7 Juilliard students in China finals
mainWhen China announced a world-record $150,000 piano prize last month, concerns were raised that members of the jury, chaired by Juilliard’s Yoheved Kaplinsky, might favour their own students.
Today, the list of 22 finalists was released.
Among them are seven pianists who are, or were, students at Juilliard.
The competition has issued an assurance that no student of any jury member has been invited.
Here’s the list:
THE COMPETITORS
Alim Beisembayev (Kazakhstan)
Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory
Royal Academy of Music, London
Leonardo Colafelice (Italy)
Bari Conservatory of Music “N. Piccinni”
Anna Dmytrenko (USA)
Universität der Künste, Berlin
Royal Academy of Music, London
The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division
Giuseppe Guarrera (Italy)
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin
Barenboim-Said Akademie, Berlin
Anna Han (USA)
The Juilliard School
New Century Conservatory, Arizona
Honggi Kim (South Korea)
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt-am-Main
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich
Korea National University of Arts
Bowen Li (China)
China Conservatory of Music
Alexander Malofeev (Russia)
Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music
Mackenzie Melemed (USA)
The Juilliard School
Sandro Nebieridze (Georgia)
Tbilisi State Conservatory
Luka Okros (Georgia)
Royal College of Music, London
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Linzi Pan (China)
The Juilliard School
Curtis Institute of Music
Changyong Shin (South Korea)
Curtis Institute of Music
The Juilliard School
Dmitry Shishkin (Russia)
Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Andrei Shychko (Belarus)
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Belarussian State Academy of Music, Minsk
Hans H. Suh (South Korea)
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
Columbia-Juilliard Exchange Program
Mannes College of Music Preparatory Division
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev (Russia)
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Anastasia Vorotnaya (Russia)
Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, Madrid
Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory
Rio Xiang (Australia)
Oberlin Conservatory
Tony Yike Yang (Canada)
Harvard University-New England Conservatory of Music Program
Oberlin Conservatory
Jialin Yao (China)
China Conservatory of Music
Tony Yun (Canada)
The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division
And the jury:
Li-guang Wang, president of the China International Music Competition, chairman of the Global Music Education League, and president of the China Conservatory of Music
Yoheved Kaplinsky, chairman of the jury of the First China International Music Competition, chairperson of the Piano Department and artistic director of the Pre-College Division, The Juilliard School
Dmitri Alexeev, piano professor at the Royal College of Music
Jan Jiracek von Arnim, artistic director and chairman of the jury of the International Beethoven Piano Competition
Lydia Artymiw, professor of piano at the University of Minnesota
Boris Berman, head of the Piano Department, Yale School of Music
Michel Béroff, pianist and conductor
Fabio Bidini, piano chair at the Colburn School
Warren Jones, pianist, conductor, and renowned operatic vocal coach
Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, jury chairman of the International Chopin Piano Competition
Arie Vardi, artistic advisor and chairman of the jury of the Arthur Rubinstein International Master Competition
It is sad that UK competitors are absent from this and the other recent lists, though a number have studied in the London conservatoires.
To believe this is about music is to be naive.
The more the denials the more suspect .It
is the nature of the beast .
and which axe are you grinding?
No axe grinding ..just informed observation.
If no student of jury can enter, why is there Dmitry Shishkin’s name?
According to the Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover on 12 Nov 2018:
“Der Pianist Dmitry Shishkin, Student der Soloklasse bei Prof. Arie Vardi, hat am 8. November 2018 einen von zwei 1. Preisen im Internationalen Musikwettbewerb Concours de Genève gewonnen.”
Apparently, either the school or the pianist is lying.
So the Kaplinsky-Vardi mafia are at it again: Mediocre pianists themselves, they have been manipulating the Rubinstein & Cliburn competitions for years now.
There are always lots of pianists from Juilliard in big international competitions. Should they have excluded Juilliard students/ alumni from this one?
That’s not so much the case anymore.
As a member of the Juilliard Ass’n, I’ve heard some astounding piano students in recital or concerto performances there. Are they to be penalized simply because Veda Kaplinsky is chair of Juilliard’s piano dept. and its pre-college division? It seems this blog’s Kaplinsky-bashing knows no bounds.
No competent competition administrator would hire the Juilliard piano department chair as a juror. It’s just common sense.
No ethical piano-department chair or faculty member of a major conservatory would accept an invitation to sit on an international competition jury. Certainly Rosina Lhevinne never sat on such juries.
Without knowing Kaplinsky, your questioning of her ethics is – unethical.
B.S.
Expecting integrity in 2019?
Since none of Kaplinsky’s pupils are playing this is nothing but a red herring.
Judging from major international competitions and the careers of the youngest pianists today, Juilliard is not a dominant piano school anymore. That’s why it’s concerning to see so many Juilliard students in this competition.
ALl those competitions are no different than dog shows, or beauty contests. ALL FIXED! That’s why most, if lucky, get a teaching job someplace. Has little to do with ART or MUSICIANSHIP. Look at the jury. Name 1 artist on it. That’s why its called the MUSIC BUSINESS! Nothing new. Remember EGOROV?
There are indeed 2 very fine artists on this Jury: Michel Beroff & Lydia Artymiw. Both have performed throughout the world with distinguished conductors and have recorded extensive discographies.