NY Daily News
Last month, USVI-born panist Victor Provost (right) performed with an ensemble at Flushing Town Hall in Queens.New York, USA - At the age 11, U.S. Virgin Islands-born Victor Provost was taking piano lessons in a downstairs room at the St. John School of the Arts when he drawn to the melodious sounds of youngsters playing steelpan in an upstairs room — and his life was forever changed.
“Part of it was the sound for sure; it was the energy of the music,” said Provost, reflecting on his initial personal connection with steelpan. “I’ll never forget, man, recalling that his pan playing classmates “were playing the theme to the movie ‘Chariots of Fire.’ Now a veteran panist, Provost — and his jazzy presentations on the Trinidad-created instrument — has taken him from his home on the USVI’s St. John island to performance halls in cities around the world.
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