The pianist who took a phone call on stage

The pianist who took a phone call on stage

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norman lebrecht

March 08, 2023

In the middle of a performance of Shostakovich’s piano quintet in Charleston – in the gap between the scherzo and the intermezzo movements – a mobile phone went off in the audience.

Where other artists might have displayed irritation, pianist Andrew Armstrong took the call.

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