Clayton Stephenson - GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F Major - 2022 Cliburn Competition
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- Final Round Concerto I
June 14, 2022
Bass Performance Hall
CLAYTON STEPHENSON
United States I Age 23
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F Major
Growing up in New York City, Clayton Stevenson found musical inspiration in community programs. As he describes it, the “3rd Street Music School jump-started my music education; the Young People’s Choir taught me phrasing and voicing; the Juilliard Outreach Music Advancement Program introduced me to formal and rigorous piano training, which enabled me to get into Juilliard Pre-College; the Morningside Music Bridge validated my talent and elevated my self-confidence; and the Boy’s Club of New York exposed me to jazz; and the Lang Lang Foundation brought me to stages worldwide and transformed me from a piano student to a young artist.”
Clayton now studies in the Harvard-NEC Dual Degree Program, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in economics at Harvard and a master’s degree in piano performance at the New England Conservatory under Wha Kyung Byun. And his accolades along the way have been bountiful: 2021 Gilmore Young Artist; 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts; Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award; Gheens Young Artist; Young Scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation; and a jury discretionary award at the 2015 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival.
Highlights of Clayton’s burgeoning career include recitals at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Kissinger Sommer Festival in Bad Kissinger, BeethovenFest in Bonn, Stars and Rising Stars in Munich, Swiss Alps Classics at Switzerland, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. He has been featured on NPR, WUOL, and WQXR, and appeared in the “GRAMMY® Salute to Classical Music” Concert at Carnegie’s Stern Auditorium.
He has performed as a guest artist with orchestras including the Calgary Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, Louisville Symphony, Augusta Symphony, Colour of Music Festival, and Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestras. On the 69th U.N. Day, Clayton played with the International Youth Orchestra at the United Nations General Assembly Hall. - Hudba
Clayton is an amazing pianist, and I just loved that he has the spirit to play this in the Finals.
I've been going to this concerto since I was a young man when I was on the verge of a depressive mood. Gets me right through and out of it---90% of the time. Mr. Stephenson's rendition might just pull that number up to 100% Gershwin would have loved you. 💖
One of the best, and top interpretations of this beloved American, Concerto. The Soloist as well as the Conductor and Orquestra were amazingly good and unforgettable. Thank you!
I was fortunate to hear Clayton play with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra a few days ago in their "Rhapsody in Blue" concert. He brought the house down & received two standing ovations. What a talented young man! He plays with great feeling & skill.
Clayton’s tone has body and great projection. He’s therefore able to bring out beautifully the quality of a Steinway and the soulful sonority and passion in the works of Brahms. I’d love to see him on tour playing the Brahms concerti.
I got interrupted by 2 ads during the first movement… 🤦🏻♂️
Really liked his tone and some subtle changes in his playing, hope he will participate in more competitions
He is not just playing music includeing his story , bravo !!
21:26 Do i hear some alternative voicings??!!! YES!!!!
4:33 He's really enjoying this music
His playing feels very flexible and his music gives me some relief.
I’m very excited about this artist. He is not only an accomplished concert pianist. But a fabulous entertainer!
Yeah he got soul. You really cant pull this one off without feeling that soul..🤣 One of my favorite piano concertos
Fall in love with this incredible soloist. He is just amazing!
그만의 특장점을 보여줄 수 있는 용기있는 선곡에 박수를 보냅니다 ! 너무 듣기좋아요. 천재이신듯
Marvellous! Terrific soloist, great orchestra and conductor.
So refreshing to actually hear the Gershwin Concerto in F in the final rounds of Van Cliburn. When I used to compete in international piano competitions in my youth and college years.. I sometimes got snooty reprimands for choosing the Concerto in F.. like it was somehow "inferior" to other typical standard concerti played in competitions aka. Prokofiev, Rach, Tchaikovsky especially. Clayton added some interesting embellishment improvs.. and to me some of them were a bit distracting but .. I have to give a bravo to Clayton for his bold choices and making me hear one of my favorite piano concerti in a fresh new light. The Concerto in F... will always be dear to my heart as I had the pleasure of performing it for Ron and Nancy Reagan back in 1985 when I was only 15.
You should have heard extraordinary Japanese pianist, Hayato Sumino AKA Cateen, performed this piece. It would be a completely different ball game 😊.
