On January 27, 2008 (Mozart's Birthday) pianist Anton Nel led the Austin-based A. Mozart Fest Orchestra in a program of two Mozart Piano Concertos and a Concert Aria with Piano. The enthusiastic audience insisted on not one, but two encores. This is the second encore.
World renowned virtuoso Anton Nel plays Mozart on the deck of a yacht and makes it look FUN! Be sure to stay tuned for his "special variations" of the Turkish Rondo
Anton Nel at age 23, shortly before he won First Prize at the Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall in 1986. (Archive footage from South African National Television)
At a recent party, friends persuaded concert pianist Anton Nel to play the "Moonlight Sonata" even though he'd had several glasses of wine. As these brief excerpts show, he plays pretty durned well even half-toasted.
On January 27, 2008 (Mozart's Birthday) pianist Anton Nel led the Austin-based A. Mozart Fest Orchestra in a program of two Mozart Piano Concertos and a Concert Aria with Piano. The enthusiastic audience insisted on not one, but two encores. This is the first encore.
A world-acclaimed classical pianist shows us that even an old, terribly out-of-tune piano in the back room of a tiny curio shop on Queen Charlotte Island in far northern Canada can sound... well.. uuh... amusing in the hands of a great artist. Thanks for giving us a chuckle. :-)