August, 2017

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Darwin Leonard Prakash: The Young Indian Opera Prodigy
The Summer of 2014 proved to be a wholly exciting and life changing time for Darwin Leonard Prakash, a young Indian boy living in New Delhi who has a fascination with the human voice and the Western idiom of singing
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The 1749 Royal Bang!
What do you get when you mix sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate? If you have taken rudimentary classes in chemistry, you know that it is the chemical formula for gunpowder, aka black powder. Although it was first described in an
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DEVIENNE, F.: Flute Concertos, Vol. 2 – Nos. 5-8
Flute Concerto No. 6 in D Major I. Allegro From DEVIENNE, F.: Flute Concertos, Vol. 2 – Nos. 5-8 (2017) Released by Naxos Devienne: Flute Concerto No. 6 in D Major – I. AllegroFrench composer François Devienne enjoyed great esteem
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Destination Paris
Paris, as well as being the City of Light, is, for some people, also the City of Dreams. In so many images, the city comes to life – the open vistas and city views from the Eiffel Tour, the magnificent
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Balancing Technique and Freedom
In Touch with Rachel Cheung
Rachel Cheung, a young pianist who started her training at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts (HKAPA) and continued at the Yale School of Music, put Hong Kong on the performing stage this year with her position as a
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Forgotten Pianists: Robert Casadesus
The Casadesus family produced a number of outstanding musicians: Henri (1879-1947), a violist and music publisher; Marius (1892-1981), a violinist and composer; Gaby (née Gabrielle L’Hôte, 1901-1999), pianist and teacher; and Jean (1927-1972), a pianist. The one we’re going to
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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
“I really should be practicing”
Vladimir Horowitz and Gary Graffman
The exceptional pianist and educator Gary Graffman started his musical education at the tender age of 3! Initially, however, he did not play the piano but took violin lessons from his father Vladimir Graffman. Vladimir was a student of Leopold
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“Do that which can only be done by you” Johnnie Douglas-Pennant, Paul K Joyce, and Celestial
The sky it carries wonderful things Like the stars and the sun. It makes a place for the birds to fly free. And a place for us to gaze up at. I don’t know what we would have Done without
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