What an encore. Such a great performer, we are lucky to live in the same era.

Yuja Wang doing Art Tatum! Brilliant. I didn't know that unitl the end when the narrator mentioned it, but in listening I was thinking of Oscar Peterson, who was also, by the by, a huge fan of Art Tatum. I love it that Wang doesn't limit herself to one sort of music, but plays it all, and even improvises. A person who loves music.

It’s ridiculous how lovely she is.

@emanuelmota7217

4 ай бұрын

You ain't just whistling Dixie, pal.

Many comments understandably assume she was improvising based on the theme - Tea Fwo Two - rather this is an exact copy of an Art Tatum recording. Tatum was capable of playing Tea For Two in an endless variety of ways off the top of his head.

@gianni4955

6 ай бұрын

Right, she learned from the partiture that you can find everywhere and this is the easiest among the Art Tatum 's versions but she is already struggling even with a slower tempo.

@balkanleopard9728

5 ай бұрын

Art Tatum is one legend. Yuja Wang is another, in this case, she is a legend of my time, and accessible to me. I have seen Yuja Wang twice in concert (Covid intervened) and she is emotionally stunning.

@spb7883

5 ай бұрын

@@balkanleopard9728I don’t understand what that means. In a technical sense, an avalanche is emotionally stunning.

@Zircon10

5 ай бұрын

@@gianni4955 Struggling? Surely you jest. This composition pales in comparison to what she is capable of playing.

@gianni4955

5 ай бұрын

@Zircon10 Tatum is her impossible dream even she chooses the easiest.

I commend Yuja's unorthodox subscription to this jazz encore -- a somewhat bold move on the classical stage. I am proud of her to have featured this transcription of Art Tatum, the indisputable king of keyboard jazz, and arguably the greatest piano virtuoso of recorded history.

@jazzgal5631

7 ай бұрын

She's great and I hesitate to say it, but she did hit a few clunkers. But all in all, brava.

@3YZ-TS191

7 ай бұрын

@jazzgal5631 Haha! You're correct. She did make a few errors. But who doesn't? I am way beyond the musical milestone of measuring pianistic or musical proficiency by a performer's technical accuracy. I rather commend her boldness and bravery, not to mention her overall remarkable musicianship, particularly given the penchant of so many of today's virtuosos to merely "showboat" their technical prowess at the expense of any musical sensibilities they might otherwise possess.

Fantastic and Fun Tea for Two! Light and fast but so much fun!

Tea for millions.🫖

@beckerhanshermann8372

11 ай бұрын

Oh, is Wang already getting a million-dollar fee for her strumming?

@juancao5832

10 ай бұрын

Sí... única!

@staffanolofsson8201

9 ай бұрын

@@beckerhanshermann8372 Sorry, you have to blame Art Tatum for Yuja playing this way.

@staffanolofsson8201

9 ай бұрын

@@beckerhanshermann8372 I can guide you if you want some more Yuja Wang conserts to criticize. For example this one: Rachmaninoff third piano consert with Zubin Mehta as conductor at the Verbier Festival 2023! You haven´t yet made your point clear in this one. But I can for sure imagine what you will write.

@staffanolofsson8201

9 ай бұрын

@@beckerhanshermann8372 This is the adress in Yuja Wang and Zubin Mehta in Rach 3: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZac0qikos2-ZbA.html

How Splendorous is Yuja Wang. I love her song!!!🍀

Jaw-dropping! I think even Fats Waller would have been awe-struck by this rendition - remarkable!

@robertdavidson8028

7 ай бұрын

Have you heard his original improvisation, which this is a transcript of? Now That IS amazing! ( It's on Yt somewhere - or used to be at least). He's not one of the best jazz pianists of all time - Jazzers agree he was THE best jazz pianist of all time ( and Oscar Peterson would agree with that were he able to do so I'm sure). That is not to down play or diminish YW's performance - just to give him the proper credit - he was the most amazing improviser ever.

@MarkLee4154

6 ай бұрын

This is a transcription of the Art Tatum recording. @@robertdavidson8028

@sandramyer7081

6 ай бұрын

Probably!

