0:00 Intro
1:04 Chopin fatigue
1:44 tonebase Extra Special Awards
2:08 Creamiest Legato
3:05 Least Interesting Repertoire Choice
3:35 Best Piano Bench Soap Opera
4:45 Dead Pianist Resemblance
6:20 Sleepiest Performance
7:19 String of Pearls Award
8:34 One Hit Wonder
9:19 Best Facial Grimaces
10:06 Jury’s Tin Ear
10:58 Interlude: the role of the critic
14:15 Most Hair-Raising Ballade Coda
15:12 Most Deceased Funeral March
15:47 Etude Olympics Gold Medal
17:26 Most Zen Performance
18:13 Least Waltzable Waltz
18:49 Sitting Posture
19:12 Highest YouTube View Count
20:00 Most Hair-Raising Crescendo
21:17 B Minor Sonata Award
23:22 “Between the Keys”

Jed Distler (Gramophone Magazine) selects the winners of tonebase’s “Extra Special Awards” for the 2021 Chopin Competition. Hosted by tonebase Head of Piano Ben Laude.

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Watch the award winners’ full performances on the official Chopin Institute channel. In order of appearance:

Kyohei Sorita (Heroic Polonaise):    • KYOHEI SORITA – third round (18th Cho...  
Leonora Armellini (Waltz in E-flat Op. Post.):    • LEONORA ARMELLINI – second round (18t...  
Aimi Kobayashi (Bench drama, Nocturne, Winterwind):    • The 18th International Fryderyk Chopi...  
Bruce Liu (Waltz Op. 42):    • BRUCE (XIAOYU) LIU – second round (18...  
Bruce Liu (Variations Op. 2):    • BRUCE (XIAOYU) LIU – third round (18t...  
J J Jun Li Bui (Largo - B Minor Sonata):    • J J JUN LI BUI – third round (18th Ch...  
Avery Gagliano (Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2):    • AVERY GAGLIANO – first round (18th Ch...  
Marcin Wieczorek (Scherzo No. 2):    • MARCIN WIECZOREK – first round (18th ...  
Miyu Shindo (Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1):    • MIYU SHINDO – first round (18th Chopi...  
Martin Garcia Garcia (Ballade No. 1):    • MARTÍN GARCÍA GARCÍA – first round (1...  
Aristo Sham (Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1):    • ARISTO SHAM – first round (18th Chopi...  
Talon Smith (First Round):    • TALON SMITH – first round (18th Chopi...  
Tomoharu Ushida (First Round):    • TOMOHARU USHIDA – first round (18th C...  
Andrey Zenin (Ballade No. 4):    • ANDREY ZENIN – first round (18th Chop...  
Yifan Hou (Ballade No. 1):    • YIFAN HOU – first round (18th Chopin ...  
Eva Gevorgyan (Funeral March):    • EVA GEVORGYAN – third round (18th Cho...  
Aristo Sham (Etude Op. 10 No. 8):    • ARISTO SHAM – first round (18th Chopi...  
Leonora Armellini (Etude Op. 10 No. 4):    • LEONORA ARMELLINI – first round (18th...  
Hyounglok Choi (Nocturne Op. 62 No. 1):    • HYOUNGLOK CHOI – first round (18th Ch...  
Nikolay Khozyainov (Waltz Op. 69 No. 1):    • NIKOLAY KHOZYAINOV – second round (18...  
Georgijs Osokins (Polonaise-Fantasy):    • GEORGIJS OSOKINS – second round (18th...  
Hayato Sumino (Etude Op. 10 No. 1):    • HAYATO SUMINO – first round (18th Cho...  
Alexander Gadjiev (Funeral March):    • ALEXANDER GADJIEV  – third round (18t...  
Jakub Kuszlik (B Minor Sonata):    • JAKUB KUSZLIK – third round (18th Cho...  

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