YASUKO FURUMI - third round (18th Chopin Competition, Warsaw)

[@samosamo777]

ショパンの音楽に対して誠実であろうという人柄がすごく伝わってくる。日本のSNSで今一つ話題になっていないのは誠実である反面として個性が見えにくいという点にあるのだろうか。 しかし音楽と演奏がよく嚙み合っているこの演奏が私はとても好きだ。

[@大河内拓雄-v8u]

奇をてらわない自然な演奏の中に秘めた、往年のショパン弾きを思わせる説得力のある表現、細部も疎かにしない確かな技術、そして日本人ピアニスト独特のクセを廃した伸びやかな音。 一般的にどんな評価であろうと、私は日本人コンテスタントの中で一番好きです。

[@正直ポチ]

柔らかいきめの細かい上質なピアノ　好きです。 誠実なお人柄が、音楽から聴きとれます　♬ ソナタ3番　最高でした。ありがとう　♫♬

[@cibone5857]

ソナタの4楽章、抑えめで弾いてる人もいましたが、古海さんはミスタッチを恐れず勢いよく弾かれていて素晴らしかったです👏

[@kotaroshibata3144]

いやいやいや，素晴らしいです．昨夜の中継バージョンより，この小分けバージョンの方が何故か全然音が良いのです．これほどの３番ソナタはそうそう聴けないと思います．ありがとう！！！

[@taiyo1964]

素晴らしい3rd round でした。ファイナルも聴いてみたいですね。将来がとっても楽しみな天才。ソナタ賞レベルでしょう。生演奏聴きたいです。

[@ピアノピアノ-j2q]

最初のロンドから、涙が出るほど美しかったです。「音楽っていいな」と思わせてもらえる素敵な音色で、結果に関係なく忘れられない演奏でした。コンサートで生で聴かせて頂きたいです。

[@小林裕子-t7c]

最近またはまって改めてじっくり聞き直しています。なんて素晴らしい演奏なんでしょう。ミスタッチを恐れず全てを出し切った3rdステージ、ブラボーです。

[@samothrace1450]

真剣に大画面で鑑賞するもよし。 作業用に流すも良し。 就寝前に流して眠りにつくもよし、 目覚めにきくも良し。 はまってます。

[@Akiko_K]

改めて、じっくりと何度も聞いています。音が綺麗で伸びやか〜。やっぱり古海さんのピアノ好きですと思った次第です。

[@freeqwerqwer]

Now, this girl has a distinctive fresh touch, plays with clarity and makes good use of silence, has excellent control of dynamics, and springs lots of delightful surprises and I can't get enough of this whimsical pianist who doesn't smile but I can feel it in her playing. This is a Finals top contender for sure. Prize or no prize, I would go to her concert.

[@johann406]

Ok, please go final🌹🌹🌹 Thanks you, we want to hear your concerto!

[@firtazile8035]

She's so pretty and talented.

[@juneshuffett2872]

Her playing is so noble, elegant, exquisite, graceful, beautiful, easeful, and powerful too. It's a pleasure to listen and to watch her. She has what it makes a successful professional public performer in a long career. She is a Natural.

[@barbaraholland7630]

Best minor sonata !

[@海辺のたけし]

ほんとうに素晴らしい！！ソナタの３楽章からフィナーレでは涙が止まらなかった、どっぷりショパンになりきって思いっきり歌っているように感じました、今後のご活躍が楽しみ、また、コンサート行きます！！！

[@yoshihiromasamura]

こころ揺さぶられる演奏でした。ありがとうございます。

[@nicholasfontana4747]

This competitor is winning material, especially compared to some of those who made it to the finals. She demonstrated musical maturity that no one else in the competition demonstrated as thoroughly or consistently. I hope she knows that she plays and played far better than any of the jurors ever played. Competitions have been heading further and further in this direction for a long time. I can barely bring myself to watch them anymore for this reason. It's become another American Idol. It's not about choosing the one who played the best. Choosing the ones with the "coolest vibes" or the ones who had prodigy status as children, or ones who play with the most pyrotechnics, or their own students, or the one who offends the fewest judges, because the judges have such a narrow view of what is possible in a work of music. A friend cajoled me into watching this one. I won't watch them again. I will follow this pianist, though. As for the extremely forgettable members of the jury, most of whom no one ever heard of before, let them fade into obscurity. Argerich was right to walk off the jury. I wouldn't want to be associated with it either.

