I really like the way the Cliburn is structured and how the audience is encouraged to clap between pieces…I imagine it puts the performers at ease.
Too musical
Aka “ghey”
Yeah, more Gavrilov, less Perahia is what’s needed.
The latest session has mofos playin’ some zeriouz rep.
7:30 p.m. Changyong Shin , South Korea, 28
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 28 in A Major, op. 101
RACHMANINOV Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, op. 36 (1931)
8:15 p.m. Ilya Shmukler , Russia, 27
MEDTNER Sonata reminiscenza, op. 38, no. 1
DEBUSSY Images, Book I
SCRIABIN Fantasy in B Minor, op. 28
20-minute intermission
9:15 p.m. Yunchan Lim, South Korea, 18
BACH “Ricercar a 3” from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, op. 19 (“Sonata-Fantasy”)
BEETHOVEN Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, op. 35 (“Eroica”)
Good Scrib 2 by Lim
The 12 semifinalists are:
- Dmytro Choni, Ukraine, 28
- Anna Geniushene, Russia, 31
- Masaya Kamei, Japan, 20
- Uladzislau Khandohi, Belarus, 20
- Honggi Kim, South Korea, 30
- Yunchan Lim, South Korea, 18
- Jinhyung Park, South Korea, 26
- Changyong Shin, South Korea, 28
- Ilya Shmukler, Russia, 27
- Clayton Stephenson, United States, 23
- Yutong Sun, China, 26
- Marcel Tadokoro, France/Japan, 28
Wow, Kate Liu didn’t make it to the semi’s.
Just listened to the 18 yr old from South Korea. He has potential.
Didn’t listen to Anna Geniushene. She’s the wife of Lukas Genuisas…I believe.
dude i know wtf… i didnt listen to many of them, but i heard 10 mins of her and thought it was gorgeous, i always like her playing
Yeah, she’s a real musician.
surprised Denis Linnik didnt pass - his l’escalier du diable was fucking GOOD
now im watchin some clips from the others i thought would make it- Osokins does the low bench thing Bozhanov did, I checked and they both studied with Schenk in Dusseldorf. i want to email him and ask for a lesson and have him explain the bench thing, it looks rediculous but obviously really works
How could a low seated position not screw with octave passages? Maybe these dudes just have short legs and long torsos.
i saw a studio recital of his students on youtube and they all sit like that! its a cult or something
his HK is prolly one of the most physically virtuosic i heard, and he gets thru these godowsky shits just fine
Look where his elbows are. If I sat that low, my elbows would be hanging down below the keys and I’m 1m80 with average, maybe slightly longer arms than average for my height. The man has T-Rex arms.
thats true, but all his students cant be shaped wierd and they all do this it seems, so i wonder