Monday, November 9, 2020

Purity, Transparency And Impermanance - A Visit With Helene Grimaud

 By Elaine Diehl

The Messenger by Helene Grimaud
Photo by Mat Hennek

The brand-new album from Hélène Grimaud, The Messenger, is a creation of a pianistic dialogue between Mozart and the Ukrainian-born contemporary composer Valentin Silvestrov.

The recording sessions took place at the start of this year - before the worldwide pandemic shut things down - at an historic Mozart site in Salzburg, the Great Hall of the University, where Ms. Grimaud was joined by the Camerata Salzburg.

She called to talk about the new release: