Dear Ms. Hewitt,
I've seen you in performance twice: at the Blossom Music Center with the Cleveland Orchestra and at the University of Illinois in the Bach WTC, Book 1 (all some years ago, alas). I was interested to read in your blog that people say they do not listen to female pianists. Only absurd prejudice can explain such a view: when it comes to Bach, you and Rosalyn Tureck (not to mention Wanda Landowska) have given me some of the most remarkable recordings that I have ever heard. Glenn Gould too, if you'll forgive me (no one has surpassed has Little Preludes and Fugues, just as no one has surpassed your Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother). It seems to me that a number of women pianists have mastered Bach in a way that few male pianists have--you most definitely among them.
Glad to hear that you've been on the main stage at Carnegie. Long overdue, if you ask me. If the schedule works, I hope to hear you at Severance Hall, with my beloved Cleveland Orchestra someday.
I hope you have a long break coming up (and you should get that assistant!).
Best regards,
RK