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Let us know what you think. Either if you have seen us live, on YouTube or if you just want to express yourself.
We will every now and then, comment your messages.
All the best!
Igudesman & Joo Team
Hello!
My name is Ana Maria, and I watched your shows at youtube. Sorry for the bad English, I’m Brazilian. And I just want to say that when you come to north america’s do a show, think about Brazil! it’s not far away and we’d love your presence here!
Abraços!
Parabéns pelo trabalho de vocês!!
Não tive a oportunidade de velos ao vivo,aqui no Brasil.
mas assisti seus videos no youtube e me impressionei!
Abraços
Hey guys,
ever since „Was Sie schon immer über Klassik wissen wollten“ I haven’t recognized anybody similar. Not mentioning that you are quite unique, well I know that, you know that, we all know that.
As it happens my hometown Hof in Bavaria has a brand-new concert hall.
It will officially open this autumn. Besides several industry fairs the calendar of events is slowly drowning in the Schlager and German folk music swamp.
So I’m sending out an SOS on behalf of every inhabitant of Hof.
WE WANT YOU FOR HOF!
I know Hof isn’t a huge town or the capital of something (except being the capital of Crystal-Meth contaminated Upper Franconia) but I promise I would buy a ticket even if I will have to travel from behind the moon or have to rise from the dead (that would be quite a nightmare music).
Rock on,
Patson
ps.:If it’s required our Symphonic Orchestra could back you for a Big Nightmare Music.
Hi! Well, something that we keep on saying is — the best way to try to get us to your local place is to bombard the concert venues with emails, demanding to have us! The more people do that, the more likely are they going to have to listen to you — peer pressure, you see? We really hop to visit Hof in Bavaria some time and act as “Schlager” exterminators — unless Heino shows up with his cool sunglasses (did he copy that from us?;))
Yes please come to Sweden in July!
Really awesome to see that you’re coming to the Uk, maybe you could consider playing in Birmingham next time you come to England, London is a little far for some people and I’m sure many people all over the Uk would like to see one of your performances.
Sure, but how about a road trip to London Cadogan hall on the 9th of march?
“beyond the clownish style, I take my hat off to the artists.“
That’s a comment left on FB with a video by a friend thanks to which I have discovered you (probably badly translated but i’ts Google fault). Who told social networks are useless ?
OK, as most of the messages here it is my turn to ask : will you come in France in the coming months ? I thought I could stop to breathe untill you come but it might be a bit risky…
Kind regards
Nicolas
PS: thanks to take the time to answer each message. Even this page is a pleasure — My favourite is this one :
Dagmar Dekanovsky
I love you two!
D.D
Igudesman and Joo
And we love all ten of you Novskys.
Well I am gla oyu appreciate the subtelty in that comment — okay slightly intelectual perhaps, but hey ho, such is life. Concerning France, we would so love to come, but its not an easy place to perform, unfortunately, people have to hire us you see. We do our entire show in French, by the way and have done so a few times! In the next months it does not look good for France, so pretty please with sugar on top do NOT hold your breath, but we will promise that we will make it happen as soon as possible
You are awesome! Come to Brazil!
Braziiiiil! We would so love to Danielle, you have no idea…
Fantastic!
I would love to see both of you come to Northern Germany!
“Fiddling” greetings from Hanover,
Christian
Ahhh, yes, but how about a road trip to Stuttgart on the 28. of march?
Komm uns doch besuchen…
Hello!!!
Congratulations for the record!! You’re fantastic and so funny. Please come to France!!
Kisses!!!
We hope, we hope for France soon… and thanks!
Congratulation from Athens!!!
Lots of your funs wants to enjoy you live so please don’t forget us.
We ‘re waiting for you in Athens!
Kisses!
Oh we absolutely love to have fun and love to have funs, especially in Athens — we hope to come sometime soon.
Hello!!
Planning on seeing you this Saturday in Dallas.
Im a fellow classical soprano with comedy show Lamaze School of Singing Presents How To Birth A Song.
Have performed it in Edinburg Fringe and across US.
I barely heard your radio announcment doing I Will Survive and I knew I couldnt miss it.
Would love to meet you back stage if you are not too tired.
Colleena Divina
High C Diva
Would you like us to bring you starbucks back stage
Well, we are doimng DVD signing after the show, so come and say hi! See ya soon…
Why don’t you come to Korea this year?
My friends and my family really want to see you two’s concert.
I think you both are the great person who are making classical music world nearer to the normal people. I am very thankful to the fact that people like you guys exist in this world!!
Well, my family loves music and your performance — I show your Youtube videos and just laughed out loud, too much, finally my father was addicted to your performance(huh?).
My friends and I are in musical high school(actually arts high school), and watched your videos together after test. All stress of school test were gone in a few second!!!
Everything are just so great and many people are waiting for you. I’d be so grateful if you really come and let us see you both.
Happy New Year!(counted with lunar calendar)
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P.S. Thanks for your reading of all those long sentences. Everything is so good in this site, but only one — it is quite hard to write message here, because error occurs often in this page…the page is too long. If we can turn these comments as the page of a book, this long, long page(it’s actually very annoying to scroll the page on cellphones, so I am finally using the internet…) won’t have problems anymore. Thanks.
Happy New Year do you too! We would absolutely love to return to Korea — we are both crazy about Kimchi, Bolgogi and Aleksey himself cooks a great “Russian” version of Dakdori Tang.
Soon we hope…
Hello, we drove 188km from Verona to go to Ortisei to the concert on the 19th. It was worth every minute and we love you and your show. We drove back home the same night another 188 km. We were HAPPY! thanks! please come to Verona Italy. we were on the front row, and were the ones who asked you to talk in English!!!!
I’m disinclined to accept Brno, dirty slaves…
How about Znojmo?
Hi
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Ich liebe euren Humor einfach!! Es wäre sooo toll, wenn ihr auch mal nach Osnabrück kommen könntet (oder wenigstens in die Nähe
Ich würde euch wirklich sehr, sehr gerne mal live sehen!!
Aller liebste Grüße,
Henni
Is there any possibility that you can come and perform in Sweden 2012. We would love if you could come so we finally could experience your extreme talents both as classical musicians and comedy acts. I love watching your videos ubt please come so me and my friends can see live!
OK– how is July for you?
WE WANT YOU ! In Turkey.
for Xmas turkey?
Congratulations for the great Unicef world record in Viena!! spectacular!!!
I know everyone want you to come, but please, COME TO BARCELONA!!!!!!
I’ve seen you’re visiting Italy soon. Spain isn’t so far, isn’t it?
I hope to see you soon!!!!
I hope that you will continue to survive in Paris ! Can you come here ? That could be amazing !
Don’t forget your pants for this time sir Aleksey !
Have a nice day !
I’m never able to finally come to your concert, because you always kinda play in the surrounding states, except in Bosnia. Well, it is a small country, but a lot of people are dying to hear you preforming live, especially us violinists
Could you please come to Bosnia (Banja Luka). My friends and I really love you, and I hope to see you live.
Love, Tamara
We will do our best Tamara, but how about a road trip, since we play in your area quite often? Info about more performances coming sonn!
My friends and I LOVE watching your video clips!
Please consider coming to Canada especially Toronto.
We will indeed be in Canada later on this year, so keep on checking those tourdates! …
Hey Guys,
I think you are awesome, any possibilities that you will ever play in the “Windy City” of Chicago?
Would be great to see you here, sometime!
We will be in Chicago in May this year! More info soon.
Please come to Montreal, Canada! Surely your biography was influenced by the one of P.D.Q. Bach, which is also hilarious…
We will come to Montreal later this year. Stay tuned to our Homepage for Tourdates.
Hey guys,
Zagreb,Croatia is calling You again!!! We need you…You two are legends!
I still don’t see any Prague in Tourdates. I’m very unsatisfied… Punish yourselves each other for that!
Is Brno more satisfactory to you? Whipping and Flogging ourselves as we AAAAAGHHH write. AAAAGH$££&^%&%$&%^%^%£(*&(*&%&%!@@@@%$£
Friday counts, I will come, if I can. I’d do anything for that. How many kilos of handkerchiefs should I bring? Just want to be prepared you know… Face you? Oh, I can’t. I’d feel the urge to hug you — which would mean I’d ruin your suits with all these salty waters coming out of my eyes. Furthermore, I have backstage fright, I can’t come to face you… Maybe see you outside (or let me come to play with you
…right, joke 
( I’m already practicing to get good enough and to know Alekseys pieces by heart )dreams 
…) Hoping to see you soon(er or later),
Wiebke
Please come to Verona Italy.
Pretty please.
Happy New Year!
With Sugar on top! We LOOOOOOVE Verona. we think Verona has some of the best Italian restaurants we’ve ever been to. But kind of a suicidal town, no?
Happy New Year!!
Canada is calling your names– “IIIIIIguuuudesman, Jooooooooooo!“
YOU GUYS ARE DUE FOR A VISIT BACK IN CANADA BABY. MAYBE NEXT YEAR PLEASE COME SINCE ITS NOT ON YOUR UPCOMING TOUR SCHEDULE. WHAT IS THIS MADDNESS?
come to Canada, or Canada will come to you. um…
in other words, many loyal fans await you here.
I love and respect your work, and thankyou for making me laugh hard when I’m down
We will come to Canada later this year– and more in 2013. Doris Day.
Sorry, just felt like writing her name. No reason. Pythonesque really…And now,
I blogged about I and Joo.. today.. but it was following a segment on Zeidwig..
Was surprised to discover Joo in Rachlin Group,(Carnival of the Animals) and then popping up in the comedy duo. Bravos to both of you.
http://arioso7.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/a-fine-pianist-and-comedian-rolled-into-one-plus-a-bonus-peek-at-a-hilarious-duo/
Zeidwig is fantastic! A kindred spirit. Thanks for your kind blog. Happy Ne Year
Hey you two!
)But that one evening that didn’t matter because obviously we were only watching you from behind so we missed your faces, so we could cry as much as we wanted, but dancing was so much fun! When I was on my way home I thought the train was going to Vienna — what a disappointment to find it going the other way! But isn’ it an old saying that every road leads to Vienna? Vienna, right ?!!
The New Year’s slide was amazing! Best one ever! I can’t say it enough: you guys are awesome, awesome, great, marvellous! Wait, I forgot something: You’re brilliant. People tell me they cry tears of laughter when they hear and see you — I never cried before, you were the first to make me cry — of laughter and joy (which made me cry of anger and sadness because I couldn’t see you anymore
There’s just one thing to criticise: Why are you always performing in the middle of the week so nobody can come and see you!!! Only once choose a weekend, PLEASE!!!!!!
See you soon, hopefully,
Wiebke
Does Friday evening count as a weekend day?
Thank YOU for dancing and playing your heart out with us. And also for creating such a fantastic atmosphere with everyone. We hope you were able to make new friends and meet kindred spirits. our only regret is that we couldn’t party more with all of you. Perhaps come see us in Dusseldorf in June, and we will make you cry then, while facing us?
Igudesman and Joo,
I live in Hong Kong and watched you videos on youtube, you guys are amazing! Hope to attend you performance soon!!! And please visit Hong Kong again!!
Joyce
We are coming to Hong Kong later this year. HONG KONG PHOOEY!!!
Hi Aleksey und Hyung-Ki!
Silvester war der Hammer! Noch nie hatte ich so viel Spaß zu Jahreswechsel. Es ist ein Genuss euch zuzusehen. Der Weltrekord war so cool. Sogar bei der Probe hab ich es noch nicht hinbekommen richtig zu spielen (Ich spiele erst seit 2 Jahren Geige!), doch bei der Show mit der Stimmung ist alles bestens gelaufen. Leider war es viel zu schnell wieder vorbei!
Würde mich freuen wenn es wieder einmal so eine Chance gäbe!
Ich noch immer total begeistert von der vergangenen Nacht!
Liebe Grüße aus Wien!
So super das du mitgemacht hast Verena! You are a star!!!
hi! ıgudesman and joo ı love you and ı love your comics. I’m in antalya and you’re coming for AKM ı buy a ticket for youu! ok see you later
Come to Portugal please!!!!!!! We need you. you are the best
Do you know Marta?
Dear Igudesman and Joo,
I recently discovered you on youtube and thought that someone should had told me about your show before! So, I hope you could come to Portugal again! And that’s why I wrote this. By the way, Oporto is a beautiful city for classic music!
Do you know QuimZeMeira?
Dear Igudesman and Joo,
First off, I’d like to thank you both from the bottom of my heart for what you do. I love your idea of bringing classical music to a new and younger audience, but with irresistible humor. That is what classical music needs, because more people need to understand that classical music doesn’t have to be so stuffy as its cracked up to be– it’s music!!! And Im a prime example of your success– Im not an old lady (not that there’s anything wrong with old ladies), im a teenager who stumbled upon you guys online and simply cant get enough! oh and stop being so funny, ur gonna kill me from laughing so hard haha… but seriously. Best of luck with the world record in Vienna. Keep up the great work guys!
Ma quando a milano o roma? Intanto buon natale
Thanks for your big support Linday and rock on! (aehm, well “classical on” more like…)
London awaits you with bated breath!!! 9th March — FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!
I have put it in my diary and have ordered another saw. Are you doing a Rachmaninov workshop at the same time??
I am so excited!!!
Changing my name to Pink
Hei!
I was at your concert last night in Tallinn and I wanted to thank you for that — I had a wonderful time!
I play the violin myself, I have studied for ten years now. One night after a lesson about string instruments’ history, i searched ‘violinist’ in Youtube and your ‘Riverdancing violinist’ came up. I laughed so hard! I spent the whole night watching the videos and laughing and enjoying the music, and when I found out that you are actually going to come to Estonia (and I haven’t missed it) I couldn’t believe it.
The concert was great! I can’t remmber the last time I laughed so much. You’re both so funny and hilarious and brilliant musicians. I really loved the cow-song — Lehm on surnud! But of course everything else too.
Thank you so much and all the best!
Häid jõule!
Warum, warum nur kommt ihr nicht nach Berlin? Berlin ist so schön, und ALLE wollen euch sehen. In echt. Meine Schüler lieben eure Dvd, aber so langsam glauben sie mir nicht mehr, dass es euch WIRKLICH gibt. Alles nur Filmcomputeranimatiosmutaten. Alles nur Lehrerticks von mir, damit sie langweiliges Zeug üben. Die wollen Beweise. Also: Berlin, Berlin, BERLIN
Dear Anni,
we WILL come to Berlin someday. After all, as J.F. Nigel Kennedy once said “Wir sind Berliners, yeah right.“
Happy New Year to you!
About a month ago i was walking around in town with my friends. Suddenly i started to sceam and believe me, my friend thought that i went totally crazy. The reason was your concert poster.
). But i worried for nothing 
It was BRILLIANT! Can´t compare nothing with a live show. Your made me love music even more.
So…yesterday you gave a concert in Estonia, Tallinn. I had a fear that i might find it not that interesting ´cause i have seen all your Youtube videos (at least 100 of times
Aleksey…your Estonian was so good. Suprised everybody
And Hyung-ki…sorry for laughing. I don´t know why but it was so funny for me that a piano player comes on stage with a violin
You defenately have to come back someday!
I wish you a nice holiday and for the future, fun concerts with wonderful audience.
Your comment is one of the nicest we’ve received, and we love that you went totally crazy. No need to apologise for laughing, Maret, that’s kind of what we hope people would do (at the right times, of course), and you did just that, so not to worry. Glad you were embarrassed though. (Triin knows what we’re talking about). Have a great holiday, and a Happy New Year!!!!
I&J
Dear Aleksey and Hyung-Ki,
It’s me again. Anyways, I really want to be apart of the dancing violinists thing, since I’m on winter break, and play the violin, and go to a fine arts school(Davidson Fine Arts). But sadly, I cannot afford to buy a two-way ticket and get a hotel room in Vienna. T-T So I wish you two the best of luck in finding participants in such a wonderful event.
Dance and play with us anyway at midnight Dec.31, and post it on our FB page. Happy Holidays!
I look forward to see one of your shows. I hope you two come Turkey soon. Have a good day
Er—- Murat, we just did two shows in Antalya beginning of December.
We dream of playing in Batman!
Hi! I am in love with your guys music and sense of humor. I would give anything to come watch your show! Is it possible you guys are doing a show in California, but in San Francisco? I have so many questions for you like how much are tickets, and everything!!!!!! I WANT YOU TO SIGN AND AUTOGRAPH EVERYTHING I OWN!!! You guys are amazing!!!! Please respond soon! Youre the reason so many people look at classical music in a whole different perspective. Your style and what you bring to the classical world is refreshing, and I can’t wait to see you guys in concert if it’s the last thing I do!!!!!!!!!
We did our “8 To 88″ workshop at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in October. And then we performed in Cupertino. But we will come to San Francisco. Perhaps 2013? That’s if we survive 2012. We WILL Survive!
So — I have it on good authority that the Pope isn’t interested in your Vatican performance — therefore, it’s GOTTA be London!!
Or Winchester.
Or Birmingham.
Or Little Noseblow-on-the-Wold.
But WHEN????
Greenie
PS — Have bought saw
London– March 9th 2012– Cadogan Hall.
Hey you two!
You are amazing!!!!
I’ve seen your show in Antalya (03.12.2011) and loved it. Can’t wait to see you again
I’ll keep an eye on your tour program.
Lot’s of love from sunny Antalya!
Aysun
Teshekur!
We ate some Sheep Head in Antalya.
And then watched “Silence of the Lambs” with some freshly squeezed Pomegranate juice.
Lexy, hope u didn’t mean to play in Zagreb without visiting a doctor
when are u arriving? write an e mail. looking forward to see/hear you!
So sorry, we promised to see you in Novi Sad but the Serbia trip did not work out for us. Have a great show, we love you! Already have tix for Chicago next year, so we will see you then… cao, ciao, chow!!
Chicago will be a very special show! Emanuel Ax will join us in some new sketches we wrote this year. See you then. Chow Mein.
Hi there. I’ve been to your preformence in Israel two days ago. I loved it. it was a great show and I enjoyed every bit of it.
anyways, at one part you brought an israeli guy to read a text in swidish (revenge dog??) while Joo translated it (with pretty good pronounsiation) to Hebrew.
it was funny, but I was wondering, is it part of your casual shows? do you allways get a local guy to read you the text in swidish, while one of you learn it in the local language? and who was the guy who read it in swidish??
Thank you for a wonderful show, Ofir.
We often have surprises in our concerts– very often without the other one knowing. We love guests joining us on stage, and recently our “guest list” has included Emanuel Ax, Georg Breinschmid, Stuart Canin, Sebastian Chonion, Troy Durden, Martin Frost, Thomas Gansch, Itamar Golan, Sebastian Gurtler, Sabina Hasanova, Yu Horiuchi, Leon Igudesman, Janine Jansen, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, John Malkovich, Sir Roger Moore, Viktoria Mullova, Lawrence Power, Andrei Pushkarev, Julian Rachlin, Agar Silva & Paulo Pardal (Tae-kwon Do teachers), Gabor Tacaks-Nagy, Stacey Watton.
The Swedish poem by Ingaband van Losterli was recited by Uri Dror, who wrote the Hebrew translation first before writing the Swedish original.
Hello!
I am a student in Hong Kong, I really love to watch your show, and I am glad to see you will come to HK next year
I have a suggestion, would you like to try chinese music instruments? I know that many chinese music instruments are similar to the western ones, such as er-hu(二胡) is exteremely similar to violin, and yang –qin (楊琴) is quite similar to piano. I think you can get more great idea form them
looking forward to seeing you in HK!!!!!!!!
best wishes
Let’s go Er-hu and Yang-qin!
I can’t believe it! When you finally arrive to Zagreb, I’ll be having my exam 400 kilometeres away from you as my professors decided Thursday is a good day for an exam, and there is no busses or trains to get me to Zagreb before 10pm.
