London audiences have packed Albert Hall nine times this season to hear Pianist Eileen Joyce. One thing they like about her is her showmanship. Tall, green-eyed Pianist Joyce makes the most of her looks by frequent changes of dress and hairdo between numbers ("Sequins for Debussy," she once explained deadpan to a reporter, "red and gold for Schumann; hair up for Beethoven, down for Grieg").
The critics may grumble about Eileen's dressy monkeyshinesbut they also think that her playing is in Myra Hess's league. U.S. audiences have not yet seen Eileen's act, but millions...
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