And here is what Sokolov had to say:
In December of last year she played a Mozart concerto in a regular season concert with the Moscow Philharmonic. Here, have a listen:‘This is one of those rare occasions. The twelve-year-old pianist Alexandra Dovgan can hardly be called a wonder child, for while this is a wonder, it is not child’s play. What one hears is a performance by a grown up individual and a person. It is a special pleasure for me to commend the art of her remarkable music teacher, Mira Marchenko. Yet there are things that cannot be taught and learned. Alexandra Dovgan’s talent is exceptionally harmonious. Her playing is honest and concentrated. I predict a great future for her…’Grigory Sokolov
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I missed entirely the fact that she had performed at Salzburg; that's pretty amusing. The Sokolov Facebook people will have known but I simply presumed that they were excited over the Kommersant interview (because 'Sokolov doesn't do interviews').
I saw some notice about Dovgan beforehand, but I didn't pay a lot of attention to it. If I had arrived a day earlier I could have attended. Tickets were free, but you had to apply. They were available from July 6, so they may have all been claimed. The concert, in the Grosser Saal, was co-sponsored by Sokolov and the Salzburg Festival.
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