I hate to be Mr. Curmudgeon McFarkelson, because the kid is good at what he does, but why do we get blown away when we hear music like this played out of context? What I mean is this: if this video were of a high school orchestra playing the piece (and this piece is very playable by a good high school group, as is the Tchaik 4 in his other video), we wouldn't be moved to cries of "incredible" and "No Way!" After all, we expect as much. However, when we hear an accordion (or theramin, or crystal glasses on a bridge, or a jug band) play music with ANY requisite level of technique and musicianship, we are blown away. We short change our souls by being blown away by Vivaldi on an accordion but not giving the music a second glance when we see it in the expected venue.

And if I haven't already ostracized myself, the very simple fact is that the time needed to achieve artistic proficiency on violin (or viola, cello, etc...) is far greater than is needed for the accordion. If this kid had spent as much time on violin as he has spent on accordion, he would be very run-of-the-mill indeed.

1. I had an ex-boyfriend violently try to kill himself in front of me. It fucked me up and I dropped out of life for about four years. All my friends gave up on trying to get me out of my shell. As of right now, I have no physical friends aside from my family. I beat myself up about shutting everyone out so completely.

2. I also have an ex-boyfriend who is on death row and he's been there for 8 years. He killed some police officers and when they were fleeing, my friend Allen was gunned down.

3. I had a boyfriend who drowned in a lake. I don't like to call him an ex because we never broke up. He died. It's been almost ten years and I still go to his old LiveJournal and read all the entries and cry.

4. I had a terrifying experience in New Orleans when I was 16. It never showed itself to me, but made awful tapping noises all over my hotel room. Whenever I tried to wake up my parents, it would stop. I was so very very scared.. Even typing this now, I have to repress the urge to cry and turn on all my lights. I'm sweating. When I went to sleep that night, I curled against the headboard, with my back out towards the room. I woke up in the morning and took a hot shower and when I turned around, the hot water stung on my back. I looked at my back in the mirror and there were three long scratches spanning diagonally from the tops of my shoulders to my waist. Even though they had obviously bled and scabbed, there was no blood on my shirt or on the bra I had been wearing. That experience really fucked up my religious beliefs. I like to say that I'm a complete atheist, but whenever I say that, I think back to that night and I'm afraid of what an afterlife is and who or what exists in it.

5. I'm leaking breast milk all over my legs right now, but I'm ignoring the mess.

6. Mensa tried to recruit me as a little girl and it freaked me out. They sent so many letters and called to speak to me all the time. They tried to talk to me at school but I was convinced they were some kind of cult. Plus, they wanted me to spend my summer taking classes and doing homework. Crazy fuckers.

7. I had some rare kind of nerve cancer as a teenager and they cut the tumor from my chin when I was 16. The tumor and the consequent surgery left the lower part of my face numb and my lower lip a bit unresponsive. I drool on myself sometimes and when it's pointed out, I vehemently tell them I had cancer. It makes me laugh at how they scramble to apologize.

8. I used to be really into music and I've played with several bands, ranging from rock to jazz to blues to just jamming. I was really into it and I loved performing at dives and all the free beer. No one cards you when you're the band. But after my ex tried to kill himself, I fell out of that world, too. I regret that more than anything. I love music.. Now I just play for me and somehow it's not the same.

9. I play piano, clarinet, alto and soprano recorders[Hey, those are real instruments, too!], cello, violin, guitar, bass, any stringed instrument really, drum kit, hand drums, etc etc. I haven't really found an instrument I couldn't play. I like to sing a lot. My baby loves it when I sing. That pleases me greatly!! He's my number on fan.

10. I was expelled the last semester of my senior year from high school for doodling in my notebook a stick figure with a crude gun pointed at its head. It was accompanied by the sentence "I hate chemistry." The teacher walked by and saw it, seized it and dragged me to the principal. I was arrested for threatening students with a handgun. [My drawing wasn't specific, I mean, it could have been a sawed-off shotgun?? It was more of a sideways L..] I got 9 months of probation and had to get my diploma by correspondence. It was hilarious and fucked up all at the same time.

