Roman Kim - Valse pour Ana

Dedicated to Ana Percevic
Violinist and Composer - Roman Kim
Piano - Jure Gorucan
Video and Sound - Georg Hühnerfuß,Tom Niehaus
Video editing - Daniel Gronsfeld

Violin made by Alexander Hazin,,Superior" 2015
Recorded in Altes Rathaus,Vienna

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[JakePlays]

After listening to this piece composed by Roman Kim for many months now, I have come to the conclusion that this is my favorite piece on the violin ever composed. Forget the Paganini and even the Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, and Mendelssohn. This is it. This is the piece that can make you feel all those different emotions in one. When Roman plays that first D in third position on the A string I know it’s going to be a whole 7 minutes and 18 seconds of emotions that I can’t even describe. I am happy that no one has transcribed this music and played it on recording because I know it would not be the same. I can’t even imagine not finding this piece because if I hadn’t I wouldn’t have been able to experience a once in a lifetime recording that soon turned into my favorite recording of all time, which I knew it would be from the start. I can’t even thank Roman Kim himself enough for composing and playing this piece on recording. Maestro Kim I believe that you are the best violinist himself no argument. Not only do you compose terribly difficult compositions and pieces and play them effortlessly, you also compose gem pieces such as this one and play it so wonderfully and terrifically amazing that I can’t even describe it enough. Thank you for becoming a violinist and getting to this stage because without you I don’t think anyone would have ever been able to experience anything like this. Thank you.

[evanding]

Technically speaking, he is probably the greatest violinist of our era.

[VagifBabayev-xc]

I consider myself lucky to have heard this amazing violinist live many years ago in Moscow. A truly talented violinist and composer. Well done, Roman!

[Librty]

The fact that this is probably his easiest composition is insane

[wisefix]

Not every day a woman has such a beautiful piece composed for her, much less played by the composer and virtuoso performer himself.

[ananas-]

My name is Ana. And it is my birthday today. And while I was casually scrolling YouTube just a moment ago, I stumbled across this video, the name of which is literally "Valse for Ana".
Thanks youtube, I guess😆

[JuanMarcello]

Wonderful!! Please, Mr. Kim, don't stop composing🙏 Your works are incomparable. Paganini himself would want to play them if he were here!

[DirkRadloff]

At last somebody who is brave enough to compose tonally, awesome performance!

[simonkatz]

Bravo. Finally, a composition by Roman Kim that could actually be played by someone other than Roman Kim.

[AdrianToaderWilliams]

Roman KIM is the best of the best. Rare! Great composition. Great TEAM. Ana, you are a lucky Star. Thank you, Roman! Thank you, Jure, my cosmic brother!

[Dylonely_]

He came back with his own piece. What a legend !

[alonfarji]

I have a playlist with 400 of my favourite pieces of all time, including music from baroque to modern music, also jazz, tango... This one takes first place. I just cannot stop listening to this beautiful melody

[cesars]

Modern composers need more of this. More Leidenschaft, more passion and search of beauty. And modern violin virtuosos need to compose again

[hiddenbunny]

Romantic period might have ended in 1900, but it seems like it is starting up again. Nice piece.

[marksands]

Simply put, the finest violinist alive today. Roman may very well be the greatest of all time but we will never know this for sure. I look forward to whatever he performs in the future. Thank you for the beauty that you bring to an otherwise confused and troubled world.

[allstarmark]

Roman my wife and I have listened to this 500 times since you’ve posted it. The transitions to different moments give us chills (especially octaves).

Thank you!!!!

[ProfeRo]

This guy is out of this world! Great violinist, great arranger and also an amazing composer! Thanks for all your work, Roman!

[AbigailPoirier]

Commenting again, because this piece has real staying power. It keeps coming to my mind - not in a bad way like an earworm, but like my all-time favorite classical pieces do. I hope more people will get to hear this gem!
Edit: It's a real privilege to live in an era when I can hear new music that's just as great as that in the classical repertoire. If it wasn't for YouTube, I would never know that modern composers are still composing masterpieces of beautiful music. All the modern music I've heard at concerts and recitals hasn't been as melodious, effective, and complex as music from previous eras, so I thought nobody wrote beautiful music any more. It was great to find out I was wrong! Now I wonder how many amazing pieces have been lost/forgotten through the decades/centuries because people had no way to share them with the wider world...

[ivanvarchenko]

Не потеряна ещё надежда для мира современной композиции. Прекрасное произведение, слушается на одном дыхании!

[leilanisharpe]

This sounds so beautiful and timeless. I was so pleased to see it's a new composition. Thank you for sharing it with us.