Did you go to Italy and see the busoni up close and personal(and if you did then I hope you had a nice trip)or did you see videos of this year performances and where could I find these videos.
I'm think the preliminaries for the busoni passed and the semi final rounds are on 26th I could be wrong though and I've seen Rajeshkumar's playing and he has a good technique and tone.Also I think we should get the Leeds competition into this discussion the Liszt competition winner Vitaly Pisarenko is gonna compete at Leeds and I think it will be interesting to see if he still has the skill to win and so is the 2014 Busoni 2nd place winner(first place wasn't awarded) Rhodolfo leone but I don't think leone will even place.
Also, from a different aspect: junior competitions! (You[Schumaniac} probably already know all of these, and you may be planning to compete in them!)2016: Gina Bachuaer Junior/Young Artist CompetitionCooper Piano CompetitionSan Jose Piano Competition (which is held every year anyway lol)
Lol haven't been active on this forum actually. I've COMPETED in the San Jose! For the sake of privacy I'm not gonna say what year or prize :pAnd yes I do know these competitions and Cooper is one of my goals
The finalists of the Leeds:Heejae KimTomoki KitamuraDrew PetersenVitaly PisarenkoAnna TcybulevaYun Wei
TOMOKI KITAMURA- Schumann ConcertoHEEJAE KIM- Beethoven Concerto 4YUN WEI- Rach 3DREW PETERSEN- Rach 1VITALY PISARENKO- Rach 3ANNA TCYBULEVA- Brahms 2
As I suspected piserenko is gonna win by a long shot
"Competitions are for trolls."- Bela Bartok
At the Leeds:1st place: Anna Tcybuleva2nd place: Heejae Kim3rd: Vitaly Pisarenko4th: Drew Peterson5th Tomoki KItamura6th Yun Wai
there are Brahms jokes?anyway, I haven't paid much attention to the Leeds. The Leeds did bring out great piano players e.g. Perahia, Uchida, Schiff (as controversial as he may be)... But as for the Leeds winners after the 2000s or so, "where are they now??"
I've said... he seemed chill... what happened?
Olof Hansen is AMAZING
Ivett Gyongyosi was the most beautiful contestant haha.