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we’re sorry you had to take an exam. If it makes you feel better this is what Oscar Wilde said: “In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise can not answer”
Hello guys my name is Kostia and i am 24 music producing student from israel haifa
i play piano and recently started to play the violin after seeing your videos
i was at your show and really enjoyed it, i very admire all your preforms, seen everything on youtube too before i hade seen live,
I love all kind of music especially classical, i love to dance (i am a breakdancer) and i love to laugh. So i must say you gave me a nice dose of that things that i love
I know that it is not so easy to do what U R doing.… so keep up the GREAT WORK!!!
Can you breakdance while playing the violin? When you do, send us a clip. Todah!
Thank you so much for tonight’s concert in Tel Aviv! Me and my husband enjoyed the show immensely, and now he’s interested in listening to more classical music:))
Classical Music can be a very romantic companion…
ANd joo did you know mikail he says me ı know and he’s my piano and violin teacher..
Bana dediler ki bunlar birisini bulamaz.burdan onlara seslenirim bunların(joo)nun tipine ölürüm
Please send message my email..
Hi,my name is merve
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I live turkey in antalya.
You are come in antalya I love you too and I love your playin piano JOOOO.My teacher ufuk say me You should go to igudesman and joo then ı can take a ticket and watch you.Very good and ı love you.And joo are you live in london or korea I dont understand
Joo lives in the land of the Joos. Igudesman lives in an Igloo.
E-X-T-R-A-O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y !!!! Thank you!! An unforgettable show yesterday night in Udine!!
G-R-A-Z-I-E!!!!
Скажите Алексей, верней напишите, Вы женаты, или что нибудь в этом роде???
И вообще приезжайте в Берлин, хватит ездить по всяким деревням!
Я имею введу не женитьса а со своей “кошмарной музыкой”, вот было бы здорово!
Татьяна
Hey guys~
You should definitely come to Argentina!
You’re awesome!!! please come?? =]
Abrazo desde Argentina!
If we do, can we have some Pure de Calabazas, and Freddo ice cream?
Hi! First of all, I love you guys, you have seriously put a dent in the clasiscal music genre, but a hell of a good dent!
Second of all, I would absolutely LOVE to see you live! However, I don’t think you have ever been, and I don’t see anything on the tour dates, but I think you really need to come to The Unites Kingdom, and tour around there, because the UK is FULL of Igudesman and Joo fans!
All The Best,
Aaron, Scotland!
P.S I think you are such an inspiration to so many people, especially me, and I hope you live forever!
We’re coming to the UK: March 9th 2012, Cadogan Hall.
Hi, Igudesman and Joo! Guess what! I just played “New Cat” with my brother in a concert in Berlin. I really love your Catscratch book and I also like the videos of the two of you on Youtube. When is your show coming to Berlin?! I am 9 years old. Please write back! Sincerely, EMMA
Vi ste najbolji!
Pokušavam napraviti nešto slično poput vas na klaviru. Imali smo prvi nastup.
Molim Vas, posjetite našu grupu na facebooku: The dynamic duo on the piano. Tnx!
You’re the best!
I’m trying to do something similar like you on the piano. We had a first appearance.
Please visit our group on facebook: The dynamic duo on the piano. Tnx!
Hello! First of all, I just want to say that both of you are amazing! Both of you are brilliant players, but it’s wonderful how you make fun of all of it. I am a flute player, but I would love to learn to play violin, just so I could apply for 100 dancing violinists and meet you in person. Also, I think that many of people who doesn’t listen to classical music is going to start listening it because of your show
Ok, enough with the compliments, I just want to say that I’m looking forward for your concert in Novi Sad! 
Hope that I will get your autographs 
P.S.Sorry for the long message
Hello guys, i’m looking forward to seeing you but the tickets for italy can be bought online or only at the theater? thanks a lot
IGUDESMAN & JOO: “A Little Nightmare Music”
St. Ullrich(Gröden),Italy
Come to Spain… Sun, History and people with a great sense of humour …
You are welcome at Murcia, south-east of Spain, nice city and a marvellous Theater !! …of course, is my Town
Thanks in advance… and awaiting for delight
your talent !!
Seeing you ASAP.
Hey Guys come to Brazil =D I’m pianist and I love your show! Have a Happy Holidays
Kisses
Why is it that most of your performances are in Europe? What about wonderful Asia?
SINGAPORE NEEDS YOU! I NEED YOU!
싱가포르에 와서세요!
–Anne
Dear Mr. Igudesman and Mr. Joo,
I very much enjoy your Youtube videos. I had the fortune of being informed of you guys through my piano and music theory teacher. I especially love your Mozart Rondo alla Turca and I Will Survive videos! They’re extremely hilarious!
I wish I could play violin just so I could fly all the way to Wien to participate in the World Record event. Sadly, I play the flute.
Also, are you guys planning on touring more in the US, particularly the midwest region(Michigan, hint, hint)?
I am so delighted to have discovered this unique and special group! I hope you guys come out with more videos in the near future!
Best Wishes,
Stephanie
I really love your instructional video for riverdancing. Can I request an Igudesman and Joo exercise tape?
Come to Hungary! If you are in Wien, don’t hesitate to get on your plane (or train, it’s better for the environment
)) and give hungarian people some joy!!!!!!
Hope to see you,
zsuzsi from hungary
I’m sorry — I meant Liszt’s Consolations in a Living Room.
I think I prefer the idea of Prokoviev with a Banana (he tried oranges but then romance got in the way in a weird love triangle)
I would like to sign up for your masterclass — do i bring my own saw?
Greener & Greener
Aren’t you going to play Alla Molto Turca in Antalya?
WEEEEE!!!!!!! SANTA MADE SOMETHING!!!!! YOU ARE COMING IN ZAGREB!!!!!
))))))))))) THNX!!!!
London in 2012?? Fantastic!!!! I look forward to that immensely.
One more point — are you available to do aRachmaninov Preludes masterclass?
Also, if you varied the depth of the wooden blocks, could you play Sinding’s “Rustle of Spring” (or Liszt’s “Living Room” with a sort of rocking action? (not that you’d HAVE to, just — COULD you?)
Best wishes
Ian w&g
This message is BY Green
“Living Room”??? It’s possible to play Liszt’s Feux Follets with boards. Also, Chopin’s op.10–5 with an orange. Chico Marx played with an orange. There’s also no word in the English language that rhymes with “orange”.
We have a masterclass workshop called, “8 To 88″. Rachmaninov Preludes welcome.
Turning Green.
I&J
HI!!!!! you guys are so funny and cool! i play violin and piano so i really look up to you guys. please please please come to california in the U.S.!! i really want to see you guys in person! Bye!
How tall are you?
Well, okay…
Just one question: Do you remember the comment of Stephie (2011–03-13 16:09)? We’re living in the same village, that’s why I had a problem with the Tuesday! When I look out of my window I see pure landscape, I’ve no car -> mess! So please could you do a concert in Stuttgart (once more)/Karlsruhe (once more) or in France (Clermont-Ferrand)?
I’m sure I would come…
Cäcilia
PS: I still think that you’re the greatest musicians th world has ever seen!
PPS: 1. I’ll cry with you.
2. I hope I don’t break your hearts with such messages
How about Viersen?
Hi dear guys!!
Since everyone is requesting here I want to beg you:
Please, please, please come to Holland again??
Its been so long
Xx Eleanor Rigby
I live in Istanbul. I was like can not come to Antalya. I saw you in my dream last night. Then i bought my ticket to air and concerts. Waiting eagerly.
We dreamt that we turned a cloud into a giant strawberry which got trampled on by a frog which sang “I’m a lumberjack but that’s OK” backwards in the style of Mozart. Then we realised we weren’t dreaming at all.
See you soon.
Sorry that I have to write someting ngativ on this homepage
… it’s about th concert in Konstanz-Why on a Thursday?! There are wonderful days like Friday, Saturday, Sunday or the whole holidays! On a Thursday people under 18/19 have school (and a very few violin lessons), so they couldn’t come to your concert and that’s bad.
Hope to see you soon, Cäcilia
PS: I want to cry too!
Well, Cäcilia, Monday was on the phone to Tuesday, and Tuesday was on the phone to us. Fridays were taken up by TGI, Sundays are just another lonely Sunday and Saturdays are just too sticky icky. Thursday is Thor’s day.
Come cry with us and don’t break our hearts and shake our confidence daily. (Cecilia, Paul Simon)
Are you going to present a new awesome show one day? I really hope so!
Well, Mazze,
We just premiered our latest newest show 2 weeks ago, “Manny Spring Sonatas” at the VIenna Konzerthaus, with guests Emanuel Ax and Yu Horiuchi. We will also have a New Year’s Eve show, which will be a one-off unique event, and another unique show will be in June 2012– “Viktoria’s Little Secrets”, with guests Viktoria Mullova and Sebastian Gurtler. Other than that, we have a show called “BIG Nightmare Music” with orchestra, and we are working on our new duo show, “And Now Mozart”, which will premiere in one year. We also wrote “Cinema & Comedy” and “Being Gidon Kremer”, for Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica, and we produced our own Mockumentary for TV. Is that not enough for you, Mazze?
Yessssss. Me to
I would like to see you in Istanbul very soon.
How about Antalya December 2nd and 3rd?
PPS: Don’t vote for any of those countries — you should play in the UK next!!
You refer to The Proms in one of your titles, but you don’t seem to play in the UK
WHY NOT??
PLEEEEEEEZE COME!!!!!
PS: I am a piano teacher and I want to know where I can buy the boards for the Rachmaninov as most of my pupils have smaller hands than he had …
Dear Mr. Green,
We will come to the UK next year. London, most likely. All will be revealed soon.
The boards are very simple to make. Some wood, some felt, and some nails.
This message is in Green.
Best,
I&J
Finally I think everyone needs education
Maybe we meet Samsun
Hi can you come to the Arizona in the USA. I’ve been meaning to see you with my family for a long time but I haven’t seen any concert in Arizona. Please come if you can.
Arizona Dream is one of our favourite movies, so we have to come. Dreams come true. Always.
Hey Guys
I can not come to the concert. Because i have school. :/ :/ I want cry… :’( :’( But maybe we meet at a concert to another. Size iyi şanslar…!! İkinizi de çok seviyorum… 
I have some bad news for you.
Don’t cry, unless it’s your party, then you can cry if you want to. We meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when…Does anybody ever remember Vera Lynn?…School???- We don’t need no education. bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner
ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur
nuk!
WE WANT U IN ZAGREB(CRO)!!!
and WE WANT TO BE THERE! Who knows, maybe Santa will do something about this.
Hey guys
I’m a big fan, being a pianist and comedy-enthusiast. Fancy coming to the tiny country of Northern Ireland and gracing Belfast with your music? 
Northern Ireland is no tiny country to us! The only thing tiny to us is Joo’s hands. We love Ireland– John, Jack, and Jill. Of course we will be coming. Are Irish jokes out of the question?
Igudesman and Joo,
You’ve mentioned how much you like Taiwanese food. Do you like Taiwanese girls?
Love what you’re doing! When will we see your wonderful performance again?
MuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaaaHHhhHHHH !
Claire
We are coming next year! Stay tuned. B flat is the preferred note.
I have seen your dvd here in Canary Islands . It makes me grow as a person and human being and I believe again in human evolution. The extra with a gorilla it´s unique in the history of western art.
Muchas Gracias Alberto! Very kind words indeed. We love gorillas, and we believe that they are a very important part of human evolution and should be saved. We also love bananas, and we need to save the Banana from extinction. Both bananas and gorillas often appear in our performances, so we have a tough task ahead.
BRAVISSIMO !!!!
SANDISSIMO!
Hi
I would like to say I love your music and performances, I watch
them on the internet over and over again and I would like to ask you to, please, please, come to Portugal again
Obrigado! We love Pasteis de Belem, Fado, and Ginjha, so we are booking our next trip to Portugal right away.
Can’t wait to see you in Novi Sad, I am coming all the way from Chicago! Thank you for coming to Serbia!
Theodore… (age 9)
P.S. May I get your autographs?
We will also play in Chicago next year, so you can go all the way there from Novi Sad. Of course, you can get our autographs!
Алексей, огромное спасибо Вам и Ричарду за концерт в Москве. Уже которую неделю держится огромный запас позитива. Вы просто невероятные, у меня не хватает слов, чтобы выразить своё восхищение вашим выступлением! Приезжайте ещё!
И напоследок вопрос. На концерте Джу достаточно много говорил по-русски. Он немножко знает язык, или это всё было заучено? В любом случае, он огромный молодец, мы без проблем понимали его!
Ciao:) From the middle of rehersal ville central.
Have fun-Linda
From the middle of dreaming of electric sheep.
Ciao!
Please come to Singapore to perform. We will all love your performance!
We can’t wait to go to Singapore. When can we come?
Hello!
I’m a Korean student in Paris.
I’ve seen you on Youtube and I really enjoyed it!
Please come in Paris!
Ahn yeong Ha se Yo– Merci– un croissant avec Kimchi s’il vous plait.
Hello Joo and Igudesman,
You already know when you come to Portugal?
I’ll love to see you in a concert.
When Teresa (above) invites us, we’re coming.
Dear Igudesman and Joo,
Thank you so much for a wonderful performance at the Flint Center. You exceeded my expectations. It’s great to hear that Igudesman is also a kimchi-lover
I hope to hear you again sometime in the future!
Sincerely,
Min Keun
And we also love Croissants with Kimchi.
You are absolutely fabulous! Forget Boston, LA, Munich or anywhere else — I live in LONDON so just base yourselves here!!!!!!!! Bravo again!
See you in London in March!
Алексей, спасибо за автограф во Flint Center. Мы не просто Вас любим, а сильно!
Realize that you are changing the world through the children that watch your show! My 2 children are playing the piano, and thanks to your performance, they have a totally different outlook on the piano & violin, music genres (they now expect to hear other genres mixed in with Mozart!), and the art of performance — an enthusiasm I have never seen in them!
In a town known for innovation (Cupertino) at a very sad time in our history with the passing of a great innovator, it was truly wonderful to witness your innovation delivered in a way that made us laugh. Thank you so much for that. As Steve was known to say, “Keep thinking different”. Thank you thank you!
We’re very happy to hear about your 2 children. We believe that music is for everyone, and we also believe passionately that if music is a part of our education, we will all lead richer lives. Thank YOU for being part of such a great audience.
Do you have any plans on a tour for colleges in the US? I’m from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and we have a big performing arts center here: Krannert Center. I’ve known you guys since 2009 from high school music theory class teacher showing us youtube videos of you. I would really appreciate if you guys came here and performed; I would pay for all my friends to show how awesome music is.
We will be doing our workshop, “8 To 88– Musical Education for Children of All Ages” at many of US’s colleges, universities and schools. Joo is particularly fond of Champaign-Urbana, ss he was there when he was 16 having the time of his life, meeting great musicians such as Roger Shields, Soulima Stravinsky, and Nina Svetlanova, who would later become his teacher. Joo still wears today, in concert, shoes that were bought back then from a store in Champaign-Urbana. Perhaps 99% of you students at the university could get together in front of the Krannert Center and sing “I will Survive”…
There’s a wonderful violinist called Stefan Milenkovich who teaches at the University of Illinois– check him out!
PLEASE come In france for dates !!
We plan to also come for raisins and nuts. Becase we’re nuts!
Man, just getting to the bottom of your fan mail takes a long time! So, let me second and third all the Boston people saying, Come to Boston again please!!! You two are so phenomenal — as musicians, as comedians, and clearly as human beings. Thanks for your amazing creativity and skills: you are an inspiration! My five year old son also LOVES to watch you — he could watch the youtube videos for hours on end if I let him…THANK YOU!
Boston is beautiful and we definitely will and want to come back. We are barkers about the Barking Crab! Knowing that there is great stuff for kids to watch out there like Pixar movies, for example, it’s one of the biggest compliments we could have to know that we have your 5-year old son addicted to US! Thank YOU. And we hope your son will be a fan with us forever.
Привет!
Я надеюсь, вам можно писать по-русски?
После вашего концерта в Москве прошло две недели, но мы с дочкой до сих пор напеваем: “She’s my favourite cow” и художественно мычим ))
Спасибо вам за позитив и хорошее настроение!
Надеюсь, вы еще не раз приедете в Москву, и я смогу привести на ваш концерт всех своих друзей.
И у меня осталась фотография. Она ужасного качества, но может, вам будет интересно на нее взглянуть. http://static.diary.ru/userdir/5/1/4/1/51410/71690416.jpg
Удачи!
Марина
Thank you Marina! The photo is lovely and Moscow was very, very special for us — we promise we will return! obniamyem was oba.
Waht happened with Zagreb, december is very soon, nothing on your page.
well, as soon as we have information, we will put it up — patience is a virtue
Hello, Igudesman and Joo!
I was so thrilled to find out you two were to perform in Los Angeles. Thank you so much for coming here! My parents and I really enjoyed it, particularly ‘I Will Survive.’ I almost thought you weren’t going to play it! My face hurt; I was smiling and laughing for the entire show. Hope you spend some fantastic days in LA!
With love,
Jane
thanks Jane, it was indeed a thrill to play in L.A.!
Dear Igudesman and Joo,
I had a wonderful time last evening hearing you two live in Los Angeles. After having previously seen all your YouTube videos and wondering when you guys would ever come to perform in California, I am 110% satisfied with the experience. So much so that I just bought a pair of tickets for my parents to come see you guys next Friday in Cupertino (which is where I am originally from). Wish I could go back home to watch the show again, but school calls. Keep up the good work!
Best,
Spence
Well, we really look forward to welcoming your parents in Cupertino then! And next time we will make sure you are 120% satisfied!
Will you to ever come to Slovenia.
Yes.
You should try playing a mix of pop songs and classical and see the difference.…hehe.
Isnt that what we always do?
Hey Igudesman and Joo!!!
Do you already have plans for comming to southern Germany?
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I missed your show at Karlsruhe. I could kick my own butt for that
We will be there next year — as soon as we have news, it be on our homepage!
Hi!!When will u guys come to Malaysia again??
Soon we hope — we loved it there! (especially the fish massage)
Hi guys!
Thank you for finally coming to the Bay Area in California, I am SOOOO excited to see you play! My little brother is sad that he can’t come, but we have told him that he will come in a few years. You are both my role models and my heroes, because I play the piano and just LOVE Igudesman’s violin playing! Thanks!!!
Well, you have good taste Leron
And send your little brother our greetings– See you soon!
Vielen Dank für das super Konzert in Luxemburg!!
Habe es bis zur letzten Note der Mausefalle genossen.
Es war für mich eines der beste, wenn nicht das beste Konzert seit Jahren.
Danke!
Danke Claude, Danke, danke.
X-D nein, das sagt man auf keinen Fall mehr so. Wir werden es versuchen, doch im Moment dürfen “normalos” keine tickets dafür kaufen. Wir bleiben dran!!!! ^_^
Für Neujahr kann man schon Karten kaufen, und zwar hier: http://www.viennaticketoffice.com/aleksey-igudesman-hyung-ki-joo-the-ultimate-new-year-s-slide-wiener-konzerthaus-grosser-saal-115977-en.html
Freuen uns hoffentlich auf euer kommen und es wird mega brutal! (sagt man das eher so?)
Dear Igudesman and Joo,
Hi, my name is Min Keun, a kimchi-lover like Joo. I’d like to thank you guys for changing the world. You are two stunning musicians who opend the universality of music to a wider audience by captivatin ghte audience with your unique sense of humor. Bringing msuic to a different perspective, you redefined classical music so that it can be FUN, with all its seriousness! You have inspired me, and I cannot wait to hear you at the Flint Center, Cupertino.
Sincerely,
Min Keun (Eric)
Dear Min Keun,
First of all, Aleksey is a big Kimchi-lover too. Second of all thank you so much for your wonderful compliments. And third of all, great that you are coming to Cupertino! See you soon…
AUSVERKAUFT!!! wen wundert es?! Tja, leider sehen wir uns am 2.November doch nicht =°(
Aber wir wünschen euch einen schönen Abend! LG ein geknicktes batgirl und ein heulender wolfman =°(
p.s.: =°(
Kein Verdruss, Batgirl und Wolfman — wie wärs denn mit dem Sylvesterkonzert am 31. Dezember? Da gibts noch Karten — aber rasch zuschlagen — wird sicher supermässig hammergeil (sagt man doch so, oder?;))
Prague! Prague! PRAGUE!!!
