![]() Hang on while I look his name up ‒ Dang Thai Son. The problem is that something’s missing ‒ possibly the music. This is not to denigrate the achievement of this years’s winner, a perfectly capable and technically very proficient pianist whose playing gleams with the same brilliance as his hair or jacket. Feel free to judge for yourself, rounds 2 & 3 and the concerto on YouTube. ![]() ![]() Something similar will happen now as Hyuk Lee is poised to make a confident rise into the hearts and minds of audiences everywhere. The historic instrument is being given back its original mid-19th century characteristics using expert. A case in point is the winner from 1980, the year when Pogorelich was launched into stardom despite his failure to bag a single prize while the actual laureate was quickly forgotten about by everyone (can’t be bothered to look his name up). The last piano Frederic Chopin ever played is currently being restored in the Polish capital. There will also be a series of short animated films with the Études of the Polish composer. ![]() The live soundtrack is the music of Chopin played by Marina Gurkova. Their moment to shine now comes every five years, judging contestants in Warsaw. It tells the story of a little girl Anna and her friend Chip-Chip who experience a wonderful adventure on board a magic flying piano. Over the years the jury process has become way too dominated by some prize-winners from previous years, the ones that despite their big win for some reason failed to make a big career.
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