Guest Posts

As much as we’d like to, we can’t report on every classical music event around the world. That’s where you come in.

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In touch with
Mark O’Connor
Apart from his numerous accomplishments as a child prodigy, Grammy-winning jazz/folk/classical violinist and composer Mark O’Connor has been one of the pioneers that cross genres in his music making. This year O’Connor joins Bright Sheng’s Intimacy of Creativity and introduces
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In touch with Adrian Spence (Camerata Pacifica)
Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “the best chamber music reason to get out of the house”, Camerata Pacifica has committed to exploring the breadth of chamber repertoires and new voices since its foundation in 1990. In 2012, the
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Magical Mozart
If you are into opera, Mozart, and Masonic lore, then Magic Flute is the right fit. What you encounter in San Francisco Opera’s new production of this masterpiece is a tremendous artistic and visual landscape. These ingredients combine to form
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In touch with Joan Tower
The Intimacy of Creativity, HKUST Heralded as “one of the most successful woman composers of all time” with her bold and energetic musical style, Grammy-winning composer Joan Tower joins The Intimacy of Creativity 2012 to present her works Très Lent
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The Firebird and Xavier de Maistre, National Symphony Orchestra, Taipei
Alberto Ginestera Harp Concerto, Op. 25 Felix Godefroid Carnaval de Venise Though mainlining in High German classics – Wagner, Mahler – the National Symphony Orchestra continues to keep up an eclectic programming schedule. Last Sunday, Lü Shao-chia yielded the podium
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Chinese Sense and Sensibility
We are a country full of surprises. In response to the UK NOW FESTIVAL campaign in China, the 2012 Beijing Music festival had plans to adopt a British theme. The organiser’s original ambition had been to feature a dream line-up
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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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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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