Parvis Hejazi at St Mary’s
Mastery and courage of a young artist
I have heard Parvis play many times during his studies with Norma Fisher at the Royal College of Music but the pass from being a prize student to becoming an artist can be long and arduous. You have been given a superb training but this is just the beginning and the experience of playing in public and gaining confidence takes time and sacrifice. Most, having finished their scholarship programmes, have to augment the continuation of their artistic ideals with teaching, that can lead to having less time to spend at the keyboard and to prepare programmes. Parvis seems to be an exception to this rule. As a student he was trying to run before he could walk, but his talent was always evident. Today I was very pleased to hear a rather lazy student become a serious artist. Parvis today played with impeccable preparation and authority and if anything he could now take more time and allow the music to unfold naturally allowing more freedom for his stylistic and undoubted poetic sensibility.
