Only true a virtuoso can play Paganini, bravo! not just skills, but memory as it's a 40 minute concerto. Love that conductor, very responsive leading the whole score.
Simply great, true Paganini ! Bravissima Akiko Suwanai !!!! Wonderful orchestra and conductor too (these conductos of contests have really too be excepcional, to do justice to all competitors , what is the case here !!!) Bravi for Orchestra and Conductor (that really understand Paganini !). PS. Wow what Cadenza Akiko Suwanai !!!
11:12 onwards of this beautiful concerto always gets me. This young lady has such delicate looks that appears to lend refinement to the music. Endearing and lovely to watch. Sayaka Shoji's rendering is emotionally gripping because of the timing and circumstances surrounding her equally marvellous performance. And her ingenuous bewildered smile! Pity the only performance of this piece by the prodigy Sarah Chang I have found thus far on youtube is not the complete concerto. Nice to see flamboyance still lives in conductors.
19 years and already on her way to musical glory ! True Paganini for sure . Oh, Me too, I loved the conductor ! Great music making by great Suwanai superbly backed by the conductor and orchestra ! Bravi PS. BTW, what's the name of the conductor?
This was the rendition of final session in the Competition before the announcement. She played also Tchaikovsky's Concerto just after this rendition. With such superb performance of both concertos , she won the 1st prize.
Great violinist.......but having to wait 5 mins before you get to come in......, just standing there staring at the audience staring at you while you stand there with nothing to do for 5 mins, has got to make this among the most dreaded pieces to perform. I supposed the violinist could chat on the cell:)......"um, i gotta go, the damn 5 mins is about up and i just dropped my $45,000 bow off the stage.....CRAP" !!!