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Opera Rara and Ermonela Jaho
Donizetti Song Project
Named Artist of the Year at the 2023 International Classical Music Awards and Best Female Singer of the Year at the 2024 Oper! Awards, Ermonela Jaho is internationally recognised as one of the greatest operatic artists of our day. By
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Buzz Chamber Music Festival
25 to 28 April 2024
When was the last time you saw the words buzz and chamber music used in the same sentence? It’s not a conventional way of talking about chamber music, but that’s exactly what the inaugural Buzz Chamber Music Festival is looking
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Back to the Future
“Opera Rara” Simon Boccanegra 1857 version
While the 1881 revised version of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra has become part of the standard operatic repertory, the original 1857 version has languished in relative obscurity. Following its less-than successful première at the Teatro La Fenice, Verdi was eventually convinced
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The Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
China Tour 2024
The Verbier Festival, founded by Swedish expatriate Martin Engstroem in 1994, takes place annually for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland. It is one of the most distinguished and celebrated international
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Piano Concert by Francesco Tristano
2024 marks Ping Pong’s 10th anniversary and, in celebration, Hong Kong’s famous gintoneria has put together a programme of events throughout the year. Says director, Juan Gregorio Martinez, ‘As Ping Pong has had the honour of hosting performances by Francesco
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EARTHCYCLE
Orchestra of the Swan
A Four Seasons for the 21st Century – a multi-media experience celebrating the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi‘s work An innovative and timely project from the ever-inventive Orchestra of the Swan (OOTS), Earthcycle finds a compelling way to engage with the
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3rd Hong Kong Early Music Festival 2023
“Innovation Through Tradition”
Concerto da Camera The 3rd Hong Kong Early Music Festival 2023 The highly innovative chamber and arts initiative “Concerto da Camera,” founded by Karen Yeung and Lily Ma in 2004, takes Hong Kong audiences once more on an exciting musical
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Mediating between the Sacred and the Secular
Pablo González conducts Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ
Medici Live, 22 December 2013
Watch LSO Colin Davis Hector Berlioz sought gainful employment in the theatre and at the Conservatoire, but he never applied for a church job. His pronouncements about religious music are the views of an unorthodox Christian, but he nevertheless set
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