Tchaikovsky Competition struggles to form a jury

The Russian government yesterday approved plans to hold the 17th Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow from June 19 to July 1, 2023.

The organising committee co-chair Valry Gerviev said: ‘I believe that the Tchaikovsky Competition has a historic chance to accept apolitically minded bright young musicians, and they only need to think about music, about the profession, about the future, about the composer, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Brahms , Bach. Please. Choose an instrument, there will be an objective jury.’

Ahem.

In a separate message, the Directorate of the Competition said that ‘when the names of the jury members and the participants who passed the qualifying round will be announced, the delay in publishing this information will be explained.’

There is less than a week to go.