The audition room seems to have become the "Rachel" recital room. Anyway, I listened to this Chopin ballade, the etude, and some of the Bach-Busoni Chaconne. I think this little girl is extremely talented, but across the board she is playing pieces far too difficult for her. She is obviously struggling in the Ballade even to reach the notes. As I see it, one or two pieces out of one's difficulty range are not a bad thing, but if most of them are, then you have a problem. You must use everything you've got just to play the notes to the exclusion of dynamics and phrasing. The playing here is mechanical and does not stir the emotions of the listener. A child may not be able to lend the degree of emotional depth that a more experienced player might, but if given the right repertoire, I fully believe this girl could play much more convincingly. Teresa
Sorry for the harsh comment, I just strongly disagree with this practice of using children to show off.
He made the point that how can one have experience, except by gaining it through acquaintance with the most challenging repertoire?
this reminds me of the 2008 beijeing olympics and the "new born" chinese kids doing gymnastics. They got away there but unfortunately Classical music and Piano playing is not gymnastics and i have yet come across a Asian piano player whose recording i would buy for a particular reportoire in any of classical music given that they mass produce pianists almost like mass produce cheap pianos!
What a bad-spirited, racist comment.