When a string snaps mid performance.. Kristine Balanas Wieniawski Polonaise Brillante No.1

Kristine Balanas performs Wieniawski Polonaise Brillante No.1 in D major and destroys an E string at the Latvian Music Awards ceremony.
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Guntis Kuzma
6th of March 2018.

[venxce]

remember:
swapping your weapon is faster than reloading

[ursa_margo]

Everyone comments on how seamlessly she continued playing and here I am amazed at how the entire orchestra was able to recover immediately after a stop

[naughtytiger]

Everyone is talking about her but no one appreciates the conductor who slows the orchestra for her to swap the violins.

[MrVassago]

Youtube: wanna see what Kristine Balanas when her violin string snaps in the middle of a solo?

Me, having never watched anything close to a violin performance: hell yeah i do.

[Dr.HouseMD]

Guy handing her the violin:

“I’ve waited my entire life for this moment.”

[jacobhearns]

She’s a class act. Same to the guy who immediately understood what happened and gave her his violin.

[shainaLG]

She barely even flinched. It's legitimately inspirational how she handled that moment, as was how the entire orchestra did.

[ccash]

People always ask, “why do they even have conducters?” This right here demonstrates why a good conductor is necessary for a good concert. Flawless despite the anomaly

[MrPineappleTime]

"Yes, yes, that's a good hug and all, but give me my violin back..."

[xNaxdy]

When learning to play an instrument, most teachers will tell you "don't stop playing, even if you mess up", or something similar, because the audience usually can't tell anyway. This woman took that to a whole new level.

[-anactualdoggo-]

She just straight up was like:
Ima need this real quick

[ToddsWatchshop]

I've been playing violin for over 30 years. I will tell you, going from one Violin to someone else's that you've never played before... is not that simple. It's a lot like getting into a new car for the first time. The brakes catch differently, the acceleration off idle is different, and the handling is different. A violin is absolutely the same. The tone, the weight, the balance of the violin in your hand... not to mention the tension and feel of the strings, it's all different. This was really something else to be able to just keep going like this.

[laurenring]

So glad the algorithm brought us here today to appreciate her professionalism.

[SokaRoxMySox]

The fact that it was barely a hiccup in the performance shows amazing professionalism from everyone involved and it really highlights the importance of every part played here. Her personal recovery, the almost seamless trade off of instrument, the conductor and entire orchestra course correcting so quickly, everything was so smooth it was almost like there was never an issue to begin with and that is the mark of a good performer

[chriskoort]

"May I borrow your violin?"

"NO. I just saw you break yours like 5 seconds ago."

[misterdinner]

I love it when musicians play so passionately that they actively destroy their equipment as if it's the last performance.

[humanratteler]

Her: “oh damn, that sucks...anyways-”

[Mate-vgft]

I like how seamlessly she switched out her violin for the dudes with just a simple sorry. Then they immediately go back to playing.

[michaelkarnerfors]

Not only does she — cool as a cucumber — switch out the violin, but the conductor is 100% on the ball, holding up the orchestra... and _they_ in turn follow perfectly.

[kiapet]

Okay but can we appreciate her finishing out the musical phrase with the broken E-string, including shifting way up on the A string (on the fly!) to get that last high note