Quarts de finale 2019 | TIFFANY POON

[@evanofelipe]

I like how Tiffany’s takes long pause as she mentally gathers herself to enter ‘performance mode’. She totally deserved to win this prize, pity she didn’t. She’s such an exquisite performer with the grace to acknowledge preemptive applause and continued on flawlessly with her recital, regardless.

[@ryhklpc]

SO DO I.

[@LCLenard]

Who won the competition?

[@James_Bowie]

@@LCLenard Tiffany was eliminated in the quarter finals. The wiki says nobody won! What sort of joke is this? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Haskil_International_Piano_Competition

[@nikolaacimovic8854]

it is one of the hardest competitions to achieve the first price...It happened many times in the past that the first price is not delivered...

[@evanofelipe]

@@nikolaacimovic8854 - Thanks for your comment, it prompted me to re-watch Tiffany playing here again. She’s such a 🌟 star performer.

[@andresgunther]

0:41 Scarlatti Sonata in C Major 5:10 Scarlatti Sonata in G Major 11:07 Haydn Sonata in D major 22:36 Schubert Sonata in a minor ❤❤ This sonata is much more difficult to play and interpret that it seems! 48:28 Albeniz, "Triana" ❤❤❤ My favorite! (The ❤ are only my personal opinion which pieces I liked most)

[@mosichat]

Andres Gunther - poor Scarlatti always left at the bottom of the barrel.

[@andresgunther]

@@mosichat Thanks for the remark. She plays Scarlatti much better in other recordings, in concert. Her Scarlatti performance at the Gilmore Festival was awesome. Actually I am glad that his (and Haydn's) works are not considered "student literature" anymore like in my youth, and performed at concerts again. The hearts are only meant as highlights; not implying I didn't like the other pieces :-)

[@jamien.5528]

Oh I’ve seen you before

[@extanegautham8950]

@@andresgunther agree w/you about the Scar and Hay...hearing my brother practice one of the scarlatti's, badly, 100x, has ruined that one for me...And Paul Bader-Skola talks on one of his Hayden recordings how much harder it is to play Hayden, even though he is easier, than WAM and LVB sonatas...in part b/c he expects you decide the ornaments, the phrasing, and also to improvise cadenzas. few modern pianist can any long improvise...to their detriment...they often dont even know the chord changes according to Murray Perahia.

[@josephlaredo5272]

@@extanegautham8950 Who are "Paul Bader-Skola" and "Hayden"?

[@kamchin5369]

I never gets tire of see and hear Tiffany Poon's performances.

[@MusicistaCSH]

This young woman is an artist of the highest caliber, and a very stylish interpreter!

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

and dresser

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

Pianist: Tiffany Poon (Hong Kong) Domenico Scarlatti (1686-1757) 1. 0:39 - Sonata in C Major, K.502 2. 5:11 - Sonata in G Major, K.13 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Sonata No. 39 in D Major, Hob XVI/24 3. 11:06 - I. Allegro 4. 15:09 - II. Adagio 5. 19:24 - III. Presto Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Sonata in A Minor, Op. 42 No. 16, D.845 6. 22:35 - I. Moderato 7. 31:21 - II. Andante poco moto 8. 38:22 - III. Scherzo & Trio. Allegro vivace - Un poco lento 9. 42:59 - IV. Rondo. Allegro vivace Issac Albeniz (1860-1909) 10. 48:26 - Iberia: VI. Triana

[@Tatyana_Ustimenko]

❤

[@jimkost2002]

You are ALREADY a TRUE artist! Beautiful sound, crisp, lively articulation, and excellent RHYTHM .... something I don’t hear a lot of in MANY “classical” pianists! You are making truly smart career moves and I look forward to hearing more of you!

[@lluisescuadra7222]

Art and competition are opposite concepts. Wonderful Tiffany Poon !!

[@juliocruiz10]

Breathtaking! You’re an inspiration for musicians all over. Wishing you well!

[@vangmx]

Music should be enjoyed and shared and not used for competition. It's like a college paper. One teacher will say it's junk. One will say it's passable but could use some work. One will say it was written by the gods. Regardless, Tiffany is an awesome pianist in my book.

[@BrianMegilligan]

The performances are excellent, and I love the tone of this piano.

[@pimjanssens8808]

Great, great playing. That Schubert has been a favourite of me since I was a student. I enjoyed listening to it again from start to the end. Flawless!

