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  After the announcement the results of the second round it became quiet either to me who will be prizewinner, who will get an award, who among these eight persons which prize will gain. All personalities from point of view of musicality were removed for not to avoid any competition to very strong, smart but, sorry, quiet “brainless” musicians – I means the musicians brainless, the whole lack of any musicians initiative.

   The future competition has no interest for me. Expect Kampf from Great Britain all contestants are eagle from the point of view of there talent. I am so much astonished by the results. The objectivity and the justice so much told about the Competition, the reference to the mathematics, the count of “points” are completely discredited. The results of the Competition showed the any good idea may be spoiled.

   The judging system was quiet well, it seems that mistakes will be minimum, the jury members got their marks just after the playing. I can understand not at all the reason to sum up the results of the two first rounds. The middle mathematics result showed that the main difference of the contestants of the third round in the fingers’ speed only. What is the reason to twice the points of the third round.?

   If thew playing of the first round wasn’t perfect and of the second round much better the contestant has a good chance to miss final/really, just the second round shows the real musical skill of the musicians, it is like an own concert/. On the contrary with a high point of the first round and a whole failure on the second round the contestants can pretend to the final. What is the final? Really it isn’t difficult to play a concert, which you have been playing for the past few years already, with an orchestra. Is this round really significant to determine the prizes.

   Using such a hard judging system it would be better to make the first round the “selection” round for the second one, and the second round will become “a bridge” to the final. To determine the winners it would count all their marks. The contestent with highest sum of the all tree rounds would receive the first prize.

   On my opinion, the arbitrariness reigns in this competition. There is nobody to be supported. I have the possibilities to listen to the first Concert by Tchaikovsky and the Third Concert by Rachmaninov played by real musicians and not by trite ones.

Svetlana Makarova, music teacher

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   On my opinion the correlation we had there isn’t first prize. If anybody of eight pianists with their level of talent can be compared to the laureates of the previous Competitions like the world famous musicians as Vlasenko L., Shtarkman N., Ashkenazi V., Sololov G., Gavrilov and the others.

   How did it become possible, with what striking count of points did Roudenko with his complete failure of the second round surely do to the final. How did Tarasov get a right to take part in the third round if he shows a horrible heartlessness to the Competition, to the own job, to the stage, to the public and to the played compositions of course?

   I can understand why there isn’t Sultanov among the finalists. He didn’t get enough points. May be? May be he got marks lowed beforehand? Of course his playing provoked a dual reaction but there was a theme to discuss. There is nothing to discuss now. There won’t be any artistic impressions, even negative.

   Who learned better the concert and who has more experience to play with the symphonic collectives are the only themes to discuss now. I note, we don’t tell about the musicality, only about the speed and the louder.

   We can suppose and it becomes evident that Rudenko will gain the first prize. What is next? He gives concerts over the Russia, in the last Competition he got everything he could. It is impossible to treat him as a Creator. I can’t tell that there a lot of so “quality pianists but there are.

   There is a question I would like to ask openly: why is acceptable the participation in the Tchaikovsky Competition of the laureates of the previous Tchaikovsky Competitions? Many World Competitions have prohibited it: what is the reason to “undo” the same? You have won, you have become famous, give the way to somebody else, maybe no less talented as you. I can’t understand the reasons for the contestant to play the same program in the same Competition. I have the booklet of the last Competition and I have checked up everything. Rudenko played the same first and third rounds as in 1994. And the “new” pieces for this competition which were played in the second round made everything clear, it is a slapdash.

Sergei Sidorovich, musician, teacher

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   I don’t know the emotions of our pianists played on the first and on the second rounds better than those who were admitted to the third round. Is Soultanov less talented than Roudenko or Korchinskaya-Kogan? Has Lips played worse than Tarasov?

   I was shocked by the jury’s decision. To tell the truth, it isn’t the decision of the jury, it is the decision of sum of points. Mika Sato is one of the results of the new “mathematics” wonder. I think nobody can remember her playing. She is better than Arimori I, if we compare her with compatriots.

   This competition bears no relations to the music. As usual there were many talks on intrigues and they became evident to me. I propose to give the Dorensky name to this competition: there are four of his students among the eight finalists, it seems to be just too much for one man! Did students of Merzhanov, Naumov or Pollak play worse? There was a durable musicality in their playing. It was possible to listen to them, not like with Dorensky’s students. All of the Dorensky’s students were interested only in the competition fight, not to music. They were full of musical indifference. Its my final conclusion: the competition and the musical individuals are incompatible. Shame on you all, guys!

Anonymous student of the musical college

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    This was no competition, but rather a scandal. Any one of any musical talent was eliminated from the 2nd round, as they posed a threat to Dorensky's masterminded plan to have his students take home the prizes. One hearing the final round could ask, how in the God's name did these pianists make it into the final round!?! They did not belong crossing the stage. The exception perhaps is Kempf, who at least attempts musicality in his playing. Otherwise none of the finalists were musicians, only people who abused the instrument. I am astonished and disappointed with these results, and one has to wonder, were the jury votes manipulated and changed? This could provoke a scandal and signal the demise of this competition. The final round is proof that the competition had nothing to do with judging pure musicmaking, but rather which student of Dorensky bought him the nicest Christmas gift last winter.

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