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Bach World Tour

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Oslo, Norway - Rehearsing on the afternoon of August 18, 2007 in the Aula of the University, Oslo
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Oslo, Norway - Signing CDs after the first concert in Oslo, August 18, 2007
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Mexico City - The Sala Nezahualcóyotl at UNAM, which is, they say, the finest concert hall in Latin America.
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In Mexico - After my second concert with many Mexican musicians in a Mexican/French restaurant
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Bogotá, Colombia - The main square, Plaza Bolivar
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Bogotá, Colombia - The Cathedral
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Bogotá, Colombia - My hotel in the historic centre of the city
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In Bogotá - Walking in the streets of old Bogotá
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In Bogotá - With Harold, Hyperion's distributor in Colombia (who is happy after selling lots of CDs!)
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Denver, Colorado - Signing posters and CDs after the concert
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Denver, Colorado - With Rick Baldassin of Baldassin Pianos in Salt Lake City, who brought the Fazioli 278 to Denver for my recitals.
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Orange County, California - With the masterclass students
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Orange County, California - The Fazioli 308 Special 25th Anniversary Model Concert Grand Piano that I performed on in the Segerstrom Hall.
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Orange County, California - In peformance during Book I
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San Francisco - A rare moment off!
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San Francisco - The fog rolling in at the Golden Gate Bridge
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Berkeley, CA - First Congregational Church where the concerts were held
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Berkeley, CA - With my agent Seldy Cramer and her assistant Christina Daysog (right)
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Vancouver, B.C. - Daniel Mueller-Schott and myself with Leila Getz from the Vancouver Recital Society
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New York City - The poster outside of Carnegie Hall
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New York City - In performance at Carnegie Hall. Photo © Richard Termine for the New York Times
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New York City - With painter Caio Fonseca (whose paintings are featured on my Beethoven CDs for Hyperion)
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Bologna, Italy - Daniel and myself in the foyer of the Teatro Manzoni (in clothes made especially for us by Canadian couturier Richard Robinson),
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Bologna, Italy - In the Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
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Bologna, Italy - Prosciuttos and parmesan in a shop window in Bologna!
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Brescia, Italy - With my Italian agent, Lorenzo Baldrighi.
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Brescia, Italy - The Auditorium San Barnabà
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Cologne, Germany - In the streets of Cologne....
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Sacile, Italy - With Ing. Paolo Fazioli in his Concert Hall in Sacile, Italy
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Warsaw, Poland - In the main square of the Old Town
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Warsaw, Poland - In front of the Chopin Monument
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Warsaw, Poland - Outside an antique shop, chained to a post....!
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Warsaw, Poland - With the director of the Warsaw Piano Festival, Mrs. Elzbieta Penderecka (wife of the composer).
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Poznan, Poland - After the concert with, among other ladies, Hyperion's distributor in Poland, Iwona Tomaszewska (second from right)
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Poznan, Poland - During the concert on November 27, 2007
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Venice, Italy - The front steps of La Fenice Opera House in Venice
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Venice, Italy - After the concert in the foyer of La Fenice
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Venice, Italy - My practise piano in the rehearsal hall under the roof of La Fenice. Since it was on such a high platform, I had to pile the chairs to come up to the right height!
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Venice, Italy - The Grand Canal
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Venice, Italy - In the courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale
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Venice, Italy - In the vaporetto
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Trieste, Italy - By the harbour in Trieste, January 2008
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Trieste, Italy - With masterclass students at the Conservatorio in Trieste
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London, England - Signing CDs in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall, London
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Rome, Italy - St. Peter's in the Vatican
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Rome, Italy - The Castel Sant'Angelo
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Florence, Italy - In front of the Duomo
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Florence, Italy - The Battistero San Giovanni in Florence
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Lisbon, Portugal - The poster outside the Gulbenkian Foundation
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Portugal - Along the coastline on a windy day
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Bilbao, Spain - With the President of the Philharmonic in Bilbao, Asis Aznar, in the green room after the concert.