[@osvaldoalcuaz9942]

Tus interpretaciones, siempre son BRILLANYES

[@MetaView7]

Tiffany is amazing

[@Kaimo1]

Tiffany you should get first price in my mind - wonderful playing

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

Tiffany plays the Schubert wonderfully, What an amazing sonata. What a fine pianist she is. Haskil was my friend/teacher Peter Feutchwanger's teacher, I read in a book called 'Chopin Playing From the composer to the present day'. Everything Poon plays is pure gold.

[@Tristan-zt8tw]

I love the second movement of the Schubert Sonata!

[@pulancrodberic2126]

F.schubert Piano sonata D.845 in A minor 1st mvt: 22:36 2nd mvt: 31:23 3rd mvt: 38:23 4rd mvt: 43:01

[@lluisescuadra7222]

Art i competició són conceptes contraris. meravellosa Tiffany Poon !!

[@NoName-zn1sb]

Such fascinating camera work!

[@funkyMRI]

I love this version of her Scarlatti. It is so dynamic!

[@camilloflaim5738]

2 sonatas D.Scarlatti (2° sonata on Sol+ ) , sonata Haydn , Schubert , Albeniz. Excellent.

[@localboy333]

A superb performance!!!....too bad the videographer didn't zoom in closer....it's a shame!!!.....

[@LindaChanStudio]

Bravo! Thank you. You have been an inspiration!

[@Rx-mn5fv]

Masterful Playing! Brava!

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

R x yes!!

[@andresgunther]

What I most liked was Albeniz' "Triana"!!

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

Andres Gunther yes, such a beautiful piece!

[@andrewc9643]

Variation 3 @ 33:55 - 34:50 is what I live for!

[@worshiptogetherwt]

I love the life in your playing

[@angelarasmussen3884]

ning li so true

[@milim3dia965]

Great performance! Does anyone know the names of the pieces?

[@junghoryu850]

In the order of the program provided by the competition (the numbering is the order performed): 2. Scarlatti | Sonata in G major K.13 1. Scarlatti | Sonata in C major K. 502 3. Haydn | Sonata in D major Hob.XVI:24 4. Schubert | Sonata in A minor D. 845 5. Albeniz | Iberia No. 6 Triana

[@milim3dia965]

@@junghoryu850 thank you so much!

[@scarlettdarlin2]

Thank you.

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

Girl, you have guts! Could you explain some time how you deal with being nervous? Is it that the love for music carries you beyond yourself and that gives you this strength?

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

Even in a contest your love for music shines through. That's personality!

[@lourenceted9087]

She has a youtube channel and discusses things like your question 😊 you can check her out

[@doremimiredo]

😲wow! I like this version

[@beethoven2012]

真的很棒~

[@skrutten_]

48:28 - Albéniz Triana

[@miscellanyman263]

Tee-hee-hee. The Schubert almost sounds like Ragtime/Scott Joplin! So... Mr. Joplin must have loved Franz Schubert! Tiffany’s dynamics and ARTICULATION are fantastic... in complete command of the keyboard... wow! 🤓

[@nic5833]

Amazing interpreter!

[@alexpolonsky3726]

The Schubert came to life 👏

[@r.i.p.volodya]

Ultimately, who won this competition?

[@docilelemur2581]

Did you win the competition?

[@jubeltr]

muchas gracias...

[@kenturner9034]

How can Harmonia Mundi assert any right to “license” to KZbin Tiffany’s performance of a public domain work by Schubert based on an album recorded by Paul Lewis! What am I missing here?

[@fernandomendesfreire2850]

Quais são sonatas que ela toca no inicio?

[@yglaotuhhjj2738]

我觉得弹得真棒👍这么好的演奏没得奖？不理解。

[@louischeongjx3577]

cap America: i can do this all day long, me: i can hear this all day long

[@Lotuswhite2911]

wonderfull!

[@MrInterestingthings]

Oh! ThankYou I've never heard or don't remember e er hearing this Scarlatti sonata before. Your musicality is even more lovely and 8mpressive than your "perfect" technique. It seems you can say anything at piano. This opening one I must find it feels like CMajor. The 2nd one 8s played often but what a treat to hear that first one. Now I must too find the Longo and Kirkpatrick nos.

[@davidjack1975]

Great performance!! Did you get into demi-final? You deserve it!

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

davidjack1975 no she didn’t :( so unfair!!

[@SGIFEATHER]

@@AnnaKhomichkoPianist I saw many others unfair judgements, perhaps the more remarkable against Eduard Kunz in a Van Cliburn. Luck and personal sympathy are of considerable importance, unfortunately superior to the skill.

