Nikita Burzanitsa at the British Institute in Florence
A birthday celebration with the mastery of a poet of the keyboard
A room with a view for Nikita Burzanitsa’s birthday in Florence this evening in the Harold Acton Library of the British Institute. Some superb playing, from the absolute clarity of Bach where an improvisatory freedom made the entry of the Toccata even more of a surprise. Ravishing colours in Ravel with an extraordinary control of sound and a kaleidoscope of colours that allowed him to create the mellifluous beauty of ‘Ondine’ passing through the desolation of whispered mystery in ‘Le Gibet’ to the devilish antics of ‘Scarbo’. All played with a poetic mastery that brought these poems of Bertrand vividly to life.
