A very long and fascinating article on Musicweb International by pianist and critic Christopher Howell, in case you haven't already seen it. You'll need at least 2 cups of coffee for this one.
UPDATE: Andrys has made an extremely useful page containing all the links anybody could want on this topic. Essential reading and some audio interviews too.
I have to get back to writing about other things today: a top singer, an innovative chamber ensemble and teaching organisation and five CDs for review require urgent attention, plus I've got a friend coming round to play through a violin concerto tonight (with piano, not orchestra) (with a real pianist).
2 comments:
Two cups indeed! I have printed that one out.
Hi again,
Just wanted to make sure people don't miss that Jeremy Nichols replied to Christopher Howell on the long article by Howell ruminating on this whole scandal.
Nichols interviewed Joyce Hatto in person last year and has a lot to say.
But I imagine others will be as surprised or dismayed as I was to read he erased the two-hour tape a few months later to get ready for another interview, saying it was "just another interview with a pianist" (his write-up of Hatto last year following the interview didn't indicate she was just another pianist, even if just another interview).
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