Evelyn Berezovsky at Bechstein Hall, London – ‘Irresistible you’
With Evie’s mentor Leonskaya playing next door in the ‘old’ Bechstein Hall a programme of Mozart, Shostakovich and Schubert here was our Evie persuaded by Jed to play as an encore his arrangement of Art Tatum’s ‘Tea for Two’ which he exclaimed, much to Evie’s delight and astonishment , that she plays even faster than Tatum!
But not before a scintillating dose of Rachmaninov and Debussy all wrapped up in a X certificate Ravel. La Valse ‘ The most decadent I have ever heard and I loved e very minute of it ‘ exclaimed Jed and some remarkable new works by Tatiana Svetlova that he just adored as Evie brought them to life with exquisite commanding authority.
Evie cast a magic spell over us all as her almost improvised freedom and mastery reminded me of another great ‘natural’ Martha Argerich. Earl Wild’s ‘The man I love ‘ was Evie’s parting shot looking us straight in the eyes alla Gulda ( whose only pupil was Argerich ).
