Chilly Gonzales & Kaiser Quartett

Berliners have watched former resident Chilly Gonzales transform himself from Canadian piano geek Eminem-ite laugh riot to Paris’ go-to guy for keyboard drops. Somewhere along the line, the more jokes he told, the more he was taken seriously and his recent gig as Public Speaking Music School Pedagogue feels vaguely like a Vinny Gallo put-on. Now that he’s going Full Monty at the Philharmonie with a string quartet, let’s just put the powdered wig on his head and be done with it.