Dmitry Shostakovich, Concerto n.1 in A minor | Dmytro Udovychenko - Queen Elisabeth Competition 2024 

This is not some local competition in some small town where unjustness can be swept under the rug. This is THE violin competition, this is the most prestigious competition for violinists and unfairness and politics will not be tolerated by the people who listened to the competitors for a whole month. Everyone knows what's up, everyone realizes that musicians like Kevin Zhu who they didn't even place in the top 3, like Hana Chang and Ruslan Talas who didn't even place top 6 were more deserving than Dmytro since the beginning of the competition and were just robbed because of politics. The harshness of the comments is justified and I hope people keep on speaking the truth because the truth is a beautiful thing and there's no hiding behind it.

@@mariorobe4805 Same happened at Eurovision with Ukraine

I agree with your opinion. Perhaps, one way of keeping beautiful events such as this one out of politics, would be by not allowing supporters of totalitarian regimes to participate in them let alone be membres of jury.

@@mariorobe4805 I disagree, from my point of view. I didn't listen for a whole month. Probably not much more than a few hours. I have people close to me who did, and it is a bit annoying to me. Anyway, my point, I did have hearing samples all over the competition and listening to this guy (and watching) is what I enjoyed the most, before I knew he was Ukranian. So in my case your argument is completely invalid. I can only talk for myself. But I do have one more thing to say, If he won purely by politics (which obviously is complete nonsense, he did his work to get there), what is wrong with having compassion with a people? Is it really that bad? Tell me why please.

@@TobyIKanoby Because it's not about compassion, it's about the truth. The truth is often times uncomfortable and hard to digest, we can sugarcoat and find ways to justify the results but anyone who seriously listened to the competitors for the past month knows who deserved to win the competition that's why so many people keep reacting negatively to the results, and keep in mind this is not a minor reaction, there are hundreds of people protesting the result, especially those who listened to the whole performances, not just snippets. Everyone knows Dmytro did not deserve to be 1st, not even in top 6, in this competition he was among the weaker violinists unfortunately. Everyone knows it was politics to give him the win especially when a violinist like Kevin Zhu didn't even make top 3 when he should've clearly been the winner, imagine that, they didn't even place him in top 3, absolute ridiculousness, and violinists like Hana Chang and Ruslan Talas didn't even make top 6. I don't get how someone can see all this unjustness and just say that politics weren't involved in the decision of the jury, ridiculous.

Sheep as you love censorship You can live your dreams but reality will wake up you the sheep

The jury members could differ widely in their scores which should have been published, as is the practice at Shanghai Competition. There in Shanghai one judge gave the highest score to the winner, while some other judge ranked him as sixth among the six finalists. I was amazed at how widely those judges differed in their scores. But the whole thing comes down to s imple math: the scores of all judges given to a particular finalist are summed up and divided by the number of jury members to find the acerage score. For instance, Midori could give the highest score to Yoshida girl, Mr. Sitkovetsky could vote for Kevin Zhu as the winner, some might vote for Eli Choi or SongHa Choi, while others scored Joshua and Dmytro much higher than anyone else. This is all too subjective and music is not a sport.

I think the whole world saw that this is not the real winner, honestly I watched all of his performance and in compare to songha choi or others, honestly dmytro was not the Best, probably judges have preference on him for any reason instead the real quality of the performance.

@@nekocafe8420 SongHa was my favorite

It’s not even political, he’s just straight up a worse musician than his competitors and didn’t deserve to win. Any musician can tell he’s not at the same level as Kevin or Hana and others who unjustly received lower scores.

​@@c.j.6455 In the 3 minute clips there is actually a big difference between his Shostakovich and Kevin Zhu's, Dmitry is projecting better over the orchestra it is a noticeable difference his sound is cutting through cleaner. I'm not exactly sure how he is doing it but simply claiming he is worse when he's won first prizes in several competitions is just ignorance at its finest. Have a good day

​@@c.j.6455exactly the jury is not an artistic jury Just about mondial politic US interest And I am French ❤ Hana Chang and the both corean was many levels up

@@SkeletonHands6969Kevin also won so many competitions before this,we are talking about nuances. The competition must be fair, no matter how famous ur or u won something before. If Dmitry was really that good, there wouldn't be so much criticism in the community.

