Tonight, I witnessed a mind-blowing performance at Carnegie Hall by 16 year old Isadora Kim (Ji Eun Kim). She was the solo pianist backed by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra with the Jerusalem Orchestra of Promise Ministries International. She commanded the stage, the orchestra, the piano, the jaws-dropped audience, and likely, the building itself through Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, and two encores, both of which, of course were amazing, but the first was completely outrageous and somebody should be slapped in thanksgiving for her insanity! Her trills, her technique, her superb dynamics, and her speed are like nothing I've seen, but the closest I could think of, especially in the speed, was Lang Lang.
I demand everyone to rewind their clocks and go to the concert from tonight. But, if that's not possible, you shall book a flight to catch Isadora at her next performance. Must. Do. Noow-uuuuu. (That was Ahhhnald Schwarz accented).
Proof:
Pieces Played Tonight (Isadora is 13-15 in these videos)
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Not From Tonight, But A Must-Witness
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, 3rd Movement
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