Cleary is Szuyu Su is more than worthy of the world stage, a phenomenal pianist in every aspect of play, not least in her performances of Chopin, in all his diversity, in which she showed herself to be a subtle and bold pianist, notably in the OP 48 nocturne, which she drew from reflective thought to the triumph of impassioned affirmation of feeling, conviction celebrated with abandon in glorious sound.
Unbelievable , born March 14 1998 , just 17 years old and a prodigious technique already ! Such a pianist should have been allowed to go on to the next round.
I suppose the judges are looking for someone who will 'set the world alight', and for all the beauty and elegance of Su's playing, it lacks that contentious quality of 'personality' that would make it arrest the attention of jaded concert-goers and record-buyers, not to mention those who don't know Chopin from Chopsticks ... No doubt, though, that Su will give pleasure to many, whether she wins competitons or not.
I think she already becomes the greatest Chinese pianist.She will change ugly images of Chinese pianists Lang Lang has built. I love her performance. It is like appearance of new S. Richter.
1. Taiwanese is Chinese 2. Lang Lang is not Cantonese, he's Machurian 3. There are plenty of great Chinese pianists like Li Yundi. And if you look past lang lang's expressions when he's playing, he's a pretty cool guy.
@@jenkang785 Please stop being brainwashed by politics. That only benefits the few people at the top, no matter the government. The leaders need sheep to stay loyal to them so they can have power and luxury. The vast majority of Taiwanese people are Chinese, with a few Japanese or completely native formosan natives aside. They do not belong to the CCP, which is completely true, and completely fine. But you can't deny your blood and ancestry.
@@kju666 Wow, A+ for the effort, lol. I skimmed through your comment, there's a few points here: First of all, I'm not against saying that she's Taiwanese. But when people add "she's not Chinese, she's", that's what I have a problem with. She's both. I myself happen to be a Chinese-Canadian who grew up in Canada, and I totally consider myself Chinese. I've lived in Canada basically my whole life, I can barely read Chinese and can't write at all. I am a Canadian Citizen. But. I'm still Chinese. But, in this case, it's even more different because of two points: First of all, the way you separate things shows that you've been brainwashed by political ideology. This isn't a slight against you; every country brainwashes their own citizens to stay loyal to their political system. But ultimately, it's completely wrong to split the world between "democratic" and "un-democratic". First of all, let's take the US as an example. Is it really that important to be able to vote between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, especially when both are basically owned by rich lobbyists? There's only an illusion of choice there; ultimately, those who are rich and powerful have the most influence, no matter which political party they belong to. Secondly, there's a much greater difference between say France and Taiwan vs the difference between any East Asian state. The historical and cultural roots are much stronger than "democracy", which, again, is only an illusion of choice; it's a fancy word that sounds nice in order to pacify a stupid sheeple population. Case in point, North Korea's official name is the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". And in fact, the PRC constantly shouts a slogan sighting the 16 most important core values of the CCP, some of which are "democratic", and "freedom".... And the truth is, the PRC is "democratic" to a certain extent; as they'd like to call it, "democracy with Chinese characteristics". But I digress. Point is, the distinction between "democractic" and "undemocratic" is not clear-cut at all, and is just political propaganda, nothing more. ------------------------ Moving on, the more important issue I want to address is that China is not a western nation, and therefore should not be forced into the box of a western-defined nation state. I am ethnically Chinese, but a Canadian Citizen. This is very different from the situation of Taiwanese people. They are not only ethnically Chinese, they ARE Chinese, period. If you look at Chinese history, from the time the Qin dynasty unified the country, there have been multiple times where multiple rulers ruled China. The three kingdoms period, the An Lushan rebellion during the Tang dynasty, The five dynasties and ten kingdoms... and on and on and on. Yet, despite the fact that the land was ruled by multiple rulers, all of it was always China. Even when China was conquered by the mongols during the Yuan Dynasty or by the Manchus during the Qing dynasty, it didn't change the fact that it was still China. China isn't a western nation-state, it is a much more vague concept consisting of the land, the history, the culture, the blood... Right now, Taiwan isn't controlled by the PRC< which controls the majority of "China" currently. In 100 years, who knows what will happen? Maybe Taiwan will end up being absorbed. Maybe the PRC will collapse and an entire new government will take over. Maybe the Taiwanese government will take over the entirety of China. Doesn't matter. China isn't defined by politics. Politics is only a tool for the powerful to rule over the powerless. People need to stop worshipping politics and political parties.