[@andresgunther]

@@AnnaKhomichkoPianist Emmanuel Ax (who was Tiff's teacher at Julliard) said: "Entering a [piano] competition is like going to a 7-11 and buying a lottery ticket". HOW TRUE! :-)

[@paolofranceschi6874]

Brava tiffany. Brava.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

Her own recording of Haydn sonata in D major is better in my opinion, because for me, the phrasing was better.

[@martinbennett2228]

Although I have not heard her play this sonata, Tiffany has videos where she plays Haydn better than here. That said, she plays better than most professional pianists, many of whom have real problems with Haydn, unable to find a tempo that allows adequate phrasing or belittling the music with a surfeit of staccato (or both). I wonder whether, in this performance, she is compromising for the judges.

[@rsndyvaliente2163]

I really like her Triana, but I still feel like De Larrocha has her beat for it. Though this one does bring a new flavor to the table

[@extanegautham8950]

Alicia has most any young pianist or old pianist beat on the Albeniz....

[@rsndyvaliente2163]

extane gautham yes but this version is quite amazing too, I don’t know what it is about Alicia though, her playing is just so perfectly Iberian and hispanic( Catalonian included even though it doesn’t speak Spanish but just for this time ) in general it reminds me of Cuba and Spain and all the music at the same time

[@rsndyvaliente2163]

extane gautham i mentioned Catalonia in specific because technically it isn’t hispanic because their language is Catalonian even though they do speak Spanish ofc. I know Iberia includes the entirety of the Iberian peninsula. But I guess it was redundant to mention Catalonia in specific since it’s already but of Iberia, sorry my bad

[@rsndyvaliente2163]

extane gautham i speak and write standardized American English though I’m cuban originally. I personally believe in writing the name of a place in a fashion that is similar to the spoken form but is still used in the language you are writing. After all we’re writing in English not Catalan, in Spanish I would’ve spelt cataluña because I was speaking and or writing Spanish. Though that’s just my view

[@andreazhang8050]

💝

[@marcius7308]

🎹🎶👍😍 🎀🌹

[@モトヤ-h2n]

excellent

[@gabrielledupras1316]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@beebeequail]

Wood！

[@extanegautham8950]

dont care for her haydn at all. its rushed. there is no phrasing...comes off without feeling to me..she does not give time for any of the phrases to sink in, a common problem with young virtuosos....

[@josephlaredo5272]

I disagree, but this is hardly Haydn at his best.

[@josephlaredo5272]

I disagree, but this is hardly Haydn at his best.

[@extanegautham8950]

This is "correct" playing, but where is the the intensity of expression, the individuality, the personality? To my ears, this young lady has nothing interesting to say (or reveal) about any of this music. Everything is too well schooled, plite and "flat". Listen, for example, from 40.15; where is the wonder here, the glimpse of paradise? Nowhere. C'mon, Tiffany, show us that music means something to you, moves you, excites you, that you can't live without it! i guess you do agree then.@JosephLaredo

[@josephlaredo5272]

This is "correct" playing, but where is the the intensity of expression, the individuality, the personality? To my ears, this young lady has nothing interesting to say (or reveal) about any of this music. Everything is too well schooled, plite and "flat". Listen, for example, from 40.15; where is the wonder here, the glimpse of paradise? Nowhere. C'mon, Tiffany, show us that music means something to you, moves you, excites you, that you can't live without it!

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

I do feel that there could have been more passion. I also feel that her Haydn saints wasn’t as good as her own recording.

[@josephlaredo5272]

This is "correct" playing, but where is the the intensity of expression, the individuality, the personality? To my ears, this young lady has nothing interesting to say (or reveal) about any of this music. Everything is too well schooled, plite and "flat". Listen, for example, from 40.15; where is the wonder here, the glimpse of paradise? Nowhere. C'mon, Tiffany, show us that music means something to you, moves you, excites you, that you can't live without it!

[@Alpha-Andromeda]

That’s an interesting perspective from both of you. You might both be correct in your observations of what is lacking. Thank you for sharing politely.

[@enriqueali]

Conservatories aren't in the business of creating well-rounded unique and insightful performers. They churn out well-oiled slick, immaculately performing technically superlative players year after year. Developing one's own inner artistic vision requires time. She's still young, I'm guessing all that you appear to be missing in her current playing may eventually emerge.

[@sumairymendez6936]

I saw her performing last week in Münster and I saw lots of joy and passion in her playing.

[@josephlaredo5272]

@@enriqueali Thanks for your response. Hm. I hope so, but there are plenty of equally young performers who already have imagination and insight and, of course, these days one needs to stand out in some way right from the get-go, as they say. I wish her (and every young performer) the best of luck.

[@josephlaredo5272]

@Da ZecretPianizt Ha!