28 October 2007

I like Chopin

The web space keeps on surprising me. It houses a wealth of information, some of which dates back to previous centuries. For example, classical music.

You may know a website called YouTube. It's an online video portal that allows internet users to watch, upload and share video clips worldwide. It contains thousands of videos ranging from nonsensical clips taken by a mobile phone to decent, professionally shot videos.

Until recently I thought that YouTube contained only pop-music clips or similar representations of pop culture. Well, it was a nice surprise when I came across beautiful pieces of classical music. Seriously, it was a revelation for me how elite art makes a very progressive effort to market itself in the modern society. A combination of the internet and Chopin struck me.

Just like this piece by composer Sergey Rachmaninov:


Performing: Kasparas Uinskas, a Lithuanian pianist

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

piaras :)