[@patriciamaguire9914]

I feel like if Chopin were here he'd say "exactly" - very elegant, somehow noble playing. Hope I get to see more of her!!

[@Akiko_K]

"exactly" so good word!

[@ninarose724]

After hearing her perform the Sonata I would pick her for the finals. Wow that Largo destroyed me! I’m sad and puzzled that she was not selected. But with the musical integrity she displays I imagine she will have many other opportunities. I hope so and wish her the best.

[@amakrid]

Mrs Furumi has been unlucky representing Japan. The dear Committee would not have voted for 3 Japanese pianists while excluding someone from the US. She should have chosen another country to live and identify with. That said, such committees rarely care about the Largo. They vote for flashy novices who seem that they'll make a great career. They would disqualify even Paderewski for some Olympic typewriting champion who makes a fuzz...

[@feddsp]

@@amakrid couldn't agree more! I really thought her and even Hayato Sumino's stage III were so strong they secured their slots for the finals.

[@zegaoyi]

@@amakrid didnt sorita and kobayashi both identify themselves as from japan? they are both finalists

[@amakrid]

@@zegaoyi That's exactly what I said. Two were enough. There are always balances that must be kept...

[@zhenyu2903]

She is one of my favorites. It's really a pity that she couldn't make it to the final. But well, it's just a competition. Her music career will be splendid. Best wishes :)

[@jorgegutierreztellez3663]

agree. her rondo is bether than pacholek's rondo

[@mrkkrssk]

Splendid pianistic art. The air like lightness of the Rondo and all the emotions of the sonata op.58 make it a memorable recital. Beautiful Chopin music without excessive make up. Bravo!

[@DrQuizzler]

Every time Ms. Furumi creates a light, danceable rhythm in the Rondo, she dances along with it while creating it, which is a pretty good way to make sure it's even and danceable.

[@asete2331]

聴いてて心地よいです!

[@QeD-l1k]

She plays with no regret I like it

[@peterkovacs9951]

Tremendous amount of dynamic control and clarity. Very cool

[@Fraldale]

Amazing performance, the Largo was truly exceptional

[@barbaraholland7630]

Great clairity..... and great beauty and ease

[@okimusica]

ソナタの第四楽章、何度も聴いてます…古海さんの弾き方が一番好きです。これ以外は考えられないくらいです。

[@hopefullylost4012]

I don't have a benchmark memory 'cause Yasuko's performance is my first listening experience of Rondo E major. Then Volla! I feel like I am seeing Nodame in person. Full of romantic dynamics dancing flawless. You betchya Chopin Competetion explored a hidden gem again. Kanbare Ms. Furumi! Bravo!

[@sam-np4ol]

you gotta listen to horowits' intro and rondo too, its absolutely nuts

[@sam-np4ol]

and i agree man furumi's is so cantabile

[@samuelsze2675]

This has been my background music for studying in the past month. I really think her sonata no.3 is one of the very best versions I have ever heard. She deserved to be in the final round. Hoping to listen to her concert soon :)

[@tkitajima6958]

She is the best contestant. Thank you very much for quite impressive performances. I hope everything goes well with Furumi-san!

[@epoxiconazole1]

One of the best sonate of the competition !

[@PhilipGarciaReacts]

She floats s and soars delicately through all the colors!

[@zygmuntlubomirski5345]

Wykonanie pewne i brylantowe i trudno mi zrozumiec dlazego nie byla w gronie laureatow bo moim zdaniem grala lepiej niz inni. Tak czy owak Yasuko ma wstep na sale koncertowe calego swiata gdyz jest dobra w tym co robi.. Bryliant piansit. My best wishes go to you and you can rest assured that you will be successful all your life. ❤❤❤

[@前陣死守-f8u]

Thank you so much for the super spectacular performance 😱😭 of all pieces . And SONATA Op.58 is one of the GOAT😱 All movements were great👏👏👏 Especially your passion for the 4th movement may have lined up or exceeded BLECHACZ’s legendary performance in 2005 competition👏👍 I strongly wish you good luck✨ Few oops…⁉️ yes we are human😉

[@faustianfellaheen]

yeah, sounds just like Blechacz's performance...but it's unfortunate she messed up at the end.

