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If you’ve ever been to Wigmore Hall, you’ll know that they’re pretty hot on concert etiquette. Next to an easel sporting a canvas depicting a huge mobile phone and a giant red cross (which doesn’t exactly complement the extraordinary pre-Raphaelitesque cupola or the curves of the Steinway), before the performance an impeccably-dressed gentleman appears on stage urging the audience to check their p

Pianist Piotr Anderszewski’s recital at the Barbican Centre had a surprise up the sleeve even before it started. As the audience entered the hall, Anderszewski, in casual dress, was already on the stage, sitting on a sofa placed by the piano and reading a book with a mug of tea in his hand.