Wigmore Hall, LondonFrance has an outstanding crop of pianists in their 20s, 30s and 40s, including Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Cédric Tiberghien, François-Frédéric Guy and Lise de la Salle. But on this evidence David Fray, though widely admired in his native land, isn't one of them. With his sulky matinee-idol looks and intense platform manner, Fray certainly looks the part: bent low over the keyboard as if intent on drawing something personal and highly wrought from the instrument. But the slack...
Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonFrance has an outstanding crop of pianists in their 20s, 30s and 40s, including Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Cédric Tiberghien, François-Frédéric Guy and... more info