| Screening Auditions in... New York, New York! |
Wednesday February 13, 2013 |
After Hong Kong, Hannover, Moscow, and Milan, the final two cities of the Screening Auditions are New York and Fort Worth.
132 candidates were invited to participate in the Screening Auditions. So far we have heard 72 candidates; now we have 52 more candidates to go--32 in NY, 20 in Fort Worth, plus 4 candidates on DVD. 4 candidates withdrew from the auditions for a total of 132.
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| Last day in Milan, back to Texas! |
Saturday January 26, 2013 |
After three weeks, we have heard a total of 72 pianists in four cities. That means a lot of Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Ravel. At the end of the entire auditions (we still have New York and Fort Worth to go!), I will make a "Competition Repertoire 101" list, which means all of the "big piano pieces" that you will listen to in any competition: for instance Liszt Sonata, Rachmaninoff Second Sonata, Gaspard de la nuit by Ravel, etc.
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| Moscow under the Snow |
Monday January 21, 2013 |
It has been a wonderful few days in Moscow. For some of us (Andrea and myself) seeing Moscow under snow was a real pleasure. For others, the snowing part and the freezing part was NOT on their personal agenda… :)
Even if I do not talk about the candidates, let's talk briefly about their repertoire. The choice of repertoire says a lot about their personality, skills, sensibility as an artist, and vision.
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