Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Piatagorsky Concert

It was such a pleasure to hear these guys and then get to visit with them. They are amazing, world-class musicians and it was a joy to hear them in person. The cello player is Evan Drachman, and the pianist is Richard Dowling. They tour with the Piatigorsky Foundation, providing more than 200 concerts each year. They performed at Brushy Creek UMC Sunday afternoon. I took this photo at Northside Primary Monday. Evan says this cello was built in Italy in 1720. He told us that the horse hair in the bow is real horse hair and comes from horses that live in Siberia, where it is really cold, which makes the hair thicker and stronger. Evan began playing the cello when he was eleven. Richard began piano lessons at age five. I told him if he would just practice a little more, he might get pretty good!