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22 EGIDA INTERVJU | EGIDA | INTERVIEW
karijere dobio od direktora diskografske kuće
Sony Classics i desetogodišnjeg menadžera
Vladimira Horowitza, jednog od najvećih pijanista
20. stoljeća. On mi je rekao da već
dugo nije čuo tako dobru interpretaciju poput
moje. Od nekoga tko ima golemo iskustvo
i s glazbom i s pijanisti ma, dobiti takvu pohvalu
zaista je velika čast.
Je li isti na da vaši fanovi traže vašu rodnu
kuću po Šibeniku?
Isti na je, to rade Japanci. Osim što traže i slikaju
moju rodnu kuću, neizostavno navrate
i do glazbene škole koju sam pohađao. Oni
su vrlo temeljiti i predani kao fanovi, uče povijest
Hrvatske te devedeset posto onih koji
mi priđu, zna reći i nekoliko rečenica na hrvatskom
jeziku. Posjećuju i hrvatski restoran
‘Dobro’ u Tokiju, gdje žele isprobati sve naše
specijalitete. Zanimljivo je da su oni ustvari
više klasična, a ne moja crossover publika.
Koja je bila najvažnija odluka u vašoj karijeri?
Upuštanje u crossover vode. I to u vrijeme
kad sam za to bio spreman, da mi se ta prilika
pružila godinu dana ranije, ne bih je prihvati
o.
Školovali ste se u Budimpešti i Parizu, a baza
vaše međunarodne karijere dugo je vremena
bio London. Jeste li upravo u tom modernom
sjecištu kultura, sti lova i umjetnosti
pronašli sebi najsličniji grad?
To je bila odluka menadžera, moj grad bi
ipak bio Pariz, koji ne samo da je meka za
hedoniste poput mene već izgleda kao da je
građen s ciljem da bude najljepši grad na svijetu.
Ondje sam sa suprugom živio dvije godine,
nakon čega smo se preselili u London,
gdje sam osam godina imao svoju “bazu”.
Upuštanje u crossover vode
je najznaajnija odluka u
mojoj karijeri
greatest piano players of the 20th century. He
told me that he had not heard such a great
interpretati on for a long ti me. Coming from
someone with such huge experience in music
and with pianists, the compliment was a
great honour.
Is it true that your fans try to fi nd the house
in which you were born in Šibenik?
It’s true, the Japanese are doing that. And
not only that, as well as looking for the house
and taking pictures of it, they are also visiti ng
my music school. They are very dedicated
and loyal fans; they learn about Croati an history
and 90% of them who come near me
know a couple of phrases in Croati an. They
also like to go to the Croati an restaurant ‘Dobro’
in Tokyo where they want to try all our
specialti es. It is interesti ng to note that they
are more my classical than my crossover audience.
What was the defi ning decision of your career?
Deciding to perform classical crossover music
was the most important decision of my career.
It was made at a right ti me, when I was
ready for it. If I had that chance only a year
before that, I wouldn’t have accepted it.
You were educated in Budapest and Paris
and your internati onal career was based in
London for a long period. Were you able to
fi nd the city that suits you best in that modern
cultural crossroad?
That was manager’s decision. I think my favourite
city is Paris which is not only a Mecca
for hedonists like me but looks like it was
built with the intenti on of being the most
beauti ful city in the world. I spent two years
there with my wife and aft er that we moved
to London where I was based for 8 years. I
also like Zagreb but I am not a person who
can stay in one place for a long ti me. Luckily,
I have to travel a lot because I think I would
lose my mind if I had to stay one month in a
single place (laughing).