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Conrad Tao at Carnegie Hall: Ten Digits, Plus Some Ones and Zeroes
On the Lumatone, a little gimmicky; on the Steinway, a master.
The pianist and composer Conrad Tao, a phenomenal talent and a mighty creative force, had the brass to treat his first Zankel Hall recital as a work in progress rather than a meticulously packaged event. With Zankel Hall rearranged to put the piano at the center and the audience on four sides, Tao continually swiveled to emcee his own concert, as if to create a late-night, clubby atmosphere. So pianists crave sustain, an ordinary thing when you’re drawing a bow across a string or blowing air through a tube, but an out-of-reach superpower when you’re playing the king of percussion instruments.
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