@andrewclack6599

6 ай бұрын

@@robertdavidson8028 Yes of course. I love Fats’ original version, in fact I grew up listening to Fats’ vinyl as my Dad was a huge fan of his. Loved “My very good friend the milkman, Your feet’s too big, Sit right down and write myself a letter” and many more. In fact Fats’ playing inspired me to learn the piano, particularly stride, but I never got beyond the Scott Joplin tunes. Fats is on another level. I love the fact that Yuja; one of (if not ‘the’) worlds best classical pianists honoured this Fats standard - he’d have loved that! If you like stride you may enjoy Stephanie Trick who has lots on YT.

Amazing and wonderful, as somebody already said, it brings a smile to you face!! I wonder how somebody that loves music can have any critic on anything Yuja Wang does?? I pity them and the people around those. Can't you simply admire and enjoy perfectness?? I love every thing yuja wang does, because she is a real musician, talented and assume work very hard, to sound so beautiful!! Bravo!!!

@user-dr7ov8kw1x

10 ай бұрын

I agree with you 100!! Yuja is my idol a long time ago!

@JoelBursztyn

10 ай бұрын

Nice thing about music, that it has no borders, in any country, culture, Music Lovers can feel together the beauty and emotion of good music performed by excellent musicians@@user-dr7ov8kw1x

@oscarlasprilla9345

9 ай бұрын

Perfect reply.....

@waynelundberg9734

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Yuja❤ Beautiful!

@helenyuan8619

8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍♥️👌🙏

God! How good she is, she doesn't play the piano, she moves through it almost flying over the keys. I could always be listening to it. I adore her.

@hb1338

5 ай бұрын

It's called tinkling i.e playing with a very light touch.

One of the most beautiful and emotional musical parts

Being an ardent Art Tatum fan since the mid-sixties, I applaud the marvellous Yuja for bringing his 1932 improvisation of Tea For Two to the attention of the hugely appreciative Proms audience. As for the foolish critic who lamentedly condemned her for playing this ‘palm court teatime pianist’ piece I have two questions. Where is such a pianist who could play this piece of such fiendish difficulty that it defeated the great Horowitz’s attempts to emulate it ? Is he still a critic?

@sandramyer7081

6 ай бұрын

I’m don’t think so

Inspiring me and reminding me to spread joy today. Thank you, Ms. Wang.

What a fantastic encore!

@bjornjanlert1013

6 ай бұрын

OTROLIGT .. in Swedish ahhha .. means incredible ..

BRILLIANT! MARVELOUS !!!!

Adorable Ms Yuja Wang 👍👏🏼👏🏼🎶🎼 3:17

Шикарно! Непринужденно, игриво, легко! Юджа - супер!!

The rapturous applause she receives worldwide never seems to go to her head. Never a hint of arrogance or vanity. She just seems to delight in giving please to every audience.

Art Tatum would be proud.

@artpeterson2582

10 ай бұрын

Tatum would say "keep the rhythm steady!"

@yosserc

9 ай бұрын

Nah ... Tatum would wonder why she was playing the exact notes he played in 1939. He never did! He always varied and played with the tune. Jazz isn't dead like this is! She's a fabulous classical music player snd she should stick to that.

@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301

8 ай бұрын

@@yosserc: Well, I had to get up and dance, so I think that's a testament to Yuja's lively performance. And playing Tatum note for note is a kind of homage from a classical pianist to the greatest jazz pianist of all time . . .

@stevenmeyer9674

8 ай бұрын

@@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301 Most would call Oscar Peterson the greatest. jazz pianist.

@stevenmeyer9674

8 ай бұрын

@@yosserc Would you agree that OP recordings were superior to Tatum's?

Brava! This brought such a smile to my face! ..Peace! 🎼❤☮

@sandramyer7081

6 ай бұрын

Fun and Happiness! Yay!!

Such talent,I wish I was there,God bless you

this is amazing!!!! 😍😍😍 just the kind of jazz i like

@Joypa47

9 ай бұрын

Such a surprise. Made me weep, again!

