MEMETERIA by Thomas May

Music & the Arts

An Evening with Conrad Tao at Seattle Symphony

Conrad Tao; photo (c)Kevin Condon

My latest for Seattle Times:, on Conrad Tao’s upcoming Playlist concert with Seattle Symphony:

For Conrad Tao, playing Mozart is like a homecoming. 

“The close relationship I have to Mozart is from childhood,” he said during a recent Zoom interview from his home in New York City. “It’s not only a return. Some of it is just a matter of being honest about where I come from.” 

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Filed under: Conrad Tao, Mozart, piano, Seattle Symphony

Conrad Tao: Leaving the Comfort Zone

My new profile of pianist and composer Conrad Tao for Steinway  is now online:

HIS NAME HASN’T changed, but mentally splicing the twenty-three-year-old Conrad Tao with the child prodigy who first came before the general public more than a decade ago is likely to make you do a double take.

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Filed under: Conrad Tao, pianists, profile

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