Simone Tavoni triumphs on the Italian tour for the Keyboard Trust – part 1 Florence
With the resident tuner Michele Padovano working miracles on an old but still serviceable Bechstein, Simone Tavoni was able to cast a spell on the audience that despite strict Covid restrictions felt the need to share the experience of music together.
The ovation that they gave Simone at the end of Bartok’s tempestuous Sonata was evidence enough that they had been more that repaid that risk.
A surprise encore of a charming piece by Clementi – Monferrina op.39 n.12 – that Simone had found hidden in the archives was just the calm after the storm that was needed to send his audience home replenished and satisfied.
Even if without the usual glass of wine that in happier times would have followed the concert, it did not stop many of the audience wanting to thank their fellow Toscano for the message of hope and beauty that he had shared with them tonight.
