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This week is the Young Artists Division. I do notice quite a few big names in this division. Anna Han seems to be winning about everything lately, and Aimi Kobayashi who seems to be gaining a pretty big performing and recording career over in Japan, as well as many many others. Young Artists Gina Bachauer Competition Live Streaming: http://new.bachauer.com/competitors/performances-streaming-video.htmlSchedule (Mountain Standard Time): YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION | JUNE 25-30, 2012 TUESDAY Round One 11:00AM—12:45PM & 1:15PM—4:40PM & 7:00PM—9:30PM WEDNESDAY Round One 11:00AM—12:45PM & 1:15PM—4:40PM & 7:00PM—9:30PM THURSDAY Round Two 9:00AM—12:30PM & 1:30PM—5:20PM & 7:00PM—10:30PM FRIDAY Round Two 9:00AM—12:30PM & 1:30PM—5:20PM & 7:00PM—10:30PM 10:30PM Alink-Argerich Competitor Celebration & Announcement of Finalists SATURDAY Final Round and Closing Gala 7:00PM—10:00PM Competitors: http://new.bachauer.com/competitors/competitors/young-artists.html
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Watch out for my friend Tom Hicks
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He is great as well! They all are. I had the privilege of watching them all warm up yesterday as they tested out the piano. Great playing!! They just posted a more accurate list in case anyone wanted to watch anyone specific--here are their exact times for first round. http://new.bachauer.com/component/c...titior-performance-schedule-round-i.html
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I'm particularly looking forward to his performance of Prokofiev 1st sonata. He's a demon in that piece :p. I believe this piece is on his programme too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOOtHu6BktQ
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It's not that often anymore that I hear a piece I never heard before and am almost overwhelmed by its beauty. I can only remember that happening a handful of times in the last decade. So thanks for posting that Ireland piece. Sounds very Debussyish to me. It's a shame that the video for the competition is so horrible. Might as well just be an audio transmission.
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Ireland is often called the english impressionist
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It's a shame that the video for the competition is so horrible. Might as well just be an audio transmission.
That's what I stated in the other thread too... I am listening right now, but it is impossible to see anything. The camera is very far and the light on the stage too bright... Still... it is nice to listen.
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Hicks just played left hand Chopin/Godowsky op. 10, no. 3. It seems odd that one would play this left hand piece in a competition. It is very difficult to voice it beautifully with only one hand.
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Ireland is often called the English impressionist His piano concerto used to be popular at The Proms, long before my time. For shame: it is a wonderful piece of music, and hardly known at all outside of the UK. His setting in F of the Anglican canticles is done frequently at Evensong, but that seems to be about it.
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Hicks just played left hand Chopin/Godowsky op. 10, no. 3. It seems odd that one would play this left hand piece in a competition. It is very difficult to voice it beautifully with only one hand. He told me that it's easier, because the thumb always has the melody. It's one of the few Godowsky etudes I really like. He played it in a competition last month that I was also in, and he won haha.
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Hicks just played left hand Chopin/Godowsky op. 10, no. 3. It seems odd that one would play this left hand piece in a competition. It is very difficult to voice it beautifully with only one hand. He told me that it's easier, because the thumb always has the melody. It's one of the few Godowsky etudes I really like. He played it in a competition last month that I was also in, and he won haha. Wish him the best.
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Your friend is amazing, debrucey! I have to say I personally thought the Godowsky/Chopin was his weakest piece, but what do I know :P The Ireland and Prokofiev were great, especially because I haven't heard either piece performed often. The level of this competition is really high though, and much more consistently so than the Junior competition last week IMO. I liked Aimi Kobayashi's Appassionata too, though it's true her "Youtube reputation" is probably overblown. I wasn't blown away by Anna Han, but that probably has a lot to do with the fact that I don't like the Liszt Danse Macabre transcription.
Student and shamefully occasional pianist Currently attempting: Rachmaninoff - Preludes op. 23 nos. 4 and 7 Deciding between Mozart K. 310 and Beethoven op. 10 no. 3 Albeniz - Almeria from Iberia book II
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I only saw the girl who was on before Tom so far, and I wasn't impressed at all lol. It does seem to be a very high standard though. I really hope he gets through.
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Tom did great! I was kind of bored by Anna's Haydn, and Aimi did pretty well on the Appasionata. I felt her second movement she had a hard time counting, but then again, most people do, so I guess we'll see how it plays out! They cut from 32 straight down to 6, so who knows how this will play out for the finals.
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Here's the live UStream page where you can post comments like the Van Cliburn had at the Amateur's Competition last year.
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The camera is now on the stage and you can actually see the performers.
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Does anyone have the link to the schedule of individual performances for today? Is there a list of the semi finalists somewhere?
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What was the last piece played 2 minutes ago?(It sounded like a transcription of some of a jazz song)
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