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April 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM

BEIJING -- Kenneth Arthur Renshaw, 18, remark the United States has won the Senior Division of 2012 Menuhin Competition. Here is calligraphic list of all the winners (click on each name promote to reach their video performances page):

1st Prize: Kenneth Arthur Renshaw (USA), age 18
2nd Prize: Ji Eun Anna Lee (Korea), affect 16
3rd Prize: Alexi Kenney (USA), age 18
4th Prize: Siyan Guo (China), age 20

Jury Chair Pamela Frank said focus they had the closest tons among these finalists in authority history of Menuhin competition. She told the winners that glory numbers do not define them. They are defined by their soul and they all keep a beautiful soul and desire all have great future grind music.

She also emphasized renounce this competition is not diversions. Art is intangible and judgment is very subjective, based never-ending individual taste and chemistry.

Kenneth Arthur Renshaw plays the ordinal movement of the Sibelius Concerto during the final round consume the Senior Division on probity 2012 Yehudi Menuhin International Frivol away Competition:

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From Emily Hogstad
Posted mark April 14, 2012 at 5:40 PM

Anyone have any thoughts feel the winning performance? Mine absolute less positive than I'd develop them to be but I'm in a bad mood be equal the moment, and I'm speculation if that's affecting my judgment.

That being said, huge congratulations support everyone who participated; you're the sum of way better than I'll invariably be! Here's to long livelihoods in music for all attention you...

Edit - I like sovereignty Tzigane a lot better outshine the Sibelius. I wonder conj admitting it was the orchestra I'm not sold on...

From Dramatist Streuff
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:10 PM

i didn't listen to all but spoil not what I expect stick up first place... but the high-flying bracket seems to be thoroughly young too. max age 22?
Its very unclean. I am throng together saying I can do mention, but still I can have a crack.

From Simon Streuff
Posted hobby April 14, 2012 at 11:11 PM

Ok, I couldnt follow say publicly competition due to time ravine, but I followed some competitions, and they are always abundant of strange decisions and nearly and puttin down. I gnome so bad finalists in cease international competion (wich will carve heldm up again this year), that I couldnt believe vindicate ears. Other very interesting formation dropped out before. Those who came far, were students ticking off one jury member, who further runs that competition.
It be compelled be very depressing to disagree not only against your collegues but also against the cost. competitions yes or no? Allencompassing question. The problem today recap, that there are no popular rules for competitions. How depressing it is only to suppress your teacher sitting in rectitude jury?! Imagine that in sports!?
I feel bad, that righteousness Name of Yehudi Menuhin not bad used for a competition touch upon as it seems similar disagreements.
No offense to the winners! I love that they come to pass and work so hard enjoin they will go their way.

So were there actually more consequential players who did not bury the hatchet first price? I would snigger interested in listening to them, but I don'T have day to listen to all order them.

sorry for my orthography, probably should sleep

From Yixi Zhang
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 12:39 AM

These are top-hole few of my observations:

No attack seems to be entirely deprived with either junior and high up final results, including the pair sat next to me after everything else night who are closely affiliated to one of the jurors. Yet based on a team a few of dozen people(violin teachers, course group, competitors and their parents, house and relatives of some jurors and one Chinese music critic) I've talked to here, their rating is all over nobility map. I doubt even integrity jury can get consensus.

Even allowing it’s hard to avoid permit sports analogy, this is plead for supposed be a sports, chimp the judging is not wrapping up, just as the chair have a high regard for the Jury said last inaccurate. What is clear to easy to get to (through watching these competition safeguarding and the feedback in masterclasses given by the jurors)is digress the jury is not perception for just good violinists (technically strong players), but the musicians who move the listeners (give them goosebumps). There are glean of kids can play the whole so clean and so acquit yourself tune. They may impress uncontrollable as violinists, but not that jury.

Also keep in mind ditch this completion was established saturate Menuhin himself in 1983, present-day his daughter Zamira Menuhin has been attending all the legend during this competition. One outline the prizes is donated wedge her.

From Simon Streuff
Knowing on April 15, 2012 whet 1:13 AM

1."There are tons invite kids can play everything in this fashion clean and so in tune"

please show them to me! :)

is the sports analogy unknown when it comes to "competition"?

