Mendelssohn : Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. Played by Chloe Chua (Age 12)

2019 Inaugural ATLANTA FESTIVAL ACADEMY Concerts at City Springs. The Festival String Orchestra. Conductor : Huifang Chen. Violin : Chloe Chua

[ryanaiden]

She has no fear. There is none. She is backed by this whole orchestra and still can shine through during a fortissimo... you would have to really mean each note you play to do that, and therefore know every note and what it means and not be afraid to let each one shine and sing. Thank you Chloe for showing humanity the beauty of music, expression, and commitment.

[Kelnor]

Conductor: Hey can you guys fill in with this youth ochestra?
WInds Section: Ugh, idk, who's the Soloist?
Conductor: Chloe Chua.
Winds: You son of a B***h I'm in.

[kruzrken]

She says she wants to be a world class violinist. She already is one! The best!

[jyounghee]

i've been living for 18 years and her pinky is more stable than my future at 12. what am i doing here

[kctechie]

I seriously have to remind myself to breathe when Chloe plays.

[simonxin]

Chloe chua is from my music school, i also saw her in a concert. She really is truly talented and brilliant.

[luborkloda]

Maybe you remember Christian Li from Menuhin. He won the shared 1st price together with Chloe. I visited his youtube channel yesterday and it was very interesting.

I think both young artists made great progress since Menuhin and both are very good but totally different way. And even people visiting their channels are totally different :).
It was a clever decision to split the 1st price. You just can't compare Chloe's interpretation with Li's one. For me Chloe is very sincere, very natural, her music has thousands of layers, with tiny polished details and deep respect to composer's will and to the music itself. What surprises me again and again is her instinct and sensitivity. She is able to find hidden secrets and beauty where many great artists with big names failed.
Li on the other hand plays on edge from the start till the end. He has more or less just one layer, but superpolished, supershiny, no much details, no much respect but very straightforward. Li's style is able to "sell" music even to people who don't know much about it which is the bigger part of his fanpage comunity. :D

It is a bit like Chopin versus Liszt.
As I said it was very interesting experience.

[jayden]

This is the result of practising 40 hours a day

[maestrogio]

I love when she decides to ignore the “conductor’ because the orchestra can’t keep up. What personality!!

[endless-]

Came here because of the latest video of twoset with her! Wow she is amazing!!!!

[naomiivie]

The fact that there's no score in front of her. She's amazing! How does one master 30 minutes of playing at age 12?? She's extremely dedicated and hard working, an astonishing inspiration to people all over the world. 🤩

[alanbash]

You Will Be The Greatest Violinist Of This have the Sound Of Heifetz and the Phrasing Of Oistrakh . Stay Strong, Practice Smart, and keep Your Repertoire growing ALL the time . You Have The Magic ! Alan Bash. Juilliard M.M.

[rebecaaraujo]

I’m amazed by her progress since Menuhin competition. What a brilliant girl se is.

[serpentine]

Phrasing and Control is top notch, Chloe really knows how this piece should sound like !! Her tone quality is incredible - the first few phrases immediately stir up my emotion, and give me goosebumps !

[ernesthastie-ggkn]

What she does borders on the impossible this talent can't be explaned

[PhillipPhan]

I just watched Joshua Bell play the same piece at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bell was wonderful. However, after listening to Chloe, again, I have to say that she was more musical and technically rigorous (you can hear every note), especially during the glissando. Chloe is a very deliberate player of the instrument.

[poyenwu]

This playing and interpretation is so youthful and cute! Is it the most detailed and refined? No. Is it one of the best? Yes! I just hope the recording was better.

[Mandoboyband]

Heard Mendhelson’s violin concerto numerous times. This is one of the best renditions. Her control and phrasing in the cadenza is amazing.

[jackburgess]

In the 16 months since this wonderful performance Chloe has learnt and performed in concert two more violin concertos by Mozart (1 and 2), Massenet's Meditation, and Piazzolla's Otoño Porteño. She has also learnt Wieniawski's second violin concerto, although sadly, because of a travel ban as a result of covid, her scheduled performance of it in Macau on 9 January has just been cancelled.
Moreover in the next 4 months, either side of performing Bach's Concerto for two violins (with Ye Lin) in Singapore, she will perform two further works for the first time, Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending" in Geneva and Chausson's Poeme in Richmond US as part of the opening gala concert at the 2021 Menuhin Competition.
We mere mortals can only marvel and be grateful for the fruits of her labours! What a stupendously talented and extraordinarily hard-working young person!

[censchot]

Only a true genius can make this seem effortless. Believe you me I know how difficult it is.