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Reply #200 on: October 10, 2015, 05:24:01 AM
If were doing it by country then Lucasz Krupinski already won
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I'M SO ROOTING FOR SEONG-JIN CHO OMG and Hamelin too and Eric Lu
Aimi Kobayashi? didn't actually listen to her lol
everyone else pales in comparison

btw Rubinsteinmad
you were right about Julian sounding better "as a woman"
I feel this too in my own playing... if I play w bare arms, I feel like a better player

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Reply #201 on: October 10, 2015, 05:32:31 AM
Wow I just got done listening to Cho he was FANTASTIC! I was surprised to hear a sonata in the second stage but that's all right. He play it epicly. Same with the waltz and polonaise. I wouldn't be surprised if Lu, Kobayashi, Cho, Hamelin, and Ksiazek are all in finals.
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Reply #202 on: October 10, 2015, 05:37:31 AM
someone can prove me wrong... but it seems as though all those who played op. 10 no. 11 Etude were eliminated from the 2nd round. (e.g. Tiffany Poon, Kausikan Rajeshkumar)... why...! And Tiffany's performance, despite being blurry, was quite beautiful.... maybe it was blurrier live?

holy sh-t though she got pretty lost in her 10-4 + the end was like  :o but the way she "recovered" was really amazing... plus her Barcarolle...

I'm not as mad now and the jury probably took a loooong time to make this decision but still, this is quite sad... I feel the same way as AJ probably would were Ivett not in the 2nd round...

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Reply #203 on: October 10, 2015, 05:38:46 AM
Wow I just got done listening to Cho he was FANTASTIC! I was surprised to hear a sonata in the second stage but that's all right. He play it epicly. Same with the waltz and polonaise. I wouldn't be surprised if Lu, Kobayashi, Cho, Hamelin, and Ksiazek are all in finals.
yes Cho's playing is amazing... I remember his Sonata 2 in the Rubinstein Competition... most of the other contestants were p flaky. Then I listened to his sonata, and I was like "damnnn!!!"

He is a master of playing with emotional intensity... even better than 2 years ago!

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Reply #204 on: October 10, 2015, 05:42:17 AM
BTW here is why I think kobayashi is excellent...



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Reply #205 on: October 10, 2015, 05:58:38 AM
Kate liu! please marry me, O' your fantasie in f minor touches me deeply.   



Jokes, she got nothing on Yuja Wang.



Although, I don't think Yuja Wang would get far in any competition. Far too unpolished, her playing is.

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Reply #206 on: October 10, 2015, 08:16:00 PM
yes Cho's playing is amazing... I remember his Sonata 2 in the Rubinstein Competition... most of the other contestants were p flaky. Then I listened to his sonata, and I was like "damnnn!!!"

He is a master of playing with emotional intensity... even better than 2 years ago!
OMG Ikr?

You should hear his playing at the Hammamatsu, if you haven't already. He was 15 when he won. My favorite performances of his from that competition are:
Transcendental Etude no. 10 (Liszt)
Mozart K332 (Mozart)
Scherzo #2  (Chopin)

AND HE WAS ONLY FIFTEEN!! Back then, he had the maturity and a HUGE understanding of music. He still does.  ;D'

OMG, also listen to his Dumka at the Tchaikovsky Competition. OMG

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Reply #207 on: October 10, 2015, 08:23:49 PM

Although, I don't think Yuja Wang would get far in any competition. Far too unpolished, her playing is.

I think her playing was very polished at the Verbier Festival. I mean, at her Scarlatti, Scriabin, Schubert-Liszt, and Brahms Paganini Variations. However, I agree with you, she has a lot of videos of her that are not as professional as people would expect.

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Reply #208 on: October 10, 2015, 11:06:31 PM
hbilu

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Reply #209 on: October 10, 2015, 11:34:51 PM
Oh also his Appssionata! And Schumann Des Abends!!