@@SkeletonHands6969he’s noticeably out of tune and plays excessively harsh and scratchy. You’re ignorant at minimum and clearly have untrained ears.

I'll answer this for you: He is the powerful one and so is his violin playing. Glad to help!

4 of the jury members were also jury members when he won the Montreal competition. Theyr biased

I thought he was very unique and intense , more engaging performance. He was really different, stood out even though technically he wasn’t better, he displayed more unique artistic interpretation. Judges probably more entertained after hearing same thing over and over

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If he were that phenomenal, he would get many lucractive offers and would be paid EUR 50,000 per concert. He would not have to take part in competitions any longer. Maxim Vengerov or Anne-Sophie Mutter never participated in competitions and yet have always been in high demand on the international stage.

Je suis très fière de toi, Dmytro, d'avoir refusé de serrer la main à un membre du jury russe, Vadim Repin. M Repin, qui représente le pays qui bombarde ta ville natale, Dmytro Udovychenko, Violinist depuis 829 jours. Ta ville natale, Kharkiv, où toute ta famille se sauve à quotidien de terreur de la russie, le pays bien représenté par M Repin. Bravo, Dmytro!

@@olyasharpe Why did he then choose to play a concerto of Shostakovich who also represented Russia and the USSR? Maybe because there are no Ukrainian composers of note?

@@musicclassic5938 D. Shostakovich, I hope, would have had dignity not to support the régime of Putin. Mr Repin does not have such a dignity, he has been regularly awarded all sorts of benefits from the hands of putin.

@@musicclassic5938 Most of Ukrainian composers have been killed by soviet régime during the times of inglorious ussr.

@@olyasharpe Give at least a single name. I know Ukrainian poets and writers like Taras Shevchenko or Mykola Hohol (Gogol), but I've never heard of a single Ukrainian composer of the stature compared to Scriabin, Glazunov, Grechaninov, Stravinsky, Prokofiev...

He already won the Montreal competition last year (undeservingly) and his career literally went nowhere😂 won't be surprised if the same happens this time after his "win" of the queen elisabeth competition

Russian bot alert. You're commenting horrible nasty comments all over this guy's videos. Putin sucks

@@danny_chestnut253 He will have quite a few engagements in Belgium and neighboring EU states for modest fees, but then his further career will be determined by promoters and agents, not members of the jury. If Dmytro is able to gather full houses he may sign a lucrative contract; if not, his wins won't count. You are absolutely right: if his career were very successful after Montreal he would hardly need any other competitions because a soloist in demand can earn more for a single concert than his prize money for the entire competition. Some examples are Chloe Chua and Maria Duenas. These two violinists are in high demand so they just do not need to participate in any competitions.

I think he (and the judge) should better get disqualified. First: Ukrainians Dmytro Udovychenko did by far not play as well as Kevin Zhu, who is not, but looks Chinese (The populistic mindset in western nations largely is against China. In US Chinese people nowadays get heavily discriminated) Sure not first prize on this level. The decision seems to be only a political one. Dmytro himself partly did win thanks to a Russian composer, but did not shake hands with the Russians judge, unbelievable.

@@eskosmos And I suspect that Russian judge voted for Dmytro as the winner. I may be wrong but this is what I heard.

Nonsense.

So nicely put, Georg, thank you for your effort!

❤ I honestly think the violinists are out of this world and many many congratulations to Dimitri. I also loved Joshua Brown playing Mozart...just mesmerised by his sound ❤❤❤

@@sarahannejones7039 All 12 finalists are excellent artists, no doubt, though my choice for the first and second prizes would be Eli Choi and SongHa Choi.

Bro you are a bit korean fan

U also didn't provide a concrete explanation of why u think dmytro deserves 1st prize over kevin. Yes, dmytro may have won more prizes but that doesn't justify him winning 1st prize in THIS competition 😂. If u actually pay attention to his tone, you can tell it's very scratchy which many people didn't enjoy listening to. I can't comment on if he had the best musicality, but I at least think other contestants had equal if not better musicality than dmytro.

