Aleksander Gadžijev srebrni nagrajenec Chopinovega tekmovanja v Varšavi in najboljši interpret sonate

Z večernim tretjim nastopom po štirih finalistov v treh dneh s simfoničnim orkestrom Varšavske nacionalne filharmonije pod dirigentskim vodstvom Andrzeja Boreyka se je končalo XVIII. Chopinovo tekmovanje, najprestižnejše in najbolj množično ter posledično najdlje trajajoče svetovno soočenje in tekmovanje pianistov iz mnogih držav, tako iz Evrope, Azije, ZDA, Kanade… Sledijo še trije večeri s koncerti prvih treh nagrajenih pianistov ter uradno podelitvijo nagrad v varšavski Nacionalni operi.

Aleksander Gadžijev si je razdelil drugo mesto z japonskim pianistom Kyoheiem Sorito

Zmagovalec tekmovanja je Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu iz Kanade. Aleksander Gadžijev si je razdelil drugo mesto, a bil hkrati najboljši interpret sonate, kar ga postavlja na prvo mesto, saj zmagovalec ni prejel nobene nagrade za najboljšo izvedbo, ne mazurke, ne sonate, ne koncerta. Zakaj je potem zmagal ? Žirija ni podelila nagrade za najboljšo izvedbo poloneze.

Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu

Razglasitev rezultatov tekmovanja je bila napovedana za 23.30 v Dorani ogledal Nacionalne filharmonije ob prisotnosti vseh dvanajstih finalistov tekmovanja in akreditiranih novinarjev, a le do izpolnjenih reduciranih kapacitet spričo pandemije in posebnih zdravstvenih ukrepov. V resnici se je razglasitev rezultatov zavlekla krepko čez polnoč in začela ob 2.10 zjutraj, kar pomeni, da so bile za žirijo vse odločitve zelo težke. Skupaj pa so vendarle podelili osem nagrad.

Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu iz Kanade je zmagovalev XVIII. Chopinovega tekmovanja v Varšavi

Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu

Igral je Prvi klavirski koncert v e-molu op. 11

Paradoks je, da zanj ni dobil posebne nagrade

Dominantnost našega pianista

Iz številnih komentarjev, ki so se zvrščali ob posnetkih koncertov, ni bilo mogoče razbrati, kdo bi bil zanesljiv zmagovalec, kar pomeni, da je bilo kar nekaj ali vsaj šest do osem pianistov vrhunskih. Te pa se da z delitvijo nagrad uvrstiti od prvega do šestega mesta z dodeljenimi denarnimi nagradami. Tako so nagradili rekordnih osem pianistov, ob ugotovitvi predsednice žirije Katarzyne Popowe-Zydroń, da je bilo letošnje tekmovanje vrhunsko.

Predsednica žirije Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń

Direktor Chopinovega tekmovanja dr. Artur Szklener

Rusko armenska pianistka Eva Gevorgyan ni prejela nagrade

Razglasitev rezultatov je na internetu neposredno spremljalo več kot 54 tisoč gledalcev.

Chopinovo tekmovanje organizirajo vsakih pet let, saj so prepričani, da se na pet let zamenja generacija in pridejo na tekmovanje povsem novi pianisti, nekateri pa nastopijo tudi dvakrat, če so začeli zelo mladi.

Italijanska pianistka Leonora Armellini je bila peta

The winner of the 18th Chopin Competition!

The final auditions of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition are over. The jury composed of 17 international personalities of the piano world chaired by Professor Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń awarded the following prizes.

Izjava po razglasitvi rezultatov

MAIN PRIZES:

• 1st Prize – Mr Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu, Canada
• 2nd Prize ex aequo – Mr Alexander Gadjiev, Italy/Slovenia
• 2nd Prize ex aequo – Mr Kyohei Sorita, Japan
• 3rd Prize – Mr Martin Garcia Garcia, Spain
• 4th Prize ex aequo – Ms Aimi Kobayashi, Japan
• 4th Prize ex aequo – Mr Jakub Kuszlik, Poland
• 5th Prize – Ms Leonora Armellini, Italy
• 6th Prize – Mr J J Jun Li Bui, Canada

Španski pianist Martin Garcia Garcia je prejel tretjo nagrado in nagrado za najboljšo izvedbo koncerta

SPECIAL PRIZES:

• The Polish Radio Prize for the best performance of mazurkas – Mr Jakub Kuszlik, Poland
• The Warsaw Philharmonic Prize for the best performance of a concerto – Mr Martin Garcia Garcia, Spain
• The Krystian Zimerman Prize for the best performance of a sonata – Mr Alexander Gadjiev, Italy/Slovenia

Slovenska pianistika je tokrat imela na tekmovanju Aleksandra Gadžijeva, ki je sedemnajstčlansko mednarodno žirijo prepričal najprej z nastopom v živo v predtekmovanju, zatem v drugem in tretjem krogu s solističnim programov različnih Chopinovih del, v finalu pa z izborom enega izmed obeh Chopinovih Klavirskih koncertov: št. 1 v e – molu ali št. 2 v f – molu. Gadžijev je izbral Drugi koncert (tako kot še dva pianista), devet finalistov pa je izbralo Prvi koncert. Dalo bi se pomisliti, da je bil Gadžijev v igri za končno zmago, a so jo raje dali Kanadčanu (azijskega porekla), kot Slovencu.

