Reflet dans l'eau et Toccata, Debussy

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Uploaded by on Feb 27, 2007

February 2006, I skipped one week of school here at Polytechnique in Montreal (unfortunately, I since became a boring engineering ;-) to participate to the 16th Paris International piano competition for outstanding amateur. I'm pretty happy with my performance, it got me to the 1/4 final along with 16 other competitors out of 100 from around the world.

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  • nice job! how long have you been playing?

  • @JHighland1

    I don't even remember starting to play piano, I was 5 when my parents bought one.

    I started seriously when I was 14, without a teacher at that time. When I was 16 I found a marvelous nun to teach me, Soeur Annonciade DiPalma. Then I switched with Suzanne Goyette in private for 2 years, then at Montreal's Conservatoire for 2 years.

  • excellent job! it's thomas yu writing here. i heard this performance outside the room with my ear to the door. so glad to get to see it now! sounds great and glad to see video up for the paris competition! i put a few videos up myself. keep playing and give me an email some day!

  • Hey Thomas! Nice surprise to see you here too! Fortunately, I have not been too bitchy (see previous comments) lol

    Thank a lot, I'm very flatered and happy that you liked my performance...

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  • wonderful! glad you skipped school this was worth it!!!

  • Wonderful and congratulations.

    Whats funny is that im playing the exact same pieces right now ^_^.

    Technicality is brilliant, although a few mistakes on the Toccata, but i think you could afford to be a bit more musical. You don't get much more impressionistic than Debussy and i think you should use more pedal and make both a little more legato.

    Amazing performance, keep going!

    :3

  • Very good and musical!

    For an amateur you are excellent!

  • Dear Guilhaume, congratulations for your performance. Debussy's Clair de Lune is one of my favourites. Next year I intend to participate of the Pianoamateurs Cmpetition in Paris and I'm working on two preludes of Villa-Lobos. Could you, please, tell me if you have recorded your presentetion, I mean by yourself,or if it's possible to acquire the recording at the competition.

  • You should learn the Prokofiev Toccata next lol! ;) Jking it's probably the most total opposite piece from that you could ever play.

  • Right! I had the chance to meet him a little bit, he is very nice person. You can see his website at thomasyu dot com

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