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Bilbao, Spain - The green room in the Bilbao Philharmonic whose walls are covered with artists' photos--a true historic archive.
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Zurich, Switzerland - The small hall of the Tonhalle
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Montreal, Canada - With the brass section of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra backstage at the Place des Arts
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Seoul, Korea - The view from my hotel room
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Seoul, Korea - In front of the huge poster at the LG Arts Centre
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Seoul, Korea - In concert dress in the same place and pose!
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Seoul, Korea - In performance at the LG Arts Centre
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Seoul, Korea - The huge line-up of young people waiting for autographs
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Seoul, Korea - With Ho-Kyung Shin (artistic director, LG Arts Cente) to my left, and my translator in front of the radio building in Seoul
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Seoul, Korea - My Bach DVD packaged together with something altogether different at a major classical music shop in Seoul!
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Tokyo, Japan - In the windy streets of Tokyo
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Tokyo, Japan - Mrs, Kasahara, from my agency NCC, in our favourite Indian restaurant at Tokyo Opera City
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Japan - A magical part of the coastline on the Izu Peninsula
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Japan - A rare moment of rest along the coastline
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Macau, China - The unusual floral arrangements on stage at the Macau Cultural Centre
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Macau, China - View of the concert hall of the Macau Cultural Centre
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Macau, China - Teaching a masterclass
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Macau, China - Signing for a fan
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Macau, China - Visiting the old part of the island
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Macau, China - The old and the new in one view
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Macau, China - At a Chinese temple
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Macau, China - No, it's not Venice, but rather a copy of the Rialto Bridge at the Venetian resort in Macau!
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Macau, China - Saying goodbye at the airport to the girls who worked at the Cultural Centre
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Singapore - With a group of music students at the Singapore Conservatory
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Ottawa, Canada - With former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien after my concert
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Glasgow, Scotland - The beautiful City Halls of Glasgow
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Pretoria, South Africa - The audience on its feet at the end of the concert
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Pretoria, South Africa - The students of my masterclass at UNISA in Pretoria
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Pretoria, South Africa - My room, the Presidential Suite, at the hotel in Pretoria with an electronic keyboard set up for practising
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Pretoria, South Africa - The view from my hotel room balcony
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Pretoria, South Africa - In the main square in Pretoria with Aletta Joubert from UNISA who looked after me during my stay.
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Pretoria, South Africa - A nature reserve where we went for lunch
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Pretoria, South Africa - The blue crane, the national bird of South Africa
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Manchester, England - With my cousin, John Michael Hewitt from Leeds, after the concert in the Bridgewater Hall
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Dublin, Ireland - The hall in the National Gallery of Ireland where I performed
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Rheingau, Germany - The Kloster Eberbach where I performed the Goldberg Variations
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Passau, Germany - With a group of students from Israel who attended my concert in Passau
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Dornheim, Germany - The beautiful country church where J.S. Bach married for the first time, age 22, his cousin Maria Barbara. It's in the tiny village of Dornheim near Arnstadt.
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Dornheim, Germany - The church of Saint Bartholomew from the outside
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Dornheim, Germany - Another view of the church in Dornheim
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Dornheim, Germany - The poster advertising the concert as part of the MDR Musiksommer
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Dornheim, Germany - After the concert
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Dornheim, Germany - The audience obviously liked it!
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Dornheim, Germany - With festival director, Oliver Jueterbock, after the concert
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Weimar, Germany - The plaque showing where the Bach family lived in Weimar and where both W.F. Bach and C.P.E. Bach were born
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Weimar, Germany - Houses in the main square
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Weimar, Germany - The house where Liszt lived
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Weimar, Germany - Standing at Liszt's Bechstein piano (they wouldn't let me play it!)
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Weimar, Germany - The statue of Liszt in the park
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Weimar, Germany - The garden of the Goethe house
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Autigny, Switzerland - The house in Autigny where I performed Book II of the WTC
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Stuttgart, Germany - Enjoying a warm day and a rare spare moment at the end of August in Stuttgart
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Koethen, Germany - The Spiegelsaal in the castle of Koethen (where Bach composed Book I of the WTC, although this room did not exist in his day).
