Hear music come to life at Myriam Ayari's conversational piano recital

You don’t have to be a conservatoire loyalist to feel at home at Myriam Ayari’s recital. The Belgian pianist has a knack for turning a formal concert into something far more conversational. She sits at the keyboard, yes, but she also talks briefly, thoughtfully, offering small signposts before each work so you know what to listen for and why it matters. It never feels like a lecture, more like a friend leaning over to share a secret. The programme circles around metamorphosis, tracing how themes evolve, fracture and, return altered. Under her hands, passages seem to shed one skin and slip on another. What lingers is not grandeur but closeness: a sense that the music shifts in front of you, responsive and alive, asking only that you meet it halfway.

February 26. B200-5oo via here (free for children under 12). Goethe-Institut Thailand, 7pm