Los Angeles! Los Angeles! LOS ANGELES!
Ich möchte Euch danken für das grossartige Konzert in Luxemburg!!!!!!!! Ich habe es sehr genossen. Bitte kommt bald wieder. Vielen Dank!!!!!!!
Auch dir danke fürs kommen
You guys are amazing! I stumbled across you guys cause I wanted to listen to a violin version of turkish march. (I’m 15 and a violinist, and I need to pick a solo for all state) So I found you guys! I couldn’t stop laughing, video after video, hours after hours!(: you must come to North Dakota, Bismarck to be exact… (: I’ve becomed inspired!
Sophia, keep the inspiration going, join us in the madness, come to a performance some time and above all HAVE FUN with the violin!
Please come to Boston!
But we already did this year — where were you? We hope to return though!
I came yesterday from France to see you in Luxembourg
I brought friends with me, they had absolutely no clue about what they were going to see, I managed to keep total secrecy until the first notes on the stage. That was hard!
I hope to play the Mozart Bond piece with my friend soon! I’ll keep you posted if you wish.
Well, mission accomplished, you did it, we all laught our asses off
I thank you, Hyung-ki, for your kindness and the review of my music sheet
I also thank Aleksey for being in Verbier last summer. That’s where it all started: that’s where I discovered your amazing work, that brings music to people who wouldn’t listen to it otherwise. IMHO it’s more important that just being funny, you’re building bridges between worlds.
Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for coming and you got it EXACTLY right — we want to build bridges and then hop over the bridges! See you in a concert again soon, we hope…
hey you guys!!
i only saw you on youtube and i almost went insane when i saw the show..so i wanted to share this with my huge patchwork family but live..so i looked up where you will be in germany and the answere was viersen–> ???
thats so bad because its 5 hours away and a small town nobody knows..
ok so here is the thing: i worked and a culture house in munich and i have very good connection to them…they have one opera (very small and very funny), and two theater halls one of them especially for musik events…please please please come to munich!!! if you can´t find a place to play fell free to contact me!!! i know i´m redicoulis if i think i could help you because you have all your big manager and blabla but it yould be nice
much musiclove
Dear Sara, thanks so much for your offer of help. We always say that the best way to try to get us to a concert hall near you, is to write to those thatres or concert halls and ask for us. If enough people do that, they will have no choice but to ask us…
Hope to see you soon in Munich!
Just got my tickets to Flint Center in Cupertino. Can hardly wait! You are awesome!!!
Well, isnt that marvelous? We are about to head out to the states, so see you very soon!
Hello dear Igudesman & Joo! Thank you for a perfect performance in Moscow. It was my dream for many months to see you. I’m from Siberia and have gone to Moscow just for a week. Libertango was surprising. Yes, I know, it’s Bach:) I will survive was also incredible as usual. Thanks for your work! I love you, guys! Hope I could see again!
Dimitry
We love you too Dimitry. Lets spread the love, like nutella!
Thanks for great show in Moscow! I think that I didn’t seen anything better before
Well, with a name like you have, you obviously have impecable taste
Dear Igudesman and Joo,
it’s me again!
i am 12 years old and i study at the royal conservatory of Den Hague, Netherlands.
I saw you with Janine Jansen.
It was very funny:)!!!!
i have a question:
Why are you doing this and not just normal classic?
But i Very love your great music.
Greetings.
Drummado
We do what we do because we love what we do… for us, what we do is “normal” too
Hello,
I love your music and what you do, and I have a question:
Have you ever thought about doing a concert in France?
Sorry for my last message, it was not finished ><
Good luck to you
Look below
Have you ever thought about doing a concert in France?
Hmm, not that you mentioned it, yes we have! Actually we have played in france and in fact do our show in French! We hope to return next year…
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!!! TELL ME WHEN YOU’RE COMING TO AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!! IF YOU DON’T DO THAT SOON I JUST MIGHT GO INSANE AND CURRENTLY I DON’T THINK I’M AT MY BEST MENTAL STATE!!!!!!!!! why? because i just got through playing a piece written by the arrogant choir teacher at my fine arts school(JOHN S. DAVIDSON FINE ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL) that pretty much no one in my class wanted to play. so PLEASE tell me the date of your arrival, so i can put that part of my mind at ease!!!!!!!!!
Nexr year, thats all we can say for the moment Jenny! And since we cant guarantee for our mental state either, we encourage that on your side too
Dear igudesman and joo,
I am a big fan and i have a question:
Are there sheets fom your music?
There is no sheet music of ours published yet, but we hope sometime soon there will be! Until then, hope to see you in a concert soon…
hi 兄弟
您們會有機會到台灣嗎?
對於你們的喜感與搞笑功力和專業的音樂技巧深感崇拜
希望能現場親眼欣賞您們的演出。
祝順心
Hi Cai! Thank you for your nice message. We are, in fact hoping to return to Taiwan mext year we love it there…some of the best food in the world and n amazing audience! Keep it real.
Hello,
My “black-metal rulez” boyfriend announced one day that he wants to see a classical music concert by igudesman and joo.
My first reaction was: who are you and what did you do to my boyfriend?
He saw an interview on ZDF ( a german station) and was amazed by your talent and really funny show. and so was i.
Looking forward to seeing your show in november here in Vienna.
Greetings batgirl and wolfman ^_^
Well batgirl, tell wolfman that we also like black-metal, but like to mix it up with a bit of the classics — kommt unbedingt zu unseren Konzerten in Wien — nicht vergessen Sylvesterkonzert machen wird dort auch
Hi from Spain!
We would really love for you guys to perform in Barcelona, do you have any plans to do so in the near future?
Thanks for bringing a little nightmare music into our lives!
Please know that you’re both truly and dearly appreciated! (from one who gave up music at 16 because “classical music was too boring!”, but now knows that usually you have to know the rules to be able to break them!)
Great words Cristina! Mira, esperemos muchissimo que puedemos ir a Barcelona y España dentro poco, quizas el proximo año!
hello,
I follow your videos and operas.I live in istanbul and just I learn you will come to antalya.but I have a school and exams so I can’t see you.It’s too bad for me.Istanbul is the most crowed city in Turket.If you come to Istanbul,certainly I want to see you.
please come to Istanbul
hope to see you
su
Thats funny, just below you, a su from Singapore just wrote us a message — are you related? anyhow we have been to istanbul a few times and we LOVE your amazing city! And we love your food. In fact we are pretty hungry right now…midem sirtima yapisti!
Dear I & J,
My kids (4 & 5 years old) really enjoyed your performances on Youtube. So much so that they are trying to imitate Joo when they are at the piano. I’m sure if we have a violin, they’ll do the same for Igudesman.
Please do bring your performances to Singapore.
wow, thats so cute! but carefu, when they set the piano on fire, they have crossed a line. we hope to come to singapore too, Su.
Stumbled upon you guys while looking for a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C sharp, and had a good laugh. When you turned up again when I was looking for an Alla Turca performance, I discovered your genius and your show. My kids (8 and 6) begged to go see you when we found you’d be in Long Beach, so we’ll see you there!
Now isnt that marvelous? Looking forward to welcoming you Aimee and your kids in Long Beach very soon — and dont forget to bring rotten tomatoes
I’m coming from France to see you in Luxembourg in two weeks
I’m bringing a bunch of friends with me, but the thing is, they have absolutely no clue about what they are going to do or see!
I only said:
“Do you like suprises?
Do you like to live exceptional moments?
Do you like crazy stuff?
Give me your time and money, and trust me”.
I’m definitely confident about your ability to keep up to these lines! I look forward to see you guys.
Oh we will certainly surprise your friends and keep them entertaint! What a marvelous idea of your. More people should do that: just force their friends without even knowing who we are to come and see us!
Two Great Virtuoso (virtuosi?)~!
I love you. I hope I can meet you someday.
Bless you Igu & Joo
We love you too Judy! Spread the word. Many blessings back… and in our case its “virtuoS.O.S.
I stumbled across your YouTube videos last year and instantly became a huge fan! Imagine my surprise and utter joy when I discovered that you are coming to play at my college in Long Beach in October!!! I am extremely excited and can’t wait to see you preform live! Thank you for all of the laughs and entertainment!
<3 Sarah
Well Sarah, such is life, full of suprises like that! Okay, the truth is, we heard youre a fan and we insisted in playing near you… okay, that sounds a little creepy — hmmm, okay, we can read peoples minds and long beach has our most devoted fans spiritually. Maybe.
Hi Guys, Fantastic, found you by accident on YouTube while looking for a Clint Eastward clip (fistful of dollars) for a fancy dress party. Just ordered your DVD, any chance you’ll be performing in the UK any time soon?
Graham, OXTED.
We hope to be in the U.K. next year Sir! And Clint Eastwood and us is practically the same thing, so I think you’ll enjoy the DVD
ciao!
that’s me, the future violin “good player” at »> 30!!! (do you remember? I sent you message the 2011-09-07)
first: thank you for your clarifications and advises.
concerning the progress: I subscribe for violin courses last week; i will begin by a weekend course (so busy!!!). so wait for record!
may be after some months i will play solo violin concertos with famous orchestras (just kidding)! or even with you:))) it will be a REAL nightmare music!! isn’t it?
good luck for your shows!
can I have the partition of “la marche turque” turkish version?
thanks
Hi! Great you made the big step. Keep it real and keep us informed on your progress! Just one little tip — don’t buy yourself a Stardivari yet — start with a 19th centuary French violin, like a Vuillaume
I am afraid we dont give out sheet music yet, but hope to do it some time soon…
Hi, i want to watch your wonderful show in Turkey. I checked from your schedule and saw that at the 2nd and 3rd of December you have your show in Antalya, Turkey. ı want to watch you both in a live show not from screen. Please tell me something about deatils of your visiting.
However, 3rd of December is my birthday
Best regards
Hanry BALANDI
Thats so cool, lets celebrate your birthday on stage! Information about the tickets for the Antalya concerts will be coming soon.
Will You guys come to Australia soon. I’m 13 and it would be my dream to see you live.
By the time you are 18 Jonathan, we will certainly be there! No, seriously, we hope to be there a lot sooner than that. Lets keep our fingers crossed!
Come to Serbia! Pleeeeeeeeease!
We will, we will! I think our management is talking to Belgrade at the moment for us to return some time… as soon as there is information it will be on this website, so keep on checking it…
hy guys,
I’ve seen your tourdates in Italy.
Oother cities a part Rovereto and Udine.
Will you play in Italy next year?
Of course we will play in Italy next year, but why not come and see us this year
To Mr. Igudesman:
Hello, it’s very nice to write shortly here.
Your technique and funny face were impressive when I was watching the videos in Youtube…
It would be more nice if you play more various composers’ works.
I wish you two to play in Korea, too!:D
To Mr. Joo:
안녕하세요, 계원예고 작곡과 학생인데요.
우리반 피아노과 학생들이 유투브에서 두 분 동영상 찾아서 음악이론 시간에 틀어놔서 처음 알게 되었는데요…너무 재밌게 봤어요!!^^
한국계이신거 알고 되게 반가웠어요~ 그런데 한국어 발음이 한국인같지 않으셔서 맨처음엔 애들이다 일본인인줄 알았다네요..-_–
한국에서도 공연해주실거죠? 직접한번 공연보고싶어요~ㅎㅎ
I was really glad to visit this site. Thanks!
Well thank you from both of us — we WILL come to Korea, hopefully next year some time… good luck with everything!
It has been a long time since you guys came to Hong Kong years ago with Kremer. What a pity I missed that show because of an exam.(Why exams are always held on Saturday and Sunday night??? That really pissed me off!) Anyway, will you be coming to Hong Kong? I want to see you playing live, and I’m sure many others would like to see you guys too!
Well Karen, we are supposed to perform in Hong Kong mext year, so we really hope it happens — we desperately miss your Dim Sum!
(Sigh) I can only dream to watch you guys perform live:( You guys are simply amazing:)
Why dream? Come to a performance!
I love your guys’ videos on YouTube, and I’m glad to finally be able to see you perform live, after all these years of seeing your videos! I’m a conservatory student at the university in Long Beach, California, and I’m excited that I’ll be able to spend my Sunday watching you two perform, then watch my piano teacher’s faculty recital pretty much next door right after. Definitely going to be a very, very great day.
I hope you enjoy your California tour!
Well isnt that marvelous when life works out like that? See you in Long Beach!
Hello,
a friend and I want to perform the “Bastard Sonata for piano and violin” at a music competition. We have only tried to play it together once and it was a lot of fun! Still, it’s not easy, especially the end (tuning:( ) . Our question is now, if there is a recording available or if you could send us one. We didn’t find anything in the internet… .
Next time you’re in Germany, we will definetely come to listen!
Unfortunately there is no recording yet of Aleksey’s first sonata (which he wrote at the age of 14 and premiered with Hyung-ki) But why dont you make one and send US one — via YouTube?
It was interesting piece of information from Bio’s page: “Aleksey Igudesman was born in Leningrad at a very young age.” And its getting even more better:
“Hyung-ki Joo was born.” That’s nice to know
Well, we are happy to provide you with extraordinary facts.
dear aleksey igudesman and hyung-ki joo,
so awhile ago(2011–07-26 04:00) i asked if you two can come to georgia, preferably augusta, next year, and you said you would love to, so any ideas when? or i’ve heard that you guys are coming to aiken, south carolina next year, very close to augusta. SO WHEN?!?!?!?!
Well Jenny, we are sure we will be there at some point, but why not take a little road trip to South Carolina? The exact dates will be announced as soon as you can buy tickets…
Hi guys! I watched your Pirates of Adriatic concert in Dubrovnik, you were fantastic as always! I especially enjoyed the remote control and Romeo and Juliet bit, it really cracked me up.
Did you by any chance filmed this concert? I think I saw a few cameras, but maybe I was wrong… Because I would surely enjoy seeing the concert again.
Anyway, keep up the good work and I hope you will come again next year on Rachlin and Friends festival
This concert was only filmed for us, not for public viewing, but you can buy our DVD on amazon.com — AND it looks like we are coming to Zagreb in december
Hooray!!!
Yipee!
Hi again and thank you for “mystery solved” Adagio!
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I saw the documentary on slovenian television but I’m from Zagreb, Croatia (we catch the tv signal from Slovenia
Unfortunately, I couldn’t come to Dubrovnik and I see that you’re planning to be back to Croatia in december so it would be very nice that your new concert destination is Zagreb!
Yes indeed we will be in Zagreb in december — info coming up very soon!
I can’t wait to you come to Australia! You are really entertaining and the music you play is amazing
Thank you Sarah!
Hello!
I was watching your “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Classical Music” documentary and of course, I was dying of laughter! But I also noticed a beautiful composition (orchestral, violins…) and would like to now the name and composer, so I’m asking you for a little help: it was playing at the moment you were climbing up the hill with your (wrong) badges.
Thanks in advance and best wishes to both of you, you’re great!!!
Well Maja, that part was the music was Samuel Barbar, Adagio for Strings. Its a hidden reference to the war movie “Platoon”, where there are scenes in slow motion with this very music. Glad you enjoyed it. Where did you see it, by the way?
ciao!
Question for aleksey: I’m 30 years old. is it possible to start learning the violin at this age and become good player? I like this instruments very much!
good job! very intelligent!
thanks!
good question! its a tricky one — it depends what you call a “good player”. the violin is a very, very difficult instrument on many levels, so usually the earlier you start the better. but dont let that discourage you. we would say, that if you aspire to play solo violin concertos with famous orchestras or even get into a good orchestra, its pretty unlikely. but if you want to play for fun and sound pretty good or, if you want to do some “fiddle music”, Irish music or most folk music styles, you can really become quite good even now — but all that is not possible without A LOT of practice. a few minutes a day wont do. the viola, on the other hand, you can learn perfectly on a weekend course. (just kidding;) we wish you a lot of luck with your new instrument, and if you decide to go for it, keep us up to date with your progress! (record yourself on youtube once a week — would be a cool project…)
How about also go to Rome?
Mirko
We have been to Rome this year AND we will return next year. How about that?
What about coming to Brussels? Is it in you plans?
We’d love to see you here soon
Thank you
Gaia
Oh we would love it — we hope, we hope — pomme frittes forever!
Hello,
Any chance to see you In France? Please!
Oui.
Hello guys!
You were amazing in Dubrovnik!!! Please come to Croatia again, that would be just awesome (like you)!
Thanks! Actually we should be returning in december — news coming soon!
Dear Aleksey and Hyung-Ki,
When are you coming to Spain again?You promised it will be soon two years ago!!!:_____( We miss you here!!And if it’s in Barcelona I promised a guided tour!;)
Next year, next year — so sorry for the wait!!!
You really incredible. Began to become more interested in classical music thanks to you people of Turks.I look forward to your arrival to Turkey.I love you I wish you success
Great, keep the interest going Başak! Maybe see you in Antalya in december?
Any chance of you guys doing an Australian tour?
Yes, a big chance. When? We dont know yet — soon we hope!
You soooo have to come to munich, we’re desperately waiting for you!!…maybe we cannot wait any longer and will make it to the new years event in vienna…we’ll see
Keep on doing your great work, your talent is awsome!
greetings
Come to Vienna, come to Vienna!
Can‘t wait to see you in Dubrovnik! I seriously expect to piss my self laughing. And I would be nice to get autographs and a picture with you guys! You‘re absolutly amazing. Even people who‘ve never listened to classical music die laughing watching your vids!
So, did you bring the dipers?
hi joo and igudesman!
I’m yasser,09 years old,from Morocco.
We spent the evening watching every video we could find on youtube and I like very very much what you do.very amazing §§§
you’re very intelligent men.
I hope that you can come to morocco. please as
soon as possible. you’re welcom!
you’re great!
yasser.
Hi Yasser! We would love to come to Marocco oine day to play. We both LOVE couscous!
My God! You are going to Moscow! I can not believe my eyes! You are in second place of my list of dreams(after eternal life) !
BUT!!!! there is no information about your concert on the conservatory’s site. there are no tickets for sale.…in fact almost September!
Will you really come?
We will come, we will come!
oops. left out a word in my earlier post. it should have said “of course i’m not” instead of “of course i’m”.
and do you think you can tell me when you’re coming to aiken, sc?
Hello guys..
(Because I am a pianist so I am a musician but they are not!!! HA HAAAA!!!)
I have to say that your show is the best stand up/classical music/whatever show that I have ever seen!!! It is soooo true in everything that you make fun of!! Quote: Like the dolphin who is not a part of family of fish, singer is not part of family of musicians!!! I have sent that video to every singer friend of mine!!!
You are both brilliant musicians and I wish you all the best in your careers!! Always find the love and recognition you deserve!!
P.S: You should visit Greece someday!!
hi joo and igudesman!
I’m yasser,09 years old,from Morocco.
We spent the evening watching every video we could find on youtube and I like very very much what you do.very amazing§§§
you’re very intelligent
men
I hope that you can come
to morocco. please as
soon as possible.
you’re welcom!
you’re great!
yasser.
AAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! I HEARD FROM MY TEACHER THAT INTRODUCED YOU GUYS TO ME THAT YOU ARE COMING TO AIKEN!!!!!!!!!!! THAT’S CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE IN AUGUSTA!!!!!!I FINALLY GET TO SEE YOU GUYS IN PERSON!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE TELL ME THAT’S TRUE SO THAT I’M NOT HAVING FALSE HOPE AND EXCITEMENT BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW!!!!!!!! IF YOU ARE, BE EXPECTING A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM DAVIDSON FINE ARTS ORCHESTRA, AND OUR AWESOME TEACHER(WHO I TAKE LESSONS FROM BEFORE SHE BECAME OUR TEACHER AT SCHOOL WHICH I’M STILL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT), DR. LAURA TOMLIN!!!!!!!!
the capital letters and the 5o exclamation marks means i’m screaming with excitement. of course i’m screaming this out loud while typing this, other wise my mom would think i have gone crazy
i wonder if it’s possible to get the whole school to come and watch your show.…..
well, best wishes
a fan
Dear guys )
Thank you for the wonderful show in Odessa.
