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Walking, Listening, Breaking Bread
A Pilgrimage Day with Pygmalion at Kloster Lüne
Under the brilliant early summer sun, Lüneburg gleams in a striking palette of blue skies, waterways, and Gothic brick architecture, providing an idyllic backdrop for the final chapters of Pygmalion’s ambitious project, Die Wege Bachs. In a profound gesture of
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Catering to the North: Accademia Bizantina Navigates the Rigours of Bach in Hamburg
The harpsichord is an instrument of proud, historical contradictions. When treated with theatrical flair, its plucked metal strings can evoke an entire lost world of Baroque opulence; when starved of imagination, however, it risks transforming the concert hall into a
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The 2026 Z+ Festival: Chamber Music Experiment Continued in Shanghai
The 2026 edition of the Z+ Festival—now in its third year as part of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s 25/26 season—continued its chamber music projects. Led by pianist Zee Zee, this seven-concert series brought together a mix of international soloists, leading
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Ping Pong Gintoneria’s 4th Classical Salon
Ping Pong Gintoneria is hosting their 4th Classical Salon with students from the Baptist Univeristy’s Academy of Music on Thursday 23rd April 2026 from 8.30 pm to 10.30pm. Entrance is free This Salon’s performers are: Lau Kei Lung, Dragon |
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Farewells in April: Padmore and Cooper perform Schubert’s Winterreise, Impromptus, and More
Two farewell-themed concerts took place at the Shanghai Concert Hall on 3 and 4 April. The first saw Mark Padmore and Dame Imogen Cooper perform Winterreise, Schubert’s bleak song cycle of departure. The following evening, Cooper gave a pre-retirement recital,
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Two Moors Festival 2025
Timeless Resonance
During the last two years of his life, in a compressed timeframe between 1824 and 1826, Ludwig van Beethoven completed his final set of five string quartets. Fractured, deeply personal, and introspective, these works mirror the very essence of contemporaneity,
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Celebrating 25 Years of the Two Moors Festival
Storytelling and Cultural Heritage
In the autumn of 2001, a quiet initiative took root in the remote expanses of Devon and Somerset. The rural economy, battered by quarantines and travel bans, teetered on the edge of stagnation, and those vast, undulating blankets of heather
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Ping Pong Gintonería + Hong Kong Sinfonietta Present: Out of the Blue
Ping Pong Gintonería is pleased to present a jazz concert byDaniel Chu (piano) and Michael Schiefel (vocal)at Second St 129, L/G Nam Cheong House,Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. @PINGPONG129 18th Sept 2025Concert: 1st session at 20.00 + 2nd session at
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