Jed Distler's Cliburn Blog No 7: reflections on repertoire
As we await the first Semi-final, our correspondent discusses the solo-round repertoire choices
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As we await the first Semi-final, our correspondent discusses the solo-round repertoire choices
The Van Cliburn Competition started out at TCU and took place there for decades before Bass Hall was built. It makes sense that the early rounds move back to the school’s spiffy new music center, especially since those parts of the competition tend to draw smaller crowds than the finals anyway. The hall is two-thirds
Even with the appearance of Clayton Stephenson at the start of this morning, I can still count the number of Black pianists I’ve seen at this competition on one hand. The young New Yorker is sharp, giving a crisp reading of the Hough piece and Haydn’s Sonata in D major (Hob. XVI: 37). He’s best in Guido Agosti’s