Surfing the Rubinstein
Monday, March 15, 2021 This year, everyone will be able to watch the Rubinstein Competition online, plus a few digital extras Daniil Trifonov (photo: Yaira Yasmin) One should probably never compare a piano competition to the Pope - anyway not every Pope can play piano (though Pope Benedict XVI certainly does, as evidenced by a video doing the rounds on YouTube of him playing some Schubert, very creditably). But it is a well-known custom that, when selected for the Papacy, the cardinal of choice shows reluctance. The idea being that a great honour confers a heavy responsibility...
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