I write to you regarding the
World Piano Summit that took place in Woodstock a few weeks ago. I had great pleasure in being part of the program, and was very impressed with the
high quality of the Petrof Pianos in which we played.
I have had classical training in the piano in Buenos Aires for years, and then moved to improvised and jazz related music. During all these years I believe I have developed a personal touch and sound, and that's the main thing I look for in a piano: to be able to get my own sound, instead of performing with the piano's own sound. So my sound checks are not a show of notes, but sometimes I merely play one note or one chord, to know what I am dealing with.
In this occasion, that enough to know everything was going to be there, I had no idea that Petrof's big pianos would have such a warm, deep sound. I had a great time performing, and could find in the piano everything I needed, from crystal, Debussyan oriented passages to the strong attack of more traditional tango bass notes.
Thank you so much for providing these incredible instruments, I look forward to performing with them again.
Yours truly,
Emilio Solla