E15 is the name that has been given to the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull, by journalists who were struggling to pronounce the full name properly. The nickname is derived from the somewhat daunting number of letters that come after the E.

“ ACT4” is the life-style magazine based on music, art and culture featuring people engaging in respective fields. We have 30,000 readership and about 5,000 of them are the subscribers , and we welcome them as members of  “Club Impresario”.

My name is Mariko Sato, editor-in-chief of the magazine, “ACT4”. Graduating from Waseda University, my first career was a staff of Cathay Pacific Airways, and then started to work at a publishing company called ALC Press Inc in 1986. I

L’ Invitation Au Chateau: IX. Act III, TangoJames Campbell, clarinetPeter Carter, violinJohn York, pianoJacky Guter, vocalJoanna Elias, vocal From Maurice Ravel / Francis Poulenc: Chamber Music for Woodwinds (2006) Released by Cala Poulenc: L’invitation au château Francis Poulenc was commissioned

I became a Bach fanatic in the late seventies when I discovered Glenn Gould, though I came to appreciate Bach’s choral music at a much later stage, first with the Cantatas, then the Mass in B Minor and lastly, the

Ivo Pogorelich, piano Sonata in E major, K.20, Presto From Scarlatti: Sonaten (1993) Released by Deutsche Grammophon Scarlatti: Sonaten Son of Alessandro, Domenico wrote 555 sonatas, and after Horowitz made several recordings of them, there was a surge of popularity

I have been spending a lot of time in London lately, so I have regretfully been unable to attend all the exciting and exceptional events of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Nevertheless, during the few days I was in Hong

Anne Gastinel, cello Sonata for arpeggione and piano in A minor (“Arpeggione Sonata”), D. 821 Claire Désert, piano From Schubert: Arpeggione (2005) Released by Valois Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata This is a wonderful interpretation of the famous Arpeggione by the French