On the 9 Jan, I was attending to a concert by Singapore Symphony Orchestra. At that afternoon, I was always excited because there would be a genius player in the concert – Gil Shaham.
The first piece was the string adagio by Barber. SSO `s timbre was really limpid. The sound also had a touching power.
Second piece was the Prokofiev No.1 violin concerto. Gil appeared. His face was so handsome. Before playing the concerto he shook hands with the concert master for seconds. It showed Gil `s respect to the orchestra.
No any waiting and almost in the clapping Gil started to play! His confident really shocked me. Also, after the performance, his clear and brilliant playing shocked me again. No matter in how difficult clap of the concerto, he can do it very easy. And dynamic was also perfect. In the second movement, his dynamic control was very nice that he and orchestra offered a limpid, touching and peaceful music to the audience. I was also touched. And the encore, it was really shocking piece. Gil played it with a very fast tempo but every note was so clean and the musical line was very clear. Gil was playing really amazing. He did not have any mistakes in the whole concert. And through the clapping of the audience, I thought everyone enjoyed the performance.