WT* she plays better than Kobayashi? You don’t know what you’re saying. People in this competition all play well. It’s just that who’s even better gets to the next round and that’s it
She should've brought the same lyrical approach from the perfectly executed Ballade to the Mazurka. Getting the Etudes above where they were written for, achieving technical prowess, is always very difficult. Still technically these were OK. However Ivett Gyöngyösi played in a more fluid tone, especially on the Steinway, in most cases the concert grand being used in the preliminaries was from Yamaha, which sound differently
I am not completely criticizing this young woman, she is technically brilliant and there are many admirable traits to her playing, very fluent and at ease. She is very musical and has a sense of musicality, but at times was too mechanical.
For all those asking why she didn't advance, the answer is pretty simple and obvious: her playing was way too mechanical and metallic, and completely lacking in sensitivity and the delicacy required for Chopin. Her technique is excellent, no doubt, and she's a talented pianist, but her performance in this video was simply too mechanical and sounded nothing like Chopin but rather like exercises. I know some will get offended, but this is just my opinion. I respect your right to your opinion, please respect mine.
Cleary is Szuyu Su is more than worthy of the world stage, a phenomenal pianist in every aspect of play, not least in her performances of Chopin, in all his diversity, in which she showed herself to be a subtle and bold pianist, notably in the OP 48 nocturne, which she drew from reflective thought to the triumph of impassioned affirmation of feeling, conviction celebrated with abandon in glorious sound.
Amazing performance for only 17. Played with conviction and the Chopin Ballade in F minor was quite moving
Francis Fawkes =- the mazurka was lovely!
Unbelievable , born March 14 1998 , just 17 years old and a prodigious technique already !
Such a pianist should have been allowed to go on to the next round.
Beautiful performance.
Dear Rachel, I'm really proud of you for you're reaching to your dream.
Brilliant and musical
She did not pass this round, however, i still believe she plays so well
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Just 17 years old . Now studying at Curtis Institute.
Fabuleux !
I suppose the judges are looking for someone who will 'set the world alight', and for all the beauty and elegance of Su's playing, it lacks that contentious quality of 'personality' that would make it arrest the attention of jaded concert-goers and record-buyers, not to mention those who don't know Chopin from Chopsticks ... No doubt, though, that Su will give pleasure to many, whether she wins competitons or not.
Still young, and now studying at Curtis Institute.
I think she already becomes the greatest Chinese pianist.She will change ugly images of Chinese pianists Lang Lang has built. I love her performance. It is like appearance of new S. Richter.
Lang Lang is cantonese
1. Taiwanese is Chinese
2. Lang Lang is not Cantonese, he's Machurian
3. There are plenty of great Chinese pianists like Li Yundi. And if you look past lang lang's expressions when he's playing, he's a pretty cool guy.
@@YSFmemories Taiwanese is Taiwanese, NOT Chinese.
@@jenkang785 Please stop being brainwashed by politics. That only benefits the few people at the top, no matter the government. The leaders need sheep to stay loyal to them so they can have power and luxury.
The vast majority of Taiwanese people are Chinese, with a few Japanese or completely native formosan natives aside.
They do not belong to the CCP, which is completely true, and completely fine. But you can't deny your blood and ancestry.
@@kju666 Wow, A+ for the effort, lol.
I skimmed through your comment, there's a few points here:
First of all, I'm not against saying that she's Taiwanese. But when people add "she's not Chinese, she's", that's what I have a problem with.
She's both.
I myself happen to be a Chinese-Canadian who grew up in Canada, and I totally consider myself Chinese. I've lived in Canada basically my whole life, I can barely read Chinese and can't write at all. I am a Canadian Citizen. But. I'm still Chinese.
