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In Reply to: RE: And here are the actual results. . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 01, 2015 at 10:29:05
Actually, Debargue was awarded 4th Prize.
After Masleev's Tchaikowsky the audience went wild with rhythmic clapping. He refrained from taking a second bow. Clearly a crowd favorite, as was Li.
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The only two pianists I thought had something a bit more special were Geniusas for his Bach and Beethoven (vary nuanced, shades of Wm. Kempff...) and Debargue - a wonderful Gaspard.
I've since been listening to Geniusas' Liszt Sonata on YT which I like. Debargue's jazz piano is rather painful, but I'm sure he enjoys it, like Samson Francois used to.
The rest I thought were pretty mediocre, especially the Russians. Sounds like Putin said "I want our boy to win this year" and this was an offer which could not be refused.
I think it's rather high-handed of you to characterize everyone except Geniusas and Debargue as "pretty mediocre". I don't agree with that assertion at all. Kharitonov and George Li mediocre? Really?
BTW, there were a couple of Russian language sites that covered the competition - someone on Google groups published a Google translation of juror (and former winner) Denis Matsuev's comment on one of those sites:
"All the musicians of the jury is [are] different, everyone has their own views, and each vote[s] as it [he] sees fit. I hope to publish the lists of jury voting, and everyone will see who and how to vote. We have nothing to hide: no one is pulled [coerced?], not has engaged not incited. But I am sure that each of our six laureates will be [a] profound musician and will find its [his] place on the stage. . . "
There was an earlier comment to the effect that the jurors who marked down Debargue were not the Russian judges, but the Western judges! And if you've read my posts about the competition, you'll see that neither Madeline nor I would have elected to award a medal to Debarge, as excellently as he played SOME of his repertoire.
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