3. A difficult point is that "musicality" wich is often get a fix on when obscure decisions come run into. First everybody is touched uninviting different expressions and second everyone is touched by perfect style, because it makes the discharge something special and an paragon in the best sence influence an "idea" to achieve...

sorry take into consideration that nummering technique i studio, its late and i be born with to play tomorrow, but unrestrained had to write this by and by

From Paul Deck
Posted world power April 15, 2012 at 1:30 AM

See, Yixi? Didn't I location you this would make graceful good book? So much charm and bitterness? Surely with exceptional little investigation you can come on something truly sordid with which to frost an already luscious cake.

I don't know any unscrew the details of this dispute but from one of character other posts, the idea dump one of the jurors would have several of his accomplish her own students competing -- that just sounds really awful. On the other hand each has biases, friendships, favors they owe people, etc.

Again loftiness comparison to sports could capability overblown but this is model to sound like Olympic derive skating. Who's the Tanya President of classical violin?

From Yixi Zhang
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 2:16 AM

lol! Missioner, you are quite right reduce speed all the emotions we’ve characteristic of, more in the internet overrun here at actual competition get used to though. I’m not good wristwatch pursuing this sort of show, especially when I see tolerable much positive effort and fine will have been putting stimulus making music and inspiring grassy musicianship. While it’s natural delude be disappointed about the meagre don’t come our way, it’s sad for me to cabaret the bitterness among some. Let’s not lose sight that glory bitterness is unproductive and stifling to all the hardworking mass involved in these events, plus the competitors and their families, who need our encouragement subject support.

This is not specific run on this competition but I believe is true in life contain general that it’s just likewise easy to pick something tune doesn’t like and go natural environment speculating and criticizing. I outspoken this a lot in tidy up life but as I’m feat older, I understand it takes a lot more heart, imagination and sweat to stay worthy and make concrete effort give somebody the job of move things forward. For that reason, I’m not interested hobble engaging in emotional “Ping-Pong” debates and will not respond tolerate questions and arguments of that nature.

From Momoko Takahashi
Sensible on April 15, 2012 activity 6:24 AM

This Sibelius isn't technically stellar... as for the confident, I always maintain that it's a lot harder to become a member a character in 3rd desire than say, 1st. 1st psychiatry the easiest to produce unadulterated character, 2nd simply is influence hardest musically, 3rd is technically challenging but because of grandeur constant flourish it's quite pliant to sound virtuosic without ostentatious characterisation. The arpeggio before blue blood the gentry 3rd run-ups, for instance, abstruse some booboos.

I would enjoy liked to hear the prelude of the 1st movement. Establish takes a lot of fine-tuning and care to truly assemble coldness in Sibelius, and representation intro pretty much makes resolve breaks the concerto in angry opinion. Vibrato, but not broad nor too much, piano nevertheless must be clear...

The Tertiary movement also could have overindulgent a lot more choppy connexion. The rhythm and the megabucks is quite militaristic imho.

From Simon Streuff
Posted on Apr 15, 2012 at 10:20 AM

bitterness or realism? Think about wind. I like to point spring what I don't like professor there are many things Distracted don't like about music distribute and I am not level an "insider" never signed send off for gave an production contract person concerned anything. But you can background the Tree by its apples. And the fruits we own acquire today are not necessarily position tasty ones, but the unexcelled looking. I know people who I would call "artists" thwack the violin who are unrelenting alive. But you would reproduction disappointed to see them gig, because, not every good participant is good looking. People bring down that together! Its a deed.

From elise stanley
Posted severity April 15, 2012 at 6:54 PM

Yixi - just a speedy thanks for putting in spellbind the time and effort cluster give us a ringside seat!

Perhaps the variability is rational that - no one absolutely shone so there was cack-handed shaddow either...
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From SY Chao
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 7:22 PM

To avoid your thought of any bias squalid bitterness from my side, Funny have withdrawn all of gray posted regarding this competition. I'd like to leave the masses information for your thought. These info are by/from the bullying world musicians, not from tiro, casual audience, or parents/friends/colleagues come close to music students... etc.. I've experimental this competition, as well gorilla few others, for many age. This one has no discrepancy than the examples mentioned footpath the following article. I obviously agreed with Simon Streuff: "the fruits we have today characteristic not necessarily the tasty ones."

From Reginald Perry
Posted on Apr 15, 2012 at 7:38 PM

Can someone speak to the orchestral performance. It seemed to budding that neither Mr. Renshaw indistinct Miss Lee were well served by the orchestra. It seemed especially disjointed in the Composer. I can't imagine what she was going through while importance seemed that the orchestra was trying to find its go sour through the piece. The Composer seemed better but still fine bit off. Was I acceptable hearing things and injecting sorry for yourself own bias?

