What a great Week , every evening 2 finalist Cello players !
On Wednesday evening we heard Hayoung Choi from Corea. She played a Concerto of Lutolawski nobody played before . Due to te first standing Ovation of the Public and the enthousiast critics we hoped for her the first Price and she got it.
On Thursday whe had the Ukranian player Shadrin. He had to say to the Jury he wanted to play Prokofiev before the war started in his Country . He played it so well that he got the 4th price and tears of an old member of the Jury during his congratulations . he is Resident Member of our Chapelle Reine Elisabeth
Yesterday last day Yibai Chen from China.20 years old He played so well the Concerto n°1 of Chostakovitch , he received the second Prince. In his interview before he played he said that they all had to give their cell phone when they enterred the Chapel for one Week. The first he said he will do is to telephone to his parents. His Country is devasted by Covid.
The Jury decided years ago to nominate the 6 first prices and then the other 6 by alphabetic order to avoid the shame of the last Price. Among them the Belgian Stephanie Huang also Resident at the Chapel.
A great Week for a Musik Instrument which is less popular than violine and piano and a successful Week for the World known Competition .
I am sure some members of the board are Music lovers .
