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by Milpen
Grazzidad said: "I cannot believe I'm reading something in the 21st century that says "Of the 12 Cliburn semifinalists, six were Asian, and of the six finalists, four were Asian. Complained one critic: "What does that say about the judges' preferences? Or more broadly, what does it say about where classical music is headed in the next decade?"" For one thing, the writer of the last quote should be HAPPY that CM has someplace as fertile to 'head' as the musicians of Asia have proved, and are proving. Everyone who watched the VCC felt horrible about the breakdown of Boshanov in his Concerto performances, which revealed passages of some peculiar musical fetishes in addition to an unexpected panoply of wrong notes.
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by Milpen
Grazzidad said: "I cannot believe I'm reading something in the 21st century that says "Of the 12 Cliburn semifinalists, six were Asian, and of the six finalists, four were Asian. Complained one critic: "What does that say about the judges' preferences? Or more broadly, what does it say about where classical music is headed in the next decade?"" For one thing, the writer of the last quote should be HAPPY that CM has someplace as fertile to 'head' as the musicians of Asia have proved, and are proving. Everyone who watched the VCC felt horrible about the breakdown of Boshanov in his Concerto performances, which revealed passages of some peculiar musical fetishes in addition to an unexpected panoply of wrong notes.
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