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Berlin, Germany - With my record producer, Ludger Böckenhoff, during the WTC sessions in Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche
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Perth, Australia - In the evening sun in King's Park, Perth
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Sydney, Australia - In Sydney Harbour
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Sydney, Australia - In front of the Sydney Opera House
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Adelaide, Australia - With concert promoter Eugene Ragghianti (to my right) and friend Barry, sporting a Bach World Tour t-shirt
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Adelaide, Australia - A Koala bear actually doing something other than sleeping!
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Adelaide, Australia - The branches of a eucalyptus tree
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Melbourne, Australia - With concert organizer Margaret Farren-Price
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Hong Kong - Soon after arrivng there in a restaurant taking in the view
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Hong Kong - The students who peformed for me during the masterclass at the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts
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Hong Kong - The Cultural Centre where I performed
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Hong Kong - At the piano on stage at the Cultural Center
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Beijing, China - Teaching a masterclass at Parson's Music in Beijing
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Beijing, China - The Beijing Concert Hall
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Beijing, China - With staff and oranizers after the concert in Beijing
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Shanghai, China - Rather tired, but still awake in Shanghai By NIght!
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Shanghai, China - With pianist Fou Ts'ong who attended my performance in Shanghai
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Shanghai, China - The last concert of the Bach World Tour. On stage at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, October 28, 2008
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Bach World Tour - On the road (courtesy of Mauro Bompani in Modena, Italy)!
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Early years

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At my toy piano - received as a Christmas present, age 2
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More experienced now - half a year later!
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Age 4 - at the Heintzman pedal piano that my organist father had built for him in the 1930s
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A classic pose already! - having passed my Grade One Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto exam, age 4
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Playing the violin - which I did from the age of 6 to 16
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and the recorder - with a trophy I won in the Ottawa Music Festival
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Age 6 - A photo taken for one of my first public appearances
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In ballet class - dancing in ballet class in Paris
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The house where I grew up in Ottawa, and the snow we had to shovel!
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My father, Godfrey Hewitt, organist and choirmaster at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa for 49 years. This is a photo taken by Malak of Ottawa in the 1940s.
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My mother, Marion Hewitt. This is her graduation picture from the University of Toronto in 1944. She was my first piano teacher.
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At Work

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Orchestra da Camera di Mantova - With Carlo Fabiano (leader) and the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova after our first Mozart Concerto recording in Dobbiaco, Italy
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At Buckingham Palace - Receiving the OBE from Her Majesty the Queen on February 28, 2007. Photo©British Ceremonial Arts Limited
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At the festival de Valloires - After the final concert with (from left to right) Imogen Cooper, Alina Ibragimova, and Daniel Mueller-Schott
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In Montreal, Quebec - With members of the brass section of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra after our performances in March 2008.
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With my OBE medal - At home after the ceremony at Buckingham Palace on February 28, 2007
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At the Gramophone Awards 2006 - With my team from Hyperion. From left to right: producer Ludger Boeckenhoff, myself, Sales Manager Mike Spring, Manager Simon Perry at the Dorchester Hotel, London on September 28, 2006
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Signing CDs - A post-concert CD signing, this one in Nashville, TN at a piano teachers' conference.
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Travelling by seaplane - Travelling by seaplane in British Columbia, Canada during a Piano Six tour.
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At the Gramophone Awards 2006 - With my record producer, Ludger Boeckenhoff after the presentation
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Backstage in Trieste: January 07 - With the firemen who must always be present at a concert: they came to have a closer look!
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Memorial plaque for Captain Vancouver - Inside St. Peter's Church in Petersham, near London, where I performed on April 9, 2007
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On Stage - Receiving the National Arts Centre Award as part of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards in November 2003, Ottawa. Photo by Brigitte Bouvier, reprinted with permission of The Ottawa Citizen.
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In the spotlight - During the filming of Chopin's Sonata Op. 35 for BBC Television in the Wimbledon Theatre. Photo courtesy of Tony Keene.
