Gabriela Montero: I made my concerto debut before I could read music

Gabriela Montero: I made my concerto debut before I could read music

Daily Comfort Zone

norman lebrecht

December 03, 2023

The Venezuelan-born pianist says she did everything in music by ear.

She made her debut at nine in Venezuela with a Haydn concerto that she learned by heart. It would be a year or more before she could read music on the page.

She reveals all to Met principal trumpet David Krauss. Listen here.

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