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so the Tchaikovsky Competition took place a while ago.

Categories were Singing, Piano, Violin, Cello .

here a link with a couple performances by the winners:

http://tch15.medici.tv/en/performance/great-hall-of-the-moscow-conservatory

CONCERT'S PROGRAM

Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 (Alexander Buzlov, Third Prize)

Tchaikovsky: Sentimental Waltz, Op. 51 No. 6 (Lucas Debargue, Fourth Prize)

Gounod - Juliette's waltz from the "Romeo et Juliette" (Mane Galoyan, Third prize)

Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, 3. Allegro ma non tanto (Alexandra
Conunova, Third Prize)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44, 3. Allegro con fuoco (Lukas Geniušas, Second Prize)

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, 3. Finale : Allegro vivacissimo (Clara-Jumi Kang, Fourth Prize)

Offenbach: Moska, Olympe aria from the opera "The Tales of Hoffmann" (Svetlana Moskalenko, Second Prize)

Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 125 (Alexander Ramm, Second Prize)

Puccini: Rodolfo's aria from La Bohème (Chuanyue Wang, Second Prize)

Tchaikovsky: Waltz-Scherzo in C Major, Op. 34 (Haik Kazazyan, Third Prize)

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26, 3. Allegro, ma non troppo (George Li, Second Prize)

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77, 4. Burlesque: Allegro con brio – Presto (Pavel Milyukov, Third Prize)

Tchaikovsky: Joan's aria from the opera "The Maid of Orleans" (Yulia Matochkina, First Prize)

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, 3. Tempo di Menuetto (Yu-Chien Tseng, Second Prize)

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107, 3. Cadenza, 4. Allegro con moto (Andrei Ionuț Ioniță, First Prize)

Rossini: Figaro's aria from the opera "The Barber of Seville" (Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, First Prize)

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26, 1. Andante - Allegro (Dmitry Masleev, 1st Prize)

overall poor level, sort of (in the Piano department at least), the three guys I watched, I'd say they even have bad technique, stiff shoulders, hands and wrist when playing cantabile/legato passages. didn't expect that.

Sure they play very fast and clean but heh,...

very cool from Lucas Geniusas to have the G major Tchaikovsky Concerto in his repertoire though, I love that 3rd movement. ,

 

[CD'S BAR]

got gergiev conducting. p.cool

 

[sphinx]

got gergiev conducting. p.cool

I hadn't seen gergiev in a while, hardly recognized him, nice to have him there in any case.

 

[Griegite]

very cool from Lucas Geniusas to have the G major Tchaikovsky Concerto in his repertoire though, I love that 3rd movement.

That is the superior Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto! In my opinion...

 

[sphinx]

That is the superior Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto! In my opinion...

absolutely agree, in every way.

 

[jb1234]

That is the superior Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto! In my opinion...

Not sure if it's superior but it's definitely technically harder to play. It's a shame it's not heard often.

 

[sphinx]

Not sure if it's superior but it's definitely technically harder to play. It's a shame it's not heard often.

I like both concerti for different reasons.

The second one sounds so happy and kind of naive, in a good way, I really appreciate that. It's nice music without trying too hard or overcomplicating things, the 3rd movement is fun all the way.

It probably helps that I don't listen to it as often, whereas the B flat minor is in the repertoire of most piano competitors,

and yeah, it's hard, the cadenza of the first movement has this "presitisisisisimo" at PPPP (pianisisisisimo) lol

 

[jb1234]

I like both concerti for different reasons.

The second one sounds so happy and kind of naive, in a good way, I really appreciate that. It's nice music without trying too hard or overcomplicating things, the 3rd movement is fun all the way.

It probably helps that I don't listen to it as often, whereas the B flat minor is in the repertoire of most piano competitors,

and yeah, it's hard, the cadenza of the first movement has this "presitisisisisimo" at PPPP (pianisisisisimo) lol

Yeah, #1 is way overdone. I get that the tunes are pretty but man. #2 has that amazing second movement (in its original version with the solos, at least).