And I’m realy sorry for our poor audience. They need more time and more brains to understand your incredible humor and music!
I hope to see you in Kyiv. I think you’ll feel more comfortable here.
P. S. I hope next time you’ll speak English!
Hello! I’m one of your many fans from here in Toronto, Canada. Please come see us here in the north! I am a university violin student and we need more musicians like you to look up to — so many of us forget that we play because we want to, because it can be fun — you’re an excellent reminder of that!
Hope to see you live soon!
Actually we played twice in Toronto a few months ago — where were you? We do hope to come back — we LOVED your local cuisine — the best Peking duck ever!
I only saw you guys on youtube and I think you are great, very creative and I’ll like to see your performance in South Florida, USA
Well we would also like to see yourselves in South Florida, USA, especially in winter
Hello there!
) Anyway, you would be very welcome here, and it would be a pleasure indeed, to meet you! Hoping to see you again sometime soon somewhere in Germany,
The concert yesterday in Izehoe was wonderful!!! I’m sure everybody loved it, I did — every tiniest part in which you can measure time! Please tell me, would you like to play in Leipzig one day? You know, that town where Wolfgang Amadeus Bach spent many years of his life? I’m sorry to say, that his younger brother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably hasn’t ever been here and hope this won’t keep you from coming. It is also the town where they used to print many notes (Edition Peters). There’s a big concert hall here, the Gewandhaus. It’s not very pretty, neither from the outside nor the inside, but the town’s quite nice. I read more than once, you’d come to a place if you’d be hired, now what I could do is to try and ask them to hire you. Would you like that? I’d be so happy if you would and I think the people from Dresden would be, too, for it’s very close.
I could even show you around (probably that’s not going to happen, I don’t believe in luck
Yours,
Wiebke
P.S.: Aleksey, there’s one thing I cannot understand about the concert: You said: “Kein Schwein hebt ab” — I thought Pigs Can Fly?!
P.P.S.: That guy with the phone, did you hire him?
P.P.P.S. Sorry for too many, probably unjustified questions.
P.P.P.P.S.: Sorry for too many P.S.s!
Bye, finally, literally and really. For now
One of your huge fans.
Hi Wiebke! Thanks for your endless enthusiasm. You cant force anyone to hire us, of course, but encouraging and pleading emails to promoters and concert halls always helps
P.S. Pigs can fly, but can not answer the phone — they dont have apposable thumbs.
P.P.S. Yeah, who was that guy with the phone?
P.P.P.S. Thats okay.
P.P.P.P.S. There can NEVER be to many P.S.
Hello from Germany!
I got introduced to you via Youtube by a russian frind of mine with the ” Rachmaninov had big hands” piece.
I enjoyed it verry much and would like to see you
“in Natura”.
Are you planning on coming to Cologne one day?
Liebe Grüße,
Charlotte
p.s.:
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I’d be haddy to climb the cathedral with you
We have been in the Cologne area often, but never actually did “A Little Nightmare Music” in Cologne — we do hope to change that!
And we would be happy to climb the Cathedral with you
Dear Aleksey and Hyung-ki,
I wanted to write you actually in somekind of private but I dont know how, so I gonna use this board and I hope thats ok.
I really admire your amazing work since a long time already! I love the way you bring classical music close to people, who are actually not interested in it. In this times we are living right now its more and more slipping away from us and going behind all the Pop, Rock and HipHop music. This is really sad because classical music ist timeless. And then there are people like you, who make other people love to listen to it even not noticing that they are listening classic.
I am born 1987 in St. Petersburg, Russia like you Aleksey and from my childhood I am playing piano. I am not even close to be so good as you, Hyung-ki, but I am teaching children to play piano since some years like my mother does and my granny also. And I really love my job! Its beautiful to teach children to express themselves through music.
We are living since 20 years already in Hamburg, Germany and before some months I get finally the tickets for your wonderful performance for the 10.8.11 in Itzehoe. Like you can see it was yesterday… My husband and I came for this earlier back from our family visits in Bulgaria (he is born there) and I was so much looking forward to see you finally live on stage! I really could not wait!
And then this happend: We just simply missed our train. I had to work yesterday and I planned everything through but bad contingencies lead to this. We did everything we could but in the end we just could not come to see you. And the 2 seats close to the stage stayed empty…
I was and still am deeply depressed about it.
So I really beg you to come again here somewhere close to Hamburg one day. We can’t afford ourselves really much but I want to see your show from the deepest bottom of my heart. You both are amazing and I wish you the biggest luck and success in your work and also the best in your lives!!!
I am sorry that my writing became so long.
All the best to you!
Many greetings from your true fans
thank you su much for this great show last night in itzehoe.
it was amazing. we had so much fun.
We hope you will be back next year.
We would be there again.
And Igudesman thank you for the beautiful flowers. That was very nice.
Thank you soooooo much.
Hi Guys,
i watched your show for the forth time yesterday in Wotersen (near my hometown Lübeck). I hope you also enjoyed your stay in the “stable”
. It was a great performance, i want to thank you so much. You are really the best !!!
Hope to see you soon for the fifth time
Frank (Müü — norwegian)
The 4th time? Thats impressive Frank. Well, we hope you come back many times more and the 10th time we have to do something special with you — how about a special riverdance just for you? Müüüüüüüüüü!
Sorry for my English, because I’m Brazilian.
I never liked so much classical music until I saw all your videos on the Internet, I am amazed at the ability of both …
You should come to Brazil, I guarantee that any theater would fill …
Very good … excellent work …
Parabéns…
Brailllllll!!!!!!
We really hope to be there very soon… Vejo-te em breve!
Oh my God, I’m so looking forward to see you soon in Itzehoe!!!
(“Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind”)
Hallo Ihr Beiden!
Maggie
Sorry, wenn ich auf Deutsch schreibe, aber mein Englisch ist nicht das Beste. Wollte Euch nur sagen, dass meine Freunde und ich gestern auf Eurem Konzert waren und Ihr ward wie immer ein Traum! Wir waren davor schon bei Eurer Show mit Gidon Kremer im Badischen Festspielhaus. Natürlich haben wir gestern auch wieder lange vor der Bühne gewartet, in der Hoffnung, Euch Beide mal persönlich zu treffen, leider wieder mal ohne Erfolg. Vielleicht klappt es beim nächsten Mal. I hope so!!!! Macht weiter so! Im Namen aller meiner Freunde beste Grüße an Euch und natürlich “Muh”
Tut mir leid das wir euch nicht getroffen haben — beim nächsten Mal klappt es sicher! Ein dickes “MUH” zurück an euch.….….
Hello. I came across your Youtube videos through my cousin, and realized that I know Hyungki from MSM! Thanks for sharing your wonderful gift of music. You guys inspire me. I hope to see your performance in New York. All the best!
Thanks so much! We are indeed working on further performances in New York — news coming up soon, we hope…
just 2 words…
You rule
just 3 words…
so do you
Astonishing and breathless performance yesterday in Prato!! You are FANT-TA-STICS!!
Please, come asap in Tuscany… We’d like to see you again bringing lot of friends.
Unfortunatelly I couldn’t buy the cd and I missed the kiss, I hope for the same offer next time!
oh chiara, we need to give you that kiss! we hope to return to tuscuny but how about a trip to roverto in september? kiss guaranteed!
Hey guys ç_ç
we miss you in Italy on 1° agoust, whyyyyyyy ç_ç
WANTED.
Hi guys, I was this night in Prato to your show. You are wonderful, funny, special. I had a great time.
Your italian is perfect!
Please come back soon in Tuscany with a new show.
PS:At the end of the show you promised one kiss for one dvd, two kiss for two dvd.…and a night for 3 dvd, but I had nothing! ;OP
ilaria, of course we will make it up to you next time!
Please, Please, Please come to N. Texas area, either Ft. Worth or Dallas. These guys are like Victor Borga to the second power.
Thank you, Debra Lewis
we should be there beginning of next year — tourdates coming soon!
Hello guys! I wanna thank you for the great show you had last night in Viareggio (versiliana pietrasanta)! I was in the first row and you made me laugh soooo much!!
Please come back soon in Italy! Next time I’d like to bring other friends of mine to let them watch your genius and masterfullness!
Keep on like this!!
Thanks!!
Hallo,Alexei,
ich bin zufahlig in Odessa und werde zum Konzert kommen,wie lang bleibst du dann in Odessa ?.…
we will just be in and
hi guys,
saw you last night in Aosta…you are absolutely awesome,crazy and funny!! Thanx alot for the mozart’s song!
Hope to see you soon again!
actually the songs were not written by mozart, but by someone with the same name! and thank you.
so, akien next year right? please say right. when?
It would be awesome if you guys could come to England at some point. My family thinks your shows are amazing as do other people we know from orchestras we attend
we are actually planning something for next year, so we hope it works out!
Hey guys,
We’re missing you dearly in Toronto…any plans to return some time soon?
Thanks
we hope so, we loved your local food!!!! (especially the chinese one
)
I´m a big fan of you guys.. You are the best there ever existed.. I was wondering if some day are you planning to come to Portugal?
Keep up the good work!!
My best regards
Carlos
we are working on nre portugal dates carlos
Egal ob zu zweit, oder in zusammenarbeit mit anderen künstlern:
einfach genial!
Apropos genial:
Wann kommt endlich ein gemeinsamer Auftritt mit Alice Cooper??????
Alice Cooper and I & J? Interesting… well first we have to finish our colaborations with Marilyn Manson and Motörhead
GUESS WHAT?!?!?! So you know how in one of my earlier comments, I said that I wish you guys would come to Georgia so I can convince my new orchestra teacher to take a field trip to go see you guys? Well, today when I went to my violin lesson, my teacher said she has been introduced to the other teachers at my school as the new orchestra teacher even though she hasn’t gotten a contract, and so I told her about my idea of a field trip, and she said she totally agrees and that you guys are coming to Akien next year!!!!!!!!! Is that true?!?!?! WHEN?!?!?! Can you guys come around June, around my 18th birthday? If you guys can, that would the best birthday present I have ever gotten in my life. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE,.….…. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
actually we have been in georgia a couple of years ago and would love to return.… not sure we can make it for your bday though, so sorry jenny!!!!!
Please come to Austin, TX (Keep Austin Weird!) Shoot! Come to “Austin City Limits” television. You all would be a perfect fit here.
http://lineup.aclfestival.com/
http://video.pbs.org/program/1273976454/
Thank you for bringing a laugh and smile to my (our) life.
Well, we would come to Austin for 2 reasons– we loved it there 2 years ago, and we need to go back to get the best ribs in the world. Iron Works BBQ rocked our taste buds! Salivating now thinking of it.
I attended your performance at The Breakers mansion in Newport, RI last night. It was a blast! You are such incredible musicians who also have a genuine and natural sense of humor. Thank you for sharing your musical talents with the world!
As if the piano and the violin weren’t difficult enough –_-’ It’s ok if you come to Argentina or Brazil D: I would cross the border to see you perform.
In the meanwhile, I’ll keep laughing of your Ticket to ride, of your particular I will survive, and your way of playing Rachmaninov (Now, I don’t have an excuse like: “My hand is too small” ¬¬)
And…when I heard how you performed The Entertainer, I thouhgt: “I should keep practicing~ O.O“
You’re both awesome musicians, and you encourage people like me to get better (: Maybe you could teach me D: And I’ll cook cookies
I bet you make a lot of people jealous of you.
No idea where either of those places are. I guess I’ll have to schedule the performance myself. I’m going to call the hall and tell them about you both.
How about Modesto, CA?
How about Cupertino CA or Grass Valley CA in October? Check our tour schedule
Hello
Greetings from Paraguay.
I want to tell you to keep going the way you are.
I think your type of comedy is one of the finest I know. Specially because of the musical instruments you use.
I hope you get succes from everything you try to accomplish. Hope to see you near here sometime. (:
Gracias Estefania! Esperemos que vamos a venir a Paraguay algun dia. And yes, if we would use a tuba and a piccolo, it would be quite difficult…
Richard and Aleksey,
Thanks for a wonderful night in Crested Butte! Richard, I’ve never seen anyone sit up so straight at a piano — and you do make it look easy, which I know it is not, though perhaps the less said about your smile the better
. And Aleksey, you have fire in your eyes, and your violin virtuosity makes me wish I had taken up the violin when I was young, and your soulful expressions make me wonder if I’ve underestimated the male sex! (Though maybe it is just your Russian soul coming through). And the dancing you guys do just takes the whole thing over the top. It is the best.
My only regret afterwards was not going to Dogwoods. I thought of lots of questions I would have liked to have asked, such as, when you perform in Vienna, I would assume that the shows are in German? Is this correct?
Thanks again, Charry (the woman from Tucson, Arizona)
We do our shows in English, German, Itlian, Spanish, Russian, Korean and soon hopefully Portuguese — but ultimately you dont need language to understand them — but I guess a couple of ears would be a great help. Thanks so much for coming to Crested Butte Charry, and its “Hyung-ki” to friends
PLEASE COME TO SAN FRANSISCO. I LOVE YOUR COMEDY AND HOPE TO SOMEDAY BE LIKE YOU GUYS.
We are in your area in October — check our tour schedule! Hope to see you there!
Come to Portugal!!! we love you! and we are the best crowd in the world!
You are indeed one of the best crowds in the world — and you know how we know? Because we played a few times in Portugal already — where were you?;)
No seriously, we hope to return soon!
Please come to Vancouver, Canada! I will be the first to buy your ticket =).
Well we were there a couple of years ago — but will come back, we promise!
Well… Seems like its gonna take a while for you to come to Brasil. Meanwhile, could you visit our music? hummm… I really would love to see you both visiting Heitor Villa-Lobos. That would be interesting, dont you think? “As Bachianas” is a verry popular compsition here (you problably already kown this)
Hope to see your performance here (whenever that is..)Best wishes!
Dont dispair so quickly Dani, we are hoping to come to Brazil earlier than you think! We will deffinitely do some Brasilian music… but we might write it ourselves
Dear Igudesman and Joo,
I am mad at you guys.
1. You made me fall in love with you. This was just after I explicitly said to myself, “I will never be so naive as to fall in love again.” But somehow I became entranced via Youtube one afternoon when I should have been working on my summer reading list.
2. I live in Northern New England (USA) which isn’t exactly cultural metropol so therefore I am deprived. That being said, can’t you at least come to Boston?! Rhode Island honestly? What have they given the world besides red chickens and Family Guy? Anyway my boss has me working that night, but if you came to BOSTON I would call out sick…
Well Lizzy, we love you too! So, why not Rhode Island? You can be sick for that also
please please come to Blackpool north west United Kingdom (England)
i’ve been watching you’re videos on youtube since 2005 and it’s always made me laugh & cheer me up when i’m down.
please think about it i know lots of people would come & see you
write back
Rachael
Hi Racheal, we will see what we can do, but we are hoping to make our London debut next year — how about a little road trip?
Please come to Zürich, Switzerland! I would be so glad!
We did. And we will again.
You guys definitely need to come to Australia
Especially Sydney and perform at the opera house 
True words Jimmy! We hope we will.
Hello!
Not to be offensive, but do either of you know any possible ways to contact Maxim Vengerov? Not by phone of course, I just have a few questions on bowing technique because I am practicing the Sibelius Violin Concerto–1st movement, and I only listen to HIS interpretation, and I think he is a great violinist overall. I am only 15, so I’m not a predator or anything.
Hey guys I cant see any tour for turkey. please come to Turkey PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE and I LOVE YOU
We are playing in Antalya in december so come!!!
Dear Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-Ki Joo, I’m a big fan of you guys, and I too, love classical music although I don’t think I know as much of it as you do. I have seen you videos so many times on youtube that I don’t even have to think about it when I spell your names!
I was hoping you guys would come to Atlanta, Georgia, US, so that I, a girl living in Augusta who goes to a fine arts school could suggest to my new orchestra teacher(who could possibly be my violin teacher who introduced me to you guys) that we should take a field trip to see one of your concerts. So if you two can do that, I would be very excited. (BTW, just so that you know, I play the violin, though not as great, and I’m also learning how to play the piano.)
I’m dying to see you both live. When will you be coming to the UK?
Next year we hope Tom!
Hi, I’ve seen you in YouTube so far. I can’t stop marvelling at your genious. Do you think you can schedule a performance in Miami, USA?
Dear Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, please come to Moscow (or at list to St. Petersburg) We love you so much and wait you here!!!
Dear Andrew and Anna, Moscow looks good for us in the autumn — news coming soon, we hope! see ya then…
Moscow is confirmed! Check our tourdates
I’ve just read that you might be coming back to Portugal again soon. I hope you visit the north again (I watched your show in Espinho), cant wait for it!
Keep us posted!
You made some decent factors there. I appeared on the internet for the issue and located most individuals will associate with together with your website.
You said that we hope will come Turkey in december, but why it isn’t seen in tourdates? won’t you come? plzzz come PLZZ
as soon as we have the fixed dates and where one can get tickets we will let you and everyone know
Thank you very much, guys, for your wonderful concert in Mainz. We have crossed Germany to see you and certainly will do it again. But you have to come to Dresden. It is a lovely city and its spirit fits very well to yours.
wow, so nice of you to come all this way! we PROMISE to make it to Dresden — wie sagt man “Nur die Besten kommen aus Dresden”, nicht wahr
?
Thanks for you happyness,
you must learn french language to com in to Angers .. is it rihgt ? you are comming soon in Angers to play your show ? oh, wh
[sorry, little bug]
I say … oh what a pleasure for us to see you here in Angers …
you must come home, I’d make a ukulele for you! and you have to eat my zucchini pie. my famous pie zucchini.
And you will give some French lessons. because apart from the “A major” and “A minor”, you dont have the Molière language well in your pocket.
Thank you for making us laugh with beautiful music … I wait your concert in Angers with impaciente applaud you for coming.
see you soon xxx
You guys should come to Singapore!
I watched you guys on youtube today.. You guys are amazing!!!!
Please, please come to Australia sometime in the near future (Melbourne, to be specific…), I’d love to see you perform.
have fun, you are the best!!!!!
I was wondering if you can do a video of kalinka malinka? I saw different versions of on youtube but I’m kind of interested in seeing what you guys would do. And I saw different versions of the lyrics to the song, is there one you recommend? And what does it mean? I would really appreciate it, but of course you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to. By the way I saw your videos on youtube, and I think you guys are both awesome and hilarious.
We are working on a piece, which intergrates kalinka for one of our next shows — and at certain times we already try it out! If you want to hear it live — come to Dubrovnik on the 31st of August…
Ich war endlich mal dabei, am 2 Juli in Mainz und es hat mich umgehauen!Über diesen Abend werde ich noch lange reden.:)
Obwohl ich meine armen Pc-lautsprecher schon mit euren Nummern überstrapaziert haben müsste, es wird nie langweilig:D Ihr beiden seid und bleibt einfach die Besten.
Ich hoffe ich schaffe es bald wieder auf eines eurer Konzerte, also denkt daran :
“Just when you thought it was save…”
Ah yes, we remember you! If you have photos with us, tag us on facebook! Danke das du gekommen bist xxx
Hey you two,
at first: Really nice performance on saturday evening in mainz although it appeared that you wanted to leave the stage after the third encore xD … anyway, my dear Hyung-ki, I guess I have a nice memory for you from mainz!
(PS: You’re a wonderful kisser!:D)
Jetzt habe ich es endlich geschafft, euch einmal live zu sehen! Das “Konzert” gestern in Mainz war einfach wunderschön
Vielen, vielen Dank!
Bis zum nächsten Mal!
PS: Aleksey, hast jedes Mal einen so hohen Verschleiß an Bogenhaaren an einem Abend?!
