My ex-wife's nephew - my ex-nephew? Antoine Pierlot was an irritatingly charming little French kid when I last saw him.
He's now a handsome, talented French kid who made the finals in the Telerama magazine "Victories of Classical Music 2009."
They have videos online, and you can vote - for him, if you think he deserves it (I did, although I was impressed by the bass as well). You can go to this url to vote, and also to listen to/ watch the contestants.
Note that you'll have to give your first name, last name, and email, and the two checkboxes at the bottom of the page are acceptance of the TOS and an opt-in for all kinds of interesting French spam.
Yuri Kissin's Barber of Seville (Morceau 1) was excellent, even though the part he sang never made it to the big time with Bugs Bunny. Wife pointed out the the tenor was a tiny bit reedy and flat on some difficult parts of Morceau 1, while even I could tell that the soprano kept getting lost in the piano for the quieter bits. So, got to agree on the Bass.
Anotione's cello was great, too.
Antoine did a great job, and the viola chick is hot, but dig that crazy trumpet!
Never thought of it as a melodic instrument before. Would love to see what Romain Leleu could do with jazz, such an uncommon clear tone...