Hélène Grimaud

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Pianist Hélène Grimaud writes that “playing Bach allows you to mark your spiritual growth as well as your technical growth as an instrumentalist.” The French pianist - who also runs a wolf sanctuary in upstate New York and has written a memoir called “Variations Sauvages” – joins us to share her new recording of Bach originals and transcriptions. She also performs live in our studio.

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