From the Maestros Desk: In light of all the articles being written about the finals of the 2014 Indianapolis Violin Competition, Mr. Rosand has decided to make this statement in response... It is not an easy task for a young artist to start a career! One of the principle catalysts can be to a first prize in international competitions, and presently there are number of important ones. Unfortunately, most of these competitions are tainted owing to the fact that the teachers sitting on the jury, have their own students competing. It is not an easy matter to be completely impartial in such circumstances. Although they can not vote for their own pupils, they tend to give more lower marks for more worthy candidates and many injustice are the result. I propose that when accepting a position as juror, it should be mandated that you cannot have a student in the competition. On several occasions, when I sat on juries for international competitions, a juror would make a remark after a fine performance such as that is not the way to play Bach or that is not Mozart. Several times I created a scene when asking if they knew the correct way: or facetiously adding that it should be computerized to do away with personal ideas and tastes. Literal accuracy is not the only ingredient for fine artistry, and narrow minded jurors have eliminated many exceptional players in the early rounds. Invariably they have students in the competition and deliberately or subconsciously give poor grades to protect their students. This unfair practice of teachers and their students in the same competition must come to an end if we are to arrive at honest decisions! -Aaron Rosand
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 03:26:36 +0000
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