XIV Tchaikovsky competition is over

Daniil Trifonov receiving the great Tchaikovsky statuette, Congratulations!

Daniil Trifonov Grand-Prix winner XIV Tchaikovsky comp. 2011

The competition is over. It was a marvellous 2 weeks, listening to top musicians, and the fact that I could follow it all online and listen to all performances live made it all such a great success for us, the online audience.

For the winners it is just the beginning. As part of the competition’s regulations, the winners will tour for 3 years around the world as the winners of the XIV Tchaikovsky competition. Information about the performances, schedule etc. can be found on the official Tchaikovsky competition website:

http://www.tchaikovsky-competition.com/en/the_tchaikovsky/winners_tours

I know I will follow the schedule and will be very interested to listen to Daniil Trifonov and to Yeol Eum Son live on stage, or any of the other piano competitors from round II. I am very curious in which countries they will perform and maybe it will be the next excuse for me to go traveling. Nothing better than combining traveling with good music, it goes very well together, at least for me.

XIV Tchaikovsky competition - gala concert - grand-prix

Yeol Eum Son keeps amazes me each time I listen to her. She played so well tonight a part of Prokofiev concerto for piano and orchestra (didn’t understand which No. as it was said in Russian only) incredible!

The grand-prix winner will be announced at the end of the concert, of course… keep us all in suspense….

Enjoy!

XIV Tchaikovsky competition - grand-prix winner

Update: Saturday's gala concert and grand-prix award in St. Petersburg will starts at 20:00 Moscow time and not at 19:00 as mentioned earlier.