Riiiiiight y'all here hate Schumann's works

No, I LOVE Op. 12. (And Op. 17.)
 




Oh, and here's THIS:

Cho-Seong Jin

Starting from 16:00 is the Scherzo No. 2. He is BEAST! (Plus, he was 15.)



Starting from 26:12 is the Scherzo no. 4 (So, he did 2 Scherzos in one round!)

And afte rthat Scerzo, he does Jeux d'eau.

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Reply #210 on: October 11, 2015, 12:20:01 AM
DID ANYBODY SEE KATE LIU TODAY??!!!
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Reply #211 on: October 11, 2015, 12:21:55 AM
DID ANYBODY SEE KATE LIU TODAY??!!!
I'm listening to her now.
Will she be the American Zimerman?

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Reply #212 on: October 11, 2015, 12:28:43 AM
OMG Eric Lu's Mazurka was AMAZING

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Reply #213 on: October 11, 2015, 12:36:17 AM
I haven't heard everyone's Grande Polonaise yet, but for the ones I heard (Julian Jia, Eric Lu, Kate Liu), none of them surpass Trifonov. They all sound too serious compared to Trifonov's. Trifonov's sounds so haapy and full of life.

The Andante Spianato is a different story, though. People this year play it so well!

The pressure must be huge, because most of the people either play Op. 22 or Op. 53 :P

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Reply #214 on: October 11, 2015, 12:43:59 AM
The pressure must be huge, because most of the people either play Op. 22 or Op. 53 :P

I know! What about op 26?!?!!?!?!?!
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Reply #215 on: October 11, 2015, 12:46:58 AM
I know! What about op 26?!?!!?!?!?!

Op. 26 is AMAZING, too. It just isn't as catchy as Op. 22 and 53, and it takes up more time.

I guess the competitors' psychology must be like this: "I don't want to be left out by playing Op. 26, so Ill stay with the group, because then I wont have a disadvantage."

My psychology would be this: "The Op. 22 is WAAYYYY to competitive, and I'm not even good. Gotta stick with Op. 26, then!" ::)

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Reply #216 on: October 11, 2015, 12:50:54 AM
OMG I think Dang Thai Son's Mazurka Op. 17 #4 is even better than Rafal Blechacz's!!



I'm not usually a fan of Dang Thai Son's, but this is an exception.

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Reply #217 on: October 11, 2015, 01:02:50 AM
OMG I think Dang Thai Son's Mazurka Op. 17 #4 is even better than Rafal Blechacz's!!

Key words are... I think
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Reply #218 on: October 11, 2015, 01:08:58 AM
 I think Fou T'song is underrated. I've no idea how this relates to upcoming competitions, but still.

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Reply #219 on: October 11, 2015, 02:01:10 AM
Ai ya.. kate liu, so good, give me boner! just listened to her second round performance. Sometimes I feel like she could play her fortissimos a bit louder, but then again.. Chopin never played as loud.

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Reply #220 on: October 11, 2015, 02:08:01 AM

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Reply #221 on: October 11, 2015, 02:57:28 AM
WTEF Are u Chineze?
Haha, I eat dogs, with my cup of tea and scotch fingers.

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Reply #222 on: October 11, 2015, 03:15:17 AM
Haha, I eat dogs, with my cup of tea and scotch fingers.
Actually, Chinese people don't eat dogs, but Koreans do. Just saying :P

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Reply #223 on: October 11, 2015, 04:09:26 PM
Watching Chopin Competition right now.

