"Virtuoso amateur" pianists visit Tangier

The first "virtuoso amateur" pianist Festival on the African continent was held from 27 to 29 March in Tangier, with the participation of five pianists from France, Germany, England and Ireland, who amazed the Moroccan public with solo concerts featuring highly diversified works.Through six concerts, piano lovers, both Moroccan and foreign, were invited to attend creations presented by exceptional musicians, who totally dominate their instrument, both technically and musically, having interpreted styles ranging from Bach to Gershwin, passing through Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel and Rachmaninov.The festival-goers thus discovered rare artists on the scene who unveiled an unsuspected musical secret garden and made music a source of personal fulfilment, pleasure, sharing and passion.Far from the image of the dilettante that one might associate with them, these amateur pia…