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In Reply to: RE: The Leeds Competition - it's a happening thing posted by Chris from Lafayette on September 09, 2021 at 13:08:08
A rather nerdly looking bunch. . .
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Three of the four finalists in the Cleveland competition were women..... (And I thought the weakest of the four performers was the one male performer.) I guess it's the luck of the draw..........
I've talked to pianists who do competitions and they had stories to tell about how finalists were picked. Elements in play included who taught whom. There was a whiff of deals being made. This is of course anecdotal and something we're not likely to ever know. Again, competitions are different and juries are different.
In this case I agree with "luck of the draw". I don't think the finalists were necessarily the best for sheer musicality and musical personality. Some are pretty bland musically. They were probably the most media friendly and crowd pleasing. I think looks even come into it as well as stage manner. Possibly even nationality. Who knows.
I enjoyed Dmytro Choni - he's a possible winner. He seems to have the musicality as well as the pianism.
I frankly don't know why Thomas Kelly is in the finals. Home boy?
Alim Beisembayev always seems a bit mechanical to me, though he has good chops. Pianism is there, but I find him too bland musically. Boring to be more precise.
Looking forward to the other two finalists who were both pretty good in the preceding rounds.
Listening to the Brahms as I write - the last performance of the final. For me the three winners are:
Dmytro Choni (28,Ukraine) — Beethoven, Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Kaito Kobayashi (25,Japan) — Bartók, Concerto No. 3 in E, Sz. 119
Ariel Lanyi (23,Israel) - Brahms, Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op.83
I'd be happy for any of them to win, but I'm guessing Ariel Lanyi will take it.
He played a good Brahms 2, and I think a big work like this is effective in competition.
Dark horse is Choni - his Beethoven 3 was very nice. He has a future I think.
Kobayashi is already working with some known musicians so he's on his way.
I'll be very interested to see who wins - I've followed quite a lot of this.
I put Dmytro Choni (28,Ukraine) Kaito Kobayashi (25,Japan) and Ariel Lanyi (23,Israel) as my top three, and in the end they came 2, 3 and 4.
I find Alim Beisambayev pretty boring, despite his wonderful pianism. For me he doesn't have what it takes to be a really top pianist - a really superior concept of the architecture of a piece, and how to deliver that with contrast and appropriate phrasing. For me he's bland - he doesn't have that overall concept and architecture. I switch off.
Everyone else seems to love him. I think probably Kaito Kobayashi should have won - he did win the chamber prize, and he has made some well-known musical friends for future gigs.
. . . to any of these performances. I think your picks were pretty good in the sense that your 1, 2, and 3, picks were actually 2, 3, and 4. That's some pretty good picking - congrats!
I only got my computer system back up and working (with the new speakers) a few days ago. But at least I'm ready for the Warsaw Chopin Competition next month! ;-)
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