I noticed that when I was there in Carlo Felice for the fase A...his jacket was so big on his shoulder

@@voicetherapist1 I feel so sorry for that audiences of Genoa usually don't have good habit during the performance, they don't switch off their cellphone and sometimes talk to others...not only for this competition, I go to Carlo Felice every Monday night for GOG's performance and it happens every time that someone's cellphone rings.

Maybe you😊

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In my humble opinion, of the 6 finalists, Hawijch Elders deserved to win this competition; my second prize goes to Weng and third prize to Simon Zhu. That's just my private opinion to which I think I am entitled, even though I do not challenge the wisdom and expertise of the much respected jury.

For real??

lmaooo i prob play better than you

That’s not true. Accardo didn’t vote for his students, he didn’t even clap after the performances

@@Cartesio8019 im not sure if you're aware but its common practice for jury members with their students playing in the competition to downvote and give lower points to other players so their students can come on top since theyr not allowed to vote for their own students. They intentionally give lower marks and points to the other contestants to give their students the edge. Simon zhu did not deserve to win anyone who has 2 ears can tell.

@@danny_chestnut253Thank you for the comment, I have 2 ears and I was sitting in the audience so I heard the original performance. The microphones aren’t capable of capturing every detail the audience gets, and your perception of the sound from KZbin may change according to the quality of the device (headphones, speaker) you’re listening from. I was there and Simon Zhu made two outstanding renditions of the Brahms and Paganini concertos and personally I was really touched. Having said that, I respect everyone’s opinion and in music personal preference can happen, but I think your comment was quite inappropriate and offensive, and instead of talking about what you felt and what you heard during the performance, you based your argument on the rumor that “usually teachers….”. These amazing musicians deserve respect

Dear Daniel, same pattern was obvious at the Third Tretyakov Competition: Grand Prix and first prize went to the guys whose professors (Zu Veilin and Wolfson) were sitting on the jury.

I was there, microphones are really bad. They played phantasticly. This year they had to play two concerts in the same day, way more difficult

@@martinosimionato1536 The theater Carlo Felice doesn't have a excellent acoustic design. This year the organization of the competition is not very logical...even for the audiences

@@hyunynara the logic is to make the competition way more difficult than other years Also Maestro Accardo told this

.....or forgetfulness ❤😊

Regrettably, neither Elders nor Kim have been admitted to Stage B, even though people like you and me would like to enjoy their playing more.

I voted for Hawijch as my favorite artist in this competition, cannot understand why she was not admitted to Stage B. Not because I hoped to see at least one European face among the Asian faces, but because she was among the best, in my humble opinion, and I wanted to listen to how she would play Paganini and another concert (I do not remember if it is Tchaikovsky or Brahms).

They uploaded it on the video section in this channel not the live section its the first video you'll see. Hope you find it!

kzbin.info/www/bejne/one0Z3qfoJafaas

@@danny_chestnut253 감사합니다

@@danny_chestnut253 It's just beyond me, I don't see where Zhang and Zhu were better than Elders and Kim. But one should bear in mind that the jury members may also differ in their assessments between themselves to the point that they may express opposite opinions. In some competitions they publish the scores of each jury member for each finalist. I believe publicity is very important in this case. It would also be great if each jury member may explain why s/he scored the performance of one contestant above the performance of another one.

Cannot agree more: I voted for her as my favorite artist and cannot understand why she was not admitted to Stage B of the Finals.

@@musicclassic5938 she deserved to be in the final B round the jury is corrupt

@@danny_chestnut253 I do not think this jury is corrupt, certainly not such great maestros as Accardo, Grubert or Vengerov. But I struggle to understand in what particular areas Zhang was better than Elders. I just can't comprehend it. Maybe some of the jury members could explain their decision.

Se proprio sente il bisogno di esprimere il suo personalissimo parere negativo faccia la cortesia di spiegarlo e argomentarlo o si astenga (che a mio parere è sempre meglio: se non le piace passi avanti)

@@francescaiacaroni3323 semplicemente non mi piacciono....li trovo tutti uguali...e non vedo nulla di nuovo nelle loro mani " virtuose "....non mi piacciono mi sembrano tutti uguali...non dovrebbe proprio esistere sto concorso più...a Genova non se lo fila nessuno in quanto Paganini uno è ed uno sarà.

Take a note, Daniel, that the violinist who won Grand Prix at the Third Tretyakov Competition was eliminated in the first round.

​@@musicclassic5938lmaoooo I heard he messed up really bad in his bach and had to start from the beginning

Who do u like in this years paganini competition? The level isn't as high as previous years barely any European American and Russian violinists competed this year its weird. Also most who competed in the Montreal didn't even apply to this one its very bizarre. All of that aside I like haram kim and Simon zhu.

@@danny_chestnut253 Haram Kim got his B.A. degree from Curtis and he is now in an M.A. program in Jiulliard. He is very good as far as intonation is concerned, but his sound was too weak in live streaming. Maybe in the hall he sounds better, but the piano with an open lid often overpowers him. Perhaps his accompanist plays too loud. I like Weng - I thought he should have won Wieniawski Competition a year ago. And I certainly like Miss Elders - her sound extraction and technique are insane despite some minor intonational inaccuracies. Yet I am afraid her sparkling temperament might be counterproductive in Mozart and may do her a bad service. Despite the lack of Russian violinists, most of the six finalists have had Russian speaking teachers in Europe and North America (Ilya Grubert is one of them). I hope my daughter Stephanie whom you favored at the recent Tretyakov Competition will take part in the next edition of Premio Paganini in 2026, but she has yet a lot of repertoire to learn and practise. She's only 16 and will be 19 in 2026.

@@danny_chestnut253 His Bach and Mozart were rather weak at the Tretyakov Competition as well, so no wonder. Unfortunately, I could not find any recording of the elimination round.

... questo è solo il tuo punto di vista (peraltro poco condivisibile)!!! 😎