@@user-bq6zx6np6c Dmitro has the perfect tone for Shostakovich - such music cannot be played “beautifully”

@@eugenynik20that is such a good point. On top of that, there are myriad dissonances within this piece. I remember a masterclass by a famous violinist who taught one of his students to play something “ugly” as it was within the style of the composer’s music. It sounds completely antithetical, but within the context of certain composers, it definitely makes sense

Where? 😂 really? Like every two seconds it was out of tune

Agree!!!👍

For me it is very far from Sergey performance, but it was a good performance

Discordo, Dmytro foi o melhor na final, estava torcendo para Hana Chang, mas realmente não foi tão bem, o Mozart de Kevin deveria tê-lo eliminado, o primeiro lugar foi merecido, a performance de Kevin na final foi muito boa, entregou o que poucos finalistas entregaram, mas Kevin não performou para 1o lugar

Kevin is a talented musician... But In the slow movements of Shostakovich he don't understand this music.

It's not the first time....remember Ilian Garnet..

Kevin is still a great musician, but less mature of a player than the others. Dmytro has very good understanding of the music. I'm sure Kevin will go far in his current career.

Let me guess... Asian?😂😂😂

Actually both Choi girls were amazing.

This is an outstanding performance by Shostakovich! This music is not about “beautiful” - this is music about horror and tragedy

Yes political competition, noting about art

@@romainrenardmusique6655 Yes, only politics. Mala tempora currunt

@@emanueleguadagni345 It required courage from Dmytro to play Shostakovich, given how much they hate everything Russian in Ukraine. I suspect he can be shamed in Ukrainian media. Who do you think deserved the first, second and third prizes?

There are already very good violinists from Ukraine. It is no surprise that winner is Ukrainian. What's the problem with you all?

​@@musicclassic5938Shostakovich violin Concerto is very famous. Othe participants also played this. Why so politicized?

I assure you that some of the jury members voted for Kevin as the winner. Yet the average calculated score left him only in the fourth position. I wish all scores are made public.

Girl he was fineeee😂🙊

Bass Clarinet

Why?

SongHa and Kevin yes, but Hana's Tchaikovcky was weak, TBH

Why are you trolling everywhere?

@@architkumarsingh4547 Sharing one's opinion means freedom of speech, not trolling.

@@musicclassic5938 So in other comments I understand your point. Also listen to the argument which I've told you but you didn't responded to it. The winner of Jean-Sibelius Competiton was In Mo Yang, a South-Korean and the winner of Carl-Nielsen was shared by an Estonian and a Ukrainian.

@@architkumarsingh4547 I might have confused Sibelius competition with some others. At least Ukrainians have won two Long & Thibaud competitions in a row.

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A very political comment. We are talking music, not battleships.

@@musicclassic5938 Are we? Just look at all those comments under last videos from the competition. Half of them - if not more - filled with despise, hate, jealousy & bitterness. Trying to explain their "undelivered expectations" with some sort of political games etc.. Take it easy, folks😊 Some of you are going soon to see "politics" even amongst cat-mouse games.

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Who are your gold, silver and bronze medalists of this competition? I am sure there were divergent views among the jury members.

@@musicclassic5938 To be honest I'm not sure about my medalists, I really liked Joshua and Hanah, too Kevin. My comment is more reflected in the emotion of the performer, in connecting with the viewer, for example, Sergey Khachatryan interpretation in 2005 was not perfect, but his interpretation is masterful, one of my favorites, I have listened to it again countless times, I give his heart in every sound and silence of this concert, it is something that I missed in Dmitry's interpretation

@@musicclassic5938 In any case, it has excellent sound quality, it is probably between the top 1-2 best sound quality in this competition

@@MaisonIkkoku-jm4cx Joshua made notable mistakes in Brahms, though he tried very hard. Hanah was fantastic in the first and second rounds, but her Tchaikovsky... sorry, that was very weak. My 17-year-old daughter plays it a lot better. I liked Kevin, but I liked both Choi girls even more. I like Ukrainian violinists Bohdan Luts and Dmytro Udovichenko, but in this competition they were not the best, unfortunately. Koreans were better.

@@MaisonIkkoku-jm4cx Mine are SongHa Choi, Eli Choi and Kevin Zhu.

It was not out of tune

@@architkumarsingh4547 your ears must not work then

@@danny_chestnut253 🤷‍♂️

@@danny_chestnut253 Yes, intonation is a huge part but the emotions he passed through the violin is immaculate.

