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On 2025-05-24 10:10 p.m., DeepBlue wrote:
> On Sat, 24 May 2025 20:53:14 +0000, Al Eisner wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 24 May 2025, DeepBlue wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 24 May 2025 0:18:46 +0000, Al Eisner wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Magdalene Ho (of Malaysia)
>>>
>>> Note however that she was born in the US,
>>> is (at least half) Chinese, and studied
>>> mainly in the UK with Patsy Fou. I guess
>>> the only thing Malay about her is one of
>>> her passports. ;-)
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>> Looks like she did not make it through to
>> the round of 18.  Of the few I watched,
>> one I thought quite poor did make it.
> 
> I am not entirely surprised. The Clickburn
> is an unfriendly environment and ecosystem
> to pianists who display too much nuance or
> subtlety. It has been going downhill since
> Radu Lupu won in 1966.
> 
In his case the jury chairman wanted to award the prize to
a local. However, the 2 European judges threatened to resign
and more or less forced the jury to award it to Lupu.