3 Koreans, 2.5 Americans, 2 Germans in Reine Elisabeth violin finals
mainThe results were announced at midnight last night.
The finalists are:
Tobias Feldmann, 24, Germany
William Hagen, 22, USA
Kim Bomsori, 25, South Korea
Lee Ji Yoon, 22, South Korea
Lim Ji Young, 20, South Korea
Mohri Fumika, 21, Japan
Thomas Reif, 23, Germany
Kenneth Renshaw, 21, USA
Oleksii Semenenko, 26, Ukraine
Stephen Waarts, 18, Netherlands/USA
Wang Xiao, 28, China
Ching-Yi Wei, 20, Taiwan.
Another 12 who will bore us to death with the ever same concerti …all looking for a piece of the pie and if true to form all sounding alike and bringing nothing new to violin playing
except a different slant on old worn out works .
The purpose of competing is to convey as complete of a picture of your artistic statement as possible – for this reason, repertoire choices are carefully thought through to highlight many sides of your playing.
Thus, to substitute masterpieces like the Brahms/Sibelius/Tchaikovsky for some obscure concerto would be ludicrous. Sorry ’bout it.
To believe your observation is to believe the moon is made of green cheese
The purpose of competing that you point out is, in my opinion, all too often merely notional. Another verity is that “pleasing the jury” and “convincing the jury” are not synonymous; something some musicians forget at times.
Look out for Stephen Waarts, a sensitive musician who blew many away at the Montréal competition 2 years ago !