Created by popular demand after the success of Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Piano Player, MAESTRO is a tour-de-force of character acting and piano playing, in which David brings to life 25 of the greatest nut-cases in musical history (and plays their works). Bach, Beethoven, Sir Thomas Beecham, Oscar Levant and others are brought to life, or impersonated, with pinpoint accuracy. In MAESTRO you will:-
- Be invited for drinks with the mad Erik Satie
- Hear a complete Beethoven sonata played in jazz
- Find out why Percy Grainger took a bath with his clothes on
- Discover how Toscanini lost an orchestra in the middle of the desert
- Meet the world’s worst opera singer, and the world’s worst violinist
- Hear the three tenors sing “Moon River”
AND MUCH MORE!
This concert will make you laugh a lot, cry a little, and marvel at the beauty of the piano when played by a master.
Press Quotes:
“A slick combination of quicksilver comedy with splendid piano playing
....distinguished, complex, intelligent and very funny.”
---- Time Out, London
" He resurrects music’s greatest weirdos in a virtuoso performance of
narrative and character acting, coupled with remarkable technique and
sensitivity on the piano” - ----Merced Sun-Star
“Scheel's ability to take audience members from hysterics to tears in a matter of
minutes, stands in a class of its own....a sheer delight to listen to”
-----Canberra Times
