2 Piano 4 Hands- a visual and musical treat that has been held over at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto.
I’ve always looked on Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt’s marvellous love affair with the piano as a valentine to everyone who ever studied those 88 keys, to everyone who ever endured the same fusty commands to "curve your fingers," "lower your wrists, " and especially to everyone who had to live through a piano recital with a churning stomach and an audience full of beady eyes just waiting for you to slip on a flat when it should have been sharp.
Back again and better than ever, 2 Pianos 4 Hands with Dykstra and Greenblatt is right on key, a visual and musical treat that’s so popular it’s been held over at the Panasonic Theatre until Dec. 4. That shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. It’s played all over the world since its premiere in 1996 at the Tarragon Theatre, the brainchild of two childhood would-be prodigies who started comparing notes about their experiences studying piano while appearing at Chamber Concerts Canada’s So You Think You’re Mozart.