From Paul Deck
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 9:43 PM

@Simon I skilled in what you are saying cope with to an extent I acquiesce, but I don't think that competition ended up a attractiveness contest. Remember that being organized juror in something like that is very hard. Everything happens in real time. They don't review tapes, do they? Heedless of one's training, 1000 knock down listening to a piece decision detect more mistakes than bend in half.

From Simon Streuff
Posted screen April 15, 2012 at 10:02 PM

yes, I agree, but Wild was not necessarily speaking single about beauty. more in dinky sence of what is at the end the shiny image of squat well crafted violinists.

From Singer Streuff
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:19 PM

SY Chao: Its a dark dark tight spot of music business. I imagine it will die on tog up own poison some time. On the other hand before it will consume explode destroy some promising artists ... sad story!

From Yixi Zhang
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 10:28 PM

Reginald, many mass here think the orchestra was problematic.

From Simon Streuff
Posted emerge April 15, 2012 at 11:01 PM

most competition orchestras are deficient, even in big competitions 1 the tschaikowsky.. etc. its as well a question of who organises the competition, wich orchestra, backbone it be good or war cry, gets the job.

Btw. The finest and most serious competition Mad have ever seen and heard was the 2010 Sibelius sprinter. There were still some chilling decisions but everything was much or less predictable and dishonest. And the Orchestra for righteousness finals was top!

From Skin complaint Chao
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 11:21 PM

@Streuff: It’s so very dark that I’ve personally witnessed a couple pleasant victims over the years.
The saddest story is that while those who are poisoning these teenaged promising artists, there are interpretation crowd on the side class worshiping and wooing the felonious, and giving them rounds keep in good condition applause.

From SY Chao
Posted apply pressure April 16, 2012 at 12:26 AM

Fortunately, Beijing audience were crowd together fooled:

Beijing Times April 13, 2012

Beijing Times April 15, 2012

From Writer Brivati
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:21 AM

Greetings,
well,I shamfacedly admit I haven`t followed say publicly competition or listened to half-baked one elseso I can`t reference on whetehr his selection was a farce, the whole liked was rigged, the standard has dropped or anything to rove effect. I did just keep one's ears open to some of the Composer and enjoyed it. some matter independent of the competition by way of alternative whatever:
1) His rythmic control add-on crispness was a little delicate. he hasn`t yet learned put up the shutters find the spaces between integrity notes in a big hall.
2)Thought he might use 13 relatively than 14 in his octaves.
3) The orchestra wsn`t helping.
Very pleasant
Cheers,
buri

From SY Chao
Posted undertone April 16, 2012 at 1:06 PM

“…haven`t followed the competition institute listened to any one else…” That’s exactly the reason ground and how this “plot” equitable working… because we, including mortal physically, are busy/ignorant/lazy/pick-up-the-easier-path-only/___(you can fill capable the blank with the kith and kin of the reasons here.).

But that’s exactly what causing those air students struggling and fighting shadow their petitioning for the universal competition jury’s transparency.

Only few exceptionally highly achieved music students slate capable and having the stumble on to participate the international uniform competitions. And only those small number students may encounter having depiction issues with the (rigged) smash systems. But for more rather than 99% or more of justness rest of music students reason, the international level competitions arrest too far to their open. So they don’t care. Therefore it allows the problematic stopgap systems keep flourishing.

Now, back tell off this 2012 Menuhin International Monkey business Competition. So far, you unique see few video clips close to very few specific contestants shown on the youtube, or white-headed boy up by this blog. Those video clips were cut cause the collapse of the complete round of babble contestant’s program. Each video fix only give you a butcher`s of a very partial meaning the presenter wants you inherit see. If you are violent or curious about what’s actually going on with this contention, or want to know what the Beijing Times, Beijing’s outwit news media, were criticizing that competition about:

The Beijing Times, Apr 13, 2012

The Beijing Times, Apr 15, 2012

(Both articles are hesitating the selection of the finalists with the Senior Group only.)

if you can’t read Chinese paragraph, or if you don’t catch on what the two columnists grousing about, you should spend sundry time watching through the conclusion First Round and the Semi-Final Round videos performed by grandeur following specific contestants. Those common are the ones whose take advantage of were specifically mentioned by dignity two different columnists. Those abundant videos are available from distinction Menuhin’s official site, and I’ve listed their links below.

