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Anybody follow this competition?  Jenny
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I started to, but got distracted - I hope to catch up a bit in the next day or so. Here's a link to the stream and archives, if people are interested. How to find it from the home page in English is a little odd... http://www.concorsobusoni.it/Stream/
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A bit. I've probably managed to listen to 1/3 of the semifinalists (there are quite a few of them). It'll be interesting to see what concertos the finalists play - the choices are much wider than the Cliburn:
- Bartók Concerto for Piano No. 3
- Beethoven Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
- Brahms Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 and 2
- Chopin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 and 2
- Ravel Concerto in G major
- Rachmaninov Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 and 4, or Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
- Prokofiev Concerto for piano and orchestra No 2, 3 and 5
- Liszt Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 and 2
- Tchaikovsky Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
- Ligeti Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
And before the Grand Final concertos, a Mozart concerto, conducted from the piano bench. That should be mildly interesting!
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The guy I'm watching now, Dmitry Shishkin, is good. His hands are enormous. Even bigger than Valentina Lisitsa's, if that's possible.
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Ha! La Campanella, followed by Mozart Sonata K 331.
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The 12 finalists:
Michelle Candotti
Galina Chistiakova
Mehdi Ghazi
Maddalena Giacopuzzi
Rodolfo Leone
Maria Mazo
Fabian Müller
Mamikon Nakhapetov
Yutong Sun
Akihiro Sakiya
Oxana Schevchenko
Dmitry Shishkin
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Michelle Candotti is one of my favorites. And you?
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Michelle Candotti is one of my favorites. And you? I really like this recording. As well it is Liszt so critical judgment is a bit disarmed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idMmPi4d1UoThe description says "Michelle Candotti, 1996" which is a bit confusing - I think she would have been less than one year old then! But why does the piano have such a glassy tone in the Chopin concerto set as with the one below? That isn't the way to show performers to their best advantage! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-V2Ot3cW9EM.
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I started to, but got distracted - I hope to catch up a bit in the next day or so. Here's a link to the stream and archives, if people are interested. How to find it from the home page in English is a little odd... http://www.concorsobusoni.it/Stream/ That is a lot of music to stream in the archives! It will be interesting to see how it turns out. I'll be listening to some of the repertoire played by various hands - I just don't have time to hear all of it. Candotti is fantastic with the octaves of the Apres une Lecture du Dante, and as well the delicato sections. Anyhow, I'm not voting . . . and the other players are quite formidable, much that is positive about their playing too can be written . . . the pianist who I always think is most promising in the end and should win a competition never does. And I never identify who the particular pianist is because musicians are not supposed to criticize or comment upon each other in that way  M.
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I'm really liking Rodolfo Leone. Oops, just as I typed that he made a boo-boo in the Appassionata. Still, really like him.
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The commissioned piece by R. Saunders - "Shadow" seems like a yawner. I disliked the commissioned piece for the Cliburn too.
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I am watching at the moment as well . . .
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The commissioned piece by R. Saunders - "Shadow" seems like a yawner. I disliked the commissioned piece for the Cliburn too. What I would like to see is an improvisation section in the competitions. The pianists can improvise a composition or set of variations on a famous theme which is not disclosed until the start of the improvisation round. I could do it, and I think these pianists too could do it if they were to put their minds to it. I've listened to the remainder of Michelle Candotti's playing which is available, she has a range of colour and quality of piano tone I haven't heard in a very long time - I could enjoy hearing her do a full length solo recital and without any wavering of interest. If she were to take the Valentina Lisitsa approach with numerous youtube videos I think she would on that basis acquire quite a following in a relatively short period of time. M.
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I'm listening to the archived performances from earlier today. Still a big fan of Dmitry Shishkin.
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Hmm, Akihiro Sakiya's Reminiscences de Don Juan was way too messy. Lots of wrong notes.
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THE 6 FINALISTS ARE:
Galina Chistiakova
Maria Mazo
Rodolfo Leone
Fabian Müller
Akihiro Sakiya
Dmitry Shishkin
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Finals start today! Tue, Aug 27 2013 20:30 CEST (GMT +2) Galina Chistiakova W. A. Mozart n. 23 KV 488 Maria Mazo W. A. Mozart n. 21. KV 467 Rodolfo Leone W. A. Mozart n. 23 KV 488 Tomorrow, Fabian Müller Akihiro Sakiya Dmitry Shishkin Starting at 20.30 CET, i think that s 14.30 Eastern Time. http://www.concorsobusoni.it/Stream/
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Listening to Chistiakova now.
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Two of them are playing nº 23 today.
Here comes MarÃa.
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