Pianist Overcomes Wrong Concerto Error in Historic Performance

Twenty-five years ago, during a lunchtime concert in Amsterdam, top pianist Maria João Pires was caught off guard, expecting to play a different Mozart concerto than the one she’d been practicing.

In the video, you see that conductor Riccardo Chailly started the orchestral introduction to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.20, not the piece Pires had prepared for. — Read the rest

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