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Of course I know the answer. I just don't know what the quiz question is.

Oh.....I'll wait till I see you on here and ask if you think it's a good idea first.....

Hi Gang: I am just getting back into piano mode after a few years of not playing. Considering VC amateur in May 2011!

Glad you found this thread, and maybe we'll see you in Fort Worth in '011!
Meanwhile maybe they'll be doing another youtube contest before that and we can see you in that too.....
BTW you can still see our videos if you want, even though the voting is over.

BTW......I took a glance at your profile and I see that your pianos include a Bosendorfer.
Cool!

I've often used them for performances. And as luck would have it, the place where I did my video has one among their house pianos. Bosendorfer for Scriabin might seem an odd choice, but I jumped at it.

(.....and for all I know, maybe a Kurzweil is just as cool too....)

You may also want to consider participating some other amateur competitions in 2010.

Here is a list.
http://www.bostonpianoamateurs.org/pianocalendar/pianocalendar.html

(Actually the Colorado event ["Rocky Mountain"] won't be having a "competition" next year, just a "celebration".....)

OK......today was the day, and the result just came out.
The winner was someone that I think we'd have to consider a "dark horse," ChooHooi Khoo. I have my opinions and I'm going to try to keep them to myself because obviously I can't be objective, not just because I didn't "win," which I didn't expect to, but more so because I had ideas about who might win and I was very wrong. But I would be very interested in what other people's reactions might be. All the videos are still online.....

Cliburn amateur YouTube videos[/b]

.....and probably will be for some time.

Hers is over here:

[b]Winner's video

Well you were right.
Turns out the "winners" thing probably was just a typo!

Consolations and congratulations to you, LA. I thought you had a shot.

I expected that the winner could be ANYONE from the field of 58.

Well, you were right about that too.

You must have understood the process and the possibilities better than I did.

Heidi Basarab would have my vote. I didn't see them all but I looked at all the ones that had high ratings. There is lots of good stuff there in those videos and they are enjoyable to watch.

I wonder what made them go with Khoo. Look at 4:29-4:35. Ech. You kind of get the feeling the performance is on the verge of that kind of thing the whole way through.

Maybe the judges have sat through so many agonizing childrens' recitals in their lives that they've started to like that tense feeling of waiting for a mistake to happen.

Like I said in a previous post, this for me is not really a piano contest. It's crazy for me to post a video of myself on youtube. But it's also a bit of fun to be in the pack and find a few familiar faces.

She's a good friend and I thought she was a top contender.

The judges were "the public." The result is based on online voting.

Regarding your reactions to the stuff, I think you're a good observer.

"It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes."

I was one of the 'public' but I never got around to voting. Frankly, I didn't have the time to wade through sixty videos and think seriously about them. I suppose I could have just picked a few (my friends and acquaintances) but that's not my style. More on this issue just below.

I did just watch the winning video and I was quite surprised. A nice performance, but that's about it. I suppose I have spent too much time watching teens play with more riveting intensity and dynamic drive. But this is precisely the problem of having the public vote. It's a popularity contest where popularity has many dimensions. Indeed, all panels of judges can have problems, but widening the franchise in a case like this does not necessarily produce better results.

Am I missing something here? Why Cliburn.org still says the winner will be announced on December 9th?

I was also looking for the info on the winner and can't find it anywhere. Where did you all hear the news? I've only seen it in this thread at Piano World.

Well, that was yesterday.

A dark horse is an understatement. She is playing piano well but with an intermediate level repertoire. I though the two gentlemen who played four Chopin Etudes or the Liszt Campanella demonstrated more agility. For a World Wide competition you would think that a slightly more advanced repertoire would have been presented.