@@ltran6535 you mean the Rhapsody in Blue?
great job, clayton!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Probably my favorite concerto ever. I’m very glad they played it :D
28:05〜♡
Barring a disaster in the final round, part 2, this prodigy will be a medalist. After completing his degrees, he can embark on a luminous career. The world will be all the better for it.
Where?
Bravo! The most touching finals performance for me so far.
훌륭합니다! 아름다운 음악을 공유해주셔서 감사합니다! 내가 미국 작곡가 중 존경하는 거쉰 !!! 그를 미국 콩쿨에서 경험할 수 있어 행복합니다! 당신의 선택은 옳았으며 이미 훌륭한 피아니스트입니다! 계속해서 멋진 행보를 통해 다양한 음악들을 들려주시길 소망합니다!
Love his Gershwin!
Just phenomenal
11:54 this part is wonderful!
The whole piece is.
This was really special! A delightful performance indeed
Indeed
Nice performance~~😀
김연아 생각나는 건 나만…그런가🥴 음악 잘 모르지만 그래서 반가운 곡
맞아요 조지거쉰 연아선수의 올림픽 곡이었어요
🙏
Awesome Performance
Bravo!
Brilliant and gifted pianist
This isn’t Second-rate Ravel. This First-rate Gershwin!
2:11-3:53
6:02
9:29
7:57 cuerdas y piano
Bravissimo!
If his Rachmanov No. 3 goes as well as this, I think Clayton could win the Gold.
It did, but Lim's went even better. From what I am reading and hearing, Lim's got the gold locked up. We know who is #6, so Clayton will be #2-5. A 50% chance of winning a medal. Toes crossed.
@@classical.pianist I don't think Clayton's Rach3 went as well as it could. I think Yunchan = 1, Anna = 2, Clayton or Khandohi for 3.
@@classical.pianist Who is 6?
Clayton's Rach 3 wasn't all that impressive IMO. In fact, his semifinal performance wasn't that impressive either.
@@newcenturypianists3195 Unfortunately, I agree. I wasn't sure about his semifinal recital, but I thought his Mozart concerto was very good. In his Rach 3, he seemed to struggle to stay with the orchestra.
오 오히려 라흐마니노프 연주곡보다 거쉰이 더 잘 하시는 것 같네요. 🎉🎉
4:54
거슈윈 나쁘지 않은데ㅋㅋㅋ라피협3은 왜 한 거지ㅠㅜ차라리 딴 거하지
저도 느꼈는데
건반실수도 있고 막판 절정으로 갈땐 오케스트라를 따라가기 버겁단 느낌이 ㅠ
윤찬군 연주랑 비교가 되더라구요
저도 그게 궁금했는데,,
일리야도 그렇고,, 미스터리 작렬,,
그래서 생각해봤는데
어려운 곡일수록,,포인트 더 얻어가는건가,,?!
생각이
Ok Good!
2010 Olympic 연아의 아름다운 skating!(kim Y. A)이 생각나네
My piano teacher performed this piece with Koussevitzky. "Rhapsody In Blue" is more fun: from the opening Clarinet trill/Klezmer "smear"... hahaha
Both are masterpieces. Your teacher was lucky.
Fantastic pianist and great performance.
Awsome 7th Prokofiev sonata in the semifinals round!!
I thought he was going to get an award (3rd maybe) BUT big mistake chosen to play Rach 3 after this. 😔
Why "big mistake" ?
wasnt rach 3 mandatory?
@@Max-qd3rb It was not. The pianists were able to choose one concerto from a list, plus one of their choice.
Let’s be honest. It’s kinda easy concerto for competition and I can see why he chose it. Of course he did good, but i guess Clayton wanted to make some ‘narrative’.
American pianist playing Gershwin, you know. 😂😂
Absolutely phenomenal
Fabulous technique and so emotive‼️
At this stage, capturing the moment is essential and this guy did just that. We already know he can play the piano!
To make such a derisive and inaccurate statement is to eschew all he's done in the previous rounds. If Gershwin is easy, you play it. To be able to capture the American spirit in such a magical way is not something many can do. His playing was sensational, on point and well-conceived, including his embellishments. Also, the jury selected the pieces. Would not have included something "easy" by any means. Further, you fail to mention his final performance is of one of the most challenging concertos in the literature.
@@classical.pianist truth
We like American music over here komrad...
Jesus how weak is that middle section of the first movement. The orchestra is so muted, not at all how Gershwin intended it.