11. I had a neighbor freak out on cocaine and whatever else that guy was on. He came over and kept my roommates and I hostage and screamed at us about "sounding out" at night. He also put my roommate's Diamonda Galas CD on and played it full volume. That's what got the police there. Thank God for Diamonda's screeching voice or my other neighbor's wouldn't have called the cops. He also tried to strangle our cat. When the police finally busted down the back door, he was screaming about how he would kill us all. The cops took him to the ground and he told them he was the mayor and they would be fired. Heh.

12. I've been the victim of rape many times. I wonder sometimes if I have an aura that tells people it's ok to hurt me like that..

13. When my baby cried for almost 7 hours straight, I honestly contemplated smothering him. I feel evil because of that.

14. I had a college reading level by fourth grade and teachers would get upset that I wanted to read during recess. I read the same books as my mother and father and of course, some had "questionable" content. Whenever they confiscated one of my books, my dad would get royally pissed and scream at them over the phone. I still love to read. I read compulsively. I read all the labels of everything I buy just because. When I take a shit, if there's nothing to read, I read the back of the shampoo or whatever is close by. To my utter shame, I have read harlequin romance novels. I'll read anything within arms reach, even if it's utter shite. I really love a good book, though. Don't get me wrong!

15. I won a national short story contest for children when I was 12. The story was about a demon who disemboweled hapless victims during one cold winter night. I only really remember one part where the entrails steamed in the snow. What the fuck was wrong with those judges??

16. I talk way, way too much.

17. I have CPS involved in my life because I tested positive in my urine for marijuana when I went to the hospital to deliver my son. I hadn't smoked pot in almost six months. The CPS people call me a liar, but I'm not fucking lying. I read that pot can sometimes be detected up to 90 days after, but it had been twice that. Now I have to go to counseling twice a week for 6 months and they randomly drop by and drug test. They assess my whole house each time and write it up when I don't do the goddamn dishes. I hate CPS. Where were they when I was being abused as a child? Why didn't they care about rape and physical abuse? They ignored me when I begged for help..

18. I'm often way too candid.

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23. When I bare my soul to people, it never ever turns out right.

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25. I love to smile and be cheerful. I find humor in even the most dire of tragedies and I often get flack from that. People don't understand it, I guess.

Thanks buddy, though it looks like it didn´t help much.
Classical music clips are a bitch to sift.
Thanks for the effort though!

In reply to this comment by siftbot:
Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by kronosposeidon.

He kicks in near the end with a little beat-boxing! This guy is awesome!

Might help to have headphones to fully hear the cello strumming.

He needs to mic his cello a bit better.

Otherwise, his voice is what gained my upvote.

almost sounds like a cello that low.

Thanks for the promote, Deano!

In reply to this comment by Deano:
Don't even like Coldplay but this is quite good! *promote

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the one where he's doing his cello recital is gold... droppin tha elbow

Your video, Rostropovich - Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 - Gavotte and Gigue, has made it into your personal Highest Rated Videos listing. Congratulations on a job well done. For you contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

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hehe that was fun - tbh, my second run in the first i didn't skip my classical music, with answers like 'suite for cello no. 6 in d major bwv 1012: courante'

SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
inna gadda da vida

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no future part 2: the day after no future

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
nothing gold

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
unknown stage 1

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
why can't you tell me

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
tron (is a great film)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
jealousy (trad.)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
tenderly

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
the return of the magic horses

WHAT IS 2+2?
forever

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
hey stop messin' around

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
freeloader

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
underground cave

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
a warm place

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
bloodlust

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
r u ready2rock

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
love will tear us apart

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
(2.)la valse misere

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i do the jerk

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
your life is a lie

WHATS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
everything is borrowed

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
kick it

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
my party

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
snack crack

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
acid jazz singer

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
stop the show

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romance

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
long hard and dry

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
come see the duck

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
une infinitite de trous en forme d'hommes

Love that cello stroke.

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And as I've said before channel owners need more tools to monitor and present their videos. And it should be easier for viewers to find what they are after. If I want to search for "Cello" in Bravo I get non-Bravo videos as well.