go riot. too much, yes? no, it's nice. if you can play this more italian. bravo! i'm here to share my passion for music with the next generation of amazing musicians. yuja wang's been a role model to me. she's got this unique energy. she is this performer extraordinaire. - applause. the first music i heard was swan lake by tchaikovsky. music plays. but probably somewhere in america, the first thing they heard was eminem. in the end, it's the same thing that draws us into, say, rock and roll or prokofiev. it's the same primal energy.

piano plays. being a woman, i'm so annoyed when people i try to ignore all that noise. who cares? in the end, it's not about me. when you watch her play, you know exactly what she wants to say. and that always comes across. the communicative power that she has really sets her apart from her contemporaries. she engages audiences in these sort of sold—out halls across the world. nice to meet you. diana. it's always great to - get feedback from such an outstanding artist. do you ever sort of think

about what audience you're playing for? i think about more like how is music relevant to their life? do you find that, like, alleviates the pressure of the performance because you're thinking more about bringing joy to them rather than... anything to alleviate that, right? do you get very nervous? um, i do, but i try not to overthink stuff onstage and just let the moment take over. i remember myself at, i think, age nine. first time playing in a masterclass in the beijing conservatory of music. i know on the other side how scary it is. my name is thomas kelly, and i'm going to be performing schubert's erlkonig, a song transcribed for piano by liszt. it's like a whole puccini opera condensed into three minutes. there's a son, there's

a father, and there's erlkonig. the child is sick, and the father is on a horse trying to get to the doctor. and then the kid sees erlkonig. it's not completely clear whether this villain, the erlking, is actually real, or whether it is completely the imagination of the child. the kid is like, "help me. help me, father." and he's like, "oh, just, just calm down." i love it because it's so psychological. hello, thomas. good luck. it's very courageous.

to perform the piece. it has these repetitive octaves in the right hand, it's literally just octaves for the whole thing. but different dynamics, different characters. it's extremely exciting. wow. bravo! how do you feel? you're dead? i've just been sort of coming to terms with this piece, perfect. i do hear the different characters very clearly, like, it's already very concerning, you know? um, do this legato. i thinkjust a sense of, like,

"what's going to happen?" yeah. i love that. yuja hums along. you know, you can use a pedal. do—da—do—dum—dum. try it. um, so da—da—da—da—da—da—dum, off, dum—bum—bum, like. yeah. sh, really soft. the thing with the kid is, like, um, the kid is stressed because the father does not believe him.

can i try? this is the kid. da—da—da. i think whenever the kid comes, it has to be much more anxious. nice. i could exaggerate different characters much more. pizzicato. # come play with me...#. it was fine. it's like kind of almost comical. um, erlkonig, uh, could be more perverse. like, he's trying to seduce a kid, right? it's very seductive. erlkonig is like, "come to me. "i have toys for you to play." nice. piano volume increases.

nice! and the end, i feel like you're...you're doing this, but more like, da—da—da—da—da. like, really mean it, you know? see, when you do that, it's so loud. it's amazing. it's marked triple forte. i think i was being rather conservative. go riot! yeah. don't take time. the sound he produced was so humongous. in a million years, i could not make that kind of sound. yeah.

then you can really start enjoying the drama and the contrasts. it's a remarkable ending to the piece... ..the death of the child. 0h, amazing. amazing, really, bravo! thank you. i hope i didn't ruin what you can do. i was really, really happy. like, especially when he played so loud. i'm in london to share my passion for music i'm jeneba kanneh—mason. around the house. i'm playing the second movement

of scriabin�*s sonata no. 2. alexander scriabin was a russian composer, and he was very influenced by chopin's music. the pieces are all very sensuous. as a kid, chopin is, you know, my initial love, and then scriabin is like a... 2.0 chopin. hello. any pianist who's played it will say that it's technically difficult. it definitely is. it starts so suddenly, and you have to kind of settle into it straight away. it's really like chiaroscuro?

kind of like playing with light and shadow. you can...you can do that with sound, and bravo! brava! how do you feel? tired?! tired! um, mm, ithink it's almost too comfortable. show a little bit of that, uh, almost like demented, devilish obsession. bum—bum—bum—bum—bum—bum—bum—bum —bum—bum—bum. much more like the dark side is coming out. what if every note is a crescendo? just...

notes get increasingly loud. very... wait, you're too musical, like... i think she wanted me to take more risks and just be even nice! great. this... um, yeah. it's basically, da—da—dee, right? yes. the use of dynamics is so varied and sudden and surprising. very nervous, right? yuja hums along.

totally different. maybe more, a little bit more left hand a little too much... pianissimo. yeah. take time. mm—hm. great. he has loads of moments which are very delicate and intimate... beautiful. back. bipolar. ding—ding—ding. ..and then sudden moments of power and virtuosity. forte! yuja hums along. much more. you know? this, if you can make it really long line.

da—da—da—da—da—da—ba—da da—da—da—da—da—dum. ba—da—da—daaa. you know, like one thing, one idea? beautiful. yuja was encouraging me to see the piece as more of a whole. ooh, it's too loud. whatever you do here, it mirrors in the left hand. yeah. can you make it even more special? much more contrast. yeah. that harmony. in the whole. . .throughout the whole piece.

yuja hums along. then a little, like, pleading. my teacher always said, "have the sound in your head is your direction." yeah. that's great. it's so beautiful. thank you very much. really inspiring. thank you. you're inspiring. i love that. she played pretty much flawlessly. so amazing. like, superflexible. my name is diana cooper, and i am playing chopin's andante spianato.

