Marc Andre Hamelin recital Kaufmann Concert Hall March 28 2007

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I remember meeting Marc Andre Hamelin at the Lincoln Center in New York City (Fall of 2001). His rendition of Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies (recorded in 1996) left me speechless, and almost gave up playing the piano. I could not believe that a human being could play Liszt with such superhuman virtuosity. His cadenza of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is, in my opinion, the greatest display of virtuosity by any pianist in the history of recorded pianism. Musically speaking, I would say that like an old oaken tree, its rings and barks are testament to the slow process of maturity and experience. Many pianists had dismissed Marc Andre Hamelin as a mere virtuoso of the piano, sic, “not a poet,” but I would say he is getting better and better, and I am glad he is still alive.