Aimi had a great succes after her concert in Russia. She played Mozart Piano Concert no.26 with Spivakov and his Virtuoso’s Orchestra on 24th December 2006, Moscow. The audience gave her a standing ovation and for that she gave an unique performance of Chopin’s 1st Impromptu.

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  1. She is a child, yet she plays like a grown up, so much emotion, just like Artur Rubinstein, such beauty can only be reached when you put your soul into the piece, just feel…

  2. Unbelievable how a child can play with such intensity. Greatest interpretation since the 1980 Arrau recording.

  3. Aimi was born in September 1995 and is now 24 years old. She gained much publicity ( especially on YouTube ) all over the world when young for her brilliant piano playing and was around 11 years old when she played in the performance shown in this video. Aimi went to USA in 2013 when accepted as a student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Since then little has been heard of her apart from when she competed in the Chopin prize competition in 2015 where she made it to the last 10 to reach the grand final, unfortunately she did not figure in the top six final places. At 24 years old one would have thought she should have made it to be a well known international pianist , but seems like she has rather faded away from public performances for now. Perhaps she should have stayed in Japan rather than go to the Curtis, it was such a long way away from her family and friends in Japan for a young woman who is seemingly of a sensitive nature. On the other hand, Yuja Wang is a tough cookie who thrived when leaving China as a young woman of only 15 years old to study in USA at the very same Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In March 2007, at the age of only 20, Wang's breakthrough came when she replaced Martha Argerich in concerts held in Boston. Argerich had cancelled her appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on four subscription concerts from March 8 to 13. Wang performed Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Charles Dutoit conducting. So by the age of 21, Yuja Wang was already well on the way to becoming an internationally recognized concert pianist, giving recitals around the world.

  4. I have never heard it played this beautifully. Incredible.

  5. This is impossible, top level at 11 years old. I'm listening this for the fifth time now and it's still hard to believe it's real

  6. Watching again – in 2020! I have followed Aimi's career since she was 11. She's an absolutely wonderful pianist, obviously she was born to do this.

  7. i think it's good but she over reacted too much!
    but still very underrated!

  8. I’m playing this exact same piece at 11 right now, too! 😊 Smile – yup in 2021

  9. i suck so much compared to her i feel like no matter how hard i try i will never be as good as those who are just naturally gifted ahhh i wish i was one of them

  10. Amazing already. And 15 years later, you are in the 4th place at the Chopin Competition 2021 in Warsaw. Congratulations!!!!!!

  11. It's astounding, of course, but I really can't understand those who question themselves "how is it possible for her to play with such expression and feelings?" She has been taught this way, she learned the interpretation of somebody else, at this point, I wondet if it is a real interpretation or just an execution

  12. Владимир Спиваков,со своими Виртуозами,много лет,показывал миру начинающих виртуозов,и к чему это привело-гегниальные ,лучшие в мире музыканты,призеры международных конкурсов!Поклон Мэстро,за чуткость, тонкий вкус,любовь и веру и в маленьких БОЛЬШИХ музыкантов!👏👏👏🙏💎

  13. C trop beau et sincère .
    Pas besoin d’aller à ce concours Chopin qui rend les pianistes super ennuyeux , codifiés .

  14. She just showed a moment of beauty a human can experience.

  15. Mucho tiempo repito éstos videos de la niña Aimi.🤗💞es tan hermoso ver cómo disfruta su talento y la pasión que deposita en su interpretación.👏👏🤗🥰💞
    Cordial saludo desde Bogotá Colombia
    👏🤗🤗💞🌹🌹🌷🌷💕💕🌷🌷🌷🙏.

  16. この頃の愛実ちゃん しっています フフフ私は無名の世界一宇宙一厳しいCHOPIN耳の持主です。これ 誉めています。

  17. 何?この完成された解釈力!
    目をつぶって聴いていると、ショパンコンクールで弾いていると言っても、誰も疑わない。 素晴らしい!

  18. For those who do not believe in reincarnation or understand how old souls can posses the young.