18th International Chopin Competition
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From today's competitors....here's Boao Zhang (18 years old!) playing what most pianists consider to be the hardest etude, Op. 10 No. 2. Knocks it off with ease.
Link to video
I think he's a candidate to advance to the finals.wrote on 22 Jul 2021, 21:50 last edited by@sd-tav said in 18th International Chopin Competition:
the hardest etude, Op. 10 No. 2.
There are more rankings of Chopin Etude difficulty than Etudes, but I've never seen anyone propose 10/2 for the top spot.
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@sd-tav said in 18th International Chopin Competition:
the hardest etude, Op. 10 No. 2.
There are more rankings of Chopin Etude difficulty than Etudes, but I've never seen anyone propose 10/2 for the top spot.
wrote on 22 Jul 2021, 22:20 last edited by@klaus Here's an interesting ranking of all of the etudes
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[Chopin Etudes](
He does mention Op. 10 Nos. 1 and 2 (I agree!) and Op. 25 No. 6. the double thirds one is a real b*tch! I can only play it at half tempo. -
wrote on 22 Jul 2021, 22:26 last edited by
I would never have guessed he's only 18, I mean if I walked by him on the street.
I haven't studied the etudes enough to have a strong ranking viewpoint, but agree that 10/2 is a bear.
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From today's competitors....here's Boao Zhang (18 years old!) playing what most pianists consider to be the hardest etude, Op. 10 No. 2. Knocks it off with ease.
Link to video
I think he's a candidate to advance to the finals.wrote on 23 Jul 2021, 00:54 last edited by@sd-tav said in 18th International Chopin Competition:
Boao Zhang (18 years old!) playing […] etude, Op. 10 No. 2. Knocks it off with ease.
Went listen because you called out him out. Agree with you assessment that he knocked Op.10 #2 out of the park; that performance was divine.
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wrote on 24 Jul 2021, 10:03 last edited by
The list of competitors who advanced to Stage 1 has been posted.
The preliminary round eliminated half of the competitors. A little over 2/3 of competitors from China advanced. Just a bit less than half of Japan’s competitors advanced. Amazingly, 15 out of 16 competitors from Poland advanced!
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The list of competitors who advanced to Stage 1 has been posted.
The preliminary round eliminated half of the competitors. A little over 2/3 of competitors from China advanced. Just a bit less than half of Japan’s competitors advanced. Amazingly, 15 out of 16 competitors from Poland advanced!
wrote on 24 Jul 2021, 17:10 last edited by Klaus@axtremus said in 18th International Chopin Competition:
Amazingly, 15 out of 16 competitors from Poland advanced!
Quick, let's turn this into a partisan issue such that we know whether to condemn or defend this.
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The list of competitors who advanced to Stage 1 has been posted.
The preliminary round eliminated half of the competitors. A little over 2/3 of competitors from China advanced. Just a bit less than half of Japan’s competitors advanced. Amazingly, 15 out of 16 competitors from Poland advanced!
wrote on 24 Jul 2021, 20:50 last edited by@axtremus Of course the Polish competitors advanced. They could understand the application!
I'm looking forward to watching the finals in October. A piano friend told me she hopes to be able to attend the competition in Warsaw. I said, "you do realize that the competitors mostly play Chopin?" She slammed the piano lid on my fingers!
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topic:timeago-later,3 months
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wrote on 13 Oct 2021, 21:34 last edited by
Not sure if anyone is following this. The subsequent rounds of this competition is taking place now, Oct.3 to Oct.16, then the final from Oct.18-20.
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wrote on 18 Oct 2021, 16:35 last edited by
The 12 finalists have been announced. They will compete this week to determine the winner. Should be interesting! There are really fine players in this group.
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@axtremus said in 18th International Chopin Competition:
@klaus said in 18th International Chopin Competition:
One thing this competition reminds me of: I don't really like most of the Mazurkas. Does anyone? I like almost everything else from Chopin, but the Mazurkas don't work for me.
The Mazurkas are where Chopin went full Polish, they are more "ethnic music" than "classical music", so I supposed from that standpoint it does not surprise me that the Mazurkas do not appeal to the non-Poles the same way the other Chopin pieces do.
What little I listened to, skipping around, was impressive technically and expressively.
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I think Ms. Kobayashi deserved a bit higher of a placement…
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I think Ms. Kobayashi deserved a bit higher of a placement…
wrote on 21 Oct 2021, 01:39 last edited by@lufins-dad said in 18th International Chopin Competition:
I think Ms. Kobayashi deserved a bit higher of a placement…
Have Kirk reprogram it