Tiffany Poon - Etude in E flat major Op. 10 No. 11 (first stage)

Tiffany Poon - Etude in E flat major Op. 10 No. 11 (first stage)
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[@Florestan1207]

This is a great performance. You rarely hear this etude played with such sense of the singing qualities of the music. And the tempo is quite right, not too fast, not too slow, she just lets the music take its time.

[@aambrioso]

Wow! She pulls such a tremendous sound out of the piano with such a light touch. An amazing performance!

[@harriethtw]

she's unbelievable..........

[@karolpawlowski5368]

Sir Fryderyk Chopin is the pride of Poland! The whole country is very proud of him! 🇵🇱

[@SwahaChris]

Great playing that elegantly reveals all the richness in the texture of this etude..

[@angelob.1089]

2:05 onwards... amazing

[@liceous]

had chills one second in literally.

[@miroslavtokarski]

I don’t know why it is called “the most unknown Etude,” it sounds really nice, especially when played by Tiffany

[@schubertuk]

Nor me - I've always known it as "The Harp". And I have no idea how anyone has judged it "most unknown". I would argue the 3 etudes that were published without opus number as "Trois nouvelles études" are in fact the most unknown as they are rarely recorded or performed in concert...

[@bludika]

i wonder how the judging would be, if a contestant only picks the least played pieces for all his or her repertoire. We all know like 10-1, 10-4, 10-8, winterwind, etc are some of the most commonly picked by all contestants, so what if a contestant only picks the ones that are seldomly picked? lol

[@schubertuk]

@@bludika Perhaps playing a few Alkan etudes instead would spice the competition up?

[@herobrine1847]

You stole that title from Traum

[@lunchmind]

Music should not be a competitive sport. It is meant to communicate, which does most effectively.

[@MetaView7]

Agreed

[@kovin-ashleychetty5159]

And Chopin of all guys .... ??? The guy would have hated that his music be attached to such egotistical competitive nonsense. He suffered through all that music just to have us idiots lose it’s true beauty and attach money, esteem and popularity to it. His is a universal communication and here we are being picky about something we didn’t create and pretending like he was our best friend and knew exactly how his compositions should be played. Humans Smh ....🤦🏾‍♂️

[@MetaView7]

+Kovin-Ashley Chetty Agreed. If there were ever a show, they should have an opera that describes the chaos and human sufferings of war that led to his creation of these emotional music.

[@daph0307]

@@kovin-ashleychetty5159 oh man... I agree with you, a lot.

[@7James77]

I don't see why there shouldn't be an avenue for musicians to compete with one another with the pieces they spend hundreds of hours on. They do recitals, they do all the other things you expect of them. This is a way to find a different enjoyment for their pleasure, more so than the listeners.

[@pianovirtuosofan9615]

I love her magical touch. Why she didn't won the Chopin competition back then🙄

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

For me, problems with phrasing and lack of intensity at times. Her Etude Op 10 No 4 wasn’t as good as Aimi’s. I love her rendition of this Etude.

[@MrArturoPM]

@@ilovemycatrussell9298 But to be eliminated at the first stage? ._.

[@_cat_0w0]

@@MrArturoPM Well its still a great achievement to have gotten to the first stage

[@MrArturoPM]

@@_cat_0w0 of course it is, but she's a world class pianist, in the first round there were around 80 pianist, in the second there are around 40, the third around 20 and around 10 in the final, it was just unfair. Maybe the juror looked so much potential in her to be in a competition, because they knew she was capable to achieve such popularity by her own. Because i don't find any musical reason to be kicked out since first stage among 80 pianist where surely there were worst performances than hers.

[@_cat_0w0]

@@MrArturoPM of course there were worse performances, but there just weren't enough worse performances for her to pass. She's good but if you compare her to the winner of that year, Seong-jin Cho, you can see a clear difference in musical and technical ability. This doesn't mean she isn't good since everyone there is a world class pianist and she already passed preliminary round, it just means she isnt as good

[@marcorotondi7613]

Non conta la Sua eliminazione...nulla conta Maestro Tiffany. Lei è nella storia del Concertismo , i Suoi fans si contano a migliaia , il suo talento indiscusso.....suona per Noi , Maestro Poon, ignora le tristi Giurie dei noti Premi... Marco Rotondi

[@pedagozinis9003]

Wonderful! Very delicate playing!

