Last woman left in Leeds finals
mainThe Leeds Piano Competition finalists are:
Aljoša Jurinić (Croatia, aged 29).
He will play Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor, K491 (Friday 14 September, 7pm)
Anna Geniushene (Russia, aged 27).
She will play Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26 (Friday 14 September, 7.50pm)
Mario Häring (Germany, aged 28)
He will play Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 (Friday 14 September, 9pm)
Xinyuan Wang (China, aged 23)
He will play Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 (Saturday 15 September, 7pm)
Eric Lu (USA, aged 20)
He will play Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, Op.58 (Saturday 15 September, 7.50pm)
Yawn…… So much for the “innovative” list containing the likes of Bartok 3, Ravel and Rach 4. Not a chance I will be watching any of these.
Oh come on – nothing could be more innovative than to play the Beethoven 4th Concerto in G Minor!
Especially if it is played like the Italian winner in 2012. It was outstanding and played with the phrasing of a good singer.
Not Eric Lu. I walk out of recital of this over-hyped mediocre pianist in San Francisco.
True. That would be an impressive trick.
Especially if on purpose. I’ve accidentally veered into g minor. And F# major/minor, and Ab major…
What is the agenda behind that headline?
Sadly, the woman who was worthy of reaching the final , Tamila from Uzbekistan, has not done so . The defining quality of the one who has done so was that she could play Chopin’s Op.10 studies faster than I have ever heard it, and then,having reached the semifinal, crashed her way through Pictures at an Exhibition. Spare me…….
Sorry, I have got the wrong lady . The Russian woman who has reached the final really made no impression on me at all, either positive or negative
For what it’s worth I thought she was excellent. Who did you like?
The 2 who made it into the last 10 that I thought worthy of doing so were Tamila Salimdjanova , and , with rather more reservations, Eric Lu . Of the 24 2nd round contestants who did not make it into the last 10 , I thought the outstanding one was Andrej Wierinski with Yuenfan Yang also an outstanding talent
Man or woman? Who cares? Just make music as it was intended. No point havong quotas.
Exactly. I’m new on here, but I’ve detected a decided “Millenial” bias to the reporting.
Exactly..
The Leeds Competition has seen self-praising publicity announcements, and less memorable piano playing. The event certainly hasn’t taken off. We can still hope for the finals.
Again with your “not enough women”?
Is that really all you can talk about when it’s about a competition? No other aspects to talk about?
Really. Enough of the headlines about women. I am a woman and it gets tiring!
Also while we are speaking about “minorities in classical music”, I would like to point out that many of your headlines/stories about the true minorities in classical music, especially the black and Latino ones, tend to have a bit of a racist overtone to them. I’d say even more so the ones for black musicians than those for Latinos. Your stories about Asians do also often have a bit of a stereotype to them but not as blatant as the aforementioned ones.
I am not a conservative or a racial minority, but I do appreciate fairness in the news that I consume. Please look at the stuff you put out!