My favourite Girl She’s Wonderful and I don’t just mean Her amazing Talent 💘

SHE IS SIMPLY PERFECT!

@yuanli1713

4 күн бұрын

Ikr

🌹🌹🌹слушать одно удовольствие! 👍🙇‍♀️💐💐💐

@Fomites

6 күн бұрын

And look at.

Schauen - Hören - Staunen: YUJA WANG ❤😂👸🏻🤩🏆🌹

Una straordinaria donna che meriterebbe un maggiore riconoscimento internazionale per il suo enorme impegno

Yuja se desliza en el teclado como el agua cuando fluye en un rio, bella.

Wauuuu!!!. Maravillosa!!!!

❤😂 🎉 Ets una fenómeno. Visca la Sra. Yuja, visca Catalonia. T, estimem❤😂🎉😊

Such a great skill set brought to a great piece!

Pure joy

Thanks for sharing!!!😍😍

Yuja's attire looks like that of a ballroom dancer, but in fact, she is a dancer on the piano keys!

Gratidão DRA YU TING POR NOS TER DADO ESSA DICA VALIOSA!!!SUBLIME!!!❤

Immaculate and if she ever made the slightest mistake even time-lapse photography couldn't detect it. She is incredible and how she handles the stress of such performance is beyond my comprehension.

Wonderfull 😊

¡ Muchas gracias !

She is an excellent musician and does a decent job getting the old timey stride feel. And yeah some Tatum and Teddy Wilson influence in her fine playing.

adorable

Breathtaking!

Splendida esecuzione. E stupenda donna

Impresionante. Que forma de tocar

Maravillooooosaaaa!!!!💓💓💓💓

I love that "bling-bling"!!!

Yuja Wang, is wonderful!

Wunderbare Interpretation❤🎉

Yuja... única... divina!

love

She dresses like a Marvel superhero - one who plays the piano really well.

@capemaxi

8 ай бұрын

Interesting observation on dress.

@stevenmeyer9674

8 ай бұрын

Some complain that her wardrobe choices are a distraction, and disvalue her playing.

Looking and sounding better than ever.

Очень круто!

❤

I just grin when I listen to this.

@mdd4567

8 ай бұрын

Yes, you feel happy and lighthearted when you listen to this. It's wonderful ! Thank you so much !

YUJA is the best, outstanding.

Muy buena interpretación musical de Tea

❤👏👏👏

Гениально

Tatum is looking down from the heavens with a lovely chub...

Excelente arreglo! Asemeja a un legendario jazzista Arte Tatum. Gracias! Por compartir este maravilloso video.

@jomtien123

10 ай бұрын

It isn't a resemblance it IS a cut down version of an Art Tatum transcription.

@eliecanetti

10 ай бұрын

@@jomtien123iVe listened to the Art Tatum version dozens of times. This is clearly Tatum-inspired (and unlike some classical pianists, Yuja has a good feel for swing), but it doesnt sound to me exactly like the Tatum version, despite what the announcer said. I think Yuja took some liberties (which is great by the way). But I will have to go back and listen to the Tatum version. and for those that dont know, Tatum not only came up with these fantastic arrangements and played them flawlessly, but he did so despite being blind.

I have just discovered Yuja nd I fid her to be refreshingly brilliant!

I am impressed with Yuja’s performance at all

... que du Bonheur ^^

Aws😮me!!!

Tatum would have been so delighted to hear someone else play his stuff! Too bad he missed this!

🧡🧡🧡🎶🎹🎵

Art would be proud.

I love her clothes!

She gets better with time. Her earlier performances were not this good. I'm 85 so I don't think I'll live long enough to see her at her best in her 50's.

@krollpeter

8 ай бұрын

She is sensational. She makes her fingers fly over these keys and what comes out are clouds and waves of sound, fluffy, soft, lovely, and warm, or harsh, violent, dark, and brutal. Many years ago I thought she is one of those Chinese miracle kids who can play everything perfect on a technical level, but with no feel. Man, that is long long ago, now she is sensational.

