of music is the interpretation of each piece and Aimi Kobayashi delivered an emotionally charged beautiful performance. Every musician deals with nerves on some level and she played with poise, control, and no fear.... She didn't play it safe as so many do on the "big stage". A combination of strength and sensitivity... a joy to listen to.

If Mozart will not be what he was as a kid, I would be blown away seeing a kid play like this and be able to remember a whole concert !! Aimi is a delight !

Much enjoyed the entirety of this performance of this beautiful human being

一番好きかもしれない…。素晴らしい🌹🌹🌹

THE SEARCH FOR BEAUTY. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF BEAUTY. BRAVO!!! And thank you!

Brilliant, scintillating performance. Wow!

Breath-taking. The word 'genius' is banded about a lot these days but in Aimi's case it's true. Wonderful to watch, I'm not especially into Chopin, but this is magical. Subarashii Aimi chan.

Uwielbiam Jej słuchać. Ona gra całą duszą....

A high honor to pass elimination. A very high honor to receive honorable mention. Aimi was such a beauty. She brought something very special to the competition. She was my personal favorite and to show my appreciation I am buying her recordings to help her out.

Deep. She can control everything

Superb piano opening in the first movement. I'm immediately glued on to her. What an amazing young lady pianist! Incidentally, this is the first time I ever was almost in tears during the opening movement of this everlasting favorite concerto of mine. First time it ever spoke to me in this emotionally charged fashion! I am simply awed by Aimi. Just awed!

音と音のあいだの間の取り方が素晴らしい。　アルゲーリッチに優るとも劣らないと感じました。

Absolutely wonderful performance. Wishing her all the best in this years competition!

What an accomplished Pianist! Bravissima!!! 👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️

Not just a truly outstanding performance, but one in which she pours her entire body and soul. Just look at the emotions on her face. We are seeing her very soul.

@karennoble1168

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Trevor Sheperd, you are so right, we are blessed not only by her great aristry but her wonderful presence!!

I like her piano performance of this Chopin recital. Bravo!

she expreses sound with her face and hands , the pianio ' sounds are marvellous.

ショパンに出会えただけでも生まれた意味を感じる。

Breathtaking....there was a time when some said Asian artists were so focussed on perfecting technique that they forgot the emotion of the music. I would say she has thwarted that very narrow read of some very talented pianists.

Beautiful from the start! I love this tempo, not rushed but as it should be, majestic and grandiose! As to the lady soloist, she’s great; her playing is technically crisp and beautiful while passionate and emotional. I especially ÑOVE her use of dynamics. I don’t know how old is she but looks younger so I anticipate we’ll hear much from her. Thank you for posting.

Amazing performance! A+++