[@前陣死守-f8u]

unfortunate…at the end…yeah , it’s competition… . Her performance remained in my memories. I hope she can leave a name on the record in next time‼️

[@AndMakrid]

This young lady plays music. My best wishes for her!

[@barbaraholland7630]

Totally agree! She's a master.....

[@gonzalovaldivia3835]

Excelente pianista. Llena de sentimiento. Le auguro un futuro lleno de triunfos.

[@soyeux27]

She's more than a pianist, she's a musician.

[@karolpawlowski5368]

Pan Fryderyk Chopin jest dumą Polski! Cały naród jest z niego dumny! 🇵🇱

[@crimeancomposer]

😘 Love in first look. 😍

[@zsuzsaperl9602]

I watched the sonata in B minor three times. Amazing musician Yasuko Furumi

[@前陣死守-f8u]

I watched 4times😆,and watched 7times about 4th movement 😍

[@zsuzsaperl9602]

@@前陣死守-f8u Yeahhh!! I

[@zsuzsaperl9602]

@@前陣死守-f8u I was shaking while I was watching it!!

[@前陣死守-f8u]

@@zsuzsaperl9602 It's a nice and correct reaction.😆👍 Others have also written a lot of great comments. I agree with all of them 😆 ⇩These were particularly impressed. ○ Without excessive make up ○ I rarely listen sonata Op.58 like this ○ Persuasive expression like a legendary performer ○ Reliable technics that does not neglect details ○ Music and performance are well intertwined I think it's a miracle performance that happened because it was a one-shot biggest competition. Not too annoying, not too kind, not too heavy, not too light, not too hard , not too soft , and a exquisitely balance of beauty and passion. I've listened to a lot of recordings of sonata Op58 , both famous and unknown, for me , she was the first to play the 3rd and 4th movements at the same time so wonderfully. Of course, both the 1st and 2nd movements are one of GOAT. Her performance of 3rd , this is the my best of 2021 Chopin competition 😅 I would like to go to her concert and express my gratitude .😌

[@zsuzsaperl9602]

​@@前陣死守-f8u You put it very nicely!..One word comes to mind about Yasuko: she’s real ! ! I hope this is understood because it says a lot in my language! (Hungarian)

[@whiskymusic1333]

何度でも聴きたくなる演奏です。素敵です。

[@rikao5960]

最近シューベルトのソナタ21番をたまたま聴かせて頂きました 素晴らしくて感動 ショパコンでは反田恭平さんを応援していて、リアルタイムでは聴いてないのが残念でなりません 特にソナタ４楽章凄く好きな曲で、生き生きとして感動しました🥺 コンクールの疲れもあるし緊張もあるだろうけど、そういうの超えて一緒に音楽を楽しめました 古海さんの演奏動画で色々拝見してます 是非コンサートで聴きたいです これからも頑張ってください！ 応援してます📣

[@martaromarate5372]

Fantástica pianista la japonesa!!🎶👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@kickintoaction]

この音楽性好き！！！💞💖🎶😂🌠🎉🌈🎊❇️

[@hannastaszak1684]

BRAWO ! ❤️❤️❤️

[@abbbabbb7049]

i think She is better than SORITA(反田恭平), SORITA's echo too loud, so noisy.

[@zsuzsaperl9602]

YES! SHE IS AN ARTIST!!

[@yoshihiromasamura]

🎵🎵

[@yapsun3017]

In my view, she did well,but she need more passion to music.Maybe her tone shows japanese culture,too cold and the beauty and spirit are hiden.I think that her Chopin can play better and flawless,but she need time and experience to taste her life and read more,then she can understand more deep.