Max Walsh at St James”s Piccadilly
The flowering of a talent of refreshing simplcity and poetic complicity
Just a month on from his previous recital at St James’s Piccadilly there has been a transformation of a pianist from a promising student to a mature artist. Winning a scholarship to continue his studies with Norma Fisher at the RCM together with a confirmation of his talent with an award from the Weir Trust via the Keyboard Trust, are all things that have given this young man a sense of authority and conviction that is apparent from his interpretation of the Beethoven Bagatelles op 126.
Over the past month they have grown in stature and with a maturity that is quite astonishing. A trip to France to play in the En blanc e noir Festival seems to have ignited in this young artist a burning sense of conviction that before seemed more on the surface. Playing now with real weight and having acquired a considerable technical mastery from his studies with Jan Loefller his recital today in St James’s was a revelation of how talent of promise can flower. I am sure that with the guidance of Norma Fisher it will blossom into an artist of considerable stature.
