How can Beethoven created something like this? Simply overwhelmingly Genius.

In a thousand years, we will still know Beethoven’s name, and we’ll still listen to his work. No one will remember Beyoncé or Megan Thee Stallion.

Even without the sound, I knew exactly what she was playing

Not sure I understand this fascination with Lisitsa. She’s basically beating the piece up to show how fast she can play — it’s not particularly nuanced playing!

Hands like butterflies caressing caressing the piano keys... and ... There were rockets like a flock of scintillating birds singing with sweet voices. There were green trees with trunks of dark smoke: their leaves opened like a whole spring unfolding in a moment, and their shining branches dropped glowing flowers down upon the hobbits, disappearing with a sweet scent just before their touched their upturned faces. There were fountains of butterflies that flew glittering into the trees; there were pillars of coloured fires that rose and turned into eagles, or sailing ships, or a phalanx of flying swans; there was a red thunderstorm and a shower of yellow rain; there was a forest of silver spears that sprang suddenly into the air with a yell like an embattled army, and and came down again into the Water with a hiss like a hundred hot snakes. J.R.R. Tolkien,  The Fellowship of the Ring

Beethoven's musical skills were so highly developed that he was able to hear the music in his head and transfer it onto paper.

Valentina Lisitsa <3

direct line w God

Remember he did not name it Moonlight Sonata. He called it a passionate. Look at the first and second movements. It is the three stages of relationships. Very cleverly made into music.

I credit my first grade teacher for exposing us to the classics & this symphony in particular It is amazing Even as an older man, it still moves me & I too wonder how he did it