Concert Review: The Piano and the Pedagogue

Murray Perahia returns in recital at Carnegie Hall.
by Paul J. Pelkonen

The pianist Murray Perahia returned to Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night.
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Born in the Bronx, pianist Murray Perahia occupies a special place in the heart of New York audiences. The artist returned to Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, offering a scholarly, conservative program that could have doubled as a history of the development of the keyboard in 18th and 19th century Europe. A regular at Lincoln Center, this was Mr. Perahia's first concert under Carnegie's aegis since 2013, when Hurricane Sandy forced his recital to be moved to that venue's Avery Fisher Hall.