Opera is opera is opera, right? Lots of singing, some love affairs and some deaths? Well, of course. But within the broad term of "opera", there are subgenres w... Continue Reading...
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is one of the world's top 3 performing arts education institutions (QS World Rankings, 2017) and is the only conservatoire i... Continue Reading...
Robin Ticciati/Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
12 October, 2017
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
If this is Robin Ticciati’s farewe... Continue Reading...
I still do not know exactly, what most of the other participants in the concert on 6 October actually thought of it, as we haven’t really met each other since t... Continue Reading...
Although the indigenous inhabitants of Taiwan are less than two percent of the population today, each ethnic group has retained its ancestors’ unique language, ... Continue Reading...
On December 10, 1956, in a remarkable struggle for survival and artistic freedom, György Ligeti (1923-2006), one of the most important composers of the twentiet... Continue Reading...
The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra has been active in the music festival circuit in Europe and beyond for over seven decades. Ahead of its performances ... Continue Reading...
1+1=1
Estonian-born composer Arvo Pärt (1935-) has managed to strike a sound of devotional archaism into a world of chaotic modernity. Highly experimental duri... Continue Reading...
