The 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (preliminary round) 1st session, 2.05.2025

Jingting Zhu's interpretation makes me feel like he's kind of an arrogant person. Why the need to wait 15 seconds after the dominant D chord ?

Harmony Zhu, superb 🎉🎉🎉

Why doesn't anyone play a waltz ballad polonaise etc.?

Weak session by the way. Anyways

Won't pass :
7 - J.Zhu
6 - Okui
5 - Basista
Maybe will pass :
4 - Amako
3 - Bao
2 - H.Zhu
Will qualify :
1 - Aćimović

I enjoy straightforward playing of Jingting Zhu ❤.

probably chopin love the nocturne of shio okui.

Vladimir Acimovic😊❤

Congratulations!

When Harmony began playing the c minor etude, I thought uh oh, too fast. But that’s because most pianists who play it that fast just bang their way through. I was pleasantly surprised that even at that tempo, she sensitively left room for dynamic changes and musicality.

I like Michal Basista: the performance featured a number of beautiful and interesting moments, interpreted in a unique, personal way.

VLADIMIR AĆIMOVIĆ: Mixed feellings... has something interesting to say, but at times, he lingers too long, and occasionally stretches the rubato to proportions I find unacceptable 🤔

YANYAN BAO: She beautifully brings out hidden melodies, very carefully shapes main melodic lines, has a pearly technique which for her is a means rather than an end (unfortunately it is rare for many pianists).
What I found distracting, however, was her tendency to release the right pedal too late too often.
NOT like her Mazurka: too little Mazurka's spirit in the Mazurka.
I would love to hear a complete set of Nocturnes performed by her.

Amazing scales yanyan! I love your 10 8

Vladimir ❤

Harmony❤

Very impressed by Acimovic!

Just listen to the different length of the applauses from the audience, you may have some ideas how they appreciated the performances of each soloist.

Bravo, Shio-san!! Perfect💯

Harmony is one of the best.

Harmony ~the best

VLADIMIR AĆIMOVIĆ - Definitely a true impressive musician and artist with a future - successful in the finals!

しおさん、力強さと繊細さに溢れた演奏をありがとう
何年もあなたの演奏を聴くのが私の楽しみになっています

Yanyan Bao has such an amazing ear for detail. Her playing is so well thought out and constructed, however I do agree with others that her fortissimos are at most a forte and it’s preventing the climaxes in the music from truly blossoming.

Yan Yan👍🏻

GeniusMr.acimovic

Vladimir Aćimović 👏👏👏

Sho-chan Bravo!!!!!!

YANYAN BAOが印象に残った。テクニックも音楽性も良くて演奏が細やかで美しい。特にノクターンの繊細な演奏に惹き込まれた。

I was fascinated by the rich expressiveness of Shio Okui's playing. I heard her play at her concert the year before last, and was very impressed by the change in her tone, sometimes soft, sometimes supple, elastic, and powerful.
The contrast between the stillness and movement of the Scherzo op. 31 and the light rhythm and melancholy tone of the Mazurka op. 24-4 was very appealing.
I look forward to more performances from this 20-year-old with a sense of stability.

Harmony is brilliant and elegant pianist ❤

AcimovicExcellent

"Everyone played such beautiful, amazing Chopin—thank you to all the wonderful souls. if I really have to pick one 🤔… it’s Harmony. (Musically, emotionally, spiritually... Pure Joy)🥰

Yanyan Bao. Bravo!

how didnt harmony zhu pass?? she creates an atmoshpere better than anybody in the group at least, has charisma, except for the small mistake in nocturne she was incredible??

Incompréhensible que Shio Okui n’ait pas été sélectionnée !!!

Harmony zhu and basista are wonderful 😮

Shio Okui has my vote. personal, unique, pure and effortless mastery

yanyan baoさん、18歳とは思えない表現力！！
バランスの良さ、あれだけ盛り込んでもしつこさを感じさせない抜群のセンス、全体を通じての安定感、音を耳と心と魂で捉えよく歌って演奏されていらっしゃるところ、本当に引き込まれました。遠く前世から響いてくるような、何とも言えない懐かしさを感じ、至福な気持ちになりました。
本大会も楽しみにしております。

Yanyan's legato is exquisite in her Nocturne

YANYAN BAO is not from this world. She makes me cry every time. Her Scherzo is from somewhere beautiful 😢❤ Help.

Wow! Yanyan Bao is brilliant! The Op 10 No 8 she made it sound so musical...... n the Scherzo just marvellously performed.

Totemo joozu!!!

SHIO OKUI

Candidate Sergey Tanin is currently studying at Hamburg music conservatory in Germany with Professor Mrs. Anna Vinnitskaya And the Professor Mrs. Anna Vinnitskaya is a judge for the Queen Elisabeth competition final this year . And she is expected to give points to Sergey Tanin, her student.


For fairness, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium needs to disclose judged scores and judges like the Warsaw Chopin Competition.

Michał Basista - wspaniały Mazurek. 100% Chopin.