The Ling Lings of Different Instruments

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[SophieCViolin]

there's just something so angelic about the child playing the harp.. like in all the classical painting depictions but in real life :..)

[cyrissiryc]

I wonder if it possible to have an orchestra of prodigies... That would be amazing and... scary...😂

[Simplyabandkid]

My new piano teacher is 56. She’s been playing piano since she was 4, got her first job at 7, conducted her first orchestra at 13, and is getting a doctorate to be a maestro for an orchestra. And she said I’m very talented, that raised my self esteem so much. :D

[herebedragons]

as a bassoonist i thought i was safe from the child prodigies???? but seriously, people don't even START on bassoon until 13 years old just because double reeds are so difficult it's common practice to take a few years starting on a different instrument to build up to it. how this kid has such a full and developed tone this early in his life is beyond me but more power to him, it's a wonderful thing to see

[wobblyorbee]

as a pianist, when that girl plays fast even notes quickly is like RESPECT. FAST SOFT NOTES IS DANG HARD, and that girl just play the SUPER FAST NOTES VERY LIGHTLY

[graceful]

1. 0:45 Harp, Alisa Sadikova (age 9). Piece: The Fountain - Marcel Lucien Grandjany
2. 2:52 Clarinet, Julian Bliss (age 12), & Ashley Wass (age 14), Piano. Piece: Solo de Concours - André Messager
3. 4:15 Flute, Judy Jeongyeon Lee (age 10). Piece: Rondo for Flute and Orchestra in D Major - W.A. Mozart
4. 5:19 Oboe, Wong Sa & Wong Si. Piece: Concerto for 2 Oboes in F Major Op.9 No.3 - Tomaso Albinoni
5. 7:11 Basoon, Kevin Zephyrin (age 13). Piece: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in F Major, Op.75 - Carl Maria von Weber
6. 8:46 Trumpet, Go-Eun Park** (age 13). Piece: Concierto de Aranjuez, II. Adagio - Joaquín Rodrigo
7. 9:39 Cello, Jeong A. Kim (age 9). Piece: Cello Sonata in E Major, V. Allegro - Giuseppe Valentini
8. 11:44 Piano, Alexandra Dovgan (age 10). Piece: Concerto for Piano No.1 in G Minor, Op.25 - Felix Mendelssohn

[lapislazulivn]

I love how (some of) the musicians in the background look at the young prodigy with such proud and inspiration. Their self-esteem is being destroyed yet they are so proud just by watching the kids' performance.

[evasmithturton]

4:14 as a flute player myself, this girl has freaking lungs of steel. Honestly, really nice playing

[elizabethsullivan]

Watching that pianist was just delightful, because you could see she was having a lot of fun. The bassoonist too--maybe it's not as heavy as it looks, but watching him pop out those notes as if it were easy while carrying what I suspect is a NOT particularly light instrument at a kind of awkward angle was really impressive.

[urlocalhh]

As a cellist, I never really got how soul crushing this was until the cello came on 💀

[theharpist-drne]

As someone who played in harp festivals with Sadikova when she was young, she's very talented but it's a bit sad how manufactured her image was as a child. She would have tons of tiny rollers in her hair all day to give her those curls before she performed, and they would have her play on instruments that were too big for her to make her seem more impressive (unnecessary, since she's talented on her own and it's physically much better for you to play on an instrument that matches your body size).

[MageScience]

1:09 asian pain p1
2:58 asian pain p2 (ancestor crying edition)
5:23 asian pain p3 (return of the woodwind)
9:44 asian pain p4 (the strings strikes back)
9:52 asian pain p4 v2 (the bowening)
10:45 asian pain p4 v3 (the vibrato)
11:36 asian pain p4 v4 (childhood crushed)
12:33 asian pain p5 (the final boss, key queen)

pls don't hate, just made this for myself for fun reasons, personally I wish I started practicing younger

[borderlinenocturnal]

Eddy being like, "She's playing it at 9, I played it at 15!"


... Eddy 15 is still really impressive

[acd]

As a cellist, let me just add that violinist couldn't even begin to understand how painful it is to play the thumb position. At normal positions, we use the fleshiest bits (or almost the fleshiest, at least the least sensitive bits as the fingertips are), but for the thumb, it's basically a thin layer of skin immediately covering the bone. With the amount of practice to build up that much strength for a solid octave, there must have been so much blister and bleeding behind the scene :(

To withstand the pain to even play a short passage in thumb position, I would have to practice consistently enough to grow a layer of thick dead skin. When I go back to playing after not having practiced for a long time, I couldn't even stand a few minutes. Imagine that on a 9-year-old (or less) girl.

[starrynyte]

I was a "prodigy" on the flute. I was handed a flute at 7 and started playing scales within minutes and was soloing within months. It just worked. I'll never understand how I did it and the biggest regret in life is that I stopped playing because it bored me. It was too easy. Nothing my tutor gave me pushed me. Anyway, its wonderful seeing these children succeed

[winter_wolf]

0:45 Harp
2:52 Clarinet
4:14 Flute
5:21 Oboe
7:13 Basoon
8:47 Cornet
9:39 Cello
11:43 Piano

[simplytwosetter]

It's actually nice to have Twoset react to these Linglings, because they also explained what made their playing Lingling level. If you just gave me these videos, I'll just be like, wow nice playing, and that's it lol So, let's all thank Twoset for sacrificing their self-esteem to bring us good music and educate us about musicality, color changes, well, all those terms, you know what I'm saying lol

[TheSkzAddicted]

My band teacher showed us this video with your guys' reactions and he said, "This should be our audience reaction. We should get as good as them."

[CMSky]

Don't forget Alma Deutscher who composed her first piano sonata at the age of 5, and a short opera at the age of 7, a violin concerto at the age of 9, and her first full-length opera at the age of 10.... etc. etc. She made her debut at Carnege hall in 2019. And to see her work performed is jaw dropping!

[warmfreeze]

the fact that little girl on the piano played that entire piece with no sheet music is insane... she literally played the whole thing from memory..