The favourites of Cobi Paalvast

‘Through my colleagues, but also through our customers, I always learn more about classical music. They are very enthusiastic about the new conductor Tamo Peltokoski: 'so young, fits in so well with our orchestra'. So I thought: I have to experience that myself. I really like piano music and would like to see Martha Argerich, I missed her last season and everyone was very enthusiastic about her. I want to see why. And also with Lahav as conductor. He also plays the piano himself on June 6, which is always good and nice to listen to. I was in the Youth Orchestra of the Municipal Music School Delft and that is why Also sprach Zarathustra is also on my list: I used to play that on the violin and later on the piano. In pieces, never completely, that's what will happen to Yuja Wang now. My father and mother both sang in a choir, that music was often played at home. The performance of the Groot Omroepkoor with Beethoven should therefore not be missing from my list, it is a kind of retrospective on my past. The Christmas Proms, I want to go there too. It's festive music, cheerful and accessible, a bit jumpy, I like that and it suits the December month.'