George Li Saint-Saen's Piano Concerto no.2

[montygolfear]

How can a 12 year old play like this?.

He puts some of the big names to shame .

[49410enrique]

he's an extremely talented young man that has been fourtunate enough to have access to the some of the best instruction in the world and he as obviously worked extremely hard. i've been listening to 'little' george for a long time , his level at a very very early age was shocking, even more so has been the maturity and progress of his playing over the years.

[iratior]

And it's almost as much fun to misspell Saint-Saens as Saint-Sean as it is to mispronounce it as Saint-Sayennes!  Spelling it as Saint-Sean makes it look a little bit as though Saint-Saens was an Irish composer!  Irish or not, Saint-Saens concerti sound difficult enough to make Chopin etudes look like Chopsticks.  And to be playing them at age 12 ... what next, Winter Wind etude with chords instead of single notes in the right hand?

[montygolfear]

And it's almost as much fun to misspell Saint-Saens as Saint-Sean as it is to mispronounce it as Saint-Sayennes!  Spelling it as Saint-Sean makes it look a little bit as though Saint-Saens was an Irish composer!  Irish or not, Saint-Saens concerti sound difficult enough to make Chopin etudes look like Chopsticks.  And to be playing them at age 12 ... what next, Winter Wind etude with chords instead of single notes in the right hand?

I made the mistake I was trying not to make. But I bow to your ultimate knowledge and intellect .
Obviously I am not worthy. I was caught up in the excitement of watching this 12 year old whip through the last movement at a pace and security that some of our more seasoned players would be proud of.

I would never want the composer to be Irish, as the tarantella would then be some sort of jig !.