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 Indianapolis Violin semi-finalists announcedSeptember 6, 2006 at 10:41 PM This just in from the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis:Sixteen violinists, chosen from a field of 45 who performed during four days of Preliminaries, have advanced to the Semi-finals round of the 7th Quadrennial Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Eight countries remain represented among the sixteen violinists, with three violinists from the United States. In a competition field heavily represented by women, only one man has advanced, Augustin Hadelich of Germany.
From Igor Yuzefovich
15 girls, 1 guy.... poor guy!
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 1:50 AM From Pauline Lerner
Igor, that's just the way talent is distributed. ;-)Posted on September 7, 2006 at 5:57 AM Thanks, Laurie. That was a lot more helpful than anything I could find on the violin.org website.
From Preston Hawes
Poor Bella...9 AM!!!! ugh!
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 7:34 AM From Rick Floress
I am very surprised David Coucheron did not advance. I thought he played very well. Did someone see something I missed? I felt certain he would make semis.
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 9:12 AM From Bram Heemskerk
OK woman are the stronger race on violin, but I liked Dalibor Karvay very much in the semi's and first round of the Elisabethcompetition in Brussel, so a pity he did not reach the semi's here.Posted on September 7, 2006 at 9:22 AM Fine for Simone Lamsma that she reaches the semi's.(I played Chachaturian with her) From Bram Heemskerk
To be more precise: There are more young girls than boys who play violin. Than there are more girls than boys at conservatories. Because there are more girls at the bottom, there will also be more girls at the top. There are no big fysical differences between man and woman in playing the violin.Posted on September 7, 2006 at 10:27 AM Playing violin for boys is becoming like playing harp for boys or become a ballet-dancer. It is not sturdy or macho for boys and too much woman-like and has an imago-problem. Also a bigger percentage of ballet-dancers and male harp-players is gay, compared with the average, but that should not be a reason for boys not to play harp, violin or become a ballet-dancer. From Laurie Niles
I would like to see more guys there, really. I have to agree with Bram; it's a matter of attracting an equal amount of both genders to the field of violin playing.
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 4:35 PM From Igor Yuzefovich
It's funny - for some reason I never considered violin a gender-instrument. Flute - sure... Harp - of course, even piano to a certain degree... I always saw the violin as a uni-sex instrument, if you will... Strange.
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 8:24 PM From Eugene Chan
That reminds me of the Montréal International Musical Competition very much. They decided to announce the finalists by alphabetical order of last name, so out onto the stage walked:Posted on September 8, 2006 at 5:29 AM Corinne Chapelle "Finally, a guy," remarked jury president André Bourbeau in French, to the audience's laughter, before announcing the name of Marcus Tanneberger. Clearly, girls are just wrapping up their takeover of the entire violin world. :-)
From Emily Grossman
Hm, that's funny. I have slightly more male violin students than female.
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