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@stevefranklin9176

10 ай бұрын

Good onya Ray made my heart race buddy. Dynamic.

@theviolinguy384

9 ай бұрын

hello

@ardeladimwit

4 ай бұрын

40 hours a day

@angelabell7254

4 күн бұрын

😢😢😢😂😂😂😮😮😮❤❤❤🎉😢😢

It's really not fair for someone to be so talented and skilled WHILE looking that good.

@mamamememoo

5 жыл бұрын

I’m sure you plucked that thought out from Brett and Eddy’s head. Lol. (Those two are really adorbs though. Haha.)

@HuyHoang-bw8lz

5 жыл бұрын

He looks alright.. Not like.. that good.. He plays well tho

@yourguykeikei5738

5 жыл бұрын

@@HuyHoang-bw8lz True, he looks like my uncle to be honest 😂

@bh7616

5 жыл бұрын

AND a 15 million dollar strad violin.

@paulafox9482

5 жыл бұрын

On LOAN bitch!!!

No one coughed... That's a big success you know

@fifilabellechapelle7132

5 жыл бұрын

When people forget to cough during a performance, the performer has created a spellbinding effect on the audience.

@donna30044

5 жыл бұрын

Coughing is not possible when the music takes your breath away.

@Sagolel4797

5 жыл бұрын

10:39

@GeodesicBruh

5 жыл бұрын

Sagolel4797 FUCK

@azusaazuki9615

5 жыл бұрын

Right as I was reading this I heard a cough at 2:27 LOL

I saw Ray yesterday playing this piece at his concert in Tilburg. His sound is even a hundred times more beautiful live than it is in the video.

@karyduran9390

5 жыл бұрын

You're so lucky!

@RAFITAESTRADITA

5 жыл бұрын

@FUSION HAMMER Nope, the ideal way to hear this kind of beauty is exposing your all body to the vibrations, to the energy, of the Musik. You have to experience to understand.

@maayaasakura

4 жыл бұрын

Wanna hear that too

@asiaoharasbutterflies9425

4 жыл бұрын

Dio Brando *classical music

@MichaelWilliams-ow9ue

4 жыл бұрын

I miss irl music 😥

I just burned my dinner because I was too busy watching him play

@tor13128

3 жыл бұрын

TIMING. You need to practice TIMING!

@annakaro9081

3 жыл бұрын

I was so absorbed by the music that I put my ukulele on my shoulder and pretended it was violin... now I can't get my brother to delete the video 🙄

@remember9097

3 жыл бұрын

JAJAJAJAJ it worth it

@elrepertoriodejuan1757

3 жыл бұрын

Jajaja that was funny! Sorry about your dinner! Jajaja

@DanteHanma

3 жыл бұрын

Mom: I allow it

It’s extremely hard to get a standing ovation out of a European audience. Congrats Ray. I t was very moving.

@vamvra5498

4 жыл бұрын

Not the dutch, they always stand, even when they shouldn't, in other European countries you are right.

@kevinl6231

4 жыл бұрын

Va MVra Oh Thanks

@knallfroosch

4 жыл бұрын

Us poor young people with the standing tickets will always give standing ovations :D But jokes aside, at least here in vienna, i have witnessed it several times. Lugansky, wang, schiff, trifonov... They never fail to get all the able bodied audience on their feet. I thjnk the longest applause i experienced was after Lugansky performed Rach 3. That was a solid 10 minutes i think

@Giulia-dc7ml

3 жыл бұрын

In Italy we are good to performers we give em a standing ovation usually

@aleg2910

2 жыл бұрын

@@Giulia-dc7ml in italy we are used to great classicals performers so it's very hard to get a standing ovation. Some countries have little to none classical music history so performers are more appreciated (as it shoud be)

During the cadenza, it really felt like the Devil was on stage. Incredible

@kevinl6231

4 жыл бұрын

It felt like he was playing the first, second, and viola section all at once😱.

@liamthelitlord5738

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure Ray is honored to be on par with le Satan

@RosieLeaAllan-gw5uc

10 ай бұрын

That's terrible. YHWH is the only way God bless you all Please be safe, stay away from the evil one and follow Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiach, our King

Dad pun alert: That was a truly trilling performance to listen to!

@dJb-oe9sy

3 жыл бұрын

*that one joke aged you by 5 years*

@IceOfPhoenix88

3 жыл бұрын

•-•

@tammylaronde8593

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@OttoKuus

3 жыл бұрын

That made me very angry!