[@bludika]

this etude sounds like a dreamlike state

[@lifestyleastherapyafterstr9423]

There! At 1:09 she plays the triplet so seemlessly (listen to the middle voice the G-Ab-D)

[@Hgfdd-k3u]

Cant believe the fact that she wasnt one of the final members. It's definitely wrong.

[@ynsmdd8678]

Nobody will argue that tiffany is not an amazing musician, but don't forget that she was against the likes of musicians like seong jin cho, she wasn't the only talented person competing.

[@jacobsimonson9040]

bronx zoo I agree, but kicked out in the first round?

[@bakuto.1055]

@@jacobsimonson9040 just getting to the first round is a huge achievement, 60% of pianists get rejected on pre elims

[@jacobsimonson9040]

Netflix Dovla yeah, I guess you’re right. But I personally think that she did better than a lot of the other people, although It is ultimately the judges decision.

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

I think she was eliminated from first stage because I think she could have improved her phrasing. I also feel that there was not enough stamina or intensity at times. There was also a muddy rhythm in Etude op 10 no 4. There was not as much feeling as her 2017 recording. Aimi’s Etude op 10 no 4 was better.

[@mr.fredericchopin6214]

Super virtuoso artist!

[@Supralaska]

Il est bien déplorable qu'une si excellente pianiste ait été éliminée, surtout pour les raisons exposées. Elle a une excellente technique, un doigté magnifique, une interprétation légère, sensible et joyeuse. Quelle déception et quelle perte de crédibilité pour ces jurés de cette prise de position dans un concours si important ou seule la musique devrait avoir une place !

[@ynsmdd8678]

Je sais que je suis très en retard pour répondre à ton commentaire, mais de quelle ''raisons exposées'' parles-tu? Je pense que beaucoup de personnes oublient que la majorité des pianistes dans cette compétition sont presque tout aussi talentueux les uns que les autres et qu'ils jouent tous à un très haut niveau. Tiffany, talentueuse qu'elle soit, devait mieux performer que des musiciens du calibre de seong jin cho, kobayashi et bien d'autres encore. Pas besoin de douter que la barre est très haute pour passer la première phase où 60% des pianistes sont éliminés. En somme, Tifanny est très talentueuse, mais elle devait compétitionner contre des pianistes du même calibre, voire d'un plus haut calibre.

[@alandynin1087]

Beautiful dynamics and phrasing... She gets this .

[@musicandcoffeere8882]

Me sorprende ver como crecio esta chica, verle en esta competición, me conmeve ver como ha evolucionado en su música, ya que, en su repertorio en esta competición son la mayoría estudios. Bravo Tiffany

[@user-uh1pn6cw2j]

Wow Bravo!! Very very good

[@qualitymusic5862]

We should not look at the surface to make conclusions. Posting the scores online doesn't mean that Chopin Competition is fair. It was beneficial if the competitor had studied with a member of the jury or had made a connection with the jury. In fact, jurors are often accused of giving high scores to their friends' students. Although some jurors were not eligible to rate their own students, they could give very low scores to other competitors who were better than their own students. Therefore, the outstanding competitors most likely could be easily eliminated.

[@christinehu3772]

I think she played better in the preliminary round than this stage,but she was still outstanding among all the contestants.Why did the jury make such a decision?What a pity !

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

She didn’t play any of the pieces of her 1st stage in the preliminary round, but I thought she had some problems with her phrasing in this stage, so yes I agree. Some pianists played with more dynamics for me also.

[@normsantos1274]

natural beauty in 2018

[@robertoa.m.3984]

Great and truly original interpretación! Bravo Tiffany!

[@classicallover6451]

Dang Thai Son had huge power to influence the competition result. Three of his students won 3rd, 4th & 5th prize. Besides, exactly how many winners and finalists had made a personal connection with him in any way? Can any insider tell us the truth?

[@nomusicnolife394]

+ClassicalLover Salute to Dang Thai Son!! He made three Canadian win!

[@asalj4014]

His students won prizes because they are fantastic pianists, if they weren't good he wouldn't take them anyway.

[@Aman3716]

asal j No one is doubting his students musical abilities. Of course they are fantastic, but the fact that a teacher is the jury for the competition his students are participating in is really not a good look for very obvious reasons that I don’t think needs any explaining. People should question the biasness, this should not become a normality.

