As Mr. Kigawa prepared for his coming performance, he found himself falling into Messiaen’s obsession. “For the last couple of months, I was solely into birds,” he said in a recent interview at Le Poisson Rouge. You have to study birds — how birds sing and also the nature they live in. Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Well, I’ve played “Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus,” “Île de Feu,” études …Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWould you play the solo part in “Turangalîla-Symphonie”?

Source: New York Times August 27, 2017 15:56 UTC