Чета коментарите по повод Рахманинов. Аз не го чух, твърде късно ми беше, но хората критикуват до скъсване. Бързал бил, сменял темпата и затруднявал диригента, имал нечисти пасажи...И почти на края на страницата в блога, прочитам това:

musicalnaïf says:

June 6th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
In some ways, I can’t believe I’ve read through all these comments, but following Bozhanov through the past few weeks: Who else had garnered such praise and such revilement?

I’m sure he could have played any of these pieces as “they ought to be played”. Do you really doubt that? But he did what he wanted to do, in his own way, sitting on his own bench.

I don’t know what the goals of the Cliburn are or of the Cliburn jury. If they want someone marketable for the classical piano scene, how could they go wrong with Bozhanov. Look at the comments on this blog over the past few days. Who is getting more comments than Bozhanov?

He’s completely over the top. He’s crazy. He’s outrageously, embarrassingly goofy. His playing is sublime. His playing is offensive. His playing is joyful. His playing is humorous. His playing is serious. Think of all you can see in his playing and recognize, then think of everything he’s expressing that we haven’t caught onto yet? What range!

You watch, you read, you hear commentary, and especially for those of us for whom this is the first piano competition we’ve paid attention to, you wonder what you really like and who’s good. Who should you pay attention to, both among the players and the critics?

And what do I know? Not much. I don’t know if I really even like him, but his playing is moving and compelling. I’ve not been able to devote a lot of my undivided attention to any single person, but I’ve had the live stream on most of the time the last two weeks and he’s one of the ones I keep clicking on in the archives. He’s one of the ones I keep coming back to the computer for when he plays live. He’s the one I read to the bottom of the comments page on the blog.

If the jury simply goes for just another pianist who can provide everything the blog comments seem to want tonight, I don’t think we’ll be hearing much from the performer on the concert scene. If they go with Bozhanov, we’ll be hearing from him again and again I think and even if he doesn’t win, we’ll keep seeing him. He’s made a mark already.

Нямам търпение да чуя записа след всичкото това. За мен двамата претенденти, на които всичко им идва отвътре, са нашето момче и Цуджии, япончето. Дано журито има уши.

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