(2000) XVIIIth Clara Haskil Competition 1999 (Live Recordings) Sándor Veress plus a bass voice placed

plus a bass voice placed by the harpsichordist’s left hand) there was no need for it

Collins’ playing was characterized by maturity and technical perfection

Jens Peter Maintz

They give witness to the city’s broad musical horizons and its former artistic splendour

organists often have no other option but to spend sleepless nights

(2000) XVIIIth Clara Haskil Competition 1999 (Live Recordings) Sándor Veress plus a bass voice placedThe Clara Haskil Competition was founded in 1963; it takes place every two years in Vevey, where Clara Haskil lived from 1942 until her death in 1960. At the end of the concert finale in the Stravinsky Auditorium in Montreux on 13 September 1999 Finghin Collins was announced the winner of this years competition. The 22 year old Irish musician earned his victory performing Bee tho vens third piano concerto in C minor. Collins playing was characterized