Ja, Aleksey verliert leider sehr viele Bogenhaare — das ist teuer, und die armen Pferde die man dafür rasieren muss klagen auch schon
hello, there, Igudesman and Joo, sir.
i’ve watched your concert video on youtube and on your webpage and i am really interested and amazed with all of your performance. i really hope and looking forward if you guys would do an asia tour? and please come and visit Jakarta, Indonesia. it’s a crowded city like new york but it’s filled with people who love art, music, and theatre comedy. and it would be great if the citizen of Jakarta see them all in one.
thank you for your attention.. i really hope you’ll answer this message soon and come and visit Jakarta.
well, if someone books us there we would love to come, sir
Hallo Jungs!
Wir waren auf der Aufführung in Mainz am 2. Juli dabei. Ich kann nur sagen, ES WAR SPITZE!
Neben der schönen Musik waren die Gags wunderbar. Man wusste nie was als nächstes passiert.
Ich hoffe sehr ihr macht so weiter und man sieht sich wieder in Deutschland.
*badadabbbadaaaaa* –> Joo singing is great!
2 neue Fans,
Alex und Janine
coole Sache, dann bis zum nächsten Mal!
Hi, just saw your TV-Show on ORF2. Didn’t know you before. Would love to see your BIG Nightmare Music with Orchestra in Switzerland
Greetz, Michelle
Good morning guys,
just found out that we missed your performance yesterday in Mainz,what a shame!!!!We saw you in spring in Mainz,maybe you remember the vietnamese twins,10 years old.They keep asking for you and we watch your videos ever so often.
I will try to catch up with you in Vienna this November and next March.Can hardly wait to see you together with Mullova!!!!
Please keep it up.Oh,and a request from the kids:they loved you song “my favorite cow”;could you put it on your website so we can watch it at least at home?
Looking forward to see and hear you again,you are simply the best.
Silvia
well, the song with the cow is still a “work in progress” and it might always stay that way
hope to see you in Vienna!
Accidently clicked on one of my favourites today, what a lovely surprise that it turned out to be your fantastic rendition of “I will survive”, haven’t listened to it for quite a while and found myself in kinks once again; it never fails to put a smile on my face. Any plans for a UK tour (including the lovely north-east of course)? Would love the chance to see you live, keep being brilliant! :3
Anja, x.
we hope to come to the UK next year.…. see ya then!
Pleeeaaaase will you guys come to England? (preferably London?) We’ve recently discovered you and have been working through your videos in hysterics, seeing you live would be awesome!! Plus I’m a blooming brilliant baker, so if this fails I’ll bribe you with cake to come
CAN’T WAIT!!! You will only be one state away this time! Of course you are at the top of Michigan so it will still be a 6–7 hour drive
(and someone else complained about 150, they just don’t love you guys that much *just playin Drew*)
Plus it is summer so I don’t have to rush back to school, so we get to come and roam around the area.
Did I mention CAN’T WAIT?!? LOL, see you guys soon!
Safe Travels
xoxo
Thanks Marla, see ya soon!
I was so excited to see you coming to Colorado, but then I saw where the venue is. 150 miles from Denver… that’s not a short drive. Please come back a bit closer to the Denver area!
Hi geniuses,
there’s no way of getting tired of listening and watching you (on youtube, for the moment). Bad thing is, it keeps me from practicing, the good thing: Soon, there’s time enough for practicing all day long (holidays).
Tried your milk foamer thing but instead of the milk foamer used such a kind of toy ventilating fan…tried it on a mandoline, not yet the violin — it sounds like balalaika as it is not as fast as the milk foamer, it’s fun! Anyway, can’t wait to hear (from) and see you again (on youtube or best:life)Don’t stay like you are! (Standing still would be the end);-) You’re great Hyung-ki! Love you, Aleksey!!!
Now, I really should practice…hate to say good-bye, I can’t, can’t, can’t…
please come to Perth, Western Australia. Theres been a bit of rain on the east coast of Australia and i beleive its sunk so West Australia is all thats left. And we’re bored.
To my all time favourites,
Are you ever going to consider a tour of South Africa, including Durban, please? The weather’s great, your music’s great, what an honour it would be to accommodate you here. love you guys, El
oh we would so love to come to South Africa! if somebody books us there — we will take the first flight
hi guys found you by chance on you tube. would love to see you down under. Perth, Western Australia, to be precise. take care, kind regards, Vicki
Please play in Berlin for your next Show…
I love both of you..
Ich liebe euch!!!
Und wann werdet Ihr für den Papst im Vatikan spielen? Oder habt Ihr das schon getan? Auch Bob Dylan hat es nicht geschadet. Seine Stimme ist viel besser geworden seit damals. Finde ich jedenfalls. Und er hat danach begonnen Weihnachtslieder zu singen… Igudesman & Joo featuring Bob Dylan mit Weihnachtsliedern vor dem Papst als Einstimmung auf das Neujahrskonzert…
Please, come to France ! We need you in France ! So much !
(Especially in the North of France =p)
Youtube videos are not enough for us ^^
Come to St. Petersburg!!!!!! We (especially me) are waiting for you agaaaaaaaain
Иначе я как-нибудь сама приеду и вас найду, ха.
Oh~~ You make me write a message again! Thanks sooo much for your kind reply. I’m reading again and again. Can’t stop smiling.But why do you think I am “she” Joo???? Hahahaha Kidding~ How can’t I love you both!!! I adore Igu~ and I love love love love Joooooooooooooo!!
I love what you do and I keep waiting for you to come to France… I live in Rennes and people here would be soooo happy to see your show.
When will you come?
Please, please, please come to Berlin. So Berlin in Germany. Not in New Jersey and even Connecticut. Berlin in Germany. My students desperately need a strict live-lesson. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You guys are the BEST!! I watch soo much of you guys on youtube(okay, maybe a bit too much).
Will you ever come to Hong Kong?
One of my favorites is Rachmaninov Had Big Hands(Im playing a serenade now and i have tiny hands) and i LOVE your Where Is The Remote Control!!!
WILL YOU EVER COME TO HONG KONG???
You guys are the best thing since sliced bread. I really admire your work, confidence, goals and your ‘thinking outside of the box’ attitude.
I’ve been meaning to do so for a long time, but I’ve started to seriously take up the violin. I’ll never be Paganini, but there’s something about playing (even bad music) that listening just doesn’t have the same effect. Get’s a bit ‘nightmarish’ after a while though…
- Another Egyptian.
You guys are amazing! My friend and I did a modified version of your Credit Card Sketch for my school and it KILLED! Keep it up, and visit the San Francisco Area sometime!
Well, if you check our tour dates on this very page, you will see that we ARE coming to the San Francisco area in october!
Please Please Please come to Hong Kong. I am anticipating your performace.
Hong Kong looks very good for 2012 for us, which is the year of the Dim Sum, did you know that?
Hi, Igudesman and Joo! Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia! You are really, really great, I love watching all of your videos on You Tube… but I want more (and I’m sure that more people here in Colombia also want more)… When are you coming here?? We would love to see “Igudesman and Joo live in Bogotá”!! More greetings!!
We would love to visit you one day — you know, its not so far to Bogotá!
Please come to Alexandria, Egypt!
We would love to.
Please come to Alexandria, Egypt!!
We would still love to.
Hi hi to you two~!
Thanks so much. You make me so happy with music. I love you Joooooooooo!! (Do you have many stalkers??)
I think I am in love with you who are in love with music. Everyday I’m watching 4 video clips — Being Gidon Kremer Trailer, Igudesman & Joo Trailor, Ticket to Ride, Billy Joel & Joo. I really think I get to love you
Joo: Hi baby!
Igudesman: How about me?
Joo: She likes me better, she likes me better!
Igudesman: Uaaaaaa! (Sobbing like a baby)
I love your beautiful playing & hilarious comedy shows. I watch the shows once a day at least which is highly addictive.
Please, please add English(or Japanese) subtitles in the video clips then they’d make me more laugh ( ^^). I am waiting for you to come over here, Australia!
Can we add Jinglish subtitles? I think that would make us laugh more! No, seriously thanks Misty, and we hope to make it to Australia some time.
I am a violinist and bagpiper. Your Scotland the brave with the vacuum cleaner was really serious cross-over fun!
Violinist and bagpiper. Wow. So, can you blow your fiddle?
Came across you guys on youtube, and I think your show is wonderful!
Was laughing so hard with my window open that I think I might have scared some small children, and possibly some not-so-small children, and their parents in the process.
Can’t wait to see you guys when you come out to California, will definately check it out.
California is on in october — check out our tour dates! Hope to see ya there and keep those windows closed!
please come to the uk
Hopefully next year — news coming soon!
PLZ come to KOREA!!
Maybe even this year… please keep on checking our tourdates
Come to London!
Hi, you commented my message the day your dvd arrived, what a happy day, couldn’t answer yesterday because I had a rehearsal…
)
Well anyway,…the alto singers: actually you need none. Der Alt kommt nicht so hoch. (The altos don’t reach the necessary hight?)
Wiebke
P.S. Do you think you might like another person in one of your shows — maybe in ten years or so…if I promise to practice a lot…?;-) No, just kidding, i know you’re doing perfectly fine. But if you should ever run out of violinists, please do write me
(Thats just how it is: I love you and your show and I simply can’t stand watching and listening to anything I like this much. Always want to be part of it. You needn’t tell me that this is bad — I know it
Sorry for such a long novel — again.
My kids and I want you to come in Grenoble, France, very very soon !!
Pleeaaseeeee ! Our place is very beautiful !! And a lot of French people appreciate what you do (well, all my friends do !!).
Thank you, you make me laugh so much ! my favourite is Rachmaninov had big hands !!!
I Am From Indonesia
I Like You Perform Very Much
Thankyou
HAHAHAHAHA
i beg you come to Turkey please , You will absouletly love Turkey and us, we have already love you.
We hope to be there in december!
By chance,my friend sent a video of you and I adore it, please come to TURKEY… I’m really looking forward to seeing your performance
Hey! Any asian tour? The promotional vid on youtube was INSANE!!!!!!!!!! you guys ROCK!! yeah! ^^
Thanks Nom Her Ni Val! You have quite a name, you know that? We hope to be on a big Asia tour next year, so watch out!
QUOTE:
“Igudesman and Joo
[…] Viola, do you play the banjo? Or are you a Brazilian footballer?“
—-
If I am a Brazilian footballer as you suggest, will you play (music) in my living room?
If I really play the banjo, will you stop mistaking it for my viola (although they sounds quite the same)?
And who is the weird one now?!??
Dear Viola,
don’t trust anybody who wrote the “Catscratch Book” and “Pigs Can Fly” — he might bring his farm. And if he brings the cat, too…well, it’s a well known fact that cats love to have fish for supper…
P.S. Don’t panic, you could, for instance, invite me, too, and I promise, I will have an eye on the cat (and my ears on the music).
Quote:
“Igudesman and Joo
Shall we do a concert in your living room?
Do you have goldfish?”
Actually I am the goldfish…
Your name should be Juliet then. They say though that Viola is supposed to have inspired Shakespeare to write the role of Juliet. None of this makes any sense to anybody, of course, except the few very weird ones, like us, who can see the connection between all this gobbledegook, and a lateral puzzle involving 2 goldfish called Romeo and Juliet. Viola, do you play the banjo? Or are you a Brazilian footballer?
you should come to portugal — Lisbon
Been there, done that. So should we come again?
Hey,
seeing Janine Jansen playing with the Philharmonia Orchestra London (+Lorin Maazel) in the Beethovenhalle in Bonn last week, I wondered if you’re planning to preform something with her again
Looking forward to see/hear you in Mainz!
We have nothing planned with janine at the moment, but she is a very dear friend of ours and we will work together some time again for sure!
Hello and many many hellos to you~!
^o^b
I happened to see your clip (I will survive) on Youtube and now I’m addicted to it. Oh how marvelous your performance is!! I want to appreciate your wonderful gift for us today. You make me so happy all the time
Hey guys.
Ukraine is looking forward to see you here!!
Ласкаво просимо!!!!
Well, we hope to be there in August, updates coming soon!
Igudesman… I love your way of playing, of acting… Ach was…englisch is so schwierig: For ca. einem Jahr, als ich das erste Video auf youtube gesehen hab (I will survive), hab ich es nicht glauben können, dass ein so “spießig” aussehender (bitte verzeih!!!) Klassikmusiker so verrückte Performance macht. Inzwischen liebe ich dein Gesicht. Absolut professionell.. alles…der Akzent, dein Gschau… so amazing. Heute mitbekommen, dass du deutsch sprichst, deswegen geschrieben.Ich glaub, ich bin zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben ein Fan
Danke für die Blumen! Hope to see you maybe in Mainz on the 2nd of July?
You’re great, I simply love you!!!
Looking forward to see you in Italy, in my living room if possible: I will buy my ticket anyway..
Thanks for saving lots of musicians’ souls!! Mine first!!
Shall we do a concert in your living room?
Do you have goldfish?
Please come to Greece! Σας περιμένουμε!
Hi you two,
))
you’re doing such an impressive nightmare show! Yeah, I can’t sleep, anymore. (Because of the “Ohrwürmer”)Don’t you think you could perhaps play something from Pirates of the Caribbean? Maybe do such a “mash — up” with the Seasons by Vivaldi? Or maybe Mozart, the Magic Flute or so? Because I don’t think these pieces go together so I need you to prove me wrong (only if you have time (or are bored — I know you’re never
Just to tell you once more: I love your music and sense of humour!!!
All the best,
Wiebke
P.S. Do you know how many alto singers it takes to change a light bulb?
How many Wiebke, tell us!
I love you. M E R A V I G L I O S I
Hello, you are amazing artists! When are you coming to NYC? The nearest scheduled tour is in Ottawa for me. Please please come to NY. 제발~~~~
Well Jane we were there just a few months ago — where were you?
Hello guys,
did you thought about working with Helge Schneider? He is a talented musician and comedian like you two.
Hope it will work.
Grüße aus Berlin
He is great — perhaps one day
Hi,
ok, what is problem with France? Don’t you like the food, the people? what did the french did to you so bad that you perform your show everywhere around : italy, switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg but not in France.
I live in Marseille, south of France, but i promess that even if you will be in Paris, i will come to your show.
See you soon!
Nicolas
On reve de faire la tour de France surtout parce qu’on a achete des nouveaux velos recemment– but seriously– la France est UN pays tres proche de notre esprit et coeur. JOO a habite a Rennes quand il etait petit et il reve de retourner a Rennes et de trouver ses anciens camarades. Igudesman et UN grand chef de la cuisine alors il adore la bouffe en France surtout les cuisses de grenouille, en faites, n’importe quelles cuisses.
Look at that “S” car go! (quote from which movie?)
Notre ami, Joe Kerr a ecrit UN chanson formidable sur la France qu’on joue parfois dans nos spectacles:
” I kinda like it here in France/where everything is real advanced/and all the dogs are well behaved/and all the armpits are unshaved.…”
Vive la France! Rodin, Robuchon, Le Diner des Cons, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Jean Renoir, pain au chocolat, Zidane, Saint-exupery, Asterix, Goldorak (meme si c’est japonnais), Leo Ferre, James et Aurelie Thieree, Monet, Le Quatuour, Cortot, Nadia Boulanger, Henri Leconte, Pont Alexandre Paris, Depardieu, Ravel, Theatre du soleil, Dider Lockwood, Chateau Lafite, Watoo Watoo!
Hey Guys
Thank you for everything and I hope to come to İstanbul soon. 
I can do vibrato now…
Hi guys
Firstly, I would like to say thanks,
I’ts a pleasure to watch all that creativity of yours…
I love playing skits from your show on my Yamaha Electone, maybe i’ll upload a video on to YouTube sometime soon…
Also I was very happy to read below that you’re considering coming over to Israel again in December… so thanks again.
Secondly, I was wondering if you’re planning on releasing a new dvd anytime soon?
Best wishes,
Matt.
Hola hola!
Ich habe versucht, in Eure Facebook was zu schreiben, wusste aber nicht, wie es gehen soll (ich kenne mich eben nicht so aus mit Facebook)… Deshalb haben wir (mein Mann auch) eine Nachricht bei Aleksey in seinem eigenen Facebook-Kto. hinterlassen. Aleksey, lies Du das überhaupt, was man Dir dort hin schreibt?? Wie gesagt, selbst bin ich nicht in Facebook. Ich wollte nur sagen, die Übersetzung ist schon fertig, und falls Eure einzelnen Bios auch wollt, übersetze ich sie auch mehr als gerne! Mir fehlt nur eine email Adresse wo ich das ganze Euch schicken kann… Könnt ihr mir eine nennen? Ihr habt ja meine, oder?
Also, eine wunderschöne, spannende und erfolgreiche Woche für Euch!!!
Ganz herzliche Grüße nochmal und eine dicke Umarmung von
Edith
Thank you guys!
I hope so! If you come to Argentina, and not for a show, just contact me and let me know. There are many secrets in this city. Lol
And…If you can talk with the Almighty, please ask him when Igudesman and Joo can visit us in (as Mr Malkovich said)Argentina, the land of the beautiful women! (I have to clarify…They are dressed-not naked)
Thank you again guys, you ve made me laugh a lot.
Salud y Gracias
Martin
Pues grazias a ti Martin! We would love to come to Argentina some time — lets all pray to the god of naked ladies swimming in the sea that we will soon!
Hi!
Guys you are awesome.
We are waiting for meet you in Argentina before the end of the world at 2012!
Regards
Martin
Hi Martin! Dont worry, we talked to the big guy and the end of the world is not in 2012 — thats apparently a couple of prancsters trying to scare people, he said (and he should know!) (or is it a she?) anyhow, we really would love to come to your wonderful country some time in any case!
Hi can you tell me where I can get the dvd of “The Rise and Fall of the Classical Musician”. Are they doing an english tour as would love to see them.
well gary, “they” (meaning us) are doing english tours often, but mostly not in england — but we are working on london for next year! unfortunately the show you mentioned is not on sale on dvd, just “A Little Nightmare Music”… hope to see you in a perfirmance some time
Sorry, but it’s me again!
Have you ever thought to translate your Biography into Spanish? It would be for me a great joy to do it, if you want it too…!
I really speak and write Spanish very, very well!!
Kindest reagards again!!!
Hola Edith! Muchas gracias por tu offerta — si quieres hacerlo, seria buenissimo para nosotros! Und überigens Hyung-ki kann auch fliessend Deustch
un besito de nos dos — kisses from both of us — and we hope to meet you in Leipzig some time!
Dear Aleksey, dear Hyung-Ki,
I said you, I can not write much English. But hey, I write again because I really want that Hyung-Ki can read it for himself…
I’m surely one of thousands of people, who are so grateful for what you do!!! It is always a great joy to see your videos, my children enjoy them really very much!!! We all laughed together and enjoyed the beautiful music you do …
Hope you can come to Leipzig!!! Can I maybe help you? We are all musicians … Perhaps there is anything we can do for you to come to Leipzig? How is that? If there is anything we can do, please let me know …!!!
Many kindest regards and all the best for you!!!!
A giant hug from
Edith
Can you PLZPLZPLZPLZ come to Israel? we’re not that far away from Turkey…
We hope to come in december… we will let you know when it happens!
I thoroughly enjoyed Julian Rachlin and Nikolaj Znaider’s rendition of the Händel-Halvorsen — Passacaglia. It is such a great piece of music, absolutely sublime and inspiring. Do you think you could consider arranging it for violin and piano and include it in your repertoire?
Hola chicos!
Es tut mir Leid, aber mein Englisch ist noch im Aufbau– ich habe alles mit dem Deutsch vermischt (meine Muttersprache ist Spanisch). Ich weiss aber, daß Aleksey gut Deutsch spricht– also bitte, bitte Aleksey, auch mal Hyung-Ki alles fleißig übersetzen, ok?
