No Gold for Violinists in the Tchaikovsky Competition; Janine Jansen's Chamber Festival
No Gold Given in the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition Violin Division Top prize was a silver medal, awarded to
Yu-Chien "Benny" Tseng, plus three bronze medals, a fourth and a fifth prize.
http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20157/16892/
Jury Member Explains Why They Gave No Gold to Violinists at the Tchaikovsky Jury member
James Ehnes explains: The jury had no super-majority of first-place votes, so no gold was given in the violin division of the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20157/16893/
Vote: Did anyone deserve gold in the Tchaikovsky Competition? Did anyone deserve gold in the Tchaikovsky Competition? Was the level simply too low for any of the violin competitors launch career with the help of winning gold, or would you go pay to see one of the performers play?
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Jason DePue's Top 10 most difficult pieces for violin
What are your Top 10 most difficult pieces for violin?
Jason DePue's list includes the Paganini Caprices, right alongside Suzuki Book 1. You read it right! Here's why:
Stars Shine at Janine Jansen's International Chamber Music Festival 2015
For the 12th consecutive year,
Janine Jansen gifts her heart and prodigious lust for music to her hometown community of Utrecht, in a madcap five-day musical voyage. By
Heather Kurzbauer.
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