In Reply to: OK - sorry for the overkill! [nt] ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on October 28, 2015 at 01:39:06:
When Van Cliburn won the Tchaikovsky competition S. Richter was a judge. Hegave Van a 10 and nothing to anybody else. They told him he had to rank the performers. He refused and was never asked back to judge. He simply felt there was no real competition for Van Cliburn
Alan
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- RE: OK - sorry for the overkill! [nt] ;-) - ahendler 14:56:20 10/28/15 (4)
- I've heard about judges who do that - Chris from Lafayette 00:41:10 10/29/15 (1)
- RE: I've heard about judges who do that - Ivan303 07:21:25 10/29/15 (0)
- Was Van Cliburn that good? - Ivan303 18:32:22 10/28/15 (1)
- RE: Was Van Cliburn that good? - ahendler 19:40:02 10/28/15 (0)