@Trooman20

2 жыл бұрын

**sigh**

Tartini didn't see the devil; he saw Ling Ling!

@hoot2416

4 жыл бұрын

I love seeing Two Set references on my random KZread ventures....

@tommeng6522

4 жыл бұрын

@@hoot2416 lol

@owenoconnor4786

3 жыл бұрын

To play this song, you must practice 666 hours a day!

@paxden7127

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@tommeng6522

3 жыл бұрын

@@owenoconnor4786 piece

Larghetto ma non troppo 0:01 Soft beginning 0:33 Brighter part 1:39 Hopeful part 1:54 Beautiful double stops Allegro moderato 3:08 Powerful & dance-like 4:45 Anxious part 5:30/5:41 Tense to bright part 6:07 Ending of powerful part Grave 6:16 Sorrowful part Allegro assai 7:17 Aggressive part 7:51 Intensifying part 9:13 Similar to 7:17 9:42 Similar to 7:51 11:00 Similar to 7:17 & 9:13 11:36 Cadenza introduction 11:51 Cadenza 13:14 Cadenza end part 14:02 The ending

@dannyboy2267

3 жыл бұрын

@@sintermeklaas6819 Thanks :)

@abdielabad3320

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@KoiYakultGreenTea

2 жыл бұрын

In layman’s terms I guess 😅

@cke900

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, always enjoy these :)

@tartytube

2 жыл бұрын

? What's a double stop? Non violinist here.

I was like 13 years old when I first heard this sonata and had a tremendous impact in me, it became one of my all time favorites. I feel that hearing this interpreted by Ray is one of the best gifts life has ever given me. Ray is undoubtedly an amazing virtuoso, but what makes him so special is that, besides being a wonderful, wonderful person, he plays from his very core and soul. He reaches for your heart and either squeezes it or holds it in the most beautiful way.

@HuyHoang-bw8lz

5 жыл бұрын

Paula - hey try Anne Sophie Mutter's. She's unparalleled when it comes to Devil's trill

@lotusbuds2000

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Paula, I'm another Paula here....sooooooooo agree with your comments.

@lotusbuds2000

5 жыл бұрын

@@HuyHoang-bw8lz Hello Huy, you know, I used to like ASM's playing a lot, but lately have fallen out of love with her playing ....for several reasons....

TwoSetViolin needs to make a vid on this performance and that crazy technique Ray use. This is crazy wonderful.

@angelo5964

5 жыл бұрын

I second this @twosetviolin

@KoiYakultGreenTea

2 жыл бұрын

@@meg4194 I don’t think it works cos it’s not twitter

Stunning performance Maestro Chen, I am a 73 year old lifetime musician but beginning violin, yes at this late date. I follow you avidly. Bravo!

@cletedavis5849

Жыл бұрын

Go for it, Rob! I specialize in teaching adult violin students, and it is so rewarding to see the pleasure it gives them to be able to play the violin. My oldest so far was 81 when he started, and he learned well enough to complete book 4 Suzuki.

@JSB2500

Жыл бұрын

Bravo! How are things progressing?

@RenKeXing707

2 ай бұрын

​@@cletedavis5849I loved your comment so much ! Very inspiring. Keep up the good work.

Reading the first comments I realize, if you're not a twoset violin follower, you won't understand half of the comments and classical music jokes here and everywhere. I follow them for a long time now so, it's time well spent... That and of course violin PRACTICE! 😀

@grobanite4ever85

5 жыл бұрын

I know like Ling Ling jokes

@blancheleblah1195

5 жыл бұрын

@@grobanite4ever85 : I may barf uncontrollably if I see another Ling Ling joke!

@yikes7607

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget, 40 hours a day

@antoniong1449

5 жыл бұрын

If you can read something intresting, you can understand it sacrilegious

@DreamlessSleepwalker

5 жыл бұрын

Viola practice*

The bulging eyeballs at 4:25. Classic Ray Chen.

@o.paulooo

4 жыл бұрын

Huehuehuehue

@jinu9342

4 жыл бұрын

Huehue

@Beeie

4 жыл бұрын

H

@corbinmeyer3637

4 жыл бұрын

l

@kevinl6231

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking “Miraculous Mandarin,” but he’s probably Cantonese in descent.

I’ll bet that when he was done playing, the violin needed a cigarette...

@Sean-yr4se

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Johnson ???

@rebecaaraujo7324

5 жыл бұрын

lol i bet he did

@vulongduong1417

5 жыл бұрын

This remind me to 1900

@lotusbuds2000

5 жыл бұрын

Now that's an appropriate and very humorous comment!!

