Spaniard wins Rubinstein Competition
mainA young Spaniard, Juan Perez Floristan, won the Rubinstein Piano Competition last night after final concerts in Tel Aviv with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Second was Shiori Kuwahara from Japan. In third place was Cunmo Yin from China.
Floristan’s girst prize is worth $40,000. He also took away the audience prize and further awards for best Beethoven concerto, best Israeli piece and best chamber music.
He looks like a runaway winner.
The competition needs a personality, having not see a storming winner since Daniil Trifonov edged out Boris Giltburg in 2011. On-the-spot observers tell us that Floristan is a crowd pleaser with star quality.
Here he is playing Ligeti concerto. That’s already a good start – him playing interesting repertoire like this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aohWDYdUelc
Trifonov won both Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky in same year. Try to top that.
On the other hand, Lang Lang and Yuja never won a competition.
This guy won Santander and is already performing with major orchestras. He is a rising star…
Honestly nobody cares about online competitions right now.