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Richard Jernigan -> RE: Samuel Moore's Interview with Grisha (Sep. 24 2023 4:20:45)
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Every year for the last 20 or so Austin Classical Guitar's first concert of the season has been presented to a small audience at the house of a local billionaire. You get a house concert, dinner and wine. You get a receipt for much of the ticket price as a contribution to the Society.
Grisha has been a frequent artist at these concerts. A year ago he played flamenco in the towering salon to an audience of about 60.
Afterward, while we socialized with the rest of the audience and had a glass before dinner on the huge balcony with a distant view of the Austin skyline, Larisa spoke with Grisha in Russian for a while and invited him to sit at the same table for six as we did.
Grisha and I had chatted briefly a few times before. As it turned out, we talked for about an hour over dinner and a couple of glasses of wine. The catering staff took care not to pour out too much.
One thing that stuck with me: Grisha said he felt that he had played Paco's music enough to have learned something personal about Paco himself, which paralleled something in his own life. I was tempted to ask for explanation, but since Grisha had used the word "personal," I didn't pursue the subject.
Larisa and I both really like and admire Grisha. After her first conversation with him at a similar get-together a few years ago, I asked her what he was like in Russian. She said that, unlike some Russian males of her acquaintance, he is humble and sincere.
I liked Moore's interview with Grisha a lot. The same goes for his talk with John Walsh.
RNJ
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