RBC Concerto Competition

Image from UofC RBC Concerto Competition

The RBC Concerto Competition was my choice of events tonight. ]The event was on the stage of the Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall in the Rozsa Centre. The orchestra was warming up when I walked into the theatre.

Six students performed on their instruments of choice: the piano, the flute, the saxophone, voice, the xylophone, and a Master's student from Beijing Central Conservatory performed on a two stringed Chinese instrument called the erhu. Edward Agopian had arranged the work for Yumengebg Wang, "Sunshinw over Tashkurgan"

The pianist won the competition and he also performanced first. I watched his hands on the keyboard, having  the perfect position from my seat on the left hand side of the hall. Then I began to watch the image of his hands as they were reflected in the ebony wood of the keyboard cover, the twin images connected by the real keys and the reflected ones in the wood.

 I didn’t lose interest in the evening when John Chan left the stage for all of the participants were equally interesting and deserve a paragraph of their own. But only this much will be written, and only to say ... such a lovely place to live, just a 20 minute walk away from that acoustically perfect Rozsa Centre.

Thanks to my concert companions, Pouria and Amir for a lovely evening.
Arta