Bashmet said of him...
Arab Times, Jan 2012
‘He was interested very much in music news. He had no time to attend concerts, he asked about new compositions. He was a movie maniac and opera lover: any opera aria he was able to hum at once.'
... on Shostakovich, Sonata for Viola ...
'I lost my breath… After that we played several concert tours in Europe performing Sonatas from Hindemith and Britten along with Shostakovich. The last one held special meaning for Richter: it was the last piece of the composer, his tragic epitaph.'
Excerpts from 'Artist’s soul full of paradox: Clef to Bashmet'. By Cezary Owerkowicz - Special to the Arab Times -