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During a pre-concert talk - During a pre-concert talk in the Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile, Italy on March 29, 2006
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Wartburgh Castle - Recording for BBC Television at the Wartburg Castle, Eisenach, Germany, the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach. Photo courtesy of Fono Forum.
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Concentrating - Waiting for the ok to start.
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While playing Beethoven in Detroit - A photo taken by a violist in the orchestra, Hart Hollman, during my performance of Beethoven's First Piano Concerto in Orchestra Hall, Detroit (how did he do it without us noticing?!).
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Discussion with Ludger - Discussing the take with Ludger Boeckenhoff, my audio producer.
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Receiving an Honorary Degree - Receiving my Honorary Doctorate from the Chancellor of the Open University (and former speaker of the House of Commons) Betty Boothroyd in April 2006.
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Recording with the ACO - Recording Bach Concertos with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in the Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, Australia
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After my Moscow recital - In the Tschaikovsky Concert Hall, December 15, 2006
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In Iceland - During five minutes of sight-seeing in Rekyjavik, Iceland
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Recording Bach Sonatas - Recording with cellist Daniel Müller-Schott in Munich
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On the big screen in Seoul - A photo taken out in the lobby during my recital in Seoul, Korea, October 2006
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The day I received my first Honorary Doctorate - Performing on stage at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, during the convocation ceremony in October, 1995. I was wearing a gold lamé jumpsuit that was a favourite for several years!
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After a concert in Durham, UK - After a concert in Durham, UK; a photo taken by a young fan!
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Distinguished Canadian Leadership Awards Ceremony - Performing after receiving the Meritas Tabaret award (given by the University of Ottawa for distinguished Canadian leadership) at the National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, on November 1, 2005.
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After a concert in New York - Celebrating with fellow musicians (and a bottle of Montefalco wine from Umbria!) after a concert in Lincoln Center: from left to right, cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, violist Paul Neubauer, violinist Ani Kafavian, and myself.
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With Sean Rafferty of BBC Radio 3 - After a performance on In Tune (March 3, 2006) with BBC Radio 3 host Sean Rafferty.
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Performing in Bergamo, Italy - During a performance of the Goldberg Variations in Bergamo, September 2005.
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In the Melbourne Underground - Working hard at publicizing a tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in the Melbourne Underground!
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At Play

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Starting the Kimono Experience - In Japan on October 26, 2006
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Tying me in! - It has to be tight!
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View from the back - The prettiest part, I think!
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Final touches - Applying the final touches
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With fans - With two of my young fans, the one on the right a budding pianist!
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With my piano teacher - With my piano teacher, Jean-Paul Sevilla, on his 70th birthday
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Central Park, New York - ...on a beautiful March morning on the way to the Guggenheim
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In the stadium - At a football game in Perugia. I wore earplugs the whole time!
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At MOMA, New York - At the Museum of Modern Art in New York, just after it opened in November 2004
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Motorbike in Milan
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Bicycling - Bicycling in Gatineau Park, Ottawa
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In Paris - Where I lived from 1978 to 1985. This must have been around 1981.
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Tobogganing - Tobogganing with my record producer, Ludger Boeckenhoff
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Visiting Niagara Falls - On the Canadian side, of course!
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In Israel - By the Sea of Galilee in June 2005
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Italy

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At the Fazioli Concert Hall - With the special Fazioli piano made for a boat!
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Lake Trasimeno - The wonderful sunset over Lake Trasimeno where I have my house in Umbria.
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My house in Italy - My favourite place to go.
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During construction - Surveying the outside of my house during the landscaping.
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Vacuuming - ...up the builders' dust!
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With my car - My first car (second-hand). I only learned to drive in 2002-2003. At the age of 16 I was learning the Goldberg Variations, not thinking about driving a car!
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With Paolo Fazioli - With the fabulous piano maker, Paolo Fazioli, at my birthday party in 2004. The piano is my own Fazioli concert grand.
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On the Costa Smeralda - A rare day of holiday, sailing on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia (and well covered up against the sun!)
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