Along comes the piano phenom of our age, Daniil Trifonov, in a performance that could also be described as overly dramatic except that it was rendered so powerfully and with so much rhetorical conviction and perfect execution, to such a rousing reception, that it is hard to argue with it.
As increasing numbers of our friends and neighbors and children die at the hands of those who wield weapons of war, Waldman offers a wise and unfortunately essential look at how we got here.
