Article: The Dallas Morning News Scott Cantrell column: Music brought to life.(Column)

Byline: Scott Cantrell

Jun. 21--FORT WORTH -- In a world that touts Lang Lang as a great artist, it's good to be reminded what that label should mean. A reminder was supplied Wednesday evening by pianist John Owings, in a recital at Texas Christian University's PepsiCo Recital Hall. Presented by TCU's PianoTexas International Academy and Festival, it was one of those concerts you feel lucky to have experienced.

Mr. Owings, a TCU professor, delved far beneath and beyond mere notes and bar lines. He made everything he played seem a living organism, inhaling and exhaling, corpuscles pulsing through its veins, muscles strategically tensing and relaxing. It ...

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