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Author: TonkaToy
Date: 2009-06-01 16:30
I don't know about you, but I'm rooting for Annelien van Wauve of Belgium. Wow. Nice dress.
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2009-06-01 16:51
FYI:
125,000.00 DKK = 23,822.38 USD (First Prize) plus management contract and a solo appearance.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2009-06-01 18:09
Makes me feel old! The contestants cannot have been born before May 30 1979. I started playing clarinet in June of 1979! :-O
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Author: oliver sudden
Date: 2009-06-01 18:21
Katrina, I know the feeling - our ensemble just started working with a youth ensemble and their clarinettist is younger than my Selmer F bass mouthpiece...
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-06-01 18:33
I noticed one of the competitors is Daniel Ottensamer, from Austria. A relation of Ernst Ottensamer, perhaps?
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Author: TonkaToy
Date: 2009-06-01 18:54
Dileep
On the page where the link takes you click "More" then "Day for Day". Annelien's photo is on that page.
In this judge's opinion the dress is worth about 20 points (providing that Annelien is the best player there, the dress puts her over the top).
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Author: Dileep Gangolli
Date: 2009-06-01 23:27
Tonka,
I think the dress gives her the edge at least in the first round.
Let's see if any of the other contestants can compete in this category in the days ahead.
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Author: Sarah Elbaz
Date: 2009-06-02 06:41
She's a smart women- she knew that some people will not listen to her clarinet playing and just look at her- so she is wearing the right dress.
Sarah
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Author: Menendez
Date: 2009-06-02 09:59
"I noticed one of the competitors is Daniel Ottensamer, from Austria. A relation of Ernst Ottensamer, perhaps?"
As far as I know, Ernst has two children who play the clarinet, and at least one of them is brilliant.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-06-02 11:49
Let's hope the press and the organizers of this competition deal with the competitors more humanely than the rascals who do their best to turn "Britain's Got Talent" into a mud-wrestling contest.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: tnclarinetist
Date: 2009-06-02 12:07
Lelia Loban wrote:
> Let's hope the press and the organizers of this competition
> deal with the competitors more humanely than the rascals who do
> their best to turn "Britain's Got Talent" into a mud-wrestling
> contest.
>
Yes, Daniel Ottensamer's Bio.
NG
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Author: TonkaToy
Date: 2009-06-02 15:30
Sarah,
I never meant to imply that Ms. van Wauve wasn't qualified to compete in the Nielsen Competition or that she may have been attempting to gain undue advantage by her choice of clothing. I'm sure that the photo on the competition website is a publicity still. For all I know she may show up in a burkha or dress made from a flour sack. The dress itself is neither inappropriate or revealing, in my opinion. I was attempting a light hearted comment about a young woman who is by all current societal standards, let us stipulate, stunningly attractive. I have every confidence that Ms. van Wauve's success at the competition will depend entirely on her skill and the judges' considered opinions.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2009-06-04 00:29
Maybe a wardrobe malfunction would have helped....
;)
I saw the dress and though nice, wasn't anything super special. I doubt that a dress would have any influence at all with a judge.
Daniel O's bio is quite impressive.
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: Sarah Elbaz
Date: 2009-06-04 03:34
tnclarinetist wrote:
> Well... I guess it doesn't matter, because she didn't pass the
> first round...
>
She did pass the first round!
Sarah
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Author: TonkaToy
Date: 2009-06-04 13:11
David,
I'm just a sucker for a basic black dress. Every woman looks fantastic, at least to me, in one. All she needed was a simple strand of pearls and she could have had the Audrey Hepburn Plays Clarinet thing going on.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-06-04 13:55
If anybody still wonders whether auditioning behind a screen is a good idea, this thread provides some insight. Is anybody besides Sarah interested at all in how well this woman plays the clarinet?
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
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Author: Nessie1
Date: 2009-06-04 14:02
Personnally, yes I am interested in how she plays and I think that this dress is a reasonably choice for a classical performance.
Vanessa.
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Author: TonkaToy
Date: 2009-06-04 14:10
You know, I was interested in how she played. I even googled her to see if she might have posted something on youtube or perhaps had a website. I didn't have any luck.
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Author: Joarkh
Date: 2009-06-04 15:37
Translation of the Danish article at http://www.odensesymfoni.dk/cncomp/show/danish/news.aspx :
Stolen Clarinets
This year's Carl Nielsen competition, which is being held May 30th to June 9th, got a dramatic start!
Two of the contestants, Alessandro Falco of Italy and Olli Leppäniemi of Finland, were bestolen of their instruments on the train from Copenhagen Airport to Odense. When the Intercity train 133 arrived Saturday May 30th at 11:27 pm, the clarinet cases, which they had placed in the luggage compartments above their seats, were nowhere to be found!
The clarinets were immediately reported stolen trough the media and, of course, reported to the police. They are however still lost.
This situation is the worst one could imagine for the young musicians who for months have prepared to participate in the Carl Nielsen Competition. They have invested many hundreds of practice hours and quite a lot of money to realise their ambition of reaching the top in the competition.
