Hélène Grimaud: Resonances

"Atka took the stage first, sweeping right to the piano and striking a commanding pose. But with the keys covered and the lid down, there wasn’t much else he could do. He being a wolf. After he was led away, Hélène Grimaud entered, opened the lid and let loose with music from her new album, 'Resonances,' on Deutsche Grammophon. ... It was part of a gala evening at Bedford Post, an inn owned by Richard Gere, to raise funds for the Wolf Conservation Center in nearby South Salem, which Ms. Grimaud helped to found in 1999. ... Mozart's Sonata in A minor (K. 310), she said, is a rare work in which Mozart 'dropped his mask'" (James R. Oestreich, "No Howls, But Many High Notes at Hélène Grimaud's Performance for Wolves," ArtsBeat, 1/28/11).
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Photo: Hélène Grimaud's friend Atka the wolf once visited the Case Memorial Library.