December 2009: America Oggi - Antonino Ciappina

A "hurricane" on the piano. Stefano Greco at Bechstein Hall

Stefano Greco played at the Bechstein Hall, next to the Columbus Circle and the Lincoln Center in New York. He was presented as "the best pianist of his generation" by the Commander Stephen Acunto (Italian Academy Foundation) to a full house of music connoisseurs, who listened to him in absolute silence. Among them was the Minister Francesco Maria Talò, General Consul of Italy in New York. [...] In a blazing display of bravura, Greco played by memory a flawless interpretation of Bach’s Goldberg Variation. […] His fidelity to Bach’s text was supreme. […] Demonstrating a touch that was by turns muscular and light, [Greco’s] tonal palette ranged from impetuous strength to the mild and gentle caress. It was an act of love – by a strong, sagacious and skilful lover, capable of amazing.