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GARY HOFFMAN // DAVID SELIG 19

Alain COCHARD: How did you begin working together?

David SELIG

: I received a phone call from Christian Ivaldi in the spring of 1986,

telling me, without giving me a name, that a very fine cellist participating in the

Rostropovich International Competition was looking for a pianist to accompany

him. I accepted; Gary then called me from the United States and arrived in Paris

for the competition. I still have very strong memories of the first time we played

together: the first movement of Brahms

Sonata No. 1

, with which we began

working. Everythingwas very fluid and natural. As we know, the competitionwent

very well for Gary (1) and we soon had other opportunities to perform in Paris and

elsewhere.

Gary HOFFMAN

: It is possible to play with everyone, but with David I felt from the

first moment that it was something else. We then became very close friends. In

our rehearsals we don’t decide ahead of time to do this or that. We start with the

music and decide naturally, instinctively.With David, I don’t second-guess myself, I

play—what could be better than that?