Chopin Competition 2025: Stage 3, Day 3
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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Jed Distler reports on the third day of Stage 3 at the Chopin Competition 2025.
Not much to get excited about this morning in the hall. Jed Distler heard Tomoharu Ushida for the first time when he blogged about the 2021 Chopin Competition and liked him a lot then.
I’ve had mixed impressions on his return to Warsaw for this year’s competition
Ushida has formidable fingers and a huge sound, and he never lets you forget it. His loud and undifferentiated F minor Fantasy and B minor Sonata performances were a relief to end.
Experiencing Zitong Wang in a relatively extended recital provided a little more perspective than gathered from her first two stages. For the most part, her loud playing seemed hollow and aggressive, while her softest passagework lacked body and definition.
Author's summary: Chopin Competition 2025 Stage 3 Day 3 review.
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