Debussy/Prokofiev
Gijón International Piano Festival
Gijón International Piano Festival
The Gijón International Piano Festival takes over the entire coastal city of Gijón, with concerts in spectacular venues. The Smackdown was hosted in the Teatro de Laboral, a fascinating Mid-century palatial campus that also hosts the teaching and practicing during the festival.
An enthusiastic audience greeted this very first Smackdown in Spain, and many of the results were very much in line with what one would expect - youth going for Prokofiev, women going for Debussy, etc. Very interestingly, the youngest listener (age 6) and the oldest listener (age 95) agreed - Debussy for all 4 rounds!!
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Favorite Comments:
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•Prokofieff Best Performance. Debussy Best Composer
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•Generally play Debussy better. But personally like Prokofiev.
Other Comments:
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•Amazing! You are most welcome in Mallorca (Balearic Island)
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•Congratulations, the winner is Frederic Chiu
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•Conozco mejor a Debussy. Por ero me criesta ser objetiva. Si se puediere, lo dejaria en empate.
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•Ha sido muy dificil elegir. extraordinario concierto, gracias. ennorma buena.
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•I like Prokofiev of today's concert but I like your sound of Debussy. It sounds like dreaming!!! OMG this is the most impressive concert I've seen lately. Your sound so beautiful/amazing, just perfect. Thank you so much for this concert!! (I'm so sad it ends :((()
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•I would choose Prokofiev as the best performance and Debussy as better composer.
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•It was wonderful to work with you and I was so fortunate to hear your pedal technique in concert.
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•No me extrana ete empate de numero de votos entre los dos compositores porque afanal de los diferencias de lenguaje musical hoy muchas similitudes temperamentales
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•Me hubiera gustado ver las manos del maestro tocado