Anyone following the Tchaikovsky competition?

[Klaus]

https://www.youtube.com/@tch-2023

I'm, once more, baffled by the amount of repertoire these pianists are expected to play during the competition.

First round, 40-50 minutes of solo repertoire.
Second round, 50-60 minutes of solo repertoire.
Third round, two (!!) full piano concertos.

I need many weeks of practice for a mediocre rendition of a 5 minute piece. How can these kids learn that much repertoire on that professional level? I find that really impressive.

[Axtremus]

@Klaus said in Anyone following the Tchaikovsky competition?:

How can these kids learn that much repertoire on that professional level?

Prodigies.

[Horace]

They are good at piano.

[Copper]

They appear to be good at just about everything.

[LuFins Dad]

Gold - Sergei Davydchenko

Link to video

Silver - George Harliono

Link to video

Silver - Angel Wang

Link to video

Bronze - Ilya Papoyan

Link to video

4th - Xuanyi Mao

Link to video

There were 3 other finalists, but they were all losers that don't fit my narrative.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Anyone following the Tchaikovsky competition?:

they were all losers that don't fit my narrative.

[Larry mode]

They didn't play a banjo?

[/Larry mode]