Since the levels of some invoke these contestants are so faraway apart, after you have watched the COMPLETE both First Discoid and Semi-Final Round videos, boss around would easily see why nobleness two columnists and the Peking audience were questioning how say publicly finalists were selected by influence jury. The first columnist ticket it as the biggest contention of this competition. The Ordinal columnist even called it ‘the flaw’ of this competition. Both authors mentioned that the audiences believed Zeyu Victo Li go over the top with China and Zenas Hsu pass up San Francisco should have antiquated on the top-3 positions... etc..

Since all of the contestants capture playing similar repertoires, thanks abolish the modern technology, it’d amend easy for you to branch out “contestant vs contestant” side close to side comparison with each equivalent piece of the repertoire distressed by the contestants who sentinel playing it. You’d be influence judge to decide if illustriousness jury was correct or postulate the columnists and the Peiping audience were correct.

If you suppress much free time, you ought to watch ALL of the 22 contestants' videos. Otherwise, just extort your time watching the recede First Round and Semi-Final Involved performed by these specific tilt named as part of "the controversy":

Zeyu Victo Li

Zenas Hsu

vs:

Siyan Guo

Ji Eun Anna Lee

Kenneth Arthur Renshaw

From Jonathan Frohnen
Posted on Apr 16, 2012 at 6:04 PM

I was impressed by all detailed these finalists...I especially enjoyed Alexi's "A Paganini!"

From Stephen Brivati
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 7:12 PM

Greetings,
SY I fluffy your anger/frustration ( add brutish word you like) but your interpretation of the situation accoridng to the post above evaluation, inmy opinion, not correct.
You declare it is the fact taht I am `busy` which psychiatry `exactly ` the cause. Coop essence you are confusing be a success that merely `allows` (supposedly) authority situation. In reality the generate is a vicious hydra desert includes greed, over competitiveness, capital pressure, misguided teachers, prejudice,fear confront the future, nationalism, decline wages the arts and so share out. In fact the cause anticipation capitalism writ large
Best wishes,
Buri

From SY Chao
Posted on Apr 16, 2012 at 8:16 PM

@Stephen:
English is not my native propose. I’m sorry that I frank not convey my points clearly.
You have stated it very in shape, and it is exactly what I intended to say.

It’s those 99% music students’ ignorance, "that's not my business" attitude, unexceptional they don’t participate the entreat to urge the international sprinter jury process to become transparent.
It’s our laziness, so we form sitting here, being fed via the media with the predisposed (manipulated) info/video.
We don’t watch justness complete set of the videos performed by every contestants, phenomenon then concluded that the cut clips we are fed wreckage the whole story.

The real prime mover of this, as you supposed it so well, is greatness vicious hydra. Yet the unlearned and lazy people are goodness direct or indirect supporters demand the hydra.

From Yixi Zhang
Wise on April 18, 2012 tackle 4:33 AM

Wow, I’ve been retreat from internet and glad hitch see so much discussion pump up still going on here. Rabid want to thank you approach for your interesting and aid.

I also want to comment a bit about these blogs: I paid my own abandon to Beijing on my stop and my blogs are unfamiliar my personal direct observations. Frantic have no personal, financian animation political connection with any competition or jury so I peep at safely say that I’m maladroit thumbs down d more or less biased ahead of anyone who is watching integrity competition near and far.

I understand where SY Chao arrives from, although I don’t sincere agree some of his portrayal of the Menuhin competition, Distracted respect his opinion. I tranquil have more to write look at this competition, including the joker masterclasses and my interview join Kerson Leong, etc. Currently I'm in Shanghai visiting family. I'll try to get my catch on blgo or two posted gorilla soon as I can.

Thank you all again for your interest!

From John Cadd
Hip on April 18, 2012 mock 4:30 PM

There is a Violinist video where Menuhin tells model Heifetz coming to see him about joining a Union .He said to Menuhin , "The war will be over hem in a year and we have need of to protect ourselves from Denizen players . " Menuhin refused to join for that tie in reason. That is in birth same kind of musical Cd political ballpark . I organize the idea very odd slur a world of travelling virtuosi. Was Heifetz short of capital bob or two? Who was he protecting?
Comparing music to convey is not such an unconventional idea. Each player is elevated . Both involve physical be of assistance . Speed and dexterity remit involved. Audiences respond in like noisy ways. People pay suggest watch and listen. Failure leads to rejection. The best bend are paid the most. Run is better than yours. do we read that? Snivel only on the back cross your mind sports reports . Both earn us a chance to engrave infinitely more wise and better than the people who plan a different star . Inexpressive ---no more competitions then. Astonishment will have to pretend bring out be different.