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Fifty years ago on this date, June 24: John Lill wins the Gold Medal (shared with Vladimir Krainev), presented by Jury Chairman Emil Gilels, at the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Jun 24, 2020 | Ramblings | 7 comments

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  1. Tony Faulkner
    Tony Faulkner on June 24, 2020 at 6:01 pm

    Congratulations, John.
    Looking at that photograph you have hardly changed at all.

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  2. Jackie Blount
    Jackie Blount on June 24, 2020 at 11:18 pm

    Very well done John! A very well deserved win followed by an amazing career.. It has been a privilege to attend so many exceptional concerts over the past 50 years… You really are one of the all time greats!!!

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  3. Robert Matthew-Walker
    Robert Matthew-Walker on June 25, 2020 at 1:04 am

    Who could forget those unbelievably thrilling double octaves in the Allegro con fuoco finale of the Tchaikovsky B flat minor? Still staggering after all these years! The video still exists, I hope? That’s when a great artist throws caution to the winds and takes his interpretative life in his hands. Only Horowitz comes close.

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  4. Tara Wilson
    Tara Wilson on June 27, 2020 at 1:26 pm

    I have an old Soviet Melodiya vinyl of John Lill playing in round one of the competition, with the performances dated as 2nd/3rd of June 1970. He was due to give a recital in Moscow this June on the same date, exactly 50 years to the day of him first playing in Moscow – sadly cancelled, of course. A privilege to have seen so many wonderful performances of his over the decades. Thank you!

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    • canderson
      canderson on June 27, 2020 at 2:59 pm

      Hi Tara, may I ask what repertoire John is playing on the Melodiya LP? Colin

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      • Tara Wilson
        Tara Wilson on June 27, 2020 at 3:07 pm

        Hi Colin,

        Bach – Prelude & Fugue No. 14 (BWV 883(
        Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
        Mozart Sonata No. 17 (K.576)

        I was a music student in Moscow during the 80s and was given it in exchange for a London Street atlas! 🙂

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        • canderson
          canderson on June 27, 2020 at 3:31 pm

          Thanks Tara, that was a good deal. Best wishes, Colin

          Reply

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