I'm off to the Verbier Festival tomorrow for a few days of intensive listening, reviewing and interviewing at the top of a Swiss mountain. Hoping to arrive in time to hear Kissin play a Chopin concerto followed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet in the Messiaen Turagalila Symphony, and, the next night, the Nuit des Pianistes in which eight or ten of the world's...well, you get the idea.
If my temperamental old laptop deigns to connect to any available WiFi, I'll blog the trip. If not, will report back on my return.
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Jessica Duchen is a music journalist and the author of four novels, two biographies and several stage works. She writes regularly for The Independent and BBC Music Magazine. Her latest novel, Songs of Triumphant Love, is published by Hodder.
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