[@em8714]

@@Aman3716 as far as I'm aware the teacher is not allowed give any judgement on his own students in competitions like this.

[@Aman3716]

thefinalshoe Could still lead to biased voting towards the students competitors.

[@Xyriak]

Incredible

[@sagar1992]

Lovely

[@MrInterestingthings]

Many of the pianists all study with the most important teachers Dang Thai son someone here mentions may have been responsible for her not winning and that his students went away with top prizez . This is the best Ive ever heard this etude played Listen to Cherkassy,Lhevinne,Cortot,Slobodyanik others and this certainly has best recorded sound . Poon is fantastic

[@danielabosnegeanu1065]

Sublime !

[@grzegorzpieniek6422]

very nice :)

[@goji5887]

I honestly wish I could spam the like button one million times

[@_.missberry]

Buen tempo

[@게이조이고-l1e]

Wow

[@michaelwisse9284]

Clara Schumann

[@michaelwisse9284]

Liefde Wijsheid Schoonheid Jeugd Kracht en liefde

[@lukemateo6924]

So beautiful, yet the score so scary

[@kkh8261]

10-11

[@sunteam70000]

Bu hızda mükemmel artikülasyon

[@konstantinkartashov3808]

Чистейшей прелести чистейший образец!

[@dr2tone]

Nadie como Josef Lhevinne

[@qualitymusic5862]

Why Tiffany Poon was eliminated at Stage 1? There are some political reasons: 1. Tiffany played much better than most of the jurors. In order to retain their dominant position in the classical field, the jurors had to eliminate Tiffany at the very beginning of the competition (Stage 1) and remain those competitors with the average level at the competition. For the past years, we couldn't see any Chopin Competition winner has become more famous than the jurors. 2. Tiffany was outstanding and too popular. If she was allowed to advance and play more rounds, she would give a very good impression to more audience. The audience would witness that she was one of the best among the competitors. Therefore, if she was not awarded any prize, it might cause riots. 3. Among the jury, there was a Chinese juror whose career is in his down trend and is seriously threatened by Lang Lang and Yuja Wang. Don't you think that he was foolish enough to let another Chinese star rise and ruin his career? 4. There was no Chinese competitor advanced to the Final Stage because there was a Vietnamese juror whose country had arose anti-Chinese protests several months ago.

[@ComtedeMonteC]

+QualityMusic It is not just the jurors who did not support Tiffany Poon but also the Polish audience did not. Kate Liu (Bronze medal) had wide popular support from the Polish public and she received the highest number of votes cast by listeners of the Second Program of the Polish Radio, and won the contest "My Chopin" In the opinion of listeners of the Program, she was the best pianist of the Chopin Competition. As someone else has written on youtube "[Poon's] style of playing is at times 'bombastic' and 'erratic' -her sudden change of tempo and intonation no doubt give an exciting 'drama' for excitable listeners, but to me it is as if she's taking us on a roller-coaster-" I think Poon's playing lacks the finesse and subtlety of Kate Liu who is the only other pianist of the competition I have much listened to .So I think Poon's elimination was justfied.

[@qualitymusic5862]

+ComtedeMonteC I've read many of your malicious comments about Tiffany Poon in other places too. You spent a great deal of your time judging and criticizing her in many ways. Apparently, you're jealous of her! You kept using the winners to attack Tiffany. But I've never seen you appreciate any of their performances in the beginning. And now, you quoted a negative comment posted by a huge fan of a competitor so as to validate your point. You obviously have no ear for music!! Sadly, you're ignorant enough to agree with the decision made by the jury. Are you aware that some of the jurors can't even play the piano very well, but qualified to judge in the competition? One of the examples is Yundi Li, who broke down in Seoul last month during the first movement of Chopin Concerto No.1.

[@luzhi4144]

QualityMusic a

[@ComtedeMonteC]

+Quality Music Your comment is nonsense. I have never made one single malicious comment about anyone on youtube even about Tiffany Poon. Also I have much praised Kate Liu's performances on youtube. Before inventing things in your comments maybe you should read what other people have written.

[@pjcpiano]

Tiffany Poon is American though isn't she?

[@yww7938]

她没进决赛， 是对肖赛公正性，权威性的一个打击。

[@xtopuzee]

Who else came here from the movie "Hustlers"?