It Is a Great Honor By Hanne Farestvedt Bergensa% isen. May 27.2019 Google Translated from Norwegian Image Caption: Back in the mountains: Charlie Albright was in Bergen two years ago. Then he stepped in on short notice after a last minute cancellation. Now he's back playing Grieg's A- minor Concerto. —I am excited to be back, he says to BA. The pianist was only 12 the first time he performed the concerto publicly. In the past, American Charlie Albright crawled up on the piano rack. There he remained. Tonight he performs the A-minor concert. Tonight Charlie Albright plays the A minor concert in the Grieg Hall: Grieghallen: It's quiet in Grieghallen. But Charlie Albright is already finished with his first practice in the city's grand hall. Tonight, in a good festival tradition, he will perform Grieg's A- minor concerto as part of the "goose skin" concert. -This can be performed by Grieg's piano concert in Grieghallen, in his own home town! It is fantastic, exclaims the American. The very best The piano star tells BA that he thinks it is one of the very best piano concerts on the classic repertoire. - If not the very best. It is at least one of my absolute favorites, he adds. Charlie Albright was only 12-13 years old the first time he performed the A-minor concert publicly. - It was actually the second piano concerto I learned. I was about ten years old when I heard it the first time, and told my piano teacher that "I have to learn it," he says. - Do you remember what hit you that time, which made you enjoy it so well? - The whole concerto, both the melody and every theme in it, is absolutely beautiful. Many of the great classic pieces, even the most famous, may have one or two themes that are fine. But in Grieg's A-minor concerto, every part of the play is iconic, says Albright. Climbed up the stool He has a reasonably good basis for comparison. The American is a sought-after concert pianist who has played with everyone from Bobby McFerrin