Licht, Chekasky, Giles and other piano master also served as judges), while Porini. Agrich, zimmermann and others196 O.1965.438+0975 won the first prize in Chopin competition.
It is no exaggeration to say that the course of Chopin's international piano competition is a microcosm of the development history of piano performance in the whole twentieth century.
Compared with another world-class piano competition, the International Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, Chopin Competition paid special attention to the quality of the piano art itself, while the Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Competition was somewhat political during the Cold War.
The first prize of the first Tchaikovsky Piano Competition was won by American pianist claiborne. Li Xite, the chief judge at that time, gave claiborne full marks, but gave zero to the first prize set by the Soviet government. Claiborne's return to the United States triggered a national carnival, and Americans welcomed the pianist like a national hero.
Later, a Russian pianist, Preite Nev, who won the first prize in the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, also enjoyed a political adventure similar to that of claiborne. 1988 During Gorbachev's visit to the United States, he specially brought Preite Nev to play for the President of the United States at the White House.
However, not every pianist is keen on pursuing the political effects of success. Therefore, the Chopin competition, which pays more attention to the piano art itself, is more attractive to pianists. Olson, an American pianist, was invited to both competitions (because he won the first prize in the busoni Piano Competition and many other honors). After consideration, he gave up the Tchaikovsky competition, which was more political during the Cold War, and chose Chopin competition. As a result, he won the first prize in one fell swoop, which laid the foundation for his future career in piano master.
If the ranking of Tchaikovsky's piano competition often involves personal and national factors, then the competition of Chopin's ranking is more related to the legendary exchange between piano master and the young pianist who has not yet become famous. Anecdotes in this regard are still widely circulated among fans.
Rubinstein is the chairman of the jury of 196o Chopin competition. Commenting on Porini, the Italian pianist who won the first prize of 18, he said, "I really don't know who among us judges can play better than him." Imagine that Rubinstein was famous all over the world at that time and was regarded as the embodiment of Chopin, while Porini was just a piano student who had not yet made his debut.
1955, Michelangelo Jerry withdrew from the judges because Askin Nagy instinctively won the first prize. The same thing happened again in 198o, when Agrich resigned as a judge because Yugoslav pianist Bo Gorelli failed to reach the final. Both of these events originated from art, but unexpectedly turned into social events.
A few years later, Askin Nagy and the British pianist Ogden won the first prize in the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. As for Bogorich, he became famous overnight because of Agorich's excessive behavior. People think that he played "Chopin of 2 1 century". He later married a Russian piano teacher who was 18 years older than him, settled in Britain and became a United Nations cultural goodwill ambassador. Of course, this is not the highest political honor of a Chopin expert. Padlevski, the greatest Chopin piano expert in the early 20th century, was elected as the first Polish president.
Chopin is charming and Chopin is immortal. What kind of works will Chopin, who is called a "left-handed genius" by Bach expert Gould, play in the increasingly commercial century? Will Chopin be electronized and digitized, or will he be treasured as a sigh and a touch of homesickness through the ages? Should we emphasize technology or return to its poetic core? What will Chopin's piano competition look like? Commercialization, or sticking to its tradition of artistic supremacy?
What about you, Di Yun, the first young pianist in China to win the first Chopin Prize? You will play Chopin again. What kind of Chopin?