Efforts were made throughout the day to ensure that the two contestants could get other instruments to play when they are going on stage in the Pro Musica Hall of the Odense Koncert Hall late in the afternoon of Tuesday June 2nd. The efforts were successfull in the way that both of them now are preparing to play borrowed clarinets, but the emotional stress due to the loss and the fact that the borrowed clarinets are, of course, different from the stolen ones, puts their nerves more on the edge than they else would have been.
Mark that the clarinet cases and computer bags may seem alike - and one believes the thief was thinking they got their hands on a pair of expensive laptops. For the same reason, the stolen goods may be stowed away in a garbage container or in a similar location.
If you have any information regarding the lost clarinets, please call +45 63 75 00 55.
Joar
Clarinet and saxophone teacher, clarinet freelancer
Post Edited (2009-06-04 18:22)
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Author: Dileep Gangolli
Date: 2009-06-04 22:59
Go Annalien Go.
I would like to nominate her for the web site:
http://www.beautyinmusic.com/
Do I have a second?
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Author: tnclarinetist
Date: 2009-06-05 14:32
Sorry, I think I was searching for another name. Anyone know the USA competitor, Sonia Sielaff?
NG
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Author: vin
Date: 2009-06-05 17:30
I believe she went to Michigan State for undergrad, University of Toronto and is now at U.S.C. Nice girl, too.
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-06-05 20:47
>>Two of the contestants, Alessandro Falco of Italy and Olli Leppäniemi of Finland, were bestolen of their instruments on the train from Copenhagen Airport to Odense. When the Intercity train 133 arrived Saturday May 30th at 11:27 pm, the clarinet cases, which they had placed in the luggage compartments above their seats, were nowhere to be found!>>
That stinks. (But, I love the translation, "bestolen of their instruments." Some archaic English never should have died out. Bring that one back!)
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: Joarkh
Date: 2009-06-08 13:44
...and the finalists are:
Olli Juhani Leppäniemi, Finland
Daniel Ottensamer, Austria
Christelle Pochet, France
Balazs Rumy, Hungary
Joar
Clarinet and saxophone teacher, clarinet freelancer
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2009-06-08 14:07
Leila Said:(But, I love the translation, "bestolen of their instruments." Some archaic English never should have died out. Bring that one back!)
If you like the lilt of that language, then read Hakan Nesser mysteries, translated from Swedish, or the ones with detective Wallender (I forget author's name).
Both series translated by Laurie Thompson.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-06-08 14:23
>>If you like the lilt of that language, then read Hakan Nesser mysteries, translated from Swedish, or the ones with detective Wallender (I forget author's name).
Both series translated by Laurie Thompson.
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Always glad to hear about murder mysteries! Thanks for the suggestion!
I notice that one of the contestants whose clarinet got stolen advanced to the finals anyway. Good job! It must have been nerve-wracking to have to change not only clarinets but -- possibly even worse -- mouthpieces and reeds on short notice. I hope those people get their instruments back. Are the descriptions posted anywhere?
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2009-06-08 16:13
Leila, Henning Mankell is the author of the Wallender series.
There have been some PBS TV adaptaions.
What does this have to do with Nielsen competition....not a blasted thing, but perhaps between Wallender and Nesser's detective von Veeteren, they
can find the "bestolen" clarinets.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: clarinetist04
Date: 2009-06-09 01:33
I didn't even realize that Giancarlo Garcia was competing. Haven't heard that name in a long time. He went to high school very near where I did and we did several state bands together (although not directly). Very good player and went to study in a special fellowship with Sabine Meyer. Last I heard he was at Harvard studying physics and clarinet. Too bad - only got to the 2nd round. Really nice guy and a wonderful musician.
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Author: Joarkh
Date: 2009-06-10 07:53
And the finals are over!
Olli Leppäniemi, Finland: 1st price, Price for Interpreting Danish Works, Odense Symphony Orchestra Price
Christelle Pochet, France: 2nd price, The Price of the Young Jury
Daniel Ottensamer, Austria: 3rd price
Balazs Rumy, Hungary: 4th price
Congratulations, Olli!
(Danish Overview)
Joar
Clarinet and saxophone teacher, clarinet freelancer
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-06-10 14:47
>>Olli Leppäniemi, Finland: 1st price, Price for Interpreting Danish Works, Odense Symphony Orchestra Price
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Although I've never heard him play, I already admire him, for having the skills and the confidence to compete and win despite the loss of the clarinet and mouthpiece he would have preferred to play.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: clarinetwoman
Date: 2009-06-10 15:31
is this the same guy (Oli Leppaniemi that was in the finals for the Chicago Symphony???? The only guy to advance to the final final round?
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Author: Joarkh
Date: 2009-06-10 15:58
Yes, it is the same Olli Leppäniemi.
Joar
Clarinet and saxophone teacher, clarinet freelancer
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Author: Joarkh
Date: 2009-06-10 15:58
Joar
Clarinet and saxophone teacher, clarinet freelancer
Post Edited (2009-06-10 15:59)
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-06-10 16:06
clarinetwoman wrote:
> is this the same guy (Oli Leppaniemi that was in the finals for
> the Chicago Symphony???? The only guy to advance to the final
> final round?
AFAIK, he's the same guy. He was a semi-finalist in the Nielsen competition in 2005. Nowadays he plays in the Bergen Philharmonic (in Norway) under Andrew Litton.
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