henry copeland:
Citing EU law forcing search engines to suppress links, pianist demands WaPo kill this review pllqt.it/lwhjXb
Pianist asks The Washington Post to kill a concert review (below) under the E.U.’s ‘right to be forgotten’ law
Some of the pieces, such as Chopin’s Scherzo No. 2, sounded less like light solo piano works than an attempt to rival the volume of a concerto with full orchestra. This scherzo became cartoon-like in its lurches from minutely small to very, very large. It’s not that Lazic isn’t sensitive – or profoundly gifted. […] he can do anything he wants at the keyboard, detailing chords with a jeweler’s precision, then laying little curls of notes atop a cushion of sound like diamonds nestled on velvet. […] The sheer technical ability was, at first, a delight.- www.washingtonpost.com