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Music Can Ameliorate Virtual Reality Experience
Virtual reality (VR) has applications spanning an array of industries. Although manufacturers of headsets are investing to produce the most efficient devices, people wearing virtual reality goggles can experience symptoms of cybersickness. A recent research from the University of Edinburgh
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Frederic Mompou and his Musica Callada
Frederic Mompou’s music exists in the liminal space between ancient and modern. Nowhere is this more true than his Musica Callada (which roughly translates as ‘Music of Silence’). In many ways, it is his most radically modern work, yet its
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The Baroque Hurdy Gurdy in XVIII Century
The hurdy gurdy is a musical instrument that dates back to medieval times, across history it had its ups and downs in popularity, but one of the golden eras was the Baroque period, specially the XVIII century, but… What exactly
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Mendelssohn and His Place in Music History
No one dies at a favourable time, needless to say, but Felix Mendelssohn’s timing was particularly unfortunate. 1847 was one year before revolution would sweep across Europe, and so Mendelssohn would have his legacy formed in a post-revolutionary context. His
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George Frederick Pinto (1785-1806)
George Frederick Pinto was born on 25 September 1785. Nothing is known of his father, Samuel Sanders, except that, like his son, he died at a young age. Although baptised George Sanders, Pinto used his mother’s Italian maiden name throughout
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Qigang Chen Brings Fresh “Joy” to Lunar New Year Celebration
La joie de la souffrance (The Joy of Suffering)
New York Philharmonic Lunar New Year Celebration Long Yu, conductor; Yiwen Lu, erhuJanuary 31, 2023 The highlight of the New York Philharmonic’s Lunar New Year concert this year, Qigang Chen’s 2017 composition La joie de la souffrance (The Joy of
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Review: Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda
Blood, sex and sceptres: two queens battle it out in Maria Stuarda Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) MusicaVivaHong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall9,10, 11 Dec 2022 An opera in two acts, Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda (1835) is about two queens, Mary Stuart and
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Menotti’s Double Bill: Silly Meets Spine-Chilling in Fun Opera Production
Menotti’s chamber operas get uncomplicated but fun treatment by new opera company Tutti Double bill: The Telephone and The Medium Tutti Hong Kong City Hall, Theatre 3,4 November 2022 Menotti was an Italian-American composer well-known in the 1940s and 50s
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