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Jaume Plensa’s Macbeth at Barcelona’s Liceu
Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth at Barcelona’s prestigious Gran Teatre del Liceu was hard to ignore. Jaume Plensa is not only a globally admired sculptor, but he is also something of a Catalan hero. This new production was bound to be the
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The Life of Luigi Boccherini
The Price of Musical Fame
A new life of Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805) has been published by Kahn & Averill in London. Babette Kaiserkern’s Luigi Boccherini: Musica Amorosa gives us a new and complete life of an extremely talented composer whose music has been neglected for
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Bruce Liu in Hong Kong
Unconvincing Chopin but Stunning Ravel & Liszt
Bruce Liu Plays Variations in B flat major, Op. 2 (18th Chopin Competition, third stage) Canadian pianist Bruce Liu has rocketed to fame since his triumph in the latest Chopin Piano Competition. In his long-awaited debut recital in Hong Kong,
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Enough: Scenes from Childhood
Stephen Hough
The title of this memoir is a clue to just how much, or how little, the author, the celebrated concert pianist and polymath Sir Stephen Hough, is prepared to reveal. Anyone looking for an account of “how I became a
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HKU MUSE Celebrates its 10th Anniversary and Continues to Inspire
Nobuyuki Tsujii & Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Full Concert The year 2023 marks the 10th season of HKU MUSE (My University Spotlight Encounters), a series of programmes presented by the Cultural Management Office of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). As
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Russia Today – A Requiem for Peace
On 16 February, the London premiere of Russia Today takes place at King’s Place concert hall. With music by Russian-born composer Eugene Birman, the piece – written during the covid pandemic – features text drawn verbatim from Russians living both
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Review: Boris Giltburg in Hong Kong
Pianist Boris Giltburg has risen to worldwide fame since his victory in Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2013. The ambition of the Moscow-born Israeli pianist can easily be illustrated by his discography (e.g. Rachmaninoff‘s 24 Preludes, Beethoven’s Complete Piano Sonatas &
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