This Fake Piano Trend Must Be STOPPED

[Satyagrahiwannabe]

Joshua Bell used to play in the subway to see if anyone would stop. I think only a shoeshiner noticed he was “pretty good.” Unfortunately our music education is so pathetic nowadays that musicians have to rely on gimmicks. Love you guys for keeping the bar high.

[nananan-nv]

So the first guy is a french cellist whose name is Charles Gaugué (you can check him out he is rly good) and the pianist is french too and they made multiple "spontaneous" videos together
What language do you speak while in a french train station ? English ofc

[DelightfulDiscs]

It's 100% authentic. Ray spends 90% of his time waiting around public pianos for a good pianist to show up.

[darry_]

As the musicians commented in another video, this wasn’t about justifying anything, they feel hatred from this video, your purpose of making videos is to make classical music well known, not using it against others, especially Ray, he did great help while you guys do the collab videos and also helped Brett with the Mendelssohn concert in Singapore as well, now this channel has changed and made our initial fans disappointed, your ego is built above the audiences who adores your channel, please don’t forget with that…

[travelerarchon]

you get it wrong guys ..
everybody know its a set up.
the point of these videos is to encourage people to be more communicative in real conversation, bcoz now days the young generation is stuck on the phones and cant break the ice. The music as you know is the universal language and thats why they decide to make such videos, but even Ray Chen said that he found and contact some french guy and ask him where he will be so he could join.

[rocketpsyence]

I know it's staged but it doesn't piss me off....It's still good fun and I think the people around them usually enjoy it.

[kiaramuller]

Editor-San just discovered *grey filters* for our detectives love it😂😂

[MaverickZ]

I guess this is where all the drama started lol.

[黄茵琪]

You let me down. I’ve never seen anyone treat a friend like that…Do you remember how Ray was kind to you？ Maybe you wouldn’t remember, cz you guys are so ingrate.

[tomnicbl]

The way that all these classical pianists know all pop songs is the most crazy to me

[saaramatinaho]

Hi! I love to watch your videos. They are so happy and funny. I have been in your tour at Finland 1 year ago. I have also your apparel clothes. I was living two yoears ago in Singapore, and there was your tour but all tikets was gone:(

Your videos are still best❤

[robertloerwald]

To be fair, I don’t most of them are really trying to trick people into believing it’s spontaneous. It’s more of a flash mob kind of thing

[DenXDuman]

Loved every second of their instant yet elaborate sarcasm!

[Smartielew]

Honestly these “sudden public music things” that are posted all the time bother the heck out of me 😂. They’re so cringe, always feel forced, and I wish they would just play music. Also if they record, at least play the whole song and record yourself playing the whole thing without making a spectacle of it and lying about it.
But that’s just me.

[justinwright]

I wanna see what happens when the pianist doesnt know the requested song 😂

[muskanchoradia]

Gonna save this video and share it with everyone who sends me these staged piano trend reels! The music they play in the videos is no doubt good, but it's fake and a silly trend to showcase playing

[jackofalltrades]

I've seen a few that are either really convincing or they aren't fake.... but those were definitely fake

[dpainter]

Look, maybe it's staged, maybe some people fall for it, but it's not like they're offering something bad. If these orchestrated videos help bring more interest in classical music, or maybe inspire some kid somewhere to learn piano, well, good for them!

[samuelbaldwin]

I hate these videos with a passion. They smell funky. It’s just like reality television. It’s staged!

[steeltalon]

What's the schostakovich piece that plays at the end of the video called?