Diana Cooper at St Mary’s Perivale
‘A great artist flying high on the wings of song with refined artistry and aristocratic musicianship’
Prior to her Florentine debut on Friday it was good to be reminded of the artistry of this young artist. I have heard her play many times over the past few years since she was first noticed by the esteemed New York based critic Jed Distler,at the Royal College of Music, as he was judging a final duel amongst giants.
She was just coming to the end of her studies with Norma Fisher and is now making a mark in the concert world for her refined artistry and aristocratic musicianship. All qualities bequeathed to her at the RCM by Norma Fisher, having acquired a technical training from Rena Shereshevskaya in Paris , who like Ilona Kabos (Norma Fishers teacher ) was renowned for her very demanding no nonsense approach to training brilliant young pianists. Piano playing is, as Curzon would famously declare, 90% hard work and 10% a God given talent that can be nurtured but not taught.