But, in this case, it's even more different because of two points:
First of all, the way you separate things shows that you've been brainwashed by political ideology. This isn't a slight against you; every country brainwashes their own citizens to stay loyal to their political system.
But ultimately, it's completely wrong to split the world between "democratic" and "un-democratic". First of all, let's take the US as an example. Is it really that important to be able to vote between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, especially when both are basically owned by rich lobbyists?
There's only an illusion of choice there; ultimately, those who are rich and powerful have the most influence, no matter which political party they belong to.
Secondly, there's a much greater difference between say France and Taiwan vs the difference between any East Asian state. The historical and cultural roots are much stronger than "democracy", which, again, is only an illusion of choice; it's a fancy word that sounds nice in order to pacify a stupid sheeple population.
Case in point, North Korea's official name is the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". And in fact, the PRC constantly shouts a slogan sighting the 16 most important core values of the CCP, some of which are "democratic", and "freedom"....
And the truth is, the PRC is "democratic" to a certain extent; as they'd like to call it, "democracy with Chinese characteristics".
But I digress. Point is, the distinction between "democractic" and "undemocratic" is not clear-cut at all, and is just political propaganda, nothing more.
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Moving on, the more important issue I want to address is that China is not a western nation, and therefore should not be forced into the box of a western-defined nation state.
I am ethnically Chinese, but a Canadian Citizen. This is very different from the situation of Taiwanese people. They are not only ethnically Chinese, they ARE Chinese, period.
If you look at Chinese history, from the time the Qin dynasty unified the country, there have been multiple times where multiple rulers ruled China. The three kingdoms period, the An Lushan rebellion during the Tang dynasty, The five dynasties and ten kingdoms... and on and on and on.
Yet, despite the fact that the land was ruled by multiple rulers, all of it was always China. Even when China was conquered by the mongols during the Yuan Dynasty or by the Manchus during the Qing dynasty, it didn't change the fact that it was still China.
China isn't a western nation-state, it is a much more vague concept consisting of the land, the history, the culture, the blood...
Right now, Taiwan isn't controlled by the PRC< which controls the majority of "China" currently. In 100 years, who knows what will happen? Maybe Taiwan will end up being absorbed. Maybe the PRC will collapse and an entire new government will take over. Maybe the Taiwanese government will take over the entirety of China.
Doesn't matter.
China isn't defined by politics. Politics is only a tool for the powerful to rule over the powerless. People need to stop worshipping politics and political parties.
彈這麼好,竟然沒晉級,太沒天理. She is clearly better than many well-known performers , such as Kobayashi ....I wander why she did not pass this round???
Scott Lin
彈得好的人不需要晉級
+Scott Lin Rachel Su did get to the finals in Leeds competition 2015 I believe.
+Scott Lin She plays well. The reason she didnt advance maybe because of her Etude Op25 No5...
I think it's not delicate enough
WT* she plays better than Kobayashi? You don’t know what you’re saying. People in this competition all play well. It’s just that who’s even better gets to the next round and that’s it
A. Only just 17 , and B. In the competition many very good pianists ( In the finals only 10 allowed ).
How did she not make the first stage??
She should've brought the same lyrical approach from the perfectly executed Ballade to the Mazurka. Getting the Etudes above where they were written for, achieving technical prowess, is always very difficult. Still technically these were OK.
However Ivett Gyöngyösi played in a more fluid tone, especially on the Steinway, in most cases the concert grand being used in the preliminaries was from Yamaha, which sound differently
I am not completely criticizing this young woman, she is technically brilliant and there are many admirable traits to her playing, very fluent and at ease. She is very musical and has a sense of musicality, but at times was too mechanical.
what are you talking about... 😐
@@danielthonk7481 For example, in the intro of Op. 25 No. 5.
She always says "drooggie"
For all those asking why she didn't advance, the answer is pretty simple and obvious: her playing was way too mechanical and metallic, and completely lacking in sensitivity and the delicacy required for Chopin. Her technique is excellent, no doubt, and she's a talented pianist, but her performance in this video was simply too mechanical and sounded nothing like Chopin but rather like exercises. I know some will get offended, but this is just my opinion. I respect your right to your opinion, please respect mine.