HAUSCHKA (London Milton Court, 06/11/23)

The ever-genial Volker Bertelmann has come a long way since I saw him play a toy piano at Northampton Square Bandstand (I mean, he's won an Oscar since!) but his ingenuity, playfulness and preference for risk rather than perfection remains as evident as ever. Plus, he still uses a prepared piano with ping-pong balls and that makes me smile.