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Classical Notes: November 6, 2009 Archive

Virtuoso or "finger-merchant?"

Posted at 10:33 AM on November 6, 2009 by Alison Young (0 Comments)

Just read an interesting piece about pianists as super-heroes, raising the issue of whether a piano soloist's job is to wow us with pyrotechnics or make beautiful music (hopefully both.)

It brought to mind a conversation I had with the visiting artist Kirill Gerstein about playing even etudes musically!

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