To win this piano competition, you need elbows … and feet

To win this piano competition, you need elbows … and feet

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norman lebrecht

June 25, 2014

This is a performance of the Aaron Jay Kernis ‘Superstar Etude #1’ at the World Piano Competition in Cinicinnati. The player is semi-finalist Reed Tetzloff, from Minneapolis.

Do not try this at home.

 reed tetzloff

The other semi-finalists are: eng Bian, Moye Chen, Sung-Soo Cho, Sangyoung Kim, Anastasiya Naplekova.

Comments

  • Martin says:

    Funny piece. Like it…
    Here is less forced performance:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO20Wd8wOIA

  • Theodore McGuiver says:

    I love Aaron Jay Kernis’s music. I wish he were better known over here in Europe.

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