@thatsEforEveryone

4 жыл бұрын

@@lotusbuds2000 u ruined it 😂😂😂

15:20 the commentator is killing me lmao "ray chen, who's been upstairs by now, and now back down the stairs, two or three steps at a time"

@Bluedog171

3 жыл бұрын

Just As Well He Is Fit!

11:35 when things about to get more serious 11:50 onward when he starts getting totally possessed by the music

Bravo! Love you, Ray. Could listen to you play all day.

Ray what the heck man. That Cadenza f*cked me up. You're amazing.

@JamesLee-yn4wj

5 жыл бұрын

Zack WhoAmI you mean hecked you up right

So virtuosic, expressive, perfect, and so relaxed...

Finally an interpretation I’ve been looking for. I will always marvel at the sound of a Stradivarius.

I once checked Ray's performance schedule only to find out he actually played close to me the night before. i was pissed lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I first watched this because I was crushing on Ray in his video with TwoSet - now I've come to genuinely love this piece and violin concertos in general

I think we found ling ling... What an incredible performance. Amazing Ray, amazing.

11:36 WOW, I got goosebumps when he did that cadenza! This guy is on fire! 🔥 😈 🎼🎶🎵 🎻

Wow, here is the real sacrilegious boi... Making this beautiful Baroque era sound like it was made in the 20th century. Good job Ray.

@diegeigergarnele7975

5 жыл бұрын

Kreisler's edition, so this is the 20th century version. Plus the fact that it was written in the 700s doesn't mean it has to be played in that period's style, that's a common stereotype artists nowadays know to avoid in many case. If you want baroque's renditions look for them, don't expect every artist's vision to coincide with your historical knowledge

@czhao912

5 жыл бұрын

Some nice 700s music

@rubydog25

5 жыл бұрын

@@diegeigergarnele7975 knowing what the composer or author of any media will always benefit the end result no matter what interpretation the artist shows the audience

@a.krishna3924

5 жыл бұрын

don't be an edgelord...are u also those people who say NO VIBRATO ALLOWED FOR BACH

@wingsnad

4 жыл бұрын

Lol true, maybe Perlman's the best rendition for Baroque performance

I come watch Ray play this beautiful piece of music when I feel awful and it heals me. In music like this there is no room for pettiness, grudges, or small minded arguments. There is just the music. It carries me away.

It is amazing to watch his fingering with his left hand. His hand is so relaxed.

@bananawater5916

4 жыл бұрын

😏

@soph6064

4 жыл бұрын

;)

I have to say Mr. Chen's interpretation is the cure to my seasonal depression.

Ray is my favorite interpreter of pieces with some darkness and drama to them. The way he plays the fast trill part, I can imagine the Devil himself playing it to Tartini.

What a perfect thing to wake up to.

@plumb.474

5 жыл бұрын

Me tooo....mmmmmmm...lovelinessss

Unbelievable performance Ray😮 Tartini would proud of you!

Those trills so sooooo freacking clean

I've listened to many other recordings of this, and very few manage to capture the intensity and bravura that Ray does. This will likely remain my "reference recording" for a long time.

The music took my breath away

@fifilabellechapelle7132

5 жыл бұрын

I hope you got it back!

The beauty of Tartini. I aspire to be as great as Mr. Chen right here!

14:20 the sad orchestral life of a violist

@Asmr_kungfu

3 жыл бұрын

DaveTheViolist f 😂he is considering his life’s choices.

This is the best that I've ever seen of him. So much depth. Ray Chen is really growing! Superb!

This is my favorite interpretation. His playing is just sweet like caramel but his passion makes it’s feel like he really has sold his soul to the devil. This cadenza made me feel authentic fear. I had to look over my shoulder; I’m watching this at night.

We can watch it online only a few days after your actual performance. Thank you, Ray.

I’n working on a scholarship essay while listening to this for the first time and that was the worst mistake of my life...my god...Once that cadenza came on, my full attention was on to Ray’s playing. It felt like I was in a trance. Jesus christ.

@reybontje2375

2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I write with this on, the forlorn atmosphere infects my writing. It's insane. This is one of the few pieces of any art/literature that can bring tears to my eyes. Played wonderfully by Ray Chen. I usually go back and forth between Anne-Sophie Mutter and Ray Chen on this piece.

Every time I listened to Mr. Chen's playing I felt like this video deserves more views. Should be way more than 200k.

@DanielTate834

2 жыл бұрын

It deserves 1B.

