KATICA ILLÉNYI - Flight of the Bumblebee

Violin: Katica Illényi
Piano: István Bundzik
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Győr Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: István Silló
Palace of Arts, B. Bartók National Concert Hall

[Xengrii]

After so many people becoming ''The fastest violinist in the World'' I forgot how a well-played Flight of The Bumblebee sounded on Violin.

[Omega]

Thumbs up for the conductor!! best dude ever

[floraostberg]

she probably only practices 30 hours a day

[RHV-]

Damn I forgot how actaully beautiful is this piece because of sacrilegious performers

[SnortingMagic]

This is where practice leads you... eventually.

[jessicalicas]

I how she enjoys while she’s playing, it is really amazing.

[thisismerica]

If you listen at
.25x speed you can hear she accurately hits every note.

[nikitakade]

Katica Illenyi made my head spin; one of the best soloists I've ever heard perform this impossible piece...I loved seeing the conductor conducting with a fly swatter, and that "splat!" (poor bee!) at the end...

[delaneymikesell]

Okay but can you play fifteen notes per second

[christineanneho]

Wow! Katica performed The Flight of the Bumblebee excellently and very expressively with the incredibly fast presto tempo. The Conductor was very creative in using the fly swatter as a baton, and tapping it after her very last note!

[rhr.]

Like your running late at school and running at fast as you can

[Will-xzgc]

lol for the end. Fly swatter as conducting baton. Like it.

[bither]

that conductor made me laugh though. hahahahha

[thatlibrarysmell]

Performers like this never cease to amaze me. When I’m performing I have to convince myself that it’s just like when I practiced and the slightest loss of focus or if I focus too much even for a split second will derail the whole thing. It has happened

[Ferbals]

I LOVE the "conducting with a fly swatter" deal! ❤️ As much as I love this song and as hard as it was to learn it personally as a violinist...she made it look/sound amazing. Good job, you guys!!!

[marymehrs]

Omg why is his stick a fly swatter






edit: hello i am back after 3 years and now i know that “his stick” is the conductors baton, , , , y’all were really coming for me in the replies

[cooldudelel]

you know she is on a entirely new level when you can close your eyes and still hit the notes. Its like she practices 40 hours a day

[jonathank]

Flight of the bumblebee videos:
TWOSET community: LET US INTRODUCE OUR SELVES

[alimousatabets]

"If you can play it slowly, you can do it quickly"
- two classical musicians

[lisarnful]

My two year old granddaughter is obsessed with this. For the past two months I have to play this video for her. She just said “nana her hands move so fast “