No shocks in latest Tchaikovsky picks
NewsThe singers who passed into the third round are mostly Russian:
Konstantin Fedotov, Russia
Gleb Peryazev, Russia
Zinaida Tsarenko, Russia
Igor Morozov, Russia
Zhenxiang Hong, China
Albina Tonkikh, Belarus
Aleksander Mikhailov, Russia
Jihoon Son, South Korea
Maksim Lisiin, Russia
Roman Shirokikh, Russia
Liwei Hou, China
Inho Jeong, South Korea
Olga Maslova, Russia
Polina Shabunina, Russia
The woodwind third round likewise:
Ning Yuening (China)
Kim Ye Sung (South Korea)
Xie Zonglin (China)
Viland Sofia (Russia)
Osver Fyodor (Russia)
Palumbo Augusto Velio (Italy)
Zhuravskiy Lev (Russia)
Komarova Anna (Russia)
Like Khrushchev, who famously asked the jury head in 1958 if Van Cliburn was “the best”- and if so, give him the gold- I’m sure Putin is doing the same here.
Rather like the 1980 Olympics in the same city.
Apparently, Putin wants to make absolutely sure a Russian citizen is the winner, or at least second place in EVERY category. For EVERY foreigner, there’s a Russian contestant to off-set that person.
or get a non-russian winner to pretend it to be a genuine “international” competition (korean-chinese participations) or one of the sanctoning western countries even
Dies anybody know who actually went there and participated from other countries? Who would even want to???
There are several contestants with African heritage so it’s more diverse than it appears on the surface.
The “fix” is in! Russians win all categories! Naz drove yuh! Too bad Putin has no musical talent; he could perform barechested!!!
Actually many Chinese (2) and a S. Korean plus an Italian in woodwinds.
To be fair, there were f.e. many woodwind players from Russia, which is not surprising under these circumstances. Apart from that, the level of classical music in Russia is very high, you don’t need special circumstances for many entries from this country to go far. Sofia Viland in particular is a very capable musician, she was already in the final in the last competition with an international jury in 8th place; since then she has had many performances and will certainly not only get further because three of her colleagues are on the jury, which of course should not be the case, but again is due to the circumstances. One can now discuss whether the 2023 competition should take place at all (my opinion: no; the constant statements on the part of the organisation to emphasise common musical language, friendliness and internationality seems like a morbid Potemkin village), but to sweepingly suggest that every win by a Russian musician is not okay per se is also wrong.
Shame to all feeding gergiev&matsuev putin regime puppets.