Kot zadnji finalisti so nastopili še japonska pianistka Aimi Kobayashi, poljski pianist Jakub Kuszlik, južnokorejski pianist Hyuk Lee in kanadski pianist Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu, končni zmagovalec Chopinovega tekmovanja.

The auditions of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition began on 2 October 2021. Twelve best of the original number of 87 participants representing 17 countries qualified to the Finals to perform one of Fryderyk Chopin’s two piano concertos, accompanied by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrzej Boreyko. Nine pianist selected the Concerto in E minor Op. 11, and the remaining three – the Concerto in F minor Op. 21

Kyohei Sorita (levo) in Aimi Kobayashi

According to the Rules and Regulations of the Competition, only pianists born in 1990–2004 were eligible to participate. To do so, contestants were required to send their applications with a video recording of the 1st Stage programme by 1 December 2019. Having opened the call for applications, the Chopin Institute obtained a record number of over 500 entries from the most distant corners of the world. The recordings submitted were used to winnow the artists and admit 164 of them to the Preliminaries. Finally, 151 pianists presented programmes set in the rules and regulations competing for admission to the competition proper before the Jury and the Warsaw audience. Of their number, the Jury admitted 87 to the main competition.

Jakub Kuszlik si je delil četrto nagrado in bil najboljši interpret mazurke

Nine winners of major piano competitions worldwide secured themselves places in the October competition without the need to go through the Preliminaries. The most numerous group of participants were the Chinese, as the country was represented by no fewer than 22 artists. With 11 out of 16 pianists selected by the Preliminary Round Jury and five more qualified on the grounds of their achievements in other competitions, the second most numerous group were Poles. The Warsaw Philharmonic stage was also graced by 14 pianists from Japan, seven from South Korea, six from Italy, as well as representatives of Canada, Armenia, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Latvia, Russia, Spain, Thailand, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.

Aimi Kobayashi si je delila četrto nagrado

Live streams from the 18th Chopin Competition reached the most distant corners of the world. Most music lovers followed the performances on the Chopin Institute’s YouTube channel, and the largest audiences gathered in Japan, South Korea, Poland, and the United States.

Auditions of the Chopin Competition were also streamed live on Chopin Competition mobile app (available on iOS and Android). You could also follow the contestants on the 18th Competition’s official website Chopin2020.pl and in SmartTV app for Samsung televisions. The high quality of transmission made it possible for hundreds of thousands of people to participate in this musical festivity wherever in the world they reside.

The Chopin Competition also found extensive resonance in the social media: content related to the event was published on Chopin Institute’s Facebook profile in six languages, and the Chinese Weibo attracted a record number of followers. Materials from the competition were also available on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.

Zagotovljena mednarodna pianistična kariera ?

During the total of 15 days of auditions of the 18th Chopin Competition, the pianists presented nearly 2000 interpretations of Chopin’s works altogether. If you were to combine all that music into a single recital, it would last for nearly 100 hours without a single intermission. There is no other monographic competition of that rank anywhere in the world.

Drugo mesto in najboljša izvedba sonate je za Aleksandra Gadžijeva nepredstavljivo velik uspeh.

Žirija je vedela, da mora nagrade medcelinsko taktno in taktično – strateško porazdeliti. Žal mi je za najmlajšo tekmovalko Evo Gevorgyan, ki bi ji lahko dali vsaj deljeno šesto mesto. Komaj deveta pa po svoji zelo angažirani interpretaciji vseeno ne bi bila.

Zjutraj so dajali izjave in vtise z zahvalami samo najboljši

Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu

Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu. Born on 8 May 1997 in Paris, he graduated from the Montreal Conservatoire under Richard Raymond and is currently a student of Dang Thai Son. He has performed with major ensembles including the Cleveland Orchestra, Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of the Americas, and has toured with the China NCPA Orchestra in North America. Recent seasons have brought two successive tours of China with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra (including appearances at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing Concert Hall and Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre), and the Orchestre Lamoureux at Salle Gaveau. He has won prizes at international piano competitions in Sendai, Montreal, Tel Aviv and Viseu.

Marijan Zlobec