<p>GU Jingdan</p><p>First of all I must point on the very high level of all pianists. Very good quality of playing. Every pianist shows his/her own style and understanding of what is performing. Sometimes it is hard to rank all in one line, because it is music, it is art. And it is not always possible to decide this is better and this is worse. In some performance one side is better another side is worse. So all decision are relative. An d I would suggest all contestants accept the judgment as statement only for today and may be for the past, but willing work hard for future and improving their art.<br />And many thanks for participating and for giving me a pleasure to listen for theirs interesting interpretations.</p><p>GU Jingdan,<br />Chopin Nocturne Op. 27#1<br />Chopin Etude Op. 10#8<br />Chopin Polonaise Op.44<br />Very nice Nocturne, good rubato, but sometimes dotte rithme in melody is not correct. Though there is a tradition to play sixteenth notes in this rithme together with last note of triple in left hand, I&lt; FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"&gt; prefer to listen more expressive melody and flexible rubato. Of course not too short sixteen’s, it’s difficult to find right speaking <br />Etude Very good fingers. Sometimes too fast arpeggiato in left hand. Also please try to play right hand more melodically. <br />Polonaise good. Also in octaves in the main theme try do more “recitativo” Mazurka in the middle section was not quite impressive and also it needs little more developing.<br />Thanks a lot for playing. Very solid performance.</p>