Leider kommt Ihr demnächst nicht in meiner Nähe!Ich habe 2 Kinder und deshalb bin ich leider nicht so mobil…Ich musste aber unbedingt hier das schreiben, da ich Euch sooooo sehr dankbar bin…!!! Ich habe Euch in Youtube entdeckt, wegen eines Freundes von mir, der Geiger ist. Was für ein riesen Glück!!! Endlich Mal wird echter Spass mit der Klassische Musik in Verbindung gebracht, ich bin soooo erleichtert, daß es Euch gibt! Und Ihr spielt absolut erstklassig dazu!! Das ist das beste, man kann bei Euch die Musik echt genießen… Meine Kinder müssen Euch schon jeden Tag hören (die sind 3 und 5 Jahre alt), die singen dann alles nach und seit dem sie Euch entdeckt haben, tanzen sie auch mit großer Lust sogar zu den Chopin Etuden! Ich weiss, es klingt alles etwas dramatisch, aber ich muss Euch die Wahrheit sagen, für mich als Musikerin ist eine von der beste Sachen die mir jemals passiert es, Euch gehört zu haben… DANKE DANKE DANKE!!!! Und bald nach Leipzig kommen
DAS ALLERBESTE WÜNSCHE ICH EUCH BEIDE!!!!!
Ganz herzlich,
Eure Edith
have you guys thought of combining the main theme from Swan Lake with Imperial March (Darth Vader theme)? I’ve had this idea for a long time, and I think you 2 could make it a really funny piece.
funny you say that Mikulas, we did actually think of to that (and other bits of Swan Lake with Star Wars)… you know what they say: great minds think alike
Thrilled to find folks on this page
Hello guys!
You are really awesome! I should study for my exams but I can’t help watching your videos! I love the piano lesson among other
And I’d like to ask you: when are you coming to France? Come!! (begging tone)
hopfully france next year… and watching our videos can actually be interpreted as studying in a really wayward way — so go ahead!
Hello! Is there any way I can get a hold of sheet music for some of the songs you performed? *hopeful smile* My sister plays violin and I play piano.
not yet janet, not yet, but we are working on that.
We want you in Barcelona!!!! We have warm weather, sun, delicios food, extraordinary wine, so…what are you waiting for????
we LOVE barcelona! also hopefully next year we will be there
Yes, the Matrix has changed
Sorry about two messeages, I told you that Im a viola player
See You in Split!!
Ivan
Hello,
first of all, we ( i speak in the name of bunch of classical players in Split) are very happy that You guys are coming in Split. I play viola ( you can see that from my “falsch” writing in english)
Anyway, if You need a guide or something…:-)
See You in Split!
Ivan
Thanks a lot Ivan, we are looking forward very much to meeting you!
Hello,
first of all, we ( i speak in the name of bunch of classical players in Split) are very happy that You guys are coming in Split. I play viola ( you can see that from my “falsch” writing in english.
Anyway if you need a guide
See You in Split!
Thanks a lot Ivan, we are looking forward very much to meeting you! (wait, we have this strange feeling of Deja Vu…)
We want you in Oporto, Portugal!
We want you in Oporto, Portugal!
We want you in Oporto, Portugal!
We want you in Oporto, Portugal!
We want you in Oporto, Portugal!
Hi,
Do you come to the Czech Republic? Your´s concerts are fantastic and I want to go to your concert and mi friends too.
please come to Taiwan again!!!
since last time I came to your concert already two years ago~ I Miss You~~~~~~~~
You might have to wait till 2012, but we believe we will return!
Please tell me if you have any plans to tour England!!!!!!!!!
Добрый день Алексей
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I know, that you maybe dont celebrate it, but happy names day Alexei!!!
Hope you got some cool present!
尼玛 爱死你们了.
waiting for coming to 杭州
We love you too and would love to come to Hangzhou one day! 再见
Hello Aleksey,
today is on our “nameday calendar” Your name, so I wish You Happy nameday!
I love your show!
Hello, Aleksey and Hyung-Ki congratulations on all of the wonderful opportunities coming your way. I see that on July 20,2011 you will be in my neck of the woods in michigan. Let me check my schedule to see if I can schedule a vacation for myself-haaah,haaah. After checking my schedule, I will be able to schedule a vacation on July 20th to attend your concert after all:)
I look forward to seeing your concert live-Linda
Hi Linda! We will see you in michigan and again and again…
Have mercy, Come to Poland. Pleeease !
hong kong hong kong you can conquer the asia world expo
wont make it for the expo probably, but we are working on it for 2012!
I was just wondering if you had any plans to come to England?
Yes, we are hoping to play in London, latest 2012… we will let everyone know, as soon as the date is fixed!
Hi! Are you thinking about coming back to Portugal soon? Any news? Hope so
We are working on it
love you guys! please please please come to Australia!You guys will love the sun, and we’ve got beaches too, and a pretty nice opera house, you should really check it out
Ohhh Esther, we would so love to! We actually played once in the Huntington Estate Music Festival some years ago and had one of the best audiences of our live there.
Hi !
Why don’t you include Athens in your schedule??? Badminton Theater would love to host you — even the Athens Opera House (“Megaron”) would be honored!
We Greeks often have a problem with humour : we tend to take trivial things too seriously, while serious things, such as classical music, scare people away simply because people fail to see the naughty smile of real genius. So please come — tell us about it, make us fall in love with music’s naughty smile!
If you need a contact to start discussions with the theaters, I will only be too glad to help!
Love,
Dora
Well Dora, for us to come to Athens, which we would absolutely love, we need to be invited by one of your concert halls, so why dont you write to them and demand us?
Lots of love to you too and ευτυχισμένος Πόσχα!
哈哈哈哈，你们的回答也这么幽默！如果2012年地球不毁灭的话，那就来中国，来贵州！
你们的朋友JACK
Dont worry, the earth will not be destoryed in 2012 –we have some good connections up above and had a word with some people — all will be fine and we will try and come Guizhou. 复活节快乐!
Please.. please.. come to Indonesia…
Kami akan sangat senang untuk datang ke Indonesia! (We would love to come to Indonesia.)
One day we hope!
你们好！
看到你们的回信，非常高兴！
你们好！
We are very glad that you are happy about our reply and thanks for the invitation to China! We would love to come — maybe in 2012? (也许在2012年?)
再见
Damn… You got me! I’m a musicians’ legs fetishist! Now you know… But I would also like to see you play heheh
Dear Aleksey;
The sound from your violin soo beautiful why the sound does not so beatiful from my violin like yours. soo sad when he stole the songs is not good
and one more question
my finger is not ver fast. Please help me about this. and finaly please come to Samsun or İstanbul. thank you for everything…
Well Damla, practice, practice, practice. And if that doesnt work, then practice some more. Also your hand positions have to be right — this is important for fast playing also! Watch some great violinists on youtube and try and copy their hand positions… Here is Alekseys wonderful violin teachers talking about the right hand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojTn9KgZ31U
And here are two of his star pupils Julian Rachlin and Nikolaj Znaider playing together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf_PtnNyhiU&feature=related — observe their right and left hand and try and copy the movement and position. Good luck!
AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH love that you’re coming back to Italy in august! I’ve seen you in Rome this year, it’s been awesome! And in august Italy is very hot, so you can play in underwear (Aleksey did it allready, Hyung-ki it’s your turn!! ahahah)
See you soon then!!!
So THATS why you like us — because you want to see our legs! Okay, well its better than nothing.
i heard ya’ll on youtube and i absolutly enjoy it. i am learning how to play the piano now. i hope that one day i will be able to play as good as you do. the shows are hilarious by the way. my favorite one is i will survive and also ticket to ride. i am in chaleston south carolina in the usa and hope yall can come here soon
thanks again
check out our tour dates here, we are sure we will play near you soon!
你们好！
很喜欢你们的表演，可能的话很想邀请你们到中国来，祝愿你们一切顺利！
We completely agree, but why a watermelon?
Hello
)with a friend of mine.. can i get them anywhere?
I love your music even though i’ve never saw you guys live..just on youtube.
i was just wondering if one can get your sheet music.. i play the violin myself and i thought of playing your “we will survive” at my graduation ceremony (even though it won’t be half as good as you playing it
thank you for your work. i always enjoy your music and your talent of acting
Dear Theresa, we are afraid our music has not been published yet… as soon as it will, we will let you know through the website!
queridos amigos, soy de una ciudad de argentina llamada Rosario en la Provincia de Santa Fe, considerada la capital de los artistas y musicos en Argentina.….CUANDO LOS TENDREMOS POR AQUI??? seria un grandisimo honor.
saludos y muchas gracias por enseñar la belleza de la musica clasica con tanto amor y humor
Mauricio — quieremos muchissimo venir a argentina — tango es una de nuestras musicas preferidas. No puedemos decir todavia cuando peudemos venir, pero esperemos pronto!
Привет!
Не знаю сколько сотен раз я просмотрел ваши выступления, каждый раз в восторге, всех своих друзей подсадил уже на “айвиллСурвайф” на “риверДэнс” и другие ваши шедевры
Алексей, не поверишь, Я КУПИЛ ДИСК…
I BOUGHT THE DVD!!! ICH HABE DIE DVD GEKAUFT
Сейчас это редкость, что что-то покупается, но хотелось хоть как-то отблагодарить за такой огромный кусок радости, которую вы мне подарили.
Ещё раз огромное спасибище!!! Очень хочу попасть на ваш концерт, в районе Гамбурга. Приезжайте и продолжайте в том же духе!
Сергей
spasiba balshioa seriozha, za krasivii slava!
I SPASIBA SHTO TI KUPIL DISC!
THANKS FOR BUYING OUR DVD! DANKE DAS DU UNSERE DVD GEKAUFT HAST!
Mi igrayem w avgustie v girmanie — mozhet budj prijedish?
Welcome to Newport, Rhode Island!! I’m so excited that you will be coming out here! I hope to see you on July 22nd. Will you be performing in one of the mansions?
Yes, it will be fabulous and on top of that it will be Aleksey’s birthday! Apparently we are playing in THE BREAKERS mansion. Hope to see you there!
Hi, I’m Jovana and I’m writing you from Serbia, more precisely, from Belgrade, for which maybe you haven’t even heard, but he has heard of you
)) I must say that I’m thrilled with you and your work! Well done!:))) The way you present classical music is incredible and that is what makes you so special!:) And my big wish is to attend your concert once and i hope that it will be soon 
so let’s make a deal, when will you come to Belgrade? 
DD If you need help with organization, just say 
)) And if you come, I promise you that you will have great time here and of course, crazy and unforgettable fun!:))) Just come!
Dear Jovana, we have even PLAYED in Belgrade several times and loved it!
We played in the Kolorac Hall, Aleksey conducted the Belgrade Philharmonic there and we did A Little Nightmare Music, just the two of us also. And yes we DO hope to return one day…
A few years ago friends from the UK visited me in Colorado for a week and I arranged an itinerary for them. I thought you might enjoy a few of the ideas.
First Stop — Boulder
Rent a car at Denver Int. Airport (or take the shuttle and deal with the car in Boulder). Drive to Boulder (about an hour). Crash at the Historic Hotel Boulderado, just off the Pearl St. pedestrian mall (www.boulderdowntown.com). Play a short gig on the mall as street artists to earn some quick money and go over to the Dushanbe Teahouse for dinner. (On Tues. eves. there is folkdancing on the adjacent plaza.)
Or stay in one of the cottages up at Chautauqua Park and meander the many miles of foothills trails, go to a concert or a movie at the huge old auditorium, and have breakfast on the veranda of the dining hall.
For a day trip, grab lunch to go at Breadworks, and head through the mountains to Estes Park (a 1 hour drive) to visit Rocky Mountain National Park. Walk around Bear Lake and drive up Trail Ridge road (snow in July!!!) Come back and put your feet up at the Bookends Cafe adjacent to the Boulder Bookstore. Leave the hubbub of the mall and stroll over to Radda Trattoria for dinner.
When you are ready to head out, stop by McGuckins Hardware (the biggest hardware store in the U.S.) for anything you forgot, and grab groceries at Whole Foods. I think googling “Boulder xxxx” will get you info on everything I have mentioned.
Drive south on Highway 36 past Red Rocks park, and through the tiny town of Morrison. Adventure here we come!
Next — heading South with an optional side trip to Santa Fe!
Hope some of this proves useful.
Wow, can we rent you as a human navigation system?
G’day!
You guys are an inspiration as musicians and all of your works are funny and magnificent!
Have you ever given consideration to coming to Australia?!
You know… that giant island continent in the South Pacific Ocean somewhere…
Hi Douglas, we LOVE Mozart and adore your Schnitzels, so yes, we would love to come. But what does it have to do with the musical “South Pacific”?
agosto? whereeeeeee?
spera per poco…
Dear faceless pineapple,
I am sorry to inform you that we found your sister. Though it would normally be a valiant service to retrieve said omitted sibling, the valiant nature of the case could only be considered if your sister was not a half-digested, welty, and strangely velvety pig-nosed turtle festering in a dufflebag in the Danube river. Though she is still alive, we refuse to pick her up, but she wants us to tell you the pie is on and the cat needs its yogurt before 9 or it’ll expire all over the carpet.
sincerely,
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan
And we thought WE are weird!
GUYS YOU ROCK!!!!!!! I’m impressed and really thrilled about ypour work!!! I’m musician too and I’d lkove if you could come visit Brazil!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much Clara! Actually we are working on a Brazil tour — lets hope it works out!!!
please please come to chicago!!!
Next year 2012 we will for sure…
Hey! You two are awesome! We love you!
Please come 
Will you come Turkey/Istanbul?
Thanks, FINALLY someone noticed. We are sure we will return to Istanbul some time.
.….…..ma quando tornate in Italia?
retorniamo en agosto…
Bonjour !
Je viens juste de voter pour que vous veniez nous faire un spectacle en Europe… et plus particulièrement en France ! On vous adore et on aimerait tant pouvoir vous applaudir !
Bonne continuation à tous les deux, et surtout, venez vite !!!
what happened with zagreb????!!!
a sponsor jumped off we are afraid — but we are trying to find another date!
Hi! I love you and your music, I hope can see you in Portugal again! Everyone that leans music in my school loves you guys!!
Can you please tell me how can you look so confident and calm each time you perform? Is just taht I play the piano, and I can feel completely caml until the moment I get on stage…
Anyway, you both are AMAZING!
well, if you want a serious answer: keep on playing amd performing a lot– even if its small places and fro friends. the more you perform (especially the same pieces) the more calm and confident you get. and if you want a funny answer: banana goat milk shakes half an hour before each performance and think of the audience naked.
Guys, you’re awesome! I think I watched every your youtube video. But I’ve missed your show in Saint Petersburg so I hope to see you coming to Russia again!
hey, we know someone by the same name as you!
I just heard you on NPR, and now see on your website that you are going to be in Crested Butte. I used to live a few hours away from there, and so now I’m wondering if I can make it up to Colorado for the concert. I’m also wondering if you’ll be able to dance up there — the elevation is almost 9000 feet!!! A few years ago at a music festival in Crestone, CO (8500 ft.) they brought in a rock star from the 60’s — who was in his 60’s. He could hardly play and they had medics all over the place. I also remember Shirley Maclaine complaining about the thin air in Denver (5000 ft). A little acclimatization really helps. Let me know if you want ideas for fun things to do in Colorado — between Denver and Crested Butte, and I hope to see you on July 17th!
well, its great you tell us that — we are going to start working out straight away. luckyly we are based in the same country as where Arnold Schwarzenegger is from, so we should be fine by July 17th!
Just heard you on NPR and am now dying for you to come to Miami, FL!! Please come!
Pam
Love NPR, Victor Borge and now Igudesman and Joo. Thank you for the music, and great fun. I would love to share San Francisco w/you and you w/San Francisco. I would make arrangements to be in NYC to see you.
it looks like we will be in your area this october!
When are you coming to Atlanta, GA???!!
Hey Aleksey
Ben hala parmaklarımı hızlandıramadım. Bana parmak hızlandırmak için yapmam gerekenleri söyler misin Lütfenn nar yemekten başka keman üzerinde
sizi çook seviyorumve en yakında samsuna gelmenizi sabırla bekliyorumm…!!
I hope you come to San Diego sometime in the future. You two are so refreshingly funny! Thanks!!!! Katherine
Will Maradonna be there?
SEATTLE! PULEEEZE come to SEATTLE!
Is there coffee in Seattle?
please visit the Turkey for concert
We will. We just have to stop by the chicken crossing the road, and then pay our respect to the fat duck.
Sevgili İgudesman & Joo
lütfen bu sene samsuna gelin daha önce hiç geldiniz mi bilmiyorum ama bu sene gelmenizi çook istiyorum.
Ayrıca Aleksey senin kemanından çıkan ses çook güzel çıkıyoken neden benim kemanımdan ses öyle dolu dolu çıkmıyo? çook üzülüyorum o zaman çaldığım şarkılar da güzel olmuyo…
ve son olarak lütfenn samsunaa gelinnnnn…!! LÜTFEN LÜTFEN LÜTFEN…
People like you make life way more than bearable
I hope you’ll keep doing it for a very long time…
but here it is!!!
…bytheway, my boyfriend wants to know “How does one get a violin boner?”…I told him, I don’t like him after that
THANK YOU
V & A
As we have people of all ages and sensitivity and sensibilities reading and surfing our message board, we’re reluctant to answer your boyfriend’s question. Suffice to say, he should know the answer. And if he’s forgotten the answer– tell him to just look at you while he’s playing, and I’m sure the answer will come up!
Wait, did you remove Zagreb, Croatia from your list???
Zagreb has been taken to the laundry room, and is currently being ironed. It will reappear at some point, all clean, smelling fresh, and looking perfectly pressed. CEVAPCICI & AIVAR!!!!
I attended your show that helped to kick off Montreal’s Hope & Cope’s 30th anniversary celebrations. I didn’t know what to expect but I’m so glad I attended. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. Thanks so much for a great evening!
Well, Sheila Kussner was the real hero of the night along with any individual or family that has been afflicted with the challenge of fighting cancer.You were all a great audience and to be honest, we didn’t know what to expect either but we’re so glad we played for you all. Laughter is a great way to celebrate and to heal. As is music. That’s we feel super-privleged to be able to do both. Sui Mei, thank you for your kind words. Reading your name, our mouths are watering because– you’ll hate us for saying so but– your name looks a lot like a tasty thing to order at a Chinese Restaurant– Yum Yum Dim Sum! !
You guys are Awesome!
I was at your show on Apr 2 2pm at 2nd row, Aleksey side.So close to you.
It was wwwwwwonderful!!!!My favorite is Mozart Bond.
I LOVE your music, please please come back to Toronto again and also visit my country Japan! I’ll treat you Sushi!
btw, I bought your DVD(that was the last one, so lucky), you owe me kiss!
We do hope to return to Toronto soon Yuki, so you better come and fetch that kiss of yours! And we are doing a benefit concert for Japan very soon in Vienna, our home town…
We’re listening to your WGBH broadcast — adding lots of laughs. My little violinist would love some violin duet music. How do we find these?
Thanks for the laughs! –Michelle & Geneva
Thanks Michelle and Geneva! Actually you can order a lot of Aleksey’s violin duet music on Amazon or directly from Universal Edition online:
http://www.universaledition.com/komponisten_und_werke/composer/3848
Igudesman and Joo,
I was at your performance in Toronto yesterday afternoon and it was absolutely wonderful. I’m planning to go into music as a profession (hehe, Joo asked me if I was a musician) — I’m a pianist, applying to university next year. You’ve inspired me greatly and I really appreciate that. You guys are awesome! Do you think you’ll be coming to Toronto again in the next few years?
Thanks so much!
Valeria.
We’ll be back! Good luck with the music!
I guess being a night-owl finally payed off.
Stumbled on “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Classical Music” around midnight and it kept me up ’til morning, wish they’d show a rerun. Will have to do with youtube videos until I can catch a live show. Absolutely amazing!
Btw, any chance you’ll be coming to Estonia any time soon? You know, the small country close to Russia..
All the best!
Did you see this on Estonian TV?
We were in Estonia a few years ago. In fact we did one of our first ever concerts with Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica in Talliin. Loved it there!
As it says on the bottom of most James Bond Movies:
We will return.
Thanks for staying up to watch us.
How come you don’t visit Korea again since the last visit?
I would love to see your show again.
I’m really looking forward to see you both.
Please visit korea once more!
