Does India not have good pianists?
Western classical music is not that mainstream in India because the tradition of Indian classical music is just so amazing! Apart from Zubin Mehta — who came from a very musical family — on the worldwide stage, there are not that many piano players. Timothy Marthand is another, but again both are from well-off musical families. Do you visit India? I do travel to India. My parents are still there. I think the artistic world in terms of Indian classical music is fantastic, but for Western classical music one really has to try very hard for small performance opportunities, and they usually take place at embassies and ambassador residences. Unfortunately, the audience to these places is wealthy Westerners and a few Indians. So, the purpose is defeated. Therefore, I do the concerts in Europe and then travel to India, where, besides giving concerts, I visit the charities where I volunteer and give the proceeds of my concerts to those charities. You’re an internationally known classical pia