Getting my "music critic" juices flowing:
Shishkin is playing right now; he is doing fabulously. In general, his playing is clear-cut as ever. His op. 1 Rondo was incredibly organized and sometimes dance-like. The op. 9 no. 2 that came after struck everyone as a strange choice; Argerich was apparently caught dozing off by the camera! But h he played it admirably, and the "Cat Waltz" was one of the best I'd heard; unlike the many performances of it before him, Shishkin didn't carelessly play through the grace notes, but played them as artistically as the rest of the piece. Right now he is playing the Heroic Polonaise. The only concern for him is a lack of depth in his program- especially since Hamelin, who played before him, had op. 61, op. 16 and op. 44 in one program...! Hamelin's playing today was hard to listen to though, being quite heavy in the polonaises, and in great contrast to Shishkin when it comes to everything; Shishkin is much more refreshing in comparison.

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Reply #224 on: October 11, 2015, 06:24:26 PM
The YouTube stream thinks I send too many comments at a time!! ugh

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Reply #225 on: October 11, 2015, 06:28:05 PM
Schumaniac, your barcarolle is wonderful! Keep up the good work :)

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Reply #226 on: October 11, 2015, 07:18:32 PM
^ Thank you!

and
YAS

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Reply #227 on: October 11, 2015, 11:44:35 PM

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Reply #228 on: October 11, 2015, 11:56:07 PM
What?
Lol it's pretty awesome how classical music is everywhere in Warsaw

Why can't the rest of the world be like that??

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Reply #229 on: October 12, 2015, 12:30:55 AM
Lol it's pretty awesome how classical music is everywhere in Warsaw

Why can't the rest of the world be like that??


Because everywhere else is infested with crap such as K-Pop and C-Pop.

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Reply #230 on: October 12, 2015, 01:19:15 AM

Because everywhere else is infested with crap such as K-Pop and C-Pop.


that still doesn't explain it...

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Reply #231 on: October 12, 2015, 09:33:35 AM
OMG I think Dang Thai Son's Mazurka Op. 17 #4 is even better than Rafal Blechacz's!!



I'm not usually a fan of Dang Thai Son's, but this is an exception.
w t   f, this makes me think Chopin actually composed good songs

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Reply #232 on: October 12, 2015, 07:31:34 PM
w t   f, this makes me think Chopin actually composed good songs

lol ikr!

When I first heard this piece/"song", I was like, "Whoa that sounds like it should be in a movie!" 8)

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Reply #233 on: October 12, 2015, 08:07:13 PM
OMG I think Dang Thai Son's Mazurka Op. 17 #4 is even better than Rafal Blechacz's!!



I'm not usually a fan of Dang Thai Son's, but this is an exception.
attended his performances and a masterclass (sat first row right behind the pianos and his bench), he is an incredible performer and pedagogue. The insights he shared on a Chopin Ballade and the Sam Barber sonata were pretty profound and the students that study with him (i think he's artist in resi at a school in Canada) are pretty fortunate.

like i've said before, the Mazurkas are about the only Chopin solos i can stand to listen to/read through these days.  Good post.

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Reply #234 on: October 12, 2015, 08:17:45 PM
Here are the people for Semi-final:

Mr Luigi Carroccia (Italy)
Ms Galina Chistiakova (Russia)
Mr Seong-Jin Cho (South Korea)
Mr Chi Ho Han (South Korea)
Mr Aljoša Jurinić (Croatia)
Ms Su Yeon Kim (South Korea)
Ms Dinara Klinton (Ukraine)
Ms Aimi Kobayashi (Japan)
Mr Marek Kozák (Czech Republic)
Mr Łukasz Krupiński (Poland)
Mr Krzysztof Książek (Poland)
Ms Kate Liu (United States)
Mr Eric Lu (United States)
Mr Szymon Nehring (Poland)
Mr Georgijs Osokins (Latvia)
Mr Charles Richard-Hamelin (Canada)
Mr Dmitry Shishkin (Russia)
Mr Alexei Tartakovsky (United States)
Mr Zi Xu (China)
Mr Yike (Tony) Yang (Canada)

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Reply #235 on: October 12, 2015, 08:22:06 PM
Ivett didnt advance my heart has been impaled...

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Reply #236 on: October 12, 2015, 08:24:32 PM
Ivett didnt advance my heart has been impaled...