Perhaps coming later this year. We need to stock up on our Kimchi supply.
come to Taiwan please please please!!! u are so amazing=D
Hey guys, I saw your show in Toronto today. I would like to thank you for coming out.
NO!Thank YOU for coming out. Toronto was fantastic fun.
Hi, i really love what you do. Please come to Paris !!
AMAZING SHOW LAST NIGHT! SHIKARNO!!!!!! Aleksey, remember ‘you know what’ lasting more than 4 hours is a medical emergency! Enjoy NYC, sorry for the poor weather.
Boy, Howdy! Austin, Texas would love you AND you all would LOVE Austin! Come on down, y’all!
Sorry, I didn’t realize earlier but you guys are really coming to Newport, Rhode Island in July! How nice!
I enjoyed very much your performance in Boston on Saturday. Thank you. Do consider coming to Rhode Island some day.
Dear Aliosha
My name is Galia and I wrote you sometimes in November, 2010.
I’m close friend of Sophie Rachlin and
will be at the performance at 92nd st. Y. I didn’t “apply” to see you before
the concert and my question is: is it possible
to see you before the concert, because after there will be a ZOO…Wishing you a VERY GOOD LUCK in NEW YORK CITY.
Hoping to squeeze through the crouds…
Drove down from Bangor Maine to see you in Boston. It was great. I brought my young son hoping that he would be inspired to play the piano more. Well, it worked, especially the part with using a small electrical drill on the grand piano. SO anyway, let me know where I can send the bill to for the repair to our limted addition Schimmell Piano , or we can just hold onto it until you come to Bangor Maine.
Bangor, where our motto is “we’re between Boston and Quebec” , we’re keeping the lobster warm for you.
Good Luck on the rest of your tour
Dear Mr. Igudjooman,
As it turns out, I *was* selected to meet you backstage at 92Y—much excited! I had a quick question, though: I have planned to attend your show with two friends, but the e-invitation says I can only bring one other person. Would it be okay if I brought both of my friends? One of my friends will otherwise have to wander the boulevards of TriBeCa (up and down, restlessly, where the dry leaves are blowing), and how could I ever inflict such a horror upon my dear friend? It would be fantastic if you could let both in, if it wouldn’t be too much of a trouble. Thank you, and see you on Wednesday!
<3
MK
Dear iguJdesOmanO,
I really enjoyed the concert today in Troy NY. Although I have already see the DVD thousand times and all your clips on Utube and the movie Pianomania, I still cant help but laugh every second for every old(well, say classical) and new stuff you have. One of the friend I brought to actually broke his lung twice because he laughed too much.
And also the music is awesome. I consider you guys’ gentle, kind music can always make people feel comfortable and smile while listening (uh..most of the time we are laughing instead of smiling but whatever). It will be great if you could give me some hints of the name of the jazz songs you played since I love and admire those songs a lot (Like the one with Moo~ or the one with “Louis and Ella” (Bee Dee Dee Boo Buz Buz Buzzlightyear) lol). Oh and the Maria show is bravo as well! Next time you guys can try to play another Maria like Andrews did in the Sound of Music I bet =) Hmmm maybe the Roxie in Chicago will be just as suite for you too XDD
All in all I just want to thank you for coming Troy since it is only a small town. You bring joy and happiness to a boring, frustrated RPI student. I hope I can be as happy as well next time I see you guys and your music! (And hope all the audiences in NYC will break their lungs tomorrow, too!)
The “Moo” is a song by JOE KERR, a brilliant songwriter living in NYC.
The “bee dee doo bap” is from “Circus Fantasy”, by DUNAYEVSKY, and stunningly transcribed by Sergei DREZNIN, a wonderful musician.
Life is too short and precious to be bored and frustrated! Sound of Music is a great idea– or how about Sound of MOOsic?
Saw you guys tonight in Boston and it was a fabulous show!! Thanks for being the best study break ever.
And, for the sake of my sister who loves you guys and is the one who introduced me to you but hasn’t had the opportunity to see you in person yet, I hope your California tour includes the SF Bay Area and happens soon. (Loved the scatting. I bet you guys would rock a version of “I Wanna Be Like You” from The Jungle Book. Also, ever think of dipping into video game music for a skit?)
We’re working on Video Game idea for some time now.
Just can’t get Past Level 3. Do we need the coins?
Is there a cheat code?
please come to sweden
Aleksey and Richard
Lütfen Türkiye’ye gelin Lütfen Lütfen LÜTFEN…
ve ben yazdıklarıma cevap varmediğiniz için biraz kırıldım ama sizi hala çooookkkk seviyorum…
Well, we cant respond to every message Damla, but we will try and return to Turkey! x
Thank you for your art and humor !!! I have sent my 10 years old the Piano Lesson video threatening her that I will hire Joo as her teacher if she doesnt practice piano…
I wonder if you know the “Les Lutiers”, an oustanding 40 years old muscial and humoristic group from Argentina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Luthiers
Here a link to a concerto grosso they´ve composed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoFWL5yEMMw&feature=related
And an incredible madrigal (hope you understand spanish) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqVjDFRSoCI
Hope to see you soon in Israel.
Edwin
So– is your 10-year old practising now? Yes, we know Les Luthiers. They are legendary. See you in Israel.
Hey there
Please come once to Switzerland. Lucerne would be great:)
You’re both excellent!
I was so lucky to be part of the audience at WGBH tonight. Thank you.
I enjoyed your performance so much, and also the questions after.
Your answer, Joo, too the piano teacher was so important. I’m glad you agreed with me that having fun and enjoying what you do not only applies to studying music, but to life. I assume you agreed, with the exception Rachmaninoff, of course!! As per your first piece. Or was it your second. You, two, are truly gifted!
Wish I could be at Berkley on Saturday night.
Hi,guys: Good luck with the tour, it sounds like fun. Maybe next year when things settle down for me and I get my music rehersal schedules set up, then hopefully I can take a vacation and come see you guys in concert which would be alot of fun.
All the best always-Linda
Please please please pleeease come to the UK, I’m so desperate to see you I’m contemplating planning our summer holiday around one of your dates in Europe (just have to hope my partner doesn’t discover the real reason behind my sudden enthusiasm to visit Split or Hainburg!)
Well UK will most likely not be before 2012, so you might have to come to Europe if you want to see us sooner — just a little hint — Croatia is beautiful! But if you come to Hainsburg, its right next to Vienna, which is always worth a trip…
Can’t believe half of the people voted for Europe.
You guys have to come perform in Asia !!!!
You said that you aren’t doing any seasonal songs anymore, except of “winter beer“
Are you going to play Winter Beer in Itzehoe? Please!
Actually, we were thinking of doing “summer snow” on that day — or how about some classics like “autumn sleeves” or “spring (rock and) roll”?
thanks for every thing. I was very sad for you response my questions. but I am very happy now. ve benim babamın çig köfte dükkanı var İstanbula gelince ugrayın lütfennnn…!!
umarım gelirsiniz…!!
Could you tell me a little technique of vibrato for try at home? Because I want start vibrato on music. Songs are very boring if we played without vibrato. Herşey için şimdiden Teşekkürler…!!
Well, its difficult to explain vibrato as a message on a homepage but we will try…: if its on the violin, try to move the wrist of the left hand slowly there and back and then increase the speed gradually. If its on the piano, get 8 very strong men to move the whole piano up and down. Iyi sanslar!!
Hii!
I and my brothers watch your videos on youtube and we love your work! I and one of my brothers play piano too and sometimes my brother imitates you :p
Please come to Portugal, to Porto! We would love to see you! “A little nightmare music” is simply genial!
We will go to Portugal again we are sure — as long as we get A LOT of Pasteis de Belem!
Hi it’s me again I Emailed your manager at the same time that you but no answer so can you please tell himm and talk with him about my offer .… ok ?
You will get an answer, dont worry
we all Istanbul are waiting you.. pleasee come to Turkey we deserve you
We want to return — we miss cig kofte!!!
Love your work. I wish I could make it to your NY show but alas, I have a job and they actually expect me to show up and do…ya know…like…work stuff. What’s up with that? Anyway, will you be booking anything in DC? DC is a great city. We may not have as much to offer as NYC but our subway doesnt smell like pee. Hows that for insentive?
We are sure we will make it to DC, but how about Troy NY on sunday the 27th in the afternoon?
Hallo!!!
Ihr beide seit echt super toll!!!!!
Bitte , bitte, bitte, please, please, please
σας παρακαλώ!!!!!!!!
kommt doch auch mal von Athen vorbei!!!!!
Wir werden uns sooooooooooooooooo sehr freuen…
LG aus Griechenland
Wir werden schauen was wir tuen können Janna!
Hi My Name is Fares Abdennadher , I am from Tunisia exactly from Sfax . I am a member from a new Charitable organization whitch is called ”Cleub Des Artistes Libres” free artists club . I Really liked you shows you have a good performance and a very nice talent . Well i was asking my self if i could arrange with you a call for doing a show here in sfax and to know your prices and conditions to arrange an agreement because i really like your job and like real artists like you . So pleas contact me by E-Mail :
starpower@live.fr
or by facebook:
Fares Abd ⓋⓛⓅ
or by phone:
+21626000895
So I hope that i wille recive your answer as soon as possible and it will be really great to work with you and thank you .
Dear Fares Abdennadher, thanks a lot for your interest! — the very best is if you get in contact with our manager. You can find her contact details on this homepage under “contact & booking”.
thank you every thing
I will eat pomegranate
Really… I hope to meet you in a concert some time 
and I feel this is come true…!! 
I love you very muchh..
after this
Any plans to come to Belgium or Netherlands soon? It would be really great.
We would love to return! Lets see…
Hi,
I want to say that I truly believe what you are doing will help to keep classical music in the hearts of the younger generation. You two obviously have much talent between you and I realize how difficult and practice intense it is to spouff music with instruments/or voice and have it come so polished. I think you are great and deeply encourage you to continue with your music.
I hope I can scare up some money to see you in Boston.
God Bless,
Dawn
When do you come to California?
Hope I can see you in Cali soon~~~
We are working on it — hopefully in the summer and /or autumn — dates will be announced soon, we hope!
Hey guys
^_^
Do you know Turkish ? oh this is really exciting you know a lot of language. yaa siz çooookkk tatlısınızz…!!
You are sweet too Damla! We hop to see you in a concert some time… hoscakal x
Hey Joo
Really…
I love you very much!!
I started play piano…!! I m very happy
I want play you violin and piano and guitar when we meet any place .D but I believe we meet one day
and this holiday…!!
<3 <3
Cok tesekkurler Damla! Birgun piyano, keman ve gitar calisini dinlemeyi sabirsizlikla bekliyoruz. Biz de seni cok seviyoruz!!
Hello
i just wanted to say that you guys are great. If you really wanted to know how i came to find you guys it was because of the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie. I went to comingsoon.net, then searched for the second movie of Sherlock Holmes. When i pressed on it, there was a link to the official site. I licked on everything that was on the menu, including meet the musicians. So then I licked on everyone’s and saw your trailer and thought it was hilarious. Oh! I also love the music in the movie and I have the album on my ipod.
Well thank you Rene!
Aleksey had enormous fun of working with Hans and Guy on the movie and work for the next Sherlock movie is due in the summer. Actually, we did a little private performance for Hans Zimmer and his team, just at the end of the work on the Sherlock movie!
Hi you two, how are you????? I’ve got a little
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question : Could you come to Stuttgart and play there??? Please, please, please, please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I know it right, you’ve never played there!!!!
I’ve seen many videos of you, I think you’re really great!! See you hopefully soon ( in
Stuttgart, or in another new video from you
Well actually Stephie, we have played in and around Stuttgart many times, but we promise, promise we will return!!!!
When will you come in Paris ? You are able to cheer up even parisians, I swear, I saw it !! So don’t let us down, please !! We love you !
Cheer up the Parisians? Wow, you REALLY believe in us! No seriously, we love Paris and we love the grumpy Parisians too, so we hope it happens soon also!
ancora non sono abbastanza piccola per entrare nel violino, quindi il piano sarebbe perfetto!!!
Portatemi via con voi.….…..
dove? dentro il piano?
PLEASE COME TO iSTANBUL. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE…
:)
If you don’t come to istanbul I will die
PLEASE COME THİS YEAR THİS HOLDİDAY BUT ı BELİEVE YOU COME İSTANBUL…! I LOVE YOU…
alright, alright slow down, no need for death! you know, before dying you COULD also buy a flight ticket and see us in another country
but we would love to return to Istanbul, of course…
PLEASE COME TO CHICAGO!!!!
PLEASE OH PLEASE!
It looks like in 2012 it might happen!!!
Vocês são simplesmente magníficos! Muito bom, seria ótimo se viessem ao Brasil! Parabéns pelo espetáculo!
BRASIL! We hope, we hope we hope!!!
Hi, my partner and i have watched all your youtube videos and thought they were fantastic — Ticket to ride– had us in stiches. Will you be touring in the uk? You should definitely come!!!!
Chris and Lauren!
ah we cant wait to come to the UK some time…
I love your music so much! And I love you. Are you comin’ to Istanbul? Please come come come come!
we have played there a few times, loved it and really hope to return!
For years (well at least several months) I have asked you to come to Bangor Maine. When you toured Sweden I suggested you consider coming here. We are just like Sweden just with more snow and less smoked fish.
Now I see you are coming to Boston then Canada, guess what is in between? BANGOR MAINE!!
COme check us out, see the COllins Center and Gracie Theater for venues. We’ll show you a great time…alright a pretty good time, we know we are just Bangor Maine. But we’ll give you a lobster and a whoopie pie, they don’t have those in Sweden!
Good Luck on your U.S. tour, hope to see you in Boston.
Well Marianne, do come to Boston and we will certainly concider Bangos Maine in the future, in light of solving the lobster problem… we heard you have too many of them, so when we come, we plan to devour a large part of the lobster population!
Your concert in Siena was amazing! This is the right way to fascinate with music!
Hey, you guys should totally come to Scotland!! I have just discovered your material, and I think you guys are amazing!!! I am a piano and violin teacher, and will be telling all my pupils to go out and buy your dvd for tips!!! Should make lessons more interesting!
I just discovered you fews days ago and…
I’m in love !
What you do is definately fabulous, I really love, and hope to see you in France ASAP !
Carry on giving us so much pleasure !
Arnaud
Thanks Arnaud!!!
u guys are ace with love from england xxxx
You were much more ironical than them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJkL_4niC4w
I didn’t think it would possible to meet an-some artists with such a combination of talent, charm and irony in today’s sit-com world. You made my day better and I promised myself to think of your performance instead of the bills to pay when the alarm clock will ring early in the morning.
I’ll follow and forward your tours, come back soon to Rome and to Italy, I long to hear the famous Russian historical song I vill survive, the nicest serenade I’ve ever listened to (actually I never heard any).
Have a nice trip in Tuscany !
All the best,
Angela
Well, thank you for coming Angela! Glad you loved it — it was so much fun in Rome!
The Show in Rome was amazing… I couldn’t stop crying of laughter! You two… you are so sharp and for sure two genius. And wow! Your italian is fantastic! And, well, you know… the music was great. Maybe I’d like just a little bit more of… Mozart! Come back soon, we’ll wait for you to come back since the first minute after the end of the show!
How have you learnt Italian?!?!?
Tonight, in Rome, when I heart “muggire” I couldn’t believeble it
You both speak Italian much better than me!
And Forza Italia??
And San Remo?? .…
AHAHAHAH
Many congratulations
Wish many many nigthmares like yours to all of your fans!
BRAVIIIIII
We learned Italian by ordering a huge amount of amazing Italian food of course! And we had some help, of course
Come to Australia! We’re the best! We’ve got an awsome opra house in Sydney. You may have heard of it (The Sydney Opra House of course). It’s very famous & it’s a greeeaat venue.
Come to Australia!!! We’re waiting for you!
I’m waiting for you in Siena! Non vedo l’ora!!!!
Boys, I’ve listened to you only yesterday evening in Sassuolo, and I miss U already! Great show, great actors (or…maybe you were simply “natural”???), great and intense music.…MANY FREE KISSES! V.
Yo guys,
Will u guys come to malaysia to perform again?Coz i miss out the show last year
Pls pls come to malaysia again!!!
We will return, hopefully 2012!
Hey!
You are so awesome! Come and visit Denmark!
Hey Guys!
I’m sad to see you’re not going to visit Germany ?!
How can that be? Dont you know the country? You can eat good saussages and drink the best beer there!
Call me if you come. you got my number dont you?
We will be in Germany many times, dont worry! New dates coming soon…
Hey guys
When will you come to İstanbul? Please come come Pleaseeeee..!! :’(
We dont know yet, but we do hope to return…
Hello! I want you to come to Spain! You’re awesome! I see your videos and I enjoy a lot. I wish to see you in person, pleeeeasee <3 !:):)
pd.if you come to spain, I promise that I will prepare you a delicious meal! (tipical spanish, of course!) hahaha
We want to go to Spain too!!!!
Hi,come to Spain please,i always watch your videos on youtube,its a very nice country, you will love the food,and sunny days,we will wait for you,many kisses and you are the best.
Hello,
Will you come in Paris ?
Pleeeeeaaase <3
We will come in, around and to Paris for sure some time, Audrey!
I LOVE YOU GUYSS !! ^^ come to melbourne pleasseeeee.…!! >__<
okay…!! Thanks a lot for advices(pomegranate)
I love you very much <3 <3
You just understand everyting what is music about!! Really nice work…
thanks!
I heard that you once visited Zagreb, Croatia. I was wondering if you plan to do it again?
If so, I’m the first man in line for the tickets
You will find out about Zargeb soon…
Hi,
Are you coming to Australia? If you are, please come to Hobart in the island state of Tasmania! It’s a beautiful place, and there are many people who would love to watch you guys! We have a great orchestra and concert hall, and some schools which would be so ecstatic to have you guys play for them!
Looking forward for a reply (because I know you guys will deliver)
Nick
We would LOVE to come to Australia… but so far we have not had invitations besides from lovely fans like you.
If you email your local orchestras and a concert halls and demand us, its more likely to happen though!
Come to Sao Paulo — Brazil! Please, would be an honor see them here!
Okay, maybe this sounds very absurd, but could you two do a performance of the song “Summer Wine” ? It would be really awesome!.… and very funny
(especially if you do it while practising the silly walk!.… okay, maybe this would be to weird…)
Hi Julia,
Unfortunately we dont do seasonal songs any more, with the exception of “Winter Beer”. Do you know it? Its written by the same guy as “Spring Champagne” and “Autumn Brandy”.
Hmmm, ok, that was a bit of a lame joke, but you cant be on top form all the time, can you?
We need more people in America to vote for your performances.
Well, we hop to see you in a performance, some time!
(Enough of the begging) I just sent an e-mail to your booking agent to ask about a concert at the Gallo Center in Modesto, CA. Hopefully it works, because I’ve been watching your videos on Youtube for the past 3 years! I am a 15 year-old violin student now. I hope that you can come, and I hope that Joo doesn’t have dreaded back problems. Cheers!
Hello !
First, i would like to thank you for all your passion and work, which help to make classical music loved.
I wanted to know if there is plan on releasing a DVD of the show with Gidon Kremer. I’m totally stunned by extracts on the Internet, and hope to have the possibility, so, to see the whole show, as this year, you are not coming to France…
In march, i’m going to a concert with G. KREMER playing, but i’m soooooo looking forward to see you, guys, in person !
There is no plan as of yet to release any show with Gidon Kremer. We had 3 of the best years of our lives working with our hero and legend Gidon Kremer, and in that time, we performed over 50 shows with him and the wonderful and unique Kremerata Baltica together. We have a new show with orchestra called BIG Nightmare Music. Perhaps one day, we will perform it in France– in French, naturellement.
A bientot,
Igudeshomme et Juif
Please please come to Hungary! You had to cancel your show last time so you owe us one
)) How can you handle your bad conscience? 
Dear Susan,
Actually WE didn’t cancel Hungary! It was cancelled by the sponsors of the concert.
