No disaster would be complete without this pianist

No disaster would be complete without this pianist

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norman lebrecht

June 09, 2020

The roaming German pianist Davide Martello is in Minneapolis, playing at the George Floyd memorial.

 

He has previously turned up at the scene of unrest in Paris, Dallas, Istanbul and Kiev.

 

Comments

  • christopher storey says:

    Shame he didn’t learn to play the piano first !

    • John Rook says:

      No need; he’s got a ‘Ban the Bomb’ logo on his piano and is wearing a mask. That’s all you need to get re-tweeted.

  • Arthur says:

    Shameless self promotion.

  • Bruce says:

    That was actually rather sweet and touching.

    It may be shameless self-promotion, and he may or may not be a great pianist*, but the people listening (and taking turns at the piano) sure seem to appreciate what he’s doing.

    *(the video barely includes any footage of him playing and what it does show is mostly without audio or just a few chords.)

  • Jay says:

    He should get together with Gautier Capuchin and
    give “free” concerts.

    • Paul Carlile says:

      That would turn out more like “freak on, certs!” I see the hapless Gautier has further metamorphosen on his name; let’s hope he con take it on the chin.

  • Greg Bottini says:

    “NO DISASTER WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THIS PIANIST”
    At first I thought you were referring to Horowitz….

    • Bruce says:

      “NO PIANIST WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THIS DISASTER”

      …referring to Horowitz’s Carmen Fantasy 😛

  • Edgar Self says:

    Greg Bottini and Bruce: 10 points.

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