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18th International Chopin Competition

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  • S SD Tav
    22 Jul 2021, 21:39

    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.

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    I think he's a candidate to advance to the finals.

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    Axtremus
    wrote on 23 Jul 2021, 00:54 last edited by
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    @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
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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!

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      • A Axtremus
        24 Jul 2021, 10:03

        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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        wrote on 24 Jul 2021, 17:10 last edited by Klaus
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        @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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          24 Jul 2021, 10:03

          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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          SD Tav
          wrote on 24 Jul 2021, 20:50 last edited by
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          @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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            wrote on 13 Oct 2021, 21:34 last edited by
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            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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              SD Tav
              wrote on 18 Oct 2021, 16:35 last edited by
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              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.
              Chopin competition web site

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                Mik
                wrote on 18 Oct 2021, 16:45 last edited by
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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.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  Axtremus
                  wrote on 21 Oct 2021, 00:37 last edited by
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                  Final results:
                  https://chopin2020.pl/en/news/article/437/the-winner-of-the-18th-chopin-competition!

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                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on 21 Oct 2021, 01:35 last edited by
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                    I think Ms. Kobayashi deserved a bit higher of a placement…

                    The Brad

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                      21 Oct 2021, 01:35

                      I think Ms. Kobayashi deserved a bit higher of a placement…

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                      wrote on 21 Oct 2021, 01:39 last edited by
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                      @lufins-dad said in 18th International Chopin Competition:

                      I think Ms. Kobayashi deserved a bit higher of a placement…

                      Have Kirk reprogram it

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