Cliburn 2017

[chopinawesome]

Let's discuss the Cliburn competiiton . Who do  you think would pass the preliminaries? What do you think of each of the competitiors' performances? and so on

[chomaninoff1]

Do you have any links where I can watch the quarterfinals?

[beethovenfan01]

So glad Tony Yike Yang and Yuri Favorin are making it into the semifinals! Really bummed for Alyosha Jurinic, though--he was my absolute favorite of all of them, and I think the most mature. But Tony gave a heart-stopping, jaw-dropping, mind-numbingly beautiful performance of the Liszt B minor sonata today. I have never heard an interpretation of that piece by ANYONE that matched what I saw today. That one is going to do great things with his music!

[chopinawesome]

Do you have any links where I can watch the quarterfinals?

cliburn.org and click"watch demand" NP

[chomaninoff1]

thank you chopinawesome. 

[chopinawesome]

So glad Tony Yike Yang and Yuri Favorin are making it into the semifinals! Really bummed for Alyosha Jurinic, though--he was my absolute favorite of all of them, and I think the most mature. But Tony gave a heart-stopping, jaw-dropping, mind-numbingly beautiful performance of the Liszt B minor sonata today. I have never heard an interpretation of that piece by ANYONE that matched what I saw today. That one is going to do great things with his music!

Was also bummed about su yeon kim and  Luigi. IMO, they played better than Kenneth Broberg and Rachel Cheung, but the judges' choices were reasonable. Broberg played a very convincing barber, and cheung's preliminary performance was pretty good. I am very pleased to see everyone in the semifinals. Good luck to them!

[minor9th]

I'm attending several of the semi-final rounds. So far, Yuri Favorin is my favorite. While the Adagio in his "Hammerklavier" was too slow at nearly 25 minutes, the rest was great, especially the big Fugue, and his Shostakovich Sonata No.1 was brutal and intense beyond belief!

[chopinawesome]

The finalists are:

Kenneth Broberg, 23, United States
Rachel Cheung, 25, Hong Kong

Yury Favorin, 30, Russia
Daniel Hsu, 19, United States
Yekwon Sunwoo, 28, South Korea
Georgy Tchaidze, 29, Russia

[minor9th]

I'm surprised that Han Chen did not make it to the finals, but I'm thrilled that Favorin and Tchaidze did.

[chopinawesome]

The winners are:
Chamber Music:Daniel Hsu
Audience: Rachel Cheung
3rd:Daniel Hsu
2nd:Kenneth Broberg
1st: Yekwon Sunwoo