Gal Shalev wrote: >Last week I heard a quite mediocre performance of the Rach 3. For the >pianist's sake it should be stated that the guy was 19 years old, the >winner of the prestigious Rubinstein competition (named after the great >pianist) that takes place in Israel every two years, bringing young >pianists from all over the globe. Igor Tcheutuyev is the equievelent of >the minor characters in the old testemant: his presence is in order to >emphasize the main character himself by of comparison- Vladimir Horowitz. Of course I haven't heard Igor Tcheutuyev play the Rach 3, or anything else. But isn't it a little unfair to compare his playing at age 19 w/ that of Horowitz in his prime? Walter Meyer