Russian MS Pianist Plays NZ
A Russian piano pianist, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, will be playing a recital on a very special piano in Marlborough this evening.Olga Bobrovnikova, who trained as a pianist at the acclaimed Moscow Conservatoire, is touring the country to raise funds for multiple sclerosis (MS) in New Zealand.
The international pianist said she was really looking forward to the one-off piano recital at Marlborough’s Montana Brancott Winery because she would be able to perform on a Steinway used by one of her idols.
“This recital is a special event for two reasons - first the wine - and secondly there is a special Steinway in the visitors’ centre.”This instrument is one that Rachmaninoff, my piano icon, played. I am preparing a special treat with the early romantic works 1891-1906 of the young Sergei
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