To London’s stunning Wigmore Hall on Wigmore Street.
Hard to keep your eye on the stage unless.....
I must admit that it has been over a year since I was last there, but I was taken this time by a singer friend of mine who said that I simply must come along with her to see what she called a “revelatory pianist”.
...Katya's tickling the ivories!
From the moment Katya Apekisheva played the opening flourish of Schubert’s Sonata in A minor D537 I knew what she meant. Magical more like it!
This is an extremely intricate piece to play, seemingly all over the place, but Katya had the measure of things and drove it along with a passion I have seldom seen in any pianist. I could have sworn I heard the man next to me gasp at her command of the fortissimi.
Next she played Schumann’s Kinderszenen. The Wigmore has a massive Steinway there on stage and Katya wasn’t afraid of it at all. She knew how to tame it! What a gal!
This was a sensational concert, and I'm ashamed to say that I hadn’t heard of her before. Her superb command of the keyboard will, I’m certain, ensure that she will be unknown no more! Brava!
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