I attended a concert in the mid-60s by a young American pianist named Anthony di Bonaventura. Among the works listed was an unnumbered Beethoven Piano Sonata in D and thus I learnt of the existence of the three Elector Sonatas WoO 47. It wasn't until the bicentenary that I was able to buy Joerg Demus's DG LP of them, which may well have been a first recording. I remember di Bonaventura as a persuasive speaker whose introductions had the audience in the palm of his hand very quickly. His playing was very fine. However, apart from an LP of the Debussy Etudes on Connoisseur Society which appeared soon after, I never heard of him again. I was going to put out an APB on the list but thought I'd check the web first. Sure enough, I found him, a professor on the music faculty at Boston University. Despite this, I'd be interested if any lister has heard him play more recently. On my only visit to Boston, I got lost - half the city seemed to be under repair - and, with the sun in my eyes, hailed a taxi. Fortunately, the cop driving the police car I'd pulled over was in a good mood and didn't charge me with wasting police time. Of course, it might just have been that he couldn't understand my accent... Richard Pennycuick [log in to unmask]