A couple of concertgoers told me they could not hear Yefim Bronfman’s piano, which they found wonderful anyway, as clearly as they would’ve liked to. I always thought the acoustics at Knight Hall were near perfect and any seat was an excellent one — excepting wishes to see and be seen, and, more importantly, the pleasure of a good sight of a soloist, in this case, his hands. Anyone else encounter such issues at the hall, at this or any other concert?
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Mr. Ferndandez, my friend and I also commented after Bronfman’s performance at the lack of SOUND coming from the piano AND the orchestra. We were shocked that such a powerhouse as this would have projected such a over-mellow sound out of the instrument. Perhaps our seats were not prime, but we did sit where we could see and hear his playing. And I am sorry to say it was a disappointment. Only during the slow movement was the sound and the balance good at all. Gusman Cultural Center’s acoustics were never muddy as they were on that Saturday evening at the Knight Concert Hall. Yet in complete contrast, during the Shostakovich Sixth, the orchestra played wonderfully and clearly. Even in the moody and brooding first movement.