今年好似多左選擇
15分鐘內要揀一部
揀左之後就要全部 stage 用同一部琴
個人覺得都係 Steinway彈 Chopin最好聽
from Chopin Institute:
🎹 Five pianos to choose from and only 15 minutes to make a decision. We know the instruments prepared for the participants of the 18th Chopin Competition
Similarly to the previous edition of the Chopin Competition, participants could choose from 5 pianos made by 4 companies: Steinway, Yamaha, Kawai and Fazioli. The decision concerning the instrument remains in force until the end of the competition – players cannot change the instruments during the consecutive stages. Participants had to make a decision within 15 minutes. Some of them used that time to try out all available instruments, and others decided to sit at a selected piano from the very beginning.
The most popular instruments among the participants of the 18th Chopin Competition are those produced by Steinway – they were selected by as many as 64 pianists (so around 75% of participants). 9 people selected a Yamaha piano and 8 a Fazioli piano. The least frequently played will be a Kawai piano, which will be used only 6 times in the first stage.
It is interesting that Steinway pianos have a longest tradition of presence in the almost 100-year-old Chopin Competition. During the first editions, there were also pianos by Bechstein, Bösendorfer and Pleyel. The choice of the instruments took place one day before the performance of a participant.
The smallest number of pianos to choose from (only 3 Steinways) was in 1965, and the largest, 7 instruments, in 1990. In 1985 Yamaha and Kawai instruments appeared for the first time in the competition, while since the 16th Chopin Competition young pianists have been given an Italian Fazioli piano to choose from as well.