Well, let me tell you what the point is: One simply wonderful evening on the shores of the Klopeinersee (Lake Klopeiner). A lovely lake in Lower Carinthia, about 20 minutes by car from our house in Bleiburg. The Rotary Club of this region issued invitations to this "concert by the lake". The evening started with some champagne and much seeing and being seen.
Then, at 8pm, everybody took their seat on benches placed on the shore (see pictures below)
and Ingolf Wunder made a dramatic entry by boat from the opposite shore.
The Grand Piano had been placed on a runway jutting into the lake.
Expecting the worst, I feared that everything would suffer from terrible accoustics....
Two medium sized speakers were placed on either side of the Piano and.... it worked beautifully.
The accoustics were excellent throughout the tonal range of pianissimo to fortissimo.
And Wunder played just as his name suggests. Simply "Wunderfully"...
Ingolf was borne on the 8th day of September 1985 and via a little detour of playing the violin it was discovered that he was a superior talent on the piano.
He gave his first public concert at the age of 14 in the Schubertsaal of the renowned Vienna Konzerthaus. He subsequently won a number of competitions in Italy, Germany, France, Hungary and, of course, in Austria. Concert dates brought him to many countries all over the world, including the U.S.A.
I am not an "art critic" but, as the old saying goes: "I know what I like"
And I certainly liked the piano playing of Ingolf Wunder...
...and that's the point...
Bert
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