De Stentor
by Maarten Mestrom – March 14th, 2012

When the Jussen brothers came on, the question was whether it would appear to be a media hype, these two fresh blond-haired, piano prodigies with a striking resemblance. Now they also perform individually – fortunate enough with the repertoire in which they (for the time being) are the best – a negative answer to this question is becoming clearer and clearer. For Mozart you need to have the soul of a child. They frankly and fearlessly just play what it says, without putting the ego in between. And playing Mozart that is what Lucas Jussen (1993, the elder one), who was the solo player with the Gelders Orkest in Apeldoorn last Tuesday evening, does really well. No pointless virtuosity, no power play, hardly any pedal and a bright crystallized pianissimo, with which he joins in the best piano tradition.
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