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Competitor Carter Johnson with Rachel Mercer
– Disclaimer: this review was written without knowledge of the jury’s selection of finalists Chamber recitals shed a completely different light on a pianist’s personality than do solo performances. No hiding behind quickfire finger work, extravagant forte passages, or sappy melodies. Playing with other musicians requires the ability to listen to another part while managing your own, to share the spotlight at all times during ensemble work, and to provide the necessary rhythmic and harmonic stability, especially in the bass. A piano and cello duo is tricky: the cello’s tessitura covers the middlemost part of the piano’s range, which is…
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