The detail that this article misses is that the unuxpected piece has about 1 second of orchestral warning before the pianist comes in with a dramatic entrance.

The detail that this article misses is that the unuxpected piece has about 1 second of orchestral warning before the pianist comes in with a dramatic entrance. So Tianxu had about that long to figure out what to do, in contrast to Maria Joao Pires, who had a minute to calm her nerves before playing the wrong Mozart concerto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srYXtZ26cOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srYXtZ26cOk