May, 2012

18 Posts
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Art Song Project
What’s this project? This is our dream: We‘re finally in the position to share with you all the unsung songs we‘ve found. Some people ask why we bother spending our time with the works of composers nobody has heard of.
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In touch with Zhang Hao Chen
The Intimacy of Creativity, HKUST Zhang Hao Chen, the winner of the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009, has been living in the centre of media focus since then. Three years whizzed by, and the young pianist has
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Schubert : Willkommen und Abschied
Wandrers Nachtlied D224 Werner Gűra, tenor Christoph Berner, fortepiano From Schubert : Willkommen und Abschied (2012) Released by Harmonia Mundi Schubert: Wandrers Nachtlied D224 Placed under the aegis of Goethe’s poem Willkommen und Abschied (Greeting and parting), the lieders that
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To Russia with Love!
Fernando Sor and Félicité Hullin
Towards the end of a highly successful performing and publishing career, the great Spanish guitarist Fernando Sor (1778-1839) — also known as Joseph Fernando Macari Sors, Josep Ferran Sorts I Muntades, Ferran Sor, Ferdinand Sor and Ferdinando Sor — vented
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Goya’s Genius and Spanish Art and Music in the 19th Century
Enrique Granados : Goyescas Book I Miguel Llobet : Romanza Francisco Tárrega : Capricho Arabe Felipe Pedrell : Courante Isaac Albéniz : Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 78, “Concierto fantastico” Spain, at the time of Goya’s birth
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Listen Hear: Protecting your Most Precious Sense,
Part 1
Without music life is unthinkable. Audience members and musicians are passionate about it, yet few people realize that decibels can be dangerous! Our world is toxically noisy and our hearing is jeopardized on a daily basis. The majority of cases
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Fou Ts’ong, Taipei, April 28
China’s Legendary Cold-War Era Pianist gave a show to a packed house in Taipei last weekend, cementing his status as an elder statesman of China’s classical music universe, and of the piano, full stop. He is one of the few
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Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla Tristeza de un doble A Escualo Adios Nonino Contraataque Mumuki Miguel angelo Chin Chin Aix-en-Provence 7th January 2012 I first encountered Piazzolla’s music when I was a student in London. I had not been much attracted by tango,
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