SongHa was my favourite. And Kevin was solid. I am happy we agree on this.

@@musicclassic5938 most people agree

Russian bot.

@@phantasmal914 Dumb comment

@@phantasmal914 lmaooo this is your best argument? Pathetic

You're fucking nuts. Dmitry, like me, is from Kharkov. Try living there for at least one day, bastard...

Take a pill and chill

Are you braindead?

전적으로 동감합니다. 1, 2등에는 아무런 문제가 없다고 봅니다. 받을 만한 애들이 받았습니다.

@@user-de3we7so6j 맞아요. ㅠ

@@user-ub6bb8hv4l I'd pick SongHa Choi or Eli Choi.

@@user-de3we7so6j2등이요…?

If he refused to shake the hand of Vadim Repin, why did he then choose to play a concerto of the Russian composer Shostakovich? He could have picked Brahms or Sibelius.

@@musicclassic5938 Schostakovich is Soviet composer

right choice! You can’t say anything better about Russians than Shostakovich himself! in every note! face down on the asphalt!

@@musicclassic5938he refused to shake his hand because he is an active supporter of the war which has shelled his home to ashes. I think you don’t understand the scale of war.

@@phantasmal914 I've never heard a single statement from Mr. Repin where he would openly support violince against human beings.

I guess Dmitro would refuse to shake the hand of the Russian composer Shostakovich whose concerto he played if he were alive now.

​@@musicclassic5938we coyld only guess, which position he d take..

​@@musicclassic5938 Really? Shostakovich was humiliated by the regime puppets and praisers just like Mr. Repin. The question is, if Mr Repin were a Shostakovich contemporary, wouldn't he had joined Chrennikov's gang? I think he would. And unlike Repin, Shostakovich had courage to admit that his music written to glorify communist party related bulshit was wrong, while Mr Repin and his wife take grants and honors from the regime without any doubt. Shostakovich survived by chance, and not thanks to "mother-russia".Having read your comments, I also will surprise you telling that in Ukraine we don't hate people just for russian origin (imagine, one of the greatest Ukrainian novelists, Marko Vovchok has russian ethnicity), but yes, we hate those who want us dead. And no Ukrainian media has told anything shaming Dmytro for his choice.

@@ivannak6864 I am glad to hear that Dmytro was not reprimanded for picking Shostakovich. Just for you to know, I am a Moskal (Russian) married to a Ukrainian woman from Poltava. Our family are Christian believers and we do not support any form of violence. As for Mr. Repin, as Jesus said in His Sermon on the Mount, "Do not critisize (judge) and you won't be criticized (judged)." This competition is about music and artistic performance so stay away from politics! If Queen Mathidle invited Mr. Repin to sit on the jury, respect the choice of Her Majesty and do not demonstrate your lack of culture and courtesy. Her Majesty was kind enough not to strip Dmytro of his award for showing this disrespect. He did not just show it to Repin; he showed it to the Belgian royalty who invited Vadim Repin as the youngest ever winner of Queen Elisabeth Competition. My Ukrainian wife shares this opinion because she is a highly educated and cultured person. And the organizers of Queen Elisabeth competition emphasized before the auditions that they would not tolerate any political overtones on display. The Belgian Queen underscored emphatically that every talented musician is welcome in Belgium, regardless of his or her citizenship or national identity.

@musicclassic5938: I'm glad that you and your wife are in harmony with your views. Let me guess, neither of you have been to Ukraine since 2022 or even longer? You call yourself a Christian and quote Christ's words about not judging others, yet you spread falsehoods about this young man, whose hometown is being turned to ashes, and my country. That contradicts Christ's teachings. I agree that a music competition should be free from political engagement. It would have been political if Dmytro had refused to shake hands with someone who voted for a political party he dislikes. However, supporting war and killing is not a political question; it is a question of morality. I cannot imagine my great-grandfather, who fought against the Nazis in WW2, shaking hands with someone who thought the Nazis were right, especially during the war. I, labeled a Banderovka by Soloviev and Skabeeva, and my husband, who is from Donetsk with and has Russian roots, totally understand Dmytro.

absolutely agree!!!