Evgeny Kissen was the child everyone was talking about in the early 90s. Now he’s 31, and “he has avoided the Icarian fate of many prodigies, some of whom have faded into obscurity with aching hands and broken hearts. His key to surviving the transition from wunderkind to adult virtuoso, under the eyes and ears of a public whose fascination often calls for superhuman displays of technical wizardry, was moderation.” He limits his concerts to 40-45 a year.