Alexander Gadjiev at Duszniki International Chopin Piano Festival
The nightingale returns to beguile and enchant with mastery and mystery
Having heard Alex many times over the last six years it was refreshing to hear him again after a period of reflection and physical reeducation.Having been a top prize winner in the 18th Chopin Competition in Warsaw I was able to listen to him three times the following year before he took a sabbatical to reflect and refresh his remarkably original musicianship.I remember in Rome the hall being plunged into darkness as we were asked to prepare ourselves with two minutes of complete silence out of which a shadowy figure appeared playing the opening chords of Chopin’s Polonaise Fantasie.’Sounds were born before words’ we were told as Alex went on to enchant and enrapture the discerning Roman public with performances that have never been forgotten by those who were present that day.
