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The final piece, featuring Young-Chang Cho again, is another highlight, but on a more genuinely uplifting note. It is a modern work, Astor Piazolla's (1921-1992) Grand Tango -- the two men are having so much fun that it is catching and the entire church, statues and images of saints included, seems to be dancing along with their exquisite pas-de-deux. Young-Chang Cho's bowing technique is fluid and, driven forward by the Korean's expressive agility, his interpretation comes close to producing a rather addictive beauty of sound.

Last but not least, one should mention Gililov's lovely young turner-over, Lynn Kao from Taiwan, a twenty five year-old pianist whom unfortunately we did not hear play but whom Gililov considers to be exceptional at the piano keys. The admiration is mutual.

'Pavel is such a genius,' the young lady confides, 'that I welcome any chance to work together with him. So, if there is only one piano called for, I still want to be on stage with him because I learn just from being around him and watching him.'

It was a very enjoyable evening and the performers all got their roses in the end, and plenty of bravos, though calls for more remained unheeded, by necessity, for it had been a long week for all three musicians who went off, after having signed autographs and conversed with their fans, for a well-deserved dinner.

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