A global disruptor of classical music

November 13, 2023 10:23 AM

How TwoSet Violin is shaking up classical music | Brett Yang + Eddy Chen | Australian Story [31m] is the story of two young immigrants who took their ambitions for classical performance careers and forged their own path together to global fame, pulling new fans into the genre along the way.
posted by hippybear (11 comments total)

Ha, I read about them on the ABC yesterday and meant to look them up to see them in action. For anyone who wants a bit more reading before/instead of the video, here it is.
posted by Athanassiel at 11:30 AM on November 13, 2023 [2 favorites]

They're such a delight on YouTube -- how they get across that you can love and fear music all at once while making fun of it, and then making such spectacular music.
posted by clew at 11:53 AM on November 13, 2023 [2 favorites]

hippybear has clearly been practicing 40 hours a day to post interesting medium to long form interviews with interesting people. I appreciate.
posted by Dr. Curare at 12:48 PM on November 13, 2023 [5 favorites]

Love these guys!
posted by ericthegardener at 1:10 PM on November 13, 2023

I enjoyed that especially playing the violin while using a hula hoop. great stuff.
posted by clavdivs at 1:39 PM on November 13, 2023

For all the shit people give YouTube they have really enabled new paths for fandoms and hobbyists to have careers. Congrats to them.
posted by ShakeyJake at 2:58 PM on November 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

Reminds me a bit of Victor Borge...
posted by jim in austin at 3:45 PM on November 13, 2023 [1 favorite]

their youtube channel
posted by aniola at 5:03 PM on November 13, 2023 [2 favorites]

Because I've taught a bunch of music appreciation I've watched a lot of twoset. Some students are already fans before they get to me.

The video I post for my students most often is Pachelbel's Chicken, a multi-track canon of one of the guys playing the violin part on rubber chicken. It drives me a little nuts because it is obviously autotuned up the wazoo, yet they never disclose this fact. I tell the kids something like "I don't think it is possible to play a rubber chicken that accurately," and hope they will find the uncertainty entertaining.
posted by anhedonic at 6:45 AM on November 14, 2023 [1 favorite]

Two bright, articulate and talented young men. The video was entertaining and heartwarming.

Yeah, Victor Borge looks down and smiles.
posted by mule98J at 6:50 AM on November 14, 2023 [1 favorite]

Time to rewatch their Pachabel’s Chicken video…
posted by rickw at 8:46 AM on November 14, 2023