Re: Another Piano Prodigy

[Mike Vincent <mvincent35@hotmail.com>]

I went to school with Michael, and have meet his many times. He is a
competent player, but I must include he is nothing special and far from a
prodigy. He is good, but no Glenn Gould by any means.

~M.

> From: James Whiskeychan <ojibwa50@HOTMAIL.COM>

> Hi!
>
> I suppose since Glenn Gould didn't care much for jazz, this post will be a
> bit off topic, but I wanted to let everyone know about a great young
> pianist. Even though he plays jazz, last night I was reminded of Glenn
> Gould.  He was a child prodigy.  This young man is going to be able to get
> away with doing outrageous things.  Also, his jokes were only funny to
> himself.
>
> Michael Kaeshammer was born in Germany but he is now a Canadian.  He is 25.
>  If you get a chance to attend one of his concerts, do yourself a favor
> and go.
>
> Outrageous things -- in the middle of a jam session of "On a Rainy Day" he
> played a section of Rondo alla Turca.  The person next to me gasped "What
> is that?"  I replied "Mozart."
> Kaeshammer is perhaps too modern for many jazz enthusiasts.  He did
> prepared piano in one piece.   Overall, his approach is very modern.


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Michael Vincent                               vincentmusic@sympatico.ca

Major in Composition / Theory                      Concordia University
Faculty of Fine Arts / Music Department          Montreal,Quebec,Canada

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