Her Way
A pianist of strong opinions.
Hélène Grimaud was playing faithless lover to the brokenhearted soprano, taunting with a lilt—La-da deeh-da dah-da-dah. Grunt. She told the Times she should have been born a boy. Her two overriding characteristics are independence and drive. "A wrong note played out of élan, you hear it differently than one played out of fear."