Tchaikovsky violin results: South Korean beats Russians and Chinese

Tchaikovsky violin results: South Korean beats Russians and Chinese

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norman lebrecht

June 30, 2023

The violin contest yielded a small surprise:
I Prize and Gold Medal – Gyehee Kim (South Korea)
II Prize and Silver Medal – Ravil Islyamov (Russia)
III Prize and Bronze Medal – Chaowen Luo (China), Daniil Kogan, (Russia), Elena Tarosyan (Russia)
IV prize and Diploma- Yiying Jiang (China)

Comments

  • Gerry Feinsteen says:

    “Seeing all of the results it’s clear the non-Korean jury colluded to award prizes to Koreans.” Right.

    Who’d have thought this edition of Tchaikovsky Competition would have returned the minimally controversial results? V Gergiev! We are onto you

  • Zarathusa says:

    Yea Gyehee! Way to go, SOUTH Korea!

  • Affreux Jojo says:

    She and her teacher were the first surprised and stunned upon hearing it.
    No kidding this jury waited till 10:45pm to produce their egg in front of a virtually empty hall…
    The full audience, some moved to tears, who just gave a lengthy standing ovation to the exquisite music making from the final participant would have likely gasped for air!

  • Sue Sonata Form says:

    South Korea punches well above its weight. We will hear much more from that country’s music students.

    • Brettermeier says:

      I wonder how much more we’ll hear from the jury.

      Probably a chain gang in Siberia by now. 😀

  • Rudolph says:

    Imagine how much better she just have been to convince all these Russian Chinese juries…

  • Kim says:

    shame for participation in the competition sponsored by terrorist state.

  • Robert Holmén says:

    A three-way split for third?

    It seems *incredible* that three could come up with identical scores from a broad panel of judges.

  • A retired musician says:

    Congratulations to Kim! Well deserved. The level of contestants was very low this time. Almost similar to the 1990 & 1994 editions.
    Good for those who had the courage to participate. I remember Elena Tarosyan from Khachaturian competition many years ago (2015?). She was of of the bests but they didn’t let her advance to finals to let a favorite win that year. Did I mention Mr. Tadevosyan was head of the jury that year?

    Reminder:

    https://slippedisc.com/2015/06/claims-of-jury-rigging-at-international-violin-competition/

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