<p>An Tianxu<br />I find your gentle and sensitive touch quite compelling and communicative. Dumka is well played, but I felt lack of your theatrical imagination: it was only sad or happy, not much in between. I believe, Dumka is one of the highest density pieces by Tchaikovsky – I would compare it with Chopin’s Fourth Ballade or Fantasy in f minor. The image of a very poor Russian illiterate peasant man sitting in his “izba” (very basic home), thinking of his hopeless life and in the middle of the piece having a happy dream of a country fair, then waking up feeling even worse than before --- I did not see those or other radical dramatic images. I was very impressed with your precision and delicate technical prowess in Gnomenreigen, however, the very beginning could be much more imaginative. Haydn c-minor Sonata’s First movement was well played, a little too conservatively for my taste. Overall, especially considering your very young age, the program was quite well played.<br />I have no doubt that you are quite talented and that you will keep developing rapidly. I suggest you to work more on creating your own imaginary world and inviting us, listeners in.</p>