Only superb pianists can improvise to that extent

@MarkLee4154

6 ай бұрын

She did not improvise this piece. It is a note for note transcription of an Art Tatum recording.

❤❤❤ 😊😊😊 che dire !!!!!!!!

Wow….

what e godnes amazing

👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷

Oh please!

@bloodgrss

8 ай бұрын

Yes please!

🎉

I would be nervous in front of the audience. Beautiful

Vincent Youmans would be so happy.

The Chinese make good pianists. They are trained from infancy.

@user-rn2en3ek9q

7 ай бұрын

Robot😂😂😂

@dellythezar8047

6 ай бұрын

@@user-rn2en3ek9q jealousy is self humiliation ,

A gift from God

Wow Wow Wow 🤩 🥰🤣👏🏻💕㊗️

@user-rn2en3ek9q

7 ай бұрын

Chineez circus 😂😂😂😂

Ive no complaints with what she wears.

Muy buena. Pero me quedo con Art Tatum

Look at those fingers fly

Yuja Wang has the same supernatural ability as Wayne Marshall.

1:55 that face expression though she's cattier than my cat. I love her!

Art Tatum ... I'm glad he given credit after this performance.

In honor of this piece, Yuja should have traded out her stilettos for some Hiromi approved running shoes.

@bloodgrss

6 ай бұрын

Nice to know they are friends...

Is there anything the wonderful pianist can't do?

@tomburns4187

10 ай бұрын

Well, there is that cord of oak that needs splitting....

@PS-kd1if

10 ай бұрын

Yes. Still waiting to hear Bach and/or other German-Austrian masterpieces from this “wonderful pianist” - a sizable chunk missing from her repertoire, don’t you think?

@garyfoster3854

10 ай бұрын

Wonderful pianist but she can’t swing.

@robertmudrow8034

8 ай бұрын

what classical player can?@@garyfoster3854

@stevenmeyer9674

8 ай бұрын

@@garyfoster3854 She's ok, but i'll take Hiromi.

Shades of Art Tatum! (I thought of this immediately, then read the comments of others)

@rafanifischer3152

5 ай бұрын

Those chromatic scales are pure Tatum. If I had not been watching I would have thought it was him playing. Imitation is the best form of flattery.

Hot ❤tea.

Lovely! She's the worthy daughter of a percussionist in classic and jazz father... Now 10 encore is really selfish for the poor orchestra members who are waiting to go home. After a solo recital yes but not when you're not alone on stage.

@MarkLee4154

6 ай бұрын

You really think those musicians objected to their front row experience of one of the greatest pianists of this generaltion?

@GingerIndiana

6 ай бұрын

@@MarkLee4154 It's not because a big part of the male audience is in love with the lady that all men are. And these great orchestras are used to play with many great musicians, but great musicians have respect for them. Tomorrow they are here again to rehearse and play with someone else. She's not the center of their world. For you it is leisure, for them it is work.

@KM-ls4ne

4 ай бұрын

@@GingerIndiana Who hurt you? And why feel the need to rain on a parade that every other person is enjoying?

@GingerIndiana

4 ай бұрын

@@KM-ls4ne In the video the presenter says it is extraordinary to play 10 encores... But people (like you obviously) may not realize it is mainly selfish for the orchestra musicians who have the right to go home after work like anybody else.

Not arranged by Art Tatum. Improvised by Art Tatum!

Peccato !!! 😢😢😢 Le manca una cosa davvero importante che mi ha impedito di apprezzare la sua esecuzione...NON indossava il costume da mare in due pezzi...!!! 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

🫖Té para dos.☕☕ Dos para el té de Broadway, dos monstruos para la eternidad, la Sra. Wang y el Sr. Rachmaninoff, de China y Rusia, para ti.

Lovely! Is that a Fats Waller aranngement? Or maybe Yuja's own?

For two teteras ❤😅😊

Io ero liii

@ernest_asa_iii

11 ай бұрын

Anche io! Walton - Belshazzar's Feast mi è piaciuto moltissimo.

Art Tatum

@avariceinvestments

10 ай бұрын

Not even close to his level!