The concert tonight was the most complete success imaginable!
How can I say this in a modest way...ummm....OK, I can't. THEY LOVED ME.
The hall was packed, the audience was screaming after pieces were finished, I played very well except for a few mistakes that I hope were covered up and un-noticable, my accompanist was great, and my interpreter worked with me very well. Some funny things worked and some fell flat, and some new ones cropped up that broke everybody up. I've had a lot of comments about my playing and how unusual it all is, and I've had a lot of comments about how well I "worked" the audience and made them like what I was doing through my interactions with them.
I'll do more later on this, but here is a verbatim, written comment from my interpreter that is very precious.
"Dear Danny,
This concert was joy to my ears, my eyes, and to my soul. All of a sudden time did not matter at all during the concert. Where to, after you?
I thank you from my heart.
Zlatica
Novi Sad, March 4, 2006"
I'm so touched by this that it makes me cry.
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About Me
- Danny Lyons
- Danny is the Steinway piano technician and head of the piano technology department of Dollarhide Music and Sound, specializing in tuning and rebuilding the Gulf Coast's finest pianos and harpsichords, including antique restoration of such historical pianos as the Steinway in the Mississippi Governor's Mansion and the 1850 square grand piano in the Oakleigh House in Mobile. Danny is the area's concert tuner for both the Mobile and Pensacola Symphonies, The University of West Florida, Pensacola Junior College, and numerous artist series throughout the area including the prestigious "Music at Christ Church" series. In his 32 year career as a piano technician, he has prepared pianos for the area concerts of numerous celebrities, including Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Hope, Izsac Perlman, Harry Connick, Jr., Barry Manilow, Roger Williams, Peter Nero, Lou Rawls, Garrison Keiler's "A Prairie Home Companion", and many others. In 2004 he was commissioned to rebuild a Steinway in Novi Sad, Serbia/Montenegro, and traveled there and spent a month in the country on that project. In 2006 he was invited back to Novi Sad as a solo handbell artist.
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Oh yay Danny, I'm sooooo glad for you!!! What a totally sweet note from Zlatica. That's something you should quote on your website!
Hey, btw, when are you coming back?
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