Second judge quits the Tchaikovsky contest

Second judge quits the Tchaikovsky contest

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norman lebrecht

June 27, 2011

Vladimir Ashkenazy is out, with a gastric infection – possibly the effect of too much long-distance travel. Shame, he was really looking forward to returning to the scene of his early torture and triumph.

He joins Nelson Freire on the sicklist. Nelson’s recovering from exhaustion.

The finals start tonight.

photo: allegro films

Comments

  • Anne S says:

    I was looking forward to seeing Mr. Ashkenazy. Wonderful pianist .
    Mr Lebrecht, you have no comment on the Mark Gorenstein saga??

  • I have heard nothing more about the Gorenstein comment from either side

  • Kapell says:

    What exactly did Gorenstein say to the cellist (? ) ? Thanks.

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