French violinist brings Thibaud back from the dead
mainRenaud Capucon has succeeded in reviving one of the more respected international competitions, the Long Thibaud, after it ran out of cash two years ago.
Founded in 1943 and named after a mediocre pianist and a fine violinist, the competition’s winners include Samson Francois, Dmitri Bashkirov, Jean-Philippe Collard, Philippe Entremont, Christian Ferras, Peter Frankl, György Pauk, Vladimir Spivakov, Cédric Tiberghien and Tamás Vásáry – an intriguing mix of French and East European talent.
Capucon will chair the jury of the revived competition this November.
Marguerite Long a “mediocre pianist”?…
+1 …what to say? Just try this (for example…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xm6Nw6EzVI
… but maybe they still prefer looking at Buniatishvili…
And not to forget:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Vdq9Nb0YI
By the way, the conductor of this legendarian recording is not Ravel but the portuguese Pedro de Freitas Branco. Nevertheless, Ravel dedicated this Concerto to Marguerite Long, who also premiered it in Paris in January 1932, with the composer on the podium.
This is great news, Renaud!
==mediocre pianist
No, no, no. Disappointed with this comment
Norman is entitled not to think much of a pianist, even one the readers of his blog like. We all have our own tastes and foibles.