Ray is such an incredible musician. His playing has such a full and rich sound to it too... clearly some who has mastered his potential well and respects the instrument he plays as well as the music.

So in tune, so much concentration, and emotion...

If I could ever play so beautifully then I'd cry during this piece......so emotional!

Ray is such an amazing storyteller... I can always SEE the Music when he plays. Such an experience, this also happens in his rendition of the Tchaikowski Concerto, where he describes a hero (in an interview about his interpretation)

Ling ling brought me here. Amazingly played Ray, new fan here 🎻

It's amazing how one instrument can produce so much sound and beauty... Truly amazing!

Now that Ray is a bit older, a more masculine bravura appears in his playing, which I find really caps off his artistry. He is playing from the soles of his feet, rather from his head now.

@beyondlimits8159

5 жыл бұрын

Huh

@genocidist2602

5 жыл бұрын

Wat

@davidekdal7190

5 жыл бұрын

Wot

@pttj9947

5 жыл бұрын

Ye

@robertpaulson1107

5 жыл бұрын

Ok

I'll be honest, I was playing this video to check the sound quality of my speakers and then let it play in the background while I did other things. You know it's good when it strikes your attention and focus and you immediately wander back to watch the rest. Never heard of this piece before btw but that was wonderful. I'm a new fan Ray!

I can feel the presence of devil when he plays..such a talented guy!

when i first listened to this piece, i was very bored out, but then i didn't even notice that im still continuing listening and watching ray play, until i reached half way through the video

This kind of repertoire and chamber setting turns out to be perfect for Ray. Outstanding musicianship and sound production here, and more controlled mannerisms than usual. Reminiscent of the great ensemble playing by Gidon Kremer and his Baltica group. I greatly look forward to more of this kind of playing from Ray.

That cadenza is absolutely killer!!! I love your musicality!

Amazing performance! Ling Ling better watch out lol

@evabarcot5558

5 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: Ray is ling ling

@leoluo05

5 жыл бұрын

No doubt.

@JoeARedHawk275

5 жыл бұрын

OH GOD YOUR PROFILE PIC... it needs to be burned

@fifilabellechapelle7132

5 жыл бұрын

Ray is Ling Ling's teacher.

@TheSIGHTREADINGProject

5 жыл бұрын

Bahaha 2SetViola - I am ‘viola gang’

It is amazing how he feels the music, like if it comes right out of him and and not from the violin. Ray Chen is a blessing for the music world ^-^

Violin is such a precious instrument...

@thenewraymak9561

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@comrademoshi1028

Жыл бұрын

quite literally as well lol

Ray Ling Ling Chen is his full name

@fifilabellechapelle7132

5 жыл бұрын

Ray is Ling Ling's teacher.

@awakenedbahamut2574

5 жыл бұрын

That is false.

@MrOtis-vj3ds

5 жыл бұрын

@@awakenedbahamut2574: What is false?

@awakenedbahamut2574

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrOtis-vj3ds Ray Chen's middle name is not Ling Ling.

@MrOtis-vj3ds

5 жыл бұрын

@@awakenedbahamut2574 : Yes, you are absolutely correct.

Ray is one of the few musicians I've seen play this piece with such emphasis on the high note at 13:27 and it just evokes so much more emotion. A powerful culmination that explodes with passion and I am LIVING for it. Can't get enough of this rendition.

Yay i can listen to something good while getting ready now

I got goosebumps during that Cadenza, ughhhhh this is my favorite piece and you rocked it!

The cadenza took my breath away. Wow. Just wow.

Thank you...❤️❤️❤️ from philippines

That description, it makes me remember the time I heard a very beautiful melody in a dream. I woke up and it was still in my mind...but it just disappeared the moment I touched my violin. I couldn't remember it anymore, it was just there a second ago, but I just can't seem to remember it.

It´s so beautiful that brings tears to your eyes, I can´t stop listening to it, listening to everything Ray Chen plays and does. I do not live in Europe or USA, or Australia, all I have are the videos he uploads, so I honestly hope he continues doing it, most of the simple humans in the world just can admire him through videos. So unfair.

A standing ovation... Well deserved!!!

love u~~~Ray, from Korea~~^^♡.

Extraordinary! 😁and that conducting by yourself was no challenge! Congrats and thanks for uploading! 🙂

I meet him when I was 13 y/o and in that moment I thought that he was amazing,today I see him and wow! its still being amazing :)

Amazing!👍👍👍

this is absolutely the best devil's trill I've ever listened to

At the end the commentator said “violist Ray Chen”. Sacrilegous!

