Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 2009: Finalists named

The top six of VC 2009 have been named, they are:

BOZHANOV, Evgeni

SON, Yeol Eum

TSUJII, Nobuyuki

VACATELLO, Mariangela

WU, Di

ZHANG, Haochen

Here is the list of concertos to be performed:

BEETHOVEN #2 - once (Wu)

BEETHOVEN #4 - once (Vacatello)

CHOPIN #1 - twice (Bozhanov & Tsujii)

CHOPIN #2 - once (Son)

MOZART #20 - once (Zhang)

PROKOFIEV #2 - twice (Son & Zhang)

PROKOFIEV #3 - once (Vacatello)

RACHMANINOV #2 - twice (Bozhanov & Tsujii)

RACHMANINOV #3 - once (Wu)

Why is everyone so scared of Mozart?

Most unusual picks for final recitals:

BACH-PETRI Sheep May Safely Graze (Son)

SCHOENBERG Drei Klavierstucke Op.11 (Wu)

TAKEMITSU Rain Tree Sketch (Bozhanov)

Look for Vacatello to kick butt in Shostakovich's Prelude & Fugue Op.87 No.15!

Also watch out for the Battle of the Gaspards: Vacatello vs Wu vs Zhang

May the best man, woman and blind person win.