Just in: Maurizio Pollini suffers acute heart problem at Salzburg
NewsThe Italian pianist, who is 80, failed to turn up for this morning’s Beethoven recital at the Salzburg Festival.
Director Markus Hinterhäuser told a packed auditorium that Pollini was unable to perform due to ‘acute heart problems’.
He was taken to hospital.
After the recital he was due to receive an honorary pin from the festival, where he has performed for half a century.
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