@mayawitters

4 жыл бұрын

@Alan Deutsch yep, also violin and viola are both called 'viool'. In fact we say 'alt-viool' for viola.

@emilia1911

4 жыл бұрын

@@mayawitters So it's like violin and alto violin?

@mayawitters

4 жыл бұрын

@@emilia1911 yes, exactly!

@Asmr_kungfu

3 жыл бұрын

Viool, Viola of altviool and then cello and contrabas

@varunsathya696

3 жыл бұрын

Violon

Holy cow. Is there even a unit of measurement how far i am from this level of violin playing????? All my respect Mister Chen! 🙏🏽

@furchtegottkant2255

5 жыл бұрын

haha

@MichaelGutierrezViolin

3 жыл бұрын

@@furchtegottkant2255 Ha! You are probably between one and two Lings away! ;-)

ПОТРЯСЯЮЧЕ!❤❤❤

I don‘t even dare to voice my other opinions in the fear of being misunderstood... but Ray, your interpretation is so unique on this piece. The harmony you have with your fellow musicians is indescribable.❤️

i cant get over the cadenza

Like always, so fierce! So full of feeling! Tenderness and force have never been paired so perfectly as they are in your performances. You bring such story and relevance to music we'd all do well to know better.

I keep coming back to this powerful cadenza😭😱if excellence was a video, it would be this!!!

He performed it so so so well 😭

he also looks like the devil is possessing him too but really great playing

@yve6177

4 жыл бұрын

I mean.....if you aren't playing like Satan has possessed you, are you even playing it right?

This performance has POWER. I've listened a few times now. Amazing.

Thank you for sharing on KZread so that we can hear your music, Ray!

The first time I discovered Ray, it's through this performance, The Devil's Trill. After looping this song so many times, I always end up loving this performance and discover a lot of new things to love as well.

This is jaw-droppingly amazing.

a divine moment. both god and devil smile at this performance.

Bravo!!! Goosebumps

the Best Devil I've ever seen. Thank you Ray!

This is by far, the best interpretation that I have ever heard.

Ray Chen always looks and sounds great!

One of those pieces that just gets better every single time you.listen to it.

Not only can you hear the beauty of this piece of music you are playing, you can feel it. Beautifully played.

Thanks Ray, what a joy to listen to this outstanding performance!

@fifilabellechapelle7132

5 жыл бұрын

You should change your name to RayRay Wannabe.

@Jasmin-xw7nx

5 жыл бұрын

@@fifilabellechapelle7132 Good idea, maybe I will

@andrewzhang8512

4 жыл бұрын

@@fifilabellechapelle7132 You should see the where the Ling LIng jokes come from.

So no one will comment about the fact that the guy at Ray's left totally looks like Uncle Fester got straight out of the Adam's Family to play the viola ?

@Barde_Jaune

5 жыл бұрын

P.S.: No offense, btw, if you ever read that : I think you look awesome in your own way !

@carina7901

5 жыл бұрын

You‘re right he does look like him

@amarismilano845

5 жыл бұрын

I KNEW I WASNT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT

@amarismilano845

5 жыл бұрын

or, if you’ve seen the live alice in wonderland, he looks like those twins

@ivyssauro123

5 жыл бұрын

And his score titles reads "Tchaikovsky" on the left page and "Por una Cabeza" on the right lmao Violists being violists

Jesus christ Ray! That was insane!

@Bluedog171

3 жыл бұрын

Some playing,hard to beat is Ray Chen

Fantastic !!!!!!!! One of the best pieces I have ever heard!

Really enjoyed the ad 7 minutes in

Watching this makes my left hand sore. Wow.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎻he will inspire a whole new breed /gen ... talented/good looking....rather see younger gen blowing up on tik tok for this .. than whatever else they do! Excited to see what is to come for classical music in the future. 2015 was such an epic year too! Massive for so many good things/manifesting and in general, lots of love all around back then! Take me back ! So that when I was listening to classical then when studying (probably would have found this much sooner if not that same year) I was going to UNI that I didn't end up making a wrong choice in who I surrounded myself with and have been working my way back there in a sense now - ever since. And not even drugs or bad choices...lol just me giving and helping and caring too much/ forgetting what I love or who I was.... I digress.

After listening to this extraordinary performance, I need to share that Ray looks just like my dad who passed at age 26, a young and promising Chinese-Japanese violinist and conductor. Just wanted to express how much meaning it added to the extreme beauty of this performance.