Actually, those ......? means I can't spell their names.

BTW, Ivett is amazing.

BTW, Tony Yike Yang is not amazing.

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Reply #237 on: October 12, 2015, 08:28:10 PM
Tony Yang was more technically consistent. Ivett's playing is special but I feel like she needs to refine her technique. If she can get her level of virtuosity to the same level as these other bombastic contestants I think she could win because she really has a lot of beautiful things in her playing, more so than most of the other contestants. Same thing with Hansen, he didn't pass because of his lack of virtuosity.

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Reply #238 on: October 12, 2015, 08:29:10 PM
Those judges hate Chinese people. Qi Kong is WAY better than Chi Ho Han.

Those judges love South Koreans/North Koreans.

Those judges hate Scandinavians who immigrated to France. Olof Hansen is FAR > Most of the semi-finalists that were announced.

Those judges hate ..... wait....... I WONDER IF MARTHA ARGERICH IS GONNA QUIT THIS TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE HANSEN IS EVEN MORE SPECIAL THAN POGORELICH!!!! (BUT IN A GOOD WAY!!!!!)

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Reply #239 on: October 12, 2015, 08:31:21 PM
Tony Yang was more technically consistent. Ivett's playing is special but I feel like she needs to refine her technique. If she can get her level of virtuosity to the same level as these other bombastic contestants I think she could win because she really has a lot of beautiful things in her playing, more so than most of the other contestants. Same thing with Hansen, he didn't pass because of his lack of virtuosity.

Tony Yike Yang's soul was destroyed by that Juillard teacher. Now, his technique has remained (and possibly improved), but his soul is gone...................  :'(

WHY CANT JUILLARD BE GOOD AT PIANO? I MEAN, ITS VIOLIN/CELLO SECTION IS SO FREAKIN AWESOME, BUT ITS PIANO IS FUKC!

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Reply #240 on: October 12, 2015, 08:33:41 PM
Well, at least Seong Jin Cho, Eric Lu, and Dmitri Shishkin got in. They were GREAT!

Cho Seong Jin was probably one of my favorite competitors  :-*

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Reply #241 on: October 12, 2015, 08:44:17 PM

Here's the list of competitors in the Quarterfinals:


1. Ms Soo Jung Ann (South Korea)
2. Ms Miyako Arishima (Japan)
3. Mr Łukasz Piotr Byrdy (Poland)
4. Ms Michelle Candotti (Italy)
5. Mr Luigi Carroccia (Italy)
6. Ms Galina Chistiakova (Russia)
7. Mr Seong-Jin Cho (South Korea)
8. Ms Ivett Gyӧngyӧsi (Hungary)
9.  Chi Ho Han (South Korea)
10. Olof Hansen (France)
11. Zhi Chao Julian Jia (China)
12. Aljoša Jurinić (Croatia)
13. Su Yeon Kim (South Korea)
14 Dinara Klinton (Ukraine)
15 Aimi Kobayashi (Japan)
16 Mr Qi Kong (China)
17 Mr Marek Kozák (Czech Republic)
18 Mr Łukasz Krupiński (Poland)
19 Mr Krzysztof Książek (Poland)
20 Ms Rachel Naomi Kudo (United States)
21 Ms Kate Liu (United States)
22 Mr Eric Lu (United States)
23 Mr Łukasz Mikołajczyk (Poland)
24 Ms Alexia Mouza (Greece)
25 Ms Mayaka Nakagawa (Japan)
26 Mr Szymon Nehring (Poland)
27Mr Piotr Nowak (Poland)
28 Ms Arisa Onoda (Japan)
29 Mr Georgijs Osokins (Latvia)
30 Mr Jinhyung Park (South Korea)
31 Mr Charles Richard-Hamelin (Canada)
32 Mr Dmitry Shishkin (Russia)
33 Ms Rina Sudo (Japan)
34 Mr Michał Szymanowski (Poland)
35 Mr Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev (Russia)
36 Mr Alexei Tartakovsky (United States)
37 Mr Alexander Ullman (United Kingdom)
38Mr Chao Wang (China)
39 Mr Andrzej Wierciński (Poland)
40 Mr Zi Xu (China)
41 Mr Yike (Tony) Yang (Canada)
42 Mr Cheng Zhang (China)
43 Ms Annie Zhou (Canada)


