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I'm continually impressed by Italy, a country the size of Arizona, who consistently sends 2-3 pianists to the Van Cliburn every time, and they often do very well (Cabassi, Plano, Pompa-Baldi).
Well, it may be the size of Arizona, but it has the population of California and New York together. Impressive nonetheless, but not quite like Arizona sending a steady stream. and it has an artistic and musical history and culture second to none! (need we list off the names of the composers, musicians, artists and works of art (culinary art too!) Italy has given us? Bellissima! Sophia
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Well, I've bookmarked the live webcast url and can't wait for the competition to begin. I am pulling for both Stephen Beus and Spencer Meyer. Both are terrific musicians.
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If you're on a slow connection or the webcast turns out to have connection troubles, another option is the audio-only stream at KTCU (assuming it doesn't get preempted by TCU baseball again).
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I'm continually impressed by Italy, a country the size of Arizona, who consistently sends 2-3 pianists to the Van Cliburn every time, and they often do very well (Cabassi, Plano, Pompa-Baldi). Not sure why this is surprising given Italy's pianistic tradition cf. Arturo Benedetti Michelaneli, Maurizio Pollini Perhaps you were referring indirectly to the absence of competitors from other countries of similar size? The UK, for example. Or Spain, or Scandinavia. And I believe it is a while since there has been no competitor from Latin America.
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Am I missing something regarding the login/password on the cliburn.tv site? Cliburn.org claims that "no registration is required"...
EDIT: It seems to be working now
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The volume is certainly low. I have my speakers turned up full-blast and all of the other sound icons to max, and it's still not loud enough.
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Thanks for this link!
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The webcast worked great for the first performance, but for all intents and purposes died out during the interview with Kudritskaya (it won't last more than 5 seconds without stopping). Is anyone else having trouble with this?
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For the first competitor the picture and music seemed to work, but when Beus started the music and video stop and start every 10 seconds. I also couldn't get any sound from the local radio station.
Is there anything I can do?? I don't know much about computers!
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The KTCU feed seems to be working for me (you may need to have Windows Media Player or some similar software installed on your computer). If you're not getting any sound from it, maybe try closing all open programs before opening your browser, or accessing it from a different browser (I'm using Chrome right now).
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It's working OK now. Why? I don't know.
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For the first competitor the picture and music seemed to work, but when Beus started the music and video stop and start every 10 seconds. I also couldn't get any sound from the local radio station.
Is there anything I can do?? I don't know much about computers! If you have a slow internet connection, these are the classic symptoms.
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try to reboot your computer, which was what i did and everything is fine after that.
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I loved Beus' English Suite. I don't remember seeing a couple of the ornaments he used in the CPE Bach book, though.
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I had never heard Beus play before, but I can see why he is the favorite of some. I've only heard a few performances of the Spanish Rhapsody(Kissen in his NYC recital debut for one) and I thought Beus' was phenomenal. I have never heard the Spanish Rhapsody sound like such a great piece of music, which I guess it can with such supervituosity combined with musicality. What has sounded to me before like mostly a display piece came across as a masterpiece.
I don't know if it was the camera angle on the close ups, but Beus seemed to have enormous hands. He also seemed to play with great joy... something like watching Katsaris.
I was following the IMSLP score and the ending of the Rhapsody Beus played was different. Was it his own ending or someone else's ending or...?
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That was a weird performance by Beus...the parts I was sure I was going to love (the Barber Fugue and Spanish Rhapsody) seemed a bit too rushed, while those I were worried about (the Bach suite, the opening of the Barber) were brilliant.
Kudritskaya was amazing once she got past her nerves at the opening of the Chopin. I especially liked the unity she brought to the 2nd and last movements of the Chopin, and how she brought out the melodies in Ondine and the Funeral March.
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What was the last piece on Kunz's program? The listing on the web page seems completely wrong for his prelim recital.
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That was Ran Dank, and the last piece was Reminisces de Norma. Kunz isn't on until tonight.
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The tally so far today for Van Cliburn preliminary round piano choices: (out of 3 pianos: Cliburn Foundation's New York Steinway D, Cliburn Foundation's Hamburg Steinway D, and another NY D sent in by Steinway).
1- Natacha Kudritskaya: Cliburn Foundation's NY Steinway 2- Stephen Beus: Cliburn Foundation's Hamburg 3- Ran Dank: Cliburn Foundation's NY Steinway 4- Chetan Tierra: the other NY Steinway
I'm listening to Chetan Tierra right now on the webcast, and must say I really like this particular NY Steinway. It sounds like a mix between the classic NY Steinway and classic Hamburg sound-- clear and slightly bright like a Hamburg in the upper registers, but still with that New York warmth and richness in the bass. (It's also distinct in that it's ebony polish like the Hamburg instead of satin.)
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How do you get the info about piano selection? I am listening to Tierra now. I caught dank's Norma and enjoyed it a great deal.
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