enjoy the wonderful dutch language
and better than how i'd ever be able to play it.probably.bah i should stay away from watching that now... blowing my brains out...
I just watched some guy perform some absolutely crazy piece. No clue what it was. the funny thing though was when he was done he walked off stage BEHIND THE PIANO!!! I was always told you walk in front. but oh well.
Are you sure about that? The camera is positioned towards the audience. You also see the back of the pianist when they bow
One of my teacher's students is playing in this; I get nervous for him when I watch. *g* He's doing pretty good though...
Jozsef Balog. He's made it to the semi-finals. He isn't actually my teacher's student currently since he's already graduated from the Bartok Conservatory and the Liszt Academy, but she keeps in close touch with most of her students. *g* She wasn't satisfied with his first round performance but thought he did better in round two. Which I think she told him when he called to tell her how it went. Hungarians can be very...frank. I can't really imagine learning such a large program and then having to play it for audience, jury, and camera. It'd be awfully disappointing to get knocked out in the first round.
No kidding. And picture being on the jury...hearing the same freakin' pieces over and over.
So,who do you think the jury will select for the finals?Or who do you feel should be selected?I could unfortunately only listen to the last one of the semifinal (Anton Salnikov).He was very intense, and he looks like Liszt himself!The wagner transcription was very nicely played. The sonate was good, but I missed some depth, especially at the end.Also he could have been more effective in the virtuosic passages. But very musical and intense.
I missed most of Salnikov, except for the end of the sonata, which was pretty good. But I think he deserved to get the final if only for his impressive Liszt act. The shoulder length hair flopping into his face, the staring towards heaven, etc. And then at the end...most of the pianists took a short bow, walked off the stage, and then in a few minutes came back on for a second bow.Not Salnikov.He stood grandly with his hand on the piano as if he had passed through an enormous spiritual ordeal, and faced the audience with proud carriage as if to say, "Applaud me." And they sure as heck did. After multiple bows he walked leisurely off only to come back on to receive his continued due. It was definitely worth watching! So yeah, I can see him in the final.
...Speaking of being on the jury, how on earth do you decide from among nine outstanding pianists which are the three 'best'?
I don't think I heard Yingdi play. I did hear a chinese guy, probably another one. He played the B minor sonata before Salnikov, that one wasn't that good.
But Sun Yingdi was fenomenal. I don't know what you have against him.
Topic: Liszt Competition live on the web 