In Reply to: Why Katie Liu did not win the Chopin Competition posted by Chris from Lafayette on October 27, 2015 at 00:38:53:
Honestly, I haven't had time to listen to the competition at all. But I just looked at the scoring records (thanks for the link).
Looks to me like Ms Liu didn't win because she didn't get high enough scores from enough of the judges. You can single out Martha Argerich if you like, but 6 other judges scored her below at 7 or lower. That's not a glowing endorsement from the panel.
In comparison, Mr Cho scored 9s and 10s from all but one judge, and Mr Richard-Hamelin scored 8-10 on most cards. The panel as a whole seemed pretty much in agreement that these were the two best performers in that round. That seems like consensus to me.
I hope I'll be able to listen to some of these performances, if my personal schedule lightens up.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
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- RE: Why Katie Liu did not win the Chopin Competition - Amphissa 05:31:59 10/27/15 (7)
- RE: Why Katie Liu did not win the Chopin Competition - rbolaw 10:05:50 10/27/15 (0)
- Of course you're right - I was taking a bit of a "silliness" tack - Chris from Lafayette 10:00:21 10/27/15 (5)
- RE: Of course you're right - I was taking a bit of a "silliness" tack - Amphissa 16:11:59 10/27/15 (4)
- RE: Of course you're right - I was taking a bit of a "silliness" tack - David Smith 10:42:19 10/29/15 (0)
- Adam Harasiewicz, a previous winner, was a pretty successful performing artist too - Chris from Lafayette 00:29:07 10/28/15 (0)
- RE: Of course you're right - I was taking a bit of a "silliness" tack - rbolaw 16:27:46 10/27/15 (1)
- One juror they perhaps could have done without was John Rink - Chris from Lafayette 00:46:18 10/28/15 (0)