But we have a bad conscience for all the fun we haven’t had yet, and so we will when we come to Budapest, we will make up for it!
Igudesman is the Buda and Joo is the Pest. Er– we meant Best!
I&J
YESS…!! I believe you come İstanbul this year and this holiday
And I love you..!! ^_^
we love you too… spread the love!!!
:):)
Please come to the western united states soon, we love you guys over here!
Hi, I love your music, please came play in Lisbon or Madrid. I would enjoy it very much.
Congratulation for your work
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Hello!
When you will come to Hungary?
Pleasepleaseplease!!!!
We have a GREAT NEW Concert Hall in Pécs one of the best in Europe! You must to see it!
http://www.kodalykozpont.hu/
All the Best! (We will survive!)
Tamás
actually, there are talks with hungary… so lets hope soon!
You guys made my day watching the videos…I would love to see at live performance. When are you coming to the West coast of the USA? Specifically Seattle??? We would love you here!!
we will, sasha, we will!
Hello!
I’m from Slovenia and I would like to buy tickets for any of your shows in Italy this March. But I don’t know how to … There is only link to buy tickets online for the show on 8th of March which is mostly full … Please, I wish to give this concert as a birthday present to a friend =)
Thank you for your answer ^^
Anže=)
The best would be to contact the orchestra we are playing with, since they are organizing the concerts!
Tel.: 055 2340710 — 055 2342722
Fax: 055 2008035
Email: info@orchestradellatoscana.it
Hey guys, found you on youtube and loved it.
Just wondered if you would be playing in the UK soon?
we are wondering the same thing!
Ellooo,
I hope you remember my name from the February 13 (my birthday!!) when my friend was at your concert and asked you for an autograph for me.
You have to make a show in Prague, because you are soooo amazing!
Thanks for everything and sorry for my english
Of course, we wrote a special note for you! Happy unbrithday today and we hope we come soon also…
Thanks for your visit to Mainz. Surely it was not the biggest hall where you’ve been, but I am happy you came anyway. It was the best “classic” presentation, I have ever been to. Can’t wait for your next tour.
Compliments to your german language skills. Jetzt glaube ich euch, dass ihr hier alles selbst beantwortet.
Na siehst du, also es sind DOCH wir!
Ausser dieser Message die ist von unserem eineigen Zwillingsbruder geschrieben…
Hello again İgudesman&Joo
I want some notes from you. Example; violins of the world, irish stew in the morning and Auld Lang Syne..
PLEASE HELP ME…!! Thank You For Everything
Aleksey can I ask you something?
You can buy a lot of Alekseys music on amazon, but also directly from Universal Edition.
The pieces you mentioned, for example, are part of a duet book called “Celtic & More”
Here is the link to that:
http://www.universaledition.com/Celtic-amp-More-Violin-Duets-for-2-Violins-Aleksey-Igudesman/sheet-music-and-more/detailview/UE33652/kid/311022
And here is all his published music:
http://www.universaledition.com/Aleksey-Igudesman/composers-and-works/composer/3848
hi guys!i think you guys are amaizing and I want you to come in Romania,again.sorry for my english.
) I’m beging you! Come in Romania!!!
We might be coming to Bucharest later this year. Keep checking out tourdates.
hi, please come to Mexico I believe you would be welcomed here, your work is awsome i love it
Mexico has the BEST Margueritas in the whole wide world. We will come and perform Cucuracha upside down for you– which actually sounds rather like Tchaikovsky…
Dear players,
please, please do NOT come to the Netherlands, especialy not anywhere near me (Utrecht)!
If you would come, al my friends and I will have sleepless nights because of the excitement.
Also we do not have the money to buy concert tickets and will be very sad (with lots of crying and pulling out of hair) every time we see a poster of the concert in our town.
We will be forced to enter the concert illegally and since I am not good at sneeky stuff, we will get arrested and our lives might be ruined as a result. (also my mother will get really angry, and you do not want to be in town when that happens!)
So stay away!
Thank you.
hey, dont worry, we wont even answer your message here! aehm…
Moin Moin aus Nordfriesland!
Please come to Germany again,maybe to Dresden or Hamburg which are also very nive citys and it would be so great to see you there! But now to something completly different: I watched quite a lot videos of you youtube channel and they brought so much wisdom to me! Since I watched “Stem” I know about the deeper meaning of life.
I love you so much, your music is brilliant, you are very, very funny and I just have to see you live.… but I unfortunately can’t come to Hannover and Mainz
p.s: do you really practise the silly walk every day? It would be terrific to see that
we will come many times to Germany so dont worry! and yes we practice the silly walk every day before breakfast! unfortunately we dont eat breakfast…
Hi guys,
I’m currently studying music in Germany, but my home country is New Zealand. Can you please do a tour of New Zealand? My family and friends would love it — there’s an enthusiastic classical music crowd there that often get overlooked because of their isolation.
Cheers!
oooh we would love that– if someone invites us there we would go, but until then hope to see you in Germany!
Hola Hyung-ki y Aleksey,
me llamo Ludmila y soy de Eslovaquia.Primero de todo, me encaaaantan su conciertos y proyectos que hacen!!! Toco violin y para mi son una gran motivacion e inspiracion. La unica cosa que me pone triste es que tengo una mala suerte para sus conciertos. Primero iba al concierto en el 1.10.2010 al Budapest, pero el concierto se cancelo. Luego queria ir a su concierto en el 3.3. en Nowy Sozc y ese se cancelo tambien… no pude ser
… espero que un dia los voy a ver en algun concierto. De todas maneras muchas gracias por su trabajo y por la musica que hacen. Mucha suerte y espero que Hyung-ki se va sentir mejor con su espalda.
Saludos y abrazos!!!
Ludmila
Nunca sabia que hablas castellano en Eslovaquia! Esperemos que tienes mas suerte para ir a nuestros conciertos en el futuro… un beso x
Hello Igudesman and Joo!!
And how many hours do you guys practise each day?? Please reply..
Im really really really blown away by all of your performances!!!! You guys are so AWESOME!!!
Im from Malaysia and im 17 this year. I play the piano and I’ll be sitting for my grade 8 exam this year. Kyung-ki, could you please give me some pointers on how to improve my technique? I’d really appreciate that
Hi Astrid!, well, we practice between 0 and 8 hours a day and the tip we can give you is PRACTICE SLOWLY!
Anyway, we hope to return to Malaysia in 2012 we loved your food and your fish massage! Hyung-ki was laughing hysterically for 10 minutes non-stop, they had to vacate the massage parlor and the poor fish were traumatized, so it went quite well
però non è giusto.….…in Toscana si, ma quando in Veneto?
Viene a Toscana!!!
Hey,
) It might be very difficult, but we do want you to come to Romania! Some concerts in our country could be very interesting, as people haven’t taken contact with this type of concert.
I’ve heard about you recently, although I’ve taken classes at a musical school, where I studied both the violin and the piano. I am from Romania, and that explains why news come to us later
Today, some children of the musical high-school in Brasov tried to .. let’s say, perform in your way! It was a mess!:)) Your are unique! Aleksey’s face says a lot when he performs. And Hyung-ki is brilliant when tries to teach Aleksey to “play” the piano. And I can’t get enough of Alla molto turca!
So guys, the feng shui here is A major! Best wishes and come to Romania sooner!!
Thank you Ioana. Actually we played in Bukarest very recently and it was even on TV — where were you?
We may be back in September…
Hi,
What’s the pronunciation of “Igudesman & joo”?
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The pronounnciation of Igudesman & Joo is “Igudesman & Joo”.
I hope we could be of help!
Another question: Are there audio recordings of the sonatas written by Aleksey? I’m interested in buying one, but I want to make sure its not too out of my league. Thanks guys!
There are no recordings yet, Denise, I am afraid.
But as guidelines:
1. one is not too hard.
2. is harder
3. is hardest
When will you come in Serbia?
Soon we hope!
Already in the U.S., may come to Texas (I´m from Mexico)…? Please, please (I’m on my knees)
We will play in many places in the US — keep on checking our tour schedule and subscribe to our newsletter!
but why plums? And when you came İstanbul, at the end of the concert I can’t see. Thank you for everything
Plums are good for the digestion
But the best fruit for musicians is Pomegranate.
Dear Aleksey!
I am looking forward to seeing you to play the real instrument: VIOLA !!!!!
I deeply hope this day will come some day…
What? Plums? Really? Okay thank you
Please help me about vibrato and pass the notes quickly on violin. PLEASE
look below and all (actually, nothing) will be revealed!
Hey, thanks for being awesome. I play violin and wish I had half the chops and comedic genius you two have. I am now making it a goal to see a live performance performance sometime. Do you think you’ll ever be on the west coast of the United States? Hyung-ki, I hope you get better and don’t have to cancel anymore shows. Aleksey, you’re an inspiration! I love you guys!
we will DEFFINITELY come to the west of USA — maybe even in the summer, but for sure in autumn. keep on checking teh dates on our homepage and subscribes to our newsletter! and thanks Denise, its also inspiring to get nice messages like yours here!
and finally Please come to İstanbul. Once arrive but please come again. You play very well. I love listen to you. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE…!!
an fans
Damla DEMİRCİ
well, lets hope we come again! we have already been a few times.
Hello again İgudesman&Joo
^_^
Can I ask you a quastion? I can’t vibrato on violin and I cant pass notes quickly. Please help me. Please Aleksey, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
well if you cant “pass” notes quickly, you should eat a lot of plums. and as for vibrato, that is not exactly something that one can explain by writing. come to a concert and aleksey promises to show you after a show.
Hi.…… my respects for your work.…amazing…
Question:
When are you coming to FLORIDA — USA Tampa, Orlando Miami are waiting for you??????
Love.
Syl.
we will play in the U.S.A. a lot, so hopefully also near you, Sylvia!
Hi,
I found your vídeos on youtube and now i´m really a big fan!!! for when a concert in OPorto, Portugal?
you both show that music is much more than only instruments and scales, and portugueses love all the double… feelings
hope to see you soon
Liliana
we would love to return to your wonderful country — kets hope somone books us in porto
Oh wtf..?? you reply to everyone but me.. How gay is that
Nownow, Nile, thats not quite true. If you look down, we do not reply to everyone, but we try to reply to people who actually ASK something.
If you look at your post, do you see a question mark anywhere?
A little while ago I played in het Concertgebouw Amsterdam. If you have played there before me, then you should know that al around the roof the names of great musicians (composers) are written. Just 2 names are missing: Igudesman and Joo!
I just find out about you, ( sorry, but better late then never at all) and I have to say…you both are really fantastic ! The way you bring classical music to people is absolutely outstanding! I saw your video’s at youknowwhattube and couldnt stop watching and listening. Mozart/Bond/Love Story… amazing, Rachmaninov…tears of laughter, all night long.
So, I really hope that in the near future you can visit Holland again and I promise you to be there too! (if you still need another violinplayer, please do contact me, I play as well ( but not as well as Igudesman
All the best!
Marjolein
Dear Marjolein, thank you for your sweet message! We would absolutely love to play in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. It would be a big dream of ours together. Aleksey played there in the big hall, doing a concert of his violin duets together with hundreds of children, which was an amazing experience for him. But as IGUDESMAN & JOO, we are still waiting to make that dream come true…
PLEASE HELP ME..!!
which secret?
It’s a secret.…ahhahahahaha
about your response to my message 13/01
Hello İgudesman & Joo
I’m playing violin nearly 2 years.I am 14 years old. I listened to you and loved you so much.
I like you stole some of your pieces Aleksey example: I will survive, riverdancing violinists and fistful of dollars but I could not find their notes. Can you help me? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE..!!:D
Thank you for everything.
We are afraid that our versions of I will Survive and Fistful of Dollars are not published yet. But you can find a 2 violin version of the piece in “Riverdancing Violinist”, arranged by Igudesman as sheet music, published in one of his books called “Celtic & More”. You can order it at your local music shop or buy it at Universal Edition online here: http://www.universaledition.com/Celtic-amp-More-Violin-Duets-fuer-2-Violinen-Aleksey-Igudesman/sheet-music-and-more/detailview/UE33652
HERZLICHE UND MUSIKALISCHE GRÜSSE AUS DEUTSCHLAND UND GRATULATION ZU EURER STARKEN HOMEPAGE
ICH FREUE MICH AUF EUREN BESUCH 
ONE LOVE NATION !!!
TOMAS SIMON
.….and so now I have discovered your secret.
nooo, help! how did you find out? how could this happen? aehm, sorry. by the way, which secret.
Hallo!
Als ich letztes Jahr noch in Deutschland war, kannte ich euch noch nicht. Jetzt bin ich nach Los Angeles gezogen… und ihr wart noch nie hier. Könnt ihr mal eine Konzert Tour nach Calofornia machen?
Wäre echt SUPER!
keep up the good work! you guys are the best!
we will tour california in the near future, dont worry!
This mail’s language is korean.
안녕하세요? 저는 김제환입니다. 저는 주형기 아저씨를 뵈러왔다가 뵈제 못해서 다시 귀국했답니다.주형기 아저씨와 일렛세이 이구데스만 아저씨의 공연을 보고 싶어요. 다시 한국으로 놀러 오세요. 그땐 정말로 공연 보러갈깨요…
I LOVE YOU
주형기&Igudesman
GOOD BYE~
Hello guys!
I juste had to put a message on this board to say that I’m a fan for… quite a long time now and I can’t stop watching your show, again and again. Thank you for all the good moments I had with you (even if you don’t know anything about it.….….….….
Anyway, (for the selfish part of this comment) I’d looooove to see you both in France soon and, if you ever plan to come, please choose the half north of the country pleeeeeeaaaaase…! (or Belgium? Could be easier for me to come)
Sure I would do my best to see you for real!!
Hope to see you soon…
Hey Guys! I absoloutely love your work. As a pianist, it is so refeshing to see such a funny and talented show! I could not stop laughing!
Any plans to come to Australia in the near future?
I know that pretty much my whole friend group would buy tickets!
LOVE YOU GUYS!
Kendra
you HAVE TO come to saxony in germany or a city that is nerar to it. i commend it!!
i love you both
greetings from elli.
HELLO CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE I CAN BYE YOUR DVD IM FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT ENGLAND THANKS GARY
you can buy it on on amazon in the UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Nightmare-Music-DVD/dp/B002B4GG1K
Hi guys,
Myself and my fiancé think you are legends! So very talented and hilarious! I’ve 2 questions:-
1) Any plans to put on a show in Dublin, Ireland?
2) How can I get an autographed picture of you guys?
Keep up the good work! We watch your dvds over and over! GENIUS!!
Loads of love
Julie xx
1) we would love, love, love to come to dublin. no plans yet, but hopefully soon.
2) when we are there we will autograph anything you like!!!
and thanks for the compliments julie xx
Hey Leutles,
Can u bitte to Vaihingen/Enz komma, au bora katika Ensingen katika Forch Forest Room.
See holpfully bald ici
weird langwhich welchest wie likig. seh you soonfully hoffe!
Hi,
My quetion is: How long does Aleksey practise, if there is a concert?!
Thanks for telling me, 13-years-old violin-student
PS: You lost Southern Germany, I saw that.
it depends. aleksey tries to practice a couple of hours a day to keep in shape. and when learning to practice more. whereas hyung-ki practices nonstop all day and night, since he is a pianist.
Hello Igudesman & Joo! =)
I hadn’t heard your music before, but I started hearing it since this year at the conservatory!
I really like the way you turn one classical music piece into the most famous one, being classical or nowadays music.
I have a question for you two! Are you going to come to Spain? I would like to be at one of your live concert!
Thanks you very much! Kisses for you!! =)
quieremos muchissimo venir a españa! vamos a ver quando. bessos a ti tambien Paqui!
Hallo ihr 2,
könntet ihr bitte mal nach Österreich oder Stuttgart kommen?
werden wir, werden wir!
Hey Igudesman and Joo I am a huge fan.. you guys have such a great sense of humor.. the river dancing the piano lesson i love it all.. anyways im from California Sanjose. and i noticed that you guys have upcoming concerts in USA/ Boston MA, and New York well thats kind of wau off into the east coast heh.. well i was hoping maybe one day you guys could come over to the west coast more of Sanfransico area. that place is full of broadway shows and entertainment it would fit perfectly to your guy’s style. with the right publicity heh well.. thats mostly what i had to say other than that. you guys are two up there in my favorite musician list alogn with john mayer/ the beatles… so on..
Hello, portuguese people will gone love your work,come to Portugal, you gone love to.
i hop to see you here.
We have been in Portugal in recent years a few times and would love to return, since we have become addicted to Pasteis de Belem!
Hello..
Can you come to Zagreb, Croatia?
Please please please..
Well, it looks quite good, we might be there quite soon! Subscribe to our online Newsletter and all will be revealed soon…
I’m still waiting till you guys are comming to Belgium…
We really need good news now.
Hi!
Come to Portugal Casa da Música in Porto its a great place to you play! Or Europarque in Santa Maria da Feira! Please come!
I saw Lang Lang play with the San Diego Symphony on Friday 14th January. He played Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto no.2…he didn’t use sticks.…please come to California to show it should be done correctly.
Yaaayyyyyy! I even asked my mom if I could do the newsletter, and she said yes!!!
Yaayyy! Thanks! Bunnies 2 u!
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you asked your mum? you are such a good boy. stop that emidiately! nono, just kidding. anyway, we hope you enjoy it and above all, convince her to take you to a LIVE CONCERT of ours!
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Bahaha! Yes I know you are “Hyung-ki” So your name should be Joo Hyung Ki is Korean.
안녕하세요 to you too!
Thank you for coming to NYC! Dream come true!
I’ve discovered you guys today, I’ve never been so grateful for a documentary (“pianomania”!).
I have to get your dvd, and then wait for you to come to Paris soon! I’ll wait as long as required
I love you guys, you are really perfect and i need you see closer and live! Please come Istanbul soon again. Little middle big nightmare, it doesn’t matter.
Richard! Can you respond? In Korean? ;D
안녕하세요 And actually its “Hyung-ki”
What about berlin?
what about it?
Aleksey and Richard,
I found out you are going to New York on March 30th! I am really excited, and I may be able to see you. I live all the way across the country though, but seeing you would be a dream come true. Please respond!
ps.
I am Korean too, so I enjoyed watching Piano Lesson. ^-^
come, come!
I’ve seen your tourdates.
Sassuolo, roma, Polonia and than in Toscana with the orchestra.
Just a curiosity: but when do you find time to rehearse with the orchestra?
ah, thats a secret!
Hello! I am a huge fan!! Please please come to the UK, I’ve only seen your youtube stuff but I am dying to see your live show!!!! *dies*
*Comes back to life* ^_^
But anyway I love what you guys are doing combining music with comedy!! The only problem is I just can’t listen to Mozart in the same way anymore, I keep hearing James Bond!!!!!
And James Bond will have Mozart in him too, dont you worry!
Hi guys,
I absolutely love your music and enjoy watching your videos. The river dancing violinist being one of the favourites. I would love to see you in concert but in your shedule there are no dates for the UK. Do u ever perform here? If u planning a concert here in the near future I would definetely come to see you play.
Elena
We have just started working with someone in England, who will hopefully arrange our UK premier some time soon!
I don’t have words to describe how amazing I think you are. With your mix of humour and classic made me look at music in a complete different way so thank you for that!
I was really sad that you didn’t come to Spain last year but I hope you will!
So thank you very much and continue in this amazing way:)
HHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!! BIG FAN!!!!!!
I’m not here to convince you to come to where I live, cuz I understand that you can’t (unfortunatly) make multiple copies of yourselves to go everywhere in the world
Is the newsletter really an actual paper that gets sent to the front door daily? If the answer is no, don’t even bother to read the rest of this comment.
Anyway, I was just asking if there is a way to have a newsletter thingy that sends it to my e-mail instead of the front door. I’m a little busy being in 7th grade here! Plus it wastes paper…So yeah.…Please answer…Thanks!!!!
nono, dont worry, its sent our per email! good luck at school and remember, if you do your homework, then…aehm, then the world will be a better place or something. look at how screwed up the place is — thats all OUR fault