Almost all Russians in Tchaikovsky voice competition
mainHere’s the women’s selection, just announced. Apart from China’s Xianglei Fang, Poland’s Ewa Tracz and Korea’s Eun Kyong Lim, they are almost all home grown. Fair?
UPDATE: Full list.
| Litvin, Anna | Russia |
| Pavlova, Natalya | Russia |
| Shishkova, Irina | Russia |
| Tracz, Ewa | Poland |
| Bazargurueva, Ayuna | Russia |
| Gulik, Maria | Russia |
| Teemets, Arete | Estonia |
| Starkova, Tatiana | Russia |
| Fang, Xianglei | China |
| Moskalenko, Svetlana | Russia |
| Kazaryan, Diana | Russia |
| Galoyan, Mane | Armenia |
| Fedorova, Anastasia | Russia |
| Vesenina, Antonina | Russia |
| Ablaeva, Emilia | Russia |
| Dushina, Evgenia | Russia |
| Matochkina, Yulia | Russia |
| Lim, Eun Kyong | South Korea |
| Protasova, Venera | Russia |
| Gaskarova, Gelena | Russia |
Men:
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You never know. Need to look at the application list first. Then at the quality of all of them.
Could be not too many westerners actually applied, since Russia is not the most attractive travel destination right now.
Russia certainly produces a LOT of vocal talent, just look at our opera stages.
Well…Think about it: Can non-Russians really “wail” à la Russe? Actually, they might be better off if they can’t.
Let’s try to make a point here and quote you in context:
“Think about it: Can non-Jews really “wail” like a Jew? Actually, they might be better off if they can’t.”
Got it? You think this kind of hate speech is acceptable concerning Russians? Because?
Can non-social justice warriors really “wail” like social justice warriors? Actually, they might be better off if they can’t.
Do you mean Russia or USSR?
Mane Galoyan (Armenia)
Arete Teemets (Estonia)
Some statistics:
There were 40 female singers auditioning, 9 of which are not from Russia (Russia, not USSR). 19 out of 40 were selected for round 1 (plus 1 invited singer, so 20 singers for round 1 in all).
Maths time:
Which number is larger? 9/40 or 5/20?
It’s just the vocal division of Tchaikovsky Competition is not as important and international a thing as, say, piano division. Plus, for singers, during this summer, there are 3 high-profile competitions, Tchaikovsky, BBC Cardiff, Operalia (all streamed worldwide). And they could choose not to compete but attend (high-profile) summer programs for young artists. Also Tchaikovsky is the one asks the largest program, and the only one requests singer to sing in Russian (one song each for round 1 and 2, plus one aria for final). This could be specially demanding for non-Russian background singers.
Wise comments from Peter and Yige Li. Before getting the Cold War started again, it might be well to remember Khrushchev’s reaction when Cliburn won the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. Appalled officials rushed to the Kremlin to ask him what they should do. “Was he the best?”, he asked. Yes. “Then give it to him.” But Yige has the best grasp on this. Yige’s obviously a voice specialist. I’m piano, violin, and conducting. Most notably, though, none of us were there to hear the competitors sing. I find that always beneficial before making a judgement or hinting at skulduggery.
Has anyone British tried any of the competitions?
There is one British pianist. That’s all.
Apparently This voice competition is a contest between students of Mariinsky Academy of Young opera singers (headed by Larisa Gergieva, Valery’s sister) & the rest!
Just face the truth!They are just better than the rest!Better trained,better prepared and vocally equipped,more professionally experienced.After 30 years of coaching singers i can tell you that.We should learn from that and improve our teaching systems.Conspiracy theories don´t help here.
Instead of conspiracy-paranoia theories, you guys should listen to broadcasts on medici and then criticize – the level of performance, not politics…