11-20-2023, 05:47 AM
Alon Goldstein is a master pianist and teacher. Totally phenomenal. I’m always impressed when one person can enrapture an audience with one instrument - here a Yamaha grand. His skill was unreal.
Being a teacher, he introduced each piece with an informative, engaging chat that was charming and funny. He started with a Bach piece where he used a digital score. Next was a Shubert that was about 35 mins long and I was blown away that anyone could keep all those notes in their brain. During the intermission, we moved up to the front row to some seats that were being saved by a major donor that never got filled. We were house left, right behind him about 15 ft away. He did Debussy, a surprise Glass piece, a modern female composer, Chopin and an encore of … damn I’m blocking on the name because it’s 4;45 am … B something … plus one of my YMAA coworkers just called using the company line (wtf? Had to be a butt dial - not even answering at this hour)
Anyway it was an amazing performance. Educational a d inspirational. Made me realize once again how tiny my talent is compared to a true master of his art.
Being a teacher, he introduced each piece with an informative, engaging chat that was charming and funny. He started with a Bach piece where he used a digital score. Next was a Shubert that was about 35 mins long and I was blown away that anyone could keep all those notes in their brain. During the intermission, we moved up to the front row to some seats that were being saved by a major donor that never got filled. We were house left, right behind him about 15 ft away. He did Debussy, a surprise Glass piece, a modern female composer, Chopin and an encore of … damn I’m blocking on the name because it’s 4;45 am … B something … plus one of my YMAA coworkers just called using the company line (wtf? Had to be a butt dial - not even answering at this hour)
Anyway it was an amazing performance. Educational a d inspirational. Made me realize once again how tiny my talent is compared to a true master of his art.
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