The Chopin competition is soon underway in Warzaw, with the first rounds apparently starting this weekend.
The list of participants(post preliminary eliminations) is posted on the competition website. I don't recognize many names with the exception of Claire Huangci, Evgeny Bozhanov (of recent Cliburn competition fame) and Mei-Ting Sun.

See list here

The jury this year includes Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Bella Davidovich, Nikolai Lugansky, Piotr Paleczny and Philippe Entremont, among others.

Do they webcast any of the rounds usually? I have not followed it closely in prior years.

wow, Martha Argerich is on the jury?
I'm excited for this year's competition!

On youtube, I'm able to find videos from past competitions, so maybe they'll post them up after.

I like how about 75% are Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Who cares what race they are?

Anyone know if it's going to be streamed online?

Naomi Kudo was also a 2009 Cliburn contestant. Though I might be mistaken, I thought she was also a finalist at the 2005 Chopin... I guess you can re-enter?

I like that Lugansky is on the jury. His Chopin interpretations are superb and to my taste, (very romantic and expressive without gross rubato or sentimentalism.)

-Daniel

I don't see the name Lugansky on the jury list.
http://konkurs.chopin.pl/en/edition/xvi/jury/info

Gilbert is an excellent excellent pianist!!!! I've heard him many times.

I looked here , but it may not be a very legitimate website as it seems to have ads..

Somebody on their Facebook page asked whether it would be streamed live, and the response was that it would be.

I was thinking that it was a wonderful representation of pianists from around the world (except Africa :/)

I will be listening to the live streaming for sure!

Where can I find the live stream?!!!

I think it's very interesting and important how the face of piano playing has significantly changed fron 20-30 years ago. Do you know that at one time one could be arrested in China for playing the piano?

Some people have told me that I ought to be, the way I play.

I think that the live stream will be from Polish television. Here's their portal to their competition page and quite a lot of other things about Chopin. I am guessing (but it is only a guess) that the live stream will be found there, once it starts.

That website has a scathing article about a concert by Pogorelich in Warzaw earlier this year.. Click on Ivo's pic..

Interesting how they still welcome and highlight Argerich despite her walking away from the jury once.

Yea, I thought they would've banned bad girl Argerich.

Well, I am certainly looking forward to the live streaming!

Anyone know exactly if and when the live stream will start?

so sweet an sad at the same time, XXX

I don't, but I hope someone will announce it here....

It is the only legitimate website as it is the official one. According to it Lugansky is not on the list.



9:50 and then 16:50 local time being UTC+1 DST. It should be 1:50 and 8:50 UTC-6 (Central Time), and 3:50/10:50 UTC-8 (Pacific Time) accordingly.

Hopefuly I didn't mess up the calculations.


M.

Mati, which website are you referring to?? I am talking about the one you find when you click "here" in my post. Nikolai's name and picture are there.. Could you check it out please and let us know if this seems correct.. The truth may be in the polish version

Ah, sorry! I didn't notice your "here" link! I was referring to http://konkurs.chopin.pl website, which is the only official website for the competition. Yours seems like some kind of travel agency but has nothing to do with the competition authorities whatsoever.

Can someone figure out how the video work here?

http://www.tvp.pl/kultura/muzyka-powazna/chopin-english/xvi-piano-competition

I (from US)cannot see any video here but people can watch it from Japan. It leads to the message saying there is fee you have to pay?!

Hopefully the official site will start free streaming.

I get the same result no matter if I click on A's link, or M's link. Lugansky isn't listed anywhere that I see.

Click here


It may be an error though, since this is not the official website.. or may be NL withdrew..

recognize any of the participants??

Ah, not seen that site before. By participants do you mean the jurists? If so, yes, I recognize almost all of them (though I'd forgotten that Bella once looked that young haha).

no I meant the contestants.

I recognized most of the jurists (at least by name) except for Kevin Kenner (and the polish ones)

I only recognized Claire Huangci and Evgeny Bozhanov.