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Offline chopinawesome

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Cliburn 2017
on: May 27, 2017, 03:38:23 PM
Let's discuss the Cliburn competiiton ;D. Who do  you think would pass the preliminaries? What do you think of each of the competitiors' performances? and so on
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Offline chomaninoff1

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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #1 on: May 31, 2017, 03:52:41 AM
Do you have any links where I can watch the quarterfinals?
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Offline beethovenfan01

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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #2 on: May 31, 2017, 04:56:24 AM
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!
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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 04:59:19 AM
Quote from: chomaninoff1 on May 31, 2017, 03:52:41 AM
Do you have any links where I can watch the quarterfinals?
cliburn.org and click"watch demand" NP
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Chopin Op 20, maybe op 47/38
Debussy Etude 7
Grieg Op 16
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Chopin Concerti 1 and 2
Beethoven Waldstein
Ravel Miroirs

Offline chomaninoff1

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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #4 on: May 31, 2017, 10:52:06 PM
thank you chopinawesome.  ;D
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Offline chopinawesome

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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #5 on: June 02, 2017, 04:58:21 AM
Quote from: beethovenfan01 on May 31, 2017, 04:56:24 AM
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!
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Beethoven Op 2/2
Chopin Op 20, maybe op 47/38
Debussy Etude 7
Grieg Op 16
Want to do:
Chopin Concerti 1 and 2
Beethoven Waldstein
Ravel Miroirs

Offline minor9th

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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #6 on: June 04, 2017, 04:31:10 PM
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!
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Offline chopinawesome

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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #7 on: June 07, 2017, 03:59:51 AM
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
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Beethoven Op 2/2
Chopin Op 20, maybe op 47/38
Debussy Etude 7
Grieg Op 16
Want to do:
Chopin Concerti 1 and 2
Beethoven Waldstein
Ravel Miroirs

Offline minor9th

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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #8 on: June 07, 2017, 10:13:31 PM
I'm surprised that Han Chen did not make it to the finals, but I'm thrilled that Favorin and Tchaidze did.
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Offline chopinawesome

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Re: Cliburn 2017
Reply #9 on: June 11, 2017, 12:45:57 AM
The winners are:
Chamber Music:Daniel Hsu
Audience: Rachel Cheung
3rd:Daniel Hsu
2nd:Kenneth Broberg
1st: Yekwon Sunwoo
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Beethoven Op 2/2
Chopin Op 20, maybe op 47/38
Debussy Etude 7
Grieg Op 16
Want to do:
Chopin Concerti 1 and 2
Beethoven Waldstein
Ravel Miroirs
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