Dreary outcome at the Tchaikovsky Competition

There were four exciting finalists in the piano contest, the only one that really matters.

The winner was not one of them. He ticked all the boxes, was a safe choice, and Russian besides. He never set the hall or the audience alight.

Results:

I prize and gold medal: Dmitry Masleev

II prize and silver medal: Lucas Geniušas; George Li

III prize and bronze medal: Sergei Redkin; Daniel Kharitonov

IV prize: Lucas Debargue

Once again no first prize was awarded in the violin section. The judges showed unbelievable indecision by splitting the bronze medal into three:

I prize and gold medal: –

II prize and a silver medal: Tseng, Yu-Chien

III prize and bronze medal: Kazazyan, Haik; Conunova, Alexandra; Milyukov, Pavel

IV prize: Kang, Clara-Jumi

V prize: Kim, Bomsori

Nor was there anything to get excited about in the cello section:

I prize and gold medal: Ioniță, Andrei

II prize and silver medal: Ramm, Alexander

III prize and bronze medal: Alexander, Buzlov

IV prize: Ferrández, Pablo

V prize: Kang Seung Min

VI prize: Roozeman, Jonathan