Making the Right Choice
Growing up, Russian pianist Denis Matsuev had a hard time deciding between music and sports. He did both for a long time. But after two broken arms (caused by sports, not music), his dad told him it was time to choose one or the other. Lucky for us, Matsuev chose the more skeletally-friendly of the two: music. We'll hear two by Matsuev, including Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini," from the Colmar International Festival in France.