chopin is one of the greatest composers from the 19th century. we can feel this boiling, tormented soul within him. the music of chopin really made me feel like i can tell a story. i can create colours. ican... you know, this is the canvas, i can do something with it. there's lots of hills. it's the work that chopin composed at an early age. we can feel the freshness.

the harmonies are so inventive and so forward—looking. beautiful. if you can play this more italian... think of a, like, um, opera, bellini opera. think of, like, maria callas. more free. yeah, more free. beautiful. ok. the melodic line is so italian. keep the line. still sustaining. the right hand flows

across the keyboard like an italian singer. beautiful. it's like you're singing, so i have to press it. deeee—da—dee—da. and then that's relief. da—dee—da—dee—da—dee—da. that's great. and then the... yuja hums notes. yeah. improvise it. more and more, you realise you can just decide on the spot how to bring the piece alive. too much? no, it's nice. we definitely know we're going to e minor. yeah. do you let yourself create...? on the spot a bit? yeah. ..like on the spot? i mean, great composers are all great improvisers, so pretend you're, like,

making this up. yes, yes. it's so good to leave space for spontaneity and let the inspiration flow. what if this has... yuja hums notes. ..more, um, glitter, more sparkly, like a splash of colour or brightness? yes. yeah. like david hockney. beautiful. i love that. think of, like, a bird. you know that bird? what's that called? eagle. but very light. it's in one go. yes.

disappears. she wanted me to play this part as light as possible, as if i was hardly touching the keys. beautiful. it's beautiful, ijust... can i try? of course. um. see, it sounds very childlike. yes. very naive. innocent. yeah, naive. exactly. this is the more adult part. yuja hums notes. and i'm back. if you start thinking of it as a mazurka, then you can start dancing a bit. of and one of the main signatures of chopin.

can you play one now? uh, mazurka. perfect. sorry. yeah, yeah. and play this again. what if you, um... your body language also suggests a bit, yeah. don't take time anywhere. just let it go. it's nice to always seek forfreshness, inspiration... beautiful. ..as if you were rewriting the piece.

thank you so much. of course, that was so beautiful. it's been very inspiring. brava. thank you very much. thank you. she was very calm. she was very graceful. and the tone she was producing was just beautiful. i felt that it's so nice to be taught by someone who's such a seasoned performer. she's got such an electrifying energy. i thought it was really inspiring. she had a very imaginative way of conveying her ideas. can i try? ithink... i was inspired by her- spontaneity and brilliance in technique. i learnt so much. i just went back and, like, wrote everything down, and i was like, "this is what i need to do." i hope there are people who are

actually moved in the soul. not by me, but by the music... hello there. a rather grotty day for many of us on saturday

with low grey cloud, drizzle, further outbreaks of rain, and some of that rain turned to snow over the tops of the hills in the colder air. a different story, though, further north and west, lots of blue sky and sunshine here in argyll and bute. the next few days. so still feeling chilly, especially in exposure to that brisk easterly wind, more low grade cloud and some drizzle, further showers. but always sunnier in the north and the west in the shelter of that easterly wind, which we are set to keep picking up across the southern half of the uk as we head through the day on sunday. this is how we'll begin the morning. so where you see the map tinged in blue, chance for patchy frost. perhaps lows of —7 degrees celsius underneath clear skies in the sheltered glens of scotland. but here's some brightness and some sunshine to start the day. further south and east, across england and wales again, some hill fog, the cloud producing some drizzle, showers perhaps across east anglia, maybe something a little brighter developing out towards western wales and south west england.

but temperature wise, we won't make it much past 5—8 celsius, a little less cold than on saturday. but more showers as that easterly wind picks up on sunday night and into monday. this is how we'll begin the new working week, again, with a bit of patchy frost, especially where we keep those clear skies in the north and the west. and then into the start of the week, where we'll keep the north and the east, the easterly wind is picking some of those showers wintry over the pennines, but some brighter skies, i think, for western wales, south west england and certainly for northern but a drop in temperature again in that now colder feeling air, and there will be a lot of added wind chill factor in too. it's more of the same again on tuesday. plenty of clouds, some breaks in the cloud towards the west. this area of rain not quite making it into south west england, but do keep an eye on the forecast here. again, temperaturesjust between 5—7 celsius, so below the seasonal average, and there won't be too much improvement either as we head through the rest of the week.

so we are set to stay in that colder air, perhaps something a bit brighter later on through the week. you can check the weather for your local area, of course, using our bbc weather app. bye for now.

live from washington, this is bbc news. after almost 500 days in captivity in gaza, three more israeli hostages are released. but concerns are being raised about their wellbeing, with families describing shock at their appearance. and scenes of celebration in the west bank after israel released 183 palestinian prisoners in exchange, but officials say they too were in need of medical care.

president trump cuts aid to south africa over its land policy — a move the country says fails to recognise the history of apartheid. hello, i'm carl nasman. israel and hamas followed through with their fifth hostage exchange on saturday since the ceasefire agreement went into effect three weeks ago. israel's prime minister expressed shock at the condition of the three hostages that were released by hamas. eli sharabi, ohad ben ami and or levy all appeared to be gaunt, frail and weak. they were freed in exchange for the release by israel of 183 palestinian prisoners, seven of whom had to be taken to hospital, according to the palestinian red crescent. israel says it is sending a delegation to doha for the next phase of ceasefire talks. our correspondent wyre davies reports.