<p>YANG Shiyu</p><p>It’s a very well played program. I like the energy and enthusiasm you brought forth in the etude and Ginastera. The etude is very solid with good control. The nocturne is also played sensitively. Perhaps there could be more breathes in the phrasing, so they don’t sound so tight. The hard thing about the nocturnes of Chopin is that they tend to be pretty but boring. Only if we set free our imagination, can we then explore the different colors, touches, and nuances that these masterpieces contain. And we become better musicians because of them. The “Danzas Argentinas” you played with precision and intensity. I would like to swing the rhythm more in the 2nd one so it sounds more like a dance. It might be too heavy at times for a dance of the maiden. But the outer movements are fabulous with abundant jubilance.</p>