Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major op. 35 | Vadim Repin - Queen Elisabeth Competition 1989

© RTBF, VRT, Queen Elisabeth Competition

PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D major op. 35 00:00
Allegro moderato 00:02
Canzonetta 19:13
Allegro vivacissimo 25:49

Vadim Repin, violin
Belgian National Orchestra
Georges Octors, conductor

Queen Elisabeth Competition | Violin 1989, Final
Brussels Centre for Fine Arts/Henry Le Boeuf Hall

Excerpt from the RTBF programme 'Tempo, Concours Reine Elisabeth session d'été', by Thierry Loreau

[benoitlaine]

I remember listening to the 1989 performance on the radio. Still brings tears about listening today. Incredible artist. And he had to pull, pull and pull this rather apathic orchestra throughout the whole piece... Russian soul and fire.

[wuytensbart]

I had the priviledge to see Vadim Repin at the laureate concert in the Queen Elisabeth hall in Antwerp, just after the contest. By God, it was for me the first time I experienced an out of body experience. My seat appeared to be 0.5 m lower. 😅

[Iamlostinmythoughts.-_-]

That one man that was standing in the audience. Respect👌

[jaewonkim]

Thank you for uploading Vadim's historic performance. Never have I imagined watching this flawless and unparalleled performance in HQ.

[slowmind]

Great great Tchaikovsky!! How on earth some human could compose such kind of music, such spirit?

[BytomGirl]

Amazing performance. Both Vadim and his wife prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova are the artists of the highest acclaim..

[heathervarious]

As magnificent to hear it in replay as it was in the hall in 1989! An iconic performance.

[TheStoicus]

Thank you a thousand times for uploading this !! 🙏 legend

[jopalmen]

Magistraal en brilliant gevoelvol.(Wat een schril contrast met sommige violisten in het orkest!)

[jacquesfontaine]

Une très belle version remplie de fougue, merci pour le partage.

[muchammadsuryomaulanaakbar]

I can listen to every note he played. And those vibratos are thicccc af.

[antoniocristea]

After Perlman, for me this is the best performance!❤

[edmundochacon]

SOLO SE PUEDE DECIR QUE ES EXTRAORDINARIO

[esxgklz]

Блестящая игра, очень выразительная и богатая эмоциями.

[richardwhitehouse]

Astonishing. And the rest is history
I remember coming across a vid of another winner in the 80s, a Chinese pianist Wenyu Shen. He played Rach 3 and it was extraordinary. I wondered why I'd never heard of him. He ended up, back in China, making vids of himself playing in his basement. His father had terrible mental health and ruined his son's life. Early promise is not always a guarantee of artistic maturity.