Мастер Класс/MasterClass/23 Мay
23 Мая в первой половине Пол дал мастер-класс для воспитанников Меншиковского фонда (the Menshikov Foundation), основанного Антеей Ино (Anthea Eno), влюбленной в Питер, живущей переодически здесь и которая фактически и убедила Пола приехать вначале в Санкт-Петербург до концерта в Москве 24 мая. За что огромное ей спасибо, что я ей лично и передал. Пол послушал одаренных детей, а увидев теннисный стол, немного поиграл. Good boy!Don''t know how lucky you are, boys
We actually flew into St Petersburg. Brian Eno''s wife Anthea has links there, and after Brian did a masterclass at my old school, LIPA, she said I should do a masterclass there. So when we started talking about Russia, I told the promoters I wanted to link in Anthea''s offer to do a masterclass and cut the ribbon at an orphanage called the Menshikov Foundation. Then the St Petersburg Conservatoire decided they were going to give me a honorary doctorate. Which is unbelievable! I mean, this is where Tchaikovsky went! There is similarity between LIPA and the Conservatoire, but I was just walking round, thinking, ''Stravinsky_ Tchaikovsky_''
I didn''t play for them. I would have had to practise a little bit, seeing as Tchaikovsky was the opening act. But it was a lovely thing, fantastic. And when it was time to leave St Petersburg I was joking, saying, ''Come on, it''s time to march on Moscow.''