Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Victor Borge

I thought I'd take this quick opportunity to introduce those of you who have never heard of Victor Borge to an amazing man.

Borge was a danish pianist and composer who like to inject more humor into his performances than classical music. If you're in anyway a music fan or at least played in band then I'm sure you'll love this quick video of him getting a page turner:





I personally adore his history of the piano:





And finally to prove that he really is quite gifted here's a moment where he improvised an encore:


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is this where the ghost of Burr Hall got its name?

blueskies16 said...

Victor Borge was magnificent.