Renowned pianist Roland Pöntinen wraps up the year with his appearance on 'Sommar i P1'. While his storytelling is ordinary, his musical prowess shines through, leaving listeners wishing for more music and less talk.
World-Class Pianist Roland Pöntinen Concludes the Year with a Musical Reflection
World-Class Pianist Roland Pöntinen Concludes the Year with a Musical Reflection
World-renowned pianist Roland Pöntinen feels like Beethoven in his happiest moments. Anna Gullberg wishes he had skipped the chatter entirely and instead performed his 'Sommar i P1' on the grand piano.
Pöntinen is an extraordinary artist, with a career that has only reached new heights since his debut at 17. There is no world stage he hasn't played on, and his numerous recordings are a musical treasure.
A global star in the classical music elite concludes this year's 'Sommar i P1'.
However, as a summer speaker, Pöntinen is quite ordinary, offering a rambling potpourri of musical memories and people, mostly from the 1980s, which marked his breakthrough.
We learn that he loved Chopin at the age of six and formed a Mahler society as a high school student. It's charming, heartfelt, and rather ad hoc.
But every time he describes musical experiences, he begins to glow – 'noble piano drops like a communion chalice, like molten gold' – and I think the best summer talk would have been Pöntinen in a studio at Radiohuset, live with his grand piano companion, and a wild stream of music that says more than words.