Tuesday, August 02, 2005

The News From Cleveland

A quick post this morning on the doings at the Cleveland International Piano Competition.

The semi-final round is announced:

SEMI-FINAL ROUND SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1:30 PM
Hong Xu
Grace Fong
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 7:00 PM
Spencer Myer
Sergey Kuznetsov
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1:30 PM
Andrius Zlabys
Xiang Zou
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 7:00 PM
Chu-Fang Huang
Stanislav Khristenko

You can listen via an online radio broadcast here.

There are quite a few retreads or, if you like, battle-hardened players from the Cliburn and other stops along the competition circuit. In this go familiar profiles from the Cliburn are: Zlabys; Huang; and Fong.

Spencer Myer has the local buzz. But my vote goes to Chu-Fang Huang who has a ravising tone, and made in fact to the Cliburn finals.

Noteworthy, a local newspaper "The Plain Dealer" has put-up a blog or sorts for the competition. You can find it here. (Registration req).

Good luck to all!

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