„Écoutez!“

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What peculiar magic this instrument possesses. Its countless parts interact together in a multitude of elaborate ways, thus making it one of the most mechanical instruments of all. It can serve the performer as a mirror and as a partner, provided that the pianist is able to resonate in tandem with it. In such cases the piano is capable of singing, talking, breathing, hammering, rattling, shouting, producing iridescent sonorities, seducing, even bending gravity and time. And what beauty! It unsettles us, it soothes us, it makes demands and it gives back, always remaining elegant and mysterious. I am in love with the piano – and this CD is my declaration of love.