Yevgeny Kissin was all of 12 years old when he was propelled into the international spotlight, and anointed The Next Great Pianist. That’s a lot of pressure for a pre-teen, and Kissin now admits that he had very little idea of how to handle it. “I’ve eventually learned how to behave properly when approached by musical fans, but I have to admit that just 10 years ago I was absurdly anti-social in this respect.” Still, Kissin has long since reached that difficult moment in the career of any former child prodigy, when he is expected to somehow morph into a mature interpreter of art, without losing any of the youthful vigor that made him famous.