By contrast, the night before, from just halfway back in the hall, I saw at least 100 little screens upraised at the Kennedy Center when Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma finished their trio program. 3) were what true artistry is about, though most of it would have been lost in the Kennedy Center. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed with pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Leonidas Kavakos on Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington. (Courtesy of Washington Performing Arts )Pianist Emanuel Ax joined violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington. But their busy solo careers do not permit the hours and hours of granular, bar-by-bar work that the Vienna Trio puts in, and the overall interpretations were unfocused and fairly routine.

Source: Washington Post February 25, 2018 20:15 UTC