Here's the list of those who were dropped:

Ms Soo Jung Ann (South Korea)
Ms Miyako Arishima (Japan)
Mr Łukasz Piotr Byrdy (Poland)
Ms Michelle Candotti (Italy)
Ms Ivett Gyӧngyӧsi (Hungary)
Mr Olof Hansen (France)
Mr Zhi Chao Julian Jia (China)
Mr Qi Kong (China)
Ms Rachel Naomi Kudo (United States)
Mr Łukasz Mikołajczyk (Poland)
Ms Alexia Mouza (Greece)
Ms Mayaka Nakagawa (Japan)
Mr Piotr Nowak (Poland)
Ms Arisa Onoda (Japan)
Mr Jinhyung Park (South Korea)
Ms Rina Sudo (Japan)
Mr Michał Szymanowski (Poland)
Mr Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev (Russia)
Mr Alexander Ullman (United Kingdom)
Mr Chao Wang (China)
Mr Andrzej Wierciński (Poland)
Mr Cheng Zhang (China)
Ms Annie Zhou (Canada)

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Reply #242 on: October 12, 2015, 08:46:57 PM
Seems like the judges had a good day from

Mr. Aljosa Jurinic
Ms Su Yeon Kim (South Korea)
Ms Dinara Klinton (Ukraine)
Ms Aimi Kobayashi (Japan)
Mr Marek Kozák (Czech Republic)
Mr Łukasz Krupiński (Poland)
Mr Krzysztof Książek (Poland)
Ms Kate Liu (United States)
Mr Eric Lu (United States)

They kicked out basically like 5% of the contestants that day, and probably just for the sake of kicking someone out. I mean, Kobayashi is beautiful, but can she beat Qi Kong at the piano>

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Reply #243 on: October 12, 2015, 10:05:46 PM
Tony Yike Yang's soul was destroyed by that Juillard teacher. Now, his technique has remained (and possibly improved), but his soul is gone...................  :'(

WHY CANT JUILLARD BE GOOD AT PIANO? I MEAN, ITS VIOLIN/CELLO SECTION IS SO FREAKIN AWESOME, BUT ITS PIANO IS FUKC!
Stop hating on Juilliard!! Did you get rejected from their pre-college or something??

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Reply #244 on: October 12, 2015, 10:08:26 PM
Stop hating on Juilliard!! Did you get rejected from their pre-college or something??

No, I didn't even bother to apply ::)

(BTW, I had a private lesson with Kalichstein once and it cost $250 USD/hour :P )

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Reply #245 on: October 12, 2015, 10:11:07 PM
Kobayashi is beautiful,

Yes she is.

but can she beat Qi Kong at the piano

Yes she can.

She just did.
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Reply #246 on: October 12, 2015, 10:14:13 PM
Yes she is.

Yes she can.

She just did.

But Qi Kong was better. Don't quote me though.

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Reply #247 on: October 12, 2015, 10:55:03 PM
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Reply #248 on: October 12, 2015, 11:16:14 PM
oops

oops
Well, maybe Aimi is pretty good ;D But I still think that Tony Yike Yang should have been replaced by someone else. (Qi Kong? Olof Hansen?)

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Reply #249 on: October 12, 2015, 11:20:45 PM
Yeah aimi is really really good when she's on. She wasn't on this past stage but she still got through. Hopefully she will do her best on S3! But I HATE THAT STUPID B FLAT MINOR SONATA.
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