Packet 7: Bonus 11
This pianist’s arrangement of an interlude from Rameau’s Les Boréades (“lay boh-ray-AHD”) is titled “The Arts and the Hours.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this pianist who arranged two sonatas by Domenico Cimarosa (“chee-ma-RO-sa”) for his 2021 album Mozart & Contemporaries. This pianist is sometimes called “Iceland’s Glenn Gould” for his love of J. S. Bach.
ANSWER: Víkingur (“VEE-keen-goor”) Ólafsson [prompt on Ólafsson]
[10e] Víkingur won the 2025 Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for his recording of this Bach piece. Glenn Gould made landmark 1956 and 1981 recordings of this set of variations.
ANSWER: Goldberg Variations [or BWV 988]
[10m] In 2025, Víkingur played a series of four-handed piano concerts with this other musician. This pianist performed all of Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in a 2023 concert at Carnegie Hall.
ANSWER: Yuja Wang [or Wang Yujia]
<TC, Auditory Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-7
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 19.07 | 98% | 65% | 28% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contessa Dora | UNC Charity | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| JHU | Munir Siddiqui Fan Club | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland F♯ A♯ ∞ | Rosslyn Academic Team | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Mike and Psmith | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| https://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png | Catholic University A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 80% | 80% | 40% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |