The József Szigeti Violin Competition is one of the most prestigious violin competitions in the world. It’s not as important as the Indianapolis or the Queen Elizabeth, but it’s up there. It’s supposed to help aspiring musicians break into the world of concert performing and suchlike. Now, you’d think that, given all the preaching about helping young musicians get a leg up into a professional career, may the best player win, fairness of judging, &c &c, that the best player would, in fact, win.
Wrong.
The competition is not over yet. But I, a mediocre player at best since I can’t be bothered to practice the seven or eight hours a day it would require to be good, can tell you the exact characteristics of the person who will win. Even though I’ve displayed no previous aptitude for fortunetelling.
The winner will be Hungarian. He will be male. He will be the nephew of the dean of the Ferenc Liszt University of Music, where the competition is being held. He will be the student of the President of the International Jury judging the competition, and, as it so happens, one year younger than me. It will be this schmuck.
Does that seem fair to you? That I can predict with such ease? Yeah, it did to me too.
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Totally fair. *nodnod*
The link is wrong, btw. You placed it in the middle of another one, STUPID.
Here's the right one: http://www.filharmoniabp.hu/f/Image/hegeduverseny2007/versenyzok/banda%20adam.JPG
Fix it. Do it now. DO IIIIT!!
I miss you. Being in pain sucks.
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